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Sunday, July 6, 2008

Box Office Performance for Factual Movies in 1996

RankMovieGenreMPAA1996 GrossTickets SoldInflation-
Adjusted
Gross
1 Snowriders Documentary Not Rated $2,035,470 460,514 $3,168,336
2 Microcosmos Documentary G $1,325,867 299,970 $2,063,794
3 The Celluloid Closet Documentary R $1,310,167 296,418 $2,039,356
4 Looking for Richard Documentary PG-13 $1,266,417 286,520 $1,971,258
5 Anne Frank Remembered Documentary PG $606,713 137,265 $944,383
Total Gross of All Movies$6,544,634
Total Tickets Sold1,480,687
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices$10,187,127

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.