The Top Movies, Weekend of October 18, 1996

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(new)	Sleepers	Warner Bros.	Drama	$12,305,745		1,915	$6,426	$12,305,745	3
2	(1)	The Ghost and the Darkness	Paramount Pictures	Action	$7,507,928	-27.26%	2,154	$3,486	$20,241,321	10
3	(2)	The First Wives Club	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$6,737,593	-33.89%	2,406	$2,800	$82,155,146	31
4	(3)	The Long Kiss Goodnight	New Line	Action	$6,541,965	-35.76%	2,404	$2,721	$19,135,940	10
5	(5)	That Thing You Do!	20th Century Fox	Drama	$3,866,648	-28.15%	1,879	$2,058	$17,754,851	17
6	(6)	D3: The Mighty Ducks	Walt Disney Pictures	Comedy	$3,627,626	-24.79%	2,060	$1,761	$16,069,522	17
7	(4)	The Chamber	Universal	Drama	$3,027,685	-50.84%	2,032	$1,490	$10,360,905	10
8	(new)	Get on the Bus	Sony Pictures	Drama	$2,156,409		1,207	$1,787	$2,837,711	5
9	(7)	The Glimmer Man	Warner Bros.	Action	$2,141,621	-47.69%	2,000	$1,071	$17,783,103	17
10	(9)	Fly Away Home	Sony Pictures	Drama	$1,407,425	-12.20%	1,401	$1,005	$19,758,779	38
11	(10)	Independence Day	20th Century Fox	Adventure	$1,344,607	-6.61%	1,310	$1,026	$299,213,307	110
12	(12)	Big Night	Goldwyn Entertainment	Drama	$1,071,732	-13.31%	336	$3,190	$5,497,157	31
13	(8)	Extreme Measures	Sony Pictures	Drama	$766,893	-53.30%	1,005	$763	$17,003,296	24
14	(11)	2 Days In The Valley	MGM	Drama	$611,266	-56.31%	805	$759	$10,252,088	24
15	(15)	The Hunchback of Notre Dame	Walt Disney Pictures	Adventure	$471,997	-17.99%	649	$727	$97,728,519	122
16	(18)	Secrets & Lies	October Films	Drama	$413,940	-11.40%	77	$5,376	$1,342,409	23
17	(16)	The Nutty Professor	Universal	Comedy	$390,150	-30.53%	459	$850	$127,557,075	115
18	(13)	Bound	Gramercy	Thriller/Suspense	$364,469	-42.36%	206	$1,769	$2,471,816	17
19	(20)	Courage Under Fire	20th Century Fox	Drama	$340,566	-13.38%	875	$389	$58,584,603	101
20	(45)	The Island of Dr. Moreau	New Line	Adventure	$327,832	+429.36%	491	$668	$27,285,891	59
21	(17)	Bulletproof	Universal	Action	$282,885	-42.18%	442	$640	$20,957,855	45
22	(19)	First Kid	Walt Disney Pictures	Comedy	$276,652	-37.55%	557	$497	$24,534,229	52
23	(21)	A Time to Kill	Warner Bros.	Drama	$219,403	-40.82%	378	$580	$106,733,448	89
24	(14)	Last Man Standing	New Line	Action	$208,231	-64.36%	460	$453	$17,513,069	31
25	(29)	Michael Collins	Warner Bros.	Drama	$187,692	-15.35%	10	$18,769	$460,992	10
26	(41)	Vertigo	Paramount Pictures	Thriller/Suspense	$186,258	+79.85%	5	$37,252	$412,616	14,045
27	(22)	Emma	Miramax	Romantic Comedy	$173,374	-49.72%	188	$922	$21,741,590	80
28	(27)	Jack	Walt Disney Pictures	Drama	$160,296	-34.12%	301	$533	$56,419,358	73
29	(new)	Snowriders	Warren Miller Entertainment	Documentary	$158,661		7	$22,666	$158,661	3
30	(30)	Surviving Picasso	Warner Bros.	Drama	$154,680	-25.35%	46	$3,363	$1,167,687	31
31	(24)	Tin Cup	Warner Bros.	Romantic Comedy	$149,572	-47.65%	307	$487	$52,904,683	66
32	(25)	Trainspotting	Miramax	Drama	$134,738	-49.10%	169	$797	$15,680,997	94
33	(34)	The Rock	Walt Disney Pictures	Action	$133,536	-8.66%	185	$722	$133,768,962	136
34	(28)	Lone Star	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$128,725	-42.28%	102	$1,262	$11,633,073	122
35	(32)	Harriet the Spy	Paramount Pictures	Adventure	$106,889	-46.14%	287	$372	$26,379,067	103
36	(39)	Phenomenon	Walt Disney Pictures	Drama	$96,211	-24.99%	152	$633	$101,683,364	108
37	(31)	The Rich Man's Wife	Walt Disney Pictures	Thriller/Suspense	$96,172	-52.32%	162	$594	$8,237,614	38
38	(36)	Kazaam	Walt Disney Pictures	Comedy	$89,634	-34.44%	153	$586	$18,784,238	96
39	(23)	The Spitfire Grill	Sony Pictures	Drama	$83,733	-71.54%	286	$293	$12,443,788	59
40	(37)	The Grass Harp	Fine Line	Drama	$82,977	-37.21%	46	$1,804	$250,217	10
41	(38)	Twister	Warner Bros.	Action	$82,027	-36.47%	155	$529	$241,688,385	164
42	(re-entry)	Beautiful Thing	Sony Pictures Classics	Comedy	$79,074		12	$6,590	$146,147	12
43	(new)	To Gillian on Her 37th Birthday	Sony Pictures	Drama	$77,725		5	$15,545	$77,725	3
44	(44)	Basquiat	Miramax	Drama	$74,190	+13.78%	57	$1,302	$2,729,067	73
45	(new)	Swingers	Miramax	Comedy	$74,118		8	$9,265	$74,118	3
46	(42)	Matilda	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$71,145	-26.61%	367	$194	$32,455,184	80
47	(26)	The Crow: City of Angels	Miramax	Action	$63,401	-74.16%	163	$389	$17,473,378	52
48	(49)	Trees Lounge	Orion Classics	Drama	$55,921	+18.15%	23	$2,431	$115,725	10
49	(35)	Bogus	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$55,553	-59.81%	271	$205	$4,340,826	45
50	(43)	Mission: Impossible	Paramount Pictures	Action	$50,107	-39.39%	87	$576	$180,891,004	152
51	(47)	Striptease	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$37,845	-36.24%	48	$788	$32,719,494	115
52	(new)	Jude	Gramercy		$31,850		6	$5,308	$31,850	3
53	(52)	Fled	MGM	Action	$6,275	-19.57%	12	$523	$17,175,283	94
54	(53)	Kansas City	New Line	Drama	$741	-38.61%	10	$74	$1,353,824	66

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