Box Office Performance for PG-13 Movies in 1996

Rank	Movie	Genre	MPAA	1996 Gross	Tickets Sold	Inflation- Adjusted Gross
1	Independence Day	Adventure	PG-13	$306,169,255	69,269,062	$476,571,147
2	Twister	Action	PG-13	$241,888,385	54,725,879	$376,514,048
3	Mission: Impossible	Action	PG-13	$180,981,886	40,946,128	$281,709,361
4	The Nutty Professor	Comedy	PG-13	$128,814,019	29,143,443	$200,506,888
5	Star Trek: First Contact	Adventure	PG-13	$89,128,389	20,164,794	$138,733,783
6	The Cable Guy	Comedy	PG-13	$60,240,295	13,629,026	$93,767,699
7	Jack	Drama	PG-13	$58,554,258	13,247,570	$91,143,282
8	Beavis and Butt-head Do America	Comedy	PG-13	$54,149,743	12,251,073	$84,287,382
9	Dragonheart	Adventure	PG-13	$51,364,680	11,620,968	$79,952,260
10	Up Close & Personal	Drama	PG-13	$51,045,801	11,548,824	$79,455,909
11	Romeo & Juliet	Drama	PG-13	$44,798,596	10,135,429	$69,731,752
12	Grumpier Old Men	Comedy	PG-13	$40,769,662	9,223,905	$63,460,466
13	The Mirror Has Two Faces	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$40,752,572	9,220,039	$63,433,868
14	Happy Gilmore	Comedy	PG-13	$38,623,460	8,738,339	$60,119,772
15	The Truth About Cats & Dogs	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$34,084,531	7,711,432	$53,054,652
16	Mars Attacks!	Comedy	PG-13	$33,779,762	7,642,480	$52,580,262
17	Black Sheep	Comedy	PG-13	$32,330,354	7,314,560	$50,324,173
18	Eddie	Comedy	PG-13	$31,369,401	7,097,150	$48,828,392
19	Daylight	Action	PG-13	$29,133,930	6,591,387	$45,348,743
20	The Island of Dr. Moreau	Adventure	PG-13	$27,682,712	6,263,057	$43,089,832
21	Spy Hard	Comedy	PG-13	$26,936,265	6,094,178	$41,927,945
22	Down Periscope	Comedy	PG-13	$25,723,977	5,819,904	$40,040,940
23	The Quest	Action	PG-13	$21,607,190	4,888,505	$33,632,914
24	A Very Brady Sequel	Comedy	PG-13	$21,443,204	4,851,404	$33,377,660
25	Chain Reaction	Action	PG-13	$21,226,204	4,802,309	$33,039,886
26	High School High	Comedy	PG-13	$20,883,060	4,724,674	$32,505,757
27	Multiplicity	Comedy	PG-13	$20,133,326	4,555,051	$31,338,751
28	My Fellow Americans	Comedy	PG-13	$18,004,594	4,073,438	$28,025,253
29	The Arrival	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$14,031,906	3,174,639	$21,841,516
30	Bio-Dome	Comedy	PG-13	$13,294,762	3,007,865	$20,694,111
31	Goldeneye	Action	PG-13	$13,218,836	2,990,687	$20,575,927
32	Mr. Wrong	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$12,805,071	2,897,075	$19,931,876
33	The Spitfire Grill	Drama	PG-13	$12,592,203	2,848,915	$19,600,535
34	The Associate	Comedy	PG-13	$12,384,525	2,801,929	$19,277,272
35	White Squall	Adventure	PG-13	$10,229,300	2,314,321	$15,922,528
36	The Evening Star	Drama	PG-13	$10,129,807	2,291,812	$15,767,667
37	Mrs. Winterbourne	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$10,039,566	2,271,395	$15,627,198
38	A Family Thing	Drama	PG-13	$9,993,012	2,260,862	$15,554,731
39	Celtic Pride	Comedy	PG-13	$9,240,378	2,090,583	$14,383,211
40	The American President	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$8,967,526	2,028,852	$13,958,502
41	Before and After	Drama	PG-13	$8,642,118	1,955,230	$13,451,982
42	Shine	Drama	PG-13	$6,694,360	1,514,561	$10,420,180
43	Ghosts of Mississippi	Drama	PG-13	$5,782,753	1,308,315	$9,001,207
44	The Pallbearer	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$5,656,388	1,279,726	$8,804,515
45	Solo	Action	PG-13	$4,932,915	1,116,044	$7,678,383
46	The Crucible	Drama	PG-13	$4,652,487	1,052,599	$7,241,881
47	Joe's Apartment	Comedy	PG-13	$4,616,355	1,044,424	$7,185,637
48	To Gillian on Her 37th Birthday	Drama	PG-13	$4,137,645	936,119	$6,440,499
49	Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls	Comedy	PG-13	$4,004,282	905,946	$6,232,908
50	Moll Flanders	Drama	PG-13	$3,443,047	778,970	$5,359,314
51	Cutthroat Island	Adventure	PG-13	$2,801,462	633,815	$4,360,647
52	Dracula: Dead and Loving It	Comedy	PG-13	$2,416,071	546,622	$3,760,759
53	Lawnmower Man 2: Beyond Cyberspace	Action	PG-13	$2,396,302	542,150	$3,729,992
54	The Bridges of Madison County	Drama	PG-13	$1,448,968	327,821	$2,255,408
55	Looking for Richard	Documentary	PG-13	$1,266,417	286,520	$1,971,258
56	Two Much	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$1,078,555	244,017	$1,678,837
57	Powder	Drama	PG-13	$956,919	216,498	$1,489,506
58	Mystery Science Theatre 3000	Comedy	PG-13	$949,745	214,874	$1,478,333
59	Now and Then	Drama	PG-13	$665,025	150,458	$1,035,151
60	Mother	Comedy	PG-13	$522,339	118,176	$813,051
61	Boys	Drama	PG-13	$506,058	114,493	$787,712
62	Cry, The Beloved Country	Drama	PG-13	$421,572	95,378	$656,201
63	The Portrait of a Lady	Drama	PG-13	$355,334	80,392	$553,097
64	Hamlet	Drama	PG-13	$344,863	78,023	$536,798
65	Chungking Express	Drama	PG-13	$332,003	75,114	$516,784
66	Marvin's Room	Drama	PG-13	$271,740	61,480	$422,982
67	Home for the Holidays	Comedy	PG-13	$223,912	50,659	$348,534
68	Clueless	Comedy	PG-13	$137,266	31,056	$213,665
69	I'm Not Rappaport		PG-13	$62,448	14,129	$97,208
70	Mortal Kombat	Action	PG-13	$59,379	13,434	$92,426
71	In Love and War	Drama	PG-13	$4,112	930	$6,398
Total Gross of All Movies				$1,958,329,243
Total Tickets Sold					443,060,916
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices						$3,048,259,102

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.