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	$12,194,247	2,758,879	$19,808,751
2	Wings of Courage	Drama	G	$6,918,899	1,565,362	$11,239,299
3	Across The Sea of Time	Drama	G	$6,484,780	1,467,145	$10,534,101
4	Welcome to the Dollhouse	Comedy	R	$4,198,137	949,805	$6,819,600
5	When The Cat's Away	Comedy	R	$1,652,472	373,862	$2,684,329
6	Persuasion	Drama	PG	$1,410,163	319,041	$2,290,714
7	Beautiful Thing	Comedy	R	$1,363,753	308,541	$2,215,324
8	The Celluloid Closet	Documentary	R	$1,310,167	296,418	$2,128,281
9	Shanghai Triad	Drama	R	$1,290,260	291,914	$2,095,943
10	The City of Lost Children	Adventure	R	$1,000,856	226,438	$1,625,825
11	The Flower of My Secret	Drama	R	$653,723	147,901	$1,061,929
12	Anne Frank Remembered	Documentary	PG	$606,713	137,265	$985,563
13	Garden of the Finzi-Continis	Drama	R	$440,907	99,753	$716,227
14	Manny & Lo		R	$363,731	82,292	$590,857
15	A Midwinter's Tale	Comedy	R	$288,122	65,186	$468,035
16	Denise Calls Up		PG-13	$168,614	38,148	$273,903
17	Thieves (Les Voleurs)	Drama	R	$128,974	29,180	$209,512
18	The Whole Wide World		PG	$41,194	9,320	$66,918
Total Gross of All Movies				$40,515,712
Total Tickets Sold					9,166,450
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices						$65,815,111

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.