The Top Movies, Weekend of December 13, 1996

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(new)	Jerry Maguire	Sony Pictures	Romantic Comedy	$17,084,296		2,531	$6,750	$17,084,296	3
2	(new)	Mars Attacks!	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$9,384,272		1,955	$4,800	$9,384,272	3
3	(1)	101 Dalmatians	Buena Vista	Comedy	$8,932,970	-35.94%	2,841	$3,144	$75,575,864	19
4	(new)	The Preacher's Wife	Buena Vista	Drama	$7,649,752		1,783	$4,290	$7,649,752	3
5	(2)	Daylight	Universal	Action	$4,137,210	-58.69%	2,189	$1,890	$16,653,910	10
6	(4)	Jingle All the Way	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$4,052,053	-27.56%	2,319	$1,747	$43,324,886	24
7	(3)	Star Trek: First Contact	Paramount Pictures	Adventure	$3,432,345	-48.07%	2,607	$1,317	$76,721,064	24
8	(5)	Ransom	Buena Vista	Action	$2,979,816	-45.77%	1,823	$1,635	$117,504,943	38
9	(6)	Space Jam	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$2,347,556	-48.30%	2,232	$1,052	$76,536,367	31
10	(7)	The English Patient	Miramax	Drama	$1,779,831	-34.27%	683	$2,606	$16,015,227	31
11	(8)	The Mirror Has Two Faces	Sony Pictures	Romantic Comedy	$1,002,631	-57.90%	1,533	$654	$39,055,749	31
12	(9)	Set It Off	New Line	Drama	$609,880	-53.64%	571	$1,068	$33,345,383	40
13	(10)	Romeo & Juliet	20th Century Fox	Drama	$581,263	-55.75%	829	$701	$42,666,168	45
14	(12)	Swingers	Miramax	Comedy	$165,594	-44.88%	113	$1,465	$3,420,220	59
15	(15)	That Thing You Do!	20th Century Fox	Drama	$140,305	-27.09%	403	$348	$25,180,248	73
16	(16)	First Kid	Buena Vista	Comedy	$138,293	-27.58%	394	$351	$25,875,088	108
17	(19)	Shine	Fine Line	Drama	$135,266	-19.91%	10	$13,527	$943,978	24
18	(20)	Ridicule	Miramax	Drama	$125,768	-12.58%	27	$4,658	$402,531	17
19	(13)	Big Night	Goldwyn Entertainment	Drama	$124,913	-37.95%	129	$968	$10,722,702	87
20	(11)	Sleepers	Warner Bros.	Drama	$108,470	-66.85%	246	$441	$51,773,071	59
21	(18)	Secrets & Lies	October Films	Drama	$105,047	-40.23%	75	$1,401	$4,928,155	79
22	(re-entry)	The Rich Man's Wife	Buena Vista	Thriller/Suspense	$104,246		357	$292	$8,402,651	94
23	(21)	Jack	Buena Vista	Drama	$87,719	-37.73%	255	$344	$58,295,126	129
24	(33)	The Funeral	October Films	Drama	$79,285	+22.33%	66	$1,201	$1,049,082	45
25	(32)	The Crucible	20th Century Fox	Drama	$74,409	+6.48%	3	$24,803	$282,924	17
26	(17)	The First Wives Club	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$71,619	-61.18%	273	$262	$101,684,873	87
27	(24)	Breaking The Waves	October Films	Drama	$69,993	-37.59%	18	$3,889	$541,519	33
28	(re-entry)	To Gillian on Her 37th Birthday	Sony Pictures	Drama	$64,402		319	$202	$4,137,645	59
29	(28)	Microcosmos	Miramax	Documentary	$61,337	-33.77%	37	$1,658	$871,664	66
30	(27)	Phenomenon	Buena Vista	Drama	$59,080	-37.65%	199	$297	$104,347,034	164
31	(29)	The Long Kiss Goodnight	New Line	Action	$52,010	-41.04%	121	$430	$32,197,906	66
32	(26)	The Ghost and the Darkness	Paramount Pictures	Action	$49,048	-53.01%	191	$257	$37,665,720	66
33	(34)	Beautiful Thing	Sony Pictures Classics	Comedy	$45,258	-27.26%	21	$2,155	$1,325,981	68
34	(25)	Michael Collins	Warner Bros.	Drama	$44,397	-58.91%	81	$548	$10,803,092	66
35	(23)	Independence Day	20th Century Fox	Adventure	$36,769	-70.22%	150	$245	$306,124,059	166
36	(31)	Last Man Standing	New Line	Action	$34,910	-54.96%	140	$249	$18,100,017	87
37	(30)	The Hunchback of Notre Dame	Buena Vista	Adventure	$34,016	-59.39%	116	$293	$99,252,727	178
38	(37)	Across The Sea of Time	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$33,113	-19.43%	6	$5,519	$7,424,691	423
39	(40)	Looking for Richard	20th Century Fox	Documentary	$30,199	-21.47%	38	$795	$1,253,153	66
40	(50)	Surviving Picasso	Warner Bros.	Drama	$27,364	+7.17%	27	$1,013	$1,955,195	87
41	(new)	Citizen Ruth	Miramax	Comedy	$26,709		6	$4,452	$26,709	3
42	(36)	Bound	Gramercy	Thriller/Suspense	$25,823	-42.23%	45	$574	$3,763,127	73
43	(39)	Hype!	Cinepix Film Properties		$21,124	-47.22%	16	$1,320	$242,021	38
44	(46)	Garden of the Finzi-Continis	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$20,654	-33.68%	11	$1,878	$281,728	38
45	(47)	Bitter Sugar	First Look	Drama	$20,499	-28.99%	11	$1,864	$328,768	66
46	(44)	Thinner	Paramount Pictures	Horror	$20,178	-43.36%	77	$262	$14,807,397	52
47	(38)	Vertigo	Universal	Thriller/Suspense	$20,045	-51.16%	11	$1,822	$1,699,342	14,101
48	(re-entry)	Lone Star	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$18,028		35	$515	$12,130,281	178
49	(re-entry)	2 Days In The Valley	MGM	Drama	$17,921		51	$351	$11,090,856	80
50	(43)	Larger Than Life	MGM	Comedy	$15,978	-57.41%	136	$117	$8,289,972	45
51	(49)	Trainspotting	Miramax	Drama		-100.00%			$16,501,000	150