Box Office Performance for Historical Fiction Movies in 1997

Rank	Movie	Genre	MPAA	1997 Gross	Tickets Sold	Inflation- Adjusted Gross
1	The Godfather			$129,141,981	28,135,508	$202,012,947
2	Hercules	Adventure	G	$99,046,791	21,578,822	$154,935,942
3	The English Patient	Drama	R	$55,893,178	12,177,163	$87,432,030
4	L.A. Confidential	Drama	R	$38,296,320	8,343,425	$59,905,792
5	Boogie Nights	Drama	R	$23,816,064	5,188,685	$37,254,758
6	Hoodlum	Drama	R	$23,489,997	5,117,646	$36,744,698
7	Eve's Bayou	Drama	R	$13,475,192	2,935,772	$21,078,843
8	Boot, Das	Drama	R	$11,397,741	2,483,168	$17,829,146
9	Buddy	Comedy	PG	$10,005,081	2,179,756	$15,650,648
10	The Wings of the Dove	Drama	R	$8,698,249	1,895,043	$13,606,409
11	Mrs. Brown	Drama	PG	$8,451,663	1,841,321	$13,220,685
12	The Ice Storm	Drama	R	$7,238,051	1,576,917	$11,322,264
13	Inventing the Abbots	Drama	R	$5,852,547	1,275,065	$9,154,967
14	Kolya	Comedy	PG-13	$5,730,711	1,248,521	$8,964,381
15	The Crucible	Drama	PG-13	$4,999,637	1,089,246	$7,820,786
16	Hamlet	Drama	PG-13	$4,266,214	929,458	$6,673,508
17	Kama Sutra	Drama	R	$4,109,095	895,228	$6,427,737
18	The Portrait of a Lady	Drama	PG-13	$3,550,492	773,528	$5,553,931
19	Dirty Dancing	Drama	PG-13	$2,868,135	624,866	$4,486,538
20	Wings of Courage	Drama	G	$1,865,734	406,478	$2,918,512
21	Washington Square	Drama	PG	$1,683,826	366,847	$2,633,961
22	Ridicule	Drama	R	$1,651,876	359,886	$2,583,981
23	Temptress Moon	Drama	R	$1,084,532	236,281	$1,696,498
24	Children of the Revolution	Comedy	R	$830,608	180,960	$1,299,293
25	The Van	Comedy	R	$621,093	135,314	$971,555
26	The House of Yes	Comedy	R	$617,403	134,510	$965,782
27	Margaret's Museum	Drama	R	$524,963	114,371	$821,184
28	That Thing You Do!	Drama	PG	$351,800	76,645	$550,311
29	The Hunchback of Notre Dame	Adventure	G	$273,938	59,681	$428,510
30	Oscar and Lucinda	Drama	R	$137,163	29,883	$214,560
31	Cafe Society	Drama	R	$6,325	1,378	$9,894
32	The Call of the Wild: Dog of the Yukon	Adventure	PG	$5,000	1,089	$7,819
33	Carla's Song	Drama		$5,000	1,089	$7,819
Total Gross of All Movies				$469,986,400
Total Tickets Sold					102,393,550
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices						$735,185,689

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.