The Top Movies, Weekend of May 24, 1996

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(new)	Mission: Impossible	Paramount Pictures	Action	$45,436,830		3,012	$15,085	$63,531,648	5
2	(1)	Twister	Warner Bros.	Action	$37,966,706	+2.35%	2,808	$13,521	$144,969,158	17
3	(new)	Spy Hard	Buena Vista	Comedy	$10,448,420		2,286	$4,571	$10,448,420	3
4	(2)	Flipper	Universal	Comedy	$5,406,510	+28.44%	2,419	$2,235	$10,608,680	10
5	(4)	The Truth About Cats & Dogs	20th Century Fox	Romantic Comedy	$2,705,797	-6.95%	1,541	$1,756	$27,902,828	31
6	(3)	The Craft	Sony Pictures	Thriller/Suspense	$2,681,334	-11.16%	1,762	$1,522	$20,003,536	24
7	(re-entry)	Toy Story	Buena Vista	Adventure	$1,774,539		823	$2,156	$186,644,756	187
8	(6)	Primal Fear	Paramount Pictures	Thriller/Suspense	$1,429,961	-26.88%	1,176	$1,216	$53,020,214	52
9	(8)	The Birdcage	MGM	Comedy	$1,263,789	-0.87%	970	$1,303	$118,764,272	80
10	(5)	Heaven's Prisoners	New Line	Drama	$1,123,935	-51.32%	907	$1,239	$3,994,960	10
11	(9)	Executive Decision	Warner Bros.	Thriller/Suspense	$804,222	-21.67%	627	$1,283	$55,141,839	73
12	(11)	James and the Giant Peach	Buena Vista	Adventure	$783,869	+2.25%	803	$976	$26,776,358	45
13	(7)	The Quest	Universal	Action	$736,470	-54.89%	1,002	$735	$19,766,455	31
14	(16)	Fargo	Gramercy	Thriller/Suspense	$542,633	-1.44%	272	$1,995	$21,723,440	80
15	(23)	Mr. Holland's Opus	Buena Vista	Drama	$510,893	+27.24%	404	$1,265	$79,630,979	150
16	(17)	Sgt. Bilko	Universal	Comedy	$488,415	-3.03%	555	$880	$29,493,630	59
17	(14)	A Thin Line Between Love & Hate	New Line	Romantic Comedy	$465,843	-19.04%	373	$1,249	$33,362,878	54
18	(12)	Original Gangstas	Orion Pictures	Action	$408,777	-41.00%	279	$1,465	$2,774,054	17
19	(24)	Jane Eyre	Miramax	Drama	$388,211	+9.80%	178	$2,181	$3,900,497	45
20	(53)	The Postman	Miramax	Drama	$387,612	+795.88%	356	$1,089	$18,865,332	348
21	(43)	Cold Comfort Farm	Gramercy	Comedy	$378,531	+415.37%	40	$9,463	$582,566	17
22	(19)	Flirting with Disaster	Miramax	Comedy	$340,929	-22.82%	169	$2,017	$13,671,068	66
23	(10)	The Great White Hype	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$319,972	-61.73%	442	$724	$7,470,961	24
24	(20)	Fear	Universal	Thriller/Suspense	$284,435	-35.25%	349	$815	$19,709,765	45
25	(28)	I Shot Andy Warhol	Orion Pictures	Drama	$261,604	+10.57%	47	$5,566	$791,315	26
26	(13)	The Pallbearer	Miramax	Romantic Comedy	$251,772	-62.09%	410	$614	$5,353,255	24
27	(re-entry)	Le hussard sur le toit	Miramax	Drama	$250,902		25	$10,036	$303,264	38
28	(35)	Broken Arrow	20th Century Fox	Action	$235,608	+87.52%	345	$683	$70,153,881	108
29	(21)	The Substitute	Orion Pictures	Drama	$226,243	-48.47%	246	$920	$14,001,274	38
30	(32)	Up Close & Personal	Buena Vista	Drama	$224,934	+54.34%	221	$1,018	$48,869,570	87
31	(27)	Dead Man Walking	Gramercy	Drama	$221,591	-21.14%	286	$775	$38,816,383	150
32	(15)	Mulholland Falls	MGM	Drama	$219,565	-61.52%	281	$781	$11,155,883	31
33	(33)	Antonia's Line	First Look	Drama	$197,372	+39.68%	69	$2,860	$3,178,185	108
34	(re-entry)	Welcome to the Dollhouse	Sony Pictures Classics	Comedy	$196,858		7	$28,123	$207,001	17
35	(25)	Sunset Park	Sony Pictures	Drama	$182,740	-43.85%	265	$690	$9,286,069	31
36	(re-entry)	Rumble in the Bronx	New Line	Action	$168,190		125	$1,346	$30,054,276	94
37	(31)	Oliver & Company	Buena Vista	Adventure	$158,968	-2.05%	279	$570	$19,266,312	2,747
38	(50)	Homeward Bound II: Lost in San Francisco	Buena Vista	Adventure	$143,019	+201.91%	138	$1,036	$30,776,779	80
39	(41)	Dead Man	Miramax	Western	$141,313	+48.38%	35	$4,038	$451,203	17
40	(40)	Wings of Courage	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$139,544	+38.43%	8	$17,443	$8,681,997	402
41	(39)	Happy Gilmore	Universal	Comedy	$138,320	+24.97%	104	$1,330	$38,602,000	101
42	(46)	Across The Sea of Time	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$117,937	+92.93%	3	$39,312	$2,996,471	220
43	(18)	Last Dance	Buena Vista	Drama	$116,245	-75.28%	233	$499	$5,715,136	24
44	(re-entry)	Hellraiser IV: Bloodline	Miramax	Horror	$113,359		197	$575	$9,236,686	80
45	(30)	Celtic Pride	Buena Vista	Comedy	$107,309	-38.33%	198	$542	$8,558,956	38
46	(37)	All Dogs Go To Heaven 2	MGM	Adventure	$104,544	-6.81%	250	$418	$8,437,965	59
47	(38)	Once Upon a Time... When We Were Colored	BET Pictures	Drama	$92,400	-16.72%	47	$1,966	$1,965,708	122
48	(44)	Leaving Las Vegas	MGM	Drama	$86,223	+18.72%	92	$937	$31,859,337	213
49	(48)	Mystery Science Theatre 3000	Gramercy	Comedy	$77,070	+33.31%	37	$2,083	$751,478	38
50	(34)	Mrs. Winterbourne	Sony Pictures	Romantic Comedy	$58,653	-55.10%	109	$538	$9,090,341	38