The Top Movies, Weekend of November 1, 1996

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(new)	Romeo & Juliet	20th Century Fox	Drama	$11,133,231		1,276	$8,725	$11,133,231	3
2	(1)	Sleepers	Warner Bros.	Drama	$8,039,085	-16.30%	2,080	$3,865	$37,572,441	17
3	(2)	High School High	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$5,009,703	-20.63%	2,146	$2,334	$12,610,968	10
4	(new)	Larger Than Life	MGM	Comedy	$3,779,504		2,433	$1,553	$3,779,504	3
5	(4)	The Ghost and the Darkness	Paramount Pictures	Action	$3,660,201	-16.63%	2,038	$1,796	$31,779,391	24
6	(3)	Thinner	Paramount Pictures	Horror	$3,582,333	-36.92%	2,009	$1,783	$10,877,181	10
7	(5)	The First Wives Club	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$3,561,788	-18.68%	2,051	$1,737	$93,741,105	45
8	(new)	Dear God	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$3,213,045		1,754	$1,832	$3,213,045	3
9	(6)	The Associate	Buena Vista	Comedy	$3,118,515	-26.82%	1,781	$1,751	$8,664,334	10
10	(7)	The Long Kiss Goodnight	New Line	Action	$2,377,892	-35.28%	1,684	$1,412	$28,917,473	24
11	(8)	Michael Collins	Warner Bros.	Drama	$2,209,786	-8.30%	848	$2,606	$6,067,321	24
12	(9)	That Thing You Do!	20th Century Fox	Drama	$1,181,717	-42.37%	941	$1,256	$22,164,288	31
13	(11)	To Gillian on Her 37th Birthday	Sony Pictures	Drama	$1,052,290	-31.60%	807	$1,304	$3,221,095	17
14	(13)	Independence Day	20th Century Fox	Adventure	$1,001,723	-17.72%	709	$1,413	$302,279,158	124
15	(10)	D3: The Mighty Ducks	Buena Vista	Comedy	$923,641	-44.22%	1,246	$741	$19,453,249	31
16	(16)	Big Night	Goldwyn Entertainment	Drama	$811,199	+9.34%	282	$2,877	$7,621,380	45
17	(47)	Phenomenon	Buena Vista	Drama	$641,110	+1,409.84%	616	$1,041	$102,412,716	122
18	(new)	Bad Moon	Warner Bros.	Horror	$607,081		825	$736	$607,081	3
19	(12)	The Chamber	Universal	Drama	$587,005	-53.75%	703	$835	$13,481,735	24
20	(15)	Fly Away Home	Sony Pictures	Drama	$542,312	-30.74%	802	$676	$21,528,075	52
21	(14)	Get on the Bus	Sony Pictures	Drama	$532,065	-52.40%	425	$1,252	$5,402,971	19
22	(19)	Secrets & Lies	October Films	Drama	$472,260	+14.05%	112	$4,217	$2,494,589	37
23	(18)	A Time to Kill	Warner Bros.	Drama	$351,575	-30.84%	802	$438	$21,528,076	103
24	(17)	The Glimmer Man	Warner Bros.	Action	$307,745	-47.26%	373	$825	$19,534,084	31
25	(28)	Swingers	Miramax	Comedy	$306,992	+111.10%	63	$4,873	$632,607	17
26	(43)	Tin Cup	Warner Bros.	Romantic Comedy	$261,437	+353.01%	825	$317	$53,292,541	80
27	(20)	The Nutty Professor	Universal	Comedy	$212,955	-20.91%	242	$880	$128,204,855	129
28	(21)	The Hunchback of Notre Dame	Buena Vista	Adventure	$201,503	-24.54%	347	$581	$98,388,790	136
29	(37)	Looking for Richard	20th Century Fox	Drama	$190,123	+92.80%	56	$3,395	$426,184	24
30	(22)	Supercop	Miramax	Action	$183,535	-16.00%	266	$690	$15,937,038	101
31	(27)	Vertigo	Paramount Pictures	Thriller/Suspense	$182,665	-0.14%	9	$20,296	$975,112	14,059
32	(32)	Trees Lounge	Orion Classics	Drama	$179,980	+53.90%	25	$7,199	$471,277	24
33	(39)	Beautiful Thing	Sony Pictures Classics	Comedy	$179,980	+126.28%	25	$7,199	$471,277	26
34	(24)	Bound	Gramercy	Thriller/Suspense	$165,745	-17.13%	108	$1,535	$3,076,273	31
35	(31)	Surviving Picasso	Warner Bros.	Drama	$125,575	+5.20%	43	$2,920	$1,521,880	45
36	(35)	Matilda	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$105,005	-1.58%	264	$398	$32,711,422	94
37	(36)	Trainspotting	Miramax	Drama	$91,670	-8.58%	122	$751	$16,003,122	108
38	(25)	Escape from L.A.	Paramount Pictures	Action	$81,397	-56.77%	165	$493	$25,329,895	87
39	(re-entry)	Snowriders	Warren Miller Entertainment	Documentary	$75,826		14	$5,416	$355,738	17
40	(30)	First Kid	Buena Vista	Comedy	$71,523	-41.96%	128	$559	$24,808,579	66
41	(re-entry)	Across The Sea of Time	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$70,421		5	$14,084	$6,889,960	381
42	(41)	Lone Star	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$67,876	-8.11%	59	$1,150	$11,835,880	136
43	(29)	The Island of Dr. Moreau	New Line	Adventure	$65,221	-50.66%	110	$593	$27,663,982	73
44	(23)	2 Days In The Valley	MGM	Drama	$64,402	-69.82%	111	$580	$10,899,660	38
45	(33)	Emma	Miramax	Romantic Comedy	$57,553	-50.28%	62	$928	$22,041,742	94
46	(52)	Jude	Gramercy		$52,589		16	$3,287	$141,704	17
47	(42)	The Rock	Buena Vista	Action	$48,929	-25.98%	66	$741	$133,955,936	150
48	(new)	Mother Night	Fine Line		$48,661		8	$6,083	$48,661	3
49	(44)	Alaska	Columbia	Adventure	$48,571	-4.56%	290	$167	$11,500,372	82
50	(50)	The Grass Harp	Fine Line	Drama	$45,434	+15.42%	42	$1,082	$392,371	24
51	(new)	The Funeral	October Films	Drama	$41,768		2	$20,884	$41,768	3
52	(51)	Fled	MGM	Action	$3,543	+1.90%	4	$886	$17,186,442	108