Box Office Performance for Based on Book/Short Story 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	A Time to Kill	Drama	R	$108,706,165	24,594,155	$194,047,883
3	101 Dalmatians	Comedy	G	$104,111,652	23,554,672	$185,846,362
4	The First Wives Club	Comedy	PG	$103,368,736	23,386,592	$184,520,211
5	The Hunchback of Notre Dame	Adventure	G	$99,843,665	22,589,064	$178,227,715
6	Primal Fear	Thriller/Suspense	R	$56,013,000	12,672,624	$99,987,003
7	Sleepers	Drama	R	$52,420,458	11,859,832	$93,574,074
8	Up Close & Personal	Drama	PG-13	$50,984,674	11,534,994	$91,011,103
9	Jumanji	Adventure	PG	$42,609,673	9,640,198	$76,061,162
10	Sense and Sensibility	Drama	PG	$38,628,080	8,739,385	$68,953,748
11	Muppet Treasure Island	Adventure	G	$34,285,248	7,756,843	$61,201,491
12	Matilda	Comedy	PG	$33,084,249	7,485,124	$59,057,628
13	Striptease	Comedy	R	$32,758,418	7,411,407	$58,476,001
14	Homeward Bound II: Lost in San Francisco	Adventure	G	$32,709,423	7,400,322	$58,388,541
15	Waiting to Exhale	Drama	R	$30,923,628	6,996,296	$55,200,775
16	Leaving Las Vegas	Drama	R	$29,218,365	6,610,490	$52,156,766
17	James and the Giant Peach	Adventure	PG	$28,900,101	6,538,484	$51,588,639
18	The Preacher's Wife	Drama	PG	$27,942,124	6,321,748	$49,878,592
19	The Island of Dr. Moreau	Adventure	PG-13	$27,663,982	6,258,819	$49,382,082
20	Eye for an Eye	Drama	R	$26,729,447	6,047,386	$47,713,876
21	Harriet the Spy	Adventure	PG	$26,539,321	6,004,371	$47,374,487
22	The English Patient	Drama	R	$22,758,252	5,148,926	$40,625,026
23	The Juror	Thriller/Suspense	R	$22,079,985	4,995,472	$39,414,274
24	Emma	Romantic Comedy	PG	$22,041,742	4,986,819	$39,346,002
25	Multiplicity	Comedy	PG-13	$20,101,861	4,547,932	$35,883,183
26	The Fan	Thriller/Suspense	R	$18,406,215	4,164,302	$32,856,343
27	Extreme Measures	Drama	R	$17,369,541	3,929,760	$31,005,806
28	Diabolique	Thriller/Suspense	R	$17,003,203	3,846,879	$30,351,875
29	Trainspotting	Drama	R	$16,501,000	3,733,258	$29,455,406
30	The Adventures of Pinocchio	Adventure	G	$14,988,577	3,391,081	$26,755,629
31	Thinner	Horror	R	$14,807,397	3,350,090	$26,432,210
32	The Chamber	Drama	R	$14,259,205	3,226,064	$25,453,645
33	Goldeneye	Action	PG-13	$12,767,795	2,888,641	$22,791,377
34	The Associate	Comedy	PG-13	$12,384,525	2,801,929	$22,107,220
35	Mrs. Winterbourne	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$10,039,566	2,271,395	$17,921,307
36	Hellraiser IV: Bloodline	Horror	R	$9,321,492	2,108,935	$16,639,497
37	Tom and Huck	Adventure	PG	$9,232,982	2,088,910	$16,481,500
38	Before and After	Drama	PG-13	$8,619,397	1,950,090	$15,386,210
39	Babe	Adventure	G	$6,853,625	1,550,594	$12,234,187
40	Screamers	Action	R	$5,701,359	1,289,900	$10,177,311
41	Mary Reilly	Drama	R	$5,615,008	1,270,364	$10,023,172
42	Cold Comfort Farm	Comedy	PG	$5,433,717	1,229,348	$9,699,556
43	The Evening Star	Drama	PG-13	$5,272,449	1,192,862	$9,411,681
44	Jane Eyre	Drama	PG	$5,150,192	1,165,202	$9,193,444
45	Solo	Action	PG-13	$4,932,915	1,116,044	$8,805,587
46	Heaven's Prisoners	Drama	R	$4,912,939	1,111,525	$8,769,932
47	Casino	Drama	R	$4,905,635	1,109,872	$8,756,890
48	Restoration	Drama	R	$3,826,224	865,662	$6,830,073
49	Angels and Insects	Drama	R	$3,390,811	767,152	$6,052,829
50	Moll Flanders	Drama	PG-13	$3,363,968	761,079	$6,004,913
51	Get Shorty	Comedy	R	$2,954,057	668,339	$5,273,195
52	Once Upon a Time... When We Were Colored	Drama	PG	$2,174,060	491,869	$3,880,846
53	Persuasion	Drama	PG	$1,410,163	319,041	$2,517,233
54	The Bridges of Madison County	Drama	PG-13	$1,409,439	318,878	$2,515,947
55	The Celluloid Closet	Documentary	R	$1,310,167	296,418	$2,338,738
56	Yao a yao yao dao waipo qiao	Drama	R	$1,290,260	291,914	$2,303,201
57	Le hussard sur le toit	Drama	R	$1,286,429	291,047	$2,296,361
58	Bad Moon	Horror	R	$1,055,525	238,807	$1,884,187
59	Two Much	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$1,010,072	228,523	$1,803,046
60	Crash	Drama	R	$738,339	167,045	$1,317,985
61	Anne Frank Remembered	Documentary	PG	$606,713	137,265	$1,083,021
62	Boys	Drama	PG-13	$477,367	108,002	$852,136
63	Garden of the Finzi-Continis	Drama	R	$440,907	99,753	$787,051
64	The Grass Harp	Drama	PG	$392,371	88,772	$700,411
65	Cry, The Beloved Country	Drama	PG-13	$358,748	81,165	$640,392
66	Fair Game	Action	R	$313,458	70,918	$559,543
67	Carrington	Drama	R	$277,906	62,875	$496,084
68	Dellamorte Dellamore	Comedy	R	$199,913	45,229	$356,857
69	Home for the Holidays	Comedy	PG-13	$179,374	40,582	$320,192
70	Carried Away	Drama	R	$156,975	35,515	$280,213
71	La c�r�monie	Drama	Not Rated	$143,564	32,481	$256,275
72	Clueless	Comedy	PG-13	$137,266	31,056	$245,032
73	The Portrait of a Lady	Drama	PG-13	$133,651	30,238	$238,578
74	To Die For	Black Comedy	R	$129,303	29,254	$230,814
75	The Secret Agent	Thriller/Suspense	R	$106,606	24,119	$190,299
76	In Love and War	Drama	PG-13	$4,112	930	$7,338
Total Gross of All Movies				$1,569,867,116
Total Tickets Sold					355,173,558
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices						$2,802,319,373

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.