Independence Day (1996) - Box Office Mojo

Independence Day

Domestic Total Gross: $306,169,268 Domestic Lifetime Gross: $306,169,268
Distributor: Fox	Release Date: July 3, 1996
Genre: Sci-Fi Action	Runtime: 2 hrs. 33 min.
MPAA Rating: PG-13	Production Budget: $75 million

Total Lifetime Grosses

Domestic:	$306,169,268	37.5%
+ Foreign:	$511,231,623	62.5%

= Worldwide:	$817,400,891

Domestic Summary

Opening Weekend:	$50,228,264
(#1 rank, 2,882 theaters, $17,428 average)
% of Total Gross:	16.4%
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Widest Release:

2,977 theaters

Close Date:

January 12, 1997

The Players

Director:	Roland Emmerich
Actors:	Will Smith Bill Pullman Jeff Goldblum Randy Quaid
Composer:	David Arnold

1996 Academy Awards®

Nominated for One Oscar, Including One Win.
View full award breakdown...

Genres

Genre	Rank
Disaster	2
President	1
Sci-Fi - Alien Invasion	5

Franchises

Franchise	Rank
Showdown: Alien Invasion	1
Showdown: Will Smith Vs. Himself (July Edition)	1

Charts

Chart	Rank
All Time Domestic	39
All Time Adjusted	37
All Time Worldwide	38
Yearly 1996	1
Yearly Opening Weekends 1996	1
Yearly PG-13 Rated 1996	1
Worldwide Yearly 1996	1
Non-Friday Opening Weekends	28
Opening Weeks	106
Opening Day Gross	143
Opening Wednesdays	18
Single Day Gross	480
Non-Opening Friday Gross	41
Non-Opening Thursday Gross	8
Single Day Friday Gross	151
Single Day Monday Gross	108
Single Day Saturday Gross	187
Single Day Thursday Gross	14
Single Day Tuesday Gross	29
Single Day Wednesday Gross	22
Non-Holiday Monday Gross	59
Theater Averages (Wide Releases) - All Time	94
Theater Averages - Wide Opening Weekends	90
Opening Weekends	136
Opening Weekends - July	29
Opening Weekends - Summer	96
Eleventh Weekends	78
Ninth Weekends	46
Tenth Weekends	68
Top 10-Day Grosses	76
Top 3-Day Grosses	121
Top 4-Day Grosses	86
Top 6-Day Grosses	64
Top 7-Day Grosses	61
Top 8-Day Grosses	70
Top 9-Day Grosses	79
Twelfth Weekends	29
Twelfth Weekends	80
Top 5-Day Grosses	66
Top 5-Day Grosses for movies opening on a Wednesday	14
Most Weekends at #1 (non-consecutive)	74
Most Weekends in Top 10 (non-consecutive)	50
Most Weekends in Top 5 (non-consecutive)	106
Consecutive Weekends At #1	59
Consecutive Weekends In Top 10	39
Consecutive Weekends In Top 5	92
Labor Day 4-Day Holiday Weekends	161
Independence Day Opening Weekends	11
Independence Day Weekends	11
Second Weekends	63
Third Weekends	65
Fourth Weekends	72
Fifth Weekends	46
Sixth Weekends	42
Seventh Weekends	72
Eighth Weekends	60
Smallest Drops, 2,500+ theaters (Saturation)	169
Smallest Drops, 2,000+ theaters (Very Wide)	278
Smallest Drops, All Wide Releases	974
Rated PG-13	26
Rated PG-13, Opening Weekends	87
Fastest to $100 million	48
Fastest to $150 million	52
Fastest to $200 million	50
Fastest to $250 million	50
Fastest to $300 million	39
Slowest to $100 million	460
Slowest to $200 million	75
BOM Users' Grades	286
BOM Users' Grades (1996 Releases)	16
Charts (Premier Pass Users Only)	Rank
Highest All Time Rank (on September 10, 1996)	6
Yearly (Wide) 1996	1
Yearly Opening Weekends (Wide) 1996	1
Non-Friday Opening Weekends Adjusted	12
Opening Weeks Adjusted	40
Non-Opening Friday Gross Adjusted	11
Non-Opening Thursday Gross Adjusted	1
Non-Opening Tuesday Gross Adjusted	20
Non-Opening Wednesday Gross Adjusted	31
Single Day Friday Gross Adjusted	53
Single Day Monday Gross Adjusted	49
Single Day Saturday Gross Adjusted	62
Single Day Sunday Gross Adjusted	54
Single Day Thursday Gross Adjusted	4
Single Day Tuesday Gross Adjusted	4
Single Day Wednesday Gross Adjusted	13
Theater Averages (Wide Releases) - All Time Adjusted	39
Theater Averages (Wide Releases) - All Time Adjusted	157
Theater Averages - Wide Opening Weekends Adjusted	38
Opening Weekends Adjusted - July	9
Opening Weekends Adjusted	46
Opening Weekends Adjusted - Summer	35
Eleventh Weekends Adjusted	75
Ninth Weekends Adjusted	38
Tenth Weekends Adjusted	69
Twelfth Weekends Adjusted	86
Top 5-Day Grosses for movies opening on a Wednesday Adjusted	3
Second Weekends Adjusted	23
Third Weekends Adjusted	19
Fourth Weekends Adjusted	33
Fifth Weekends Adjusted	27
Sixth Weekends Adjusted	30
Seventh Weekends Adjusted	56
Eighth Weekends Adjusted	50
Rated PG-13 Adjusted	8
Rated PG-13, Opening Weekends Adjusted	34