Box Office Performance for Universal Movies in 1996

Rank	Movie	Genre	MPAA	1996 Gross	Tickets Sold	Inflation- Adjusted Gross
1	The Nutty Professor	Comedy	PG-13	$128,814,019	29,143,443	$200,506,888
2	Twelve Monkeys	Drama	R	$56,882,564	12,869,358	$88,541,183
3	Dragonheart	Adventure	PG-13	$51,364,680	11,620,968	$79,952,260
4	Happy Gilmore	Comedy	PG-13	$38,623,460	8,738,339	$60,119,772
5	Sgt. Bilko	Comedy	PG	$30,356,589	6,868,007	$47,251,888
6	Daylight	Action	PG-13	$29,133,930	6,591,387	$45,348,743
7	The Quest	Action	PG-13	$21,607,190	4,888,505	$33,632,914
8	Bulletproof	Action	R	$21,195,840	4,795,439	$32,992,620
9	Fear	Thriller/Suspense	R	$20,694,623	4,682,041	$32,212,442
10	Flipper	Comedy	PG	$20,080,020	4,542,991	$31,255,778
11	The Frighteners	Horror	R	$16,553,635	3,745,166	$25,766,742
12	The Chamber	Drama	R	$14,407,578	3,259,633	$22,426,275
13	Babe	Adventure	G	$6,878,155	1,556,144	$10,706,271
14	Sudden Death	Action	R	$6,747,130	1,526,500	$10,502,320
15	Tales from the Crypt Presents: Bordello of Blood	Horror	R	$5,601,285	1,267,259	$8,718,742
16	Casino	Drama	R	$4,955,775	1,121,216	$7,713,966
17	Balto	Adventure	G	$4,641,705	1,050,160	$7,225,101
18	Ed	Comedy	PG	$3,956,785	895,200	$6,158,976
Total Gross of All Movies				$482,494,963
Total Tickets Sold					109,161,756
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices						$751,032,881

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.