The Top Movies, Weekend of December 6, 1996

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(1)	101 Dalmatians	Buena Vista	Comedy	$13,944,053	-58.38%	2,812	$4,959	$63,690,609	12
2	(new)	Daylight	Universal	Action	$10,015,875		2,175	$4,605	$10,015,875	3
3	(2)	Star Trek: First Contact	Paramount Pictures	Adventure	$6,609,903	-74.06%	2,812	$2,351	$71,146,315	17
4	(5)	Jingle All the Way	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$5,593,605	-67.58%	2,404	$2,327	$38,080,639	17
5	(4)	Ransom	Buena Vista	Action	$5,495,131	-68.24%	2,411	$2,279	$112,913,186	31
6	(3)	Space Jam	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$4,540,737	-73.96%	2,650	$1,713	$73,356,183	24
7	(7)	The English Patient	Miramax	Drama	$2,707,595	-51.22%	617	$4,388	$13,219,641	24
8	(6)	The Mirror Has Two Faces	Sony Pictures	Romantic Comedy	$2,381,388	-70.56%	2,050	$1,162	$37,166,009	24
9	(8)	Set It Off	New Line	Drama	$1,315,442	-70.24%	851	$1,546	$32,366,683	33
10	(9)	Romeo & Juliet	20th Century Fox	Drama	$1,313,651	-60.94%	1,292	$1,017	$41,668,083	38
11	(10)	Sleepers	Warner Bros.	Drama	$327,225	-77.28%	447	$732	$51,540,914	52
12	(12)	Swingers	Miramax	Comedy	$300,401	-43.06%	160	$1,878	$3,121,408	52
13	(13)	Big Night	Goldwyn Entertainment	Drama	$201,315	-59.76%	168	$1,198	$10,529,798	80
14	(47)	Snowriders	Warren Miller Entertainment	Documentary	$199,879	+267.07%	15	$13,325	$2,035,470	52
15	(19)	That Thing You Do!	20th Century Fox	Drama	$192,425	-45.71%	395	$487	$24,981,674	66
16	(14)	First Kid	Buena Vista	Comedy	$190,965	-59.61%	508	$376	$25,687,795	101
17	(11)	The First Wives Club	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$184,503	-68.67%	460	$401	$101,543,622	80
18	(18)	Secrets & Lies	October Films	Drama	$175,763	-52.35%	111	$1,583	$4,755,457	72
19	(21)	Shine	Fine Line	Drama	$168,882	-40.60%	10	$16,888	$728,925	17
20	(45)	Ridicule	Miramax	Drama	$143,859	+140.40%	16	$8,991	$223,628	10
21	(20)	Jack	Buena Vista	Drama	$140,877	-55.67%	351	$401	$58,176,959	122
22	(new)	Everyone Says I Love You	Miramax	Musical	$131,678		3	$43,893	$131,678	3
23	(16)	Independence Day	20th Century Fox	Adventure	$123,460	-69.95%	314	$393	$306,052,958	159
24	(30)	Breaking The Waves	October Films	Drama	$112,158	-25.34%	25	$4,486	$440,914	26
25	(15)	Michael Collins	Warner Bros.	Drama	$108,053	-74.57%	140	$772	$10,717,671	59
26	(17)	The Ghost and the Darkness	Paramount Pictures	Action	$104,372	-71.91%	320	$326	$37,567,525	59
27	(23)	Phenomenon	Buena Vista	Drama	$94,754	-55.39%	218	$435	$104,258,169	157
28	(29)	Microcosmos	Miramax	Documentary	$92,618	-44.18%	43	$2,154	$769,398	59
29	(24)	The Long Kiss Goodnight	New Line	Action	$88,212	-56.50%	157	$562	$32,108,852	59
30	(27)	The Hunchback of Notre Dame	Buena Vista	Adventure	$83,772	-55.65%	152	$551	$99,203,363	171
31	(25)	Last Man Standing	New Line	Action	$77,508	-60.43%	260	$298	$18,030,031	80
32	(33)	The Crucible	20th Century Fox	Drama	$69,880	-31.23%	1	$69,880	$185,692	10
33	(26)	The Funeral	October Films	Drama	$64,813	-66.19%	50	$1,296	$942,366	38
34	(32)	Beautiful Thing	Sony Pictures Classics	Comedy	$62,220	-41.48%	32	$1,944	$1,260,354	61
35	(22)	High School High	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$55,811	-79.98%	265	$211	$20,439,091	45
36	(38)	Bound	Gramercy	Thriller/Suspense	$44,702	-43.75%	55	$813	$3,713,649	66
37	(42)	Across The Sea of Time	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$41,099	-42.79%	6	$6,850	$7,360,129	416
38	(34)	Vertigo	Paramount Pictures	Thriller/Suspense	$41,046	-58.20%	16	$2,565	$1,663,117	14,094
39	(re-entry)	Hype!	Cinepix Film Properties		$40,024		18	$2,224	$204,483	31
40	(re-entry)	Looking for Richard	20th Century Fox	Drama	$38,457		48	$801	$1,202,090	59
41	(35)	The Associate	Buena Vista	Comedy	$37,576	-57.61%	88	$427	$12,333,567	45
42	(new)	Adrenalin: Fear the Rush	Miramax		$37,536		51	$736	$37,536	3
43	(40)	Larger Than Life	MGM	Comedy	$37,512	-52.57%	189	$198	$8,260,806	38
44	(31)	Thinner	Paramount Pictures	Horror	$35,628	-73.83%	135	$264	$14,770,337	45
45	(new)	Losing Chase			$31,176		10	$3,118	$31,176	3
46	(41)	Garden of the Finzi-Continis	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$31,144	-58.44%	13	$2,396	$246,643	31
47	(re-entry)	Bitter Sugar	First Look	Drama	$28,867		10	$2,887	$302,052	59
48	(re-entry)	Palookaville	Goldwyn Entertainment		$26,110		22	$1,187	$289,569	45
49	(36)	Trainspotting	Miramax	Drama	$25,659	-69.16%	48	$535	$16,479,171	143
50	(re-entry)	Surviving Picasso	Warner Bros.	Drama	$25,533		27	$946	$1,916,309	80
51	(43)	Mother Night	Fine Line			-100.00%			$363,905	38