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Thursday, May 15, 2008

Box Office Performance for 20th Century Fox Movies in 1996

RankMovieGenreMPAA1996 GrossTickets SoldInflation-
Adjusted
Gross
1 Independence Day Adventure PG-13 $306,169,255 69,269,062 $476,571,147
2 Broken Arrow Action R $70,645,997 15,983,257 $109,964,808
3 Courage Under Fire Drama R $59,003,384 13,349,182 $91,842,372
4 Jingle All the Way Comedy PG $57,194,776 12,939,995 $89,027,166
5 Romeo & Juliet Drama PG-13 $44,798,596 10,135,429 $69,731,752
6 The Truth About Cats & Dogs Romantic Comedy PG-13 $34,084,531 7,711,432 $53,054,652
7 One Fine Day Romantic Comedy PG $32,246,925 7,295,684 $50,194,306
8 Waiting to Exhale Drama R $30,923,628 6,996,296 $48,134,516
9 Down Periscope Comedy PG-13 $25,723,977 5,819,904 $40,040,940
10 That Thing You Do! Drama PG $25,632,746 5,799,264 $39,898,936
11 Chain Reaction Action PG-13 $21,226,204 4,802,309 $33,039,886
12 Dunston Checks In Comedy PG $9,419,316 2,131,067 $14,661,741
13 The Great White Hype Comedy R $7,852,282 1,776,534 $12,222,554
14 The Crucible Drama PG-13 $4,652,487 1,052,599 $7,241,881
15 Looking for Richard Documentary PG-13 $1,266,417 286,520 $1,971,258
Total Gross of All Movies$730,840,521
Total Tickets Sold165,348,534
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices$1,137,597,914

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.