Box Office Performance for Paramount Pictures Movies in 1996

Rank	Movie	Genre	MPAA	1996 Gross	Tickets Sold	Inflation- Adjusted Gross
1	Mission: Impossible	Action	PG-13	$180,891,004	40,925,567	$293,845,571
2	The First Wives Club	Comedy	PG	$103,368,736	23,386,592	$167,915,731
3	Star Trek: First Contact	Adventure	PG-13	$85,122,152	19,258,405	$138,275,348
4	Primal Fear	Thriller/Suspense	R	$56,013,000	12,672,624	$90,989,440
5	Beavis and Butt-head Do America	Comedy	PG-13	$41,121,487	9,303,504	$66,799,159
6	The Ghost and the Darkness	Action	R	$37,709,317	8,531,520	$61,256,314
7	Black Sheep	Comedy	PG-13	$32,258,130	7,298,219	$52,401,212
8	Eye for an Eye	Drama	R	$26,729,447	6,047,386	$43,420,231
9	Harriet the Spy	Adventure	PG	$26,539,321	6,004,371	$43,111,384
10	Escape from L.A.	Action	R	$25,329,895	5,730,745	$41,146,749
11	Sabrina	Romantic Comedy	PG	$22,669,649	5,128,880	$36,825,358
12	A Very Brady Sequel	Comedy	PG-13	$21,397,954	4,841,166	$34,759,572
13	The Phantom	Action	PG	$17,220,599	3,896,063	$27,973,732
14	Thinner	Horror	R	$14,807,397	3,350,090	$24,053,646
15	Braveheart	Drama	R	$8,526,191	1,929,002	$13,850,234
16	Dear God	Comedy	PG	$6,899,612	1,560,998	$11,207,966
17	The Evening Star	Drama	PG-13	$5,272,449	1,192,862	$8,564,749
18	Kids in the Hall: Brain Candy	Comedy	R	$2,621,887	593,187	$4,259,083
19	Vampire in Brooklyn	Horror	R	$522,351	118,179	$848,525
20	Mother	Comedy	PG-13	$228,040	51,593	$370,438
21	Home for the Holidays	Comedy	PG-13	$179,374	40,582	$291,379
22	Nick of Time	Thriller/Suspense	R	$173,223	39,191	$281,391
23	Clueless	Comedy	PG-13	$137,266	31,056	$222,982
Total Gross of All Movies				$715,738,481
Total Tickets Sold					161,931,782
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices						$1,162,670,195

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.