Box Office Performance for Drama 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	Contact	Drama	PG	$100,920,329	21,987,000	$151,270,560
3	Dante's Peak	Drama	PG-13	$67,163,857	14,632,649	$100,672,625
4	Devil's Advocate	Drama	R	$59,068,731	12,869,005	$88,538,754
5	The English Patient	Drama	R	$50,709,242	11,047,765	$76,008,623
6	G.I.Jane	Drama	R	$48,169,156	10,494,369	$72,201,259
7	Cop Land	Drama	R	$44,906,632	9,783,580	$67,311,030
8	The Rainmaker	Drama	PG-13	$44,417,226	9,676,956	$66,577,457
9	Donnie Brasco	Drama	R	$41,954,997	9,140,522	$62,886,791
10	L.A. Confidential	Drama	R	$38,296,320	8,343,425	$57,402,764
11	Seven Years in Tibet	Drama	PG-13	$37,555,985	8,182,132	$56,293,068
12	Selena	Drama	PG	$35,450,113	7,723,336	$53,136,552
13	Shine	Drama	PG-13	$29,117,149	6,343,605	$43,644,002
14	Jackie Brown	Drama	R	$27,164,883	5,918,275	$40,717,732
15	Amistad	Drama	R	$26,714,127	5,820,071	$40,042,088
16	Sling Blade	Drama	R	$24,475,416	5,332,335	$36,686,465
17	Boogie Nights	Drama	R	$23,816,064	5,188,685	$35,698,153
18	Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil	Drama	R	$23,616,463	5,145,199	$35,398,969
19	Hoodlum	Drama	R	$23,489,997	5,117,646	$35,209,404
20	The People vs. Larry Flynt	Drama	R	$18,480,626	4,026,280	$27,700,806
21	In Love and War	Drama	PG-13	$14,477,119	3,154,056	$21,699,905
22	Fairytale: A True Story	Drama	PG	$14,013,508	3,053,052	$21,004,998
23	Eve's Bayou	Drama	R	$13,475,192	2,935,772	$20,198,111
24	Rosewood	Drama	R	$13,104,494	2,855,010	$19,642,469
25	Love Jones	Drama	R	$12,554,569	2,735,200	$18,818,176
26	Marvin's Room	Drama	PG-13	$12,531,565	2,730,188	$18,783,693
27	Gattaca	Drama	PG-13	$12,275,272	2,674,351	$18,399,535
28	Boot, Das	Drama	R	$11,452,283	2,495,051	$17,165,951
29	Mad City	Drama	PG-13	$10,519,023	2,291,726	$15,767,075
30	Night Falls On Manhattan	Drama	R	$9,889,670	2,154,612	$14,823,731
31	The Preacher's Wife	Drama	PG	$9,447,466	2,058,271	$14,160,904
32	The Wings of the Dove	Drama	R	$8,698,249	1,895,043	$13,037,896
33	Ulee's Gold	Drama	R	$8,637,027	1,881,705	$12,946,130
34	Mrs. Brown	Drama	PG	$8,451,663	1,841,321	$12,668,288
35	A Thousand Acres	Drama	R	$7,928,412	1,727,323	$11,883,982
36	Good Will Hunting	Drama	R	$7,510,617	1,636,300	$11,257,744
37	She's So Lovely	Drama	R	$7,281,450	1,586,373	$10,914,246
38	Ghosts of Mississippi	Drama	PG-13	$7,269,988	1,583,875	$10,897,060
39	The Ice Storm	Drama	R	$7,238,051	1,576,917	$10,849,189
40	Secrets & Lies	Drama	R	$7,180,054	1,564,282	$10,762,260
41	U-Turn	Drama	R	$6,633,400	1,445,185	$9,942,873
42	Inventing the Abbots	Drama	R	$5,926,128	1,291,095	$8,882,734
43	Gang Related	Drama	R	$5,906,773	1,286,879	$8,853,728
44	One Eight Seven	Drama	R	$5,747,802	1,252,244	$8,615,439
45	Across The Sea of Time	Drama	G	$4,866,837	1,060,313	$7,294,953
46	Hamlet	Drama	PG-13	$4,156,231	905,497	$6,229,819
47	Kama Sutra	Drama	R	$4,109,095	895,228	$6,159,169
48	Free Willy 3: The Rescue	Drama	PG	$3,519,178	766,705	$5,274,930
49	The Portrait of a Lady	Drama	PG-13	$3,342,678	728,252	$5,010,374
50	Love! Valour! Compassion!	Drama	R	$2,936,611	639,785	$4,401,721
51	In the Company of Men	Drama	R	$2,883,661	628,249	$4,322,353
52	Dirty Dancing	Drama	PG-13	$2,868,135	624,866	$4,299,078
53	Breaking the Waves	Drama	R	$2,712,685	590,999	$4,066,073
54	The Crucible	Drama	PG-13	$2,699,845	588,202	$4,046,830
55	One Night Stand	Drama	R	$2,642,718	575,756	$3,961,201
56	The Evening Star	Drama	PG-13	$2,638,008	574,729	$3,954,136
57	Crash	Drama	R	$2,618,985	570,585	$3,925,625
58	The Pillow Book	Drama	Not Rated	$2,372,744	516,938	$3,556,533
59	Paradise Road	Drama	R	$1,990,257	433,607	$2,983,216
60	Wings of Courage	Drama	G	$1,865,734	406,478	$2,796,569
61	Washington Square	Drama	PG	$1,683,826	366,847	$2,523,907
62	City of Industry	Drama	R	$1,554,338	338,636	$2,329,816
63	Romeo & Juliet	Drama	PG-13	$1,540,132	335,541	$2,308,522
64	Wag the Dog	Drama	R	$1,427,164	310,929	$2,139,192
65	Set It Off	Drama	R	$1,410,047	307,200	$2,113,536
66	The Sweet Hereafter	Drama	R	$1,387,966	302,389	$2,080,436
67	Ponette	Drama	Not Rated	$1,351,319	294,405	$2,025,506
68	Temptress Moon	Drama	R	$1,084,532	236,281	$1,625,613
69	Ridicule	Drama	R	$921,283	200,715	$1,380,919
70	Female Perversions	Drama	R	$883,973	192,587	$1,324,999
71	Anna Karenina	Drama	PG-13	$858,553	187,049	$1,286,897
72	Nueba Yol 3	Drama	Not Rated	$793,112	172,791	$1,188,802
73	Prisoner of the Mountains	Drama	R	$790,078	172,130	$1,184,254
74	Thieves (Les Voleurs)	Drama	R	$692,005	150,764	$1,037,256
75	Big Night	Drama	R	$667,023	145,321	$999,808
76	Beaumarchais the Scoundrel	Drama	Not Rated	$630,269	137,314	$944,720
77	Prefontaine	Drama	PG-13	$590,817	128,718	$885,580
78	Dream With The Fishes	Drama		$542,909	118,281	$813,773
79	Boys Life 2	Drama		$479,504	104,467	$718,733
80	Broken English	Drama	PG-13	$476,070	103,719	$713,587
81	In Search of a Dream	Drama		$461,661	100,580	$691,990
82	Sunday	Drama		$410,919	89,525	$615,932
83	Sleepers	Drama	R	$406,804	88,628	$609,761
84	The Hanging Garden	Drama	R	$386,350	84,172	$579,103
85	Bent	Drama	NC-17	$372,341	81,120	$558,106
86	La cérémonie	Drama	Not Rated	$356,284	77,622	$534,039
87	Albino Alligator	Drama	R	$353,480	77,011	$529,836
88	Some Mother's Son	Drama	R	$349,040	76,044	$523,183
89	All Over Me	Drama	R	$281,175	61,258	$421,455
90	The Tango Lesson	Drama	PG	$265,120	57,760	$397,389
91	Ma Vie en Rose	Drama	R	$244,717	53,315	$366,807
92	Kundun	Drama	PG-13	$237,415	51,724	$355,861
93	That Thing You Do!	Drama	PG	$224,670	48,948	$336,762
94	Bliss	Drama	R	$207,751	45,262	$311,403
95	Michael Collins	Drama	R	$166,313	36,234	$249,290
96	Hard Eight	Drama		$142,356	31,014	$213,376
97	Garden of the Finzi-Continis	Drama	R	$134,512	29,305	$201,618
98	Phenomenon	Drama	PG	$101,064	22,018	$151,484
99	Fly Away Home	Drama	PG	$89,616	19,524	$134,325
100	The Winter Guest	Drama	R	$87,508	19,065	$131,167
101	Jack	Drama	PG-13	$63,076	13,742	$94,545
102	Lone Star	Drama	R	$41,901	9,129	$62,808
103	The Apostle	Drama	PG-13	$40,969	8,926	$61,411
104	Catherine's Grove	Drama	R	$26,641	5,804	$39,932
Total Gross of All Movies				$1,224,545,064
Total Tickets Sold					266,785,416
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices						$1,835,483,662

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.