Box Office Performance for Dramatization Movies in 1997

Rank	Movie	Genre	MPAA	1997 Gross	Tickets Sold	Inflation- Adjusted Gross
1	Evita	Musical	PG	$49,660,364	10,819,251	$85,363,890
2	Donnie Brasco	Drama	R	$41,954,997	9,140,522	$72,118,719
3	Private Parts	Comedy	R	$41,198,146	8,975,631	$70,817,729
4	Seven Years in Tibet	Drama	PG-13	$37,555,985	8,182,132	$64,557,021
5	Selena	Drama	PG	$35,422,828	7,717,392	$60,890,223
6	Shine	Drama	PG-13	$32,268,702	7,030,218	$55,468,420
7	Amistad	Drama	R	$26,714,127	5,820,071	$45,920,360
8	The People vs. Larry Flynt	Drama	R	$19,668,017	4,284,971	$33,808,421
9	In Love and War	Drama	PG-13	$14,462,242	3,150,815	$24,859,930
10	Fairytale: A True Story	Drama	PG	$14,013,508	3,053,052	$24,088,580
11	Rosewood	Drama	R	$13,104,494	2,855,010	$22,526,029
12	Ghosts of Mississippi	Drama	PG-13	$12,511,843	2,725,892	$21,507,288
13	Paradise Road	Drama	R	$1,921,471	418,621	$3,302,920
14	Sleepers	Drama	R	$880,394	191,807	$1,513,357
15	The Ghost and the Darkness	Action	R	$844,516	183,990	$1,451,681
16	Prefontaine	Drama	PG-13	$532,190	115,946	$914,814
17	Some Mother's Son	Drama	R	$493,723	107,565	$848,688
18	Kundun	Drama	PG-13	$237,415	51,724	$408,102
19	Michael Collins	Drama	R	$178,189	38,821	$306,298
20	Napolean			$100,127	21,814	$172,112
Total Gross of All Movies				$343,723,278
Total Tickets Sold					74,885,245
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices						$590,844,583

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.