The Top Movies, Weekend of July 19, 1996

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(1)	Independence Day	20th Century Fox	Adventure	$21,274,817	-39.63%	2,972	$7,158	$199,004,369	19
2	(2)	Phenomenon	Buena Vista	Drama	$8,129,609	-37.34%	2,016	$4,033	$61,493,134	17
3	(3)	Courage Under Fire	20th Century Fox	Drama	$8,023,994	-35.82%	2,001	$4,010	$26,037,256	10
4	(4)	The Nutty Professor	Universal	Comedy	$7,567,820	-38.01%	2,239	$3,380	$93,653,015	24
5	(new)	The Frighteners	Universal	Horror	$5,565,495		1,669	$3,335	$5,565,495	3
6	(new)	Fled	MGM	Action	$5,405,855		2,104	$2,569	$5,405,855	3
7	(new)	Multiplicity	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$5,075,340		2,134	$2,378	$7,010,644	5
8	(new)	Kazaam	Buena Vista	Comedy	$5,001,588		2,012	$2,486	$7,131,925	5
9	(6)	The Hunchback of Notre Dame	Buena Vista	Adventure	$3,647,673	-43.23%	1,934	$1,886	$84,424,055	31
10	(7)	Eraser	Warner Bros.	Action	$3,438,931	-45.47%	2,317	$1,484	$87,124,392	31
11	(5)	Harriet the Spy	Paramount Pictures	Adventure	$3,342,303	-49.37%	1,876	$1,782	$16,957,866	12
12	(8)	The Rock	Buena Vista	Action	$2,546,228	-41.91%	1,524	$1,671	$122,120,233	45
13	(9)	Striptease	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$1,012,177	-66.44%	1,170	$865	$30,225,571	24
14	(10)	Twister	Warner Bros.	Action	$954,647	-48.36%	804	$1,187	$230,355,873	73
15	(14)	Dragonheart	Universal	Adventure	$920,190	+30.95%	829	$1,110	$47,975,560	52
16	(11)	Mission: Impossible	Paramount Pictures	Action	$717,040	-52.83%	1,002	$716	$173,253,185	61
17	(13)	Lone Star	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$672,650	-16.50%	143	$4,704	$3,598,520	31
18	(re-entry)	Homeward Bound II: Lost in San Francisco	Buena Vista	Adventure	$348,078		504	$691	$31,208,202	136
19	(15)	Stealing Beauty	Fox Searchlight	Drama	$309,419	-38.80%	191	$1,620	$3,503,788	38
20	(12)	The Cable Guy	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$307,404	-69.45%	450	$683	$57,064,576	38
21	(new)	Trainspotting	Miramax	Drama	$262,673		8	$32,834	$262,673	3
22	(20)	Cold Comfort Farm	Gramercy	Comedy	$180,399	-24.22%	80	$2,255	$4,139,338	73
23	(16)	Flipper	Universal	Comedy	$173,420	-51.22%	377	$460	$19,380,445	66
24	(21)	Welcome to the Dollhouse	Sony Pictures Classics	Comedy	$132,227	-39.01%	81	$1,632	$3,668,786	73
25	(27)	Across The Sea of Time	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$128,016	-2.26%	4	$32,004	$4,589,863	276
26	(23)	The Birdcage	MGM	Comedy	$121,015	-39.30%	187	$647	$123,560,241	136
27	(18)	James and the Giant Peach	Buena Vista	Adventure	$116,064	-52.50%	274	$424	$28,680,919	101
28	(26)	The Craft	Sony Pictures	Thriller/Suspense	$113,588	-30.28%	165	$688	$24,049,019	80
29	(24)	Celtic Pride	Buena Vista	Comedy	$101,208	-46.94%	201	$504	$9,074,277	94
30	(48)	Maybe, Maybe Not	Orion Classics		$90,648	+439.41%	28	$3,237	$171,924	24
31	(28)	The Arrival	Orion Pictures	Thriller/Suspense	$90,166	-25.89%	146	$618	$13,589,904	52
32	(30)	Toy Story	Buena Vista	Adventure	$86,776	-22.78%	216	$402	$191,374,075	243
33	(25)	Primal Fear	Paramount Pictures	Thriller/Suspense	$86,220	-48.36%	242	$356	$55,770,152	108
34	(32)	Wings of Courage	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$84,131	-2.70%	7	$12,019	$10,040,745	458
35	(19)	A Thin Line Between Love & Hate	New Line	Romantic Comedy	$74,108	-69.08%	75	$988	$34,713,097	110
36	(29)	Fargo	Gramercy	Thriller/Suspense	$73,359	-35.96%	92	$797	$23,699,301	136
37	(17)	The Phantom	Paramount Pictures	Action	$72,641	-73.52%	289	$251	$16,621,603	45
38	(22)	Eddie	Buena Vista	Comedy	$71,561	-66.26%	105	$682	$30,178,363	52
39	(31)	Up Close & Personal	Buena Vista	Drama	$70,344	-37.32%	115	$612	$50,887,067	143
40	(34)	Spy Hard	Buena Vista	Comedy	$54,115	-29.12%	87	$622	$25,928,176	59
41	(36)	Heavy	Lionsgate	Drama	$49,165	-29.01%	87	$565		47
42	(33)	Blazing Sun	Miramax	Drama	$48,404	-42.53%	14	$3,457	$379,425	24
43	(35)	Mr. Holland's Opus	Buena Vista	Drama	$46,411	-37.00%	91	$510	$82,465,254	206
44	(new)	Walking and Talking	Miramax	Romantic Comedy	$44,602		5	$8,920	$63,412	5
45	(37)	Rumble in the Bronx	New Line	Action	$37,351	-35.44%	63	$593	$32,281,907	150
46	(44)	The Visitors	Miramax	Comedy	$32,771	+32.18%	14	$2,341	$67,953	10
47	(re-entry)	Antonia's Line	First Look	Drama	$27,471		30	$916	$4,047,426	164
48	(38)	Moll Flanders	MGM	Drama	$24,850	-56.72%	54	$460	$3,363,968	38
49	(43)	Le hussard sur le toit	Miramax	Drama	$24,554	-5.76%	40	$614	$1,286,429	94
50	(41)	The Substitute	Orion Pictures	Drama	$23,109	-27.73%	32	$722	$14,675,167	94