Box Office Performance for Sony Pictures Movies in 1996
| Rank | Movie | Genre | MPAA | 1996 Gross | Tickets Sold | Inflation- Adjusted Gross |
| 1 |
Jerry Maguire
|
Romantic Comedy
|
R
|
$60,351,092 |
13,654,093 |
$98,036,388 |
| 2 |
The Cable Guy
|
Comedy
|
PG-13
|
$60,154,431 |
13,609,600 |
$97,716,928 |
| 3 |
Jumanji
|
Adventure
|
PG
|
$42,609,673 |
9,640,198 |
$69,216,622 |
| 4 |
The Mirror Has Two Faces
|
Romantic Comedy
|
PG-13
|
$40,359,524 |
9,131,114 |
$65,561,399 |
| 5 |
Sense and Sensibility
|
Drama
|
PG
|
$38,628,080 |
8,739,385 |
$62,748,784 |
| 6 |
Matilda
|
Comedy
|
PG
|
$33,084,249 |
7,485,124 |
$53,743,190 |
| 7 |
Striptease
|
Comedy
|
R
|
$32,651,443 |
7,387,204 |
$53,040,125 |
| 8 |
The Craft
|
Thriller/Suspense
|
R
|
$24,703,049 |
5,588,925 |
$40,128,482 |
| 9 |
Fly Away Home
|
Drama
|
PG
|
$24,268,760 |
5,490,670 |
$39,423,011 |
| 10 |
The Juror
|
Thriller/Suspense
|
R
|
$22,079,985 |
4,995,472 |
$35,867,489 |
| 11 |
High School High
|
Comedy
|
PG-13
|
$20,694,213 |
4,681,949 |
$33,616,394 |
| 12 |
City Hall
|
Drama
|
R
|
$20,231,760 |
4,577,321 |
$32,865,165 |
| 13 |
Multiplicity
|
Comedy
|
PG-13
|
$20,101,861 |
4,547,932 |
$32,654,152 |
| 14 |
The Fan
|
Thriller/Suspense
|
R
|
$18,406,215 |
4,164,302 |
$29,899,688 |
| 15 |
Extreme Measures
|
Drama
|
R
|
$17,369,541 |
3,929,760 |
$28,215,677 |
| 16 |
Maximum Risk
|
Action
|
R
|
$14,039,438 |
3,176,343 |
$22,806,143 |
| 17 |
The Spitfire Grill
|
Drama
|
PG-13
|
$12,592,203 |
2,848,915 |
$20,455,210 |
| 18 |
Sunset Park
|
Drama
|
R
|
$10,128,314 |
2,291,474 |
$16,452,783 |
| 19 |
Mrs. Winterbourne
|
Romantic Comedy
|
PG-13
|
$10,039,566 |
2,271,395 |
$16,308,616 |
| 20 |
The American President
|
Romantic Comedy
|
PG-13
|
$8,954,209 |
2,025,839 |
$14,545,524 |
| 21 |
Screamers
|
Action
|
R
|
$5,701,359 |
1,289,900 |
$9,261,482 |
| 22 |
Get on the Bus
|
Drama
|
R
|
$5,660,056 |
1,280,556 |
$9,194,392 |
| 23 |
Mary Reilly
|
Drama
|
R
|
$5,615,008 |
1,270,364 |
$9,121,214 |
| 24 |
Solo
|
Action
|
PG-13
|
$4,932,915 |
1,116,044 |
$8,013,196 |
| 25 |
To Gillian on Her 37th Birthday
|
Drama
|
PG-13
|
$4,137,645 |
936,119 |
$6,721,334 |
| 26 |
Dracula: Dead and Loving It
|
Comedy
|
PG-13
|
$2,357,406 |
533,350 |
$3,829,453 |
| 27 |
If Lucy Fell
|
Romantic Comedy
|
R
|
$2,202,580 |
498,321 |
$3,577,945 |
| 28 |
Othello
|
Drama
|
R
|
$1,967,708 |
445,183 |
$3,196,414 |
| 29 |
Race the Sun
|
Drama
|
PG
|
$1,681,685 |
380,472 |
$2,731,789 |
| 30 |
Money Train
|
Action
|
R
|
$645,715 |
146,089 |
$1,048,919 |
| 31 |
Ghosts of Mississippi
|
Drama
|
PG-13
|
$540,898 |
122,375 |
$878,653 |
| 32 |
The People vs. Larry Flynt
|
Drama
|
R
|
$523,295 |
118,393 |
$850,062 |
| 33 |
Bottle Rocket
|
Adventure
|
R
|
$407,488 |
92,192 |
$661,939 |
| 34 |
The Last Supper
|
Comedy
|
R
|
$259,930 |
58,808 |
$422,241 |
| 35 |
Hamlet
|
Drama
|
PG-13
|
$148,321 |
33,557 |
$240,939 |
| 36 |
To Die For
|
Black Comedy
|
R
|
$129,303 |
29,254 |
$210,044 |
| Total Gross of All Movies | $568,358,918 |
| Total Tickets Sold | 128,587,992 |
| Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices | $923,261,783 |
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.
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