The Top Movies, Weekend of October 4, 1996

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(1)	The First Wives Club	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$11,017,356	-28.06%	2,312	$4,765	$58,491,416	17
2	(new)	The Glimmer Man	Warner Bros.	Action	$7,605,504		2,236	$3,401	$7,605,504	3
3	(new)	That Thing You Do!	20th Century Fox	Drama	$6,208,595		1,870	$3,320	$6,208,595	3
4	(new)	D3: The Mighty Ducks	Buena Vista	Comedy	$6,170,358		2,056	$3,001	$6,170,358	3
5	(2)	Extreme Measures	Sony Pictures	Drama	$4,052,267	-41.33%	2,298	$1,763	$12,928,552	10
6	(4)	2 Days In The Valley	MGM	Drama	$2,282,578	-31.91%	855	$2,670	$6,902,698	10
7	(3)	Last Man Standing	New Line	Action	$2,044,911	-42.85%	2,098	$975	$15,914,288	17
8	(6)	Independence Day	20th Century Fox	Adventure	$1,480,901	-41.93%	1,588	$933	$295,730,534	96
9	(16)	Big Night	Goldwyn Entertainment	Drama	$1,196,463	+46.46%	251	$4,767	$2,555,877	17
10	(7)	Bulletproof	Universal	Action	$908,615	-53.33%	1,165	$780	$19,807,700	31
11	(new)	Bound	Gramercy	Thriller/Suspense	$900,902		261	$3,452	$900,902	3
12	(8)	First Kid	Buena Vista	Comedy	$826,542	-55.27%	1,590	$520	$23,599,640	38
13	(new)	Crash	Fine Line	Drama	$738,339		42	$17,580	$738,339	3
14	(11)	A Time to Kill	Warner Bros.	Drama	$705,604	-38.33%	880	$802	$105,858,983	75
15	(14)	The Nutty Professor	Universal	Comedy	$670,685	-29.86%	664	$1,010	$126,355,390	101
16	(10)	Tin Cup	Warner Bros.	Romantic Comedy	$637,666	-44.74%	987	$646	$52,235,879	52
17	(13)	The Spitfire Grill	Sony Pictures	Drama	$518,438	-49.44%	803	$646	$11,833,876	45
18	(9)	Maximum Risk	Sony Pictures	Action	$507,502	-68.33%	1,005	$505	$13,754,263	24
19	(12)	Jack	Buena Vista	Drama	$482,161	-54.27%	852	$566	$55,890,813	59
20	(15)	The Rich Man's Wife	Buena Vista	Thriller/Suspense	$432,461	-54.52%				24
21	(21)	Courage Under Fire	20th Century Fox	Drama	$401,109	+21.63%	751	$534	$57,551,363	87
22	(17)	Emma	Miramax	Romantic Comedy	$388,082	-40.88%	446	$870	$20,956,370	66
23	(19)	Trainspotting	Miramax	Drama	$291,917	-31.01%	248	$1,177	$15,034,290	80
24	(33)	The Crow: City of Angels	Miramax	Action	$258,902	+81.08%	535	$484	$17,003,140	38
25	(29)	Surviving Picasso	Warner Bros.	Drama	$241,815	+18.23%	45	$5,374	$665,198	17
26	(27)	The Adventures of Pinocchio	New Line	Adventure	$218,025	-22.28%	647	$337	$14,764,717	73
27	(25)	Kazaam	Buena Vista	Comedy	$214,243	-29.63%	423	$506	$18,496,272	82
28	(23)	Lone Star	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$212,845	-31.63%	170	$1,252	$11,189,314	108
29	(20)	She's the One	Fox Searchlight	Romantic Comedy	$204,921	-49.23%	404	$507	$9,261,756	45
30	(24)	Twister	Warner Bros.	Action	$201,769	-34.15%	312	$647	$241,391,507	150
31	(28)	The Rock	Buena Vista	Action	$194,616	-25.85%	321	$606	$133,406,846	122
32	(new)	Secrets & Lies	October Films	Drama	$189,050		17	$11,121	$294,677	9
33	(18)	The Island of Dr. Moreau	New Line	Adventure	$180,960	-60.35%	333	$543	$26,821,979	45
34	(22)	Phenomenon	Buena Vista	Drama	$165,444	-49.47%	294	$563	$101,368,269	94
35	(26)	Matilda	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$153,712	-49.39%	348	$442	$20,966,290	66
36	(32)	Mission: Impossible	Paramount Pictures	Action	$133,006	-16.89%	188	$707	$180,676,582	138
37	(30)	A Very Brady Sequel	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$95,851	-49.87%	348	$275	$20,966,290	45
38	(34)	Basquiat	Miramax	Drama	$91,577	-30.59%	81	$1,131	$2,522,481	59
39	(36)	The Postman	Miramax	Drama	$88,891	-27.31%	104	$855	$21,727,670	481
40	(31)	The Leopard Son	Discovery/IMAX		$80,234	-57.82%			$321,070	10
41	(new)	Infinity	First Look		$78,976		46	$1,717	$78,976	3
42	(40)	Kingpin	MGM	Comedy	$77,217	-21.53%	144	$536	$24,879,969	73
43	(37)	Eraser	Warner Bros.	Action	$76,470	-36.82%	174	$439	$101,228,120	108
44	(47)	Striptease	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$60,638	-2.46%	106	$572	$32,548,181	101
45	(41)	American Buffalo	Goldwyn Entertainment	Drama	$57,913	-40.42%	51	$1,136	$540,364	24
46	(45)	Across The Sea of Time	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$54,365	-22.88%	4	$13,591	$6,589,775	353
47	(re-entry)	Heavy	Lionsgate	Drama	$51,168		20	$2,558	$852,362	124
48	(46)	House Arrest	MGM	Comedy	$47,505	-25.07%	116	$410	$6,895,790	54
49	(re-entry)	Giant			$43,388		14	$3,099	$93,472	14,562
50	(43)	Alaska	Columbia	Adventure	$42,227	-48.00%	246	$172	$11,326,406	54
51	(42)	Grace of My Heart	Gramercy		$42,020	-52.46%	59	$712	$617,632	24
52	(51)	Fled	MGM	Action	$19,310	+14.02%	28	$690	$17,150,847	80
53	(52)	Kansas City	New Line	Drama	$6,244	-43.69%	13	$480	$1,346,414	52