Box Office Performance for Contemporary Fiction Movies in 1996

Rank	Movie	Genre	MPAA	1996 Gross	Tickets Sold	Inflation- Adjusted Gross
1	Mission: Impossible	Action	PG-13	$180,891,004	40,925,567	$322,902,724
2	The Rock	Action	R	$133,955,936	30,306,773	$239,120,439
3	Ransom	Action	R	$124,641,941	28,199,534	$222,494,323
4	The Birdcage	Comedy	R	$123,939,840	28,040,688	$221,241,028
5	A Time to Kill	Drama	R	$108,706,165	24,594,155	$194,047,883
6	Phenomenon	Drama	PG	$104,464,977	23,634,610	$186,477,073
7	The First Wives Club	Comedy	PG	$103,368,736	23,386,592	$184,520,211
8	Eraser	Action	R	$101,283,031	22,914,713	$180,797,086
9	Mr. Holland's Opus	Drama	PG	$82,450,788	18,654,024	$147,180,249
10	Broken Arrow	Action	R	$70,640,985	15,982,123	$126,098,950
11	Jerry Maguire	Romantic Comedy	R	$60,351,092	13,654,093	$107,730,794
12	The Cable Guy	Comedy	PG-13	$60,154,431	13,609,600	$107,379,744
13	Jack	Drama	PG-13	$58,451,483	13,224,317	$104,339,861
14	Executive Decision	Thriller/Suspense	R	$56,472,312	12,776,541	$100,806,908
15	Primal Fear	Thriller/Suspense	R	$56,013,000	12,672,624	$99,987,003
16	Tin Cup	Romantic Comedy	R	$53,854,588	12,184,296	$96,134,095
17	Up Close & Personal	Drama	PG-13	$50,984,674	11,534,994	$91,011,103
18	Romeo+Juliet	Drama	PG-13	$43,820,000	9,914,027	$78,221,673
19	Beavis and Butt-head Do America	Comedy	PG-13	$41,121,487	9,303,504	$73,404,647
20	Grumpier Old Men	Comedy	PG-13	$40,750,991	9,219,681	$72,743,283
21	The Mirror Has Two Faces	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$40,359,524	9,131,114	$72,044,489
22	Happy Gilmore	Comedy	PG-13	$38,602,000	8,733,484	$68,907,189
23	A Thin Line Between Love & Hate	Romantic Comedy	R	$34,873,513	7,889,935	$62,251,587
24	Set It Off	Drama	R	$34,236,771	7,745,876	$61,114,962
25	The Truth About Cats & Dogs	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$33,228,594	7,517,781	$59,315,292
26	Striptease	Comedy	R	$32,758,418	7,411,407	$58,476,001
27	The Long Kiss Goodnight	Action	R	$32,720,083	7,402,734	$58,407,571
28	Rumble in the Bronx	Action	R	$32,281,907	7,303,599	$57,625,396
29	Black Sheep	Comedy	PG-13	$32,258,130	7,298,219	$57,582,948
30	Eddie	Comedy	PG-13	$31,289,479	7,079,068	$55,853,847
31	Heat	Drama	R	$30,928,683	6,997,440	$55,209,802
32	Waiting to Exhale	Drama	R	$30,923,628	6,996,296	$55,200,775
33	Sgt. Bilko	Comedy	PG	$30,141,475	6,819,338	$53,804,577
34	Leaving Las Vegas	Drama	R	$29,218,365	6,610,490	$52,156,766
35	Michael	Comedy	PG	$27,629,196	6,250,949	$49,319,988
36	Spy Hard	Comedy	PG-13	$26,906,039	6,087,339	$48,029,105
37	Eye for an Eye	Drama	R	$26,729,447	6,047,386	$47,713,876
38	Down Periscope	Comedy	PG-13	$25,607,849	5,793,631	$45,711,749
39	Daylight	Action	PG-13	$24,980,565	5,651,712	$44,592,008
40	Kingpin	Comedy	R	$24,879,969	5,628,952	$44,412,431
41	Sling Blade	Drama	R	$24,475,416	5,537,424	$43,690,275
42	Father of the Bride Part II	Comedy	PG	$24,313,176	5,500,719	$43,400,673
43	Fly Away Home	Drama	PG	$24,268,760	5,490,670	$43,321,386
44	Fargo	Thriller/Suspense	R	$24,015,679	5,433,412	$42,869,621
45	Sabrina	Romantic Comedy	PG	$22,669,649	5,128,880	$40,466,863
46	The Juror	Thriller/Suspense	R	$22,079,985	4,995,472	$39,414,274
47	The Quest	Action	PG-13	$21,607,190	4,888,505	$38,570,304
48	Scream	Horror	R	$21,253,204	4,808,417	$37,938,410
49	Bulletproof	Action	R	$21,162,420	4,787,878	$37,776,357
50	High School High	Comedy	PG-13	$20,694,213	4,681,949	$36,940,578
51	Chain Reaction	Action	PG-13	$20,550,712	4,649,482	$36,684,413
52	Fear	Thriller/Suspense	R	$20,528,755	4,644,515	$36,645,223
53	The Glimmer Man	Action	R	$20,301,706	4,593,146	$36,239,922
54	City Hall	Drama	R	$20,231,760	4,577,321	$36,115,063
55	Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood	Comedy	R	$19,674,813	4,451,315	$35,120,875
56	One Fine Day	Romantic Comedy	PG	$19,435,044	4,397,069	$34,692,874
57	Bed of Roses	Drama	PG	$18,972,237	4,292,361	$33,866,728
58	The Fan	Thriller/Suspense	R	$18,406,215	4,164,302	$32,856,343
59	Extreme Measures	Drama	R	$17,369,541	3,929,760	$31,005,806
60	Fled	Action	R	$17,192,205	3,889,639	$30,689,252
61	Diabolique	Thriller/Suspense	R	$17,003,203	3,846,879	$30,351,875
62	Trainspotting	Drama	R	$16,501,000	3,733,258	$29,455,406
63	Supercop	Action	R	$16,249,557	3,676,370	$29,006,559
64	Flirting with Disaster	Comedy	R	$14,702,438	3,326,343	$26,244,846
65	The Substitute	Drama	R	$14,675,167	3,320,174	$26,196,173
66	The Chamber	Drama	R	$14,259,205	3,226,064	$25,453,645
67	Maximum Risk	Action	R	$14,039,438	3,176,343	$25,061,346
68	Bio-Dome	Comedy	PG-13	$13,270,797	3,002,443	$23,689,275
69	Se7en	Thriller/Suspense	R	$13,011,868	2,943,862	$23,227,071
70	Mr. Wrong	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$12,781,045	2,891,639	$22,815,032
71	Goldeneye	Action	PG-13	$12,767,795	2,888,641	$22,791,377
72	The Spitfire Grill	Drama	PG-13	$12,592,203	2,848,915	$22,477,939
73	The Associate	Comedy	PG-13	$12,384,525	2,801,929	$22,107,220
74	Lone Star	Drama	R	$12,194,247	2,758,879	$21,767,555
75	Alaska	Adventure	PG	$11,500,372	2,601,894	$20,528,944
76	2 Days In The Valley	Drama	R	$11,090,856	2,509,243	$19,797,927
77	Big Night	Drama	R	$11,066,839	2,503,810	$19,755,061
78	Two if by Sea	Romantic Comedy	R	$10,493,670	2,374,133	$18,731,909
79	Beautiful Girls	Comedy	R	$10,439,854	2,361,958	$18,635,849
80	My Fellow Americans	Comedy	PG-13	$10,170,986	2,301,128	$18,155,900
81	Sunset Park	Drama	R	$10,128,314	2,291,474	$18,079,730
82	Mrs. Winterbourne	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$10,039,566	2,271,395	$17,921,307
83	A Family Thing	Drama	PG-13	$9,974,397	2,256,651	$17,804,976
84	She's the One	Romantic Comedy	R	$9,398,667	2,126,395	$16,777,257
85	Celtic Pride	Comedy	PG-13	$9,169,981	2,074,656	$16,369,036
86	The American President	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$8,954,209	2,025,839	$15,983,870
87	Before and After	Drama	PG-13	$8,619,397	1,950,090	$15,386,210
88	The Rich Man's Wife	Thriller/Suspense	R	$8,509,288	1,925,178	$15,189,654
89	The Great White Hype	Comedy	R	$7,751,497	1,753,732	$13,836,945
90	Dear God	Comedy	PG	$6,899,612	1,560,998	$12,316,274
91	House Arrest	Comedy	PG	$6,895,790	1,560,133	$12,309,449
92	Babe	Adventure	G	$6,853,625	1,550,594	$12,234,187
93	Sudden Death	Action	R	$6,747,130	1,526,500	$12,044,085
94	Across The Sea of Time	Drama	G	$6,484,780	1,467,145	$11,575,774
95	Last Dance	Drama	R	$5,857,534	1,325,234	$10,456,096
96	The Pallbearer	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$5,612,586	1,269,816	$10,018,848
97	Tales from the Crypt Presents: Bordello of Blood	Horror	R	$5,587,855	1,264,221	$9,974,704
98	Secrets & Lies	Drama	R	$5,343,011	1,208,826	$9,537,637
99	The Evening Star	Drama	PG-13	$5,272,449	1,192,862	$9,411,681
100	Heaven's Prisoners	Drama	R	$4,912,939	1,111,525	$8,769,932
101	Girl 6	Comedy	R	$4,855,000	1,098,416	$8,666,502
102	Joe's Apartment	Comedy	PG-13	$4,566,826	1,033,219	$8,152,098
103	Stealing Beauty	Drama	R	$4,376,355	990,126	$7,812,094
104	Welcome to the Dollhouse	Comedy	R	$4,198,137	949,805	$7,493,961
105	To Gillian on Her 37th Birthday	Drama	PG-13	$4,137,645	936,119	$7,385,979
106	Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls	Comedy	PG-13	$3,988,567	902,391	$7,119,865
107	Swingers	Comedy	R	$3,861,814	873,714	$6,893,603
108	Bound	Thriller/Suspense	R	$3,798,532	859,396	$6,780,634
109	The Trigger Effect	Drama	R	$3,539,660	800,828	$6,318,533
110	Carpool	Comedy	PG	$3,308,758	748,588	$5,906,359
111	Original Gangstas	Action	R	$3,268,414	739,460	$5,834,339
112	Feeling Minnesota	Drama	R	$3,028,433	685,166	$5,405,960
113	Get Shorty	Comedy	R	$2,954,057	668,339	$5,273,195
114	Kids in the Hall: Brain Candy	Comedy	R	$2,621,887	593,187	$4,680,245
115	The Stupids	Comedy	PG	$2,415,593	546,514	$4,311,995
116	If Lucy Fell	Romantic Comedy	R	$2,202,580	498,321	$3,931,753
117	Faithful	Black Comedy	R	$2,101,580	475,471	$3,751,466
118	It Takes Two	Comedy	PG	$2,006,420	453,941	$3,581,594
119	Four Rooms	Comedy	R	$1,697,156	383,972	$3,029,539
120	Race the Sun	Drama	PG	$1,681,685	380,472	$3,001,924
121	When The Cat's Away	Comedy	R	$1,652,472	373,862	$2,949,771
122	Beautiful Thing	Comedy	R	$1,363,753	308,541	$2,434,388
123	Mighty Aphrodite	Comedy	R	$1,349,253	305,261	$2,408,509
124	Phat Beach	Comedy	R	$1,263,945	285,960	$2,256,224
125	Walking and Talking	Romantic Comedy	R	$1,231,303	278,575	$2,197,957
126	Nueba Yol	Drama	Not Rated	$1,229,715	278,216	$2,195,124
127	Two Much	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$1,010,072	228,523	$1,803,046
128	Breaking the Waves	Drama	R	$929,773	210,356	$1,659,709
129	Badkonake sefid	Drama	Not Rated	$888,894	201,107	$1,586,734
130	Gazon maudit	Comedy	R	$888,044	200,915	$1,585,219
131	Powder	Drama	PG-13	$872,570	197,414	$1,557,596
132	Heavy	Drama	R	$852,362	192,842	$1,521,523
133	Assassins	Action	R	$818,094	185,089	$1,460,352
134	Crash	Drama	R	$738,339	167,045	$1,317,985
135	Un indien dans la ville	Comedy	PG	$682,028	154,305	$1,217,466
136	La flor de mi secreto	Drama	R	$653,723	147,901	$1,166,939
137	Georgia	Drama	R	$645,939	146,140	$1,153,045
138	Money Train	Action	R	$645,715	146,089	$1,152,642
139	Copycat	Thriller/Suspense	R	$615,023	139,145	$1,097,854
140	Now and Then	Drama	PG-13	$586,693	132,736	$1,047,287
141	Il Mostro	Comedy	R	$569,901	128,937	$1,017,313
142	Ma saison pr�félr�e	Drama	Not Rated	$555,900	125,769	$992,317
143	Last Summer in the Hamptons	Comedy	R	$510,271	115,446	$910,869
144	Dangerous Minds	Drama	R	$509,458	115,262	$909,417
145	Boys	Drama	PG-13	$477,367	108,002	$852,136
146	Bloodsport 2	Action	R	$456,931	103,378	$815,652
147	It's My Party	Drama	R	$455,101	102,964	$812,386
148	Garden of the Finzi-Continis	Drama	R	$440,907	99,753	$787,051
149	The Usual Suspects	Drama	R	$381,812	86,383	$681,562
150	Things to Do in Denver when You're Dead	Black Comedy	R	$333,629	75,482	$595,553
151	Chung hing sam lam	Drama	PG-13	$332,003	75,114	$592,649
152	Der Bewegte Mann	Comedy		$330,760	74,833	$590,432
153	Fair Game	Action	R	$313,458	70,918	$559,543
154	Freeway	Comedy	R	$295,493	66,854	$527,478
155	A Midwinter's Tale	Comedy	R	$288,122	65,186	$514,318
156	The Last Supper	Comedy	R	$259,930	58,808	$463,995
157	M�caniques c�lestes	Comedy		$257,241	58,199	$459,190
158	Mother	Comedy	PG-13	$228,040	51,593	$407,069
159	L'uomo delle stelle	Drama	R	$222,613	50,365	$397,380
160	Home for the Holidays	Comedy	PG-13	$179,374	40,582	$320,192
161	Nick of Time	Thriller/Suspense	R	$173,223	39,191	$309,217
162	Marvin's Room	Drama	PG-13	$169,757	38,407	$303,031
163	Carried Away	Drama	R	$156,975	35,515	$280,213
164	Someone Else's America	Comedy	R	$154,873	35,039	$276,458
165	La c�r�monie	Drama	Not Rated	$143,564	32,481	$256,275
166	Clueless	Comedy	PG-13	$137,266	31,056	$245,032
167	Everyone Says I Love You	Musical	R	$131,678	29,791	$235,051
168	To Die For	Black Comedy	R	$129,303	29,254	$230,814
169	Thieves (Les Voleurs)	Drama	R	$128,974	29,180	$230,230
170	Getting Away with Murder	Comedy	R	$127,691	28,889	$227,934
171	Dead Presidents	Drama	R	$58,418	13,217	$104,282
172	Citizen Ruth	Comedy		$56,747	12,839	$101,300
173	Jack & Sarah	Romantic Comedy	PG	$56,016	12,673	$99,990
174	When Night is Falling	Drama	R	$40,155	9,085	$71,681
175	The Big Squeeze	Drama	R	$23,567	5,332	$42,069
176	Un divan � New York	Romantic Comedy	R	$5,000	1,131	$8,924
177	Butterfly Kiss	Thriller/Suspense		$5,000	1,131	$8,924
178	Captives	Drama	R	$5,000	1,131	$8,924
179	Bang	Thriller/Suspense		$527	119	$939
Total Gross of All Movies				$3,198,910,322
Total Tickets Sold					723,735,367
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices						$5,710,272,046

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.