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	$180,981,886	40,946,128	$281,709,361
2	The First Wives Club	Comedy	PG	$104,625,228	23,670,866	$162,855,558
3	Star Trek: First Contact	Adventure	PG-13	$89,128,389	20,164,794	$138,733,783
4	Primal Fear	Thriller/Suspense	R	$56,073,633	12,686,342	$87,282,033
5	Beavis and Butt-head Do America	Comedy	PG-13	$54,149,743	12,251,073	$84,287,382
6	The Ghost and the Darkness	Action	R	$37,769,792	8,545,202	$58,790,990
7	Black Sheep	Comedy	PG-13	$32,330,354	7,314,560	$50,324,173
8	Eye for an Eye	Drama	R	$26,792,700	6,061,697	$41,704,475
9	Harriet the Spy	Adventure	PG	$26,570,048	6,011,323	$41,357,902
10	Escape from L.A.	Action	R	$25,426,861	5,752,683	$39,578,459
11	Sabrina	Romantic Comedy	PG	$22,669,649	5,128,880	$35,286,694
12	A Very Brady Sequel	Comedy	PG-13	$21,443,204	4,851,404	$33,377,660
13	The Phantom	Action	PG	$17,220,599	3,896,063	$26,804,913
14	Thinner	Horror	R	$14,807,397	3,350,090	$23,048,619
15	The Evening Star	Drama	PG-13	$10,129,807	2,291,812	$15,767,667
16	Braveheart	Drama	R	$8,526,191	1,929,002	$13,271,534
17	Dear God	Comedy	PG	$6,899,612	1,560,998	$10,739,666
18	Kids in the Hall: Brain Candy	Comedy	R	$2,640,536	597,406	$4,110,153
19	Vampire in Brooklyn	Horror	R	$603,023	136,431	$938,645
20	Mother	Comedy	PG-13	$522,339	118,176	$813,051
21	Home for the Holidays	Comedy	PG-13	$223,912	50,659	$348,534
22	Nick of Time	Thriller/Suspense	R	$207,750	47,002	$323,374
23	Clueless	Comedy	PG-13	$137,266	31,056	$213,665
Total Gross of All Movies				$739,879,919
Total Tickets Sold					167,393,647
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices						$1,151,668,291

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.