The Top Movies, Weekend of August 16, 1996

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(new)	Tin Cup	Warner Bros.	Romantic Comedy	$10,128,834		2,012	$5,034	$10,128,834	3
2	(1)	Jack	Buena Vista	Drama	$8,622,852	-22.95%	2,172	$3,970	$26,906,851	10
3	(2)	A Time to Kill	Warner Bros.	Drama	$8,122,960	-24.47%	2,313	$3,512	$72,596,677	26
4	(new)	The Fan	Sony Pictures	Thriller/Suspense	$6,271,406		2,016	$3,111	$6,271,406	3
5	(4)	Independence Day	20th Century Fox	Adventure	$5,810,981	-33.06%	2,257	$2,575	$266,963,804	47
6	(3)	Escape from L.A.	Paramount Pictures	Action	$4,247,255	-52.35%	2,312	$1,837	$17,105,662	10
7	(5)	Matilda	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$3,009,427	-39.98%	2,006	$1,500	$25,254,544	17
8	(new)	Alaska	Columbia	Adventure	$2,914,992		1,566	$1,861	$3,801,251	5
9	(new)	Tales from the Crypt Presents: Bordello of Blood	Universal	Horror	$2,634,170		1,694	$1,555	$2,634,170	3
10	(6)	Phenomenon	Buena Vista	Drama	$2,631,759	-34.32%	1,774	$1,484	$93,073,390	45
11	(12)	Emma	Miramax	Romantic Comedy	$2,525,816	+79.88%	419	$6,028	$5,288,684	17
12	(new)	House Arrest	MGM	Comedy	$2,275,808		1,623	$1,402	$3,121,824	5
13	(8)	Courage Under Fire	20th Century Fox	Drama	$1,910,129	-41.62%	1,474	$1,296	$51,694,384	38
14	(9)	The Nutty Professor	Universal	Comedy	$1,554,485	-46.45%	1,143	$1,360	$117,970,630	52
15	(7)	Chain Reaction	20th Century Fox	Action	$1,322,469	-64.45%	1,201	$1,101	$18,165,610	17
16	(11)	Twister	Warner Bros.	Action	$1,230,016	-21.83%	949	$1,296	$235,870,450	101
17	(10)	Kingpin	MGM	Comedy	$1,110,523	-61.19%	1,209	$919	$22,168,932	24
18	(13)	Trainspotting	Miramax	Drama	$1,006,633	-24.21%	357	$2,820	$7,572,009	31
19	(14)	Supercop	Miramax	Action	$635,819	-43.57%	534	$1,191	$14,009,290	24
20	(21)	Lone Star	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$525,699	-17.80%	182	$2,888	$7,197,057	59
21	(16)	The Hunchback of Notre Dame	Buena Vista	Adventure	$525,096	-43.17%	566	$928	$94,423,004	59
22	(18)	The Rock	Buena Vista	Action	$441,466	-46.94%	349	$1,265	$128,978,633	73
23	(new)	Kansas City	New Line	Drama	$432,183		215	$2,010	$432,183	3
24	(20)	Eraser	Warner Bros.	Action	$412,338	-35.95%	435	$948	$95,270,648	59
25	(24)	The Cable Guy	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$316,085	-37.09%	475	$665	$59,616,298	66
26	(26)	Mission: Impossible	Paramount Pictures	Action	$304,121	-22.36%	352	$864	$175,777,411	89
27	(re-entry)	The Phantom	Paramount Pictures	Action	$273,869		546	$502	$16,973,641	73
28	(22)	The Frighteners	Universal	Horror	$267,240	-57.14%	332	$805	$15,959,645	31
29	(39)	Basquiat	Miramax	Drama	$210,672	+151.21%	21	$10,032	$364,118	10
30	(15)	Fled	MGM	Action	$209,463	-77.66%	486	$431	$10,976,912	31
31	(25)	Harriet the Spy	Paramount Pictures	Adventure	$203,894	-56.92%	529	$385	$25,529,378	40
32	(23)	Kazaam	Buena Vista	Comedy	$191,583	-64.23%	234	$819	$17,567,103	33
33	(27)	Dragonheart	Universal	Adventure	$187,345	-39.63%	286	$655	$51,103,790	80
34	(17)	The Adventures of Pinocchio	New Line	Adventure	$184,916	-77.82%	486	$380	$10,973,812	24
35	(28)	Spy Hard	Buena Vista	Comedy	$166,521	-43.65%	280	$595	$26,747,892	87
36	(30)	Oliver & Company	Buena Vista	Adventure	$128,743	-28.42%	266	$484	$20,460,175	2,831
37	(33)	Across The Sea of Time	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$122,896	-2.63%	4	$30,724	$5,622,992	304
38	(36)	Wings of Courage	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$91,389	+1.37%	7	$13,056	$10,931,068	486
39	(19)	Multiplicity	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$86,431	-89.28%	330	$262	$19,901,529	33
40	(34)	Cold Comfort Farm	Gramercy	Comedy	$84,986	-30.31%	57	$1,491	$4,982,223	101
41	(31)	Walking and Talking	Miramax	Romantic Comedy	$82,998	-45.84%	47	$1,766	$779,528	33
42	(37)	Stealing Beauty	Fox Searchlight	Drama	$59,379	-33.62%	70	$848	$4,376,355	66
43	(38)	Flipper	Universal	Comedy	$56,050	-34.28%	190	$295	$20,047,715	94
44	(40)	Welcome to the Dollhouse	Sony Pictures Classics	Comedy	$51,052	-23.66%	26	$1,964	$4,198,137	101
45	(35)	Homeward Bound II: Lost in San Francisco	Buena Vista	Adventure	$46,321	-57.85%	120	$386	$32,709,423	164
46	(41)	The Craft	Sony Pictures	Thriller/Suspense	$46,311	-25.54%	77	$601	$24,623,567	108
47	(42)	Celestial Clockwork	October Films	Comedy	$44,768	-16.10%	16	$2,798	$257,241	31
48	(45)	Fargo	Gramercy	Thriller/Suspense	$39,140	-7.58%	36	$1,087	$24,015,679	164
49	(47)	Manny & Lo	Sony Pictures Classics		$39,101	-3.06%	16	$2,444	$199,401	24
50	(29)	Phat Beach	Orion Pictures	Comedy	$38,478	-83.53%	60	$641	$1,263,945	17