Box Office Performance for R Movies in 1996

Rank	Movie	Genre	MPAA	1996 Gross	Tickets Sold	Inflation- Adjusted Gross
1	The Rock	Action	R	$134,069,511	30,332,469	$208,687,387
2	Ransom	Action	R	$129,137,746	29,216,685	$201,010,793
3	The Birdcage	Comedy	R	$124,060,553	28,067,998	$193,107,826
4	A Time to Kill	Drama	R	$108,766,007	24,607,694	$169,300,935
5	Eraser	Action	R	$101,295,562	22,917,548	$157,672,730
6	Jerry Maguire	Romantic Comedy	R	$83,006,355	18,779,718	$129,204,460
7	Broken Arrow	Action	R	$70,645,997	15,983,257	$109,964,808
8	Courage Under Fire	Drama	R	$59,003,384	13,349,182	$91,842,372
9	Twelve Monkeys	Drama	R	$56,882,564	12,869,358	$88,541,183
10	Executive Decision	Thriller/Suspense	R	$56,679,192	12,823,347	$88,224,627
11	Primal Fear	Thriller/Suspense	R	$56,073,633	12,686,342	$87,282,033
12	Tin Cup	Romantic Comedy	R	$53,854,588	12,184,296	$83,827,956
13	Sleepers	Drama	R	$52,894,048	11,966,979	$82,332,816
14	Dead Man Walking	Drama	R	$39,269,018	8,884,393	$61,124,624
15	Scream	Horror	R	$39,084,452	8,842,636	$60,837,336
16	The Ghost and the Darkness	Action	R	$37,769,792	8,545,202	$58,790,990
17	A Thin Line Between Love & Hate	Romantic Comedy	R	$34,873,513	7,889,935	$54,282,753
18	Set It Off	Drama	R	$34,639,061	7,836,892	$53,917,817
19	The Long Kiss Goodnight	Action	R	$33,132,988	7,496,151	$51,573,519
20	Striptease	Comedy	R	$32,773,011	7,414,708	$51,013,191
21	Rumble in the Bronx	Action	R	$32,281,907	7,303,599	$50,248,761
22	Heat	Drama	R	$30,943,723	7,000,842	$48,165,793
23	Waiting to Exhale	Drama	R	$30,923,628	6,996,296	$48,134,516
24	Leaving Las Vegas	Drama	R	$29,281,015	6,624,664	$45,577,688
25	The English Patient	Drama	R	$28,007,132	6,336,455	$43,594,810
26	Eye for an Eye	Drama	R	$26,792,700	6,061,697	$41,704,475
27	From Dusk Till Dawn	Horror	R	$25,728,961	5,821,032	$40,048,700
28	Escape from L.A.	Action	R	$25,426,861	5,752,683	$39,578,459
29	Kingpin	Comedy	R	$25,023,424	5,661,408	$38,950,487
30	The Craft	Thriller/Suspense	R	$24,769,466	5,603,952	$38,555,190
31	Fargo	Thriller/Suspense	R	$24,015,679	5,433,412	$37,381,875
32	The Juror	Thriller/Suspense	R	$22,730,924	5,142,743	$35,382,072
33	Bulletproof	Action	R	$21,195,840	4,795,439	$32,992,620
34	Fear	Thriller/Suspense	R	$20,694,623	4,682,041	$32,212,442
35	The Glimmer Man	Action	R	$20,404,841	4,616,480	$31,761,382
36	City Hall	Drama	R	$20,278,055	4,587,795	$31,564,030
37	Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood	Comedy	R	$19,674,813	4,451,315	$30,625,047
38	The Fan	Thriller/Suspense	R	$18,582,965	4,204,291	$28,925,522
39	Last Man Standing	Action	R	$18,115,927	4,098,626	$28,198,547
40	The Crow: City of Angels	Action	R	$17,897,671	4,049,247	$27,858,819
41	Extreme Measures	Drama	R	$17,378,193	3,931,718	$27,050,220
42	Fled	Action	R	$17,192,205	3,889,639	$26,760,716
43	Diabolique	Thriller/Suspense	R	$17,100,266	3,868,838	$26,617,605
44	The Frighteners	Horror	R	$16,553,635	3,745,166	$25,766,742
45	Trainspotting	Drama	R	$16,501,785	3,733,436	$25,686,040
46	Supercop	Action	R	$16,270,600	3,681,131	$25,326,181
47	Flirting with Disaster	Comedy	R	$14,853,474	3,360,514	$23,120,336
48	Thinner	Horror	R	$14,807,397	3,350,090	$23,048,619
49	The Substitute	Drama	R	$14,675,167	3,320,174	$22,842,797
50	The Chamber	Drama	R	$14,407,578	3,259,633	$22,426,275
51	Maximum Risk	Action	R	$14,102,929	3,190,708	$21,952,071
52	Se7en	Thriller/Suspense	R	$13,079,501	2,959,163	$20,359,041
53	Lone Star	Drama	R	$12,919,488	2,922,961	$20,109,972
54	Mulholland Falls	Drama	R	$11,504,190	2,602,758	$17,906,975
55	Big Night	Drama	R	$11,330,458	2,563,452	$17,636,550
56	2 Days In The Valley	Drama	R	$11,101,856	2,511,732	$17,280,716
57	Michael Collins	Drama	R	$10,926,246	2,472,001	$17,007,367
58	Beautiful Girls	Comedy	R	$10,523,880	2,380,968	$16,381,060
59	Two if by Sea	Romantic Comedy	R	$10,493,670	2,374,133	$16,334,035
60	Sunset Park	Drama	R	$10,128,314	2,291,474	$15,765,341
61	She's the One	Romantic Comedy	R	$9,482,579	2,145,380	$14,760,214
62	Hellraiser IV: Bloodline	Horror	R	$9,321,492	2,108,935	$14,509,473
63	The Rich Man's Wife	Thriller/Suspense	R	$8,538,318	1,931,746	$13,290,412
64	Braveheart	Drama	R	$8,526,191	1,929,002	$13,271,534
65	The Great White Hype	Comedy	R	$7,852,282	1,776,534	$12,222,554
66	Sudden Death	Action	R	$6,747,130	1,526,500	$10,502,320
67	Secrets & Lies	Drama	R	$6,237,238	1,411,140	$9,708,643
68	Nixon	Drama	R	$6,089,661	1,377,751	$9,478,927
69	Last Dance	Drama	R	$5,857,534	1,325,234	$9,117,610
70	Mary Reilly	Drama	R	$5,707,094	1,291,198	$8,883,442
71	Screamers	Action	R	$5,701,359	1,289,900	$8,874,512
72	Get on the Bus	Drama	R	$5,691,854	1,287,750	$8,859,720
73	Tales from the Crypt Presents: Bordello of Blood	Horror	R	$5,601,285	1,267,259	$8,718,742
74	Casino	Drama	R	$4,955,775	1,121,216	$7,713,966
75	Heaven's Prisoners	Drama	R	$4,912,939	1,111,525	$7,647,292
76	Girl 6	Comedy	R	$4,880,941	1,104,285	$7,597,481
77	Stealing Beauty	Drama	R	$4,573,330	1,034,690	$7,118,667
78	Welcome to the Dollhouse	Comedy	R	$4,198,137	949,805	$6,534,658
79	Swingers	Comedy	R	$4,088,252	924,944	$6,363,615
80	Antonia's Line	Drama	R	$4,047,426	915,707	$6,300,064
81	Restoration	Drama	R	$4,024,486	910,517	$6,264,357
82	Bound	Thriller/Suspense	R	$3,802,260	860,240	$5,918,451
83	Barb Wire	Action	R	$3,775,952	854,288	$5,877,501
84	The Trigger Effect	Drama	R	$3,608,238	816,343	$5,616,440
85	Angels and Insects	Drama	R	$3,390,811	767,152	$5,278,006
86	Original Gangstas	Action	R	$3,279,266	741,915	$5,104,375
87	Get Shorty	Comedy	R	$3,222,396	729,049	$5,015,857
88	Feeling Minnesota	Drama	R	$3,124,440	706,887	$4,863,383
89	Basquiat	Drama	R	$2,962,051	670,147	$4,610,611
90	Kids in the Hall: Brain Candy	Comedy	R	$2,640,536	597,406	$4,110,153
91	Richard III	Drama	R	$2,592,989	586,649	$4,036,145
92	Unforgettable	Thriller/Suspense	R	$2,483,790	561,943	$3,866,168
93	If Lucy Fell	Romantic Comedy	R	$2,410,162	545,286	$3,751,568
94	Othello	Drama	R	$2,319,934	524,872	$3,611,119
95	Faithful	Black Comedy	R	$2,104,439	476,117	$3,275,685
96	Surviving Picasso	Drama	R	$1,993,899	451,108	$3,103,623
97	Four Rooms	Comedy	R	$1,779,025	402,494	$2,769,159
98	I Shot Andy Warhol	Drama	R	$1,773,648	401,278	$2,760,793
99	The People vs. Larry Flynt	Drama	R	$1,744,214	394,619	$2,714,979
100	Ridicule	Drama	R	$1,582,546	358,042	$2,463,329
101	Beautiful Thing	Comedy	R	$1,460,297	330,384	$2,273,042
102	Mighty Aphrodite	Comedy	R	$1,363,326	308,445	$2,122,102
103	Kansas City	Drama	R	$1,353,824	306,295	$2,107,310
104	Breaking the Waves	Drama	R	$1,328,006	300,454	$2,067,124
105	The Horseman on the Roof	Drama	R	$1,320,043	298,652	$2,054,726
106	The Celluloid Closet	Documentary	R	$1,310,167	296,418	$2,039,356
107	Shanghai Triad	Drama	R	$1,290,260	291,914	$2,008,368
108	Walking and Talking	Romantic Comedy	R	$1,287,480	291,285	$2,004,041
109	Phat Beach	Comedy	R	$1,263,945	285,960	$1,967,405
110	The Funeral	Drama	R	$1,212,799	274,389	$1,887,796
111	Bad Moon	Horror	R	$1,065,431	241,048	$1,658,410
112	Dead Man	Western	R	$1,025,488	232,011	$1,596,236
113	The City of Lost Children	Adventure	R	$1,000,856	226,438	$1,557,893
114	French Twist	Comedy	R	$888,044	200,915	$1,382,295
115	Heavy	Drama	R	$852,362	192,842	$1,326,753
116	Assassins	Action	R	$851,424	192,630	$1,325,294
117	Copycat	Thriller/Suspense	R	$741,789	167,826	$1,154,643
118	Crash	Drama	R	$738,339	167,045	$1,149,270
119	Bloodsport 2	Action	R	$684,351	154,831	$1,065,237
120	Trees Lounge	Drama	R	$673,269	152,323	$1,047,982
121	Money Train	Action	R	$664,857	150,420	$1,034,890
122	The Visitors	Comedy	R	$659,000	149,095	$1,025,774
123	The Flower of My Secret	Drama	R	$653,723	147,901	$1,017,559
124	Dangerous Minds	Drama	R	$650,710	147,219	$1,012,867
125	Georgia	Drama	R	$645,939	146,140	$1,005,443
126	Grace of My Heart	Drama	R	$617,632	139,736	$961,384
127	Vampire in Brooklyn	Horror	R	$603,023	136,431	$938,645
128	The Monster	Comedy	R	$569,901	128,937	$887,087
129	American Buffalo	Drama	R	$540,364	122,254	$841,108
130	Garden of the Finzi-Continis	Drama	R	$536,052	121,279	$834,400
131	Last Summer in the Hamptons	Comedy	R	$510,271	115,446	$794,268
132	Carrington	Drama	R	$509,592	115,292	$793,209
133	Things to Do in Denver when You're Dead	Black Comedy	R	$485,658	109,877	$755,954
134	The Last Supper	Comedy	R	$459,749	104,016	$715,630
135	It's My Party	Drama	R	$455,101	102,964	$708,392
136	The Usual Suspects	Drama	R	$451,074	102,053	$702,125
137	Bottle Rocket	Adventure	R	$407,488	92,192	$634,281
138	Jude		R	$407,072	92,098	$633,634
139	Girls Town		R	$403,311	91,247	$627,779
140	To Die For	Black Comedy	R	$397,107	89,843	$618,120
141	Mother Night		R	$363,905	82,331	$566,437
142	Manny & Lo		R	$363,731	82,292	$566,169
143	The Young Poisoner's Handbook	Drama	R	$330,466	74,766	$514,390
144	Fair Game	Action	R	$313,458	70,918	$487,916
145	Stonewall	Drama	R	$304,602	68,914	$474,128
146	When Night is Falling	Drama	R	$298,598	67,556	$464,785
147	Palookaville		R	$289,569	65,513	$450,729
148	A Midwinter's Tale	Comedy	R	$288,122	65,186	$448,480
149	Some Mother's Son	Drama	R	$279,564	63,250	$435,160
150	Everyone Says I Love You	Musical	R	$273,122	61,792	$425,129
151	Foxfire		R	$258,263	58,431	$402,005
152	The Cemetery Man	Comedy	R	$253,969	57,459	$395,318
153	Thieves (Les Voleurs)	Drama	R	$247,299	55,950	$384,936
154	The Star Maker	Drama	R	$222,613	50,365	$346,511
155	Nick of Time	Thriller/Suspense	R	$207,750	47,002	$323,374
156	Getting Away with Murder	Comedy	R	$197,322	44,643	$307,144
157	Rumpelstiltskin	Horror	R	$185,170	41,894	$288,231
158	Someone Else's America	Comedy	R	$154,873	35,039	$241,068
159	Dead Presidents	Drama	R	$74,317	16,814	$115,680
160	Love Is All There Is		R	$43,439	9,828	$67,617
161	Adrenalin: Fear the Rush		R	$37,536	8,492	$58,425
Total Gross of All Movies				$2,311,484,673
Total Tickets Sold					522,960,329
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices						$3,597,967,064

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.