Movie Index - 1996

Note: If the exact release date of the movie is not known, it is recorded as January 1st.

Release Date		Movie	Distributor	Budget	Total US Gross	Worldwide Gross
January, 1996
January, 1		For Better or Worse		-	$41,628	-
January, 1		Pharaoh's Army	Orion Home Entertainment	-	$50,652	-
January, 12		Two if by Sea	Warner Bros.	-	$10,493,670	-
January, 12		Gazon maudit	Miramax	-	$888,044	-
January, 12		Lawnmower Man 2: Beyond Cyberspace	New Line	-	$2,396,302	-
January, 12		Dunston Checks In	20th Century Fox	-	$9,419,316	-
January, 12		Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood	Miramax	-	$19,674,813	-
January, 12		Eye for an Eye	Paramount Pictures	$20,000,000	$26,792,700	-
January, 12		Bio-Dome	MGM/UA	-	$13,294,762	-
January, 19		From Dusk Till Dawn	Dimension	$20,000,000	$25,728,961	-
January, 26		Screamers	Sony	-	$5,701,359	-
January, 26		Badkonake sefid	October	-	$888,894	-
January, 26		The Journey of August King		-	$5,000	-
January, 26		Once Upon a Time... When We Were Colored	Legacy Releasing	-	$2,291,255	-
January, 26		Big Bully	Warner Bros.	-	$2,042,530	-
January, 26		Bed of Roses	New Line	-	$18,972,237	-
January, 26		Angels and Insects	Goldwyn	-	$3,390,811	-
February, 1996
February, 2		The Juror	Sony	$44,000,000	$22,730,924	$35,000,000
February, 2		Black Sheep	Paramount Pictures	-	$32,330,354	-
February, 2		White Squall	Buena Vista	$38,000,000	$10,229,300	-
February, 9		Antonia	First Look	-	$4,047,426	-
February, 9		Shopping		-	$5,000	-
February, 9		Beautiful Girls	Miramax	-	$10,523,880	-
February, 9		A Midwinter's Tale	Sony Classics	-	$288,122	-
February, 9		Broken Arrow	20th Century Fox	$65,000,000	$70,645,997	$148,345,997
February, 9		Pie in the Sky	Fine Line Features	-	$5,000	-
February, 14		Nueba Yol	Kit Parker Films	-	$1,229,715	-
February, 16		Mr. Wrong	Buena Vista	-	$12,805,071	-
February, 16		Muppet Treasure Island	Buena Vista	-	$34,327,391	-
February, 16		Happy Gilmore	Universal	$10,000,000	$38,623,460	-
February, 16		City Hall	Sony	$40,000,000	$20,278,055	$33,300,000
February, 21		Bottle Rocket	Sony	$5,000,000	$407,488	-
February, 22		The Young Poisoner's Handbook	CFP	-	$330,466	-
February, 22		Anne Frank Remembered	Sony Classics	-	$606,713	-
February, 23		Unforgettable	MGM/UA	$18,000,000	$2,483,790	-
February, 23		Before and After	Buena Vista	-	$8,642,118	-
February, 23		Asterix in America		-	-	-
February, 23		Rumble in the Bronx	New Line	$7,500,000	$32,281,907	$36,238,752
February, 23		Mary Reilly	Sony	$47,000,000	$5,707,094	$6,370,115
March, 1996
March, 1		Up Close & Personal	Buena Vista	$60,000,000	$51,045,801	$100,645,801
March, 1		The Neon Bible		-	$5,000	-
March, 1		Bloodsport 2	FM Entertainment	-	$684,351	-
March, 1		Down Periscope	20th Century Fox	-	$25,723,977	-
March, 8		Chung hing sam lam	Miramax	-	$332,003	-
March, 8		Fargo	Gramercy	$7,000,000	$24,567,751	$51,567,751
March, 8		L'uomo delle stelle	Miramax	-	$222,613	-
March, 8		If Lucy Fell	Sony	-	$2,410,162	-
March, 8		La flor de mi secreto	Sony Classics	-	$653,723	-
March, 8		Hellraiser IV: Bloodline	Dimension	-	$9,321,492	-
March, 8		Homeward Bound II: Lost in San Francisco	Buena Vista	-	$32,709,423	-
March, 8		The Birdcage	MGM/UA	-	$124,060,553	$181,760,553
March, 15		Tarantella		-	$5,000	-
March, 15		The Celluloid Closet	Sony Classics	-	$1,310,167	-
March, 15		Two Much	Buena Vista	-	$1,078,555	-
March, 15		Ed	Universal	-	$3,956,785	-
March, 15		Executive Decision	Warner Bros.	$55,000,000	$56,679,192	$122,079,192
March, 22		Diabolique	Warner Bros.	-	$17,100,266	-
March, 22		Girl 6	Fox Searchlight	$12,000,000	$4,880,941	-
March, 22		Flirting with Disaster	Miramax	$7,000,000	$14,853,474	-
March, 22		It's My Party	MGM/UA	-	$455,101	-
March, 22		Race the Sun	Sony	-	$1,681,685	-
March, 22		Jack & Sarah		-	$218,626	-
March, 22		Frisk		-	$5,000	-
March, 22		Un indien dans la ville	Buena Vista	-	$1,029,731	-
March, 29		Denise Calls Up	Sony Classics	-	$168,614	-
March, 29		A Family Thing	MGM/UA	-	$9,993,012	-
March, 29		Carried Away	New Line	-	$156,975	-
March, 29		Sgt. Bilko	Universal	$39,000,000	$30,356,589	$37,956,589
March, 29		All Dogs Go To Heaven 2	MGM/UA	-	$8,556,572	-
April, 1996
April, 1		Bang	JeTi Films	$10,000	$527	-
April, 3		A Thin Line Between Love & Hate	New Line	$8,000,000	$34,873,513	-
April, 5		Kôkaku kidôtai	Magna	-	$443,579	-
April, 5		The Last Supper	Sony	-	$459,749	$1,048,612
April, 5		Primal Fear	Paramount Pictures	-	$56,073,633	$102,573,633
April, 5		Faithful	New Line	$13,000,000	$2,104,439	$2,500,000
April, 5		Cold Fever		-	$337,560	-
April, 6		Wallace & Gromit	Northern Arts	-	$1,002,002	-
April, 10		Un divan à New York	Polygram Films	-	$5,000	-
April, 12		Fear	Universal	-	$20,694,623	-
April, 12		Kids in the Hall: Brain Candy	Paramount Pictures	-	$2,640,536	-
April, 12		Getting Away with Murder	Savoy	-	$197,322	-
April, 12		Jane Eyre	Miramax	-	$5,200,601	-
April, 12		James and the Giant Peach	Buena Vista	-	$28,921,264	-
April, 19		August	Goldwyn	-	$5,000	-
April, 19		Mrs. Winterbourne	Sony	$25,000,000	$10,039,566	-
April, 19		Ma saison préfélrée	Filmopolis	-	$555,900	-
April, 19		Mystery Science Theatre 3000	Gramercy	-	$949,745	-
April, 19		Il Mostro	CFP	-	$569,901	-
April, 19		Celtic Pride	Buena Vista	-	$9,240,378	-
April, 19		Le hussard sur le toit		$35,000,000	$1,320,043	-
April, 19		The Substitute	Orion	-	$14,675,167	-
April, 26		Dellamorte Dellamore		-	$253,969	-
April, 26		The Truth About Cats & Dogs	20th Century Fox	-	$34,084,531	-
April, 26		Mulholland Falls	MGM/UA	-	$11,504,190	-
April, 26		Butterfly Kiss		-	$5,000	-
April, 26		Sunset Park	Sony	-	$10,128,314	-
April, 26		The Quest	Universal	-	$21,607,190	-
May, 1996
May, 1		I Shot Andy Warhol	Orion	-	$1,773,648	-
May, 3		Open Season		-	$9,000	-
May, 3		Barb Wire	Gramercy	-	$3,775,952	-
May, 3		The Great White Hype	20th Century Fox	-	$7,852,282	-
May, 3		Captives	Miramax	-	$5,000	-
May, 3		The Pallbearer	Miramax	$8,000,000	$5,656,388	-
May, 3		Last Dance	Buena Vista	-	$5,857,534	-
May, 3		The Craft	Sony	$15,000,000	$24,769,466	$55,669,466
May, 10		Welcome to the Dollhouse	Sony Classics	$800,000	$4,198,137	$4,726,732
May, 10		Someone Else's America	October	-	$154,873	-
May, 10		Of Love and Shadows	Miramax	-	$5,000	-
May, 10		Twister	Warner Bros.	$88,000,000	$241,888,385	$495,900,000
May, 10		Original Gangstas	Orion	-	$3,279,266	-
May, 10		Boys	Buena Vista	-	$506,058	-
May, 10		Cold Comfort Farm	Gramercy	-	$5,682,429	-
May, 10		Dead Man	Miramax	-	$1,025,488	-
May, 14		Toughguy		-	-	-
May, 17		Flipper	Universal	-	$20,080,020	-
May, 17		Heaven's Prisoners	New Line	-	$4,912,939	-
May, 22		Mission: Impossible	Paramount Pictures	$80,000,000	$180,981,886	$456,481,886
May, 22		A Boy Called Hate		-	$5,000	-
May, 24		Spy Hard	Buena Vista	$18,000,000	$26,936,265	-
May, 31		Eddie	Buena Vista	-	$31,369,401	-
May, 31		The Arrival	Orion	-	$14,031,906	-
May, 31		Dragonheart	Universal	$57,000,000	$51,364,680	$104,364,680
June, 1996
June, 5		Heavy		-	$852,362	-
June, 7		The Phantom	Paramount Pictures	$45,000,000	$17,220,599	-
June, 7		The Rock		$75,000,000	$134,069,511	$336,069,511
June, 14		Moll Flanders	MGM/UA	-	$3,443,047	-
June, 14		Stealing Beauty	Fox Searchlight	-	$4,573,330	-
June, 14		The Cable Guy	Sony	$47,000,000	$60,240,295	$102,825,796
June, 21		Eraser	Warner Bros.	$100,000,000	$101,295,562	$234,400,000
June, 21		The Search for One-eye Jimmy	Cabin Fever	-	$5,000	-
June, 21		Lone Star	Sony Classics	$5,000,000	$12,961,389	-
June, 21		The Hunchback of Notre Dame	Buena Vista	$100,000,000	$100,138,851	$325,500,000
June, 26		Silent Trigger		$15,000,000	$76,382	-
June, 28		Striptease	Sony	$50,000,000	$32,773,011	-
June, 28		Der Bewegte Mann	Orion	-	$330,760	-
June, 28		The Nutty Professor	Universal	$55,000,000	$128,814,019	$273,814,019
July, 1996
July, 3		Independence Day	20th Century Fox	$75,000,000	$306,169,255	$817,400,878
July, 5		Phenomenon		$32,000,000	$104,636,382	$142,836,382
July, 10		Harriet the Spy	Paramount Pictures	$13,000,000	$26,570,048	-
July, 12		The Low Life		-	$5,000	-
July, 12		Les Visiteurs	Miramax	$7,000,000	$659,000	$98,754,000
July, 12		Lover's Knot		-	$5,000	-
July, 12		Courage Under Fire	20th Century Fox	$46,000,000	$59,003,384	$100,833,145
July, 17		Walking and Talking	Miramax	$1,000,000	$1,287,480	$1,615,787
July, 17		Kazaam	Buena Vista	-	$18,880,508	-
July, 17		Multiplicity	Sony	$45,000,000	$20,133,326	-
July, 19		Fled	MGM/UA	$30,000,000	$17,192,205	$19,892,205
July, 19		Trainspotting	Miramax	$3,100,000	$16,501,785	$24,000,785
July, 19		Mécaniques célestes	October	-	$257,241	-
July, 19		The Frighteners	Universal	-	$16,553,635	-
July, 24		A Time to Kill	Warner Bros.	$40,000,000	$108,766,007	$152,266,007
July, 26		Kingpin	MGM/UA	$25,000,000	$25,023,424	$32,223,424
July, 26		Joe's Apartment	Warner Bros.	-	$4,616,355	-
July, 26		The Pompatus of Love		-	$5,000	-
July, 26		Supercop	Miramax	-	$16,270,600	-
July, 26		Manny & Lo	Sony Classics	-	$363,731	-
July, 26		The Adventures of Pinocchio	New Line	$25,000,000	$15,382,170	$36,682,170
July, 26		Stonewall		$2,000,000	$304,602	-
August, 1996
August, 2		Matilda	Sony	-	$33,098,222	-
August, 2		Chain Reaction	20th Century Fox	$55,000,000	$21,226,204	$60,209,334
August, 2		Cyclo	CFP	-	$38,109	-
August, 2		Emma	Miramax	$5,900,000	$22,231,658	$37,831,658
August, 2		Phat Beach	Orion	-	$1,263,945	-
August, 7		Flirt		-	$76,875	-
August, 9		Basquiat	Miramax	$3,000,000	$2,962,051	-
August, 9		Escape from L.A.	Paramount Pictures	$50,000,000	$25,426,861	-
August, 9		Jack	Buena Vista	$45,000,000	$58,617,334	-
August, 14		House Arrest	MGM/UA	-	$6,906,987	-
August, 14		Alaska	20th Century Fox	-	$11,509,600	-
August, 16		Kansas City	Fine Line	$19,000,000	$1,353,824	$2,500,000
August, 16		Tin Cup	Warner Bros.	-	$53,854,588	-
August, 16		Tales from the Crypt Presents: Bordello of Blood	Universal	-	$5,601,285	-
August, 16		The Fan	Sony	$55,000,000	$18,582,965	-
August, 16		Supercop 2		-	-	-
August, 21		Girls Town		-	$403,311	-
August, 23		Solo	Sony	-	$4,932,915	-
August, 23		She's the One	Fox Searchlight	$3,500,000	$9,482,579	$13,795,053
August, 23		The Spitfire Grill	Sony	-	$12,592,203	-
August, 23		Freeway		-	$5,000	-
August, 23		Carpool	Warner Bros.	-	$3,325,651	-
August, 23		A Very Brady Sequel	Paramount Pictures	-	$21,443,204	-
August, 23		Foxfire		-	$258,263	-
August, 23		The Island of Dr. Moreau	New Line	$40,000,000	$27,682,712	-
August, 30		The Trigger Effect	Gramercy	-	$3,608,238	-
August, 30		Normal Life		-	$5,000	-
August, 30		The Stupids	New Line	-	$2,415,593	-
August, 30		First Kid	Buena Vista	-	$26,465,920	-
August, 30		The Crow: City of Angels	Miramax	-	$17,897,671	-
September, 1996
September, 6		Killer: A Journal of Murder		-	$65,682	-
September, 6		The Big Squeeze	First Look Pictures	-	$23,567	-
September, 6		Sweet Nothing	Warner Bros.	-	$79,249	-
September, 6		A Modern Affair	Tara Releasing	-	$5,000	-
September, 6		Bogus	Warner Bros.	$32,000,000	$4,357,406	-
September, 6		Bulletproof	Universal	-	$21,195,840	$22,230,840
September, 13		Feeling Minnesota	New Line	-	$3,124,440	$3,752,446
September, 13		Beaumarchais, l'insolent	New Yorker	-	$630,269	-
September, 13		American Strays		-	$5,000	-
September, 13		American Buffalo		-	$540,364	-
September, 13		Fly Away Home	Sony	-	$24,545,333	-
September, 13		Maximum Risk	Sony	$25,000,000	$14,102,929	$51,702,929
September, 13		The Rich Man's Wife		-	$8,538,318	-
September, 13		Grace of My Heart	Gramercy	-	$617,632	-
September, 13		Gabbeh		-	$273,967	-
September, 20		Last Man Standing	New Line	$67,000,000	$18,115,927	-
September, 20		Surviving Picasso	Warner Bros.	-	$1,993,899	-
September, 20		Big Night	Goldwyn	-	$11,997,481	-
September, 20		Giant (1996)	Warner Bros.	-	$93,472	-
September, 20		Paradise Lost	Creative Thinking/Gotham	-	$249,022	-
September, 20		The First Wives Club	Paramount Pictures	$30,000,000	$105,489,203	$181,489,203
September, 20		When The Cat's Away	Sony Classics	$300,000	$1,652,472	$2,525,984
September, 27		Extreme Measures	Sony	$38,000,000	$17,378,193	-
September, 27		2 Days In The Valley	MGM/UA	-	$11,101,856	-
September, 27		Glory Daze	Seventh Art	-	$5,000	-
September, 27		Somebody to Love	Legacy Releasing	-	$5,000	-
September, 27		Entertaining Angels: The Dorothy Day Story	Paulist Pictures	-	$225,161	-
September, 27		The Leopard Son	Discovery	-	$321,070	-
September, 28		Secrets & Lies	October	$4,500,000	$13,417,292	-
October, 1996
October, 4		The Glimmer Man	Warner Bros.	$45,000,000	$20,404,841	$36,404,841
October, 4		Bird of Prey		-	$5,000	-
October, 4		D3: The Mighty Ducks	Buena Vista	-	$22,936,273	-
October, 4		That Thing You Do!	20th Century Fox	$2,500,000	$25,857,416	$31,748,615
October, 4		Crash	Fine Line	$10,000,000	$3,357,324	-
October, 4		Bound	Gramercy	$4,500,000	$3,802,260	$6,300,000
October, 4		Infinity	First Look	-	$145,697	-
October, 9		Beautiful Thing		-	$1,460,297	-
October, 11		Trees Lounge	Live Entertainment	-	$673,269	-
October, 11		The Chamber	Universal	-	$14,407,578	-
October, 11		The Grass Harp	Fine Line	-	$493,007	-
October, 11		The Ghost and the Darkness	Paramount Pictures	$55,000,000	$38,564,422	-
October, 11		The Long Kiss Goodnight	New Line	$65,000,000	$33,447,612	-
October, 11		Azúcar amarga	First Look	-	$328,768	-
October, 11		Love Is All There Is		-	$43,439	-
October, 11		Michael Collins	Warner Bros.	$25,000,000	$11,092,559	$27,572,844
October, 11		Looking for Richard	Fox Searchlight	-	$1,266,417	-
October, 11		Microcosmos		-	$1,573,842	$6,973,842
October, 11		Bitter Sugar		-	$450,060	-
October, 16		Get on the Bus	Sony	$2,400,000	$5,691,854	-
October, 18		Jude	Gramercy	-	$407,072	$2,296,297
October, 18		I Shot a Man in Vegas	Arrow Entertainment	-	$5,000	-
October, 18		Snowriders	Warren Miller	-	$2,035,470	-
October, 18		Sleepers	Warner Bros.	$44,000,000	$53,300,852	$165,600,852
October, 18		Swingers	Miramax	$200,000	$4,505,922	$6,542,637
October, 18		To Gillian on Her 37th Birthday	Sony	-	$4,137,645	-
October, 25		When We Were Kings		-	$2,666,118	-
October, 25		Palookaville	IDP/Goldwyn/Fireworks	-	$289,569	-
October, 25		Lilies		-	$221,494	-
October, 25		High School High	Sony	-	$20,995,023	-
October, 25		Thinner	Paramount Pictures	$14,000,000	$15,171,475	-
October, 25		The Sunchaser	Warner Bros.	-	$5,000	-
October, 25		The Associate	Buena Vista	-	$12,772,657	-
October, 25		Twelfth Night: Or What You Will		-	$588,621	-
November, 1996
November, 1		Mother Night	Fine Line	-	$363,905	-
November, 1		La Promesse		-	$454,720	-
November, 1		The Funeral	October	$12,500,000	$1,212,799	$1,412,799
November, 1		Bad Moon	Warner Bros.	-	$1,065,431	-
November, 1		Romeo & Juliet	20th Century Fox	$14,500,000	$46,338,728	$147,542,381
November, 1		Larger Than Life	United Artists	-	$8,295,903	-
November, 1		Mercy		-	$5,000	-
November, 1		Dear God	Paramount Pictures	-	$7,114,089	-
November, 6		Set It Off	New Line	$9,000,000	$36,049,108	-
November, 8		Garden of the Finzi-Continis		-	$670,564	-
November, 8		Mad Dog Time	United Artists	-	$80,026	-
November, 8		Ransom	Buena Vista	$70,000,000	$136,492,681	$308,700,000
November, 8		The Secret Agent	Fox Searchlight	-	$106,606	-
November, 8		Hype!	CFP	-	$242,021	-
November, 8		Santa with Muscles		-	$198,717	-
November, 10		Shakespeare's Children		-	-	-
November, 13		Breaking the Waves	October	-	$4,040,691	-
November, 14		Blue Juice		-	$5,000	-
November, 15		The English Patient	Miramax	$35,000,000	$78,716,374	$231,716,374
November, 15		The Mirror Has Two Faces	Sony	$42,000,000	$41,267,469	-
November, 15		Space Jam		$80,000,000	$90,463,534	$250,200,000
November, 20		The War at Home	Buena Vista	-	$34,368	-
November, 20		Far Harbor		-	$5,000	-
November, 20		Sling Blade	Miramax	$4,833,610	$24,475,416	$34,175,000
November, 22		Star Trek: First Contact	Paramount Pictures	$46,000,000	$92,027,888	$150,000,000
November, 22		Shine		$5,500,000	$35,811,509	-
November, 22		Jingle All the Way	20th Century Fox	$60,000,000	$60,592,389	$129,832,389
November, 27		101 Dalmatians	Buena Vista	-	$136,189,294	$304,200,000
November, 27		Zero Kelvin		-	$5,000	$2,540,000
November, 29		A Leap of Faith		-	$5,000	-
November, 29		Ridicule		-	$2,503,829	-
November, 29		The Crucible		-	$7,352,332	-
December, 1996
December, 6		Adrenalin: Fear the Rush		-	$37,536	-
December, 6		Everyone Says I Love You	Miramax	$20,000,000	$9,725,847	$34,600,000
December, 6		Daylight	Universal	$80,000,000	$32,908,290	$158,908,290
December, 6		Losing Chase	Evergreen Entertainment	-	$31,176	-
December, 13		Jerry Maguire	Sony	$50,000,000	$153,952,592	$274,000,000
December, 13		Citizen Ruth		-	$336,470	-
December, 13		Mars Attacks!	Warner Bros.	$80,000,000	$37,771,017	$101,371,017
December, 13		The Preacher's Wife		-	$48,102,795	-
December, 18		Marvin's Room	Miramax	$23,000,000	$12,803,305	-
December, 18		In Love and War	New Line	-	$14,481,231	$25,372,294
December, 18		The Whole Wide World		-	$160,766	-
December, 18		La cérémonie		-	$670,659	-
December, 20		Scream	Miramax	$15,000,000	$103,046,663	$173,046,663
December, 20		One Fine Day		-	$46,169,663	-
December, 20		My Fellow Americans	Warner Bros.	$21,500,000	$22,331,846	-
December, 20		Ghosts of Mississippi	Sony	$36,000,000	$13,052,741	-
December, 20		Beavis and Butt-head Do America	Paramount Pictures	$12,000,000	$63,118,386	-
December, 24		The Portrait of a Lady		-	$3,698,012	-
December, 25		Hamlet	Sony	$18,000,000	$4,501,094	$7,129,670
December, 25		Evita	Buena Vista	$55,000,000	$50,047,179	$151,947,179
December, 25		Mother	Paramount Pictures	-	$19,174,217	-
December, 25		Michael	New Line	-	$95,370,000	$119,770,000
December, 25		I'm Not Rappaport		-	$222,525	-
December, 25		The Evening Star		-	$12,767,815	-
December, 25		Some Mother's Son		-	$628,604	-
December, 25		Thieves (Les Voleurs)		-	$939,304	-
December, 25		The People vs. Larry Flynt		-	$20,224,840	-

Total Movies Released: 310
Total Combined Gross: $5,669,202,469