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	$241,888,385	54,725,879	$376,514,048
2	101 Dalmatians	Comedy	G	$121,788,625	27,553,988	$189,571,437
3	A Time to Kill	Drama	R	$108,766,007	24,607,694	$169,300,935
4	The First Wives Club	Comedy	PG	$104,625,228	23,670,866	$162,855,558
5	The Hunchback of Notre Dame	Adventure	G	$100,117,603	22,651,041	$155,839,162
6	Primal Fear	Thriller/Suspense	R	$56,073,633	12,686,342	$87,282,033
7	Sleepers	Drama	R	$52,894,048	11,966,979	$82,332,816
8	Up Close & Personal	Drama	PG-13	$51,045,801	11,548,824	$79,455,909
9	Jumanji	Adventure	PG	$42,958,045	9,719,015	$66,866,823
10	The Preacher's Wife	Drama	PG	$38,655,329	8,745,550	$60,169,384
11	Sense and Sensibility	Drama	PG	$38,645,957	8,743,429	$60,154,792
12	Muppet Treasure Island	Adventure	G	$34,327,391	7,766,378	$53,432,681
13	Matilda	Comedy	PG	$33,098,222	7,488,286	$51,519,408
14	Striptease	Comedy	R	$32,773,011	7,414,708	$51,013,191
15	Waiting to Exhale	Drama	R	$30,923,628	6,996,296	$48,134,516
16	Leaving Las Vegas	Drama	R	$29,281,015	6,624,664	$45,577,688
17	James and the Giant Peach	Adventure	PG	$28,921,264	6,543,272	$45,017,711
18	The English Patient	Drama	R	$28,007,132	6,336,455	$43,594,810
19	The Island of Dr. Moreau	Adventure	PG-13	$27,682,712	6,263,057	$43,089,832
20	Eye for an Eye	Drama	R	$26,792,700	6,061,697	$41,704,475
21	Harriet the Spy	Adventure	PG	$26,570,048	6,011,323	$41,357,902
22	The Juror	Thriller/Suspense	R	$22,730,924	5,142,743	$35,382,072
23	Emma	Romantic Comedy	PG	$22,231,658	5,029,787	$34,604,935
24	Multiplicity	Comedy	PG-13	$20,133,326	4,555,051	$31,338,751
25	The Fan	Thriller/Suspense	R	$18,582,965	4,204,291	$28,925,522
26	Extreme Measures	Drama	R	$17,378,193	3,931,718	$27,050,220
27	Diabolique	Thriller/Suspense	R	$17,100,266	3,868,838	$26,617,605
28	Trainspotting	Drama	R	$16,501,785	3,733,436	$25,686,040
29	The Adventures of Pinocchio	Adventure	G	$15,382,170	3,480,129	$23,943,288
30	Thinner	Horror	R	$14,807,397	3,350,090	$23,048,619
31	The Chamber	Drama	R	$14,407,578	3,259,633	$22,426,275
32	The Associate	Comedy	PG-13	$12,384,525	2,801,929	$19,277,272
33	Mrs. Winterbourne	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$10,039,566	2,271,395	$15,627,198
34	Tom and Huck	Adventure	PG	$9,232,982	2,088,910	$14,371,701
35	Before and After	Drama	PG-13	$8,642,118	1,955,230	$13,451,982
36	Babe	Adventure	G	$6,878,155	1,556,144	$10,706,271
37	Mary Reilly	Drama	R	$5,707,094	1,291,198	$8,883,442
38	Screamers	Action	R	$5,701,359	1,289,900	$8,874,512
39	Cold Comfort Farm	Comedy	PG	$5,682,429	1,285,617	$8,845,045
40	Jane Eyre	Drama	PG	$5,200,601	1,176,607	$8,095,056
41	Casino	Drama	R	$4,955,775	1,121,216	$7,713,966
42	Solo	Action	PG-13	$4,932,915	1,116,044	$7,678,383
43	Heaven's Prisoners	Drama	R	$4,912,939	1,111,525	$7,647,292
44	Restoration	Drama	R	$4,024,486	910,517	$6,264,357
45	Moll Flanders	Drama	PG-13	$3,443,047	778,970	$5,359,314
46	Angels and Insects	Drama	R	$3,390,811	767,152	$5,278,006
47	Get Shorty	Comedy	R	$3,222,396	729,049	$5,015,857
48	Once Upon a Time... When We Were Colored	Drama	PG	$2,291,255	518,383	$3,566,475
49	Persuasion	Drama	PG	$1,805,885	408,571	$2,810,968
50	The Bridges of Madison County	Drama	PG-13	$1,448,968	327,821	$2,255,408
51	Le hussard sur le toit	Drama	R	$1,320,043	298,652	$2,054,726
52	The Celluloid Closet	Documentary	R	$1,310,167	296,418	$2,039,356
53	Shanghai Triad	Drama	R	$1,290,260	291,914	$2,008,368
54	Two Much	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$1,078,555	244,017	$1,678,837
55	Bad Moon	Horror	R	$1,065,431	241,048	$1,658,410
56	Crash	Drama	R	$738,339	167,045	$1,149,270
57	Blazing Sun	Drama	PG-13	$618,090	139,839	$962,092
58	Anne Frank Remembered	Documentary	PG	$606,713	137,265	$944,383
59	Garden of the Finzi-Continis	Drama	R	$536,052	121,279	$834,400
60	Carrington	Drama	R	$509,592	115,292	$793,209
61	Boys	Drama	PG-13	$506,058	114,493	$787,712
62	The Grass Harp	Drama	PG	$493,007	111,540	$767,395
63	Cry, The Beloved Country	Drama	PG-13	$421,572	95,378	$656,201
64	To Die For	Black Comedy	R	$397,107	89,843	$618,120
65	The Portrait of a Lady	Drama	PG-13	$355,334	80,392	$553,097
66	La cérémonie	Drama	Not Rated	$314,375	71,126	$489,347
67	Fair Game	Action	R	$313,458	70,918	$487,916
68	Home for the Holidays	Comedy	PG-13	$223,912	50,659	$348,534
69	Oliver & Company	Adventure	G	$152,387	34,477	$237,202
70	Clueless	Comedy	PG-13	$137,266	31,056	$213,665
71	In Love and War	Drama	PG-13	$4,112	930	$6,398
Total Gross of All Movies				$1,551,381,182
Total Tickets Sold					350,991,218
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices						$2,414,819,580

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.