The Top Movies, Weekend of October 25, 1996

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(1)	Sleepers	Warner Bros.	Drama	$9,605,059	-21.95%	2,080	$4,618	$26,351,436	10
2	(new)	High School High	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$6,311,786		2,146	$2,941	$6,311,786	3
3	(new)	Thinner	Paramount Pictures	Horror	$5,679,046		2,009	$2,827	$5,679,046	3
4	(2)	The Ghost and the Darkness	Paramount Pictures	Action	$4,390,078	-41.53%	2,202	$1,994	$26,792,125	17
5	(3)	The First Wives Club	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$4,380,111	-34.99%	2,406	$1,820	$88,693,006	38
6	(new)	The Associate	Buena Vista	Comedy	$4,261,304		1,781	$2,393	$4,261,304	3
7	(4)	The Long Kiss Goodnight	New Line	Action	$3,673,909	-43.84%	2,302	$1,596	$25,305,313	17
8	(25)	Michael Collins	Warner Bros.	Drama	$2,409,761	+1,183.89%	748	$3,222	$2,941,151	17
9	(5)	That Thing You Do!	20th Century Fox	Drama	$2,050,606	-46.97%	1,586	$1,293	$20,554,737	24
10	(6)	D3: The Mighty Ducks	Buena Vista	Comedy	$1,655,851	-54.35%	1,817	$911	$18,214,445	24
11	(43)	To Gillian on Her 37th Birthday	Sony Pictures	Drama	$1,538,519	+1,879.44%	807	$1,906	$1,650,960	10
12	(7)	The Chamber	Universal	Drama	$1,269,070	-58.08%	1,826	$695	$12,451,035	17
13	(11)	Independence Day	20th Century Fox	Adventure	$1,217,504	-9.45%	1,125	$1,082	$300,880,790	117
14	(8)	Get on the Bus	Sony Pictures	Drama	$1,117,745	-48.17%	1,207	$926	$4,551,288	12
15	(10)	Fly Away Home	Sony Pictures	Drama	$783,044	-44.36%	1,203	$651	$20,803,995	45
16	(12)	Big Night	Goldwyn Entertainment	Drama	$741,926	-30.77%	318	$2,333	$6,554,530	38
17	(9)	The Glimmer Man	Warner Bros.	Action	$583,462	-72.76%	946	$617	$19,030,641	24
18	(23)	A Time to Kill	Warner Bros.	Drama	$508,382	+131.71%	952	$534	$107,320,978	96
19	(16)	Secrets & Lies	October Films	Drama	$414,065	+0.03%	105	$3,943	$1,891,239	30
20	(17)	The Nutty Professor	Universal	Comedy	$269,255	-30.99%	343	$785	$127,928,230	122
21	(15)	The Hunchback of Notre Dame	Buena Vista	Adventure	$267,022	-43.43%	482	$554	$98,125,157	129
22	(re-entry)	Supercop	Miramax	Action	$218,495		296	$738	$15,646,860	94
23	(14)	2 Days In The Valley	MGM	Drama	$213,408	-65.09%	474	$450	$10,734,290	31
24	(18)	Bound	Gramercy	Thriller/Suspense	$200,011	-45.12%	137	$1,460	$2,820,265	24
25	(re-entry)	Escape from L.A.	Paramount Pictures	Action	$188,299		355	$530	$25,164,531	80
26	(19)	Courage Under Fire	20th Century Fox	Drama	$183,672	-46.07%	610	$301	$58,918,501	108
27	(26)	Vertigo	Universal	Thriller/Suspense	$182,914	-1.80%	8	$22,864	$701,975	14,052
28	(45)	Swingers	Miramax	Comedy	$145,427	+96.21%	25	$5,817	$254,642	10
29	(20)	The Island of Dr. Moreau	New Line	Adventure	$132,175	-59.68%	271	$488	$27,550,926	66
30	(22)	First Kid	Buena Vista	Comedy	$123,229	-55.46%	284	$434	$24,702,552	59
31	(30)	Surviving Picasso	Warner Bros.	Drama	$119,365	-22.83%	49	$2,436	$1,348,143	38
32	(48)	Trees Lounge	Orion Classics	Drama	$116,944	+109.12%	48	$2,436	$257,244	17
33	(27)	Emma	Miramax	Romantic Comedy	$115,761	-33.23%	153	$757	$21,931,754	87
34	(21)	Bulletproof	Universal	Action	$115,015	-59.34%	230	$500	$21,162,420	52
35	(46)	Matilda	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$106,691	+49.96%	283	$377	$32,580,243	87
36	(32)	Trainspotting	Miramax	Drama	$100,278	-25.58%	134	$748	$15,848,534	101
37	(re-entry)	Looking for Richard	20th Century Fox	Documentary	$98,610		25	$3,944	$196,723	17
38	(13)	Extreme Measures	Sony Pictures	Drama	$80,600	-89.49%	260	$310	$17,247,359	31
39	(42)	Beautiful Thing	Sony Pictures Classics	Comedy	$79,538	+0.59%	12	$6,628	$266,879	19
40	(28)	Jack	Buena Vista	Drama	$78,564	-50.99%	169	$465	$56,531,296	80
41	(34)	Lone Star	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$73,870	-42.61%	73	$1,012	$11,743,460	129
42	(33)	The Rock	Buena Vista	Action	$66,101	-50.50%	113	$585	$133,881,431	143
43	(31)	Tin Cup	Warner Bros.	Romantic Comedy	$57,711	-61.42%	135	$427	$53,010,031	73
44	(re-entry)	Alaska	Columbia	Adventure	$50,890		401	$127	$11,442,324	75
45	(24)	Last Man Standing	New Line	Action	$48,958	-76.49%	143	$342	$17,637,199	38
46	(35)	Harriet the Spy	Paramount Pictures	Adventure	$47,967	-55.12%	136	$353	$26,449,974	110
47	(36)	Phenomenon	Buena Vista	Drama	$42,462	-55.87%	88	$483	$101,755,549	115
48	(38)	Kazaam	Buena Vista	Comedy	$42,301	-52.81%	88	$481	$18,843,825	103
49	(47)	The Crow: City of Angels	Miramax	Action	$40,073	-36.79%	148	$271	$17,546,340	59
50	(40)	The Grass Harp	Fine Line	Drama	$39,365	-52.56%	48	$820	$323,410	17
51	(52)	Fled	MGM	Action	$3,477	-44.59%	6	$580	$17,181,469	101
52	(51)	Jude	Gramercy			-100.00%			$75,891	10