Box Office Performance for Dramatization 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	Evita	Musical	PG	$47,821,442	10,418,615	$71,680,071
3	Donnie Brasco	Drama	R	$41,954,997	9,140,522	$62,886,791
4	Private Parts	Comedy	R	$41,198,146	8,975,631	$61,752,341
5	Seven Years in Tibet	Drama	PG-13	$37,555,985	8,182,132	$56,293,068
6	Selena	Drama	PG	$35,450,113	7,723,336	$53,136,552
7	Shine	Drama	PG-13	$29,117,149	6,343,605	$43,644,002
8	Amistad	Drama	R	$26,714,127	5,820,071	$40,042,088
9	The People vs. Larry Flynt	Drama	R	$18,480,626	4,026,280	$27,700,806
10	In Love and War	Drama	PG-13	$14,477,119	3,154,056	$21,699,905
11	Fairytale: A True Story	Drama	PG	$14,013,508	3,053,052	$21,004,998
12	Rosewood	Drama	R	$13,104,494	2,855,010	$19,642,469
13	Ghosts of Mississippi	Drama	PG-13	$7,269,988	1,583,875	$10,897,060
14	Paradise Road	Drama	R	$1,990,257	433,607	$2,983,216
15	The Ghost and the Darkness	Action	R	$794,630	173,122	$1,191,079
16	Beaumarchais the Scoundrel	Drama	Not Rated	$630,269	137,314	$944,720
17	Prefontaine	Drama	PG-13	$590,817	128,718	$885,580
18	Sleepers	Drama	R	$406,804	88,628	$609,761
19	Some Mother's Son	Drama	R	$349,040	76,044	$523,183
20	Kundun	Drama	PG-13	$237,415	51,724	$355,861
21	Michael Collins	Drama	R	$166,313	36,234	$249,290
22	Napolean			$100,127	21,814	$150,080
Total Gross of All Movies				$489,891,337
Total Tickets Sold					106,730,137
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices						$734,303,343

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.