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	$497,278,450
2	The Rock	Action	R	$133,955,936	30,306,773	$217,602,630
3	Ransom	Action	R	$124,641,941	28,199,534	$202,472,654
4	Phenomenon	Drama	PG	$104,464,977	23,634,610	$169,696,500
5	Eraser	Action	R	$101,283,031	22,914,713	$164,527,639
6	Mr. Holland's Opus	Drama	PG	$82,450,788	18,654,024	$133,935,892
7	Space Jam	Comedy	PG	$81,926,334	18,535,370	$133,083,957
8	Broken Arrow	Action	R	$70,640,985	15,982,123	$114,751,643
9	Jerry Maguire	Romantic Comedy	R	$60,351,092	13,654,093	$98,036,388
10	The Cable Guy	Comedy	PG-13	$60,154,431	13,609,600	$97,716,928
11	Courage Under Fire	Drama	R	$58,918,501	13,329,978	$95,709,242
12	Jack	Drama	PG-13	$58,451,483	13,224,317	$94,950,596
13	Executive Decision	Thriller/Suspense	R	$56,472,312	12,776,541	$91,735,564
14	Tin Cup	Romantic Comedy	R	$53,854,588	12,184,296	$87,483,245
15	Jingle All the Way	Comedy	PG	$53,185,547	12,032,929	$86,396,430
16	Dragonheart	Adventure	PG-13	$51,317,350	11,610,260	$83,361,667
17	Toy Story	Adventure	G	$41,648,011	9,422,627	$67,654,462
18	The Mirror Has Two Faces	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$40,359,524	9,131,114	$65,561,399
19	Happy Gilmore	Comedy	PG-13	$38,602,000	8,733,484	$62,706,415
20	A Thin Line Between Love & Hate	Romantic Comedy	R	$34,873,513	7,889,935	$56,649,733
21	Set It Off	Drama	R	$34,236,771	7,745,876	$55,615,390
22	The Truth About Cats & Dogs	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$33,228,594	7,517,781	$53,977,668
23	The Long Kiss Goodnight	Action	R	$32,720,083	7,402,734	$53,151,630
24	Rumble in the Bronx	Action	R	$32,281,907	7,303,599	$52,439,841
25	Black Sheep	Comedy	PG-13	$32,258,130	7,298,219	$52,401,212
26	Eddie	Comedy	PG-13	$31,289,479	7,079,068	$50,827,708
27	Heat	Drama	R	$30,928,683	6,997,440	$50,241,619
28	Michael	Comedy	PG	$27,629,196	6,250,949	$44,881,814
29	Spy Hard	Comedy	PG-13	$26,906,039	6,087,339	$43,707,094
30	First Kid	Comedy	PG	$26,128,650	5,911,459	$42,444,276
31	Mars Attacks!	Comedy	PG-13	$25,846,508	5,847,626	$41,985,955
32	From Dusk Till Dawn	Horror	R	$25,728,961	5,821,032	$41,795,010
33	Down Periscope	Comedy	PG-13	$25,607,849	5,793,631	$41,598,271
34	That Thing You Do!	Drama	PG	$25,458,013	5,759,731	$41,354,869
35	Daylight	Action	PG-13	$24,980,565	5,651,712	$40,579,292
36	Kingpin	Comedy	R	$24,879,969	5,628,952	$40,415,875
37	The Craft	Thriller/Suspense	R	$24,703,049	5,588,925	$40,128,482
38	The Quest	Action	PG-13	$21,607,190	4,888,505	$35,099,466
39	Scream	Horror	R	$21,253,204	4,808,417	$34,524,434
40	Bulletproof	Action	R	$21,162,420	4,787,878	$34,376,964
41	High School High	Comedy	PG-13	$20,694,213	4,681,949	$33,616,394
42	Chain Reaction	Action	PG-13	$20,550,712	4,649,482	$33,383,281
43	Fear	Thriller/Suspense	R	$20,528,755	4,644,515	$33,347,618
44	The Glimmer Man	Action	R	$20,301,706	4,593,146	$32,978,788
45	City Hall	Drama	R	$20,231,760	4,577,321	$32,865,165
46	Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood	Comedy	R	$19,674,813	4,451,315	$31,960,442
47	One Fine Day	Romantic Comedy	PG	$19,435,044	4,397,069	$31,570,955
48	Bed of Roses	Drama	PG	$18,972,237	4,292,361	$30,819,152
49	Kazaam	Comedy	PG	$18,843,825	4,263,309	$30,610,559
50	Last Man Standing	Action	R	$18,100,017	4,095,026	$29,402,287
51	Fled	Action	R	$17,192,205	3,889,639	$27,927,608
52	The Frighteners	Horror	R	$16,524,115	3,738,488	$26,842,344
53	Supercop	Action	R	$16,249,557	3,676,370	$26,396,337
54	Flirting with Disaster	Comedy	R	$14,702,438	3,326,343	$23,883,143
55	The Substitute	Drama	R	$14,675,167	3,320,174	$23,838,849
56	Maximum Risk	Action	R	$14,039,438	3,176,343	$22,806,143
57	The Arrival	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$14,012,411	3,170,229	$22,762,244
58	Bio-Dome	Comedy	PG-13	$13,270,797	3,002,443	$21,557,541
59	Se7en	Thriller/Suspense	R	$13,011,868	2,943,862	$21,136,929
60	The Postman	Drama	PG	$12,786,292	2,892,826	$20,770,491
61	Mr. Wrong	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$12,781,045	2,891,639	$20,761,968
62	The Spitfire Grill	Drama	PG-13	$12,592,203	2,848,915	$20,455,210
63	Lone Star	Drama	R	$12,194,247	2,758,879	$19,808,751
64	Alaska	Adventure	PG	$11,500,372	2,601,894	$18,681,599
65	Mulholland Falls	Drama	R	$11,375,390	2,573,618	$18,478,577
66	2 Days In The Valley	Drama	R	$11,090,856	2,509,243	$18,016,365
67	Big Night	Drama	R	$11,066,839	2,503,810	$17,977,356
68	Two if by Sea	Romantic Comedy	R	$10,493,670	2,374,133	$17,046,275
69	Beautiful Girls	Comedy	R	$10,439,854	2,361,958	$16,958,858
70	My Fellow Americans	Comedy	PG-13	$10,170,986	2,301,128	$16,522,099
71	Sunset Park	Drama	R	$10,128,314	2,291,474	$16,452,783
72	A Family Thing	Drama	PG-13	$9,974,397	2,256,651	$16,202,754
73	She's the One	Romantic Comedy	R	$9,398,667	2,126,395	$15,267,516
74	Dunston Checks In	Comedy	PG	$9,395,724	2,125,729	$15,262,734
75	Celtic Pride	Comedy	PG-13	$9,169,981	2,074,656	$14,896,030
76	The American President	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$8,954,209	2,025,839	$14,545,524
77	The Rich Man's Wife	Thriller/Suspense	R	$8,509,288	1,925,178	$13,822,778
78	Larger Than Life	Comedy	PG	$8,289,972	1,875,559	$13,466,514
79	The Great White Hype	Comedy	R	$7,751,497	1,753,732	$12,591,796
80	Wings of Courage	Drama	G	$6,918,899	1,565,362	$11,239,299
81	Dear God	Comedy	PG	$6,899,612	1,560,998	$11,207,966
82	House Arrest	Comedy	PG	$6,895,790	1,560,133	$11,201,755
83	Sudden Death	Action	R	$6,747,130	1,526,500	$10,960,270
84	Across The Sea of Time	Drama	G	$6,484,780	1,467,145	$10,534,101
85	Last Dance	Drama	R	$5,857,534	1,325,234	$9,515,180
86	The Pallbearer	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$5,612,586	1,269,816	$9,117,279
87	Secrets & Lies	Drama	R	$5,343,011	1,208,826	$8,679,371
88	Girl 6	Comedy	R	$4,855,000	1,098,416	$7,886,627
89	Balto	Adventure	G	$4,622,620	1,045,842	$7,509,146
90	Stealing Beauty	Drama	R	$4,376,355	990,126	$7,109,105
91	Bogus	Comedy	PG	$4,340,826	982,087	$7,051,385
92	Welcome to the Dollhouse	Comedy	R	$4,198,137	949,805	$6,819,600
93	Antonia's Line	Drama	R	$4,047,426	915,707	$6,574,776
94	Ed	Comedy	PG	$3,956,785	895,200	$6,427,536
95	Swingers	Comedy	R	$3,861,814	873,714	$6,273,267
96	Bound	Thriller/Suspense	R	$3,798,532	859,396	$6,170,463
97	Carpool	Comedy	PG	$3,308,758	748,588	$5,374,862
98	Original Gangstas	Action	R	$3,268,414	739,460	$5,309,323
99	Feeling Minnesota	Drama	R	$3,028,433	685,166	$4,919,492
100	Cutthroat Island	Adventure	PG-13	$2,617,537	592,203	$4,252,018
101	Unforgettable	Thriller/Suspense	R	$2,483,790	561,943	$4,034,751
102	The Stupids	Comedy	PG	$2,415,593	546,514	$3,923,971
103	Dracula: Dead and Loving It	Comedy	PG-13	$2,357,406	533,350	$3,829,453
104	If Lucy Fell	Romantic Comedy	R	$2,202,580	498,321	$3,577,945
105	Big Bully	Comedy	PG	$2,010,557	454,877	$3,266,017
106	It Takes Two	Comedy	PG	$2,006,420	453,941	$3,259,296
107	Four Rooms	Comedy	R	$1,697,156	383,972	$2,756,919
108	Race the Sun	Drama	PG	$1,681,685	380,472	$2,731,789
109	When The Cat's Away	Comedy	R	$1,652,472	373,862	$2,684,329
110	Kansas City	Drama	R	$1,353,824	306,295	$2,199,198
111	Mighty Aphrodite	Comedy	R	$1,349,253	305,261	$2,191,774
112	Phat Beach	Comedy	R	$1,263,945	285,960	$2,053,193
113	Walking and Talking	Romantic Comedy	R	$1,231,303	278,575	$2,000,169
114	Nueba Yol	Drama	Not Rated	$1,229,715	278,216	$1,997,591
115	The Funeral	Drama	R	$1,106,233	250,279	$1,797,003
116	Dead Man	Drama	R	$1,025,488	232,011	$1,665,839
117	The City of Lost Children	Adventure	R	$1,000,856	226,438	$1,625,825
118	Breaking the Waves	Drama	R	$929,773	210,356	$1,510,356
119	The White Balloon	Drama	Not Rated	$888,894	201,107	$1,443,948
120	French Twist	Comedy	R	$888,044	200,915	$1,442,570
121	Powder	Drama	PG-13	$872,570	197,414	$1,417,433
122	Heavy	Drama	R	$852,362	192,842	$1,384,606
123	Ridicule	Drama	R	$851,953	192,750	$1,383,945
124	Assassins	Action	R	$818,094	185,089	$1,328,939
125	Little Indian, Big City	Comedy	PG	$682,028	154,305	$1,107,910
126	The Flower of My Secret	Drama	R	$653,723	147,901	$1,061,929
127	Georgia	Drama	R	$645,939	146,140	$1,049,285
128	Money Train	Action	R	$645,715	146,089	$1,048,919
129	Grace of My Heart	Drama	R	$617,632	139,736	$1,003,304
130	Copycat	Thriller/Suspense	R	$615,023	139,145	$999,061
131	Now and Then	Drama	PG-13	$586,693	132,736	$953,044
132	The Monster	Comedy	R	$569,901	128,937	$925,768
133	My Favorite Season	Drama	Not Rated	$555,900	125,769	$903,021
134	Vampire in Brooklyn	Horror	R	$522,351	118,179	$848,525
135	Last Summer in the Hamptons	Comedy	R	$510,271	115,446	$828,902
136	Trees Lounge	Drama	R	$508,532	115,052	$826,073
137	It's My Party	Drama	R	$455,101	102,964	$739,282
138	The Usual Suspects	Drama	R	$381,812	86,383	$620,230
139	Bitter Sugar	Drama		$354,572	80,220	$575,980
140	Things to Do in Denver when You're Dead	Black Comedy	R	$333,629	75,482	$541,961
141	Chungking Express	Drama	PG-13	$332,003	75,114	$539,319
142	Bitter Sugar	Drama		$328,768	74,382	$534,063
143	A Midwinter's Tale	Comedy	R	$288,122	65,186	$468,035
144	The Last Supper	Comedy	R	$259,930	58,808	$422,241
145	Celestial Clockwork	Comedy		$257,241	58,199	$417,869
146	Mother	Comedy	PG-13	$228,040	51,593	$370,438
147	The Star Maker	Drama	R	$222,613	50,365	$361,621
148	Nick of Time	Thriller/Suspense	R	$173,223	39,191	$281,391
149	Someone Else's America	Comedy	R	$154,873	35,039	$251,580
150	Everyone Says I Love You	Musical	R	$131,678	29,791	$213,899
151	Thieves (Les Voleurs)	Drama	R	$128,974	29,180	$209,512
152	Getting Away with Murder	Comedy	R	$127,691	28,889	$207,423
153	Mad Dog Time	Comedy	R	$80,026	18,105	$129,994
154	The Visitors	Comedy	R	$67,953	15,374	$110,385
155	Dead Presidents	Drama	R	$58,418	13,217	$94,898
156	Citizen Ruth	Comedy		$56,747	12,839	$92,184
157	Jack & Sarah	Romantic Comedy	PG	$56,016	12,673	$90,992
158	For Better or Worse	Comedy		$41,628	9,418	$67,621
159	When Night is Falling	Drama	R	$40,155	9,085	$65,230
160	Adrenalin: Fear the Rush		R	$37,536	8,492	$60,973
161	Lamerica	Drama	Not Rated	$29,612	6,700	$48,106
162	The Big Squeeze	Drama	R	$23,567	5,332	$38,284
163	Butterfly Kiss	Thriller/Suspense		$5,000	1,131	$8,121
164	The Search for One-eye Jimmy	Comedy	R	$5,000	1,131	$8,121
165	American Strays	Action	R	$5,000	1,131	$8,121
166	Blue Juice	Comedy	R	$5,000	1,131	$8,121
167	Freeway	Comedy	R	$5,000	1,131	$8,121
168	Captives	Drama	R	$5,000	1,131	$8,121
169	A Couch in New York	Romantic Comedy	R	$5,000	1,131	$8,121
170	Bird of Prey	Thriller/Suspense	R	$5,000	1,131	$8,121
171	Glory Daze	Comedy		$5,000	1,131	$8,121
172	A Boy Called Hate	Drama	R	$5,000	1,131	$8,121
173	Bang	Thriller/Suspense		$527	119	$854
Total Gross of All Movies				$2,848,610,652
Total Tickets Sold					644,482,040
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices						$4,627,381,047

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.