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Sunday, November 22, 2009

Box Office Performance for Sony Pictures Classics Movies in 1997

RankMovieGenreMPAA1997 GrossTickets SoldInflation-
Adjusted
Gross
1 Across The Sea of Time Drama G $5,064,440 1,103,364 $7,922,154
2 Waiting for Guffman Comedy R $2,922,988 636,817 $4,572,346
3 In the Company of Men Drama R $2,856,622 622,358 $4,468,530
4 Thrill Ride: The Science of Fun Documentary G $2,570,742 560,075 $4,021,339
5 Wings of Courage Drama G $1,865,734 406,478 $2,918,512
6 Thieves (Les Voleurs) Drama R $810,330 176,542 $1,267,572
7 Fast, Cheap & Out of Control Documentary PG $760,472 165,680 $1,189,582
8 Lone Star Drama R $758,156 165,176 $1,185,964
9 A Chef in Love Romantic Comedy PG-13 $686,121 149,482 $1,073,281
10 Dream With The Fishes Drama R $542,909 118,281 $849,258
11 The Myth of Fingerprints   R $505,828 110,202 $791,250
12 SubUrbia Comedy R $482,665 105,156 $755,020
13 Broken English Drama PG-13 $476,070 103,719 $744,702
14 The Tango Lesson Drama PG $265,120 57,760 $414,717
15 Ma Vie en Rose Drama R $244,717 53,315 $382,802
16 Garden of the Finzi-Continis Drama R $229,657 50,034 $359,244
17 The Whole Wide World   PG $119,572 26,051 $187,046
18 Beautiful Thing Comedy R $96,544 21,034 $151,024
19 Afterglow Romantic Comedy R $50,052 10,905 $78,298
Total Gross of All Movies$21,308,739
Total Tickets Sold4,642,429
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices$33,332,640

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.