The Top Movies, Weekend of July 5, 1996

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(new)	Independence Day	20th Century Fox	Adventure	$50,228,264		2,882	$17,428	$96,102,252	5
2	(1)	The Nutty Professor	Universal	Comedy	$25,817,900	+1.60%	2,138	$12,076	$59,816,315	10
3	(new)	Phenomenon	Buena Vista	Drama	$24,517,121		1,637	$14,977	$24,517,121	3
4	(3)	The Hunchback of Notre Dame	Buena Vista	Adventure	$13,763,017	-3.82%	2,835	$4,855	$65,096,195	17
5	(2)	Eraser	Warner Bros.	Action	$13,269,318	-22.70%	2,556	$5,191	$70,872,789	17
6	(5)	The Rock	Buena Vista	Action	$9,392,802	-14.48%	2,137	$4,395	$110,306,972	31
7	(4)	Striptease	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$7,224,893	-41.37%	1,979	$3,651	$22,413,376	10
8	(8)	Twister	Warner Bros.	Action	$4,227,154	-11.70%	1,877	$2,252	$225,138,509	59
9	(6)	Mission: Impossible	Paramount Pictures	Action	$3,488,621	-27.83%	1,747	$1,997	$169,009,002	47
10	(7)	The Cable Guy	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$2,589,012	-46.15%	2,042	$1,268	$54,352,588	24
11	(9)	Dragonheart	Universal	Adventure	$1,215,745	-34.22%	878	$1,385	$45,683,715	38
12	(12)	Stealing Beauty	Fox Searchlight	Drama	$721,008	+3.53%	137	$5,263	$2,177,595	24
13	(14)	Lone Star	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$566,437	+38.28%	70	$8,092	$1,569,394	17
14	(27)	Flipper	Universal	Comedy	$559,290	+295.34%	693	$807	$18,255,880	52
15	(10)	Eddie	Buena Vista	Comedy	$542,276	-48.32%	437	$1,241	$29,611,079	38
16	(11)	The Phantom	Paramount Pictures	Action	$506,320	-40.83%	809	$626	$16,003,247	31
17	(19)	The Birdcage	MGM	Comedy	$400,677	+25.20%	344	$1,165	$122,963,761	122
18	(41)	Primal Fear	Paramount Pictures	Thriller/Suspense	$386,205	+527.24%	523	$738	$55,304,362	94
19	(48)	James and the Giant Peach	Buena Vista	Adventure	$381,142	+1,239.97%	554	$688	$27,922,715	87
20	(22)	Cold Comfort Farm	Gramercy	Comedy	$377,726	+25.74%	85	$4,444	$3,495,729	59
21	(13)	Rumble in the Bronx	New Line	Action	$317,577	-39.72%	453	$701	$32,027,679	136
22	(24)	Toy Story	Buena Vista	Adventure	$281,882	+16.05%	309	$912	$190,991,145	229
23	(18)	Welcome to the Dollhouse	Sony Pictures Classics	Comedy	$274,008	-22.12%	99	$2,768	$3,046,317	59
24	(17)	The Craft	Sony Pictures	Thriller/Suspense	$233,986	-34.20%	346	$676	$23,551,433	66
25	(15)	Moll Flanders	MGM	Drama	$217,593	-41.44%	186	$1,170	$3,171,252	24
26	(20)	Up Close & Personal	Buena Vista	Drama	$209,485	-34.15%	250	$838	$50,542,756	129
27	(26)	Fargo	Gramercy	Thriller/Suspense	$195,605	+26.01%	127	$1,540	$23,371,007	122
28	(25)	Mr. Holland's Opus	Buena Vista	Drama	$180,058	-15.94%	180	$1,000	$82,242,514	192
29	(34)	Across The Sea of Time	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$135,306	+83.21%	4	$33,827	$4,069,628	262
30	(21)	The Arrival	Orion Pictures	Thriller/Suspense	$134,171	-56.94%	195	$688	$13,278,763	38
31	(23)	Spy Hard	Buena Vista	Comedy	$134,041	-49.73%	154	$870	$25,703,006	45
32	(46)	Blazing Sun	Miramax	Drama	$121,155	+249.83%	14	$8,654	$164,970	10
33	(28)	The Quest	Universal	Action	$98,930	-16.99%	108	$916	$21,607,190	73
34	(33)	Wings of Courage	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$77,411	-10.89%	6	$12,902	$9,674,469	444
35	(35)	Antonia's Line	First Look	Drama	$73,372	+8.38%	46	$1,595	$3,931,508	150
36	(30)	Muppet Treasure Island	Buena Vista	Adventure	$71,942	-28.11%	97	$742	$34,249,165	143
37	(43)	Ma Saison Preferee	Filmopolis Pictures	Drama	$71,848	+40.24%	12	$5,987	$491,993	80
38	(40)	Le hussard sur le toit	Miramax	Drama	$63,533	+2.82%	39	$1,629	$1,202,980	80
39	(32)	Mrs. Winterbourne	Sony Pictures	Romantic Comedy	$57,258	-36.92%	63	$909	$10,039,566	80
40	(29)	Sunset Park	Sony Pictures	Drama	$57,168	-46.86%	60	$953	$10,096,017	73
41	(45)	I Shot Andy Warhol	Orion Pictures	Drama	$55,493	+27.28%	40	$1,387	$1,667,299	68
42	(44)	Heavy	Lionsgate	Drama	$50,496	-0.42%	8	$6,312	$208,070	33
43	(42)	The Postman	Miramax	Drama	$47,454	-8.59%	27	$1,758	$20,783,899	390
44	(37)	Jane Eyre	Miramax	Drama	$45,591	-30.84%	49	$930	$5,119,784	87
45	(38)	Dead Man	Miramax	Western	$44,281	-32.76%	20	$2,214	$970,030	59
46	(50)	Maybe, Maybe Not	Orion Classics		$20,697	+14.25%	2	$10,349	$45,855	10
47	(re-entry)	Angels and Insects	Goldwyn Entertainment	Drama	$16,138		6	$2,690	$3,390,811	164
48	(49)	Dead Man Walking	Gramercy	Drama	$16,122	-22.31%	23	$701	$39,379,757	192
49	(re-entry)	Mystery Science Theatre 3000	Gramercy	Comedy	$13,691		17	$805	$949,745	80
50	(re-entry)	Someone Else's America	October Films		$11,793		5	$2,359	$154,873	59