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	$497,278,450
2	Twister	Action	PG-13	$241,688,385	54,680,630	$392,606,923
3	Mission: Impossible	Action	PG-13	$180,891,004	40,925,567	$293,845,571
4	The Nutty Professor	Comedy	PG-13	$128,769,345	29,133,336	$209,177,352
5	Star Trek: First Contact	Adventure	PG-13	$85,122,152	19,258,405	$138,275,348
6	The Cable Guy	Comedy	PG-13	$60,154,431	13,609,600	$97,716,928
7	Jack	Drama	PG-13	$58,451,483	13,224,317	$94,950,596
8	Dragonheart	Adventure	PG-13	$51,317,350	11,610,260	$83,361,667
9	Up Close & Personal	Drama	PG-13	$50,984,674	11,534,994	$82,821,257
10	Romeo+Juliet	Drama	PG-13	$43,820,000	9,914,027	$71,182,714
11	Beavis and Butt-head Do America	Comedy	PG-13	$41,121,487	9,303,504	$66,799,159
12	Grumpier Old Men	Comedy	PG-13	$40,750,991	9,219,681	$66,197,310
13	The Mirror Has Two Faces	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$40,359,524	9,131,114	$65,561,399
14	Happy Gilmore	Comedy	PG-13	$38,602,000	8,733,484	$62,706,415
15	The Truth About Cats & Dogs	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$33,228,594	7,517,781	$53,977,668
16	Black Sheep	Comedy	PG-13	$32,258,130	7,298,219	$52,401,212
17	Eddie	Comedy	PG-13	$31,289,479	7,079,068	$50,827,708
18	The Island of Dr. Moreau	Adventure	PG-13	$27,663,982	6,258,819	$44,938,320
19	Spy Hard	Comedy	PG-13	$26,906,039	6,087,339	$43,707,094
20	Mars Attacks!	Comedy	PG-13	$25,846,508	5,847,626	$41,985,955
21	Down Periscope	Comedy	PG-13	$25,607,849	5,793,631	$41,598,271
22	Daylight	Action	PG-13	$24,980,565	5,651,712	$40,579,292
23	The Quest	Action	PG-13	$21,607,190	4,888,505	$35,099,466
24	A Very Brady Sequel	Comedy	PG-13	$21,397,954	4,841,166	$34,759,572
25	High School High	Comedy	PG-13	$20,694,213	4,681,949	$33,616,394
26	Chain Reaction	Action	PG-13	$20,550,712	4,649,482	$33,383,281
27	Multiplicity	Comedy	PG-13	$20,101,861	4,547,932	$32,654,152
28	The Arrival	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$14,012,411	3,170,229	$22,762,244
29	Bio-Dome	Comedy	PG-13	$13,270,797	3,002,443	$21,557,541
30	Mr. Wrong	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$12,781,045	2,891,639	$20,761,968
31	Goldeneye	Action	PG-13	$12,767,795	2,888,641	$20,740,442
32	The Spitfire Grill	Drama	PG-13	$12,592,203	2,848,915	$20,455,210
33	The Associate	Comedy	PG-13	$12,384,525	2,801,929	$20,117,850
34	White Squall	Adventure	PG-13	$10,229,300	2,314,321	$16,616,825
35	My Fellow Americans	Comedy	PG-13	$10,170,986	2,301,128	$16,522,099
36	Mrs. Winterbourne	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$10,039,566	2,271,395	$16,308,616
37	A Family Thing	Drama	PG-13	$9,974,397	2,256,651	$16,202,754
38	Celtic Pride	Comedy	PG-13	$9,169,981	2,074,656	$14,896,030
39	The American President	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$8,954,209	2,025,839	$14,545,524
40	Before and After	Drama	PG-13	$8,619,397	1,950,090	$14,001,646
41	The Pallbearer	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$5,612,586	1,269,816	$9,117,279
42	The Evening Star	Drama	PG-13	$5,272,449	1,192,862	$8,564,749
43	Solo	Action	PG-13	$4,932,915	1,116,044	$8,013,196
44	Joe's Apartment	Comedy	PG-13	$4,566,826	1,033,219	$7,418,512
45	To Gillian on Her 37th Birthday	Drama	PG-13	$4,137,645	936,119	$6,721,334
46	Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls	Comedy	PG-13	$3,988,567	902,391	$6,479,167
47	Shine	Drama	PG-13	$3,542,807	801,540	$5,755,057
48	Moll Flanders	Drama	PG-13	$3,363,968	761,079	$5,464,547
49	Cutthroat Island	Adventure	PG-13	$2,617,537	592,203	$4,252,018
50	Dracula: Dead and Loving It	Comedy	PG-13	$2,357,406	533,350	$3,829,453
51	The Crucible	Drama	PG-13	$2,340,466	529,517	$3,801,932
52	Lawnmower Man 2: Beyond Cyberspace	Action	PG-13	$2,200,664	497,888	$3,574,836
53	The Bridges of Madison County	Drama	PG-13	$1,409,439	318,878	$2,289,544
54	Looking for Richard	Documentary	PG-13	$1,253,153	283,519	$2,035,666
55	Two Much	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$1,010,072	228,523	$1,640,795
56	Mystery Science Theatre 3000	Comedy	PG-13	$949,745	214,874	$1,542,795
57	Powder	Drama	PG-13	$872,570	197,414	$1,417,433
58	Now and Then	Drama	PG-13	$586,693	132,736	$953,044
59	Ghosts of Mississippi	Drama	PG-13	$540,898	122,375	$878,653
60	Boys	Drama	PG-13	$477,367	108,002	$775,454
61	Cry, The Beloved Country	Drama	PG-13	$358,748	81,165	$582,765
62	Chungking Express	Drama	PG-13	$332,003	75,114	$539,319
63	Mother	Comedy	PG-13	$228,040	51,593	$370,438
64	Entertaining Angels: The Dorothy Day Story	Drama	PG-13	$225,161	50,941	$365,756
65	Home for the Holidays	Comedy	PG-13	$179,374	40,582	$291,379
66	Marvin's Room	Drama	PG-13	$169,757	38,407	$275,762
67	Denise Calls Up		PG-13	$168,614	38,148	$273,903
68	Hamlet	Drama	PG-13	$148,321	33,557	$240,939
69	Clueless	Comedy	PG-13	$137,266	31,056	$222,982
70	The Portrait of a Lady	Drama	PG-13	$133,651	30,238	$217,109
71	Pharaoh's Army		PG-13	$50,652	11,460	$82,283
72	Mortal Kombat	Action	PG-13	$50,081	11,331	$81,357
73	I'm Not Rappaport		PG-13	$26,011	5,885	$42,254
74	The Journey of August King		PG-13	$5,000	1,131	$8,121
75	In Love and War	Drama	PG-13	$4,112	930	$6,677
Total Gross of All Movies				$1,899,507,137
Total Tickets Sold					429,752,748
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices						$3,085,624,731

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.