The Top Movies, Weekend of July 12, 1996

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(1)	Independence Day	20th Century Fox	Adventure	$35,242,709	-29.83%	2,908	$12,119	$160,312,716	12
2	(3)	Phenomenon	Buena Vista	Drama	$12,975,141	-47.08%	1,973	$6,576	$46,333,342	10
3	(new)	Courage Under Fire	20th Century Fox	Drama	$12,501,586		1,986	$6,295	$12,501,586	3
4	(2)	The Nutty Professor	Universal	Comedy	$12,207,690	-52.72%	2,178	$5,605	$80,222,245	17
5	(new)	Harriet the Spy	Paramount Pictures	Adventure	$6,601,651		1,826	$3,615	$9,580,319	5
6	(4)	The Hunchback of Notre Dame	Buena Vista	Adventure	$6,425,235	-53.32%	2,671	$2,406	$76,974,024	24
7	(5)	Eraser	Warner Bros.	Action	$6,307,035	-52.47%	2,506	$2,517	$80,871,220	24
8	(6)	The Rock	Buena Vista	Action	$4,383,051	-53.34%	1,848	$2,372	$117,437,539	38
9	(7)	Striptease	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$3,016,200	-58.25%	1,841	$1,638	$27,856,305	17
10	(8)	Twister	Warner Bros.	Action	$1,848,700	-56.27%	1,292	$1,431	$228,398,408	66
11	(9)	Mission: Impossible	Paramount Pictures	Action	$1,520,166	-56.43%	1,140	$1,333	$171,698,535	54
12	(10)	The Cable Guy	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$1,006,189	-61.14%	1,004	$1,002	$56,261,724	31
13	(13)	Lone Star	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$805,531	+42.21%	126	$6,393	$2,616,951	24
14	(11)	Dragonheart	Universal	Adventure	$702,705	-42.20%	593	$1,185	$46,777,485	45
15	(12)	Stealing Beauty	Fox Searchlight	Drama	$505,550	-29.88%	195	$2,593	$2,948,336	31
16	(14)	Flipper	Universal	Comedy	$355,540	-36.43%	613	$580	$18,954,785	59
17	(16)	The Phantom	Paramount Pictures	Action	$274,355	-45.81%	421	$652	$16,424,052	38
18	(19)	James and the Giant Peach	Buena Vista	Adventure	$244,328	-35.90%	456	$536	$28,386,986	94
19	(re-entry)	A Thin Line Between Love & Hate	New Line	Romantic Comedy	$239,697		292	$821	$34,564,385	103
20	(20)	Cold Comfort Farm	Gramercy	Comedy	$238,047	-36.98%	82	$2,903	$3,843,239	66
21	(23)	Welcome to the Dollhouse	Sony Pictures Classics	Comedy	$216,786	-20.88%	96	$2,258	$3,425,517	66
22	(15)	Eddie	Buena Vista	Comedy	$212,121	-60.88%	259	$819	$30,002,716	45
23	(17)	The Birdcage	MGM	Comedy	$199,369	-50.24%	293	$680	$123,314,389	129
24	(re-entry)	Celtic Pride	Buena Vista	Comedy	$190,748		348	$548	$8,857,031	87
25	(18)	Primal Fear	Paramount Pictures	Thriller/Suspense	$166,961	-56.77%	415	$402	$55,602,052	101
26	(24)	The Craft	Sony Pictures	Thriller/Suspense	$162,917	-30.37%	271	$601	$23,832,292	73
27	(29)	Across The Sea of Time	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$130,970	-3.20%	4	$32,743	$4,322,670	269
28	(30)	The Arrival	Orion Pictures	Thriller/Suspense	$121,669	-9.32%	196	$621	$13,443,091	45
29	(27)	Fargo	Gramercy	Thriller/Suspense	$114,545	-41.44%	106	$1,081	$23,561,322	129
30	(22)	Toy Story	Buena Vista	Adventure	$112,381	-60.13%	256	$439	$191,222,531	236
31	(26)	Up Close & Personal	Buena Vista	Drama	$112,219	-46.43%	177	$634	$50,748,339	136
32	(34)	Wings of Courage	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$86,468	+11.70%	7	$12,353	$9,880,113	451
33	(32)	Blazing Sun	Miramax	Drama	$84,225	-30.48%	20	$4,211	$287,656	17
34	(31)	Spy Hard	Buena Vista	Comedy	$76,351	-43.04%	121	$631	$25,824,397	52
35	(28)	Mr. Holland's Opus	Buena Vista	Drama	$73,666	-59.09%	132	$558	$82,373,925	199
36	(42)	Heavy	Lionsgate	Drama	$69,255	+37.15%	13	$5,327	$294,538	40
37	(21)	Rumble in the Bronx	New Line	Action	$57,857	-81.78%	86	$673	$32,207,298	143
38	(25)	Moll Flanders	MGM	Drama	$57,420	-73.61%	123	$467	$3,300,907	31
39	(37)	Ma Saison Preferee	Filmopolis Pictures	Drama	$47,499	-33.89%	12	$3,958	$555,900	87
40	(41)	I Shot Andy Warhol	Orion Pictures	Drama	$39,966	-27.98%	27	$1,480	$1,171,236	75
41	(re-entry)	The Substitute	Orion Pictures	Drama	$31,976		35	$914	$14,635,073	87
42	(43)	The Postman	Miramax	Drama	$28,972	-38.95%	30	$966	$20,832,696	397
43	(38)	Le hussard sur le toit	Miramax	Drama	$26,055	-58.99%	39	$668	$1,248,624	87
44	(new)	The Visitors	Miramax	Comedy	$24,792		4	$6,198	$24,792	3
45	(45)	Dead Man	Miramax	Western	$21,697	-51.00%	18	$1,205	$1,025,488	66
46	(40)	Sunset Park	Sony Pictures	Drama	$18,231	-68.11%	46	$396	$10,128,314	80
47	(36)	Muppet Treasure Island	Buena Vista	Adventure	$16,948	-76.44%	53	$320	$34,285,248	150
48	(46)	Maybe, Maybe Not	Orion Classics		$16,805	-18.80%	3	$5,602	$71,340	17
49	(re-entry)	The Monster	Cinepix Film Properties	Comedy	$16,197		10	$1,620	$569,901	87
50	(44)	Jane Eyre	Miramax	Drama	$13,392	-70.63%	29	$462	$5,150,192	94