Box Office Performance for Sony Pictures Classics Movies in 1996

Rank	Movie	Genre	MPAA	1996 Gross	Tickets Sold	Inflation- Adjusted Gross
1	Lone Star	Drama	R	$12,919,488	2,922,961	$20,109,972
2	Wings of Courage	Drama	G	$6,918,899	1,565,362	$10,769,691
3	Across The Sea of Time	Drama	G	$6,682,383	1,511,851	$10,401,535
4	Welcome to the Dollhouse	Comedy	R	$4,198,137	949,805	$6,534,658
5	Persuasion	Drama	PG	$1,805,885	408,571	$2,810,968
6	Beautiful Thing	Comedy	R	$1,460,297	330,384	$2,273,042
7	The Celluloid Closet	Documentary	R	$1,310,167	296,418	$2,039,356
8	Shanghai Triad	Drama	R	$1,290,260	291,914	$2,008,368
9	The City of Lost Children	Adventure	R	$1,000,856	226,438	$1,557,893
10	The Flower of My Secret	Drama	R	$653,723	147,901	$1,017,559
11	Anne Frank Remembered	Documentary	PG	$606,713	137,265	$944,383
12	Garden of the Finzi-Continis	Drama	R	$536,052	121,279	$834,400
13	Manny & Lo		R	$363,731	82,292	$566,169
14	A Midwinter's Tale	Comedy	R	$288,122	65,186	$448,480
15	Thieves (Les Voleurs)	Drama	R	$247,299	55,950	$384,936
16	The Whole Wide World		PG	$136,933	30,980	$213,142
Total Gross of All Movies				$40,418,945
Total Tickets Sold					9,144,557
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices						$62,914,552

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.