The Top Movies, Weekend of May 10, 1996

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(new)	Twister	Warner Bros.	Action	$41,059,405		2,414	$17,009	$41,059,405	3
2	(2)	The Truth About Cats & Dogs	20th Century Fox	Romantic Comedy	$3,882,261	-33.37%	1,651	$2,351	$20,111,182	17
3	(1)	The Craft	Sony Pictures	Thriller/Suspense	$3,611,880	-46.18%	1,762	$2,050	$12,257,671	10
4	(4)	Primal Fear	Paramount Pictures	Thriller/Suspense	$2,406,324	-33.27%	1,887	$1,275	$48,394,665	38
5	(3)	The Quest	Universal	Action	$2,144,300	-49.15%	2,092	$1,025	$16,342,380	17
6	(7)	The Birdcage	MGM	Comedy	$1,606,421	-35.84%	1,281	$1,254	$115,271,678	66
7	(5)	The Great White Hype	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$1,323,594	-60.48%	1,499	$883	$5,569,938	10
8	(8)	James and the Giant Peach	Buena Vista	Adventure	$1,301,753	-44.87%	1,590	$819	$24,676,168	31
9	(new)	Original Gangstas	Orion Pictures	Action	$1,157,721		474	$2,442	$1,157,721	3
10	(9)	The Pallbearer	Miramax	Romantic Comedy	$1,015,913	-56.20%	829	$1,225	$3,923,632	10
11	(6)	Last Dance	Buena Vista	Drama	$1,014,175	-62.30%	1,563	$649	$4,577,030	10
12	(10)	Mulholland Falls	MGM	Drama	$962,202	-57.08%	1,433	$671	$9,766,962	17
13	(14)	A Thin Line Between Love & Hate	New Line	Comedy	$679,649	-43.25%	722	$941	$31,934,939	40
14	(11)	Sunset Park	Sony Pictures	Drama	$603,516	-68.45%	1,020	$592	$8,511,705	17
15	(13)	Fear	Universal	Thriller/Suspense	$602,565	-50.76%	867	$695	$18,648,835	31
16	(12)	Barb Wire	Gramercy	Action	$595,067	-67.74%	1,284	$463	$3,113,019	10
17	(17)	Fargo	Gramercy	Thriller/Suspense	$538,964	-22.35%	394	$1,368	$20,198,879	66
18	(20)	Goldeneye	MGM	Action	$501,448	-9.71%	867	$578	$105,207,504	178
19	(19)	Flirting with Disaster	Miramax	Comedy	$500,673	-24.81%	323	$1,550	$12,558,596	52
20	(15)	The Substitute	Orion Pictures	Drama	$451,525	-58.38%	640	$706	$13,078,836	24
21	(21)	Jane Eyre	Miramax	Drama	$425,500	-16.20%	174	$2,445	$2,827,896	31
22	(32)	Diabolique	Warner Bros.	Thriller/Suspense	$423,603	+152.76%	763	$555	$16,531,993	52
23	(27)	Dead Man Walking	Gramercy	Drama	$334,223	+29.56%	465	$719	$38,000,175	136
24	(22)	Oliver & Company	Buena Vista	Adventure	$274,256	-27.53%	562	$488	$18,839,657	2,733
25	(new)	Boys	Buena Vista	Drama	$270,107		328	$823	$270,107	3
26	(16)	Mrs. Winterbourne	Sony Pictures	Romantic Comedy	$252,212	-67.43%	500	$504	$8,785,027	24
27	(18)	Celtic Pride	Buena Vista	Comedy	$251,419	-63.34%	618	$407	$8,166,552	24
28	(25)	Up Close & Personal	Buena Vista	Drama	$216,139	-31.05%	401	$539	$48,370,794	73
29	(23)	Executive Decision	Warner Bros.	Thriller/Suspense	$202,827	-41.73%	260	$780	$52,955,317	59
30	(24)	Sgt. Bilko	Universal	Comedy	$185,370	-44.25%	334	$555	$28,329,780	45
31	(28)	Happy Gilmore	Universal	Comedy	$184,815	-13.29%	220	$840	$38,272,750	87
32	(26)	Broken Arrow	20th Century Fox	Action	$165,641	-42.01%	395	$419	$69,549,450	94
33	(29)	All Dogs Go To Heaven 2	MGM	Adventure	$156,269	-19.13%	498	$314	$8,133,842	45
34	(33)	Wings of Courage	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$151,914	-3.22%	10	$15,191	$8,265,276	388
35	(34)	Antonia's Line	First Look	Drama	$151,074	+0.76%	73	$2,070	$2,706,372	94
36	(30)	Leaving Las Vegas	MGM	Drama	$140,796	-26.19%	245	$575	$31,583,944	199
37	(35)	Mr. Holland's Opus	Buena Vista	Drama	$113,229	-24.15%	219	$517	$78,512,175	136
38	(new)	Dead Man	Miramax	Western	$104,649		16	$6,541	$104,649	3
39	(31)	Black Sheep	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$101,049	-43.27%	221	$457	$32,166,240	101
40	(36)	Down Periscope	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$86,182	-42.05%	339	$254	$25,446,934	73
41	(37)	Homeward Bound II: Lost in San Francisco	Buena Vista	Adventure	$84,444	-29.58%	202	$418	$30,561,298	66
42	(40)	The Celluloid Closet	Sony Pictures Classics	Documentary	$74,558	-14.26%	38	$1,962	$1,002,456	59
43	(38)	A Family Thing	MGM	Drama	$72,605	-31.27%	178	$408	$9,892,710	45
44	(new)	Cold Comfort Farm	Gramercy	Comedy	$66,427		6	$11,071	$66,427	3
45	(42)	Mystery Science Theatre 3000	Gramercy	Comedy	$64,338	-14.66%	30	$2,145	$561,398	24
46	(41)	Sense and Sensibility	Sony Pictures	Drama	$57,670	-26.16%	72	$801	$41,548,247	154
47	(44)	The Postman	Miramax	Drama	$56,363	-6.80%	43	$1,311	$18,385,195	334
48	(43)	From Dusk Till Dawn	Miramax/Dimension	Horror	$48,385	-30.03%	140	$346	$25,728,961	115
49	(47)	The Monster		Comedy	$48,269	-10.16%	16	$3,017	$258,101	24
50	(39)	Kids in the Hall: Brain Candy	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$46,653	-52.63%	303	$154	$2,494,209	31