Box Office Performance for Based on Real Life Events Movies in 1997

Rank	Movie	Genre	MPAA	1997 Gross	Tickets Sold	Inflation- Adjusted Gross
1	Titanic	Drama	PG-13	$157,467,971	34,306,747	$246,322,443
2	Donnie Brasco	Drama	R	$41,954,997	9,140,522	$65,628,948
3	Private Parts	Comedy	R	$41,198,146	8,975,631	$64,445,031
4	Seven Years in Tibet	Drama	PG-13	$37,555,985	8,182,132	$58,747,708
5	Selena	Drama	PG	$35,422,828	7,717,392	$55,410,875
6	Shine	Drama	PG-13	$32,268,702	7,030,218	$50,476,965
7	Amistad	Drama	R	$26,714,127	5,820,071	$41,788,110
8	The People vs. Larry Flynt	Drama	R	$19,668,017	4,284,971	$30,766,092
9	Fairytale: A True Story	Drama	PG	$14,013,508	3,053,052	$21,920,913
10	Rosewood	Drama	R	$13,104,494	2,855,010	$20,498,972
11	Ghosts of Mississippi	Drama	PG-13	$12,511,843	2,725,892	$19,571,905
12	Thrill Ride: The Science of Fun	Documentary	G	$2,570,742	560,075	$4,021,339
13	Snowriders 2	Documentary	Not Rated	$2,287,639	498,396	$3,578,483
14	Paradise Road	Drama	R	$1,921,471	418,621	$3,005,699
15	Rhyme & Reason	Documentary	R	$1,591,687	346,773	$2,489,830
16	The Ghost and the Darkness	Action	R	$844,516	183,990	$1,321,048
17	Fast, Cheap & Out of Control	Documentary	PG	$760,472	165,680	$1,189,582
18	Prefontaine	Drama	PG-13	$532,190	115,946	$832,492
19	Fargo	Thriller/Suspense	R	$531,868	115,875	$831,983
20	Microcosmos	Documentary	G	$521,987	113,723	$816,531
21	Some Mother's Son	Drama	R	$493,723	107,565	$772,317
22	Fly Away Home	Drama	PG	$276,573	60,256	$432,638
23	4 Little Girls	Documentary		$218,444	47,591	$341,703
24	Michael Collins	Drama	R	$178,189	38,821	$278,735
Total Gross of All Movies				$444,610,119
Total Tickets Sold					96,864,950
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices						$695,490,341

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.