Box Office Performance for Action Movies in 1996

Rank	Movie	Genre	MPAA	1996 Gross	Tickets Sold	Inflation- Adjusted Gross
1	Twister	Action	PG-13	$241,888,385	54,725,879	$376,514,048
2	Mission: Impossible	Action	PG-13	$180,981,886	40,946,128	$281,709,361
3	The Rock	Action	R	$134,069,511	30,332,469	$208,687,387
4	Ransom	Action	R	$129,137,746	29,216,685	$201,010,793
5	Eraser	Action	R	$101,295,562	22,917,548	$157,672,730
6	Broken Arrow	Action	R	$70,645,997	15,983,257	$109,964,808
7	The Ghost and the Darkness	Action	R	$37,769,792	8,545,202	$58,790,990
8	The Long Kiss Goodnight	Action	R	$33,132,988	7,496,151	$51,573,519
9	Rumble in the Bronx	Action	R	$32,281,907	7,303,599	$50,248,761
10	Daylight	Action	PG-13	$29,133,930	6,591,387	$45,348,743
11	Escape from L.A.	Action	R	$25,426,861	5,752,683	$39,578,459
12	The Quest	Action	PG-13	$21,607,190	4,888,505	$33,632,914
13	Chain Reaction	Action	PG-13	$21,226,204	4,802,309	$33,039,886
14	Bulletproof	Action	R	$21,195,840	4,795,439	$32,992,620
15	The Glimmer Man	Action	R	$20,404,841	4,616,480	$31,761,382
16	Last Man Standing	Action	R	$18,115,927	4,098,626	$28,198,547
17	The Crow: City of Angels	Action	R	$17,897,671	4,049,247	$27,858,819
18	The Phantom	Action	PG	$17,220,599	3,896,063	$26,804,913
19	Fled	Action	R	$17,192,205	3,889,639	$26,760,716
20	Supercop	Action	R	$16,270,600	3,681,131	$25,326,181
21	Maximum Risk	Action	R	$14,102,929	3,190,708	$21,952,071
22	Goldeneye	Action	PG-13	$13,218,836	2,990,687	$20,575,927
23	Sudden Death	Action	R	$6,747,130	1,526,500	$10,502,320
24	Screamers	Action	R	$5,701,359	1,289,900	$8,874,512
25	Solo	Action	PG-13	$4,932,915	1,116,044	$7,678,383
26	Barb Wire	Action	R	$3,775,952	854,288	$5,877,501
27	Original Gangstas	Action	R	$3,279,266	741,915	$5,104,375
28	Lawnmower Man 2: Beyond Cyberspace	Action	PG-13	$2,396,302	542,150	$3,729,992
29	Assassins	Action	R	$851,424	192,630	$1,325,294
30	Bloodsport 2	Action	R	$684,351	154,831	$1,065,237
31	Money Train	Action	R	$664,857	150,420	$1,034,890
32	Ghost in the Shell	Action		$443,579	100,357	$690,456
33	Fair Game	Action	R	$313,458	70,918	$487,916
34	Mortal Kombat	Action	PG-13	$59,379	13,434	$92,426
Total Gross of All Movies				$1,244,067,379
Total Tickets Sold					281,463,209
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices						$1,936,466,878

Note: This chart ranks movies by the amount they earned during 1996. It includes movies released in previous years that earned money during 1996. For example, a movie released over Thanksgiving in 1995 will most likely earn money in 1995 and 1996. Click on the individual movie to see its total gross over all the years in which it played.

Each box office year ends on the first Sunday of the following year. The next year starts the following day (Monday). For example, the "2004 box office year" ended on Sunday, January 2, 2005.

Inflation-adjusted figures are based ticket sale estimates, and may not be precise due to rounding errors.