The Top Movies, Weekend of March 15, 1996

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(1)	The Birdcage	MGM	Comedy	$16,034,306	-12.26%	2,236	$7,171	$41,336,832	10
2	(new)	Executive Decision	Warner Bros.	Thriller/Suspense	$12,069,780		2,232	$5,408	$12,069,780	3
3	(2)	Homeward Bound II: Lost in San Francisco	Buena Vista	Adventure	$5,659,213	-34.24%	2,129	$2,658	$16,560,438	10
4	(3)	Up Close & Personal	Buena Vista	Drama	$5,196,194	-35.15%	1,635	$3,178	$29,963,833	17
5	(4)	Down Periscope	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$2,861,543	-43.15%	1,936	$1,478	$18,263,325	17
6	(9)	Mr. Holland's Opus	Buena Vista	Drama	$2,228,781	-26.77%	1,475	$1,511	$69,930,705	80
7	(6)	Broken Arrow	20th Century Fox	Action	$2,197,449	-48.07%	1,632	$1,346	$62,293,926	38
8	(new)	Ed	Universal	Comedy	$1,910,840		1,541	$1,240	$1,910,840	3
9	(7)	Rumble in the Bronx	New Line	Action	$1,902,800	-43.63%	1,653	$1,151	$27,311,940	24
10	(8)	Happy Gilmore	Universal	Comedy	$1,851,360	-43.17%	1,653	$1,120	$31,779,805	31
11	(5)	Hellraiser IV: Bloodline	Miramax	Horror	$1,611,324	-64.23%	1,465	$1,100	$7,332,638	10
12	(10)	Muppet Treasure Island	Buena Vista	Adventure	$1,412,236	-47.96%	1,557	$907	$30,716,001	31
13	(11)	Dead Man Walking	Gramercy	Drama	$1,211,581	-28.29%	766	$1,582	$28,299,423	80
14	(16)	Fargo	Gramercy	Thriller/Suspense	$914,202	+25.19%	58	$15,762	$1,938,339	10
15	(13)	Sense and Sensibility	Sony Pictures	Drama	$820,952	-25.53%	702	$1,169	$37,537,030	98
16	(17)	The Postman	Miramax	Drama	$729,550	+3.19%	347	$2,102	$15,250,703	278
17	(new)	Two Much	Buena Vista	Romantic Comedy	$592,871		348	$1,704	$592,871	3
18	(15)	Leaving Las Vegas	MGM	Drama	$510,879	-30.88%	507	$1,008	$27,220,137	143
19	(47)	Heat	Warner Bros.	Drama	$485,863	+565.85%	856	$568	$66,229,257	94
20	(18)	Twelve Monkeys	Universal	Drama	$436,770	-31.64%	546	$800	$55,757,039	82
21	(re-entry)	The American President	Sony Pictures	Romantic Comedy	$433,076		550	$787	$59,026,263	122
22	(12)	If Lucy Fell	Sony Pictures	Romantic Comedy	$432,178	-66.96%	1,200	$360	$2,202,580	10
23	(24)	Se7en	New Line	Thriller/Suspense	$419,663	-16.73%	324	$1,295	$98,042,800	178
24	(22)	Babe	Universal	Adventure	$408,244	-24.19%	567	$720	$62,189,860	227
25	(14)	City Hall	Sony Pictures	Drama	$403,629	-61.96%	441	$915	$20,009,266	31
26	(20)	Father of the Bride Part II	Buena Vista	Comedy	$344,433	-43.13%	402	$857	$75,893,596	101
27	(25)	Jumanji	Sony Pictures	Adventure	$312,110	-24.36%	377	$828	$94,765,124	94
28	(23)	Braveheart	Paramount Pictures	Drama	$274,094	-47.68%	411	$667	$72,893,596	299
29	(31)	Angels & Insects	Goldwyn Entertainment	Drama	$268,230	+14.42%	91	$2,948	$1,890,642	52
30	(27)	Waiting to Exhale	20th Century Fox	Drama	$235,262	-25.87%	270	$871	$66,217,463	87
31	(21)	Black Sheep	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$227,030	-58.98%	506	$449	$30,970,879	45
32	(26)	Beautiful Girls	Miramax	Comedy	$165,561	-56.27%	172	$963	$10,253,197	38
33	(19)	Before and After	Buena Vista	Drama	$151,943	-76.11%	279	$545	$8,494,181	24
34	(45)	Wings of Courage	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$118,042	+58.15%	8	$14,755	$6,669,410	332
35	(36)	When We Were Colored	BET Pictures	Documentary	$102,744	-31.93%	58	$1,771	$1,079,701	52
36	(34)	Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$101,574	-40.22%	175	$580	$108,245,538	129
37	(new)	The Celluloid Closet	Sony Pictures Classics	Documentary	$95,047		9	$10,561	$95,047	3
38	(53)	The White Balloon	October Films	Drama	$93,091	+56.78%	20	$4,655	$452,973	52
39	(35)	Tom and Huck	Buena Vista	Adventure	$90,639	-46.65%	196	$462	$23,735,802	87
40	(28)	Mr. Wrong	Buena Vista	Comedy	$89,134	-68.07%	211	$422	$12,350,030	31
41	(46)	Antonia's Line	First Look	Drama	$87,466	+18.33%	22	$3,976	$745,432	38
42	(32)	Heavy Metal	Sony Pictures		$77,784	-61.99%	52	$1,496	$373,101	10
43	(42)	French Twist	Miramax	Comedy	$70,373	-20.17%	42	$1,676	$888,044	66
44	(re-entry)	Chungking Express	Miramax	Drama	$67,098		12	$5,592	$114,910	10
45	(38)	Grumpier Old Men	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$64,209	-39.43%	91	$706	$69,877,656	87
46	(30)	Sabrina	Paramount Pictures	Romantic Comedy	$61,200	-74.78%	175	$350	$53,458,319	94
47	(59)	The Star Maker	Miramax		$57,989	+41.73%	22	$2,636	$116,797	10
48	(50)	Don't be a Menace	Miramax	Comedy	$55,916	-11.45%	83	$674	$19,527,563	66
49	(44)	Nueba Yol	Kit Parker Films	Drama	$54,055	-31.89%	20	$2,703	$984,681	33
50	(37)	The Juror	Sony Pictures	Thriller/Suspense	$52,863	-53.33%	142	$372	$22,079,985	45