The Top Movies, Weekend of July 26, 1996

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(new)	A Time to Kill	Warner Bros.	Drama	$14,823,159		2,123	$6,982	$19,628,271	5
2	(1)	Independence Day	20th Century Fox	Adventure	$13,799,097	-35.14%	2,977	$4,635	$223,114,893	26
3	(2)	Phenomenon	Buena Vista	Drama	$6,320,995	-22.25%	2,028	$3,117	$72,284,747	24
4	(3)	Courage Under Fire	20th Century Fox	Drama	$5,730,594	-28.58%	1,880	$3,048	$35,341,622	17
5	(new)	Kingpin	MGM	Comedy	$5,582,079		1,956	$2,854	$5,582,079	3
6	(new)	Supercop	Miramax	Action	$5,503,176		1,406	$3,914	$5,503,176	3
7	(4)	The Nutty Professor	Universal	Comedy	$5,333,650	-29.52%	2,177	$2,450	$102,737,215	31
8	(new)	The Adventures of Pinocchio	New Line	Adventure	$3,832,551		1,779	$2,154	$3,832,551	3
9	(7)	Multiplicity	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$3,514,657	-30.75%	2,134	$1,647	$13,423,014	12
10	(6)	Fled	MGM	Action	$3,108,024	-42.51%	2,104	$1,477	$11,016,867	10
11	(5)	The Frighteners	Universal	Horror	$2,788,880	-49.89%	1,675	$1,665	$10,791,115	10
12	(8)	Kazaam	Buena Vista	Comedy	$2,576,356	-48.49%	2,019	$1,276	$12,664,768	12
13	(10)	Eraser	Warner Bros.	Action	$2,191,472	-36.27%	1,865	$1,175	$90,940,535	38
14	(9)	The Hunchback of Notre Dame	Buena Vista	Adventure	$1,942,049	-46.76%	1,324	$1,467	$88,717,017	38
15	(new)	Joe's Apartment	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$1,854,490		1,512	$1,227	$1,854,490	3
16	(11)	Harriet the Spy	Paramount Pictures	Adventure	$1,645,955	-50.75%	1,714	$960	$21,017,903	19
17	(12)	The Rock	Buena Vista	Action	$1,292,642	-49.23%	964	$1,341	$124,721,237	52
18	(21)	Trainspotting	Miramax	Drama	$781,615	+197.56%	38	$20,569	$1,224,004	10
19	(15)	Dragonheart	Universal	Adventure	$684,050	-25.66%	720	$950	$49,213,355	59
20	(17)	Lone Star	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$604,256	-10.17%	151	$4,002	$4,489,879	38
21	(14)	Twister	Warner Bros.	Action	$481,894	-49.52%	484	$996	$231,326,022	80
22	(16)	Mission: Impossible	Paramount Pictures	Action	$391,253	-45.43%	511	$766	$174,058,855	68
23	(13)	Striptease	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$316,253	-68.76%	355	$891	$31,002,383	31
24	(18)	Homeward Bound II: Lost in San Francisco	Buena Vista	Adventure	$306,028	-12.08%	458	$668	$31,805,273	143
25	(19)	Stealing Beauty	Fox Searchlight	Drama	$172,829	-44.14%	115	$1,503	$3,841,556	45
26	(22)	Cold Comfort Farm	Gramercy	Comedy	$155,314	-13.91%	83	$1,871	$4,384,696	80
27	(25)	Across The Sea of Time	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$142,397	+11.23%	4	$35,599	$4,872,913	283
28	(31)	The Arrival	Orion Pictures	Thriller/Suspense	$132,131	+46.54%	211	$626	$13,774,261	59
29	(20)	The Cable Guy	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$103,742	-66.25%	283	$367	$57,330,460	45
30	(23)	Flipper	Universal	Comedy	$101,575	-41.43%	239	$425	$19,594,370	73
31	(28)	The Craft	Sony Pictures	Thriller/Suspense	$101,123	-10.97%	136	$744	$24,260,549	87
32	(44)	Walking and Talking	Miramax	Romantic Comedy	$93,974	+110.69%	21	$4,475	$184,987	12
33	(26)	The Birdcage	MGM	Comedy	$86,544	-28.48%	151	$573	$123,726,136	143
34	(re-entry)	Heaven's Prisoners	New Line	Drama	$85,884		240	$358	$4,912,939	73
35	(34)	Wings of Courage	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$81,810	-2.76%	7	$11,687	$10,258,050	465
36	(24)	Welcome to the Dollhouse	Sony Pictures Classics	Comedy	$75,425	-42.96%	54	$1,397	$3,825,671	80
37	(re-entry)	Last Dance	Buena Vista	Drama	$75,349		275	$274	$5,857,534	87
38	(new)	Stonewall	Strand	Drama	$74,052		10	$7,405	$74,052	3
39	(27)	James and the Giant Peach	Buena Vista	Adventure	$66,452	-42.75%	171	$389	$28,816,378	108
40	(39)	Up Close & Personal	Buena Vista	Drama	$58,277	-17.15%	101	$577	$50,984,674	150
41	(32)	Toy Story	Buena Vista	Adventure	$56,963	-34.36%	171	$333	$191,492,543	250
42	(42)	Blazing Sun	Miramax	Drama	$56,375	+16.47%	24	$2,349	$462,647	31
43	(41)	Heavy	Lionsgate	Drama	$55,095	+12.06%	22	$2,504	$446,082	54
44	(30)	Maybe, Maybe Not	Orion Classics		$52,767	-41.79%	29	$1,820	$268,935	31
45	(33)	Primal Fear	Paramount Pictures	Thriller/Suspense	$50,856	-41.02%	161	$316	$55,863,515	115
46	(35)	A Thin Line Between Love & Hate	New Line	Romantic Comedy	$49,733	-32.89%	55	$904	$34,594,990	117
47	(36)	Fargo	Gramercy	Thriller/Suspense	$45,318	-38.22%	58	$781	$23,788,316	143
48	(40)	Spy Hard	Buena Vista	Comedy	$43,363	-19.87%	73	$594	$26,014,000	66
49	(29)	Celtic Pride	Buena Vista	Comedy	$39,289	-61.18%	89	$441	$9,169,981	101
50	(38)	Eddie	Buena Vista	Comedy	$38,879	-45.67%	63	$617	$30,259,145	59