Box Office Performance for October Films Movies in 1996

Rank	Movie	Genre	MPAA	1996 Gross	Tickets Sold	Inflation- Adjusted Gross
1	Secrets & Lies	Drama	R	$5,343,011	1,208,826	$9,537,637
2	The Funeral	Drama	R	$1,106,233	250,279	$1,974,701
3	Breaking the Waves	Drama	R	$929,773	210,356	$1,659,709
4	Badkonake sefid	Drama	Not Rated	$888,894	201,107	$1,586,734
5	Girls Town		R	$403,311	91,247	$719,939
6	Mécaniques célestes	Comedy		$257,241	58,199	$459,190
7	Dellamorte Dellamore	Comedy	R	$199,913	45,229	$356,857
8	Someone Else's America	Comedy	R	$154,873	35,039	$276,458
9	When Night is Falling	Drama	R	$40,155	9,085	$71,681
Total Gross of All Movies				$9,323,404
Total Tickets Sold					2,109,367
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices						$16,642,906

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.