Box Office Performance for Factual Movies in 1997

Rank	Movie	Genre	MPAA	1997 Gross	Tickets Sold	Inflation- Adjusted Gross
1	Anastasia	Musical	G	$53,042,286	11,556,054	$79,505,652
2	When We Were Kings	Documentary	PG	$2,666,118	580,854	$3,996,276
3	Thrill Ride: The Science of Fun	Documentary	G	$2,570,742	560,075	$3,853,316
4	Snowriders 2	Documentary	Not Rated	$2,287,639	498,396	$3,428,964
5	Rhyme & Reason	Documentary	R	$1,591,687	346,773	$2,385,798
6	Fast, Cheap & Out of Control	Documentary	PG	$760,472	165,680	$1,139,878
7	Microcosmos	Documentary	G	$247,975	54,025	$371,692
8	4 Little Girls	Documentary		$218,444	47,591	$327,426
Total Gross of All Movies				$63,385,363
Total Tickets Sold					13,809,448
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices						$95,009,002

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.