Box Office Performance for Historical Fiction Movies in 1997

Rank	Movie	Genre	MPAA	1997 Gross	Tickets Sold	Inflation- Adjusted Gross
1	Titanic	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$157,467,971	34,306,747	$270,680,234
2	The Godfather			$129,141,981	28,135,508	$221,989,158
3	Hercules	Adventure	G	$99,046,791	21,578,822	$170,256,906
4	The English Patient	Drama	R	$55,893,178	12,177,163	$96,077,816
5	L.A. Confidential	Drama	R	$38,296,320	8,343,425	$65,829,623
6	Boogie Nights	Drama	R	$23,816,064	5,188,685	$40,938,725
7	Hoodlum	Drama	R	$23,489,997	5,117,646	$40,378,227
8	Eve's Bayou	Drama	R	$13,475,192	2,935,772	$23,163,241
9	Das Boot	Drama	R	$11,397,741	2,483,168	$19,592,196
10	Buddy	Comedy	PG	$10,005,081	2,179,756	$17,198,275
11	The Wings of the Dove	Drama	R	$8,698,249	1,895,043	$14,951,889
12	Mrs. Brown	Drama	PG	$8,451,663	1,841,321	$14,528,023
13	The Ice Storm	Drama	R	$7,238,051	1,576,917	$12,441,875
14	Inventing the Abbots	Drama	R	$5,852,547	1,275,065	$10,060,263
15	Kolya	Comedy	PG-13	$5,730,711	1,248,521	$9,850,831
16	The Crucible	Drama	PG-13	$4,999,637	1,089,246	$8,594,151
17	Hamlet	Drama	PG-13	$4,266,214	929,458	$7,333,424
18	Kama Sutra	Drama	R	$4,109,095	895,228	$7,063,349
19	The Portrait of a Lady	Drama	PG-13	$3,550,492	773,528	$6,103,136
20	Dirty Dancing	Drama	PG-13	$2,868,135	624,866	$4,930,193
21	Wings of Courage	Drama	G	$1,865,734	406,478	$3,207,111
22	Washington Square	Drama	PG	$1,683,826	366,847	$2,894,423
23	Ridicule	Drama	R	$1,651,876	359,886	$2,839,501
24	Temptress Moon	Drama	R	$1,084,532	236,281	$1,864,257
25	Children of the Revolution	Comedy	R	$830,608	180,960	$1,427,774
26	The Van	Comedy	R	$621,093	135,314	$1,067,627
27	The House of Yes	Comedy	R	$617,403	134,510	$1,061,284
28	Margaret's Museum	Drama	R	$524,963	114,371	$902,387
29	That Thing You Do!	Drama	PG	$351,800	76,645	$604,729
30	The Hunchback of Notre Dame	Adventure	G	$273,938	59,681	$470,883
31	Oscar and Lucinda	Drama	R	$137,163	29,883	$235,777
32	Intimate Relations	Black Comedy		$28,978	6,313	$49,810
33	Cafe Society	Drama	R	$6,325	1,378	$10,872
34	The Call of the Wild: Dog of the Yukon	Adventure	PG	$5,000	1,089	$8,592
35	Carla's Song	Drama		$5,000	1,089	$8,592
Total Gross of All Movies				$627,483,349
Total Tickets Sold					136,706,610
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices						$1,078,615,153

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.