Box Office Performance for Dramatization Movies in 1996

Rank	Movie	Genre	MPAA	1996 Gross	Tickets Sold	Inflation- Adjusted Gross
1	Sleepers	Drama	R	$52,894,048	11,966,979	$82,332,816
2	Dead Man Walking	Drama	R	$39,269,018	8,884,393	$61,124,624
3	The Ghost and the Darkness	Action	R	$37,769,792	8,545,202	$58,790,990
4	Michael Collins	Drama	R	$10,926,246	2,472,001	$17,007,367
5	White Squall	Adventure	PG-13	$10,229,300	2,314,321	$15,922,528
6	Braveheart	Drama	R	$8,526,191	1,929,002	$13,271,534
7	Shine	Drama	PG-13	$6,694,360	1,514,561	$10,420,180
8	Nixon	Drama	R	$6,089,661	1,377,751	$9,478,927
9	Ghosts of Mississippi	Drama	PG-13	$5,782,753	1,308,315	$9,001,207
10	Basquiat	Drama	R	$2,962,051	670,147	$4,610,611
11	Once Upon a Time... When We Were Colored	Drama	PG	$2,291,255	518,383	$3,566,475
12	Evita	Musical	PG	$2,225,737	503,560	$3,464,493
13	Surviving Picasso	Drama	R	$1,993,899	451,108	$3,103,623
14	I Shot Andy Warhol	Drama	R	$1,773,648	401,278	$2,760,793
15	The People vs. Larry Flynt	Drama	R	$1,744,214	394,619	$2,714,979
16	Carrington	Drama	R	$509,592	115,292	$793,209
17	Stonewall	Drama	R	$304,602	68,914	$474,128
18	Some Mother's Son	Drama	R	$279,564	63,250	$435,160
19	In Love and War	Drama	PG-13	$4,112	930	$6,398
Total Gross of All Movies				$192,270,043
Total Tickets Sold					43,500,006
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices						$299,280,041

Note: This chart ranks movies by the amount they earned during 1996. It includes movies released in previous years that earned money during 1996. For example, a movie released over Thanksgiving in 1995 will most likely earn money in 1995 and 1996. Click on the individual movie to see its total gross over all the years in which it played.

Each box office year ends on the first Sunday of the following year. The next year starts the following day (Monday). For example, the "2004 box office year" ended on Sunday, January 2, 2005.

Inflation-adjusted figures are based ticket sale estimates, and may not be precise due to rounding errors.