The Top Movies, Weekend of August 9, 1996

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(new)	Jack	Buena Vista	Drama	$11,191,496		1,710	$6,545	$11,191,496	3
2	(1)	A Time to Kill	Warner Bros.	Drama	$10,755,168	-18.91%	2,313	$4,650	$59,189,197	19
3	(new)	Escape from L.A.	Paramount Pictures	Action	$8,912,557		2,312	$3,855	$8,912,557	3
4	(2)	Independence Day	20th Century Fox	Adventure	$8,681,272	-21.05%	2,589	$3,353	$256,756,659	40
5	(3)	Matilda	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$5,014,037	-38.92%	2,006	$2,500	$18,935,225	10
6	(5)	Phenomenon	Buena Vista	Drama	$4,006,927	-21.19%	2,086	$1,921	$88,155,596	38
7	(4)	Chain Reaction	20th Century Fox	Action	$3,719,559	-50.71%	2,556	$1,455	$14,919,074	10
8	(7)	Courage Under Fire	20th Century Fox	Drama	$3,272,014	-26.55%	1,666	$1,964	$48,152,046	31
9	(8)	The Nutty Professor	Universal	Comedy	$2,902,925	-30.40%	1,820	$1,595	$114,956,650	45
10	(6)	Kingpin	MGM	Comedy	$2,861,707	-36.44%	1,975	$1,449	$19,300,778	17
11	(26)	Twister	Warner Bros.	Action	$1,573,565	+363.53%	949	$1,658	$233,667,074	94
12	(28)	Emma	Miramax	Romantic Comedy	$1,404,183	+483.50%	105	$13,373	$1,831,560	10
13	(14)	Trainspotting	Miramax	Drama	$1,328,242	-5.29%	357	$3,721	$5,534,070	24
14	(9)	Supercop	Miramax	Action	$1,126,711	-55.33%	1,134	$994	$12,655,597	17
15	(13)	Fled	MGM	Action	$937,677	-34.17%	942	$995	$15,833,747	24
16	(16)	The Hunchback of Notre Dame	Buena Vista	Adventure	$924,049	-25.77%	956	$967	$93,274,771	52
17	(10)	The Adventures of Pinocchio	New Line	Adventure	$833,778	-56.79%	1,688	$494	$10,224,524	17
18	(18)	The Rock	Buena Vista	Action	$831,953	-21.22%	587	$1,417	$128,019,137	66
19	(11)	Multiplicity	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$806,465	-58.15%	1,000	$806	$19,451,525	26
20	(15)	Eraser	Warner Bros.	Action	$643,744	-52.54%	665	$968	$94,557,455	52
21	(22)	Lone Star	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$639,558	-5.12%	189	$3,384	$6,410,949	52
22	(12)	The Frighteners	Universal	Horror	$623,475	-57.85%	765	$815	$15,351,655	24
23	(17)	Kazaam	Buena Vista	Comedy	$535,588	-54.95%	802	$668	$17,078,000	26
24	(21)	The Cable Guy	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$502,444	-29.64%	624	$805	$59,003,776	59
25	(19)	Harriet the Spy	Paramount Pictures	Adventure	$473,336	-53.88%	1,110	$426	$24,926,605	33
26	(25)	Mission: Impossible	Paramount Pictures	Action	$391,731	-5.85%	371	$1,056	$175,309,127	82
27	(24)	Dragonheart	Universal	Adventure	$310,305	-38.02%	411	$755	$50,750,195	73
28	(50)	Spy Hard	Buena Vista	Comedy	$295,487	+1,067.43%	437	$676	$26,381,893	80
29	(23)	Phat Beach	Orion Pictures	Comedy	$233,658	-64.52%	281	$832	$1,139,616	10
30	(27)	Oliver & Company	Buena Vista	Adventure	$179,861	-33.05%	361	$498	$20,171,830	2,824
31	(31)	Walking and Talking	Miramax	Romantic Comedy	$153,247	+7.90%	60	$2,554	$614,492	26
32	(20)	Joe's Apartment	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$134,501	-82.51%	322	$418	$4,365,692	17
33	(re-entry)	Across The Sea of Time	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$126,220		4	$31,555	$5,378,568	297
34	(30)	Cold Comfort Farm	Gramercy	Comedy	$121,951	-23.20%	76	$1,605	$4,836,210	94
35	(29)	Homeward Bound II: Lost in San Francisco	Buena Vista	Adventure	$109,897	-45.23%	213	$516	$32,581,789	157
36	(re-entry)	Wings of Courage	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$90,156		7	$12,879	$10,652,532	479
37	(32)	Stealing Beauty	Fox Searchlight	Drama	$89,454	-30.95%	78	$1,147	$4,256,850	59
38	(34)	Flipper	Universal	Comedy	$85,280	-8.86%	208	$410	$19,926,180	87
39	(new)	Basquiat	Miramax	Drama	$83,863		6	$13,977	$83,863	3
40	(35)	Welcome to the Dollhouse	Sony Pictures Classics	Comedy	$66,878	-16.88%	40	$1,672	$4,093,245	94
41	(36)	The Craft	Sony Pictures	Thriller/Suspense	$62,192	-19.50%	92	$676	$24,541,969	101
42	(39)	Celestial Clockwork	October Films	Comedy	$53,356	-9.82%	20	$2,668	$187,586	24
43	(re-entry)	Stonewall	Strand	Drama	$52,740		14	$3,767	$304,602	17
44	(33)	Striptease	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$50,755	-52.95%	233	$218	$31,346,172	45
45	(41)	Fargo	Gramercy	Thriller/Suspense	$42,350	-15.24%	45	$941	$23,944,035	157
46	(re-entry)	The Birdcage	MGM	Comedy	$41,370		74	$559	$123,939,840	157
47	(47)	Manny & Lo	Sony Pictures Classics		$40,334	+20.59%	14	$2,881	$128,417	17
48	(40)	Primal Fear	Paramount Pictures	Thriller/Suspense	$36,880	-26.81%	68	$542	$56,013,000	129
49	(42)	Toy Story	Buena Vista	Adventure	$35,933	-23.99%	119	$302	$191,652,928	264
50	(38)	Blazing Sun	Miramax	Drama	$33,661	-43.56%	19	$1,772	$618,090	45
51	(37)	The Arrival	Orion Pictures	Thriller/Suspense	$33,587	-53.86%	66	$509	$14,012,411	73