The Top Movies, Weekend of August 2, 1996

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(1)	A Time to Kill	Warner Bros.	Drama	$13,262,934	-10.53%	2,253	$5,887	$41,499,943	12
2	(2)	Independence Day	20th Century Fox	Adventure	$10,996,314	-20.31%	2,788	$3,944	$247,874,121	33
3	(new)	Matilda	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$8,208,609		1,975	$4,156	$8,208,609	3
4	(new)	Chain Reaction	20th Century Fox	Action	$7,545,944		2,255	$3,346	$7,545,944	3
5	(3)	Phenomenon	Buena Vista	Drama	$5,084,153	-19.57%	2,139	$2,377	$81,127,816	31
6	(5)	Kingpin	MGM	Comedy	$4,502,369	-19.34%	1,975	$2,280	$13,685,154	10
7	(4)	Courage Under Fire	20th Century Fox	Drama	$4,455,042	-22.26%	1,816	$2,453	$42,662,461	24
8	(7)	The Nutty Professor	Universal	Comedy	$4,170,760	-21.80%	2,075	$2,010	$109,910,985	38
9	(6)	Supercop	Miramax	Action	$2,522,396	-54.16%	1,469	$1,717	$10,035,127	10
10	(8)	The Adventures of Pinocchio	New Line	Adventure	$1,929,466	-49.66%	1,879	$1,027	$8,304,485	10
11	(9)	Multiplicity	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$1,927,267	-45.16%	1,709	$1,128	$17,602,319	19
12	(11)	The Frighteners	Universal	Horror	$1,479,080	-46.97%	1,436	$1,030	$13,865,995	17
13	(10)	Fled	MGM	Action	$1,424,452	-54.17%	1,412	$1,009	$13,990,655	17
14	(18)	Trainspotting	Miramax	Drama	$1,402,441	+79.43%	191	$7,343	$3,201,141	17
15	(13)	Eraser	Warner Bros.	Action	$1,356,529	-38.10%	1,197	$1,133	$93,272,730	45
16	(14)	The Hunchback of Notre Dame	Buena Vista	Adventure	$1,244,875	-35.90%	1,148	$1,084	$91,489,705	45
17	(12)	Kazaam	Buena Vista	Comedy	$1,188,786	-53.86%	1,449	$820	$15,789,913	19
18	(17)	The Rock	Buena Vista	Action	$1,055,986	-18.31%	721	$1,465	$126,531,362	59
19	(16)	Harriet the Spy	Paramount Pictures	Adventure	$1,026,278	-37.65%	1,439	$713	$23,767,677	26
20	(15)	Joe's Apartment	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$769,011	-58.53%	1,479	$520	$3,752,455	10
21	(29)	The Cable Guy	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$714,069	+588.31%	769	$929	$58,088,989	52
22	(20)	Lone Star	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$674,075	+11.55%	171	$3,942	$5,431,982	45
23	(new)	Phat Beach	Orion Pictures	Comedy	$658,614		408	$1,614	$658,614	3
24	(19)	Dragonheart	Universal	Adventure	$500,640	-26.81%	596	$840	$50,150,880	66
25	(22)	Mission: Impossible	Paramount Pictures	Action	$416,064	+6.34%	410	$1,015	$174,694,203	75
26	(21)	Twister	Warner Bros.	Action	$339,472	-29.55%	385	$882	$231,919,485	87
27	(re-entry)	Oliver & Company	Buena Vista	Adventure	$268,631		533	$504	$19,726,290	2,817
28	(new)	Emma	Miramax	Romantic Comedy	$240,649		9	$26,739	$240,649	3
29	(24)	Homeward Bound II: Lost in San Francisco	Buena Vista	Adventure	$200,659	-34.43%	365	$550	$32,311,778	150
30	(26)	Cold Comfort Farm	Gramercy	Comedy	$158,793	+2.24%	87	$1,825	$4,630,458	87
31	(32)	Walking and Talking	Miramax	Romantic Comedy	$142,024	+51.13%	34	$4,177	$386,456	19
32	(25)	Stealing Beauty	Fox Searchlight	Drama	$129,554	-25.04%	79	$1,640	$4,086,355	52
33	(23)	Striptease	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$107,874	-65.89%	302	$357	$31,262,995	38
34	(30)	Flipper	Universal	Comedy	$93,570	-7.88%	220	$425	$19,767,190	80
35	(36)	Welcome to the Dollhouse	Sony Pictures Classics	Comedy	$80,458	+6.67%	46	$1,749	$3,972,213	87
36	(31)	The Craft	Sony Pictures	Thriller/Suspense	$77,256	-23.60%	118	$655	$24,416,137	94
37	(28)	The Arrival	Orion Pictures	Thriller/Suspense	$72,791	-44.91%	119	$612	$13,827,765	66
38	(42)	Blazing Sun	Miramax	Drama	$59,644	+5.80%	26	$2,294	$550,782	38
39	(re-entry)	Celestial Clockwork	October Films	Comedy	$59,166		15	$3,944	$119,352	17
40	(45)	Primal Fear	Paramount Pictures	Thriller/Suspense	$50,388	-0.92%	116	$434	$55,945,726	122
41	(47)	Fargo	Gramercy	Thriller/Suspense	$49,964	+10.25%	60	$833	$23,870,772	150
42	(41)	Toy Story	Buena Vista	Adventure	$47,271	-17.01%	152	$311	$191,584,620	257
43	(43)	Heavy	Lionsgate	Drama	$44,747	-18.78%	22	$2,034	$515,760	61
44	(46)	A Thin Line Between Love & Hate	New Line	Romantic Comedy	$39,882	-19.81%	47	$849	$34,873,513	124
45	(new)	Cyclo	Cinepix Film Properties		$38,109		6	$6,352	$38,109	3
46	(44)	Maybe, Maybe Not	Orion Classics		$33,575	-36.37%	19	$1,767	$330,760	38
47	(re-entry)	Manny & Lo	Sony Pictures Classics		$33,446		6	$5,574	$67,563	10
48	(50)	Eddie	Buena Vista	Comedy	$28,754	-26.04%	57	$504	$30,310,093	66
49	(39)	James and the Giant Peach	Buena Vista	Adventure	$27,117	-59.19%	112	$242	$28,900,101	115
50	(48)	Spy Hard	Buena Vista	Comedy	$25,311	-41.63%	37	$684	$26,065,054	73