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
Writer:	Dean Devlin
Actors:	Will Smith Bill Pullman Jeff Goldblum Mary McDonnell Judd Hirsch Robert Loggia Randy Quaid Vivica A. Fox James Rebhorn Brent Spiner
Producer:	Dean Devlin
Composer:	David Arnold

1996 Academy Awards®

Nominated for One Oscar, Including One Win.
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Genres

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

Franchises

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

Charts

Chart	Rank
All Time Domestic	59
All Time Adjusted	39
All Time Worldwide	57
Yearly 1996	1
Yearly Opening Weekends 1996	1
Yearly PG-13 Rated 1996	1
Worldwide Yearly 1996	1
Non-Friday Opening Weekends	31
Opening Weeks	154
Opening Day Gross	200
Opening Wednesdays	20
Single Day Gross	695
Non-Opening Friday Gross	55
Non-Opening Thursday Gross	13
Single Day Friday Gross	217
Single Day Monday Gross	144
Single Day Saturday Gross	271
Single Day Thursday Gross	19
Single Day Tuesday Gross	51
Single Day Wednesday Gross	29
Non-Holiday Monday Gross	83
Theater Averages (Wide Releases) - All Time	140
Theater Averages - Wide Opening Weekends	130
Opening Weekends	193
Opening Weekends - July	38
Opening Weekends - Summer	127
Eleventh Weekends	81
Ninth Weekends	50
Tenth Weekends	72
Top 10-Day Grosses	113
Top 3-Day Grosses	175
Top 4-Day Grosses	128
Top 6-Day Grosses	96
Top 7-Day Grosses	92
Top 8-Day Grosses	101
Top 9-Day Grosses	116
Twelfth Weekends	31
Twelfth Weekends	87
Top 5-Day Grosses	101
Top 5-Day Grosses for movies opening on a Wednesday	15
Most Weekends at #1 (non-consecutive)	80
Most Weekends in Top 10 (non-consecutive)	51
Most Weekends in Top 5 (non-consecutive)	110
Consecutive Weekends At #1	63
Consecutive Weekends In Top 10	40
Consecutive Weekends In Top 5	96
Labor Day 4-Day Holiday Weekends	196
Independence Day Opening Weekends	12
Independence Day Weekends	12
Second Weekends	95
Third Weekends	90
Fourth Weekends	95
Fifth Weekends	59
Sixth Weekends	53
Seventh Weekends	84
Eighth Weekends	65
Smallest Drops, 2,500+ theaters (Saturation)	196
Smallest Drops, 2,000+ theaters (Very Wide)	311
Smallest Drops, All Wide Releases	1,040
Rated PG-13	36
Rated PG-13, Opening Weekends	124
Fastest to $100 million	75
Fastest to $150 million	78
Fastest to $200 million	76
Fastest to $250 million	71
Fastest to $300 million	59
Slowest to $100 million	544
Slowest to $200 million	91
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	53
Non-Opening Friday Gross Adjusted	12
Non-Opening Thursday Gross Adjusted	1
Non-Opening Tuesday Gross Adjusted	26
Non-Opening Wednesday Gross Adjusted	39
Single Day Friday Gross Adjusted	77
Single Day Monday Gross Adjusted	57
Single Day Saturday Gross Adjusted	82
Single Day Sunday Gross Adjusted	69
Single Day Thursday Gross Adjusted	4
Single Day Tuesday Gross Adjusted	8
Single Day Wednesday Gross Adjusted	15
Theater Averages (Wide Releases) - All Time Adjusted	182
Theater Averages (Wide Releases) - All Time Adjusted	48
Theater Averages - Wide Opening Weekends Adjusted	46
Opening Weekends Adjusted - July	11
Opening Weekends Adjusted	66
Opening Weekends Adjusted - Summer	46
Eleventh Weekends Adjusted	76
Ninth Weekends Adjusted	39
Tenth Weekends Adjusted	70
Twelfth Weekends Adjusted	89
Top 5-Day Grosses for movies opening on a Wednesday Adjusted	3
Second Weekends Adjusted	29
Third Weekends Adjusted	22
Fourth Weekends Adjusted	35
Fifth Weekends Adjusted	29
Sixth Weekends Adjusted	31
Seventh Weekends Adjusted	57
Eighth Weekends Adjusted	51
Rated PG-13 Adjusted	10
Rated PG-13, Opening Weekends Adjusted	49