The Top Movies, Weekend of November 15, 1996

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(new)	Space Jam	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$27,528,529		2,650	$10,388	$27,528,529	3
2	(1)	Ransom	Buena Vista	Action	$22,374,113	-34.61%	2,757	$8,115	$67,143,873	10
3	(new)	The Mirror Has Two Faces	Sony Pictures	Romantic Comedy	$12,210,868		2,489	$4,906	$12,210,868	3
4	(3)	Set It Off	New Line	Drama	$5,852,712	-33.58%	1,016	$5,761	$20,796,685	12
5	(2)	Romeo & Juliet	20th Century Fox	Drama	$5,421,137	-39.94%	1,963	$2,762	$31,434,358	17
6	(4)	Sleepers	Warner Bros.	Drama	$2,310,554	-37.82%	1,818	$1,271	$47,085,143	31
7	(6)	The First Wives Club	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$1,511,844	-32.57%	1,498	$1,009	$99,400,000	59
8	(5)	High School High	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$1,502,370	-51.25%	1,726	$870	$19,068,691	24
9	(8)	The Ghost and the Darkness	Paramount Pictures	Action	$1,033,749	-40.15%	1,328	$778	$36,166,456	38
10	(10)	Michael Collins	Warner Bros.	Drama	$801,107	-43.12%	673	$1,190	$9,462,670	38
11	(14)	Independence Day	20th Century Fox	Adventure	$745,473	-23.79%	599	$1,245	$304,738,610	138
12	(12)	Thinner	Paramount Pictures	Horror	$636,330	-51.81%	1,115	$571	$14,211,501	24
13	(re-entry)	Jack	Buena Vista	Drama	$521,637		591	$883	$57,172,494	101
14	(9)	Dear God	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$518,281	-65.65%	1,306	$397	$6,545,308	17
15	(17)	Big Night	Goldwyn Entertainment	Drama	$497,120	-29.17%	266	$1,869	$9,197,671	59
16	(15)	The Long Kiss Goodnight	New Line	Action	$495,945	-45.95%	577	$860	$31,378,484	38
17	(7)	Larger Than Life	MGM	Comedy	$485,456	-75.94%	1,627	$298	$7,860,410	17
18	(16)	That Thing You Do!	20th Century Fox	Drama	$468,244	-38.54%	626	$748	$23,878,694	45
19	(11)	The Associate	Buena Vista	Comedy	$451,274	-67.85%	768	$588	$11,912,760	24
20	(19)	Secrets & Lies	October Films	Drama	$402,314	-20.72%	145	$2,775	$3,622,818	51
21	(13)	Fly Away Home	Sony Pictures	Drama	$384,016	-62.14%	910	$422	$23,405,180	66
22	(21)	Swingers	Miramax	Comedy	$346,141	-4.61%	131	$2,642	$1,637,206	31
23	(20)	Phenomenon	Buena Vista	Drama	$325,843	-34.13%	477	$683	$103,614,377	136
24	(22)	Snowriders	Warren Miller Entertainment	Documentary	$325,370	-10.34%	29	$11,220	$1,243,512	31
25	(18)	D3: The Mighty Ducks	Buena Vista	Comedy	$300,056	-52.35%	644	$466	$20,825,793	45
26	(new)	The English Patient	Miramax	Drama	$278,439		10	$27,844	$278,439	3
27	(34)	The Funeral	October Films	Drama	$193,060	+52.80%	70	$2,758	$424,742	17
28	(24)	A Time to Kill	Warner Bros.	Drama	$166,572	-32.28%	271	$615	$108,553,578	117
29	(29)	The Nutty Professor	Universal	Comedy	$143,665	-18.52%	170	$845	$128,648,705	143
30	(26)	Beautiful Thing	Sony Pictures Classics	Comedy	$134,696	-30.16%	52	$2,590	$861,427	40
31	(25)	The Chamber	Universal	Drama	$130,580	-36.78%	244	$535	$14,101,190	38
32	(31)	The Hunchback of Notre Dame	Buena Vista	Adventure	$104,319	-36.00%	257	$406	$98,788,682	150
33	(35)	Bound	Gramercy	Thriller/Suspense	$101,136	-18.73%	76	$1,331	$3,436,052	45
34	(33)	Vertigo	Universal	Thriller/Suspense	$96,101	-24.85%	14	$6,864	$1,376,911	14,073
35	(39)	Twelfth Night: Or What You Will	Fine Line	Comedy	$90,502	-13.15%	31	$2,919	$322,314	24
36	(28)	Tin Cup	Warner Bros.	Romantic Comedy	$87,540	-51.09%	199	$440	$53,764,322	94
37	(27)	A Very Brady Sequel	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$77,917	-56.46%	265	$294	$21,397,954	87
38	(40)	Matilda	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$76,307	-18.30%	157	$486	$32,938,622	108
39	(45)	Microcosmos	Miramax	Documentary	$73,645	+33.31%	12	$6,137	$316,136	38
40	(42)	Surviving Picasso	Warner Bros.	Drama	$71,462	-21.87%	34	$2,102	$1,763,186	59
41	(51)	Mother Night	Fine Line		$67,393	+126.44%	26	$2,592	$172,361	17
42	(44)	Across The Sea of Time	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$57,663	-7.98%	6	$9,611	$7,090,814	395
43	(38)	Bad Moon	Warner Bros.	Horror	$53,605	-52.31%	339	$158	$1,055,525	17
44	(37)	Supercop	Miramax	Action	$51,268	-54.62%	72	$712	$16,249,557	115
45	(49)	Jude	Gramercy		$49,534	+2.70%	20	$2,477	$276,557	31
46	(23)	To Gillian on Her 37th Birthday	Sony Pictures	Drama	$45,775	-86.66%	184	$249	$4,036,919	31
47	(re-entry)	Paradise Lost			$41,855		11	$3,805	$249,022	59
48	(36)	Santa with Muscles	Legacy Releasing		$41,246	-65.89%	82	$503	$198,717	10
49	(re-entry)	Extreme Measures	Sony Pictures	Drama	$41,202		401	$103	$17,369,541	52
50	(re-entry)	2 Days In The Valley	MGM	Drama	$31,194		66	$473	$10,994,507	52
51	(52)	Fled	MGM	Action	$447	-72.44%	2	$224	$17,190,289	122