Box Office Performance for Drama Movies in 1997

Rank	Movie	Genre	MPAA	1997 Gross	Tickets Sold	Inflation- Adjusted Gross
1	Contact	Drama	PG	$100,769,177	21,954,069	$173,217,604
2	Dante's Peak	Drama	PG-13	$67,155,742	14,630,881	$115,437,651
3	Devil's Advocate	Drama	R	$59,068,731	12,869,005	$101,536,449
4	The English Patient	Drama	R	$55,893,178	12,177,163	$96,077,816
5	G.I. Jane	Drama	R	$48,154,732	10,491,227	$82,775,781
6	Cop Land	Drama	R	$44,810,734	9,762,687	$77,027,600
7	The Rainmaker	Drama	PG-13	$44,417,226	9,676,956	$76,351,183
8	Donnie Brasco	Drama	R	$41,954,997	9,140,522	$72,118,719
9	L.A. Confidential	Drama	R	$38,296,320	8,343,425	$65,829,623
10	Seven Years in Tibet	Drama	PG-13	$37,555,985	8,182,132	$64,557,021
11	Selena	Drama	PG	$35,422,828	7,717,392	$60,890,223
12	Shine	Drama	PG-13	$32,268,702	7,030,218	$55,468,420
13	Jackie Brown	Drama	R	$27,164,883	5,918,275	$46,695,190
14	Amistad	Drama	R	$26,714,127	5,820,071	$45,920,360
15	Boogie Nights	Drama	R	$23,816,064	5,188,685	$40,938,725
16	Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil	Drama	R	$23,616,463	5,145,199	$40,595,620
17	Hoodlum	Drama	R	$23,489,997	5,117,646	$40,378,227
18	The Preacher's Wife	Drama	PG	$20,151,087	4,390,215	$34,638,796
19	The People vs. Larry Flynt	Drama	R	$19,668,017	4,284,971	$33,808,421
20	In Love and War	Drama	PG-13	$14,462,242	3,150,815	$24,859,930
21	Fairytale: A True Story	Drama	PG	$14,013,508	3,053,052	$24,088,580
22	Eve's Bayou	Drama	R	$13,475,192	2,935,772	$23,163,241
23	Rosewood	Drama	R	$13,104,494	2,855,010	$22,526,029
24	Marvin's Room	Drama	PG-13	$12,612,751	2,747,876	$21,680,742
25	Love Jones	Drama	R	$12,514,138	2,726,392	$21,511,233
26	Ghosts of Mississippi	Drama	PG-13	$12,511,843	2,725,892	$21,507,288
27	Gattaca	Drama	PG-13	$12,275,272	2,674,351	$21,100,629
28	Das Boot	Drama	R	$11,397,741	2,483,168	$19,592,196
29	Mad City	Drama	PG-13	$10,519,023	2,291,726	$18,081,718
30	Night Falls On Manhattan	Drama	R	$9,881,286	2,152,786	$16,985,482
31	The Wings of the Dove	Drama	R	$8,698,249	1,895,043	$14,951,889
32	Ulee's Gold	Drama	R	$8,637,027	1,881,705	$14,846,652
33	Mrs. Brown	Drama	PG	$8,451,663	1,841,321	$14,528,023
34	Secrets & Lies	Drama	R	$8,074,281	1,759,103	$13,879,323
35	A Thousand Acres	Drama	R	$7,928,412	1,727,323	$13,628,578
36	Good Will Hunting	Drama	R	$7,510,617	1,636,300	$12,910,407
37	The Evening Star	Drama	PG-13	$7,474,793	1,628,495	$12,848,826
38	The Ice Storm	Drama	R	$7,238,051	1,576,917	$12,441,875
39	She's So Lovely	Drama	R	$7,221,836	1,573,385	$12,414,008
40	U-Turn	Drama	R	$6,633,400	1,445,185	$11,402,510
41	Gang Related	Drama	R	$5,858,599	1,276,383	$10,070,662
42	Inventing the Abbots	Drama	R	$5,852,547	1,275,065	$10,060,263
43	One Eight Seven	Drama	R	$5,716,080	1,245,333	$9,825,677
44	Across The Sea of Time	Drama	G	$5,064,440	1,103,364	$8,705,542
45	The Crucible	Drama	PG-13	$4,999,637	1,089,246	$8,594,151
46	Hamlet	Drama	PG-13	$4,266,214	929,458	$7,333,424
47	Kama Sutra	Drama	R	$4,109,095	895,228	$7,063,349
48	The Portrait of a Lady	Drama	PG-13	$3,550,492	773,528	$6,103,136
49	Free Willy 3: The Rescue	Drama	PG	$3,519,178	766,705	$6,049,302
50	Breaking the Waves	Drama	R	$3,110,918	677,760	$5,347,526
51	Love! Valour! Compassion!	Drama	R	$2,874,242	626,197	$4,940,694
52	Dirty Dancing	Drama	PG-13	$2,868,135	624,866	$4,930,193
53	In the Company of Men	Drama	R	$2,856,622	622,358	$4,910,405
54	One Night Stand	Drama	R	$2,642,718	575,756	$4,542,715
55	Romeo+Juliet	Drama	PG-13	$2,518,728	548,742	$4,329,574
56	Crash	Drama	R	$2,430,321	529,482	$4,177,613
57	The Pillow Book	Drama	Not Rated	$2,293,037	499,572	$3,941,623
58	Paradise Road	Drama	R	$1,921,471	418,621	$3,302,920
59	Wings of Courage	Drama	G	$1,865,734	406,478	$3,207,111
60	Set It Off	Drama	R	$1,812,337	394,845	$3,115,327
61	Washington Square	Drama	PG	$1,683,826	366,847	$2,894,423
62	Ridicule	Drama	R	$1,651,876	359,886	$2,839,501
63	City of Industry	Drama	R	$1,495,332	325,780	$2,570,404
64	Wag the Dog	Drama	R	$1,427,164	310,929	$2,453,230
65	The Sweet Hereafter	Drama	R	$1,387,966	302,389	$2,385,849
66	Ponette	Drama	Not Rated	$1,351,319	294,405	$2,322,855
67	Temptress Moon	Drama	R	$1,084,532	236,281	$1,864,257
68	Female Perversions	Drama	R	$883,973	192,587	$1,519,511
69	Sleepers	Drama	R	$880,394	191,807	$1,513,357
70	Big Night	Drama	R	$814,200	177,386	$1,399,576
71	Thieves (Les Voleurs)	Drama	R	$810,330	176,542	$1,392,916
72	Anna Karenina	Drama	PG-13	$791,830	172,512	$1,361,120
73	Lone Star	Drama	R	$758,156	165,176	$1,303,239
74	Nueba Yol 3	Drama	Not Rated	$723,404	157,604	$1,243,496
75	Prisoner of the Mountains	Drama	R	$661,361	144,087	$1,136,846
76	Dream With The Fishes	Drama	R	$542,909	118,281	$933,237
77	Prefontaine	Drama	PG-13	$532,190	115,946	$914,814
78	La c�r�monie	Drama	Not Rated	$527,095	114,836	$906,056
79	Margaret's Museum	Drama	R	$524,963	114,371	$902,387
80	Some Mother's Son	Drama	R	$493,723	107,565	$848,688
81	Boys Life 2	Drama		$479,504	104,467	$824,245
82	Broken English	Drama	PG-13	$476,070	103,719	$818,343
83	Buscando un Sue�o	Drama		$461,661	100,580	$793,576
84	Sunday	Drama		$410,919	89,525	$706,352
85	The Hanging Garden	Drama	R	$386,350	84,172	$664,117
86	Bent	Drama	NC-17	$372,341	81,120	$640,037
87	That Thing You Do!	Drama	PG	$351,800	76,645	$604,729
88	Albino Alligator	Drama	R	$326,308	71,091	$560,908
89	All Over Me	Drama	R	$281,175	61,258	$483,326
90	Fly Away Home	Drama	PG	$276,573	60,256	$475,420
91	The Tango Lesson	Drama	PG	$265,120	57,760	$455,726
92	Ma Vie en Rose	Drama	R	$244,717	53,315	$420,655
93	Kundun	Drama	PG-13	$237,415	51,724	$408,102
94	Garden of the Finzi-Continis	Drama	R	$229,657	50,034	$394,768
95	Critical Care	Drama	R	$218,158	47,529	$375,004
96	Bliss	Drama	R	$207,751	45,262	$357,117
97	The Ride	Drama	PG	$189,635	41,315	$325,975
98	Michael Collins	Drama	R	$178,189	38,821	$306,298
99	Phenomenon	Drama	PG	$167,596	36,513	$288,088
100	Jack	Drama	PG-13	$165,851	36,133	$285,089
101	Hard Eight	Drama		$142,356	31,014	$244,700
102	Oscar and Lucinda	Drama	R	$137,163	29,883	$235,777
103	The Boxer	Drama	R	$129,915	28,304	$223,319
104	The Winter Guest	Drama	R	$87,508	19,065	$150,423
105	A Brother's Kiss	Drama	R	$66,961	14,588	$115,099
106	The Apostle	Drama	PG-13	$40,969	8,926	$70,426
107	Squeeze	Drama		$26,764	5,831	$46,007
108	Catherine's Grove	Drama	R	$26,641	5,804	$45,794
109	Cafe Society	Drama	R	$6,325	1,378	$10,872
110	Carla's Song	Drama		$5,000	1,089	$8,592
111	Inside	Drama		$5,000	1,089	$8,592
Total Gross of All Movies				$1,080,783,289
Total Tickets Sold					235,464,770
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices						$1,857,817,035

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.