Box Office Performance for Kids Fiction Movies in 1996

Rank	Movie	Genre	MPAA	1996 Gross	Tickets Sold	Inflation- Adjusted Gross
1	The Nutty Professor	Comedy	PG-13	$128,769,345	29,133,336	$209,177,352
2	101 Dalmatians	Comedy	G	$104,111,652	23,554,672	$169,122,545
3	Space Jam	Comedy	PG	$81,926,334	18,535,370	$133,083,957
4	Jingle All the Way	Comedy	PG	$53,185,547	12,032,929	$86,396,430
5	Toy Story	Adventure	G	$41,648,011	9,422,627	$67,654,462
6	Muppet Treasure Island	Adventure	G	$34,285,248	7,756,843	$55,694,133
7	Matilda	Comedy	PG	$33,084,249	7,485,124	$53,743,190
8	Homeward Bound II: Lost in San Francisco	Adventure	G	$32,709,423	7,400,322	$53,134,312
9	James and the Giant Peach	Adventure	PG	$28,900,101	6,538,484	$46,946,315
10	Harriet the Spy	Adventure	PG	$26,539,321	6,004,371	$43,111,384
11	First Kid	Comedy	PG	$26,128,650	5,911,459	$42,444,276
12	D3: The Mighty Ducks	Comedy	PG	$21,887,865	4,952,006	$35,555,403
13	Flipper	Comedy	PG	$20,047,715	4,535,682	$32,566,197
14	Kazaam	Comedy	PG	$18,843,825	4,263,309	$30,610,559
15	Dunston Checks In	Comedy	PG	$9,395,724	2,125,729	$15,262,734
16	All Dogs Go To Heaven 2	Adventure	G	$8,499,581	1,922,982	$13,807,011
17	Larger Than Life	Comedy	PG	$8,289,972	1,875,559	$13,466,514
18	Balto	Adventure	G	$4,622,620	1,045,842	$7,509,146
19	Ed	Comedy	PG	$3,956,785	895,200	$6,427,536
20	Big Bully	Comedy	PG	$2,010,557	454,877	$3,266,017
21	Wallace & Gromit	Adventure	Not Rated	$900,973	203,840	$1,463,571
Total Gross of All Movies				$689,743,498
Total Tickets Sold					156,050,563
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices						$1,120,443,042

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.