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

Rank	Movie	Genre	MPAA	1997 Gross	Tickets Sold	Inflation- Adjusted Gross
1	Donnie Brasco	Drama	R	$41,954,997	9,140,522	$72,118,719
2	Private Parts	Comedy	R	$41,198,146	8,975,631	$70,817,729
3	Seven Years in Tibet	Drama	PG-13	$37,555,985	8,182,132	$64,557,021
4	Selena	Drama	PG	$35,422,828	7,717,392	$60,890,223
5	Shine	Drama	PG-13	$32,268,702	7,030,218	$55,468,420
6	Amistad	Drama	R	$26,714,127	5,820,071	$45,920,360
7	The People vs. Larry Flynt	Drama	R	$19,668,017	4,284,971	$33,808,421
8	Fairytale: A True Story	Drama	PG	$14,013,508	3,053,052	$24,088,580
9	Rosewood	Drama	R	$13,104,494	2,855,010	$22,526,029
10	Ghosts of Mississippi	Drama	PG-13	$12,511,843	2,725,892	$21,507,288
11	Thrill Ride: The Science of Fun	Documentary	G	$2,570,742	560,075	$4,418,992
12	Snowriders 2	Documentary	Not Rated	$2,287,639	498,396	$3,932,344
13	Paradise Road	Drama	R	$1,921,471	418,621	$3,302,920
14	Rhyme & Reason	Documentary	R	$1,591,687	346,773	$2,736,039
15	The Ghost and the Darkness	Action	R	$844,516	183,990	$1,451,681
16	Fast, Cheap & Out of Control	Documentary	PG	$760,472	165,680	$1,307,215
17	Prefontaine	Drama	PG-13	$532,190	115,946	$914,814
18	Fargo	Thriller/Suspense	R	$531,868	115,875	$914,254
19	Microcosmos	Documentary	G	$521,987	113,723	$897,274
20	Some Mother's Son	Drama	R	$493,723	107,565	$848,688
21	Fly Away Home	Drama	PG	$276,573	60,256	$475,420
22	4 Little Girls	Documentary		$218,444	47,591	$375,493
23	Michael Collins	Drama	R	$178,189	38,821	$306,298
24	Intimate Relations	Black Comedy		$28,978	6,313	$49,810
Total Gross of All Movies				$287,171,126
Total Tickets Sold					62,564,516
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices						$493,634,031

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.