Box Office Performance for PG Movies in 1996

Rank	Movie	Genre	MPAA	1996 Gross	Tickets Sold	Inflation- Adjusted Gross
1	Phenomenon	Drama	PG	$104,464,977	23,634,610	$169,696,500
2	The First Wives Club	Comedy	PG	$103,368,736	23,386,592	$167,915,731
3	Mr. Holland's Opus	Drama	PG	$82,450,788	18,654,024	$133,935,892
4	Space Jam	Comedy	PG	$81,926,334	18,535,370	$133,083,957
5	Jingle All the Way	Comedy	PG	$53,185,547	12,032,929	$86,396,430
6	Jumanji	Adventure	PG	$42,609,673	9,640,198	$69,216,622
7	Sense and Sensibility	Drama	PG	$38,628,080	8,739,385	$62,748,784
8	Matilda	Comedy	PG	$33,084,249	7,485,124	$53,743,190
9	Sgt. Bilko	Comedy	PG	$30,141,475	6,819,338	$48,962,847
10	James and the Giant Peach	Adventure	PG	$28,900,101	6,538,484	$46,946,315
11	The Preacher's Wife	Drama	PG	$27,942,124	6,321,748	$45,390,151
12	Michael	Comedy	PG	$27,629,196	6,250,949	$44,881,814
13	Harriet the Spy	Adventure	PG	$26,539,321	6,004,371	$43,111,384
14	First Kid	Comedy	PG	$26,128,650	5,911,459	$42,444,276
15	That Thing You Do!	Drama	PG	$25,458,013	5,759,731	$41,354,869
16	Father of the Bride Part II	Comedy	PG	$24,313,176	5,500,719	$39,495,162
17	Fly Away Home	Drama	PG	$24,268,760	5,490,670	$39,423,011
18	Sabrina	Romantic Comedy	PG	$22,669,649	5,128,880	$36,825,358
19	Emma	Romantic Comedy	PG	$22,041,742	4,986,819	$35,805,360
20	D3: The Mighty Ducks	Comedy	PG	$21,887,865	4,952,006	$35,555,403
21	Flipper	Comedy	PG	$20,047,715	4,535,682	$32,566,197
22	One Fine Day	Romantic Comedy	PG	$19,435,044	4,397,069	$31,570,955
23	Bed of Roses	Drama	PG	$18,972,237	4,292,361	$30,819,152
24	Kazaam	Comedy	PG	$18,843,825	4,263,309	$30,610,559
25	The Phantom	Action	PG	$17,220,599	3,896,063	$27,973,732
26	The Postman	Drama	PG	$12,786,292	2,892,826	$20,770,491
27	Alaska	Adventure	PG	$11,500,372	2,601,894	$18,681,599
28	Dunston Checks In	Comedy	PG	$9,395,724	2,125,729	$15,262,734
29	Tom and Huck	Adventure	PG	$9,232,982	2,088,910	$14,998,374
30	Larger Than Life	Comedy	PG	$8,289,972	1,875,559	$13,466,514
31	Dear God	Comedy	PG	$6,899,612	1,560,998	$11,207,966
32	House Arrest	Comedy	PG	$6,895,790	1,560,133	$11,201,755
33	Cold Comfort Farm	Comedy	PG	$5,433,717	1,229,348	$8,826,719
34	Jane Eyre	Drama	PG	$5,150,192	1,165,202	$8,366,150
35	Bogus	Comedy	PG	$4,340,826	982,087	$7,051,385
36	Ed	Comedy	PG	$3,956,785	895,200	$6,427,536
37	Carpool	Comedy	PG	$3,308,758	748,588	$5,374,862
38	When We Were Kings	Documentary	PG	$2,666,118	603,194	$4,330,933
39	The Stupids	Comedy	PG	$2,415,593	546,514	$3,923,971
40	Once Upon a Time... When We Were Colored	Drama	PG	$2,174,060	491,869	$3,531,619
41	Big Bully	Comedy	PG	$2,010,557	454,877	$3,266,017
42	It Takes Two	Comedy	PG	$2,006,420	453,941	$3,259,296
43	Race the Sun	Drama	PG	$1,681,685	380,472	$2,731,789
44	Persuasion	Drama	PG	$1,410,163	319,041	$2,290,714
45	Little Indian, Big City	Comedy	PG	$682,028	154,305	$1,107,910
46	Anne Frank Remembered	Documentary	PG	$606,713	137,265	$985,563
47	Twelfth Night: Or What You Will	Comedy	PG	$472,946	107,001	$768,267
48	The Grass Harp	Drama	PG	$392,371	88,772	$637,383
49	Evita	Musical	PG	$334,440	75,665	$543,275
50	Santa with Muscles		PG	$198,717	44,959	$322,806
51	Infinity		PG	$78,976	17,868	$128,292
52	Jack & Sarah	Romantic Comedy	PG	$56,016	12,673	$90,992
53	The Whole Wide World		PG	$41,194	9,320	$66,918
54	Open Season		PG	$9,000	2,036	$14,618
55	August	Drama	PG	$5,000	1,131	$8,121
Total Gross of All Movies				$1,046,590,895
Total Tickets Sold					236,785,267
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices						$1,700,118,217

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.