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Thursday, July 24, 2008

Box Office Performance for Historical Fiction Movies in 1995

RankMovieGenreMPAA1995 GrossTickets SoldInflation-
Adjusted
Gross
1 Pocahontas Adventure G $141,539,152 32,537,736 $223,859,624
2 The Bridges of Madison County Drama PG-13 $70,067,649 16,107,506 $110,819,641
3 Legends of the Fall Drama R $66,038,210 15,181,198 $104,446,642
4 A Walk in the Clouds Drama PG-13 $50,008,143 11,496,125 $79,093,340
5 The Brady Bunch Movie Comedy PG-13 $46,546,167 10,700,268 $73,617,844
6 Casino Drama R $37,482,525 8,616,672 $59,282,703
7 First Knight Drama PG-13 $37,361,412 8,588,830 $59,091,150
8 Forrest Gump Drama PG-13 $31,158,572 7,162,890 $49,280,683
9 Little Women Drama PG $29,474,280 6,775,697 $46,616,795
10 Operation Dumbo Drop Adventure PG $24,670,346 5,671,344 $39,018,847
11 Circle of Friends Drama PG-13 $23,389,975 5,377,006 $36,993,801
12 The Jungle Book Adventure PG $22,264,119 5,118,188 $35,213,133
13 The Quick and the Dead Western R $18,552,460 4,264,933 $29,342,739
14 Devil in a Blue Dress Drama R $16,030,096 3,685,080 $25,353,350
15 Tom and Huck Adventure PG $14,604,245 3,357,298 $23,098,210
16 I.Q. Romantic Comedy PG $13,225,658 3,040,381 $20,917,821
17 The Shawshank Redemption Drama R $11,780,418 2,708,142 $18,632,017
18 My Family Drama R $11,079,373 2,546,982 $17,523,236
19 The Englishman Who Went Up a Hill, But Came Down a Mountain Comedy PG $10,904,930 2,506,880 $17,247,334
20 The Scarlet Letter Drama R $10,359,006 2,381,381 $16,383,901
21 The Postman Drama PG $9,026,521 2,075,062 $14,276,427
22 Unstrung Heroes Drama PG $7,929,000 1,822,759 $12,540,582
23 Cutthroat Island Adventure PG-13 $7,215,860 1,658,818 $11,412,668
24 Last of the Dogmen Western PG $7,008,542 1,611,159 $11,084,774
25 The Walking Dead Drama R $6,014,340 1,382,607 $9,512,336
26 Bullets Over Broadway Comedy R $4,778,133 1,098,421 $7,557,136
27 Wings of Courage Drama G $4,570,769 1,050,751 $7,229,167
28 Sense and Sensibility Drama PG $4,347,817 999,498 $6,876,546
29 Persuasion Drama PG $3,463,872 796,292 $5,478,489
30 The Perez Family Comedy R $2,794,056 642,312 $4,419,107
31 Blue Sky Drama PG-13 $2,517,923 578,833 $3,982,371
32 Burnt by the Sun Drama R $2,302,338 529,273 $3,641,398
33 A Month by the Lake Romantic Comedy R $2,196,000 504,828 $3,473,217
34 To Live Drama   $1,253,592 288,182 $1,982,692
35 Picture Bride Drama PG-13 $1,238,905 284,806 $1,959,465
36 Wild Reeds Drama Not Rated $759,196 174,528 $1,200,753
37 Les Misérables Drama R $620,498 142,643 $981,384
38 Shanghai Triad Drama R $610,244 140,286 $965,168
39 The Innocent Drama R $553,454 127,231 $875,349
40 Othello Drama R $524,445 120,562 $829,467
41 A Man of No Importance Drama R $427,308 98,232 $675,836
42 Country Life Drama PG-13 $350,354 80,541 $554,122
43 Feast of July Drama R $293,274 67,419 $463,843
44 An Awfully Big Adventure Drama R $258,195 59,355 $408,362
45 Cry, The Beloved Country Drama PG-13 $254,953 58,610 $403,237
46 The Stars Fell on Henrietta Drama PG $99,318 22,832 $157,084
47 Lamerica Drama Not Rated $93,987 21,606 $148,649
48 Richard III Drama R $91,915 21,130 $145,374
49 Frankie Starlight Drama R $81,666 18,774 $129,165
50 Restoration Drama R $75,514 17,360 $119,437
51 Delta of Venus Drama NC-17 $63,174 14,523 $99,918
Total Gross of All Movies$758,351,899
Total Tickets Sold174,333,770
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices$1,199,416,338

Note: This chart ranks movies by the amount they earned during 1995. It includes movies released in previous years that earned money during 1995. For example, a movie released over Thanksgiving in 1994 will most likely earn money in 1994 and 1995. 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.