Box Office Performance for Historical Fiction Movies in 1996

Rank	Movie	Genre	MPAA	1996 Gross	Tickets Sold	Inflation- Adjusted Gross
1	The Hunchback of Notre Dame	Adventure	G	$99,843,665	22,589,064	$178,227,715
2	Courage Under Fire	Drama	R	$58,918,501	13,329,978	$105,173,526
3	Sense and Sensibility	Drama	PG	$38,628,080	8,739,385	$68,953,748
4	That Thing You Do!	Drama	PG	$25,458,013	5,759,731	$45,444,278
5	The English Patient	Drama	R	$22,758,252	5,148,926	$40,625,026
6	Emma	Romantic Comedy	PG	$22,041,742	4,986,819	$39,346,002
7	A Very Brady Sequel	Comedy	PG-13	$21,397,954	4,841,166	$38,196,800
8	Last Man Standing	Action	R	$18,100,017	4,095,026	$32,309,755
9	Il Postino	Drama	PG	$12,786,292	2,892,826	$22,824,397
10	Mulholland Falls	Drama	R	$11,375,390	2,573,618	$20,305,846
11	Tom and Huck	Adventure	PG	$9,232,982	2,088,910	$16,481,500
12	Wings of Courage	Drama	G	$6,918,899	1,565,362	$12,350,706
13	Get on the Bus	Drama	R	$5,660,056	1,280,556	$10,103,587
14	Mary Reilly	Drama	R	$5,615,008	1,270,364	$10,023,172
15	Cold Comfort Farm	Comedy	PG	$5,433,717	1,229,348	$9,699,556
16	Jane Eyre	Drama	PG	$5,150,192	1,165,202	$9,193,444
17	Casino	Drama	R	$4,905,635	1,109,872	$8,756,890
18	Antonia	Drama	R	$4,047,426	915,707	$7,224,928
19	Restoration	Drama	R	$3,826,224	865,662	$6,830,073
20	Angels and Insects	Drama	R	$3,390,811	767,152	$6,052,829
21	Moll Flanders	Drama	PG-13	$3,363,968	761,079	$6,004,913
22	Cutthroat Island	Adventure	PG-13	$2,617,537	592,203	$4,672,482
23	The Crucible	Drama	PG-13	$2,340,466	529,517	$4,177,889
24	Richard III	Drama	R	$2,259,372	511,170	$4,033,131
25	Othello	Drama	R	$1,967,708	445,183	$3,512,494
26	Persuasion	Drama	PG	$1,410,163	319,041	$2,517,233
27	The Bridges of Madison County	Drama	PG-13	$1,409,439	318,878	$2,515,947
28	Kansas City	Drama	R	$1,353,824	306,295	$2,416,668
29	Yao a yao yao dao waipo qiao	Drama	R	$1,290,260	291,914	$2,303,201
30	Le hussard sur le toit	Drama	R	$1,286,429	291,047	$2,296,361
31	The Funeral	Drama	R	$1,106,233	250,279	$1,974,701
32	Dead Man	Drama	R	$1,025,488	232,011	$1,830,567
33	Ridicule	Drama	R	$851,953	192,750	$1,520,798
34	Grace of My Heart	Drama	R	$617,632	139,736	$1,102,517
35	Twelfth Night: Or What You Will	Comedy	PG	$472,946	107,001	$844,238
36	Cry, The Beloved Country	Drama	PG-13	$358,748	81,165	$640,392
37	Hamlet	Drama	PG-13	$148,321	33,557	$264,765
38	The Portrait of a Lady	Drama	PG-13	$133,651	30,238	$238,578
39	The Secret Agent	Thriller/Suspense	R	$106,606	24,119	$190,299
40	Lamerica	Drama	Not Rated	$29,612	6,700	$52,863
41	Pocahontas	Adventure	G	$28,527	6,454	$50,922
Total Gross of All Movies				$409,667,739
Total Tickets Sold					92,685,011
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices						$731,284,737

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.