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	$392,606,923
2	Mission: Impossible	Action	PG-13	$180,891,004	40,925,567	$293,845,571
3	The Rock	Action	R	$133,955,936	30,306,773	$217,602,630
4	Ransom	Action	R	$124,641,941	28,199,534	$202,472,654
5	Eraser	Action	R	$101,283,031	22,914,713	$164,527,639
6	Broken Arrow	Action	R	$70,640,985	15,982,123	$114,751,643
7	The Ghost and the Darkness	Action	R	$37,709,317	8,531,520	$61,256,314
8	The Long Kiss Goodnight	Action	R	$32,720,083	7,402,734	$53,151,630
9	Rumble in the Bronx	Action	R	$32,281,907	7,303,599	$52,439,841
10	Escape from L.A.	Action	R	$25,329,895	5,730,745	$41,146,749
11	Daylight	Action	PG-13	$24,980,565	5,651,712	$40,579,292
12	The Quest	Action	PG-13	$21,607,190	4,888,505	$35,099,466
13	Bulletproof	Action	R	$21,162,420	4,787,878	$34,376,964
14	Chain Reaction	Action	PG-13	$20,550,712	4,649,482	$33,383,281
15	The Glimmer Man	Action	R	$20,301,706	4,593,146	$32,978,788
16	Last Man Standing	Action	R	$18,100,017	4,095,026	$29,402,287
17	The Crow: City of Angels	Action	R	$17,883,659	4,046,077	$29,050,833
18	The Phantom	Action	PG	$17,220,599	3,896,063	$27,973,732
19	Fled	Action	R	$17,192,205	3,889,639	$27,927,608
20	Supercop	Action	R	$16,249,557	3,676,370	$26,396,337
21	Maximum Risk	Action	R	$14,039,438	3,176,343	$22,806,143
22	Goldeneye	Action	PG-13	$12,767,795	2,888,641	$20,740,442
23	Sudden Death	Action	R	$6,747,130	1,526,500	$10,960,270
24	Screamers	Action	R	$5,701,359	1,289,900	$9,261,482
25	Solo	Action	PG-13	$4,932,915	1,116,044	$8,013,196
26	Barb Wire	Action	R	$3,615,658	818,022	$5,873,398
27	Original Gangstas	Action	R	$3,268,414	739,460	$5,309,323
28	Lawnmower Man 2: Beyond Cyberspace	Action	PG-13	$2,200,664	497,888	$3,574,836
29	Assassins	Action	R	$818,094	185,089	$1,328,939
30	Money Train	Action	R	$645,715	146,089	$1,048,919
31	Bloodsport 2	Action	R	$456,931	103,378	$742,254
32	Ghost in the Shell	Action		$443,579	100,357	$720,563
33	Fair Game	Action	R	$313,458	70,918	$509,191
34	Mortal Kombat	Action	PG-13	$50,081	11,331	$81,357
35	American Strays	Action	R	$5,000	1,131	$8,121
Total Gross of All Movies				$1,232,397,345
Total Tickets Sold					278,822,927
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices						$2,001,948,616

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.