The Top Movies, Weekend of March 8, 1996

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(new)	The Birdcage	MGM	Comedy	$18,275,828		1,950	$9,372	$18,275,828	3
2	(new)	Homeward Bound II: Lost in San Francisco	Buena Vista	Adventure	$8,605,649		2,119	$4,061	$8,605,649	3
3	(1)	Up Close & Personal	Buena Vista	Drama	$8,012,357	-27.83%	1,628	$4,922	$22,235,253	10
4	(2)	Down Periscope	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$5,033,851	-30.39%	2,026	$2,485	$14,059,295	10
5	(new)	Hellraiser IV: Bloodline	Miramax	Horror	$4,505,036		1,465	$3,075	$4,505,036	3
6	(4)	Broken Arrow	20th Century Fox	Action	$4,231,906	-29.94%	1,929	$2,194	$58,785,637	31
7	(3)	Rumble in the Bronx	New Line	Action	$3,375,263	-50.23%	1,794	$1,881	$23,543,871	17
8	(5)	Happy Gilmore	Universal	Comedy	$3,257,875	-32.28%	1,945	$1,675	$28,915,565	24
9	(7)	Mr. Holland's Opus	Buena Vista	Drama	$3,043,631	-27.63%	1,564	$1,946	$66,593,356	73
10	(6)	Muppet Treasure Island	Buena Vista	Adventure	$2,713,594	-43.35%	1,829	$1,484	$28,450,036	24
11	(9)	Dead Man Walking	Gramercy	Drama	$1,689,639	-20.99%	796	$2,123	$26,426,659	73
12	(new)	If Lucy Fell	Sony Pictures	Romantic Comedy	$1,308,088		1,200	$1,090	$1,308,088	3
13	(11)	Sense and Sensibility	Sony Pictures	Drama	$1,102,334	-31.24%	808	$1,364	$36,267,860	91
14	(8)	City Hall	Sony Pictures	Drama	$1,060,955	-57.69%	986	$1,076	$19,263,406	24
15	(13)	Leaving Las Vegas	MGM	Drama	$739,129	-43.74%	691	$1,070	$26,367,509	136
16	(new)	Fargo	Gramercy	Thriller/Suspense	$730,265		36	$20,285	$730,265	3
17	(19)	The Postman	Miramax	Drama	$706,986	-6.95%	300	$2,357	$14,192,445	271
18	(29)	Twelve Monkeys	Universal	Drama	$638,910	+135.92%	687	$930	$55,027,949	75
19	(10)	Before and After	Buena Vista	Drama	$635,918	-68.59%	893	$712	$8,130,263	17
20	(18)	Father of the Bride Part II	Buena Vista	Comedy	$605,646	-20.46%	618	$980	$75,362,141	94
21	(15)	Black Sheep	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$553,528	-45.89%	913	$606	$30,604,118	38
22	(20)	Babe	Universal	Adventure	$538,485	-18.75%	595	$905	$61,602,240	220
23	(16)	Braveheart	Paramount Pictures	Drama	$523,855	-43.37%	550	$952	$72,372,974	292
24	(21)	Se7en	New Line	Thriller/Suspense	$503,999	-5.10%	398	$1,266	$97,482,920	171
25	(22)	Jumanji	Sony Pictures	Adventure	$412,615	-10.82%	407	$1,014	$94,303,227	87
26	(17)	Beautiful Girls	Miramax	Comedy	$378,564	-56.83%	286	$1,324	$9,932,017	31
27	(24)	Waiting to Exhale	20th Century Fox	Drama	$317,348	-19.31%	363	$874	$65,843,710	80
28	(14)	Mr. Wrong	Buena Vista	Romantic Comedy	$279,119	-78.02%	466	$599	$12,175,413	24
29	(25)	Toy Story	Buena Vista	Adventure	$267,721	-25.52%	442	$606	$184,205,561	110
30	(27)	Sabrina	Paramount Pictures	Romantic Comedy	$242,656	-27.85%	448	$542	$53,304,145	87
31	(28)	Angels and Insects	Goldwyn Entertainment	Drama	$234,435	-17.94%	77	$3,045	$1,527,135	45
32	(re-entry)	Heavy Metal	Columbia	Adventure	$204,660		54	$3,790	$204,660	5,330
33	(12)	Mary Reilly	Sony Pictures	Drama	$188,420	-86.65%	510	$369	$5,518,571	17
34	(30)	Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$169,899	-33.01%	323	$526	$108,108,266	122
35	(31)	Tom and Huck	Buena Vista	Adventure	$169,887	-26.11%	329	$516	$23,594,882	80
36	(32)	Once Upon a Time... When We Were Colored	BET Pictures	Drama	$150,944	-27.50%	73	$2,068	$911,052	45
37	(26)	The Juror	Sony Pictures	Thriller/Suspense	$113,258	-67.83%	220	$515	$22,005,550	38
38	(33)	Grumpier Old Men	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$106,004	-47.12%	310	$342	$69,775,439	80
39	(35)	Goldeneye	MGM	Action	$103,391	-38.73%	112	$923	$103,657,532	115
40	(34)	Bed of Roses	New Line	Drama	$95,804	-47.13%	133	$720	$18,703,392	45
41	(44)	Bottle Rocket	Sony Pictures	Adventure	$90,768	-7.67%	49	$1,852	$407,488	19
42	(49)	French Twist	Miramax	Comedy	$88,149	+8.41%	34	$2,593	$784,176	59
43	(36)	Casino	Universal	Drama	$82,960	-43.41%	105	$790	$42,388,160	110
44	(38)	Nueba Yol	Kit Parker Films	Drama	$79,366	-41.89%	20	$3,968	$911,743	26
45	(re-entry)	Wings of Courage	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$74,641		7	$10,663	$5,677,261	325
46	(45)	Antonia's Line	First Look	Drama	$73,916	-18.73%	23	$3,214	$623,548	31
47	(42)	Heat	Warner Bros.	Drama	$72,969	-36.15%	205	$356	$65,713,556	87
48	(37)	Richard III	MGM	Drama	$72,714	-50.27%	57	$1,276	$2,351,287	73
49	(46)	Mighty Aphrodite	Miramax	Comedy	$65,756	-27.49%	36	$1,827	$5,565,449	136
50	(39)	Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood	Miramax	Comedy	$63,147	-51.81%	107	$590	$19,450,642	59
51	(40)	From Dusk Till Dawn	Miramax/Dimension	Horror	$59,738	-49.59%	102	$586	$24,975,890	52
52	(re-entry)	Bio-Dome	MGM	Comedy	$59,406		118	$503	$13,270,797	59
53	(re-entry)	The White Balloon	October Films	Drama	$59,376		11	$5,398	$339,409	45
54	(re-entry)	Across The Sea of Time	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$48,895		1	$48,895	$1,993,569	143
55	(50)	Shanghai Triad	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$47,638	-41.20%	38	$1,254	$1,900,504	82
56	(41)	White Squall	Buena Vista	Adventure	$44,242	-62.34%	118	$375	$9,853,455	38
57	(re-entry)	The City of Lost Children	Sony Pictures Classics	Adventure	$43,058		23	$1,872	$1,280,446	87
58	(43)	Restoration	Miramax	Drama	$42,356	-62.37%	36	$1,177	$3,901,738	73
59	(new)	The Star Maker	Miramax	Drama	$40,915		11	$3,720	$40,915	3
60	(re-entry)	A Midwinter's Tale	Sony Pictures Classics	Comedy	$40,584		23	$1,765	$288,122	31