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	$246,322,443
2	Evita	Musical	PG	$49,660,364	10,819,251	$77,682,222
3	Donnie Brasco	Drama	R	$41,954,997	9,140,522	$65,628,948
4	Private Parts	Comedy	R	$41,198,146	8,975,631	$64,445,031
5	Seven Years in Tibet	Drama	PG-13	$37,555,985	8,182,132	$58,747,708
6	Selena	Drama	PG	$35,422,828	7,717,392	$55,410,875
7	Shine	Drama	PG-13	$32,268,702	7,030,218	$50,476,965
8	Amistad	Drama	R	$26,714,127	5,820,071	$41,788,110
9	The People vs. Larry Flynt	Drama	R	$19,668,017	4,284,971	$30,766,092
10	In Love and War	Drama	PG-13	$14,462,242	3,150,815	$22,622,852
11	Fairytale: A True Story	Drama	PG	$14,013,508	3,053,052	$21,920,913
12	Rosewood	Drama	R	$13,104,494	2,855,010	$20,498,972
13	Ghosts of Mississippi	Drama	PG-13	$12,511,843	2,725,892	$19,571,905
14	Paradise Road	Drama	R	$1,921,471	418,621	$3,005,699
15	Sleepers	Drama	R	$880,394	191,807	$1,377,174
16	The Ghost and the Darkness	Action	R	$844,516	183,990	$1,321,048
17	Prefontaine	Drama	PG-13	$532,190	115,946	$832,492
18	Some Mother's Son	Drama	R	$493,723	107,565	$772,317
19	Kundun	Drama	PG-13	$237,415	51,724	$371,378
20	Michael Collins	Drama	R	$178,189	38,821	$278,735
21	Napolean			$100,127	21,814	$156,625
Total Gross of All Movies				$501,191,249
Total Tickets Sold					109,191,992
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices						$783,998,503

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.