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	$246,322,443
2	Contact	Drama	PG	$100,769,177	21,954,069	$157,630,215
3	Dante's Peak	Drama	PG-13	$67,155,742	14,630,881	$105,049,726
4	Devil's Advocate	Drama	R	$59,068,731	12,869,005	$92,399,456
5	The English Patient	Drama	R	$55,893,178	12,177,163	$87,432,030
6	G.I.Jane	Drama	R	$48,154,732	10,491,227	$75,327,010
7	Cop Land	Drama	R	$44,810,734	9,762,687	$70,096,093
8	The Rainmaker	Drama	PG-13	$44,417,226	9,676,956	$69,480,544
9	Donnie Brasco	Drama	R	$41,954,997	9,140,522	$65,628,948
10	L.A. Confidential	Drama	R	$38,296,320	8,343,425	$59,905,792
11	Seven Years in Tibet	Drama	PG-13	$37,555,985	8,182,132	$58,747,708
12	Selena	Drama	PG	$35,422,828	7,717,392	$55,410,875
13	Shine	Drama	PG-13	$32,268,702	7,030,218	$50,476,965
14	Jackie Brown	Drama	R	$27,164,883	5,918,275	$42,493,215
15	Amistad	Drama	R	$26,714,127	5,820,071	$41,788,110
16	Boogie Nights	Drama	R	$23,816,064	5,188,685	$37,254,758
17	Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil	Drama	R	$23,616,463	5,145,199	$36,942,529
18	Hoodlum	Drama	R	$23,489,997	5,117,646	$36,744,698
19	The Preacher's Wife	Drama	PG	$20,151,087	4,390,215	$31,521,744
20	The People vs. Larry Flynt	Drama	R	$19,668,017	4,284,971	$30,766,092
21	In Love and War	Drama	PG-13	$14,462,242	3,150,815	$22,622,852
22	Fairytale: A True Story	Drama	PG	$14,013,508	3,053,052	$21,920,913
23	Eve's Bayou	Drama	R	$13,475,192	2,935,772	$21,078,843
24	Rosewood	Drama	R	$13,104,494	2,855,010	$20,498,972
25	Marvin's Room	Drama	PG-13	$12,612,751	2,747,876	$19,729,750
26	Love Jones	Drama	R	$12,514,138	2,726,392	$19,575,495
27	Ghosts of Mississippi	Drama	PG-13	$12,511,843	2,725,892	$19,571,905
28	Gattaca	Drama	PG-13	$12,275,272	2,674,351	$19,201,840
29	Boot, Das	Drama	R	$11,397,741	2,483,168	$17,829,146
30	Mad City	Drama	PG-13	$10,519,023	2,291,726	$16,454,593
31	Night Falls On Manhattan	Drama	R	$9,881,286	2,152,786	$15,457,003
32	The Wings of the Dove	Drama	R	$8,698,249	1,895,043	$13,606,409
33	Ulee's Gold	Drama	R	$8,637,027	1,881,705	$13,510,642
34	Mrs. Brown	Drama	PG	$8,451,663	1,841,321	$13,220,685
35	Secrets & Lies	Drama	R	$8,074,281	1,759,103	$12,630,360
36	A Thousand Acres	Drama	R	$7,928,412	1,727,323	$12,402,179
37	Good Will Hunting	Drama	R	$7,510,617	1,636,300	$11,748,634
38	The Evening Star	Drama	PG-13	$7,474,793	1,628,495	$11,692,594
39	The Ice Storm	Drama	R	$7,238,051	1,576,917	$11,322,264
40	She's So Lovely	Drama	R	$7,221,836	1,573,385	$11,296,904
41	U-Turn	Drama	R	$6,633,400	1,445,185	$10,376,428
42	Gang Related	Drama	R	$5,858,599	1,276,383	$9,164,430
43	Inventing the Abbots	Drama	R	$5,852,547	1,275,065	$9,154,967
44	One Eight Seven	Drama	R	$5,716,080	1,245,333	$8,941,491
45	Across The Sea of Time	Drama	G	$5,064,440	1,103,364	$7,922,154
46	The Crucible	Drama	PG-13	$4,999,637	1,089,246	$7,820,786
47	Hamlet	Drama	PG-13	$4,266,214	929,458	$6,673,508
48	Kama Sutra	Drama	R	$4,109,095	895,228	$6,427,737
49	The Portrait of a Lady	Drama	PG-13	$3,550,492	773,528	$5,553,931
50	Free Willy 3: The Rescue	Drama	PG	$3,519,178	766,705	$5,504,942
51	Breaking the Waves	Drama	R	$3,110,918	677,760	$4,866,317
52	Love! Valour! Compassion!	Drama	R	$2,874,242	626,197	$4,496,094
53	Dirty Dancing	Drama	PG-13	$2,868,135	624,866	$4,486,538
54	In the Company of Men	Drama	R	$2,856,622	622,358	$4,468,530
55	One Night Stand	Drama	R	$2,642,718	575,756	$4,133,928
56	Romeo+Juliet	Drama	PG-13	$2,518,728	548,742	$3,939,968
57	Crash	Drama	R	$2,430,321	529,482	$3,801,681
58	The Pillow Book	Drama	Not Rated	$2,293,037	499,572	$3,586,927
59	Paradise Road	Drama	R	$1,921,471	418,621	$3,005,699
60	Wings of Courage	Drama	G	$1,865,734	406,478	$2,918,512
61	Set It Off	Drama	R	$1,812,337	394,845	$2,834,987
62	Washington Square	Drama	PG	$1,683,826	366,847	$2,633,961
63	Ridicule	Drama	R	$1,651,876	359,886	$2,583,981
64	City of Industry	Drama	R	$1,495,332	325,780	$2,339,100
65	Wag the Dog	Drama	R	$1,427,164	310,929	$2,232,470
66	The Sweet Hereafter	Drama	R	$1,387,966	302,389	$2,171,153
67	Ponette	Drama	Not Rated	$1,351,319	294,405	$2,113,828
68	Temptress Moon	Drama	R	$1,084,532	236,281	$1,696,498
69	Female Perversions	Drama	R	$883,973	192,587	$1,382,775
70	Sleepers	Drama	R	$880,394	191,807	$1,377,174
71	Big Night	Drama	R	$814,200	177,386	$1,273,631
72	Thieves (Les Voleurs)	Drama	R	$810,330	176,542	$1,267,572
73	Anna Karenina	Drama	PG-13	$791,830	172,512	$1,238,636
74	Lone Star	Drama	R	$758,156	165,176	$1,185,964
75	Nueba Yol 3	Drama	Not Rated	$723,404	157,604	$1,131,597
76	Prisoner of the Mountains	Drama	R	$661,361	144,087	$1,034,545
77	Dream With The Fishes	Drama	R	$542,909	118,281	$849,258
78	Prefontaine	Drama	PG-13	$532,190	115,946	$832,492
79	La c�r�monie	Drama	Not Rated	$527,095	114,836	$824,522
80	Margaret's Museum	Drama	R	$524,963	114,371	$821,184
81	Some Mother's Son	Drama	R	$493,723	107,565	$772,317
82	Boys Life 2	Drama		$479,504	104,467	$750,073
83	Broken English	Drama	PG-13	$476,070	103,719	$744,702
84	In Search of a Dream	Drama		$461,661	100,580	$722,164
85	Sunday	Drama		$410,919	89,525	$642,790
86	The Hanging Garden	Drama	R	$386,350	84,172	$604,355
87	Bent	Drama	NC-17	$372,341	81,120	$582,442
88	That Thing You Do!	Drama	PG	$351,800	76,645	$550,311
89	Albino Alligator	Drama	R	$326,308	71,091	$510,433
90	All Over Me	Drama	R	$281,175	61,258	$439,832
91	Fly Away Home	Drama	PG	$276,573	60,256	$432,638
92	The Tango Lesson	Drama	PG	$265,120	57,760	$414,717
93	Ma Vie en Rose	Drama	R	$244,717	53,315	$382,802
94	Kundun	Drama	PG-13	$237,415	51,724	$371,378
95	Garden of the Finzi-Continis	Drama	R	$229,657	50,034	$359,244
96	Bliss	Drama	R	$207,751	45,262	$324,981
97	The Ride	Drama	PG	$189,635	41,315	$296,642
98	Michael Collins	Drama	R	$178,189	38,821	$278,735
99	Phenomenon	Drama	PG	$167,596	36,513	$262,163
100	Jack	Drama	PG-13	$165,851	36,133	$259,435
101	Hard Eight	Drama		$142,356	31,014	$222,681
102	Oscar and Lucinda	Drama	R	$137,163	29,883	$214,560
103	The Boxer	Drama	R	$129,915	28,304	$203,223
104	The Winter Guest	Drama	R	$87,508	19,065	$136,887
105	A Brother's Kiss	Drama	R	$66,961	14,588	$104,742
106	The Apostle	Drama	PG-13	$40,969	8,926	$64,089
107	Catherine's Grove	Drama	R	$26,641	5,804	$41,673
108	Cafe Society	Drama	R	$6,325	1,378	$9,894
109	Carla's Song	Drama		$5,000	1,089	$7,819
110	Inside	Drama		$5,000	1,089	$7,819
Total Gross of All Movies				$1,238,006,338
Total Tickets Sold					269,718,157
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices						$1,936,576,367

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.