Box Office Performance for Warner Bros. 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 |
A Time to Kill
|
Drama
|
R
|
$108,766,007 |
24,607,694 |
$169,300,935 |
| 3 |
Eraser
|
Action
|
R
|
$101,295,562 |
22,917,548 |
$157,672,730 |
| 4 |
Space Jam
|
Comedy
|
PG
|
$85,422,365 |
19,326,327 |
$132,965,130 |
| 5 |
Executive Decision
|
Thriller/Suspense
|
R
|
$56,679,192 |
12,823,347 |
$88,224,627 |
| 6 |
Tin Cup
|
Romantic Comedy
|
R
|
$53,854,588 |
12,184,296 |
$83,827,956 |
| 7 |
Sleepers
|
Drama
|
R
|
$52,894,048 |
11,966,979 |
$82,332,816 |
| 8 |
Grumpier Old Men
|
Comedy
|
PG-13
|
$40,769,662 |
9,223,905 |
$63,460,466 |
| 9 |
Mars Attacks!
|
Comedy
|
PG-13
|
$33,779,762 |
7,642,480 |
$52,580,262 |
| 10 |
Heat
|
Drama
|
R
|
$30,943,723 |
7,000,842 |
$48,165,793 |
| 11 |
The Glimmer Man
|
Action
|
R
|
$20,404,841 |
4,616,480 |
$31,761,382 |
| 12 |
My Fellow Americans
|
Comedy
|
PG-13
|
$18,004,594 |
4,073,438 |
$28,025,253 |
| 13 |
Diabolique
|
Thriller/Suspense
|
R
|
$17,100,266 |
3,868,838 |
$26,617,605 |
| 14 |
Michael Collins
|
Drama
|
R
|
$10,926,246 |
2,472,001 |
$17,007,367 |
| 15 |
Two if by Sea
|
Romantic Comedy
|
R
|
$10,493,670 |
2,374,133 |
$16,334,035 |
| 16 |
Joe's Apartment
|
Comedy
|
PG-13
|
$4,616,355 |
1,044,424 |
$7,185,637 |
| 17 |
Bogus
|
Comedy
|
PG
|
$4,357,406 |
985,838 |
$6,782,565 |
| 18 |
Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls
|
Comedy
|
PG-13
|
$4,004,282 |
905,946 |
$6,232,908 |
| 19 |
Carpool
|
Comedy
|
PG
|
$3,325,651 |
752,410 |
$5,176,581 |
| 20 |
Big Bully
|
Comedy
|
PG
|
$2,042,530 |
462,111 |
$3,179,324 |
| 21 |
It Takes Two
|
Comedy
|
PG
|
$2,006,420 |
453,941 |
$3,123,114 |
| 22 |
Surviving Picasso
|
Drama
|
R
|
$1,993,899 |
451,108 |
$3,103,623 |
| 23 |
The Bridges of Madison County
|
Drama
|
PG-13
|
$1,448,968 |
327,821 |
$2,255,408 |
| 24 |
Bad Moon
|
Horror
|
R
|
$1,065,431 |
241,048 |
$1,658,410 |
| 25 |
Assassins
|
Action
|
R
|
$851,424 |
192,630 |
$1,325,294 |
| 26 |
Copycat
|
Thriller/Suspense
|
R
|
$741,789 |
167,826 |
$1,154,643 |
| 27 |
Fair Game
|
Action
|
R
|
$313,458 |
70,918 |
$487,916 |
| Total Gross of All Movies | $909,990,524 |
| Total Tickets Sold | 205,880,208 |
| Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices | $1,416,455,831 |
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.
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