Box Office Performance for Historical Fiction Movies in 1997

Rank	Movie	Genre	MPAA	1997 Gross	Tickets Sold	Inflation- Adjusted Gross
1	Hercules	Adventure	G	$99,112,101	21,593,050	$148,560,184
2	The English Patient	Drama	R	$50,709,242	11,047,765	$76,008,623
3	L.A. Confidential	Drama	R	$38,296,320	8,343,425	$57,402,764
4	Boogie Nights	Drama	R	$23,816,064	5,188,685	$35,698,153
5	Hoodlum	Drama	R	$23,489,997	5,117,646	$35,209,404
6	Eve's Bayou	Drama	R	$13,475,192	2,935,772	$20,198,111
7	Boot, Das	Drama	R	$11,452,283	2,495,051	$17,165,951
8	Buddy	Comedy	PG	$10,067,104	2,193,269	$15,089,691
9	The Wings of the Dove	Drama	R	$8,698,249	1,895,043	$13,037,896
10	Mrs. Brown	Drama	PG	$8,451,663	1,841,321	$12,668,288
11	The Ice Storm	Drama	R	$7,238,051	1,576,917	$10,849,189
12	Inventing the Abbots	Drama	R	$5,926,128	1,291,095	$8,882,734
13	Kolya	Comedy	PG-13	$5,770,254	1,257,136	$8,649,096
14	Hamlet	Drama	PG-13	$4,156,231	905,497	$6,229,819
15	Kama Sutra	Drama	R	$4,109,095	895,228	$6,159,169
16	The Portrait of a Lady	Drama	PG-13	$3,342,678	728,252	$5,010,374
17	Dirty Dancing	Drama	PG-13	$2,868,135	624,866	$4,299,078
18	The Crucible	Drama	PG-13	$2,699,845	588,202	$4,046,830
19	Wings of Courage	Drama	G	$1,865,734	406,478	$2,796,569
20	Washington Square	Drama	PG	$1,683,826	366,847	$2,523,907
21	Temptress Moon	Drama	R	$1,084,532	236,281	$1,625,613
22	Ridicule	Drama	R	$921,283	200,715	$1,380,919
23	Children of the Revolution	Comedy	R	$845,391	184,181	$1,267,165
24	The Van	Comedy	R	$621,093	135,314	$930,960
25	The House of Yes	Comedy	R	$617,403	134,510	$925,429
26	That Thing You Do!	Drama	PG	$224,670	48,948	$336,762
27	The Hunchback of Notre Dame	Adventure	G	$21,248	4,629	$31,848
Total Gross of All Movies				$331,563,812
Total Tickets Sold					72,236,123
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices						$496,984,526

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.