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Box Office Performance for Based on Real Life Events Movies in 1996

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RankMovieRelease
Date		 GenreMPAA
Rating		1996 GrossTickets Sold
1 Dead Man Walking Dec 29, 1995 Drama R $39,261,491 8,882,690
2 The Ghost and the Darkness Oct 11, 1996 Action R $37,780,381 8,547,597
3 Fly Away Home Sep 13, 1996 Drama PG $25,054,202 5,668,371
4 Michael Collins Oct 11, 1996 Drama R $11,213,181 2,536,918
5 White Squall Feb 2, 1996 Adventure PG-13 $10,229,300 2,314,321
6 Braveheart May 24, 1995 Drama R $8,526,191 1,929,002
7 Shine Nov 22, 1996 Drama PG-13 $6,694,360 1,514,561
8 Nixon Dec 20, 1995 Drama R $6,064,096 1,371,967
9 Ghosts of Mississippi Dec 20, 1996 Drama PG-13 $5,782,753 1,308,315
10 Get on the Bus Oct 16, 1996 Drama R $5,691,854 1,287,749
11 Basquiat Aug 9, 1996 Drama R $2,962,051 670,147
12 Snowriders Oct 18, 1996 Documentary Not Rated $2,035,470 460,513
13 Surviving Picasso Sep 20, 1996 Drama R $1,993,899 451,108
14 The People vs. Larry Flynt Dec 25, 1996 Drama R $1,777,742 402,204
15 I Shot Andy Warhol May 1, 1996 Drama R $1,773,648 401,277
16 Microcosmos Oct 11, 1996 Documentary G $1,325,867 299,969
17 The Young Poisoner's Handbook Feb 22, 1996 Drama R $330,466 74,766
18 Stonewall Jul 26, 1996 Drama R $304,602 68,914
19 Some Mother's Son Dec 25, 1996 Drama R $300,136 67,904
20 Hype! Nov 8, 1996 Documentary Not Rated $242,021 54,755
21 Entertaining Angels: The Do… Sep 27, 1996 Drama PG-13 $225,161 50,941
22 Pocahontas Jun 10, 1995 Adventure G $28,527 6,454
Total Gross of All Movies$169,597,399
Total Tickets Sold38,370,443

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.

Inflation-adjusted figures are based ticket sale estimates, and may not be precise due to rounding errors.

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