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	$186,477,073
2	The First Wives Club	Comedy	PG	$103,368,736	23,386,592	$184,520,211
3	Mr. Holland's Opus	Drama	PG	$82,450,788	18,654,024	$147,180,249
4	Space Jam	Comedy	PG	$81,926,334	18,535,370	$146,244,069
5	Jingle All the Way	Comedy	PG	$53,185,547	12,032,929	$94,939,810
6	Jumanji	Adventure	PG	$42,609,673	9,640,198	$76,061,162
7	Sense and Sensibility	Drama	PG	$38,628,080	8,739,385	$68,953,748
8	Matilda	Comedy	PG	$33,084,249	7,485,124	$59,057,628
9	Sgt. Bilko	Comedy	PG	$30,141,475	6,819,338	$53,804,577
10	James and the Giant Peach	Adventure	PG	$28,900,101	6,538,484	$51,588,639
11	The Preacher's Wife	Drama	PG	$27,942,124	6,321,748	$49,878,592
12	Michael	Comedy	PG	$27,629,196	6,250,949	$49,319,988
13	Harriet the Spy	Adventure	PG	$26,539,321	6,004,371	$47,374,487
14	First Kid	Comedy	PG	$26,128,650	5,911,459	$46,641,412
15	That Thing You Do!	Drama	PG	$25,458,013	5,759,731	$45,444,278
16	Father of the Bride Part II	Comedy	PG	$24,313,176	5,500,719	$43,400,673
17	Fly Away Home	Drama	PG	$24,268,760	5,490,670	$43,321,386
18	Sabrina	Romantic Comedy	PG	$22,669,649	5,128,880	$40,466,863
19	Emma	Romantic Comedy	PG	$22,041,742	4,986,819	$39,346,002
20	D3: The Mighty Ducks	Comedy	PG	$21,887,865	4,952,006	$39,071,327
21	Flipper	Comedy	PG	$20,047,715	4,535,682	$35,786,531
22	One Fine Day	Romantic Comedy	PG	$19,435,044	4,397,069	$34,692,874
23	Bed of Roses	Drama	PG	$18,972,237	4,292,361	$33,866,728
24	Kazaam	Comedy	PG	$18,843,825	4,263,309	$33,637,508
25	The Phantom	Action	PG	$17,220,599	3,896,063	$30,739,937
26	Il Postino	Drama	PG	$12,786,292	2,892,826	$22,824,397
27	Alaska	Adventure	PG	$11,500,372	2,601,894	$20,528,944
28	Dunston Checks In	Comedy	PG	$9,395,724	2,125,729	$16,772,002
29	Tom and Huck	Adventure	PG	$9,232,982	2,088,910	$16,481,500
30	Larger Than Life	Comedy	PG	$8,289,972	1,875,559	$14,798,161
31	Dear God	Comedy	PG	$6,899,612	1,560,998	$12,316,274
32	House Arrest	Comedy	PG	$6,895,790	1,560,133	$12,309,449
33	Cold Comfort Farm	Comedy	PG	$5,433,717	1,229,348	$9,699,556
34	Jane Eyre	Drama	PG	$5,150,192	1,165,202	$9,193,444
35	Bogus	Comedy	PG	$4,340,826	982,087	$7,748,666
36	Ed	Comedy	PG	$3,956,785	895,200	$7,063,128
37	Carpool	Comedy	PG	$3,308,758	748,588	$5,906,359
38	When We Were Kings	Documentary	PG	$2,666,118	603,194	$4,759,201
39	The Stupids	Comedy	PG	$2,415,593	546,514	$4,311,995
40	Once Upon a Time... When We Were Colored	Drama	PG	$2,174,060	491,869	$3,880,846
41	Big Bully	Comedy	PG	$2,010,557	454,877	$3,588,980
42	It Takes Two	Comedy	PG	$2,006,420	453,941	$3,581,594
43	Race the Sun	Drama	PG	$1,681,685	380,472	$3,001,924
44	Persuasion	Drama	PG	$1,410,163	319,041	$2,517,233
45	Un indien dans la ville	Comedy	PG	$682,028	154,305	$1,217,466
46	Anne Frank Remembered	Documentary	PG	$606,713	137,265	$1,083,021
47	Twelfth Night: Or What You Will	Comedy	PG	$472,946	107,001	$844,238
48	The Grass Harp	Drama	PG	$392,371	88,772	$700,411
49	Evita	Musical	PG	$334,440	75,665	$596,997
50	Santa with Muscles		PG	$198,717	44,959	$354,727
51	Infinity		PG	$78,976	17,868	$140,979
52	Jack & Sarah	Romantic Comedy	PG	$56,016	12,673	$99,990
53	The Whole Wide World		PG	$41,194	9,320	$73,535
54	Open Season		PG	$9,000	2,036	$16,064
55	August	Drama	PG	$5,000	1,131	$8,924
Total Gross of All Movies				$1,046,590,895
Total Tickets Sold					236,785,267
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices						$1,868,235,757

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.