The Top Movies, Weekend of August 30, 1996

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(new)	The Crow: City of Angels	Miramax	Action	$9,785,111		2,423	$4,038	$9,785,111	3
2	(2)	Tin Cup	Warner Bros.	Romantic Comedy	$8,978,243	+4.27%	2,102	$4,271	$36,915,817	17
3	(new)	First Kid	Buena Vista	Comedy	$8,434,651		1,878	$4,491	$8,434,651	3
4	(4)	A Time to Kill	Warner Bros.	Drama	$7,088,005	+15.39%	2,132	$3,325	$91,956,706	40
5	(1)	The Island of Dr. Moreau	New Line	Adventure	$6,460,769	-29.02%	2,039	$3,169	$18,610,650	10
6	(5)	Jack	Buena Vista	Drama	$5,868,624	+1.41%	2,222	$2,641	$45,791,569	24
7	(6)	Independence Day	20th Century Fox	Adventure	$5,537,238	+16.84%	2,195	$2,523	$281,937,276	61
8	(3)	A Very Brady Sequel	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$4,912,023	-30.35%	2,147	$2,288	$14,805,571	10
9	(8)	Emma	Miramax	Romantic Comedy	$3,055,198	+23.83%	725	$4,214	$13,465,360	31
10	(7)	The Fan	Sony Pictures	Thriller/Suspense	$2,506,322	-24.33%	1,521	$1,648	$16,647,427	17
11	(11)	She's the One	Fox Searchlight	Romantic Comedy	$1,964,310	-5.95%	464	$4,233	$4,991,152	10
12	(new)	The Trigger Effect	Gramercy	Drama	$1,887,791		524	$3,603	$1,887,791	3
13	(12)	Alaska	Columbia	Adventure	$1,678,412	-11.78%	1,252	$1,341	$10,023,963	19
14	(15)	Phenomenon	Buena Vista	Drama	$1,612,531	+7.15%	853	$1,890	$98,208,771	59
15	(new)	The Stupids	New Line	Comedy	$1,593,929		1,292	$1,234	$1,593,929	3
16	(10)	Escape from L.A.	Paramount Pictures	Action	$1,538,055	-27.11%	1,472	$1,045	$23,695,941	24
17	(29)	Mission: Impossible	Paramount Pictures	Action	$1,434,092	+481.17%	797	$1,799	$177,714,247	103
18	(16)	Eraser	Warner Bros.	Action	$1,223,893	-9.72%	940	$1,302	$99,013,389	73
19	(9)	Solo	Sony Pictures	Action	$1,175,340	-47.26%	1,230	$956	$4,281,262	10
20	(14)	Matilda	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$1,111,750	-26.86%	1,250	$889	$30,613,814	31
21	(28)	The Rock	Buena Vista	Action	$1,043,223	+286.28%	621	$1,680	$130,631,349	87
22	(20)	Trainspotting	Miramax	Drama	$967,083	+6.09%	297	$3,256	$10,915,981	45
23	(18)	Courage Under Fire	20th Century Fox	Drama	$932,278	-8.43%	636	$1,466	$54,903,443	52
24	(17)	Twister	Warner Bros.	Action	$925,893	-9.49%	745	$1,243	$238,806,549	115
25	(21)	The Nutty Professor	Universal	Comedy	$869,590	-4.13%	510	$1,705	$120,795,715	66
26	(27)	The Hunchback of Notre Dame	Buena Vista	Adventure	$794,007	+179.97%	1,521	$522	$95,932,585	73
27	(24)	The Adventures of Pinocchio	New Line	Adventure	$787,985	+68.01%	472	$1,669	$12,531,657	38
28	(13)	Carpool	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$703,642	-56.79%	1,417	$497	$3,130,767	10
29	(25)	Lone Star	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$701,639	+49.60%	187	$3,752	$8,756,451	73
30	(31)	Basquiat	Miramax	Drama	$368,506	+59.52%	57	$6,465	$1,215,319	24
31	(26)	Chain Reaction	20th Century Fox	Action	$324,538	-18.88%	252	$1,288	$19,734,656	31
32	(23)	Kingpin	MGM	Comedy	$313,526	-40.48%	411	$763	$23,981,370	38
33	(30)	Eddie	Buena Vista	Comedy	$304,600	+29.56%	261	$1,167	$31,002,249	94
34	(22)	House Arrest	MGM	Comedy	$284,925	-66.40%	940	$303	$6,305,516	19
35	(19)	Tales from the Crypt Presents: Bordello of Blood	Universal	Horror	$275,425	-71.49%	270	$1,020	$5,485,870	17
36	(36)	The Spitfire Grill	Sony Pictures	Drama	$241,353	+60.85%	18	$13,409	$474,861	10
37	(35)	Supercop	Miramax	Action	$197,233	+5.28%	130	$1,517	$14,865,683	38
38	(32)	Kansas City	New Line	Drama	$152,077	-29.04%	80	$1,901	$1,116,708	17
39	(40)	Across The Sea of Time	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$146,658	+42.63%	4	$36,665	$6,056,990	318
40	(34)	The Frighteners	Universal	Horror	$138,985	-26.48%	133	$1,045	$16,524,115	45
41	(44)	Cold Comfort Farm	Gramercy	Comedy	$106,463	+43.31%	62	$1,717	$5,241,876	115
42	(48)	Wings of Courage	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$86,415	+45.36%	7	$12,345	$11,100,107	500
43	(re-entry)	Girls Town	October Films		$84,574		14	$6,041	$120,608	12
44	(re-entry)	Joe's Apartment	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$81,838		251	$326	$4,566,826	38
45	(42)	Harriet the Spy	Paramount Pictures	Adventure	$81,720	-2.20%	221	$370	$25,905,092	54
46	(46)	Walking and Talking	Miramax	Romantic Comedy	$79,153	+30.29%	33	$2,399	$1,001,170	47
47	(45)	Kazaam	Buena Vista	Comedy	$76,960	+8.39%	64	$1,203	$17,830,320	47
48	(37)	Fled	MGM	Action	$74,508	-48.09%	92	$810	$16,953,143	45
49	(re-entry)	Manny & Lo	Sony Pictures Classics		$63,456		27	$2,350	$319,635	38
50	(41)	Oliver & Company	Buena Vista	Adventure	$62,372	-33.27%	105	$594	$20,776,941	2,845
51	(33)	The Cable Guy	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$50,598	-75.27%	131	$386	$60,154,431	80