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Sunday, November 8, 2009

Box Office Performance for 20th Century Fox Movies in 1996

RankMovieGenreMPAA1996 GrossTickets SoldInflation-
Adjusted
Gross
1 Independence Day Adventure PG-13 $306,124,059 69,258,837 $497,278,450
2 Broken Arrow Action R $70,640,985 15,982,123 $114,751,643
3 Courage Under Fire Drama R $58,918,501 13,329,978 $95,709,242
4 Jingle All the Way Comedy PG $53,185,547 12,032,929 $86,396,430
5 Romeo+Juliet Drama PG-13 $43,820,000 9,914,027 $71,182,714
6 The Truth About Cats & Dogs Romantic Comedy PG-13 $33,228,594 7,517,781 $53,977,668
7 Waiting to Exhale Drama R $30,923,628 6,996,296 $50,233,405
8 Down Periscope Comedy PG-13 $25,607,849 5,793,631 $41,598,271
9 That Thing You Do! Drama PG $25,458,013 5,759,731 $41,354,869
10 Chain Reaction Action PG-13 $20,550,712 4,649,482 $33,383,281
11 One Fine Day Romantic Comedy PG $19,435,044 4,397,069 $31,570,955
12 Dunston Checks In Comedy PG $9,395,724 2,125,729 $15,262,734
13 The Great White Hype Comedy R $7,751,497 1,753,732 $12,591,796
14 The Crucible Drama PG-13 $2,340,466 529,517 $3,801,932
15 Looking for Richard Documentary PG-13 $1,253,153 283,519 $2,035,666
Total Gross of All Movies$708,633,772
Total Tickets Sold160,324,381
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices$1,151,129,056

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.