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Top 1996 Theater Average Limited Release Movies at the Domestic Box Office
See also: Top 1996 Theater Average
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This chart contains the theater average for the top 100 limited release movies released in 1996.
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| Rank | Date | Movie | Theater Average |
Gross | Theaters |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nov 29, 1996 | The Crucible | $101,610 | $101,610 | 1 |
| 2 | Dec 27, 1996 | Evita | $97,543 | $195,085 | 2 |
| 3 | Dec 6, 1996 | The Crucible | $69,880 | $69,880 | 1 |
| 4 | Jan 3, 1997 | Evita | $48,394 | $1,064,660 | 22 |
| 5 | Dec 6, 1996 | Everyone Says I Love You | $43,893 | $131,678 | 3 |
| 6 | Oct 11, 1996 | Michael Collins | $36,956 | $221,736 | 6 |
| 7 | Jun 14, 1996 | Stealing Beauty | $34,343 | $103,028 | 3 |
| 8 | Jul 19, 1996 | Trainspotting | $32,834 | $262,673 | 8 |
| 9 | Dec 27, 1996 | Hamlet | $30,228 | $90,684 | 3 |
| 10 | Jan 3, 1997 | Hamlet | $29,454 | $88,362 | 3 |
| 11 | Sep 20, 1996 | Surviving Picasso | $29,018 | $87,054 | 3 |
| 12 | Nov 29, 1996 | Shine | $28,429 | $284,290 | 10 |
| 13 | Nov 15, 1996 | The English Patient | $27,844 | $278,439 | 10 |
| 14 | Jan 17, 1997 | Hamlet | $27,826 | $83,478 | 3 |
| 15 | Aug 2, 1996 | Emma | $26,739 | $240,649 | 9 |
| 16 | Dec 13, 1996 | The Crucible | $24,803 | $74,409 | 3 |
| 17 | Feb 2, 1996 | Angels and Insects | $24,444 | $48,888 | 2 |
| 18 | Jan 10, 1997 | Everyone Says I Love You | $24,227 | $96,907 | 4 |
| 19 | Jan 10, 1997 | Hamlet | $24,079 | $72,237 | 3 |
| 20 | Oct 11, 1996 | Trees Lounge | $23,665 | $47,329 | 2 |
| 21 | Mar 22, 1996 | Flirting with Disaster | $23,494 | $164,458 | 7 |
| 22 | Nov 22, 1996 | Shine | $23,168 | $162,179 | 7 |
| 23 | Dec 27, 1996 | Mother | $22,950 | $137,701 | 6 |
| 24 | Oct 18, 1996 | Snowriders | $22,666 | $158,661 | 7 |
| 25 | Jan 3, 1997 | Mother | $22,147 | $155,027 | 7 |
| 26 | Nov 1, 1996 | The Funeral | $20,884 | $41,768 | 2 |
| 27 | Jul 26, 1996 | Trainspotting | $20,569 | $781,615 | 38 |
| 28 | Mar 8, 1996 | Fargo | $20,285 | $730,265 | 36 |
| 29 | Nov 29, 1996 | Ridicule | $19,947 | $59,841 | 3 |
| 30 | Jan 26, 1996 | Angels and Insects | $19,545 | $39,089 | 2 |
| 31 | Jan 3, 1997 | Everyone Says I Love You | $19,062 | $57,186 | 3 |
| 32 | May 3, 1996 | I Shot Andy Warhol | $19,018 | $57,053 | 3 |
| 33 | Oct 18, 1996 | Michael Collins | $18,769 | $187,692 | 10 |
| 34 | Oct 4, 1996 | Crash | $17,580 | $738,339 | 42 |
| 35 | Apr 19, 1996 | Wallace & Gromit | $17,104 | $51,311 | 3 |
| 36 | Dec 6, 1996 | Shine | $16,888 | $168,882 | 10 |
| 37 | Mar 15, 1996 | Fargo | $15,762 | $914,202 | 58 |
| 38 | Jan 3, 1997 | The Portrait of a Lady | $15,643 | $109,498 | 7 |
| 39 | Oct 18, 1996 | To Gillian on Her 37th Birthday | $15,545 | $77,725 | 5 |
| 40 | Sep 20, 1996 | Big Night | $15,479 | $185,749 | 12 |
| 41 | Dec 27, 1996 | The Portrait of a Lady | $15,238 | $106,665 | 7 |
| 42 | Apr 12, 1996 | Wallace & Gromit | $14,051 | $42,154 | 3 |
| 43 | Aug 9, 1996 | Basquiat | $13,977 | $83,863 | 6 |
| 44 | Feb 16, 1996 | Nueba Yol | $13,598 | $285,557 | 21 |
| 45 | Dec 13, 1996 | Shine | $13,527 | $135,266 | 10 |
| 46 | Aug 9, 1996 | Emma | $13,373 | $1,404,183 | 105 |
| 47 | Dec 6, 1996 | Snowriders | $13,325 | $199,879 | 15 |
| 48 | Dec 20, 1996 | Shine | $13,150 | $131,501 | 10 |
| 49 | Jan 12, 1996 | Gazon maudit | $12,709 | $63,547 | 5 |
| 50 | May 17, 1996 | Cold Comfort Farm | $12,241 | $73,448 | 6 |
| 51 | Jan 10, 1997 | Evita | $11,905 | $8,381,055 | 704 |
| 52 | Dec 27, 1996 | Thieves (Les Voleurs) | $11,707 | $105,362 | 9 |
| 53 | Jan 10, 1997 | The Portrait of a Lady | $11,390 | $79,730 | 7 |
| 54 | Nov 15, 1996 | Snowriders | $11,220 | $325,370 | 29 |
| 55 | Oct 4, 1996 | Secrets & Lies | $11,121 | $189,050 | 17 |
| 56 | May 10, 1996 | Cold Comfort Farm | $11,071 | $66,427 | 6 |
| 57 | Jun 21, 1996 | Lone Star | $11,056 | $232,184 | 21 |
| 58 | Nov 29, 1996 | Snowriders | $10,891 | $54,453 | 5 |
| 59 | Mar 15, 1996 | The Celluloid Closet | $10,561 | $95,047 | 9 |
| 60 | Jul 5, 1996 | Der Bewegte Mann | $10,349 | $20,697 | 2 |
| 61 | Jun 28, 1996 | Lone Star | $10,241 | $409,645 | 40 |
| 62 | Nov 22, 1996 | The English Patient | $10,123 | $2,713,093 | 268 |
| 63 | Mar 29, 1996 | Flirting with Disaster | $10,084 | $705,899 | 70 |
| 64 | Feb 9, 1996 | Angels and Insects | $10,065 | $140,904 | 14 |
| 65 | Aug 16, 1996 | Basquiat | $10,032 | $210,672 | 21 |
| 66 | Jun 21, 1996 | Stealing Beauty | $9,811 | $264,885 | 27 |
| 67 | Apr 26, 1996 | Wallace & Gromit | $9,759 | $29,278 | 3 |
| 68 | Jan 19, 1996 | Gazon maudit | $9,713 | $67,993 | 7 |
| 69 | Jan 17, 1997 | Evita | $9,662 | $8,918,183 | 923 |
| 70 | May 24, 1996 | Cold Comfort Farm | $9,463 | $378,531 | 40 |
| 71 | Nov 29, 1996 | The English Patient | $9,360 | $5,550,565 | 593 |
| 72 | Feb 16, 1996 | Angels and Insects | $9,335 | $224,048 | 24 |
| 73 | Oct 18, 1996 | Swingers | $9,265 | $74,118 | 8 |
| 74 | Jun 28, 1996 | Der Bewegte Mann | $9,058 | $18,115 | 2 |
| 75 | Jan 10, 1997 | Mother | $9,010 | $1,432,656 | 159 |
| 76 | Dec 6, 1996 | Ridicule | $8,991 | $143,859 | 16 |
| 77 | Jul 19, 1996 | Walking and Talking | $8,920 | $44,602 | 5 |
| 78 | Jan 3, 1997 | Thieves (Les Voleurs) | $8,881 | $79,931 | 9 |
| 79 | Dec 20, 1996 | La cérémonie | $8,307 | $49,843 | 6 |
| 80 | Sep 27, 1996 | Big Night | $8,252 | $816,932 | 99 |
| 81 | Oct 11, 1996 | Secrets & Lies | $8,197 | $467,221 | 57 |
| 82 | Jan 17, 1997 | Mother | $8,182 | $3,109,050 | 380 |
| 83 | Jan 24, 1997 | Hamlet | $8,138 | $455,728 | 56 |
| 84 | Jul 5, 1996 | Lone Star | $8,092 | $566,437 | 70 |
| 85 | Apr 19, 1996 | Mystery Science Theatre 3000 | $7,936 | $206,328 | 26 |
| 86 | Dec 27, 1996 | La cérémonie | $7,830 | $46,980 | 6 |
| 87 | Jan 3, 1997 | Shine | $7,798 | $1,614,152 | 207 |
| 88 | Jan 26, 1996 | Gazon maudit | $7,748 | $61,985 | 8 |
| 89 | Dec 27, 1996 | Shine | $7,741 | $1,602,329 | 207 |
| 90 | Apr 12, 1996 | Jane Eyre | $7,712 | $269,929 | 35 |
| 91 | Jan 31, 1997 | Hamlet | $7,455 | $417,453 | 56 |
| 92 | Jul 26, 1996 | Stonewall | $7,405 | $74,052 | 10 |
| 93 | Aug 2, 1996 | Trainspotting | $7,343 | $1,402,441 | 191 |
| 94 | May 17, 1996 | Wallace & Gromit | $7,260 | $43,558 | 6 |
| 95 | Nov 1, 1996 | Trees Lounge | $7,199 | $179,980 | 25 |
| 96 | Feb 16, 1996 | Once Upon a Time... When We Were Colored | $6,851 | $82,212 | 12 |
| 97 | Mar 22, 1996 | Fargo | $6,827 | $2,812,662 | 412 |
| 98 | Aug 23, 1996 | Basquiat | $6,795 | $231,016 | 34 |
| 99 | Jan 3, 1997 | I'm Not Rappaport | $6,612 | $19,837 | 3 |
| 100 | Sep 27, 1996 | Surviving Picasso | $6,598 | $204,524 | 31 |
The Domestic Market is defined as the North American movie territory (consisting of the United States, Canada, Puerto Rico and Guam).
Note: the records on this page only consider movies that were initially released in less than 600 theaters and did not have any expansion of more than 1,000 theaters in one week. We only consider movies that were released in 1995 or later, and do not consider movies that only had an IMAX release.
This table is updated daily to reflect the latest studio reports.
Note: This chart is not adjusted for inflation.