Box Office Performance for PG-13 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	Twister	Action	PG-13	$241,688,385	54,680,630	$431,430,171
3	Mission: Impossible	Action	PG-13	$180,891,004	40,925,567	$322,902,724
4	The Nutty Professor	Comedy	PG-13	$128,769,345	29,133,336	$229,862,021
5	Star Trek: First Contact	Adventure	PG-13	$85,122,152	19,258,405	$151,948,815
6	The Cable Guy	Comedy	PG-13	$60,154,431	13,609,600	$107,379,744
7	Jack	Drama	PG-13	$58,451,483	13,224,317	$104,339,861
8	Dragonheart	Adventure	PG-13	$51,317,350	11,610,260	$91,604,951
9	Up Close & Personal	Drama	PG-13	$50,984,674	11,534,994	$91,011,103
10	Romeo+Juliet	Drama	PG-13	$43,820,000	9,914,027	$78,221,673
11	Beavis and Butt-head Do America	Comedy	PG-13	$41,121,487	9,303,504	$73,404,647
12	Grumpier Old Men	Comedy	PG-13	$40,750,991	9,219,681	$72,743,283
13	The Mirror Has Two Faces	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$40,359,524	9,131,114	$72,044,489
14	Happy Gilmore	Comedy	PG-13	$38,602,000	8,733,484	$68,907,189
15	The Truth About Cats & Dogs	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$33,228,594	7,517,781	$59,315,292
16	Black Sheep	Comedy	PG-13	$32,258,130	7,298,219	$57,582,948
17	Eddie	Comedy	PG-13	$31,289,479	7,079,068	$55,853,847
18	The Island of Dr. Moreau	Adventure	PG-13	$27,663,982	6,258,819	$49,382,082
19	Spy Hard	Comedy	PG-13	$26,906,039	6,087,339	$48,029,105
20	Mars Attacks!	Comedy	PG-13	$25,846,508	5,847,626	$46,137,769
21	Down Periscope	Comedy	PG-13	$25,607,849	5,793,631	$45,711,749
22	Daylight	Action	PG-13	$24,980,565	5,651,712	$44,592,008
23	The Quest	Action	PG-13	$21,607,190	4,888,505	$38,570,304
24	A Very Brady Sequel	Comedy	PG-13	$21,397,954	4,841,166	$38,196,800
25	High School High	Comedy	PG-13	$20,694,213	4,681,949	$36,940,578
26	Chain Reaction	Action	PG-13	$20,550,712	4,649,482	$36,684,413
27	Multiplicity	Comedy	PG-13	$20,101,861	4,547,932	$35,883,183
28	The Arrival	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$14,012,411	3,170,229	$25,013,107
29	Bio-Dome	Comedy	PG-13	$13,270,797	3,002,443	$23,689,275
30	Mr. Wrong	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$12,781,045	2,891,639	$22,815,032
31	Goldeneye	Action	PG-13	$12,767,795	2,888,641	$22,791,377
32	The Spitfire Grill	Drama	PG-13	$12,592,203	2,848,915	$22,477,939
33	The Associate	Comedy	PG-13	$12,384,525	2,801,929	$22,107,220
34	White Squall	Adventure	PG-13	$10,229,300	2,314,321	$18,259,993
35	My Fellow Americans	Comedy	PG-13	$10,170,986	2,301,128	$18,155,900
36	Mrs. Winterbourne	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$10,039,566	2,271,395	$17,921,307
37	A Family Thing	Drama	PG-13	$9,974,397	2,256,651	$17,804,976
38	Celtic Pride	Comedy	PG-13	$9,169,981	2,074,656	$16,369,036
39	The American President	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$8,954,209	2,025,839	$15,983,870
40	Before and After	Drama	PG-13	$8,619,397	1,950,090	$15,386,210
41	The Pallbearer	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$5,612,586	1,269,816	$10,018,848
42	The Evening Star	Drama	PG-13	$5,272,449	1,192,862	$9,411,681
43	Solo	Action	PG-13	$4,932,915	1,116,044	$8,805,587
44	Joe's Apartment	Comedy	PG-13	$4,566,826	1,033,219	$8,152,098
45	To Gillian on Her 37th Birthday	Drama	PG-13	$4,137,645	936,119	$7,385,979
46	Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls	Comedy	PG-13	$3,988,567	902,391	$7,119,865
47	Shine	Drama	PG-13	$3,542,807	801,540	$6,324,151
48	Moll Flanders	Drama	PG-13	$3,363,968	761,079	$6,004,913
49	Cutthroat Island	Adventure	PG-13	$2,617,537	592,203	$4,672,482
50	Dracula: Dead and Loving It	Comedy	PG-13	$2,357,406	533,350	$4,208,132
51	The Crucible	Drama	PG-13	$2,340,466	529,517	$4,177,889
52	Lawnmower Man 2: Beyond Cyberspace	Action	PG-13	$2,200,664	497,888	$3,928,336
53	The Bridges of Madison County	Drama	PG-13	$1,409,439	318,878	$2,515,947
54	Looking for Richard	Documentary	PG-13	$1,253,153	283,519	$2,236,965
55	Two Much	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$1,010,072	228,523	$1,803,046
56	Mystery Science Theatre 3000	Comedy	PG-13	$949,745	214,874	$1,695,356
57	Powder	Drama	PG-13	$872,570	197,414	$1,557,596
58	Now and Then	Drama	PG-13	$586,693	132,736	$1,047,287
59	Ghosts of Mississippi	Drama	PG-13	$540,898	122,375	$965,539
60	Boys	Drama	PG-13	$477,367	108,002	$852,136
61	Cry, The Beloved Country	Drama	PG-13	$358,748	81,165	$640,392
62	Chung hing sam lam	Drama	PG-13	$332,003	75,114	$592,649
63	Mother	Comedy	PG-13	$228,040	51,593	$407,069
64	Entertaining Angels: The Dorothy Day Story	Drama	PG-13	$225,161	50,941	$401,924
65	Home for the Holidays	Comedy	PG-13	$179,374	40,582	$320,192
66	Marvin's Room	Drama	PG-13	$169,757	38,407	$303,031
67	Denise Calls Up		PG-13	$168,614	38,148	$300,988
68	Hamlet	Drama	PG-13	$148,321	33,557	$264,765
69	Clueless	Comedy	PG-13	$137,266	31,056	$245,032
70	The Portrait of a Lady	Drama	PG-13	$133,651	30,238	$238,578
71	Pharaoh's Army		PG-13	$50,652	11,460	$90,419
72	Mortal Kombat	Action	PG-13	$50,081	11,331	$89,402
73	I'm Not Rappaport		PG-13	$26,011	5,885	$46,433
74	The Journey of August King		PG-13	$5,000	1,131	$8,924
75	In Love and War	Drama	PG-13	$4,112	930	$7,338
Total Gross of All Movies				$1,899,507,137
Total Tickets Sold					429,752,748
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices						$3,390,749,182

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.