The Top Movies, Weekend of April 12, 1996

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(1)	Primal Fear	Paramount Pictures	Thriller/Suspense	$8,108,561	-17.86%	1,983	$4,089	$23,820,908	10
2	(new)	James and the Giant Peach	Buena Vista	Adventure	$7,539,098		2,262	$3,333	$7,539,098	3
3	(3)	The Birdcage	MGM	Comedy	$6,772,210	-26.54%	2,285	$2,964	$97,752,823	38
4	(new)	Fear	Universal	Thriller/Suspense	$6,312,240		1,484	$4,254	$6,312,240	3
5	(2)	A Thin Line Between Love & Hate	New Line	Romantic Comedy	$5,797,633	-37.73%	1,131	$5,126	$21,233,876	12
6	(4)	Sgt. Bilko	Universal	Comedy	$3,907,690	-35.77%	2,326	$1,680	$23,080,485	17
7	(5)	Executive Decision	Warner Bros.	Thriller/Suspense	$3,072,312	-36.50%	2,082	$1,476	$47,755,379	31
8	(10)	Flirting with Disaster	Miramax	Comedy	$3,021,024	+71.06%	969	$3,118	$6,598,430	24
9	(6)	Oliver & Company	Buena Vista	Adventure	$2,511,597	-32.24%	1,887	$1,331	$14,926,115	2,705
10	(7)	Fargo	Gramercy	Thriller/Suspense	$1,881,347	-25.83%	716	$2,628	$14,900,107	38
11	(8)	Up Close & Personal	Buena Vista	Drama	$1,565,385	-22.66%	1,431	$1,094	$45,435,194	45
12	(9)	A Family Thing	MGM	Drama	$1,300,013	-35.28%	1,134	$1,146	$8,062,911	17
13	(13)	Dead Man Walking	Gramercy	Drama	$857,595	-21.93%	718	$1,194	$35,563,324	108
14	(30)	All Dogs Go To Heaven 2	MGM	Adventure	$831,702	+436.38%	1,609	$517	$6,687,061	17
15	(new)	Kids in the Hall: Brain Candy	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$770,280		163	$4,726	$770,280	3
16	(14)	Jumanji	Sony Pictures	Adventure	$742,295	-27.07%	695	$1,068	$99,408,648	122
17	(12)	Homeward Bound II: Lost in San Francisco	Buena Vista	Adventure	$738,311	-46.81%	1,140	$648	$29,487,479	38
18	(17)	Happy Gilmore	Universal	Comedy	$611,460	-14.88%	711	$860	$36,676,015	59
19	(11)	Diabolique	Warner Bros.	Thriller/Suspense	$607,316	-60.19%	1,222	$497	$14,598,360	24
20	(16)	Mr. Holland's Opus	Buena Vista	Drama	$603,203	-31.97%	782	$771	$77,286,834	108
21	(18)	Broken Arrow	20th Century Fox	Action	$516,220	-15.78%	687	$751	$67,602,450	66
22	(19)	Down Periscope	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$468,110	-17.83%	770	$608	$24,053,731	45
23	(15)	Faithful	New Line	Black Comedy	$338,873	-64.99%	803	$422	$1,917,529	10
24	(20)	Leaving Las Vegas	MGM	Drama	$330,635	-31.80%	377	$877	$30,467,883	171
25	(new)	Jane Eyre	Miramax	Drama	$269,929		35	$7,712	$269,929	3
26	(21)	Se7en	New Line	Thriller/Suspense	$268,913	-42.00%	201	$1,338	$99,733,675	206
27	(22)	Braveheart	Paramount Pictures	Drama	$242,429	-44.58%	352	$689	$75,244,954	327
28	(26)	Wings of Courage	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$214,306	-6.53%	11	$19,482	$7,220,058	360
29	(23)	Sense and Sensibility	Sony Pictures	Drama	$200,595	-43.50%	336	$597	$41,023,967	126
30	(re-entry)	Mr. Wrong	Buena Vista	Romantic Comedy	$191,770		302	$635	$12,646,996	59
31	(24)	The Postman	Miramax	Drama	$180,238	-48.81%				306
32	(27)	Antonia's Line	First Look	Drama	$166,110	-14.21%	66	$2,517	$1,729,977	66
33	(31)	Twelve Monkeys	Universal	Drama	$133,450	-8.20%	157	$850	$57,097,229	110
34	(new)	Getting Away with Murder	Savoy		$127,691		150	$851	$127,691	3
35	(35)	Mighty Aphrodite	Miramax	Comedy	$110,016	-10.86%	94	$1,170	$6,202,754	171
36	(34)	Angels and Insects	Goldwyn Entertainment	Drama	$99,112	-24.25%	71	$1,396	$2,835,292	80
37	(32)	Babe	Universal	Adventure	$96,045	-31.86%	198	$485	$63,634,380	255
38	(33)	Muppet Treasure Island	Buena Vista	Adventure	$84,992	-35.48%	193	$440	$32,775,721	59
39	(42)	The Celluloid Closet	Sony Pictures Classics	Documentary	$83,873	+16.65%	18	$4,660	$553,600	31
40	(re-entry)	Once Upon a Time... When We Were Colored	BET Pictures	Drama	$81,500		64	$1,273	$1,419,396	80
41	(25)	Girl 6	Fox Searchlight	Comedy	$79,838	-67.67%	151	$529	$4,752,862	24
42	(29)	The Bridges of Madison County	Warner Bros.	Drama	$75,267	-51.70%	206	$365	$71,477,088	318
43	(43)	The Flower of My Secret	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$67,549	-0.32%	34	$1,987	$432,340	38
44	(39)	Waiting to Exhale	20th Century Fox	Drama	$65,987	-23.21%	103	$641	$66,947,948	115
45	(45)	Anne Frank Remembered	Sony Pictures Classics	Documentary	$63,654	+5.44%	25	$2,546	$522,588	53
46	(38)	Eye for an Eye	Paramount Pictures	Drama	$60,089	-30.88%	99	$607	$26,729,447	94
47	(re-entry)	The Last Supper	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$58,751		19	$3,092	$111,025	10
48	(re-entry)	Ghost in the Shell		Action	$54,939		7	$7,848	$160,222	10
49	(41)	Across The Sea of Time	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$54,237	-31.50%	1	$54,237	$2,450,769	178
50	(36)	White Squall	Buena Vista	Adventure	$53,064	-55.33%	132	$402	$10,229,300	73
51	(40)	The American President	Sony Pictures	Romantic Comedy	$46,004	-45.75%	82	$561	$60,009,496	150
52	(new)	Wallace & Gromit	Northern Arts Entertainment	Adventure	$42,154		3	$14,051	$88,896	9
53	(46)	Father of the Bride Part II	Buena Vista	Comedy	$40,230	-25.53%	62	$649	$76,578,911	129
54	(49)	Black Sheep	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$36,218	-8.34%	75	$483	$31,329,072	73
55	(44)	Hellraiser IV: Bloodline	Miramax	Horror	$36,018	-44.02%	87	$414	$9,014,371	38
56	(48)	Toy Story	Buena Vista	Adventure	$34,992	-32.53%	81	$432	$184,849,036	145
57	(28)	Grumpier Old Men	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$31,343	-80.99%	265	$118	$71,499,832	115
58	(re-entry)	The White Balloon	October Films	Drama	$26,205		11	$2,382	$656,109	80
59	(47)	It's My Party	MGM		$25,736	-51.55%	14	$1,838	$455,101	24
60	(37)	Heat	Warner Bros.	Drama	$25,614	-71.09%	121	$212	$67,421,778	122