Box Office Performance for Documentary Movies in 1996

Rank	Movie	Release Date	Theatrical Distributor	MPAA Rating	1996 Gross	Tickets Sold
1	When We Were Kings	10/25/1996	Gramercy	PG	$2,666,118	603,194
2	Snowriders	10/18/1996	Warren Miller Entertainment	Not Rated	$2,035,470	460,514
3	The Celluloid Closet	3/15/1996	Sony Pictures Classics	R	$1,310,167	296,418
4	Looking for Richard	10/11/1996	20th Century Fox	PG-13	$1,253,153	283,519
5	Microcosmos	10/11/1996	Miramax	G	$1,051,855	237,976
6	Anne Frank Remembered	2/22/1996	Sony Pictures Classics	PG	$606,713	137,265
Total Gross of All Movies					$8,923,476
Total Tickets Sold						2,018,886

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 2010 will most likely earn money in 2010 and 2011. 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.