The Top Movies, Weekend of September 20, 1996

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(new)	The First Wives Club	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$18,913,411		1,922	$9,840	$18,913,411	3
2	(new)	Last Man Standing	New Line	Action	$7,010,333		2,561	$2,737	$7,010,333	3
3	(2)	Fly Away Home	Sony Pictures	Drama	$3,833,514	-18.58%	1,401	$2,736	$9,505,591	10
4	(1)	Maximum Risk	Sony Pictures	Action	$2,908,156	-48.19%	2,358	$1,233	$10,273,400	10
5	(3)	Bulletproof	Universal	Action	$2,615,855	-36.24%	2,189	$1,195	$15,624,765	17
6	(6)	First Kid	Buena Vista	Comedy	$2,322,797	-25.36%	1,866	$1,245	$20,193,336	24
7	(4)	Tin Cup	Warner Bros.	Romantic Comedy	$1,803,879	-45.78%	1,774	$1,017	$49,471,647	38
8	(7)	A Time to Kill	Warner Bros.	Drama	$1,601,518	-43.57%	1,449	$1,105	$103,308,837	61
9	(9)	Independence Day	20th Century Fox	Adventure	$1,591,751	-22.90%	1,396	$1,140	$290,605,002	82
10	(5)	The Rich Man's Wife	Buena Vista	Thriller/Suspense	$1,571,989	-49.81%	1,009	$1,558	$5,616,889	10
11	(8)	The Spitfire Grill	Sony Pictures	Drama	$1,351,254	-44.47%	1,247	$1,084	$9,601,506	31
12	(10)	Jack	Buena Vista	Drama	$1,319,045	-34.37%	1,598	$825	$53,794,804	45
13	(15)	The Nutty Professor	Universal	Comedy	$1,120,995	-0.82%	859	$1,305	$124,153,160	87
14	(14)	Emma	Miramax	Romantic Comedy	$807,621	-45.33%	748	$1,080	$19,333,118	52
15	(13)	The Island of Dr. Moreau	New Line	Adventure	$687,954	-53.64%	1,032	$667	$25,846,420	31
16	(12)	Feeling Minnesota	New Line	Drama	$576,257	-63.94%	869	$663	$2,673,454	10
17	(17)	She's the One	Fox Searchlight	Romantic Comedy	$498,818	-45.08%	376	$1,327	$8,378,274	31
18	(20)	Trainspotting	Miramax	Drama	$492,733	-20.15%	330	$1,493	$13,833,741	66
19	(21)	Phenomenon	Buena Vista	Drama	$393,183	-34.73%	474	$830	$100,697,064	80
20	(24)	Lone Star	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$372,238	-15.50%	205	$1,816	$10,419,819	94
21	(11)	A Very Brady Sequel	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$371,258	-80.64%	1,221	$304	$20,553,516	31
22	(18)	The Crow: City of Angels	Miramax	Action	$352,056	-60.80%	710	$496	$16,420,416	24
23	(23)	Twister	Warner Bros.	Action	$339,410	-27.74%	480	$707	$240,693,051	136
24	(22)	The Rock	Buena Vista	Action	$325,443	-33.37%	457	$712	$132,761,806	108
25	(25)	Courage Under Fire	20th Century Fox	Drama	$305,347	-19.25%	455	$671	$56,549,574	73
26	(16)	Bogus	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$235,890	-76.52%	815	$289	$3,893,486	17
27	(32)	Striptease	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$202,191	-12.43%	223	$907	$32,353,350	87
28	(new)	Big Night	Goldwyn Entertainment	Drama	$185,749		12	$15,479	$185,749	3
29	(33)	Basquiat	Miramax	Drama	$185,273	-15.43%	109	$1,700	$2,151,887	45
30	(29)	Eraser	Warner Bros.	Action	$180,556	-39.52%	291	$620	$100,912,448	94
31	(36)	The Postman	Miramax	Drama	$176,478	+3.69%	194	$910	$21,401,717	467
32	(19)	Mission: Impossible	Paramount Pictures	Action	$164,645	-76.82%	415	$397	$180,243,916	124
33	(49)	Supercop	Miramax	Action	$163,003	+209.67%	417	$391	$15,227,444	59
34	(35)	Grace of My Heart	Gramercy	Drama	$155,316	-10.56%	93	$1,670	$390,188	10
35	(39)	Kingpin	MGM	Comedy	$147,107	+4.16%	235	$626	$24,617,769	59
36	(38)	Chain Reaction	20th Century Fox	Action	$127,826	-21.46%	212	$603	$20,405,731	52
37	(28)	Matilda	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$108,090	-64.10%	410	$264	$31,710,240	52
38	(31)	Alaska	Columbia	Adventure	$100,977	-59.17%	405	$249	$11,172,552	40
39	(37)	American Buffalo	Goldwyn Entertainment	Drama	$99,023	-39.66%	34	$2,912	$315,384	10
40	(40)	House Arrest	MGM	Comedy	$93,040	-19.98%	158	$589	$6,744,153	40
41	(new)	Surviving Picasso	Warner Bros.	Drama	$87,054		3	$29,018	$87,054	3
42	(30)	The Fan	Sony Pictures	Thriller/Suspense	$83,355	-66.71%	140	$595	$18,406,215	38
43	(re-entry)	Multiplicity	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$74,082		450	$165	$20,101,861	68
44	(42)	The Hunchback of Notre Dame	Buena Vista	Adventure	$71,810	-22.46%	157	$457	$96,404,457	94
45	(46)	Across The Sea of Time	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$67,957	+4.23%	4	$16,989	$6,385,667	339
46	(34)	The Trigger Effect	Gramercy	Drama	$65,600	-69.01%	104	$631	$3,539,660	24
47	(27)	Escape from L.A.	Paramount Pictures	Action	$56,229	-82.04%	253	$222	$24,828,263	45
48	(45)	Girls Town	October Films		$49,128	-25.55%	25	$1,965	$403,311	33
49	(48)	Walking and Talking	Miramax	Romantic Comedy	$46,964	-14.96%	27	$1,739	$1,231,303	68
50	(44)	Wings of Courage	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$46,532	-35.40%	6	$7,755	$11,407,656	521
51	(51)	Fled	MGM	Action	$23,206	-30.51%	41	$566	$17,095,268	66
52	(52)	Kansas City	New Line	Drama	$12,281	-60.07%	21	$585	$1,318,509	38