The Top Movies, Weekend of December 27, 1996

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(new)	Michael	New Line	Comedy	$17,435,711		2,141	$8,144	$27,629,196	5
2	(2)	Jerry Maguire	Sony Pictures	Romantic Comedy	$14,024,111	+6.84%	2,531	$5,541	$60,351,092	17
3	(3)	101 Dalmatians	Buena Vista	Comedy	$11,384,660	+62.89%	2,901	$3,924	$104,111,652	33
4	(1)	Beavis and Butt-head Do America	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$10,211,248	-49.23%	2,379	$4,292	$41,121,487	10
5	(4)	Scream	Miramax	Horror	$9,075,667	+42.82%	1,450	$6,259	$21,253,204	10
6	(5)	One Fine Day	20th Century Fox	Romantic Comedy	$8,027,257	+28.92%	1,975	$4,064	$19,435,044	10
7	(6)	The Preacher's Wife	Buena Vista	Drama	$7,347,274	+41.78%	2,008	$3,659	$27,942,124	17
8	(7)	Mars Attacks!	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$5,075,963	+8.60%	1,955	$2,596	$25,846,508	17
9	(9)	My Fellow Americans	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$4,166,630	+45.67%	1,915	$2,176	$10,170,986	10
10	(new)	The Evening Star	Paramount Pictures	Drama	$3,306,445		1,265	$2,614	$5,272,449	5
11	(8)	Jingle All the Way	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$2,929,382	-5.95%	1,723	$1,700	$53,185,547	38
12	(10)	Daylight	Universal	Action	$2,705,420	+10.98%	1,707	$1,585	$24,980,565	24
13	(12)	Ransom	Buena Vista	Action	$2,682,478	+49.13%	1,171	$2,291	$124,641,941	52
14	(13)	The English Patient	Miramax	Drama	$2,659,575	+59.22%	582	$4,570	$22,758,252	45
15	(11)	Star Trek: First Contact	Paramount Pictures	Adventure	$2,570,680	+11.45%	1,019	$2,523	$85,122,152	38
16	(14)	Space Jam	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$2,116,599	+66.70%	1,379	$1,535	$81,926,334	45
17	(26)	Shine	Fine Line	Drama	$1,602,329	+1,118.49%	207	$7,741	$3,542,807	38
18	(15)	The Crucible	20th Century Fox	Drama	$803,471	+25.24%	143	$5,619	$2,340,466	31
19	(16)	The First Wives Club	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$746,143	+72.97%	712	$1,048	$103,368,736	101
20	(new)	The People vs. Larry Flynt	Sony Pictures	Drama	$523,295		16	$32,706	$523,295	5
21	(18)	Romeo & Juliet	20th Century Fox	Drama	$390,431	+33.55%	471	$829	$43,820,000	59
22	(21)	D3: The Mighty Ducks	Buena Vista	Comedy	$347,783	+68.46%	551	$631	$21,887,865	87
23	(17)	The Mirror Has Two Faces	Sony Pictures	Romantic Comedy	$333,870	-5.42%	540	$618	$40,359,524	45
24	(20)	Set It Off	New Line	Drama	$287,111	+22.59%	165	$1,740	$34,236,771	54
25	(24)	Sleepers	Warner Bros.	Drama	$282,023	+80.36%	499	$565	$52,420,458	73
26	(23)	The Hunchback of Notre Dame	Buena Vista	Adventure	$249,307	+52.39%	333	$749	$99,843,665	192
27	(25)	The Long Kiss Goodnight	New Line	Action	$226,183	+61.43%	401	$564	$32,720,083	80
28	(30)	Ridicule	Miramax	Drama	$219,425	+113.57%	72	$3,048	$851,953	31
29	(22)	Ghosts of Mississippi	Sony Pictures	Drama	$212,364	+26.40%	21	$10,113	$540,898	10
30	(new)	Evita	Buena Vista	Musical	$195,085		2	$97,543	$334,440	5
31	(43)	High School High	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$148,028	+519.99%	402	$368	$20,694,213	66
32	(29)	Secrets & Lies	October Films	Drama	$145,063	+26.82%	69	$2,102	$5,343,011	93
33	(new)	Mother	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$137,701		6	$22,950	$228,040	5
34	(27)	Breaking The Waves	October Films	Drama	$135,585	+5.76%	45	$3,013	$929,773	47
35	(31)	Big Night	Goldwyn Entertainment	Drama	$131,902	+43.16%			$11,066,839	101
36	(19)	Fly Away Home	Sony Pictures	Drama	$129,775	-50.67%	326	$398	$24,268,760	108
37	(37)	Across The Sea of Time	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$110,687	+138.11%	6	$18,448	$7,693,978	437
38	(new)	The Portrait of a Lady	Gramercy	Drama	$106,665		7	$15,238	$133,651	6
39	(new)	Thieves (Les Voleurs)	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$105,362		9	$11,707	$128,974	5
40	(28)	Swingers	Miramax	Comedy	$101,824	-14.01%	34	$2,995	$3,861,814	73
41	(new)	Hamlet	Sony Pictures	Drama	$90,684		3	$30,228	$148,321	5
42	(33)	That Thing You Do!	20th Century Fox	Drama	$89,307	+43.90%	124	$720	$25,458,013	87
43	(new)	Some Mother's Son	Columbia		$88,515		14	$6,323	$114,309	5
44	(32)	First Kid	Buena Vista	Comedy	$88,206	+38.48%	146	$604	$26,128,650	122
45	(re-entry)	Wallace & Gromit	Northern Arts Entertainment	Adventure	$65,428		17	$3,849	$900,973	268
46	(41)	Garden of the Finzi-Continis	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$62,700	+157.23%	23	$2,726	$440,907	52
47	(36)	Microcosmos	Miramax	Documentary	$58,168	+23.63%	33	$1,763	$1,051,855	80
48	(38)	Jack	Buena Vista	Drama	$55,559	+38.18%	91	$611	$58,451,483	143
49	(35)	La cérémonie	New Yorker	Drama	$46,980	-5.74%	6	$7,830	$143,564	12
50	(34)	Marvin's Room	Miramax	Drama	$46,392	-22.34%	6	$7,732	$169,757	12
51	(39)	Phenomenon	Buena Vista	Drama	$40,116	+23.31%	63	$637	$104,464,977	178
52	(re-entry)	The Whole Wide World	Sony Pictures Classics		$28,631		9	$3,181	$41,194	12
53	(45)	The Rich Man's Wife	Buena Vista	Thriller/Suspense	$24,003	+7.48%	34	$706	$8,509,288	108
54	(re-entry)	Lone Star	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$21,340		12	$1,778	$12,194,247	192
55	(new)	I'm Not Rappaport	Gramercy		$17,993		3	$5,998	$26,011	5