Box Office Performance for Action Movies in 1996

Rank	Movie	Genre	MPAA	1996 Gross	Tickets Sold	Inflation- Adjusted Gross
1	Twister	Action	PG-13	$241,688,385	54,680,630	$431,430,171
2	Mission: Impossible	Action	PG-13	$180,891,004	40,925,567	$322,902,724
3	The Rock	Action	R	$133,955,936	30,306,773	$239,120,439
4	Ransom	Action	R	$124,641,941	28,199,534	$222,494,323
5	Eraser	Action	R	$101,283,031	22,914,713	$180,797,086
6	Broken Arrow	Action	R	$70,640,985	15,982,123	$126,098,950
7	The Ghost and the Darkness	Action	R	$37,709,317	8,531,520	$67,313,693
8	The Long Kiss Goodnight	Action	R	$32,720,083	7,402,734	$58,407,571
9	Rumble in the Bronx	Action	R	$32,281,907	7,303,599	$57,625,396
10	Escape from L.A.	Action	R	$25,329,895	5,730,745	$45,215,578
11	Daylight	Action	PG-13	$24,980,565	5,651,712	$44,592,008
12	The Quest	Action	PG-13	$21,607,190	4,888,505	$38,570,304
13	Bulletproof	Action	R	$21,162,420	4,787,878	$37,776,357
14	Chain Reaction	Action	PG-13	$20,550,712	4,649,482	$36,684,413
15	The Glimmer Man	Action	R	$20,301,706	4,593,146	$36,239,922
16	Last Man Standing	Action	R	$18,100,017	4,095,026	$32,309,755
17	The Crow: City of Angels	Action	R	$17,883,659	4,046,077	$31,923,548
18	The Phantom	Action	PG	$17,220,599	3,896,063	$30,739,937
19	Fled	Action	R	$17,192,205	3,889,639	$30,689,252
20	Supercop	Action	R	$16,249,557	3,676,370	$29,006,559
21	Maximum Risk	Action	R	$14,039,438	3,176,343	$25,061,346
22	Goldeneye	Action	PG-13	$12,767,795	2,888,641	$22,791,377
23	Sudden Death	Action	R	$6,747,130	1,526,500	$12,044,085
24	Screamers	Action	R	$5,701,359	1,289,900	$10,177,311
25	Solo	Action	PG-13	$4,932,915	1,116,044	$8,805,587
26	Barb Wire	Action	R	$3,615,658	818,022	$6,454,194
27	Original Gangstas	Action	R	$3,268,414	739,460	$5,834,339
28	Lawnmower Man 2: Beyond Cyberspace	Action	PG-13	$2,200,664	497,888	$3,928,336
29	Assassins	Action	R	$818,094	185,089	$1,460,352
30	Money Train	Action	R	$645,715	146,089	$1,152,642
31	Bloodsport 2	Action	R	$456,931	103,378	$815,652
32	K�kaku kid�tai	Action		$443,579	100,357	$791,817
33	Fair Game	Action	R	$313,458	70,918	$559,543
34	Mortal Kombat	Action	PG-13	$50,081	11,331	$89,402
35	American Strays	Action	R	$5,000	1,131	$8,924
Total Gross of All Movies				$1,232,397,345
Total Tickets Sold					278,822,927
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices						$2,199,912,894

Note: This chart ranks movies by the amount they earned during 1996. It includes movies released in previous years that earned money during 1996. For example, a movie released over Thanksgiving in 1995 will most likely earn money in 1995 and 1996. Click on the individual movie to see its total gross over all the years in which it played.

Each box office year ends on the first Sunday of the following year. The next year starts the following day (Monday). For example, the "2004 box office year" ended on Sunday, January 2, 2005.

Inflation-adjusted figures are based ticket sale estimates, and may not be precise due to rounding errors.