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	$29,235,353	6,369,358	$43,821,183
2	Marvin's Room	Drama	PG-13	$12,531,565	2,730,188	$18,783,693
3	Hamlet	Drama	PG-13	$4,156,231	905,497	$6,229,819
4	Love! Valour! Compassion!	Drama	R	$2,936,611	639,785	$4,401,721
5	In the Company of Men	Drama	R	$2,883,661	628,249	$4,322,353
6	The Crucible	Drama	PG-13	$2,699,845	588,202	$4,046,830
7	Romeo & Juliet	Drama	PG-13	$1,540,132	335,541	$2,308,522
8	SubUrbia	Comedy	R	$726,207	158,215	$1,088,519
9	Beaumarchais the Scoundrel	Drama	Not Rated	$630,269	137,314	$944,720
10	The House of Yes	Comedy	R	$617,403	134,510	$925,429
11	Bent	Drama	NC-17	$372,341	81,120	$558,106
12	The Winter Guest	Drama	R	$87,508	19,065	$131,167
Total Gross of All Movies				$58,417,126
Total Tickets Sold					12,727,044
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices						$87,562,063

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.