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Friday, May 16, 2008

Box Office Performance for Warner Bros. Movies in 1996

RankMovieGenreMPAA1996 GrossTickets SoldInflation-
Adjusted
Gross
1 Twister Action PG-13 $241,888,385 54,725,879 $376,514,048
2 A Time to Kill Drama R $108,766,007 24,607,694 $169,300,935
3 Eraser Action R $101,295,562 22,917,548 $157,672,730
4 Space Jam Comedy PG $85,422,365 19,326,327 $132,965,130
5 Executive Decision Thriller/Suspense R $56,679,192 12,823,347 $88,224,627
6 Tin Cup Romantic Comedy R $53,854,588 12,184,296 $83,827,956
7 Sleepers Drama R $52,894,048 11,966,979 $82,332,816
8 Grumpier Old Men Comedy PG-13 $40,769,662 9,223,905 $63,460,466
9 Mars Attacks! Comedy PG-13 $33,779,762 7,642,480 $52,580,262
10 Heat Drama R $30,943,723 7,000,842 $48,165,793
11 The Glimmer Man Action R $20,404,841 4,616,480 $31,761,382
12 My Fellow Americans Comedy PG-13 $18,004,594 4,073,438 $28,025,253
13 Diabolique Thriller/Suspense R $17,100,266 3,868,838 $26,617,605
14 Michael Collins Drama R $10,926,246 2,472,001 $17,007,367
15 Two if by Sea Romantic Comedy R $10,493,670 2,374,133 $16,334,035
16 Joe's Apartment Comedy PG-13 $4,616,355 1,044,424 $7,185,637
17 Bogus Comedy PG $4,357,406 985,838 $6,782,565
18 Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls Comedy PG-13 $4,004,282 905,946 $6,232,908
19 Carpool Comedy PG $3,325,651 752,410 $5,176,581
20 Big Bully Comedy PG $2,042,530 462,111 $3,179,324
21 It Takes Two Comedy PG $2,006,420 453,941 $3,123,114
22 Surviving Picasso Drama R $1,993,899 451,108 $3,103,623
23 The Bridges of Madison County Drama PG-13 $1,448,968 327,821 $2,255,408
24 Bad Moon Horror R $1,065,431 241,048 $1,658,410
25 Assassins Action R $851,424 192,630 $1,325,294
26 Copycat Thriller/Suspense R $741,789 167,826 $1,154,643
27 Fair Game Action R $313,458 70,918 $487,916
Total Gross of All Movies$909,990,524
Total Tickets Sold205,880,208
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices$1,416,455,831

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.