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	$239,120,439
2	Ransom	Action	R	$124,641,941	28,199,534	$222,494,323
3	The Birdcage	Comedy	R	$123,939,840	28,040,688	$221,241,028
4	A Time to Kill	Drama	R	$108,706,165	24,594,155	$194,047,883
5	Eraser	Action	R	$101,283,031	22,914,713	$180,797,086
6	Broken Arrow	Action	R	$70,640,985	15,982,123	$126,098,950
7	Jerry Maguire	Romantic Comedy	R	$60,351,092	13,654,093	$107,730,794
8	Courage Under Fire	Drama	R	$58,918,501	13,329,978	$105,173,526
9	Twelve Monkeys	Drama	R	$56,838,334	12,859,352	$101,460,287
10	Executive Decision	Thriller/Suspense	R	$56,472,312	12,776,541	$100,806,908
11	Primal Fear	Thriller/Suspense	R	$56,013,000	12,672,624	$99,987,003
12	Tin Cup	Romantic Comedy	R	$53,854,588	12,184,296	$96,134,095
13	Sleepers	Drama	R	$52,420,458	11,859,832	$93,574,074
14	Dead Man Walking	Drama	R	$39,261,491	8,882,690	$70,084,424
15	The Ghost and the Darkness	Action	R	$37,709,317	8,531,520	$67,313,693
16	A Thin Line Between Love & Hate	Romantic Comedy	R	$34,873,513	7,889,935	$62,251,587
17	Set It Off	Drama	R	$34,236,771	7,745,876	$61,114,962
18	Striptease	Comedy	R	$32,758,418	7,411,407	$58,476,001
19	The Long Kiss Goodnight	Action	R	$32,720,083	7,402,734	$58,407,571
20	Rumble in the Bronx	Action	R	$32,281,907	7,303,599	$57,625,396
21	Heat	Drama	R	$30,928,683	6,997,440	$55,209,802
22	Waiting to Exhale	Drama	R	$30,923,628	6,996,296	$55,200,775
23	Leaving Las Vegas	Drama	R	$29,218,365	6,610,490	$52,156,766
24	Eye for an Eye	Drama	R	$26,729,447	6,047,386	$47,713,876
25	From Dusk Till Dawn	Horror	R	$25,728,961	5,821,032	$45,927,942
26	Escape from L.A.	Action	R	$25,329,895	5,730,745	$45,215,578
27	Kingpin	Comedy	R	$24,879,969	5,628,952	$44,412,431
28	The Craft	Thriller/Suspense	R	$24,703,049	5,588,925	$44,096,618
29	Sling Blade	Drama	R	$24,475,416	5,537,424	$43,690,275
30	Fargo	Thriller/Suspense	R	$24,015,679	5,433,412	$42,869,621
31	The English Patient	Drama	R	$22,758,252	5,148,926	$40,625,026
32	The Juror	Thriller/Suspense	R	$22,079,985	4,995,472	$39,414,274
33	Scream	Horror	R	$21,253,204	4,808,417	$37,938,410
34	Bulletproof	Action	R	$21,162,420	4,787,878	$37,776,357
35	Fear	Thriller/Suspense	R	$20,528,755	4,644,515	$36,645,223
36	The Glimmer Man	Action	R	$20,301,706	4,593,146	$36,239,922
37	City Hall	Drama	R	$20,231,760	4,577,321	$36,115,063
38	Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood	Comedy	R	$19,674,813	4,451,315	$35,120,875
39	The Fan	Thriller/Suspense	R	$18,406,215	4,164,302	$32,856,343
40	Last Man Standing	Action	R	$18,100,017	4,095,026	$32,309,755
41	The Crow: City of Angels	Action	R	$17,883,659	4,046,077	$31,923,548
42	Extreme Measures	Drama	R	$17,369,541	3,929,760	$31,005,806
43	Fled	Action	R	$17,192,205	3,889,639	$30,689,252
44	Diabolique	Thriller/Suspense	R	$17,003,203	3,846,879	$30,351,875
45	The Frighteners	Horror	R	$16,524,115	3,738,488	$29,496,670
46	Trainspotting	Drama	R	$16,501,000	3,733,258	$29,455,406
47	Supercop	Action	R	$16,249,557	3,676,370	$29,006,559
48	Thinner	Horror	R	$14,807,397	3,350,090	$26,432,210
49	Flirting with Disaster	Comedy	R	$14,702,438	3,326,343	$26,244,846
50	The Substitute	Drama	R	$14,675,167	3,320,174	$26,196,173
51	The Chamber	Drama	R	$14,259,205	3,226,064	$25,453,645
52	Maximum Risk	Action	R	$14,039,438	3,176,343	$25,061,346
53	Se7en	Thriller/Suspense	R	$13,011,868	2,943,862	$23,227,071
54	Lone Star	Drama	R	$12,194,247	2,758,879	$21,767,555
55	Mulholland Falls	Drama	R	$11,375,390	2,573,618	$20,305,846
56	2 Days In The Valley	Drama	R	$11,090,856	2,509,243	$19,797,927
57	Big Night	Drama	R	$11,066,839	2,503,810	$19,755,061
58	Michael Collins	Drama	R	$10,852,774	2,455,379	$19,372,940
59	Two if by Sea	Romantic Comedy	R	$10,493,670	2,374,133	$18,731,909
60	Beautiful Girls	Comedy	R	$10,439,854	2,361,958	$18,635,849
61	Sunset Park	Drama	R	$10,128,314	2,291,474	$18,079,730
62	She's the One	Romantic Comedy	R	$9,398,667	2,126,395	$16,777,257
63	Hellraiser IV: Bloodline	Horror	R	$9,321,492	2,108,935	$16,639,497
64	Braveheart	Drama	R	$8,526,191	1,929,002	$15,219,826
65	The Rich Man's Wife	Thriller/Suspense	R	$8,509,288	1,925,178	$15,189,654
66	The Great White Hype	Comedy	R	$7,751,497	1,753,732	$13,836,945
67	Sudden Death	Action	R	$6,747,130	1,526,500	$12,044,085
68	Nixon	Drama	R	$6,064,096	1,371,967	$10,824,820
69	Last Dance	Drama	R	$5,857,534	1,325,234	$10,456,096
70	Screamers	Action	R	$5,701,359	1,289,900	$10,177,311
71	Get on the Bus	Drama	R	$5,660,056	1,280,556	$10,103,587
72	Mary Reilly	Drama	R	$5,615,008	1,270,364	$10,023,172
73	Tales from the Crypt Presents: Bordello of Blood	Horror	R	$5,587,855	1,264,221	$9,974,704
74	Secrets & Lies	Drama	R	$5,343,011	1,208,826	$9,537,637
75	Heaven's Prisoners	Drama	R	$4,912,939	1,111,525	$8,769,932
76	Casino	Drama	R	$4,905,635	1,109,872	$8,756,890
77	Girl 6	Comedy	R	$4,855,000	1,098,416	$8,666,502
78	Stealing Beauty	Drama	R	$4,376,355	990,126	$7,812,094
79	Welcome to the Dollhouse	Comedy	R	$4,198,137	949,805	$7,493,961
80	Antonia	Drama	R	$4,047,426	915,707	$7,224,928
81	Swingers	Comedy	R	$3,861,814	873,714	$6,893,603
82	Restoration	Drama	R	$3,826,224	865,662	$6,830,073
83	Bound	Thriller/Suspense	R	$3,798,532	859,396	$6,780,634
84	Barb Wire	Action	R	$3,615,658	818,022	$6,454,194
85	The Trigger Effect	Drama	R	$3,539,660	800,828	$6,318,533
86	Angels and Insects	Drama	R	$3,390,811	767,152	$6,052,829
87	Original Gangstas	Action	R	$3,268,414	739,460	$5,834,339
88	Feeling Minnesota	Drama	R	$3,028,433	685,166	$5,405,960
89	Get Shorty	Comedy	R	$2,954,057	668,339	$5,273,195
90	Basquiat	Drama	R	$2,729,067	617,436	$4,871,570
91	Kids in the Hall: Brain Candy	Comedy	R	$2,621,887	593,187	$4,680,245
92	Unforgettable	Thriller/Suspense	R	$2,483,790	561,943	$4,433,730
93	Richard III	Drama	R	$2,259,372	511,170	$4,033,131
94	If Lucy Fell	Romantic Comedy	R	$2,202,580	498,321	$3,931,753
95	Faithful	Black Comedy	R	$2,101,580	475,471	$3,751,466
96	Surviving Picasso	Drama	R	$1,985,001	449,095	$3,543,360
97	Othello	Drama	R	$1,967,708	445,183	$3,512,494
98	Four Rooms	Comedy	R	$1,697,156	383,972	$3,029,539
99	I Shot Andy Warhol	Drama	R	$1,667,299	377,217	$2,976,242
100	When The Cat's Away	Comedy	R	$1,652,472	373,862	$2,949,771
101	Beautiful Thing	Comedy	R	$1,363,753	308,541	$2,434,388
102	Kansas City	Drama	R	$1,353,824	306,295	$2,416,668
103	Mighty Aphrodite	Comedy	R	$1,349,253	305,261	$2,408,509
104	The Celluloid Closet	Documentary	R	$1,310,167	296,418	$2,338,738
105	Yao a yao yao dao waipo qiao	Drama	R	$1,290,260	291,914	$2,303,201
106	Le hussard sur le toit	Drama	R	$1,286,429	291,047	$2,296,361
107	Phat Beach	Comedy	R	$1,263,945	285,960	$2,256,224
108	Walking and Talking	Romantic Comedy	R	$1,231,303	278,575	$2,197,957
109	The Funeral	Drama	R	$1,106,233	250,279	$1,974,701
110	Bad Moon	Horror	R	$1,055,525	238,807	$1,884,187
111	Dead Man	Drama	R	$1,025,488	232,011	$1,830,567
112	La cit� des enfants perdus	Adventure	R	$1,000,856	226,438	$1,786,596
113	Breaking the Waves	Drama	R	$929,773	210,356	$1,659,709
114	Gazon maudit	Comedy	R	$888,044	200,915	$1,585,219
115	Heavy	Drama	R	$852,362	192,842	$1,521,523
116	Ridicule	Drama	R	$851,953	192,750	$1,520,798
117	Assassins	Action	R	$818,094	185,089	$1,460,352
118	Crash	Drama	R	$738,339	167,045	$1,317,985
119	La flor de mi secreto	Drama	R	$653,723	147,901	$1,166,939
120	Georgia	Drama	R	$645,939	146,140	$1,153,045
121	Money Train	Action	R	$645,715	146,089	$1,152,642
122	Grace of My Heart	Drama	R	$617,632	139,736	$1,102,517
123	Copycat	Thriller/Suspense	R	$615,023	139,145	$1,097,854
124	Il Mostro	Comedy	R	$569,901	128,937	$1,017,313
125	American Buffalo	Drama	R	$540,364	122,254	$964,584
126	The People vs. Larry Flynt	Drama	R	$523,295	118,393	$934,121
127	Vampire in Brooklyn	Horror	R	$522,351	118,179	$932,432
128	Last Summer in the Hamptons	Comedy	R	$510,271	115,446	$910,869
129	Dangerous Minds	Drama	R	$509,458	115,262	$909,417
130	Trees Lounge	Drama	R	$508,532	115,052	$907,760
131	Bloodsport 2	Action	R	$456,931	103,378	$815,652
132	It's My Party	Drama	R	$455,101	102,964	$812,386
133	Garden of the Finzi-Continis	Drama	R	$440,907	99,753	$787,051
134	Bottle Rocket	Adventure	R	$407,488	92,192	$727,395
135	Jude		R	$407,072	92,098	$726,653
136	Girls Town		R	$403,311	91,247	$719,939
137	The Usual Suspects	Drama	R	$381,812	86,383	$681,562
138	Mother Night		R	$363,905	82,331	$649,592
139	Manny & Lo		R	$363,731	82,292	$649,284
140	Things to Do in Denver when You're Dead	Black Comedy	R	$333,629	75,482	$595,553
141	The Young Poisoner's Handbook	Drama	R	$330,466	74,766	$589,904
142	Fair Game	Action	R	$313,458	70,918	$559,543
143	Stonewall	Drama	R	$304,602	68,914	$543,731
144	Freeway	Comedy	R	$295,493	66,854	$527,478
145	Palookaville		R	$289,569	65,513	$516,898
146	A Midwinter's Tale	Comedy	R	$288,122	65,186	$514,318
147	Carrington	Drama	R	$277,906	62,875	$496,084
148	The Last Supper	Comedy	R	$259,930	58,808	$463,995
149	L'uomo delle stelle	Drama	R	$222,613	50,365	$397,380
150	Dellamorte Dellamore	Comedy	R	$199,913	45,229	$356,857
151	Nick of Time	Thriller/Suspense	R	$173,223	39,191	$309,217
152	Carried Away	Drama	R	$156,975	35,515	$280,213
153	Someone Else's America	Comedy	R	$154,873	35,039	$276,458
154	Foxfire		R	$141,617	32,040	$252,796
155	Everyone Says I Love You	Musical	R	$131,678	29,791	$235,051
156	To Die For	Black Comedy	R	$129,303	29,254	$230,814
157	Thieves (Les Voleurs)	Drama	R	$128,974	29,180	$230,230
158	Getting Away with Murder	Comedy	R	$127,691	28,889	$227,934
159	Some Mother's Son	Drama	R	$114,309	25,862	$204,051
160	The Secret Agent	Thriller/Suspense	R	$106,606	24,119	$190,299
161	Mad Dog Time	Comedy	R	$80,026	18,105	$142,848
162	Sweet Nothing		R	$79,249	17,930	$141,468
163	Les Visiteurs	Comedy	R	$67,953	15,374	$121,301
164	Killer: A Journal of Murder		R	$65,682	14,860	$117,245
165	Dead Presidents	Drama	R	$58,418	13,217	$104,282
166	Love Is All There Is		R	$43,439	9,828	$77,543
167	When Night is Falling	Drama	R	$40,155	9,085	$71,681
168	Adrenalin: Fear the Rush		R	$37,536	8,492	$67,002
169	The War at Home		R	$34,368	7,776	$61,353
170	The Big Squeeze	Drama	R	$23,567	5,332	$42,069
171	Un divan � New York	Romantic Comedy	R	$5,000	1,131	$8,924
172	American Strays	Action	R	$5,000	1,131	$8,924
173	Bird of Prey	Thriller/Suspense	R	$5,000	1,131	$8,924
174	Blue Juice	Comedy	R	$5,000	1,131	$8,924
175	A Boy Called Hate	Drama	R	$5,000	1,131	$8,924
176	Captives	Drama	R	$5,000	1,131	$8,924
177	Far Harbor		R	$5,000	1,131	$8,924
178	Somebody to Love		R	$5,000	1,131	$8,924
179	The Search for One-eye Jimmy	Comedy	R	$5,000	1,131	$8,924
180	The Pompatus of Love		R	$5,000	1,131	$8,924
181	Pie in the Sky		R	$5,000	1,131	$8,924
182	Of Love and Shadows		R	$5,000	1,131	$8,924
183	Normal Life		R	$5,000	1,131	$8,924
184	A Modern Affair		R	$5,000	1,131	$8,924
185	Mercy		R	$5,000	1,131	$8,924
186	Lover's Knot		R	$5,000	1,131	$8,924
187	The Sunchaser		R	$5,000	1,131	$8,924
Total Gross of All Movies				$2,272,553,236
Total Tickets Sold					514,152,312
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices						$4,056,661,742

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.