The Top Movies, Weekend of May 17, 1996

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(1)	Twister	Warner Bros.	Action	$37,093,440	-9.66%	2,785	$13,319	$95,075,524	10
2	(new)	Flipper	Universal	Comedy	$4,209,525		2,385	$1,765	$4,209,525	3
3	(3)	The Craft	Sony Pictures	Thriller/Suspense	$3,018,289	-16.43%	1,762	$1,713	$15,470,314	17
4	(2)	The Truth About Cats & Dogs	20th Century Fox	Romantic Comedy	$2,907,920	-25.10%	1,654	$1,758	$24,286,530	24
5	(new)	Heaven's Prisoners	New Line	Drama	$2,308,797		907	$2,546	$2,308,797	3
6	(4)	Primal Fear	Paramount Pictures	Thriller/Suspense	$1,955,768	-18.72%	1,728	$1,132	$51,091,793	45
7	(5)	The Quest	Universal	Action	$1,632,610	-23.86%	1,967	$830	$18,629,350	24
8	(6)	The Birdcage	MGM	Comedy	$1,274,938	-20.63%	1,181	$1,080	$117,095,599	73
9	(29)	Executive Decision	Warner Bros.	Thriller/Suspense	$1,026,681	+406.19%	827	$1,241	$54,055,567	66
10	(7)	The Great White Hype	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$836,157	-36.83%	1,183	$707	$6,928,787	17
11	(8)	James and the Giant Peach	Buena Vista	Adventure	$766,605	-41.11%	1,351	$567	$25,795,708	38
12	(9)	Original Gangstas	Orion Pictures	Action	$692,877	-40.15%	480	$1,443	$2,187,267	10
13	(10)	The Pallbearer	Miramax	Romantic Comedy	$664,117	-34.63%	823	$807	$4,928,638	17
14	(13)	A Thin Line Between Love & Hate	New Line	Comedy	$575,364	-15.34%	536	$1,073	$32,740,199	47
15	(12)	Mulholland Falls	MGM	Drama	$570,624	-40.70%	784	$728	$10,750,695	24
16	(17)	Fargo	Gramercy	Thriller/Suspense	$550,565	+2.15%	410	$1,343	$20,976,052	73
17	(30)	Sgt. Bilko	Universal	Comedy	$503,695	+171.72%	769	$655	$28,873,830	52
18	(11)	Last Dance	Buena Vista	Drama	$470,236	-53.63%	951	$494	$5,462,704	17
19	(19)	Flirting with Disaster	Miramax	Comedy	$441,759	-11.77%	345	$1,280	$13,182,127	59
20	(15)	Fear	Universal	Thriller/Suspense	$439,280	-27.10%	646	$680	$19,297,515	38
21	(20)	The Substitute	Orion Pictures	Drama	$439,025	-2.77%	478	$918	$13,680,813	31
22	(18)	Goldeneye	MGM	Action	$432,833	-13.68%	827	$523	$105,978,900	185
23	(37)	Mr. Holland's Opus	Buena Vista	Drama	$401,509	+254.60%	505	$795	$78,960,350	143
24	(21)	Jane Eyre	Miramax	Drama	$353,554	-16.91%	180	$1,964	$3,362,204	38
25	(14)	Sunset Park	Sony Pictures	Drama	$325,467	-46.07%	630	$517	$9,011,793	24
26	(22)	Diabolique	Warner Bros.	Thriller/Suspense	$292,042	-31.06%	510	$573	$17,003,203	59
27	(23)	Dead Man Walking	Gramercy	Drama	$280,987	-15.93%	435	$646	$38,459,413	143
28	(re-entry)	I Shot Andy Warhol	Orion Pictures	Drama	$236,600		39	$6,067	$422,359	19
29	(16)	Barb Wire	Gramercy	Action	$213,525	-64.12%	530	$403	$3,615,658	17
30	(27)	Celtic Pride	Buena Vista	Comedy	$174,006	-30.79%	402	$433	$8,420,713	31
31	(24)	Oliver & Company	Buena Vista	Adventure	$162,292	-40.82%	461	$352	$19,052,407	2,740
32	(28)	Up Close & Personal	Buena Vista	Drama	$145,736	-32.57%	303	$481	$48,604,522	80
33	(35)	Antonia's Line	First Look	Drama	$141,305	-6.47%	72	$1,963	$2,916,732	101
34	(26)	Mrs. Winterbourne	Sony Pictures	Romantic Comedy	$130,640	-48.20%	320	$408	$9,007,542	31
35	(32)	Broken Arrow	20th Century Fox	Action	$125,642	-24.15%	294	$427	$69,735,257	101
36	(25)	Boys	Buena Vista	Drama	$119,079	-55.91%	329	$362	$477,367	10
37	(33)	All Dogs Go To Heaven 2	MGM	Adventure	$112,184	-28.21%	403	$278	$8,294,268	52
38	(re-entry)	When We Were Colored	BET Pictures	Documentary	$110,957		58	$1,913	$1,846,807	115
39	(31)	Happy Gilmore	Universal	Comedy	$110,685	-40.11%	157	$705	$38,431,960	94
40	(34)	Wings of Courage	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$100,805	-33.64%	9	$11,201	$8,437,827	395
41	(38)	Dead Man	Miramax	Western	$95,239	-8.99%	24	$3,968	$259,452	10
42	(re-entry)	Rumplestilskin			$82,489		54	$1,528	$185,170	171
43	(44)	Cold Comfort Farm	Gramercy	Comedy	$73,448	+10.57%	6	$12,241	$173,698	10
44	(36)	Leaving Las Vegas	MGM	Drama	$72,625	-48.42%	148	$491	$31,730,933	206
45	(40)	Down Periscope	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$70,661	-18.01%	204	$346	$25,607,849	80
46	(re-entry)	Across The Sea of Time	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$61,130		1	$61,130	$2,805,939	213
47	(39)	Black Sheep	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$60,045	-40.58%	110	$546	$32,258,130	108
48	(45)	Mystery Science Theatre 3000	Gramercy	Comedy	$57,812	-10.14%	35	$1,652	$651,654	31
49	(43)	A Family Thing	MGM	Drama	$56,162	-22.65%	161	$349	$9,974,397	52
50	(41)	Homeward Bound II: Lost in San Francisco	Buena Vista	Adventure	$47,371	-43.90%	125	$379	$30,623,757	73
51	(42)	The Celluloid Closet	Sony Pictures Classics	Documentary	$45,866	-38.48%	33	$1,390	$1,096,726	66
52	(re-entry)	Wallace & Gromit	Northern Arts Entertainment	Adventure	$43,558		6	$7,260	$299,356	44
53	(47)	The Postman	Miramax	Drama	$43,266	-23.24%	34	$1,273	$18,456,468	341
54	(46)	Sense and Sensibility	Sony Pictures	Drama	$41,250	-28.47%	66	$625	$41,606,048	161