Box Office Performance for PG Movies in 1996

Rank	Movie	Genre	MPAA	1996 Gross	Tickets Sold	Inflation- Adjusted Gross
1	The First Wives Club	Comedy	PG	$104,625,228	23,670,866	$162,855,558
2	Phenomenon	Drama	PG	$104,535,318	23,650,524	$162,715,605
3	Space Jam	Comedy	PG	$85,422,365	19,326,327	$132,965,130
4	Mr. Holland's Opus	Drama	PG	$82,568,138	18,680,574	$128,522,349
5	Jingle All the Way	Comedy	PG	$57,194,776	12,939,995	$89,027,166
6	Michael	Comedy	PG	$52,733,564	11,930,671	$82,083,016
7	Jumanji	Adventure	PG	$42,958,045	9,719,015	$66,866,823
8	The Preacher's Wife	Drama	PG	$38,655,329	8,745,550	$60,169,384
9	Sense and Sensibility	Drama	PG	$38,645,957	8,743,429	$60,154,792
10	Matilda	Comedy	PG	$33,098,222	7,488,286	$51,519,408
11	One Fine Day	Romantic Comedy	PG	$32,246,925	7,295,684	$50,194,306
12	Sgt. Bilko	Comedy	PG	$30,356,589	6,868,007	$47,251,888
13	James and the Giant Peach	Adventure	PG	$28,921,264	6,543,272	$45,017,711
14	Harriet the Spy	Adventure	PG	$26,570,048	6,011,323	$41,357,902
15	First Kid	Comedy	PG	$26,293,417	5,948,737	$40,927,311
16	That Thing You Do!	Drama	PG	$25,632,746	5,799,264	$39,898,936
17	Fly Away Home	Drama	PG	$24,455,717	5,532,968	$38,066,820
18	Father of the Bride Part II	Comedy	PG	$24,313,176	5,500,719	$37,844,947
19	Sabrina	Romantic Comedy	PG	$22,669,649	5,128,880	$35,286,694
20	D3: The Mighty Ducks	Comedy	PG	$22,491,695	5,088,619	$35,009,699
21	Emma	Romantic Comedy	PG	$22,231,658	5,029,787	$34,604,935
22	Flipper	Comedy	PG	$20,080,020	4,542,991	$31,255,778
23	Bed of Roses	Drama	PG	$18,972,237	4,292,361	$29,531,444
24	Kazaam	Comedy	PG	$18,880,508	4,271,608	$29,388,663
25	The Phantom	Action	PG	$17,220,599	3,896,063	$26,804,913
26	The Postman	Drama	PG	$12,786,292	2,892,826	$19,902,643
27	Alaska	Adventure	PG	$11,509,600	2,603,982	$17,915,396
28	Dunston Checks In	Comedy	PG	$9,419,316	2,131,067	$14,661,741
29	Tom and Huck	Adventure	PG	$9,232,982	2,088,910	$14,371,701
30	Larger Than Life	Comedy	PG	$8,295,903	1,876,901	$12,913,079
31	House Arrest	Comedy	PG	$6,906,987	1,562,667	$10,751,149
32	Dear God	Comedy	PG	$6,899,612	1,560,998	$10,739,666
33	Cold Comfort Farm	Comedy	PG	$5,682,429	1,285,617	$8,845,045
34	Jane Eyre	Drama	PG	$5,200,601	1,176,607	$8,095,056
35	Bogus	Comedy	PG	$4,357,406	985,838	$6,782,565
36	Ed	Comedy	PG	$3,956,785	895,200	$6,158,976
37	Carpool	Comedy	PG	$3,325,651	752,410	$5,176,581
38	The Stupids	Comedy	PG	$2,415,593	546,514	$3,760,016
39	Once Upon a Time... When We Were Colored	Drama	PG	$2,291,255	518,383	$3,566,475
40	Evita	Musical	PG	$2,225,737	503,560	$3,464,493
41	Big Bully	Comedy	PG	$2,042,530	462,111	$3,179,324
42	It Takes Two	Comedy	PG	$2,006,420	453,941	$3,123,114
43	Persuasion	Drama	PG	$1,805,885	408,571	$2,810,968
44	Race the Sun	Drama	PG	$1,681,685	380,472	$2,617,647
45	Little Indian, Big City	Comedy	PG	$1,029,731	232,971	$1,602,840
46	Anne Frank Remembered	Documentary	PG	$606,713	137,265	$944,383
47	Twelfth Night: Or What You Will	Comedy	PG	$588,621	133,172	$916,223
48	The Grass Harp	Drama	PG	$493,007	111,540	$767,395
49	Jack & Sarah	Romantic Comedy	PG	$218,626	49,463	$340,305
50	Santa with Muscles		PG	$198,717	44,959	$309,318
51	Infinity		PG	$145,697	32,963	$226,785
52	The Whole Wide World		PG	$136,933	30,980	$213,142
Total Gross of All Movies				$1,107,233,904
Total Tickets Sold					250,505,408
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices						$1,723,477,207

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.