Box Office Performance for Based on Play Movies in 1997

Rank	Movie	Genre	MPAA	1997 Gross	Tickets Sold	Inflation- Adjusted Gross
1	Romy and Michelle's High School Reunion	Comedy	R	$29,230,449	6,368,290	$50,245,808
2	Marvin's Room	Drama	PG-13	$12,612,751	2,747,876	$21,680,742
3	The Crucible	Drama	PG-13	$4,999,637	1,089,246	$8,594,151
4	Hamlet	Drama	PG-13	$4,266,214	929,458	$7,333,424
5	Love! Valour! Compassion!	Drama	R	$2,874,242	626,197	$4,940,694
6	In the Company of Men	Drama	R	$2,856,622	622,358	$4,910,405
7	Romeo+Juliet	Drama	PG-13	$2,518,728	548,742	$4,329,574
8	The House of Yes	Comedy	R	$617,403	134,510	$1,061,284
9	SubUrbia	Comedy	R	$482,665	105,156	$829,681
10	Bent	Drama	NC-17	$372,341	81,120	$640,037
11	Beautiful Thing	Comedy	R	$96,544	21,034	$165,958
12	The Winter Guest	Drama	R	$87,508	19,065	$150,423
13	A Brother's Kiss	Drama	R	$66,961	14,588	$115,099
14	Breaking Up		R	$5,000	1,089	$8,592
Total Gross of All Movies				$61,087,065
Total Tickets Sold					13,308,729
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices						$105,005,872

Note: This chart ranks movies by the amount they earned during 1997. It includes movies released in previous years that earned money during 1997. For example, a movie released over Thanksgiving in 1996 will most likely earn money in 1996 and 1997. 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.