Box Office Performance for Original Screenplay Movies in 1996

Rank	Movie	Genre	MPAA	1996 Gross	Tickets Sold	Inflation- Adjusted Gross
1	Independence Day	Adventure	PG-13	$306,124,059	69,258,837	$546,452,224
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	Phenomenon	Drama	PG	$104,464,977	23,634,610	$186,477,073
5	Eraser	Action	R	$101,283,031	22,914,713	$180,797,086
6	Mr. Holland's Opus	Drama	PG	$82,450,788	18,654,024	$147,180,249
7	Space Jam	Comedy	PG	$81,926,334	18,535,370	$146,244,069
8	Broken Arrow	Action	R	$70,640,985	15,982,123	$126,098,950
9	Jerry Maguire	Romantic Comedy	R	$60,351,092	13,654,093	$107,730,794
10	The Cable Guy	Comedy	PG-13	$60,154,431	13,609,600	$107,379,744
11	Courage Under Fire	Drama	R	$58,918,501	13,329,978	$105,173,526
12	Jack	Drama	PG-13	$58,451,483	13,224,317	$104,339,861
13	Executive Decision	Thriller/Suspense	R	$56,472,312	12,776,541	$100,806,908
14	Tin Cup	Romantic Comedy	R	$53,854,588	12,184,296	$96,134,095
15	Jingle All the Way	Comedy	PG	$53,185,547	12,032,929	$94,939,810
16	Dragonheart	Adventure	PG-13	$51,317,350	11,610,260	$91,604,951
17	Toy Story	Adventure	G	$41,648,011	9,422,627	$74,344,527
18	Grumpier Old Men	Comedy	PG-13	$40,750,991	9,219,681	$72,743,283
19	The Mirror Has Two Faces	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$40,359,524	9,131,114	$72,044,489
20	Happy Gilmore	Comedy	PG-13	$38,602,000	8,733,484	$68,907,189
21	A Thin Line Between Love & Hate	Romantic Comedy	R	$34,873,513	7,889,935	$62,251,587
22	Set It Off	Drama	R	$34,236,771	7,745,876	$61,114,962
23	The Truth About Cats & Dogs	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$33,228,594	7,517,781	$59,315,292
24	The Long Kiss Goodnight	Action	R	$32,720,083	7,402,734	$58,407,571
25	Rumble in the Bronx	Action	R	$32,281,907	7,303,599	$57,625,396
26	Black Sheep	Comedy	PG-13	$32,258,130	7,298,219	$57,582,948
27	Eddie	Comedy	PG-13	$31,289,479	7,079,068	$55,853,847
28	Heat	Drama	R	$30,928,683	6,997,440	$55,209,802
29	Michael	Comedy	PG	$27,629,196	6,250,949	$49,319,988
30	Spy Hard	Comedy	PG-13	$26,906,039	6,087,339	$48,029,105
31	First Kid	Comedy	PG	$26,128,650	5,911,459	$46,641,412
32	Mars Attacks!	Comedy	PG-13	$25,846,508	5,847,626	$46,137,769
33	From Dusk Till Dawn	Horror	R	$25,728,961	5,821,032	$45,927,942
34	Down Periscope	Comedy	PG-13	$25,607,849	5,793,631	$45,711,749
35	That Thing You Do!	Drama	PG	$25,458,013	5,759,731	$45,444,278
36	Escape from L.A.	Action	R	$25,329,895	5,730,745	$45,215,578
37	Daylight	Action	PG-13	$24,980,565	5,651,712	$44,592,008
38	Kingpin	Comedy	R	$24,879,969	5,628,952	$44,412,431
39	The Craft	Thriller/Suspense	R	$24,703,049	5,588,925	$44,096,618
40	D3: The Mighty Ducks	Comedy	PG	$21,887,865	4,952,006	$39,071,327
41	The Quest	Action	PG-13	$21,607,190	4,888,505	$38,570,304
42	Scream	Horror	R	$21,253,204	4,808,417	$37,938,410
43	Bulletproof	Action	R	$21,162,420	4,787,878	$37,776,357
44	High School High	Comedy	PG-13	$20,694,213	4,681,949	$36,940,578
45	Chain Reaction	Action	PG-13	$20,550,712	4,649,482	$36,684,413
46	Fear	Thriller/Suspense	R	$20,528,755	4,644,515	$36,645,223
47	The Glimmer Man	Action	R	$20,301,706	4,593,146	$36,239,922
48	City Hall	Drama	R	$20,231,760	4,577,321	$36,115,063
49	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
50	One Fine Day	Romantic Comedy	PG	$19,435,044	4,397,069	$34,692,874
51	Bed of Roses	Drama	PG	$18,972,237	4,292,361	$33,866,728
52	Kazaam	Comedy	PG	$18,843,825	4,263,309	$33,637,508
53	Last Man Standing	Action	R	$18,100,017	4,095,026	$32,309,755
54	Fled	Action	R	$17,192,205	3,889,639	$30,689,252
55	The Frighteners	Horror	R	$16,524,115	3,738,488	$29,496,670
56	Supercop	Action	R	$16,249,557	3,676,370	$29,006,559
57	Flirting with Disaster	Comedy	R	$14,702,438	3,326,343	$26,244,846
58	The Substitute	Drama	R	$14,675,167	3,320,174	$26,196,173
59	Maximum Risk	Action	R	$14,039,438	3,176,343	$25,061,346
60	The Arrival	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$14,012,411	3,170,229	$25,013,107
61	Bio-Dome	Comedy	PG-13	$13,270,797	3,002,443	$23,689,275
62	Se7en	Thriller/Suspense	R	$13,011,868	2,943,862	$23,227,071
63	Il Postino	Drama	PG	$12,786,292	2,892,826	$22,824,397
64	Mr. Wrong	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$12,781,045	2,891,639	$22,815,032
65	The Spitfire Grill	Drama	PG-13	$12,592,203	2,848,915	$22,477,939
66	Lone Star	Drama	R	$12,194,247	2,758,879	$21,767,555
67	Alaska	Adventure	PG	$11,500,372	2,601,894	$20,528,944
68	Mulholland Falls	Drama	R	$11,375,390	2,573,618	$20,305,846
69	2 Days In The Valley	Drama	R	$11,090,856	2,509,243	$19,797,927
70	Big Night	Drama	R	$11,066,839	2,503,810	$19,755,061
71	Two if by Sea	Romantic Comedy	R	$10,493,670	2,374,133	$18,731,909
72	Beautiful Girls	Comedy	R	$10,439,854	2,361,958	$18,635,849
73	My Fellow Americans	Comedy	PG-13	$10,170,986	2,301,128	$18,155,900
74	Sunset Park	Drama	R	$10,128,314	2,291,474	$18,079,730
75	A Family Thing	Drama	PG-13	$9,974,397	2,256,651	$17,804,976
76	She's the One	Romantic Comedy	R	$9,398,667	2,126,395	$16,777,257
77	Dunston Checks In	Comedy	PG	$9,395,724	2,125,729	$16,772,002
78	Celtic Pride	Comedy	PG-13	$9,169,981	2,074,656	$16,369,036
79	The American President	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$8,954,209	2,025,839	$15,983,870
80	The Rich Man's Wife	Thriller/Suspense	R	$8,509,288	1,925,178	$15,189,654
81	All Dogs Go To Heaven 2	Adventure	G	$8,499,581	1,922,982	$15,172,328
82	Larger Than Life	Comedy	PG	$8,289,972	1,875,559	$14,798,161
83	The Great White Hype	Comedy	R	$7,751,497	1,753,732	$13,836,945
84	Wings of Courage	Drama	G	$6,918,899	1,565,362	$12,350,706
85	Dear God	Comedy	PG	$6,899,612	1,560,998	$12,316,274
86	House Arrest	Comedy	PG	$6,895,790	1,560,133	$12,309,449
87	Sudden Death	Action	R	$6,747,130	1,526,500	$12,044,085
88	Across The Sea of Time	Drama	G	$6,484,780	1,467,145	$11,575,774
89	Last Dance	Drama	R	$5,857,534	1,325,234	$10,456,096
90	The Pallbearer	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$5,612,586	1,269,816	$10,018,848
91	Secrets & Lies	Drama	R	$5,343,011	1,208,826	$9,537,637
92	Girl 6	Comedy	R	$4,855,000	1,098,416	$8,666,502
93	Balto	Adventure	G	$4,622,620	1,045,842	$8,251,693
94	Stealing Beauty	Drama	R	$4,376,355	990,126	$7,812,094
95	Bogus	Comedy	PG	$4,340,826	982,087	$7,748,666
96	Welcome to the Dollhouse	Comedy	R	$4,198,137	949,805	$7,493,961
97	Antonia	Drama	R	$4,047,426	915,707	$7,224,928
98	Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls	Comedy	PG-13	$3,988,567	902,391	$7,119,865
99	Ed	Comedy	PG	$3,956,785	895,200	$7,063,128
100	Swingers	Comedy	R	$3,861,814	873,714	$6,893,603
101	Bound	Thriller/Suspense	R	$3,798,532	859,396	$6,780,634
102	Carpool	Comedy	PG	$3,308,758	748,588	$5,906,359
103	Original Gangstas	Action	R	$3,268,414	739,460	$5,834,339
104	Feeling Minnesota	Drama	R	$3,028,433	685,166	$5,405,960
105	Cutthroat Island	Adventure	PG-13	$2,617,537	592,203	$4,672,482
106	Unforgettable	Thriller/Suspense	R	$2,483,790	561,943	$4,433,730
107	The Stupids	Comedy	PG	$2,415,593	546,514	$4,311,995
108	Dracula: Dead and Loving It	Comedy	PG-13	$2,357,406	533,350	$4,208,132
109	If Lucy Fell	Romantic Comedy	R	$2,202,580	498,321	$3,931,753
110	Lawnmower Man 2: Beyond Cyberspace	Action	PG-13	$2,200,664	497,888	$3,928,336
111	Big Bully	Comedy	PG	$2,010,557	454,877	$3,588,980
112	It Takes Two	Comedy	PG	$2,006,420	453,941	$3,581,594
113	Four Rooms	Comedy	R	$1,697,156	383,972	$3,029,539
114	Race the Sun	Drama	PG	$1,681,685	380,472	$3,001,924
115	When The Cat's Away	Comedy	R	$1,652,472	373,862	$2,949,771
116	Kansas City	Drama	R	$1,353,824	306,295	$2,416,668
117	Mighty Aphrodite	Comedy	R	$1,349,253	305,261	$2,408,509
118	Phat Beach	Comedy	R	$1,263,945	285,960	$2,256,224
119	Walking and Talking	Romantic Comedy	R	$1,231,303	278,575	$2,197,957
120	Nueba Yol	Drama	Not Rated	$1,229,715	278,216	$2,195,124
121	The Funeral	Drama	R	$1,106,233	250,279	$1,974,701
122	Dead Man	Drama	R	$1,025,488	232,011	$1,830,567
123	La cit� des enfants perdus	Adventure	R	$1,000,856	226,438	$1,786,596
124	Breaking the Waves	Drama	R	$929,773	210,356	$1,659,709
125	Badkonake sefid	Drama	Not Rated	$888,894	201,107	$1,586,734
126	Gazon maudit	Comedy	R	$888,044	200,915	$1,585,219
127	Powder	Drama	PG-13	$872,570	197,414	$1,557,596
128	Heavy	Drama	R	$852,362	192,842	$1,521,523
129	Ridicule	Drama	R	$851,953	192,750	$1,520,798
130	Assassins	Action	R	$818,094	185,089	$1,460,352
131	Un indien dans la ville	Comedy	PG	$682,028	154,305	$1,217,466
132	La flor de mi secreto	Drama	R	$653,723	147,901	$1,166,939
133	Georgia	Drama	R	$645,939	146,140	$1,153,045
134	Money Train	Action	R	$645,715	146,089	$1,152,642
135	Grace of My Heart	Drama	R	$617,632	139,736	$1,102,517
136	Copycat	Thriller/Suspense	R	$615,023	139,145	$1,097,854
137	Now and Then	Drama	PG-13	$586,693	132,736	$1,047,287
138	Il Mostro	Comedy	R	$569,901	128,937	$1,017,313
139	Ma saison pr�félr�e	Drama	Not Rated	$555,900	125,769	$992,317
140	Vampire in Brooklyn	Horror	R	$522,351	118,179	$932,432
141	Last Summer in the Hamptons	Comedy	R	$510,271	115,446	$910,869
142	Trees Lounge	Drama	R	$508,532	115,052	$907,760
143	Bloodsport 2	Action	R	$456,931	103,378	$815,652
144	It's My Party	Drama	R	$455,101	102,964	$812,386
145	The Usual Suspects	Drama	R	$381,812	86,383	$681,562
146	Bitter Sugar	Drama		$354,572	80,220	$632,936
147	Things to Do in Denver when You're Dead	Black Comedy	R	$333,629	75,482	$595,553
148	Chung hing sam lam	Drama	PG-13	$332,003	75,114	$592,649
149	Az�car amarga	Drama		$328,768	74,382	$586,874
150	Freeway	Comedy	R	$295,493	66,854	$527,478
151	A Midwinter's Tale	Comedy	R	$288,122	65,186	$514,318
152	The Last Supper	Comedy	R	$259,930	58,808	$463,995
153	M�caniques c�lestes	Comedy		$257,241	58,199	$459,190
154	Mother	Comedy	PG-13	$228,040	51,593	$407,069
155	L'uomo delle stelle	Drama	R	$222,613	50,365	$397,380
156	Nick of Time	Thriller/Suspense	R	$173,223	39,191	$309,217
157	Someone Else's America	Comedy	R	$154,873	35,039	$276,458
158	Everyone Says I Love You	Musical	R	$131,678	29,791	$235,051
159	Thieves (Les Voleurs)	Drama	R	$128,974	29,180	$230,230
160	Getting Away with Murder	Comedy	R	$127,691	28,889	$227,934
161	Mad Dog Time	Comedy	R	$80,026	18,105	$142,848
162	Les Visiteurs	Comedy	R	$67,953	15,374	$121,301
163	Dead Presidents	Drama	R	$58,418	13,217	$104,282
164	Citizen Ruth	Comedy		$56,747	12,839	$101,300
165	Jack & Sarah	Romantic Comedy	PG	$56,016	12,673	$99,990
166	For Better or Worse	Comedy		$41,628	9,418	$74,308
167	When Night is Falling	Drama	R	$40,155	9,085	$71,681
168	Adrenalin: Fear the Rush		R	$37,536	8,492	$67,002
169	Lamerica	Drama	Not Rated	$29,612	6,700	$52,863
170	The Big Squeeze	Drama	R	$23,567	5,332	$42,069
171	American Strays	Action	R	$5,000	1,131	$8,924
172	A Boy Called Hate	Drama	R	$5,000	1,131	$8,924
173	Blue Juice	Comedy	R	$5,000	1,131	$8,924
174	Butterfly Kiss	Thriller/Suspense		$5,000	1,131	$8,924
175	Un divan � New York	Romantic Comedy	R	$5,000	1,131	$8,924
176	Captives	Drama	R	$5,000	1,131	$8,924
177	Glory Daze	Comedy		$5,000	1,131	$8,924
178	Bird of Prey	Thriller/Suspense	R	$5,000	1,131	$8,924
179	The Search for One-eye Jimmy	Comedy	R	$5,000	1,131	$8,924
180	Bang	Thriller/Suspense		$527	119	$939
Total Gross of All Movies				$2,952,015,639
Total Tickets Sold					667,876,834
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices						$5,269,548,220

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.