Box Office Performance for Contemporary Fiction 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	The Birdcage	Comedy	R	$123,939,840	28,040,688	$201,332,140
6	A Time to Kill	Drama	R	$108,706,165	24,594,155	$176,586,033
7	Phenomenon	Drama	PG	$104,464,977	23,634,610	$169,696,500
8	The First Wives Club	Comedy	PG	$103,368,736	23,386,592	$167,915,731
9	Eraser	Action	R	$101,283,031	22,914,713	$164,527,639
10	Mr. Holland's Opus	Drama	PG	$82,450,788	18,654,024	$133,935,892
11	Broken Arrow	Action	R	$70,640,985	15,982,123	$114,751,643
12	Jerry Maguire	Romantic Comedy	R	$60,351,092	13,654,093	$98,036,388
13	The Cable Guy	Comedy	PG-13	$60,154,431	13,609,600	$97,716,928
14	Jack	Drama	PG-13	$58,451,483	13,224,317	$94,950,596
15	Executive Decision	Thriller/Suspense	R	$56,472,312	12,776,541	$91,735,564
16	Primal Fear	Thriller/Suspense	R	$56,013,000	12,672,624	$90,989,440
17	Tin Cup	Romantic Comedy	R	$53,854,588	12,184,296	$87,483,245
18	Up Close & Personal	Drama	PG-13	$50,984,674	11,534,994	$82,821,257
19	Romeo+Juliet	Drama	PG-13	$43,820,000	9,914,027	$71,182,714
20	Beavis and Butt-head Do America	Comedy	PG-13	$41,121,487	9,303,504	$66,799,159
21	Grumpier Old Men	Comedy	PG-13	$40,750,991	9,219,681	$66,197,310
22	The Mirror Has Two Faces	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$40,359,524	9,131,114	$65,561,399
23	Happy Gilmore	Comedy	PG-13	$38,602,000	8,733,484	$62,706,415
24	A Thin Line Between Love & Hate	Romantic Comedy	R	$34,873,513	7,889,935	$56,649,733
25	Set It Off	Drama	R	$34,236,771	7,745,876	$55,615,390
26	The Truth About Cats & Dogs	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$33,228,594	7,517,781	$53,977,668
27	The Long Kiss Goodnight	Action	R	$32,720,083	7,402,734	$53,151,630
28	Striptease	Comedy	R	$32,651,443	7,387,204	$53,040,125
29	Rumble in the Bronx	Action	R	$32,281,907	7,303,599	$52,439,841
30	Black Sheep	Comedy	PG-13	$32,258,130	7,298,219	$52,401,212
31	Eddie	Comedy	PG-13	$31,289,479	7,079,068	$50,827,708
32	Heat	Drama	R	$30,928,683	6,997,440	$50,241,619
33	Waiting to Exhale	Drama	R	$30,923,628	6,996,296	$50,233,405
34	Sgt. Bilko	Comedy	PG	$30,141,475	6,819,338	$48,962,847
35	Leaving Las Vegas	Drama	R	$29,218,365	6,610,490	$47,463,318
36	Michael	Comedy	PG	$27,629,196	6,250,949	$44,881,814
37	Spy Hard	Comedy	PG-13	$26,906,039	6,087,339	$43,707,094
38	Eye for an Eye	Drama	R	$26,729,447	6,047,386	$43,420,231
39	Down Periscope	Comedy	PG-13	$25,607,849	5,793,631	$41,598,271
40	Daylight	Action	PG-13	$24,980,565	5,651,712	$40,579,292
41	Kingpin	Comedy	R	$24,879,969	5,628,952	$40,415,875
42	Sling Blade	Drama	R	$24,475,416	5,537,424	$39,758,704
43	Father of the Bride Part II	Comedy	PG	$24,313,176	5,500,719	$39,495,162
44	Fly Away Home	Drama	PG	$24,268,760	5,490,670	$39,423,011
45	Fargo	Thriller/Suspense	R	$24,015,679	5,433,412	$39,011,898
46	Sabrina	Romantic Comedy	PG	$22,669,649	5,128,880	$36,825,358
47	The Juror	Thriller/Suspense	R	$22,079,985	4,995,472	$35,867,489
48	The Quest	Action	PG-13	$21,607,190	4,888,505	$35,099,466
49	Scream	Horror	R	$21,253,204	4,808,417	$34,524,434
50	Bulletproof	Action	R	$21,162,420	4,787,878	$34,376,964
51	High School High	Comedy	PG-13	$20,694,213	4,681,949	$33,616,394
52	Chain Reaction	Action	PG-13	$20,550,712	4,649,482	$33,383,281
53	Fear	Thriller/Suspense	R	$20,528,755	4,644,515	$33,347,618
54	The Glimmer Man	Action	R	$20,301,706	4,593,146	$32,978,788
55	City Hall	Drama	R	$20,231,760	4,577,321	$32,865,165
56	Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood	Comedy	R	$19,674,813	4,451,315	$31,960,442
57	One Fine Day	Romantic Comedy	PG	$19,435,044	4,397,069	$31,570,955
58	Bed of Roses	Drama	PG	$18,972,237	4,292,361	$30,819,152
59	The Fan	Thriller/Suspense	R	$18,406,215	4,164,302	$29,899,688
60	Extreme Measures	Drama	R	$17,369,541	3,929,760	$28,215,677
61	Fled	Action	R	$17,192,205	3,889,639	$27,927,608
62	Diabolique	Thriller/Suspense	R	$17,003,203	3,846,879	$27,620,591
63	Trainspotting	Drama	R	$16,501,000	3,733,258	$26,804,792
64	Supercop	Action	R	$16,249,557	3,676,370	$26,396,337
65	Flirting with Disaster	Comedy	R	$14,702,438	3,326,343	$23,883,143
66	The Substitute	Drama	R	$14,675,167	3,320,174	$23,838,849
67	The Chamber	Drama	R	$14,259,205	3,226,064	$23,163,140
68	Maximum Risk	Action	R	$14,039,438	3,176,343	$22,806,143
69	Bio-Dome	Comedy	PG-13	$13,270,797	3,002,443	$21,557,541
70	Se7en	Thriller/Suspense	R	$13,011,868	2,943,862	$21,136,929
71	Mr. Wrong	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$12,781,045	2,891,639	$20,761,968
72	Goldeneye	Action	PG-13	$12,767,795	2,888,641	$20,740,442
73	The Spitfire Grill	Drama	PG-13	$12,592,203	2,848,915	$20,455,210
74	The Associate	Comedy	PG-13	$12,384,525	2,801,929	$20,117,850
75	Lone Star	Drama	R	$12,194,247	2,758,879	$19,808,751
76	Alaska	Adventure	PG	$11,500,372	2,601,894	$18,681,599
77	2 Days In The Valley	Drama	R	$11,090,856	2,509,243	$18,016,365
78	Big Night	Drama	R	$11,066,839	2,503,810	$17,977,356
79	Two if by Sea	Romantic Comedy	R	$10,493,670	2,374,133	$17,046,275
80	Beautiful Girls	Comedy	R	$10,439,854	2,361,958	$16,958,858
81	My Fellow Americans	Comedy	PG-13	$10,170,986	2,301,128	$16,522,099
82	Sunset Park	Drama	R	$10,128,314	2,291,474	$16,452,783
83	Mrs. Winterbourne	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$10,039,566	2,271,395	$16,308,616
84	A Family Thing	Drama	PG-13	$9,974,397	2,256,651	$16,202,754
85	She's the One	Romantic Comedy	R	$9,398,667	2,126,395	$15,267,516
86	Celtic Pride	Comedy	PG-13	$9,169,981	2,074,656	$14,896,030
87	The American President	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$8,954,209	2,025,839	$14,545,524
88	Before and After	Drama	PG-13	$8,619,397	1,950,090	$14,001,646
89	The Rich Man's Wife	Thriller/Suspense	R	$8,509,288	1,925,178	$13,822,778
90	The Great White Hype	Comedy	R	$7,751,497	1,753,732	$12,591,796
91	Dear God	Comedy	PG	$6,899,612	1,560,998	$11,207,966
92	House Arrest	Comedy	PG	$6,895,790	1,560,133	$11,201,755
93	Babe	Adventure	G	$6,853,625	1,550,594	$11,133,265
94	Sudden Death	Action	R	$6,747,130	1,526,500	$10,960,270
95	Across The Sea of Time	Drama	G	$6,484,780	1,467,145	$10,534,101
96	Last Dance	Drama	R	$5,857,534	1,325,234	$9,515,180
97	The Pallbearer	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$5,612,586	1,269,816	$9,117,279
98	Tales from the Crypt Presents: Bordello of Blood	Horror	R	$5,587,855	1,264,221	$9,077,107
99	Secrets & Lies	Drama	R	$5,343,011	1,208,826	$8,679,371
100	The Evening Star	Drama	PG-13	$5,272,449	1,192,862	$8,564,749
101	Heaven's Prisoners	Drama	R	$4,912,939	1,111,525	$7,980,750
102	Girl 6	Comedy	R	$4,855,000	1,098,416	$7,886,627
103	Joe's Apartment	Comedy	PG-13	$4,566,826	1,033,219	$7,418,512
104	Stealing Beauty	Drama	R	$4,376,355	990,126	$7,109,105
105	Welcome to the Dollhouse	Comedy	R	$4,198,137	949,805	$6,819,600
106	To Gillian on Her 37th Birthday	Drama	PG-13	$4,137,645	936,119	$6,721,334
107	Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls	Comedy	PG-13	$3,988,567	902,391	$6,479,167
108	Swingers	Comedy	R	$3,861,814	873,714	$6,273,267
109	Bound	Thriller/Suspense	R	$3,798,532	859,396	$6,170,463
110	The Trigger Effect	Drama	R	$3,539,660	800,828	$5,749,945
111	Carpool	Comedy	PG	$3,308,758	748,588	$5,374,862
112	Original Gangstas	Action	R	$3,268,414	739,460	$5,309,323
113	Feeling Minnesota	Drama	R	$3,028,433	685,166	$4,919,492
114	Get Shorty	Comedy	R	$2,954,057	668,339	$4,798,674
115	Kids in the Hall: Brain Candy	Comedy	R	$2,621,887	593,187	$4,259,083
116	The Stupids	Comedy	PG	$2,415,593	546,514	$3,923,971
117	If Lucy Fell	Romantic Comedy	R	$2,202,580	498,321	$3,577,945
118	Faithful	Black Comedy	R	$2,101,580	475,471	$3,413,882
119	It Takes Two	Comedy	PG	$2,006,420	453,941	$3,259,296
120	Four Rooms	Comedy	R	$1,697,156	383,972	$2,756,919
121	Race the Sun	Drama	PG	$1,681,685	380,472	$2,731,789
122	When The Cat's Away	Comedy	R	$1,652,472	373,862	$2,684,329
123	Beautiful Thing	Comedy	R	$1,363,753	308,541	$2,215,324
124	Mighty Aphrodite	Comedy	R	$1,349,253	305,261	$2,191,774
125	Phat Beach	Comedy	R	$1,263,945	285,960	$2,053,193
126	Walking and Talking	Romantic Comedy	R	$1,231,303	278,575	$2,000,169
127	Nueba Yol	Drama	Not Rated	$1,229,715	278,216	$1,997,591
128	Two Much	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$1,010,072	228,523	$1,640,795
129	Breaking the Waves	Drama	R	$929,773	210,356	$1,510,356
130	The White Balloon	Drama	Not Rated	$888,894	201,107	$1,443,948
131	French Twist	Comedy	R	$888,044	200,915	$1,442,570
132	Powder	Drama	PG-13	$872,570	197,414	$1,417,433
133	Heavy	Drama	R	$852,362	192,842	$1,384,606
134	Assassins	Action	R	$818,094	185,089	$1,328,939
135	Crash	Drama	R	$738,339	167,045	$1,199,383
136	Little Indian, Big City	Comedy	PG	$682,028	154,305	$1,107,910
137	The Flower of My Secret	Drama	R	$653,723	147,901	$1,061,929
138	Georgia	Drama	R	$645,939	146,140	$1,049,285
139	Money Train	Action	R	$645,715	146,089	$1,048,919
140	Copycat	Thriller/Suspense	R	$615,023	139,145	$999,061
141	Now and Then	Drama	PG-13	$586,693	132,736	$953,044
142	The Monster	Comedy	R	$569,901	128,937	$925,768
143	My Favorite Season	Drama	Not Rated	$555,900	125,769	$903,021
144	Last Summer in the Hamptons	Comedy	R	$510,271	115,446	$828,902
145	Dangerous Minds	Drama	R	$509,458	115,262	$827,581
146	Boys	Drama	PG-13	$477,367	108,002	$775,454
147	Bloodsport 2	Action	R	$456,931	103,378	$742,254
148	It's My Party	Drama	R	$455,101	102,964	$739,282
149	Garden of the Finzi-Continis	Drama	R	$440,907	99,753	$716,227
150	The Usual Suspects	Drama	R	$381,812	86,383	$620,230
151	Things to Do in Denver when You're Dead	Black Comedy	R	$333,629	75,482	$541,961
152	Chungking Express	Drama	PG-13	$332,003	75,114	$539,319
153	Maybe, Maybe Not	Comedy		$330,760	74,833	$537,301
154	Fair Game	Action	R	$313,458	70,918	$509,191
155	A Midwinter's Tale	Comedy	R	$288,122	65,186	$468,035
156	The Last Supper	Comedy	R	$259,930	58,808	$422,241
157	Celestial Clockwork	Comedy		$257,241	58,199	$417,869
158	Mother	Comedy	PG-13	$228,040	51,593	$370,438
159	The Star Maker	Drama	R	$222,613	50,365	$361,621
160	Home for the Holidays	Comedy	PG-13	$179,374	40,582	$291,379
161	Nick of Time	Thriller/Suspense	R	$173,223	39,191	$281,391
162	Marvin's Room	Drama	PG-13	$169,757	38,407	$275,762
163	Carried Away	Drama	R	$156,975	35,515	$254,998
164	Someone Else's America	Comedy	R	$154,873	35,039	$251,580
165	La c�r�monie	Drama	Not Rated	$143,564	32,481	$233,214
166	Clueless	Comedy	PG-13	$137,266	31,056	$222,982
167	Everyone Says I Love You	Musical	R	$131,678	29,791	$213,899
168	To Die For	Black Comedy	R	$129,303	29,254	$210,044
169	Thieves (Les Voleurs)	Drama	R	$128,974	29,180	$209,512
170	Getting Away with Murder	Comedy	R	$127,691	28,889	$207,423
171	Dead Presidents	Drama	R	$58,418	13,217	$94,898
172	Citizen Ruth	Comedy		$56,747	12,839	$92,184
173	Jack & Sarah	Romantic Comedy	PG	$56,016	12,673	$90,992
174	When Night is Falling	Drama	R	$40,155	9,085	$65,230
175	The Big Squeeze	Drama	R	$23,567	5,332	$38,284
176	A Couch in New York	Romantic Comedy	R	$5,000	1,131	$8,121
177	Freeway	Comedy	R	$5,000	1,131	$8,121
178	Captives	Drama	R	$5,000	1,131	$8,121
179	Butterfly Kiss	Thriller/Suspense		$5,000	1,131	$8,121
180	Bang	Thriller/Suspense		$527	119	$854
Total Gross of All Movies				$3,440,201,239
Total Tickets Sold					778,326,071
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices						$5,588,381,190

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.