Box Office Performance for Historical Fiction Movies in 1996

Rank	Movie	Genre	MPAA	1996 Gross	Tickets Sold	Inflation- Adjusted Gross
1	The Hunchback of Notre Dame	Adventure	G	$100,117,603	22,651,041	$155,839,162
2	Courage Under Fire	Drama	R	$59,003,384	13,349,182	$91,842,372
3	Sense and Sensibility	Drama	PG	$38,645,957	8,743,429	$60,154,792
4	The English Patient	Drama	R	$28,007,132	6,336,455	$43,594,810
5	That Thing You Do!	Drama	PG	$25,632,746	5,799,264	$39,898,936
6	Emma	Romantic Comedy	PG	$22,231,658	5,029,787	$34,604,935
7	A Very Brady Sequel	Comedy	PG-13	$21,443,204	4,851,404	$33,377,660
8	Last Man Standing	Action	R	$18,115,927	4,098,626	$28,198,547
9	The Postman	Drama	PG	$12,786,292	2,892,826	$19,902,643
10	Mulholland Falls	Drama	R	$11,504,190	2,602,758	$17,906,975
11	Tom and Huck	Adventure	PG	$9,232,982	2,088,910	$14,371,701
12	Wings of Courage	Drama	G	$6,918,899	1,565,362	$10,769,691
13	Mary Reilly	Drama	R	$5,707,094	1,291,198	$8,883,442
14	Get on the Bus	Drama	R	$5,691,854	1,287,750	$8,859,720
15	Cold Comfort Farm	Comedy	PG	$5,682,429	1,285,617	$8,845,045
16	Jane Eyre	Drama	PG	$5,200,601	1,176,607	$8,095,056
17	Casino	Drama	R	$4,955,775	1,121,216	$7,713,966
18	The Crucible	Drama	PG-13	$4,652,487	1,052,599	$7,241,881
19	Antonia's Line	Drama	R	$4,047,426	915,707	$6,300,064
20	Restoration	Drama	R	$4,024,486	910,517	$6,264,357
21	Moll Flanders	Drama	PG-13	$3,443,047	778,970	$5,359,314
22	Angels and Insects	Drama	R	$3,390,811	767,152	$5,278,006
23	Cutthroat Island	Adventure	PG-13	$2,801,462	633,815	$4,360,647
24	Richard III	Drama	R	$2,592,989	586,649	$4,036,145
25	Othello	Drama	R	$2,319,934	524,872	$3,611,119
26	Persuasion	Drama	PG	$1,805,885	408,571	$2,810,968
27	Ridicule	Drama	R	$1,582,546	358,042	$2,463,329
28	The Bridges of Madison County	Drama	PG-13	$1,448,968	327,821	$2,255,408
29	Kansas City	Drama	R	$1,353,824	306,295	$2,107,310
30	The Horseman on the Roof	Drama	R	$1,320,043	298,652	$2,054,726
31	Shanghai Triad	Drama	R	$1,290,260	291,914	$2,008,368
32	The Funeral	Drama	R	$1,212,799	274,389	$1,887,796
33	Dead Man	Western	R	$1,025,488	232,011	$1,596,236
34	Grace of My Heart	Drama	R	$617,632	139,736	$961,384
35	Twelfth Night: Or What You Will	Comedy	PG	$588,621	133,172	$916,223
36	Lamerica	Drama	Not Rated	$429,720	97,222	$668,887
37	Cry, The Beloved Country	Drama	PG-13	$421,572	95,378	$656,201
38	The Portrait of a Lady	Drama	PG-13	$355,334	80,392	$553,097
39	Hamlet	Drama	PG-13	$344,863	78,023	$536,798
40	Pocahontas	Adventure	G	$40,621	9,190	$63,227
Total Gross of All Movies				$421,988,545
Total Tickets Sold					95,472,521
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices						$656,850,944

Note: This chart ranks movies by the amount they earned during 1996. It includes movies released in previous years that earned money during 1996. For example, a movie released over Thanksgiving in 1995 will most likely earn money in 1995 and 1996. 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.