The Top Movies, Weekend of November 22, 1996

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(new)	Star Trek: First Contact	Paramount Pictures	Adventure	$30,716,131		2,812	$10,923	$30,716,131	3
2	(1)	Space Jam	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$16,216,845	-41.09%	2,650	$6,120	$48,276,000	10
3	(2)	Ransom	Buena Vista	Action	$13,185,106	-41.07%	2,768	$4,763	$85,745,878	17
4	(new)	Jingle All the Way	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$12,112,267		2,401	$5,045	$12,112,267	3
5	(3)	The Mirror Has Two Faces	Sony Pictures	Romantic Comedy	$8,012,555	-34.38%	2,489	$3,219	$24,095,577	10
6	(4)	Set It Off	New Line	Drama	$3,322,947	-43.22%	1,016	$3,271	$25,521,726	19
7	(5)	Romeo & Juliet	20th Century Fox	Drama	$3,195,515	-41.05%	1,808	$1,767	$35,816,436	24
8	(26)	The English Patient	Miramax	Drama	$2,713,093	+874.39%	268	$10,123	$3,205,999	10
9	(6)	Sleepers	Warner Bros.	Drama	$1,369,471	-40.73%	1,582	$866	$49,138,306	38
10	(7)	The First Wives Club	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$723,675	-52.13%	990	$731	$100,557,663	66
11	(9)	The Ghost and the Darkness	Paramount Pictures	Action	$470,211	-54.51%	820	$573	$36,946,439	45
12	(11)	Independence Day	20th Century Fox	Adventure	$404,893	-45.69%	471	$860	$305,400,802	145
13	(15)	Big Night	Goldwyn Entertainment	Drama	$354,490	-28.69%	216	$1,641	$9,692,642	66
14	(10)	Michael Collins	Warner Bros.	Drama	$351,494	-56.12%	421	$835	$1,051,906	45
15	(18)	That Thing You Do!	20th Century Fox	Drama	$329,442	-29.64%	509	$647	$24,315,579	52
16	(13)	Jack	Buena Vista	Drama	$321,625	-38.34%	532	$605	$57,605,843	108
17	(20)	Secrets & Lies	October Films	Drama	$303,304	-24.61%	120	$2,528	$4,105,444	58
18	(22)	Swingers	Miramax	Comedy	$302,427	-12.63%	122	$2,479	$2,087,703	38
19	(re-entry)	The Glimmer Man	Warner Bros.	Action	$256,516		641	$400	$20,067,264	52
20	(23)	Phenomenon	Buena Vista	Drama	$182,484	-44.00%	352	$518	$103,876,681	143
21	(12)	Thinner	Paramount Pictures	Horror	$181,271	-71.51%	440	$412	$14,543,262	31
22	(16)	The Long Kiss Goodnight	New Line	Action	$177,454	-64.22%	310	$572	$31,728,120	45
23	(new)	Shine	Fine Line	Drama	$162,179		7	$23,168	$162,179	3
24	(14)	Dear God	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$151,222	-70.82%	510	$297	$6,833,578	24
25	(re-entry)	The Crow: City of Angels	Miramax	Action	$125,614		486	$258	$17,810,606	87
26	(19)	The Associate	Buena Vista	Comedy	$124,753	-72.36%	280	$446	$12,157,992	31
27	(21)	Fly Away Home	Sony Pictures	Drama	$124,133	-67.68%	480	$259	$23,601,905	73
28	(27)	The Funeral	October Films	Drama	$119,000	-38.36%	68	$1,750	$641,813	24
29	(39)	Microcosmos	Miramax	Documentary	$106,150	+44.14%	30	$3,538	$447,892	45
30	(31)	The Chamber	Universal	Drama	$104,765	-19.77%	216	$485	$14,259,205	45
31	(30)	Beautiful Thing	Sony Pictures Classics	Comedy	$102,774	-23.70%	43	$2,390	$964,201	47
32	(25)	D3: The Mighty Ducks	Buena Vista	Comedy	$101,090	-66.31%	328	$308	$20,976,047	52
33	(re-entry)	Looking for Richard	20th Century Fox	Documentary	$100,571		75	$1,341	$1,030,476	45
34	(29)	The Nutty Professor	Universal	Comedy	$91,750	-36.14%	135	$680	$128,769,345	150
35	(17)	Larger Than Life	MGM	Comedy	$91,558	-81.14%	448	$204	$8,106,177	24
36	(re-entry)	Trainspotting	Miramax	Drama	$90,103		161	$560	$16,315,334	129
37	(28)	A Time to Kill	Warner Bros.	Drama	$87,950	-47.20%	173	$508	$108,706,165	124
38	(33)	Bound	Gramercy	Thriller/Suspense	$71,873	-28.93%	64	$1,123	$3,552,304	52
39	(34)	Vertigo	Universal	Thriller/Suspense	$69,581	-27.60%	17	$4,093	$1,486,818	14,080
40	(32)	The Hunchback of Notre Dame	Buena Vista	Adventure	$69,328	-33.54%	214	$324	$98,881,225	157
41	(8)	High School High	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$62,025	-95.87%	930	$67	$20,004,373	31
42	(re-entry)	Breaking The Waves	October Films	Drama	$60,426		9	$6,714	$110,741	12
43	(41)	Mother Night	Fine Line		$55,077	-18.27%	30	$1,836	$254,924	24
44	(re-entry)	Hype!	Cinepix Film Properties		$54,600		14	$3,900	$106,599	17
45	(38)	Matilda	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$54,405	-28.70%	135	$403	$33,013,803	115
46	(35)	Twelfth Night: Or What You Will	Fine Line	Comedy	$50,076	-44.67%	28	$1,788	$401,946	31
47	(36)	Tin Cup	Warner Bros.	Romantic Comedy	$45,291	-48.26%	105	$431	$53,854,588	101
48	(re-entry)	Garden of the Finzi-Continis	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$44,905		10	$4,491	$112,105	17
49	(42)	Across The Sea of Time	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$42,993	-25.44%	6	$7,166	$7,178,011	402
50	(45)	Jude	Gramercy		$30,407	-38.61%	19	$1,600	$323,531	38
51	(51)	Fled	MGM	Action	$953	+113.20%	2	$477	$17,191,395	129