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	$236,030,419
2	Donnie Brasco	Drama	R	$41,954,997	9,140,522	$62,886,791
3	Private Parts	Comedy	R	$41,198,146	8,975,631	$61,752,341
4	Seven Years in Tibet	Drama	PG-13	$37,555,985	8,182,132	$56,293,068
5	Selena	Drama	PG	$35,450,113	7,723,336	$53,136,552
6	Shine	Drama	PG-13	$29,117,149	6,343,605	$43,644,002
7	Amistad	Drama	R	$26,714,127	5,820,071	$40,042,088
8	The People vs. Larry Flynt	Drama	R	$18,480,626	4,026,280	$27,700,806
9	Fairytale: A True Story	Drama	PG	$14,013,508	3,053,052	$21,004,998
10	Rosewood	Drama	R	$13,104,494	2,855,010	$19,642,469
11	Ghosts of Mississippi	Drama	PG-13	$7,269,988	1,583,875	$10,897,060
12	When We Were Kings	Documentary	PG	$2,666,118	580,854	$3,996,276
13	Thrill Ride: The Science of Fun	Documentary	G	$2,570,742	560,075	$3,853,316
14	Snowriders 2	Documentary	Not Rated	$2,287,639	498,396	$3,428,964
15	Paradise Road	Drama	R	$1,990,257	433,607	$2,983,216
16	Rhyme & Reason	Documentary	R	$1,591,687	346,773	$2,385,798
17	The Ghost and the Darkness	Action	R	$794,630	173,122	$1,191,079
18	Fast, Cheap & Out of Control	Documentary	PG	$760,472	165,680	$1,139,878
19	Prefontaine	Drama	PG-13	$590,817	128,718	$885,580
20	Fargo	Thriller/Suspense	R	$552,072	120,277	$827,506
21	Some Mother's Son	Drama	R	$349,040	76,044	$523,183
22	Microcosmos	Documentary	G	$247,975	54,025	$371,692
23	4 Little Girls	Documentary		$218,444	47,591	$327,426
24	Michael Collins	Drama	R	$166,313	36,234	$249,290
25	Fly Away Home	Drama	PG	$89,616	19,524	$134,325
Total Gross of All Movies				$437,202,926
Total Tickets Sold					95,251,181
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices						$655,328,125

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.