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	$392,606,923
2	A Time to Kill	Drama	R	$108,706,165	24,594,155	$176,586,033
3	101 Dalmatians	Comedy	G	$104,111,652	23,554,672	$169,122,545
4	The First Wives Club	Comedy	PG	$103,368,736	23,386,592	$167,915,731
5	The Hunchback of Notre Dame	Adventure	G	$99,843,665	22,589,064	$162,189,480
6	Primal Fear	Thriller/Suspense	R	$56,013,000	12,672,624	$90,989,440
7	Sleepers	Drama	R	$52,420,458	11,859,832	$85,153,594
8	Up Close & Personal	Drama	PG-13	$50,984,674	11,534,994	$82,821,257
9	Jumanji	Adventure	PG	$42,609,673	9,640,198	$69,216,622
10	Sense and Sensibility	Drama	PG	$38,628,080	8,739,385	$62,748,784
11	Muppet Treasure Island	Adventure	G	$34,285,248	7,756,843	$55,694,133
12	Matilda	Comedy	PG	$33,084,249	7,485,124	$53,743,190
13	Striptease	Comedy	R	$32,651,443	7,387,204	$53,040,125
14	Waiting to Exhale	Drama	R	$30,923,628	6,996,296	$50,233,405
15	Leaving Las Vegas	Drama	R	$29,218,365	6,610,490	$47,463,318
16	James and the Giant Peach	Adventure	PG	$28,900,101	6,538,484	$46,946,315
17	The Preacher's Wife	Drama	PG	$27,942,124	6,321,748	$45,390,151
18	The Island of Dr. Moreau	Adventure	PG-13	$27,663,982	6,258,819	$44,938,320
19	Eye for an Eye	Drama	R	$26,729,447	6,047,386	$43,420,231
20	Harriet the Spy	Adventure	PG	$26,539,321	6,004,371	$43,111,384
21	The English Patient	Drama	R	$22,758,252	5,148,926	$36,969,289
22	The Juror	Thriller/Suspense	R	$22,079,985	4,995,472	$35,867,489
23	Emma	Romantic Comedy	PG	$22,041,742	4,986,819	$35,805,360
24	Multiplicity	Comedy	PG-13	$20,101,861	4,547,932	$32,654,152
25	The Fan	Thriller/Suspense	R	$18,406,215	4,164,302	$29,899,688
26	Extreme Measures	Drama	R	$17,369,541	3,929,760	$28,215,677
27	Diabolique	Thriller/Suspense	R	$17,003,203	3,846,879	$27,620,591
28	Trainspotting	Drama	R	$16,501,000	3,733,258	$26,804,792
29	The Adventures of Pinocchio	Adventure	G	$14,988,577	3,391,081	$24,347,962
30	Thinner	Horror	R	$14,807,397	3,350,090	$24,053,646
31	The Chamber	Drama	R	$14,259,205	3,226,064	$23,163,140
32	The Associate	Comedy	PG-13	$12,384,525	2,801,929	$20,117,850
33	Mrs. Winterbourne	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$10,039,566	2,271,395	$16,308,616
34	Tom and Huck	Adventure	PG	$9,232,982	2,088,910	$14,998,374
35	Before and After	Drama	PG-13	$8,619,397	1,950,090	$14,001,646
36	Babe	Adventure	G	$6,853,625	1,550,594	$11,133,265
37	Screamers	Action	R	$5,701,359	1,289,900	$9,261,482
38	Mary Reilly	Drama	R	$5,615,008	1,270,364	$9,121,214
39	Cold Comfort Farm	Comedy	PG	$5,433,717	1,229,348	$8,826,719
40	Jane Eyre	Drama	PG	$5,150,192	1,165,202	$8,366,150
41	Solo	Action	PG-13	$4,932,915	1,116,044	$8,013,196
42	Heaven's Prisoners	Drama	R	$4,912,939	1,111,525	$7,980,750
43	Casino	Drama	R	$4,905,635	1,109,872	$7,968,881
44	Restoration	Drama	R	$3,826,224	865,662	$6,215,453
45	Angels and Insects	Drama	R	$3,390,811	767,152	$5,508,151
46	Moll Flanders	Drama	PG-13	$3,363,968	761,079	$5,464,547
47	Get Shorty	Comedy	R	$2,954,057	668,339	$4,798,674
48	Once Upon a Time... When We Were Colored	Drama	PG	$2,174,060	491,869	$3,531,619
49	Persuasion	Drama	PG	$1,410,163	319,041	$2,290,714
50	The Bridges of Madison County	Drama	PG-13	$1,409,439	318,878	$2,289,544
51	The Celluloid Closet	Documentary	R	$1,310,167	296,418	$2,128,281
52	Shanghai Triad	Drama	R	$1,290,260	291,914	$2,095,943
53	The Horseman on the Roof	Drama	R	$1,286,429	291,047	$2,089,717
54	Bad Moon	Horror	R	$1,055,525	238,807	$1,714,634
55	Two Much	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$1,010,072	228,523	$1,640,795
56	Crash	Drama	R	$738,339	167,045	$1,199,383
57	Anne Frank Remembered	Documentary	PG	$606,713	137,265	$985,563
58	Boys	Drama	PG-13	$477,367	108,002	$775,454
59	Garden of the Finzi-Continis	Drama	R	$440,907	99,753	$716,227
60	The Grass Harp	Drama	PG	$392,371	88,772	$637,383
61	Cry, The Beloved Country	Drama	PG-13	$358,748	81,165	$582,765
62	Fair Game	Action	R	$313,458	70,918	$509,191
63	Carrington	Drama	R	$277,906	62,875	$451,443
64	The Cemetery Man	Comedy	R	$199,913	45,229	$324,744
65	Home for the Holidays	Comedy	PG-13	$179,374	40,582	$291,379
66	Carried Away	Drama	R	$156,975	35,515	$254,998
67	La c�r�monie	Drama	Not Rated	$143,564	32,481	$233,214
68	Clueless	Comedy	PG-13	$137,266	31,056	$222,982
69	The Portrait of a Lady	Drama	PG-13	$133,651	30,238	$217,109
70	To Die For	Black Comedy	R	$129,303	29,254	$210,044
71	The Secret Agent	Thriller/Suspense	R	$106,606	24,119	$173,174
72	In Love and War	Drama	PG-13	$4,112	930	$6,677
Total Gross of All Movies				$1,509,688,982
Total Tickets Sold					341,558,595
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices						$2,452,390,712

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.