Box Office Performance for Contemporary Fiction 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	The Birdcage	Comedy	R	$124,060,553	28,067,998	$193,107,826
6	A Time to Kill	Drama	R	$108,766,007	24,607,694	$169,300,935
7	The First Wives Club	Comedy	PG	$104,625,228	23,670,866	$162,855,558
8	Phenomenon	Drama	PG	$104,535,318	23,650,524	$162,715,605
9	Eraser	Action	R	$101,295,562	22,917,548	$157,672,730
10	Jerry Maguire	Romantic Comedy	R	$83,006,355	18,779,718	$129,204,460
11	Mr. Holland's Opus	Drama	PG	$82,568,138	18,680,574	$128,522,349
12	Broken Arrow	Action	R	$70,645,997	15,983,257	$109,964,808
13	The Cable Guy	Comedy	PG-13	$60,240,295	13,629,026	$93,767,699
14	Jack	Drama	PG-13	$58,554,258	13,247,570	$91,143,282
15	Executive Decision	Thriller/Suspense	R	$56,679,192	12,823,347	$88,224,627
16	Primal Fear	Thriller/Suspense	R	$56,073,633	12,686,342	$87,282,033
17	Beavis and Butt-head Do America	Comedy	PG-13	$54,149,743	12,251,073	$84,287,382
18	Tin Cup	Romantic Comedy	R	$53,854,588	12,184,296	$83,827,956
19	Michael	Comedy	PG	$52,733,564	11,930,671	$82,083,016
20	Up Close & Personal	Drama	PG-13	$51,045,801	11,548,824	$79,455,909
21	Romeo & Juliet	Drama	PG-13	$44,798,596	10,135,429	$69,731,752
22	Grumpier Old Men	Comedy	PG-13	$40,769,662	9,223,905	$63,460,466
23	The Mirror Has Two Faces	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$40,752,572	9,220,039	$63,433,868
24	Scream	Horror	R	$39,084,452	8,842,636	$60,837,336
25	Happy Gilmore	Comedy	PG-13	$38,623,460	8,738,339	$60,119,772
26	A Thin Line Between Love & Hate	Romantic Comedy	R	$34,873,513	7,889,935	$54,282,753
27	Set It Off	Drama	R	$34,639,061	7,836,892	$53,917,817
28	The Truth About Cats & Dogs	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$34,084,531	7,711,432	$53,054,652
29	The Long Kiss Goodnight	Action	R	$33,132,988	7,496,151	$51,573,519
30	Striptease	Comedy	R	$32,773,011	7,414,708	$51,013,191
31	Black Sheep	Comedy	PG-13	$32,330,354	7,314,560	$50,324,173
32	Rumble in the Bronx	Action	R	$32,281,907	7,303,599	$50,248,761
33	One Fine Day	Romantic Comedy	PG	$32,246,925	7,295,684	$50,194,306
34	Eddie	Comedy	PG-13	$31,369,401	7,097,150	$48,828,392
35	Heat	Drama	R	$30,943,723	7,000,842	$48,165,793
36	Waiting to Exhale	Drama	R	$30,923,628	6,996,296	$48,134,516
37	Sgt. Bilko	Comedy	PG	$30,356,589	6,868,007	$47,251,888
38	Leaving Las Vegas	Drama	R	$29,281,015	6,624,664	$45,577,688
39	Daylight	Action	PG-13	$29,133,930	6,591,387	$45,348,743
40	Spy Hard	Comedy	PG-13	$26,936,265	6,094,178	$41,927,945
41	Eye for an Eye	Drama	R	$26,792,700	6,061,697	$41,704,475
42	Down Periscope	Comedy	PG-13	$25,723,977	5,819,904	$40,040,940
43	Kingpin	Comedy	R	$25,023,424	5,661,408	$38,950,487
44	Fly Away Home	Drama	PG	$24,455,717	5,532,968	$38,066,820
45	Father of the Bride Part II	Comedy	PG	$24,313,176	5,500,719	$37,844,947
46	Fargo	Thriller/Suspense	R	$24,015,679	5,433,412	$37,381,875
47	The Juror	Thriller/Suspense	R	$22,730,924	5,142,743	$35,382,072
48	Sabrina	Romantic Comedy	PG	$22,669,649	5,128,880	$35,286,694
49	The Quest	Action	PG-13	$21,607,190	4,888,505	$33,632,914
50	Chain Reaction	Action	PG-13	$21,226,204	4,802,309	$33,039,886
51	Bulletproof	Action	R	$21,195,840	4,795,439	$32,992,620
52	High School High	Comedy	PG-13	$20,883,060	4,724,674	$32,505,757
53	Fear	Thriller/Suspense	R	$20,694,623	4,682,041	$32,212,442
54	The Glimmer Man	Action	R	$20,404,841	4,616,480	$31,761,382
55	City Hall	Drama	R	$20,278,055	4,587,795	$31,564,030
56	Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood	Comedy	R	$19,674,813	4,451,315	$30,625,047
57	Bed of Roses	Drama	PG	$18,972,237	4,292,361	$29,531,444
58	The Fan	Thriller/Suspense	R	$18,582,965	4,204,291	$28,925,522
59	My Fellow Americans	Comedy	PG-13	$18,004,594	4,073,438	$28,025,253
60	Extreme Measures	Drama	R	$17,378,193	3,931,718	$27,050,220
61	Fled	Action	R	$17,192,205	3,889,639	$26,760,716
62	Diabolique	Thriller/Suspense	R	$17,100,266	3,868,838	$26,617,605
63	Trainspotting	Drama	R	$16,501,785	3,733,436	$25,686,040
64	Supercop	Action	R	$16,270,600	3,681,131	$25,326,181
65	Flirting with Disaster	Comedy	R	$14,853,474	3,360,514	$23,120,336
66	The Substitute	Drama	R	$14,675,167	3,320,174	$22,842,797
67	The Chamber	Drama	R	$14,407,578	3,259,633	$22,426,275
68	Maximum Risk	Action	R	$14,102,929	3,190,708	$21,952,071
69	Bio-Dome	Comedy	PG-13	$13,294,762	3,007,865	$20,694,111
70	Goldeneye	Action	PG-13	$13,218,836	2,990,687	$20,575,927
71	Se7en	Thriller/Suspense	R	$13,079,501	2,959,163	$20,359,041
72	Lone Star	Drama	R	$12,919,488	2,922,961	$20,109,972
73	Mr. Wrong	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$12,805,071	2,897,075	$19,931,876
74	The Spitfire Grill	Drama	PG-13	$12,592,203	2,848,915	$19,600,535
75	The Associate	Comedy	PG-13	$12,384,525	2,801,929	$19,277,272
76	Alaska	Adventure	PG	$11,509,600	2,603,982	$17,915,396
77	Big Night	Drama	R	$11,330,458	2,563,452	$17,636,550
78	2 Days In The Valley	Drama	R	$11,101,856	2,511,732	$17,280,716
79	Beautiful Girls	Comedy	R	$10,523,880	2,380,968	$16,381,060
80	Two if by Sea	Romantic Comedy	R	$10,493,670	2,374,133	$16,334,035
81	The Evening Star	Drama	PG-13	$10,129,807	2,291,812	$15,767,667
82	Sunset Park	Drama	R	$10,128,314	2,291,474	$15,765,341
83	Mrs. Winterbourne	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$10,039,566	2,271,395	$15,627,198
84	A Family Thing	Drama	PG-13	$9,993,012	2,260,862	$15,554,731
85	She's the One	Romantic Comedy	R	$9,482,579	2,145,380	$14,760,214
86	Celtic Pride	Comedy	PG-13	$9,240,378	2,090,583	$14,383,211
87	The American President	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$8,967,526	2,028,852	$13,958,502
88	Before and After	Drama	PG-13	$8,642,118	1,955,230	$13,451,982
89	The Rich Man's Wife	Thriller/Suspense	R	$8,538,318	1,931,746	$13,290,412
90	The Great White Hype	Comedy	R	$7,852,282	1,776,534	$12,222,554
91	House Arrest	Comedy	PG	$6,906,987	1,562,667	$10,751,149
92	Dear God	Comedy	PG	$6,899,612	1,560,998	$10,739,666
93	Babe	Adventure	G	$6,878,155	1,556,144	$10,706,271
94	Sudden Death	Action	R	$6,747,130	1,526,500	$10,502,320
95	Across The Sea of Time	Drama	G	$6,682,383	1,511,851	$10,401,535
96	Secrets & Lies	Drama	R	$6,237,238	1,411,140	$9,708,643
97	Last Dance	Drama	R	$5,857,534	1,325,234	$9,117,610
98	The Pallbearer	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$5,656,388	1,279,726	$8,804,515
99	Tales from the Crypt Presents: Bordello of Blood	Horror	R	$5,601,285	1,267,259	$8,718,742
100	Heaven's Prisoners	Drama	R	$4,912,939	1,111,525	$7,647,292
101	Girl 6	Comedy	R	$4,880,941	1,104,285	$7,597,481
102	Joe's Apartment	Comedy	PG-13	$4,616,355	1,044,424	$7,185,637
103	Stealing Beauty	Drama	R	$4,573,330	1,034,690	$7,118,667
104	Welcome to the Dollhouse	Comedy	R	$4,198,137	949,805	$6,534,658
105	To Gillian on Her 37th Birthday	Drama	PG-13	$4,137,645	936,119	$6,440,499
106	Swingers	Comedy	R	$4,088,252	924,944	$6,363,615
107	Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls	Comedy	PG-13	$4,004,282	905,946	$6,232,908
108	Bound	Thriller/Suspense	R	$3,802,260	860,240	$5,918,451
109	The Trigger Effect	Drama	R	$3,608,238	816,343	$5,616,440
110	Carpool	Comedy	PG	$3,325,651	752,410	$5,176,581
111	Original Gangstas	Action	R	$3,279,266	741,915	$5,104,375
112	Get Shorty	Comedy	R	$3,222,396	729,049	$5,015,857
113	Feeling Minnesota	Drama	R	$3,124,440	706,887	$4,863,383
114	Kids in the Hall: Brain Candy	Comedy	R	$2,640,536	597,406	$4,110,153
115	The Stupids	Comedy	PG	$2,415,593	546,514	$3,760,016
116	If Lucy Fell	Romantic Comedy	R	$2,410,162	545,286	$3,751,568
117	Faithful	Black Comedy	R	$2,104,439	476,117	$3,275,685
118	It Takes Two	Comedy	PG	$2,006,420	453,941	$3,123,114
119	Four Rooms	Comedy	R	$1,779,025	402,494	$2,769,159
120	Race the Sun	Drama	PG	$1,681,685	380,472	$2,617,647
121	Beautiful Thing	Comedy	R	$1,460,297	330,384	$2,273,042
122	Mighty Aphrodite	Comedy	R	$1,363,326	308,445	$2,122,102
123	Breaking the Waves	Drama	R	$1,328,006	300,454	$2,067,124
124	Walking and Talking	Romantic Comedy	R	$1,287,480	291,285	$2,004,041
125	Phat Beach	Comedy	R	$1,263,945	285,960	$1,967,405
126	Nueba Yol	Drama	Not Rated	$1,229,715	278,216	$1,914,126
127	Two Much	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$1,078,555	244,017	$1,678,837
128	Little Indian, Big City	Comedy	PG	$1,029,731	232,971	$1,602,840
129	Powder	Drama	PG-13	$956,919	216,498	$1,489,506
130	The White Balloon	Drama	Not Rated	$888,894	201,107	$1,383,616
131	French Twist	Comedy	R	$888,044	200,915	$1,382,295
132	Heavy	Drama	R	$852,362	192,842	$1,326,753
133	Assassins	Action	R	$851,424	192,630	$1,325,294
134	Copycat	Thriller/Suspense	R	$741,789	167,826	$1,154,643
135	Crash	Drama	R	$738,339	167,045	$1,149,270
136	Bloodsport 2	Action	R	$684,351	154,831	$1,065,237
137	Now and Then	Drama	PG-13	$665,025	150,458	$1,035,151
138	Money Train	Action	R	$664,857	150,420	$1,034,890
139	The Flower of My Secret	Drama	R	$653,723	147,901	$1,017,559
140	Dangerous Minds	Drama	R	$650,710	147,219	$1,012,867
141	Georgia	Drama	R	$645,939	146,140	$1,005,443
142	Blazing Sun	Drama	PG-13	$618,090	139,839	$962,092
143	The Monster	Comedy	R	$569,901	128,937	$887,087
144	Ma Saison Preferee	Drama	Not Rated	$555,900	125,769	$865,291
145	Garden of the Finzi-Continis	Drama	R	$536,052	121,279	$834,400
146	Mother	Comedy	PG-13	$522,339	118,176	$813,051
147	Last Summer in the Hamptons	Comedy	R	$510,271	115,446	$794,268
148	Boys	Drama	PG-13	$506,058	114,493	$787,712
149	Things to Do in Denver when You're Dead	Black Comedy	R	$485,658	109,877	$755,954
150	The Last Supper	Comedy	R	$459,749	104,016	$715,630
151	It's My Party	Drama	R	$455,101	102,964	$708,392
152	The Usual Suspects	Drama	R	$451,074	102,053	$702,125
153	To Die For	Black Comedy	R	$397,107	89,843	$618,120
154	Chungking Express	Drama	PG-13	$332,003	75,114	$516,784
155	La cérémonie	Drama	Not Rated	$314,375	71,126	$489,347
156	Fair Game	Action	R	$313,458	70,918	$487,916
157	When Night is Falling	Drama	R	$298,598	67,556	$464,785
158	A Midwinter's Tale	Comedy	R	$288,122	65,186	$448,480
159	Everyone Says I Love You	Musical	R	$273,122	61,792	$425,129
160	Marvin's Room	Drama	PG-13	$271,740	61,480	$422,982
161	Celestial Clockwork	Comedy		$257,241	58,199	$400,409
162	Home for the Holidays	Comedy	PG-13	$223,912	50,659	$348,534
163	The Star Maker	Drama	R	$222,613	50,365	$346,511
164	Jack & Sarah	Romantic Comedy	PG	$218,626	49,463	$340,305
165	Nick of Time	Thriller/Suspense	R	$207,750	47,002	$323,374
166	Getting Away with Murder	Comedy	R	$197,322	44,643	$307,144
167	Clueless	Comedy	PG-13	$137,266	31,056	$213,665
168	Dead Presidents	Drama	R	$74,317	16,814	$115,680
169	Citizen Ruth	Comedy		$56,747	12,839	$88,332
170	Bang	Thriller/Suspense		$527	119	$819
Total Gross of All Movies				$3,544,204,132
Total Tickets Sold					801,856,140
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices						$5,516,770,243

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.