Box Office Performance for R Movies in 1996

Rank	Movie	Genre	MPAA	1996 Gross	Tickets Sold	Inflation- Adjusted Gross
1	The Rock	Action	R	$133,955,936	30,306,773	$217,602,630
2	Ransom	Action	R	$124,641,941	28,199,534	$202,472,654
3	The Birdcage	Comedy	R	$123,939,840	28,040,688	$201,332,140
4	A Time to Kill	Drama	R	$108,706,165	24,594,155	$176,586,033
5	Eraser	Action	R	$101,283,031	22,914,713	$164,527,639
6	Broken Arrow	Action	R	$70,640,985	15,982,123	$114,751,643
7	Jerry Maguire	Romantic Comedy	R	$60,351,092	13,654,093	$98,036,388
8	Courage Under Fire	Drama	R	$58,918,501	13,329,978	$95,709,242
9	Twelve Monkeys	Drama	R	$56,838,334	12,859,352	$92,330,147
10	Executive Decision	Thriller/Suspense	R	$56,472,312	12,776,541	$91,735,564
11	Primal Fear	Thriller/Suspense	R	$56,013,000	12,672,624	$90,989,440
12	Tin Cup	Romantic Comedy	R	$53,854,588	12,184,296	$87,483,245
13	Sleepers	Drama	R	$52,420,458	11,859,832	$85,153,594
14	Dead Man Walking	Drama	R	$39,261,491	8,882,690	$63,777,714
15	The Ghost and the Darkness	Action	R	$37,709,317	8,531,520	$61,256,314
16	A Thin Line Between Love & Hate	Romantic Comedy	R	$34,873,513	7,889,935	$56,649,733
17	Set It Off	Drama	R	$34,236,771	7,745,876	$55,615,390
18	The Long Kiss Goodnight	Action	R	$32,720,083	7,402,734	$53,151,630
19	Striptease	Comedy	R	$32,651,443	7,387,204	$53,040,125
20	Rumble in the Bronx	Action	R	$32,281,907	7,303,599	$52,439,841
21	Heat	Drama	R	$30,928,683	6,997,440	$50,241,619
22	Waiting to Exhale	Drama	R	$30,923,628	6,996,296	$50,233,405
23	Leaving Las Vegas	Drama	R	$29,218,365	6,610,490	$47,463,318
24	Eye for an Eye	Drama	R	$26,729,447	6,047,386	$43,420,231
25	From Dusk Till Dawn	Horror	R	$25,728,961	5,821,032	$41,795,010
26	Escape from L.A.	Action	R	$25,329,895	5,730,745	$41,146,749
27	Kingpin	Comedy	R	$24,879,969	5,628,952	$40,415,875
28	The Craft	Thriller/Suspense	R	$24,703,049	5,588,925	$40,128,482
29	Sling Blade	Drama	R	$24,475,416	5,537,424	$39,758,704
30	Fargo	Thriller/Suspense	R	$24,015,679	5,433,412	$39,011,898
31	The English Patient	Drama	R	$22,758,252	5,148,926	$36,969,289
32	The Juror	Thriller/Suspense	R	$22,079,985	4,995,472	$35,867,489
33	Scream	Horror	R	$21,253,204	4,808,417	$34,524,434
34	Bulletproof	Action	R	$21,162,420	4,787,878	$34,376,964
35	Fear	Thriller/Suspense	R	$20,528,755	4,644,515	$33,347,618
36	The Glimmer Man	Action	R	$20,301,706	4,593,146	$32,978,788
37	City Hall	Drama	R	$20,231,760	4,577,321	$32,865,165
38	Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood	Comedy	R	$19,674,813	4,451,315	$31,960,442
39	The Fan	Thriller/Suspense	R	$18,406,215	4,164,302	$29,899,688
40	Last Man Standing	Action	R	$18,100,017	4,095,026	$29,402,287
41	The Crow: City of Angels	Action	R	$17,883,659	4,046,077	$29,050,833
42	Extreme Measures	Drama	R	$17,369,541	3,929,760	$28,215,677
43	Fled	Action	R	$17,192,205	3,889,639	$27,927,608
44	Diabolique	Thriller/Suspense	R	$17,003,203	3,846,879	$27,620,591
45	The Frighteners	Horror	R	$16,524,115	3,738,488	$26,842,344
46	Trainspotting	Drama	R	$16,501,000	3,733,258	$26,804,792
47	Supercop	Action	R	$16,249,557	3,676,370	$26,396,337
48	Thinner	Horror	R	$14,807,397	3,350,090	$24,053,646
49	Flirting with Disaster	Comedy	R	$14,702,438	3,326,343	$23,883,143
50	The Substitute	Drama	R	$14,675,167	3,320,174	$23,838,849
51	The Chamber	Drama	R	$14,259,205	3,226,064	$23,163,140
52	Maximum Risk	Action	R	$14,039,438	3,176,343	$22,806,143
53	Se7en	Thriller/Suspense	R	$13,011,868	2,943,862	$21,136,929
54	Lone Star	Drama	R	$12,194,247	2,758,879	$19,808,751
55	Mulholland Falls	Drama	R	$11,375,390	2,573,618	$18,478,577
56	2 Days In The Valley	Drama	R	$11,090,856	2,509,243	$18,016,365
57	Big Night	Drama	R	$11,066,839	2,503,810	$17,977,356
58	Michael Collins	Drama	R	$10,852,774	2,455,379	$17,629,621
59	Two if by Sea	Romantic Comedy	R	$10,493,670	2,374,133	$17,046,275
60	Beautiful Girls	Comedy	R	$10,439,854	2,361,958	$16,958,858
61	Sunset Park	Drama	R	$10,128,314	2,291,474	$16,452,783
62	She's the One	Romantic Comedy	R	$9,398,667	2,126,395	$15,267,516
63	Hellraiser IV: Bloodline	Horror	R	$9,321,492	2,108,935	$15,142,153
64	Braveheart	Drama	R	$8,526,191	1,929,002	$13,850,234
65	The Rich Man's Wife	Thriller/Suspense	R	$8,509,288	1,925,178	$13,822,778
66	The Great White Hype	Comedy	R	$7,751,497	1,753,732	$12,591,796
67	Sudden Death	Action	R	$6,747,130	1,526,500	$10,960,270
68	Nixon	Drama	R	$6,064,096	1,371,967	$9,850,723
69	Last Dance	Drama	R	$5,857,534	1,325,234	$9,515,180
70	Screamers	Action	R	$5,701,359	1,289,900	$9,261,482
71	Screamers	Action	R	$5,701,359	1,289,900	$9,261,482
72	Screamers	Action	R	$5,701,359	1,289,900	$9,261,482
73	Get on the Bus	Drama	R	$5,660,056	1,280,556	$9,194,392
74	Mary Reilly	Drama	R	$5,615,008	1,270,364	$9,121,214
75	Tales from the Crypt Presents: Bordello of Blood	Horror	R	$5,587,855	1,264,221	$9,077,107
76	Secrets & Lies	Drama	R	$5,343,011	1,208,826	$8,679,371
77	Heaven's Prisoners	Drama	R	$4,912,939	1,111,525	$7,980,750
78	Casino	Drama	R	$4,905,635	1,109,872	$7,968,881
79	Girl 6	Comedy	R	$4,855,000	1,098,416	$7,886,627
80	Stealing Beauty	Drama	R	$4,376,355	990,126	$7,109,105
81	Welcome to the Dollhouse	Comedy	R	$4,198,137	949,805	$6,819,600
82	Antonia's Line	Drama	R	$4,047,426	915,707	$6,574,776
83	Swingers	Comedy	R	$3,861,814	873,714	$6,273,267
84	Restoration	Drama	R	$3,826,224	865,662	$6,215,453
85	Bound	Thriller/Suspense	R	$3,798,532	859,396	$6,170,463
86	Barb Wire	Action	R	$3,615,658	818,022	$5,873,398
87	The Trigger Effect	Drama	R	$3,539,660	800,828	$5,749,945
88	Angels and Insects	Drama	R	$3,390,811	767,152	$5,508,151
89	Original Gangstas	Action	R	$3,268,414	739,460	$5,309,323
90	Feeling Minnesota	Drama	R	$3,028,433	685,166	$4,919,492
91	Get Shorty	Comedy	R	$2,954,057	668,339	$4,798,674
92	Basquiat	Drama	R	$2,729,067	617,436	$4,433,190
93	Kids in the Hall: Brain Candy	Comedy	R	$2,621,887	593,187	$4,259,083
94	Unforgettable	Thriller/Suspense	R	$2,483,790	561,943	$4,034,751
95	Richard III	Drama	R	$2,259,372	511,170	$3,670,201
96	If Lucy Fell	Romantic Comedy	R	$2,202,580	498,321	$3,577,945
97	Faithful	Black Comedy	R	$2,101,580	475,471	$3,413,882
98	Surviving Picasso	Drama	R	$1,985,001	449,095	$3,224,502
99	Othello	Drama	R	$1,967,708	445,183	$3,196,414
100	Four Rooms	Comedy	R	$1,697,156	383,972	$2,756,919
101	I Shot Andy Warhol	Drama	R	$1,667,299	377,217	$2,708,418
102	When The Cat's Away	Comedy	R	$1,652,472	373,862	$2,684,329
103	Beautiful Thing	Comedy	R	$1,363,753	308,541	$2,215,324
104	Kansas City	Drama	R	$1,353,824	306,295	$2,199,198
105	Mighty Aphrodite	Comedy	R	$1,349,253	305,261	$2,191,774
106	The Celluloid Closet	Documentary	R	$1,310,167	296,418	$2,128,281
107	Shanghai Triad	Drama	R	$1,290,260	291,914	$2,095,943
108	The Horseman on the Roof	Drama	R	$1,286,429	291,047	$2,089,717
109	Phat Beach	Comedy	R	$1,263,945	285,960	$2,053,193
110	Walking and Talking	Romantic Comedy	R	$1,231,303	278,575	$2,000,169
111	The Funeral	Drama	R	$1,106,233	250,279	$1,797,003
112	Bad Moon	Horror	R	$1,055,525	238,807	$1,714,634
113	Dead Man	Western	R	$1,025,488	232,011	$1,665,839
114	The City of Lost Children	Adventure	R	$1,000,856	226,438	$1,625,825
115	Breaking the Waves	Drama	R	$929,773	210,356	$1,510,356
116	French Twist	Comedy	R	$888,044	200,915	$1,442,570
117	Heavy	Drama	R	$852,362	192,842	$1,384,606
118	Ridicule	Drama	R	$851,953	192,750	$1,383,945
119	Assassins	Action	R	$818,094	185,089	$1,328,939
120	Crash	Drama	R	$738,339	167,045	$1,199,383
121	The Flower of My Secret	Drama	R	$653,723	147,901	$1,061,929
122	Georgia	Drama	R	$645,939	146,140	$1,049,285
123	Money Train	Action	R	$645,715	146,089	$1,048,919
124	Grace of My Heart	Drama	R	$617,632	139,736	$1,003,304
125	Copycat	Thriller/Suspense	R	$615,023	139,145	$999,061
126	The Monster	Comedy	R	$569,901	128,937	$925,768
127	American Buffalo	Drama	R	$540,364	122,254	$877,784
128	The People vs. Larry Flynt	Drama	R	$523,295	118,393	$850,062
129	Vampire in Brooklyn	Horror	R	$522,351	118,179	$848,525
130	Last Summer in the Hamptons	Comedy	R	$510,271	115,446	$828,902
131	Dangerous Minds	Drama	R	$509,458	115,262	$827,581
132	Trees Lounge	Drama	R	$508,532	115,052	$826,073
133	Bloodsport 2	Action	R	$456,931	103,378	$742,254
134	It's My Party	Drama	R	$455,101	102,964	$739,282
135	Garden of the Finzi-Continis	Drama	R	$440,907	99,753	$716,227
136	Bottle Rocket	Adventure	R	$407,488	92,192	$661,939
137	Jude		R	$407,072	92,098	$661,264
138	Girls Town		R	$403,311	91,247	$655,153
139	The Usual Suspects	Drama	R	$381,812	86,383	$620,230
140	Mother Night		R	$363,905	82,331	$591,137
141	Manny & Lo		R	$363,731	82,292	$590,857
142	Things to Do in Denver when You're Dead	Black Comedy	R	$333,629	75,482	$541,961
143	The Young Poisoner's Handbook	Drama	R	$330,466	74,766	$536,820
144	Fair Game	Action	R	$313,458	70,918	$509,191
145	Stonewall	Drama	R	$304,602	68,914	$494,803
146	Palookaville		R	$289,569	65,513	$470,383
147	A Midwinter's Tale	Comedy	R	$288,122	65,186	$468,035
148	Carrington	Drama	R	$277,906	62,875	$451,443
149	The Last Supper	Comedy	R	$259,930	58,808	$422,241
150	The Star Maker	Drama	R	$222,613	50,365	$361,621
151	The Cemetery Man	Comedy	R	$199,913	45,229	$324,744
152	Nick of Time	Thriller/Suspense	R	$173,223	39,191	$281,391
153	Carried Away	Drama	R	$156,975	35,515	$254,998
154	Someone Else's America	Comedy	R	$154,873	35,039	$251,580
155	Foxfire		R	$141,617	32,040	$230,047
156	Everyone Says I Love You	Musical	R	$131,678	29,791	$213,899
157	To Die For	Black Comedy	R	$129,303	29,254	$210,044
158	Thieves (Les Voleurs)	Drama	R	$128,974	29,180	$209,512
159	Getting Away with Murder	Comedy	R	$127,691	28,889	$207,423
160	Some Mother's Son	Drama	R	$114,309	25,862	$185,689
161	The Secret Agent	Thriller/Suspense	R	$106,606	24,119	$173,174
162	Mad Dog Time	Comedy	R	$80,026	18,105	$129,994
163	Sweet Nothing		R	$79,249	17,930	$128,737
164	The Visitors	Comedy	R	$67,953	15,374	$110,385
165	Killer: A Journal of Murder		R	$65,682	14,860	$106,695
166	Dead Presidents	Drama	R	$58,418	13,217	$94,898
167	Love Is All There Is		R	$43,439	9,828	$70,565
168	When Night is Falling	Drama	R	$40,155	9,085	$65,230
169	Adrenalin: Fear the Rush		R	$37,536	8,492	$60,973
170	The War at Home		R	$34,368	7,776	$55,832
171	The Big Squeeze	Drama	R	$23,567	5,332	$38,284
172	A Modern Affair		R	$5,000	1,131	$8,121
173	Bird of Prey	Thriller/Suspense	R	$5,000	1,131	$8,121
174	Blue Juice	Comedy	R	$5,000	1,131	$8,121
175	A Boy Called Hate	Drama	R	$5,000	1,131	$8,121
176	Captives	Drama	R	$5,000	1,131	$8,121
177	Far Harbor		R	$5,000	1,131	$8,121
178	Freeway	Comedy	R	$5,000	1,131	$8,121
179	American Strays	Action	R	$5,000	1,131	$8,121
180	Lover's Knot		R	$5,000	1,131	$8,121
181	A Couch in New York	Romantic Comedy	R	$5,000	1,131	$8,121
182	Normal Life		R	$5,000	1,131	$8,121
183	Of Love and Shadows		R	$5,000	1,131	$8,121
184	Pie in the Sky		R	$5,000	1,131	$8,121
185	The Pompatus of Love		R	$5,000	1,131	$8,121
186	The Search for One-eye Jimmy	Comedy	R	$5,000	1,131	$8,121
187	Somebody to Love		R	$5,000	1,131	$8,121
188	The Sunchaser		R	$5,000	1,131	$8,121
189	Mercy		R	$5,000	1,131	$8,121
Total Gross of All Movies				$2,283,558,486
Total Tickets Sold					516,642,186
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices						$3,709,490,895

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.