The Top Movies, Weekend of September 27, 1996

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(1)	The First Wives Club	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$15,314,530	-19.03%	2,312	$6,624	$41,784,740	10
2	(new)	Extreme Measures	Sony Pictures	Drama	$6,906,546		2,298	$3,005	$6,906,546	3
3	(2)	Last Man Standing	New Line	Action	$3,577,922	-48.96%	2,579	$1,387	$12,696,135	10
4	(new)	2 Days In The Valley	MGM	Drama	$3,352,440		769	$4,359	$3,352,440	3
5	(3)	Fly Away Home	Sony Pictures	Drama	$3,004,901	-21.61%	1,401	$2,145	$13,327,850	17
6	(9)	Independence Day	20th Century Fox	Adventure	$2,550,338	+60.22%	1,822	$1,400	$293,617,050	89
7	(5)	Bulletproof	Universal	Action	$1,946,905	-25.57%	1,872	$1,040	$18,403,880	24
8	(6)	First Kid	Buena Vista	Comedy	$1,847,745	-20.45%	1,858	$994	$22,486,285	31
9	(4)	Maximum Risk	Sony Pictures	Action	$1,602,428	-44.90%	2,103	$762	$12,777,649	17
10	(7)	Tin Cup	Warner Bros.	Romantic Comedy	$1,153,856	-36.03%	1,523	$758	$51,272,932	45
11	(8)	A Time to Kill	Warner Bros.	Drama	$1,144,219	-28.55%	1,281	$893	$104,836,096	68
12	(12)	Jack	Buena Vista	Drama	$1,054,283	-20.07%	1,301	$810	$55,178,872	52
13	(11)	The Spitfire Grill	Sony Pictures	Drama	$1,025,392	-24.12%	1,216	$843	$11,002,823	38
14	(13)	The Nutty Professor	Universal	Comedy	$956,210	-14.70%	787	$1,215	$125,469,430	94
15	(10)	The Rich Man's Wife	Buena Vista	Thriller/Suspense	$950,802	-39.52%	936	$1,016	$7,053,081	17
16	(28)	Big Night	Goldwyn Entertainment	Drama	$816,932	+339.80%	99	$8,252	$1,098,295	10
17	(14)	Emma	Miramax	Romantic Comedy	$656,415	-18.72%	680	$965	$20,307,684	59
18	(15)	The Island of Dr. Moreau	New Line	Adventure	$456,395	-33.66%	642	$711	$26,513,445	38
19	(18)	Trainspotting	Miramax	Drama	$423,139	-14.12%	335	$1,263	$14,526,392	73
20	(17)	She's the One	Fox Searchlight	Romantic Comedy	$403,604	-19.09%	447	$903	$8,932,983	38
21	(25)	Courage Under Fire	20th Century Fox	Drama	$329,774	+8.00%	443	$744	$56,978,730	80
22	(19)	Phenomenon	Buena Vista	Drama	$327,443	-16.72%	406	$807	$101,142,198	87
23	(20)	Lone Star	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$311,294	-16.37%	211	$1,475	$10,910,446	101
24	(23)	Twister	Warner Bros.	Action	$306,410	-9.72%	424	$723	$241,101,017	143
25	(re-entry)	Kazaam	Buena Vista	Comedy	$304,449		447	$681	$18,210,613	75
26	(37)	Matilda	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$303,726	+180.99%	726	$418	$32,046,331	59
27	(re-entry)	The Adventures of Pinocchio	New Line	Adventure	$280,544		355	$790	$14,472,379	66
28	(24)	The Rock	Buena Vista	Action	$262,461	-19.35%	378	$694	$133,126,119	115
29	(41)	Surviving Picasso	Warner Bros.	Drama	$204,524	+134.94%	31	$6,598	$345,430	10
30	(21)	A Very Brady Sequel	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$191,192	-48.50%	719	$266	$20,819,652	38
31	(new)	The Leopard Son	Discovery/IMAX		$190,217		104	$1,829	$190,217	3
32	(32)	Mission: Impossible	Paramount Pictures	Action	$160,038	-2.80%	256	$625	$180,476,505	131
33	(22)	The Crow: City of Angels	Miramax	Action	$142,980	-59.39%	313	$457	$16,689,308	31
34	(29)	Basquiat	Miramax	Drama	$131,933	-28.79%	106	$1,245	$2,371,682	52
35	(16)	Feeling Minnesota	New Line	Drama	$128,863	-77.64%	293	$440	$3,028,433	17
36	(31)	The Postman	Miramax	Drama	$122,291	-30.70%	142	$861	$20,472,869	474
37	(30)	Eraser	Warner Bros.	Action	$121,039	-32.96%	201	$602	$101,104,323	101
38	(26)	Bogus	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$103,289	-56.21%	253	$408	$4,061,169	24
39	(36)	Chain Reaction	20th Century Fox	Action	$100,590	-21.31%	170	$592	$20,550,712	59
40	(35)	Kingpin	MGM	Comedy	$98,405	-33.11%	156	$631	$24,768,757	66
41	(39)	American Buffalo	Goldwyn Entertainment	Drama	$97,206	-1.83%	68	$1,430	$449,378	17
42	(34)	Grace of My Heart	Gramercy		$88,384	-43.09%	70	$1,263	$543,962	17
43	(38)	Alaska	Columbia	Adventure	$81,200	-19.59%	381	$213	$11,269,273	47
44	(33)	Supercop	Miramax	Action	$71,591	-56.08%	130	$551	$15,368,248	66
45	(45)	Across The Sea of Time	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$70,498	+3.74%	4	$17,625	$6,497,015	346
46	(40)	House Arrest	MGM	Comedy	$63,402	-31.86%	132	$480	$6,833,427	47
47	(27)	Striptease	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$62,169	-69.25%	144	$432	$32,455,960	94
48	(44)	The Hunchback of Notre Dame	Buena Vista	Adventure	$60,296	-16.03%	134	$450	$96,479,197	101
49	(47)	Escape from L.A.	Paramount Pictures	Action	$48,447	-13.84%	189	$256	$24,901,770	52
50	(50)	Wings of Courage	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$42,744	-8.14%	6	$7,124	$11,489,668	528
51	(51)	Fled	MGM	Action	$16,935	-27.02%	29	$584	$17,124,819	73
52	(52)	Kansas City	New Line	Drama	$11,089	-9.71%	18	$616	$1,335,923	45