The Top Movies, Weekend of May 3, 1996

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(new)	The Craft	Sony Pictures	Thriller/Suspense	$6,710,995		1,757	$3,820	$6,710,995	3
2	(2)	The Truth About Cats & Dogs	20th Century Fox	Romantic Comedy	$5,826,810	-13.92%	1,604	$3,633	$14,536,681	10
3	(1)	The Quest	Universal	Action	$4,216,980	-40.01%	2,098	$2,010	$13,107,980	10
4	(4)	Primal Fear	Paramount Pictures	Thriller/Suspense	$3,606,158	-23.34%	1,983	$1,819	$44,875,034	31
5	(new)	The Great White Hype	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$3,349,481		1,496	$2,239	$3,349,481	3
6	(new)	Last Dance	Buena Vista	Drama	$2,690,253		1,563	$1,721	$2,690,253	3
7	(7)	The Birdcage	MGM	Comedy	$2,503,872	-25.60%	1,664	$1,505	$112,845,066	59
8	(6)	James and the Giant Peach	Buena Vista	Adventure	$2,361,159	-34.06%	1,784	$1,324	$22,826,314	24
9	(new)	The Pallbearer	Miramax	Romantic Comedy	$2,319,236		829	$2,798	$2,319,236	3
10	(5)	Mulholland Falls	MGM	Drama	$2,241,821	-47.94%	1,625	$1,380	$7,964,066	10
11	(3)	Sunset Park	Sony Pictures	Drama	$1,912,870	-59.35%	1,257	$1,522	$7,514,002	10
12	(new)	Barb Wire	Gramercy	Action	$1,844,426		1,312	$1,406	$1,844,426	3
13	(9)	Fear	Universal	Thriller/Suspense	$1,223,850	-47.90%	1,230	$995	$17,663,745	24
14	(10)	A Thin Line Between Love & Hate	New Line	Comedy	$1,197,523	-40.99%	871	$1,375	$30,945,583	33
15	(8)	The Substitute	Orion Pictures	Drama	$1,084,881	-59.90%	1,130	$960	$12,268,733	17
16	(12)	Mrs. Winterbourne	Sony Pictures	Romantic Comedy	$774,266	-59.49%	1,235	$627	$8,307,453	17
17	(14)	Fargo	Gramercy	Thriller/Suspense	$694,131	-27.33%	418	$1,661	$19,402,943	59
18	(11)	Celtic Pride	Buena Vista	Comedy	$685,874	-65.34%	1,168	$587	$7,764,783	17
19	(13)	Flirting with Disaster	Miramax	Comedy	$665,872	-34.46%	326	$2,043	$11,844,179	45
20	(re-entry)	Goldeneye	MGM	Action	$555,352		877	$633	$104,468,228	171
21	(18)	Jane Eyre	Miramax	Drama	$507,750	-11.07%	174	$2,918	$2,184,672	24
22	(17)	Oliver & Company	Buena Vista	Adventure	$378,464	-47.41%	663	$571	$18,482,585	2,726
23	(15)	Executive Decision	Warner Bros.	Thriller/Suspense	$348,094	-60.39%	640	$544	$52,635,553	52
24	(16)	Sgt. Bilko	Universal	Comedy	$332,500	-57.59%	532	$625	$28,066,595	38
25	(19)	Up Close & Personal	Buena Vista	Drama	$313,478	-29.85%	488	$642	$48,035,797	66
26	(20)	Broken Arrow	20th Century Fox	Action	$285,632	-33.84%	507	$563	$69,266,639	87
27	(22)	Dead Man Walking	Gramercy	Drama	$257,965	-25.12%	314	$822	$37,538,485	129
28	(23)	Happy Gilmore	Universal	Comedy	$213,150	-27.24%	290	$735	$38,024,105	80
29	(28)	All Dogs Go To Heaven 2	MGM	Adventure	$193,233	-9.15%	447	$432	$7,931,341	38
30	(32)	Leaving Las Vegas	MGM	Drama	$190,746	+26.96%	248	$769	$31,354,044	192
31	(21)	Black Sheep	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$178,125	-50.27%	364	$489	$32,013,655	94
32	(24)	Diabolique	Warner Bros.	Thriller/Suspense	$167,588	-39.75%	252	$665	$16,052,805	45
33	(30)	Wings of Courage	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$156,975	-6.42%	10	$15,698		381
34	(31)	Antonia's Line	First Look	Drama	$149,939	-8.01%	67	$2,238	$2,490,537	87
35	(27)	Mr. Holland's Opus	Buena Vista	Drama	$149,284	-31.12%	243	$614	$78,352,617	129
36	(re-entry)	Down Periscope	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$148,722		396	$376	$25,099,098	66
37	(29)	Homeward Bound II: Lost in San Francisco	Buena Vista	Adventure	$119,912	-30.67%	266	$451		59
38	(25)	A Family Thing	MGM	Drama	$105,638	-61.48%	325	$325	$9,782,726	38
39	(26)	Kids in the Hall: Brain Candy	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$98,486	-60.67%	384	$256	$2,389,576	24
40	(36)	The Celluloid Closet	Sony Pictures Classics	Documentary	$86,954	+11.84%	31	$2,805	$889,923	52
41	(34)	Sense and Sensibility	Sony Pictures	Drama	$78,104	-13.78%	89	$878	$41,466,658	147
42	(33)	Mystery Science Theatre 3000	Gramercy	Comedy	$75,392	-31.85%	26	$2,900	$475,718	17
43	(35)	From Dusk Till Dawn	Miramax/Dimension	Horror	$69,155	-17.01%	191	$362	$25,647,530	108
44	(37)	The Postman	Miramax	Drama	$60,473	-17.80%	46	$1,315	$18,302,025	327
45	(new)	I Shot Andy Warhol	Orion Pictures	Drama	$57,053		3	$19,018	$76,039	5
46	(re-entry)	Nueba Yol	Kit Parker Films	Drama	$56,159		15	$3,744	$1,229,715	82
47	(49)	The Monster		Comedy	$53,727	+37.13%	16	$3,358	$190,002	17
48	(48)	Across The Sea of Time	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$43,095	+4.87%	1	$43,095	$2,659,557	199
49	(re-entry)	Mary Reilly	Sony Pictures	Drama	$40,367		256	$158	$5,615,008	73
50	(44)	The Flower of My Secret	Sony Pictures Classics		$40,072	-12.95%	25	$1,603	$653,723	59