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Top 1996 Movies at the Domestic Box Office
See also: Top 1996 Domestic Limited Release - Top 1996 International - Top 1996 Worldwide
Other Domestic Cumulative records: All Time Domestic - All Time Domestic (Inf. Adj.) - All Time Animated Domestic - All Time Sequel Domestic - All Time Non-Sequel Domestic - Top 2023 Domestic - Top 2024 Domestic
This chart contains the total domestic box office for movies released in 1996.
See Top Grossing Movies of 1996 for a list of movies that earned most at the domestic box office during 1996, including films released in 1995 and earlier.
| Rank | Movie | Distributor | Domestic Box Office |
Opening Weekend Box Office |
Max Theater Count |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Independence Day | 20th Cent… | $306,169,255 | $50,228,264 | 2,977 |
| 2 | Twister | Warner Bros. | $241,688,385 | $41,059,405 | 2,808 |
| 3 | Mission: Impossible | Paramount… | $180,981,886 | $45,436,830 | 3,012 |
| 4 | Jerry Maguire | Sony Pict… | $153,952,592 | $17,084,296 | 2,531 |
| 5 | Ransom | Walt Disney | $136,492,681 | $34,216,088 | 2,768 |
| 6 | 101 Dalmatians | Walt Disney | $136,189,294 | $33,504,025 | 2,901 |
| 7 | The Rock | Walt Disney | $134,069,511 | $25,069,525 | 2,426 |
| 8 | The Nutty Professor | Universal | $128,814,019 | $25,411,725 | 2,239 |
| 9 | The Birdcage | MGM | $124,060,553 | $18,275,828 | 2,285 |
| 10 | A Time to Kill | Warner Bros. | $108,766,007 | $14,823,159 | 2,313 |
| 11 | The First Wives Club | Paramount… | $105,489,203 | $18,913,411 | 2,406 |
| 12 | Phenomenon | Walt Disney | $104,636,382 | $24,517,121 | 2,139 |
| 13 | Scream | Miramax | $103,046,663 | $6,354,586 | 1,994 |
| 14 | Eraser | Warner Bros. | $101,295,562 | $24,566,446 | 2,556 |
| 15 | The Hunchback of Notre Dame | Walt Disney | $100,138,851 | $21,037,414 | 2,835 |
| 16 | Michael | New Line | $95,345,070 | $17,435,711 | 2,325 |
| 17 | Star Trek: First Contact | Paramount… | $92,027,888 | $30,716,131 | 2,812 |
| 18 | Space Jam | Warner Bros. | $90,463,534 | $27,528,529 | 2,650 |
| 19 | The English Patient | Miramax | $78,716,374 | $278,439 | 1,409 |
| 20 | Broken Arrow | 20th Cent… | $70,645,997 | $15,583,510 | 2,392 |
| 21 | Beavis and Butt-Head Do America | Paramount… | $63,118,386 | $20,114,233 | 2,417 |
| 22 | Jingle All the Way | 20th Cent… | $60,592,389 | $12,112,267 | 2,404 |
| 23 | The Cable Guy | Sony Pict… | $60,240,295 | $19,806,226 | 2,657 |
| 24 | Courage Under Fire | 20th Cent… | $59,003,384 | $12,501,586 | 2,001 |
| 25 | Jack | Walt Disney | $58,617,334 | $11,191,496 | 2,232 |
| 26 | Executive Decision | Warner Bros. | $56,679,192 | $12,069,780 | 2,289 |
| 27 | Primal Fear | Paramount… | $56,073,633 | $9,871,222 | 1,983 |
| 28 | Tin Cup | Warner Bros. | $53,854,588 | $10,128,834 | 2,102 |
| 29 | Sleepers | Warner Bros. | $53,300,852 | $12,305,745 | 2,080 |
| 30 | Dragonheart | Universal | $51,364,680 | $15,027,150 | 2,193 |
| 31 | Up Close & Personal | Walt Disney | $51,045,801 | $11,101,955 | 1,639 |
| 32 | Evita | Walt Disney | $50,047,179 | $195,085 | 1,045 |
| 33 | The Preacher’s Wife | Walt Disney | $48,102,795 | $7,649,752 | 2,008 |
| 34 | Romeo+Juliet | 20th Cent… | $46,338,728 | $11,133,231 | 1,963 |
| 35 | One Fine Day | 20th Cent… | $46,169,663 | $6,226,430 | 1,975 |
| 36 | The Mirror Has Two Faces | Sony Pict… | $41,267,469 | $12,210,868 | 2,489 |
| 37 | Happy Gilmore | Universal | $38,623,460 | $10,112,005 | 2,069 |
| 38 | The Ghost and the Darkness | Paramount… | $38,564,422 | $10,321,400 | 2,202 |
| 39 | Mars Attacks! | Warner Bros. | $37,771,017 | $9,384,272 | 1,955 |
| 40 | Set It Off | New Line | $36,049,108 | $8,812,105 | 1,016 |
| 41 | Shine | Fine Line | $35,811,509 | $162,179 | 1,050 |
| 42 | A Thin Line Between Love & Hate | New Line | $34,873,513 | $9,310,414 | 1,131 |
| 43 | Muppet Treasure Island | Walt Disney | $34,327,391 | $10,112,833 | 2,089 |
| 44 | The Truth About Cats & Dogs | 20th Cent… | $34,084,531 | $6,769,363 | 1,654 |
| 45 | The Long Kiss Goodnight | New Line | $33,447,612 | $10,183,230 | 2,404 |
| 46 | Striptease | Sony Pict… | $33,109,743 | $12,322,069 | 1,979 |
| 47 | Matilda | Sony Pict… | $33,098,222 | $8,208,609 | 2,006 |
| 48 | Daylight | Universal | $32,908,290 | $10,015,875 | 2,189 |
| 49 | Homeward Bound II: Lost in San Francisco | Walt Disney | $32,709,423 | $8,605,649 | 2,129 |
| 50 | Black Sheep | Paramount… | $32,330,354 | $10,593,609 | 2,092 |
| 51 | Rumble in the Bronx | New Line | $32,281,907 | $9,858,380 | 1,794 |
| 52 | Eddie | Walt Disney | $31,369,401 | $8,041,972 | 2,000 |
| 53 | Sgt. Bilko | Universal | $30,356,589 | $8,110,080 | 2,326 |
| 54 | James and the Giant Peach | Walt Disney | $28,921,264 | $7,539,098 | 2,268 |
| 55 | The Island of Dr. Moreau | New Line | $27,682,712 | $9,101,987 | 2,039 |
| 56 | Spy Hard | Walt Disney | $26,936,265 | $10,448,420 | 2,319 |
| 57 | Eye for an Eye | Paramount… | $26,792,700 | $7,929,086 | 1,680 |
| 58 | Harriet the Spy | Paramount… | $26,570,048 | $6,601,651 | 1,876 |
| 59 | First Kid | Walt Disney | $26,465,920 | $8,434,651 | 1,878 |
| 60 | That Thing You Do! | 20th Cent… | $25,857,416 | $6,208,595 | 1,887 |
| 61 | From Dusk Till Dawn | Miramax/D… | $25,728,961 | $10,240,805 | 2,007 |
| 62 | Down Periscope | 20th Cent… | $25,723,977 | $7,231,087 | 2,026 |
| 63 | Escape from L.A. | Paramount… | $25,426,861 | $8,912,557 | 2,312 |
| 64 | Fly Away Home | Sony Pict… | $25,143,818 | $4,708,044 | 1,401 |
| 65 | Kingpin | MGM | $25,023,424 | $5,582,079 | 1,975 |
| 66 | The Craft | Sony Pict… | $24,769,466 | $6,710,995 | 1,762 |
| 67 | Fargo | Gramercy | $24,567,751 | $730,265 | 716 |
| 68 | Sling Blade | Miramax | $24,475,416 | 1,020 | |
| 69 | D3: The Mighty Ducks | Walt Disney | $22,936,273 | $6,170,358 | 2,060 |
| 70 | The Juror | Sony Pict… | $22,730,924 | $8,411,178 | 2,205 |
| 71 | My Fellow Americans | Warner Bros. | $22,331,846 | $2,860,334 | 1,915 |
| 72 | Emma | Miramax | $22,231,658 | $240,649 | 848 |
| 73 | The Quest | Universal | $21,607,190 | $7,029,120 | 2,098 |
| 74 | A Very Brady Sequel | Paramount… | $21,443,204 | $7,052,045 | 2,147 |
| 75 | Chain Reaction | 20th Cent… | $21,226,204 | $7,545,944 | 2,556 |
| 76 | Bulletproof | Universal | $21,195,840 | $6,014,400 | 2,242 |
| 77 | High School High | Sony Pict… | $20,995,023 | $6,311,786 | 2,146 |
| 78 | Fear | Universal | $20,694,623 | $6,312,240 | 1,615 |
| 79 | The Glimmer Man | Warner Bros. | $20,404,841 | $7,605,504 | 2,236 |
| 80 | City Hall | Sony Pict… | $20,278,055 | $8,012,442 | 1,815 |
| 81 | The People vs. Larry Flynt | Sony Pict… | $20,224,840 | $523,295 | 1,233 |
| 82 | Multiplicity | Sony Pict… | $20,133,326 | $5,075,340 | 2,134 |
| 83 | Flipper | Universal | $20,080,020 | $4,209,525 | 2,419 |
| 84 | Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinki… | Miramax | $19,674,813 | $9,632,409 | 1,010 |
| 85 | Mother | Paramount… | $19,174,217 | $137,701 | 735 |
| 86 | Bed of Roses | New Line | $18,972,237 | $6,117,558 | 1,575 |
| 87 | Kazaam | Walt Disney | $18,880,508 | $5,001,588 | 2,019 |
| 88 | The Fan | Sony Pict… | $18,582,965 | $6,271,406 | 2,016 |
| 89 | Last Man Standing | New Line | $18,115,927 | $7,010,333 | 2,579 |
| 90 | The Crow: City of Angels | Miramax | $17,897,671 | $9,785,111 | 2,423 |
| 91 | Extreme Measures | Sony Pict… | $17,378,193 | $6,906,546 | 2,298 |
| 92 | The Phantom | Paramount… | $17,220,599 | $5,072,346 | 2,163 |
| 93 | Fled | MGM | $17,192,205 | $5,405,855 | 2,104 |
| 94 | Diabolique | Warner Bros. | $17,100,266 | $5,524,055 | 1,824 |
| 95 | The Frighteners | Universal | $16,553,635 | $5,565,495 | 1,675 |
| 96 | Trainspotting | Miramax | $16,501,785 | $262,673 | 357 |
| 97 | Supercop | Miramax | $16,270,600 | $5,503,176 | 1,469 |
| 98 | The Adventures of Pinocchio | New Line | $15,382,170 | $3,832,551 | 1,879 |
| 99 | Thinner | Paramount… | $15,171,475 | $5,679,046 | 2,009 |
| 100 | Flirting with Disaster | Miramax | $14,853,474 | $164,458 | 969 |
The Domestic Market is defined as the North American movie territory (consisting of the United States, Canada, Puerto Rico and Guam).
This table is updated daily to reflect the latest studio reports.
Note: This chart is not adjusted for inflation.