The Top Movies, Weekend of November 29, 1996

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(new)	101 Dalmatians	Buena Vista	Comedy	$33,504,025		2,794	$11,991	$45,073,479	5
2	(1)	Star Trek: First Contact	Paramount Pictures	Adventure	$25,484,402	-17.03%	2,812	$9,063	$60,850,689	10
3	(2)	Space Jam	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$17,440,268	+7.54%	2,650	$6,581	$67,444,322	17
4	(3)	Ransom	Buena Vista	Action	$17,303,789	+31.24%	2,588	$6,686	$105,093,059	24
5	(4)	Jingle All the Way	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$17,251,448	+42.43%	2,404	$7,176	$30,849,962	10
6	(5)	The Mirror Has Two Faces	Sony Pictures	Romantic Comedy	$8,087,643	+0.94%	2,489	$3,249	$33,502,444	17
7	(8)	The English Patient	Miramax	Drama	$5,550,565	+104.58%	593	$9,360	$9,285,765	17
8	(6)	Set It Off	New Line	Drama	$4,420,352	+33.03%	1,016	$4,351	$30,427,516	26
9	(7)	Romeo & Juliet	20th Century Fox	Drama	$3,363,157	+5.25%	1,422	$2,365	$39,811,469	31
10	(9)	Sleepers	Warner Bros.	Drama	$1,440,042	+5.15%	1,057	$1,362	$50,864,831	45
11	(10)	The First Wives Club	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$588,820	-18.63%	620	$950	$101,259,383	73
12	(18)	Swingers	Miramax	Comedy	$527,543	+74.44%	164	$3,217	$2,685,901	45
13	(13)	Big Night	Goldwyn Entertainment	Drama	$500,335	+41.14%	177	$2,827	$10,245,851	73
14	(re-entry)	First Kid	Buena Vista	Comedy	$472,807		893	$529	$25,411,438	94
15	(14)	Michael Collins	Warner Bros.	Drama	$424,966	+20.90%	221	$1,923	$10,545,707	52
16	(12)	Independence Day	20th Century Fox	Adventure	$410,864	+1.47%	383	$1,073	$305,891,406	152
17	(11)	The Ghost and the Darkness	Paramount Pictures	Action	$371,602	-20.97%	402	$924	$37,396,787	52
18	(17)	Secrets & Lies	October Films	Drama	$368,853	+21.61%	114	$3,236	$4,474,297	65
19	(15)	That Thing You Do!	20th Century Fox	Drama	$354,455	+7.59%	415	$854	$24,728,816	59
20	(16)	Jack	Buena Vista	Drama	$317,800	-1.19%	409	$777	$57,980,458	115
21	(23)	Shine	Fine Line	Drama	$284,290	+75.29%	10	$28,429	$484,628	10
22	(41)	High School High	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$278,829	+349.54%	420	$664	$20,349,376	38
23	(20)	Phenomenon	Buena Vista	Drama	$212,416	+16.40%	239	$889	$104,124,645	150
24	(22)	The Long Kiss Goodnight	New Line	Action	$202,788	+14.28%	179	$1,133	$31,971,048	52
25	(re-entry)	Last Man Standing	New Line	Action	$195,881		296	$662	$17,896,565	73
26	(28)	The Funeral	October Films	Drama	$191,721	+61.11%	61	$3,143	$833,534	31
27	(40)	The Hunchback of Notre Dame	Buena Vista	Adventure	$188,879	+172.44%	182	$1,038	$99,081,007	164
28	(19)	The Glimmer Man	Warner Bros.	Action	$183,188	-28.59%	258	$710	$20,301,706	59
29	(29)	Microcosmos	Miramax	Documentary	$165,922	+56.31%	40	$4,148	$636,582	52
30	(42)	Breaking The Waves	October Films	Drama	$150,216	+148.59%	26	$5,778	$283,383	19
31	(21)	Thinner	Paramount Pictures	Horror	$136,137	-24.90%	211	$645	$14,707,660	38
32	(31)	Beautiful Thing	Sony Pictures Classics	Comedy	$106,321	+3.45%	35	$3,038	$1,171,336	54
33	(new)	The Crucible	20th Century Fox	Drama	$101,610		1	$101,610	$101,610	3
34	(39)	Vertigo	Universal	Thriller/Suspense	$98,206	+41.14%	20	$4,910	$1,599,265	14,087
35	(26)	The Associate	Buena Vista	Comedy	$88,639	-28.95%	126	$703	$12,273,815	38
36	(36)	Trainspotting	Miramax	Drama	$83,202	-7.66%	87	$956	$16,425,298	136
37	(27)	Fly Away Home	Sony Pictures	Drama	$80,204	-35.39%	275	$292	$23,703,000	80
38	(38)	Bound	Gramercy	Thriller/Suspense	$79,474	+10.58%	47	$1,691	$3,647,877	59
39	(32)	D3: The Mighty Ducks	Buena Vista	Comedy	$79,116	-21.74%	171	$463	$21,068,383	59
40	(35)	Larger Than Life	MGM	Comedy	$79,088	-13.62%	249	$318	$8,204,458	31
41	(48)	Garden of the Finzi-Continis	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$74,933	+66.87%	14	$5,352	$190,190	24
42	(49)	Across The Sea of Time	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$71,833	+67.08%	6	$11,972	$7,284,066	409
43	(43)	Mother Night	Fine Line		$60,210	+9.32%	28	$2,150	$325,911	31
44	(46)	Twelfth Night: Or What You Will	Fine Line	Comedy	$59,917	+19.65%	30	$1,997	$472,946	38
45	(new)	Ridicule	Miramax	Drama	$59,841		3	$19,947	$59,841	3
46	(45)	Matilda	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$58,989	+8.43%	76	$776	$33,084,249	122
47	(re-entry)	Snowriders	Warren Miller Entertainment	Documentary	$54,453		5	$10,891	$1,830,935	45
48	(re-entry)	The Spitfire Grill	Sony Pictures	Drama	$52,248		296	$177	$12,592,203	101
49	(24)	Dear God	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$48,844	-67.70%	254	$192	$6,899,612	31
50	(25)	The Crow: City of Angels	Miramax	Action	$44,518	-64.56%	121	$368	$17,883,659	94
51	(50)	Jude	Gramercy		$20,595	-32.27%	19	$1,084	$354,020	45
52	(re-entry)	2 Days In The Valley	MGM	Drama	$11,106		18	$617	$11,044,951	66
53	(51)	Fled	MGM	Action	$479	-49.74%	1	$479	$17,192,205	136