The Top Movies, Weekend of October 11, 1996

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(new)	The Ghost and the Darkness	Paramount Pictures	Action	$10,321,400		2,142	$4,819	$10,321,400	3
2	(1)	The First Wives Club	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$10,192,126	-7.49%	2,406	$4,236	$73,128,149	24
3	(new)	The Long Kiss Goodnight	New Line	Action	$10,183,230		2,247	$4,532	$10,183,230	3
4	(new)	The Chamber	Universal	Drama	$6,159,115		2,026	$3,040	$6,159,115	3
5	(3)	That Thing You Do!	20th Century Fox	Drama	$5,381,295	-13.33%	1,887	$2,852	$13,103,283	10
6	(4)	D3: The Mighty Ducks	Buena Vista	Comedy	$4,823,213	-21.83%	2,058	$2,344	$11,927,027	10
7	(2)	The Glimmer Man	Warner Bros.	Action	$4,094,116	-46.17%	2,236	$1,831	$14,200,000	10
8	(5)	Extreme Measures	Sony Pictures	Drama	$1,642,242	-59.47%	1,923	$854	$15,700,000	17
9	(re-entry)	Fly Away Home	Sony Pictures	Drama	$1,603,033		1,401	$1,144	$17,878,583	31
10	(8)	Independence Day	20th Century Fox	Adventure	$1,439,753	-2.78%	1,525	$944	$297,576,603	103
11	(6)	2 Days In The Valley	MGM	Drama	$1,399,126	-38.70%	855	$1,636	$9,249,426	17
12	(9)	Big Night	Goldwyn Entertainment	Drama	$1,236,281	+3.33%	277	$4,463	$4,182,460	24
13	(11)	Bound	Gramercy	Thriller/Suspense	$632,336	-29.81%	262	$2,413	$1,936,655	10
14	(7)	Last Man Standing	New Line	Action	$584,237	-71.43%	1,094	$534	$17,168,592	24
15	(re-entry)	The Hunchback of Notre Dame	Buena Vista	Adventure	$575,522		701	$821	$97,110,157	115
16	(15)	The Nutty Professor	Universal	Comedy	$561,625	-16.26%	504	$1,114	$127,083,265	108
17	(10)	Bulletproof	Universal	Action	$489,265	-46.15%	641	$763	$20,592,550	38
18	(32)	Secrets & Lies	October Films	Drama	$467,221	+147.14%	57	$8,197	$844,152	16
19	(12)	First Kid	Buena Vista	Comedy	$442,963	-46.41%	874	$507	$24,208,968	45
20	(21)	Courage Under Fire	20th Century Fox	Drama	$393,185	-1.98%	910	$432	$58,116,259	94
21	(14)	A Time to Kill	Warner Bros.	Drama	$370,762	-47.45%	528	$702	$106,450,723	82
22	(22)	Emma	Miramax	Romantic Comedy	$344,787	-11.16%	337	$1,023	$21,470,508	73
23	(17)	The Spitfire Grill	Sony Pictures	Drama	$294,249	-43.24%	460	$640	$12,301,244	52
24	(16)	Tin Cup	Warner Bros.	Romantic Comedy	$285,701	-55.20%	506	$565	$52,709,623	59
25	(23)	Trainspotting	Miramax	Drama	$264,734	-9.31%	218	$1,214	$15,458,787	87
26	(24)	The Crow: City of Angels	Miramax	Action	$245,375	-5.22%	465	$528	$17,347,125	45
27	(19)	Jack	Buena Vista	Drama	$243,298	-49.54%	445	$547	$56,225,522	66
28	(28)	Lone Star	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$223,011	+4.78%	121	$1,843	$11,483,803	115
29	(new)	Michael Collins	Warner Bros.	Drama	$221,736		6	$36,956	$221,736	3
30	(25)	Surviving Picasso	Warner Bros.	Drama	$207,209	-14.31%	40	$5,180	$969,142	24
31	(20)	The Rich Man's Wife	Buena Vista	Thriller/Suspense	$201,702	-53.36%	256	$788	$8,110,663	31
32	(re-entry)	Harriet the Spy	Paramount Pictures	Adventure	$198,455		451	$440	$26,237,588	96
33	(26)	The Adventures of Pinocchio	New Line	Adventure	$155,081	-28.87%	268	$579	$14,988,577	80
34	(31)	The Rock	Buena Vista	Action	$146,199	-24.88%	194	$754	$133,610,552	129
35	(re-entry)	Bogus	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$138,230		514	$269	$4,268,452	38
36	(27)	Kazaam	Buena Vista	Comedy	$136,721	-36.18%	218	$627	$18,678,527	89
37	(new)	The Grass Harp	Fine Line	Drama	$132,152		46	$2,873	$132,152	3
38	(30)	Twister	Warner Bros.	Action	$129,123	-36.00%	203	$636	$241,579,392	157
39	(34)	Phenomenon	Buena Vista	Drama	$128,260	-22.48%	181	$709	$101,565,337	101
40	(18)	Maximum Risk	Sony Pictures	Action	$119,016	-76.55%	331	$360	$14,039,438	31
41	(re-entry)	Vertigo	Universal	Thriller/Suspense	$103,564		2	$51,782	$172,245	14,038
42	(35)	Matilda	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$96,939	-36.93%	473	$205	$32,378,274	73
43	(36)	Mission: Impossible	Paramount Pictures	Action	$82,672	-37.84%	112	$738	$180,825,021	145
44	(38)	Basquiat	Miramax	Drama	$65,206	-28.80%	58	$1,124	$2,633,633	66
45	(33)	The Island of Dr. Moreau	New Line	Adventure	$61,930	-65.78%	156	$397	$26,943,311	52
46	(29)	She's the One	Fox Searchlight	Romantic Comedy	$61,193	-70.14%	122	$502	$9,398,667	52
47	(44)	Striptease	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$59,352	-2.12%	64	$927	$32,651,443	108
48	(39)	The Postman	Miramax	Drama	$52,596	-40.83%	75	$701	$21,812,813	488
49	(new)	Trees Lounge	Orion Classics	Drama	$47,329		2	$23,665	$47,329	3
50	(new)	Love Is All There Is	Goldwyn Entertainment		$43,439		126	$345	$43,439	3
51	(43)	Eraser	Warner Bros.	Action	$25,348	-66.85%	97	$261	$101,283,031	115
52	(52)	Fled	MGM	Action	$7,802	-59.60%	13	$600	$17,165,743	87
53	(53)	Kansas City	New Line	Drama	$1,207	-80.67%	11	$110	$1,350,512	59