Domestic Release Schedule
| Release | Distributor | Scale |
|---|---|---|
| November 15, 1996 | ||
 Space Jam
Adventure
Animation
Comedy
Family
Fantasy
Sci-Fi
Sport
With: Michael Jordan, Wayne Knight, Theresa Randle, Manner Washington 1 hr 28 min | Warner Bros. | Wide |
 The Mirror Has Two Faces
Comedy
Drama
Romance
With: Barbra Streisand, Jeff Bridges, Lauren Bacall, George Segal 2 hr 6 min | Sony Pictures Releasing | Wide |
 The English Patient
Drama
Romance
War
With: Ralph Fiennes, Juliette Binoche, Willem Dafoe, Kristin Scott Thomas 2 hr 42 min | Miramax | Limited |
| November 22, 1996 | ||
 Star Trek: First Contact
Action
Adventure
Drama
Sci-Fi
Thriller
With: Patrick Stewart, Jonathan Frakes, Brent Spiner, LeVar Burton 1 hr 51 min | Paramount Pictures | Wide |
 Jingle All the Way
Adventure
Comedy
Family
With: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Sinbad, Phil Hartman, Rita Wilson 1 hr 29 min | Twentieth Century Fox | Wide |
 Shine
Biography
Drama
Music
Romance
With: Geoffrey Rush, Armin Mueller-Stahl, Justin Braine, Sonia Todd 1 hr 45 min | Fine Line Features | Limited |
 The War at Home
Drama
With: Emilio Estevez, Kathy Bates, Martin Sheen, Kimberly Williams-Paisley 2 hr 3 min | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | Limited |
 Ridicule
Comedy
Drama
History
Romance
With: Charles Berling, Jean Rochefort, Fanny Ardant, Judith Godrèche 1 hr 42 min | Miramax | Limited |
| November 27, 1996 | ||
 101 Dalmatians
Adventure
Comedy
Crime
Family
With: Glenn Close, Jeff Daniels, Joely Richardson, Joan Plowright 1 hr 43 min | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | Wide |
 Zero Kelvin
Drama
With: Stellan Skarsgård, Gard B. Eidsvold, Bjørn Sundquist, Camilla Martens 1 hr 58 min | Kino International | Limited |
| November 29, 1996 | ||
 | Miramax | Limited |
 The Crucible
Drama
History
With: Daniel Day-Lewis, Winona Ryder, Paul Scofield, Joan Allen 2 hr 4 min | Twentieth Century Fox | Limited |
 | Northern Arts Entertainment | Limited |
| December 6, 1996 | ||
 Daylight
Action
Adventure
Drama
Thriller
With: Sylvester Stallone, Amy Brenneman, Viggo Mortensen, Dan Hedaya 1 hr 54 min | Universal Pictures | Wide |
 | - | Limited |
The English Patient
Drama
Romance
War
With: Ralph Fiennes, Juliette Binoche, Willem Dafoe, Kristin Scott Thomas 2 hr 42 min | Miramax | Wide |
 Everyone Says I Love You
Comedy
Musical
Romance
With: Woody Allen, Goldie Hawn, Julia Roberts, Edward Norton 1 hr 41 min | Miramax | Limited |
| December 13, 1996 | ||
 Jerry Maguire
Comedy
Drama
Romance
Sport
With: Tom Cruise, Cuba Gooding Jr., Renée Zellweger, Kelly Preston 2 hr 19 min | Sony Pictures Releasing | Wide |
 Mars Attacks!
Comedy
Sci-Fi
With: Jack Nicholson, Pierce Brosnan, Sarah Jessica Parker, Annette Bening 1 hr 46 min | Warner Bros. | Wide |
 The Preacher's Wife
Comedy
Drama
Fantasy
Romance
With: Denzel Washington, Whitney Houston, Courtney B. Vance, Gregory Hines 2 hr 3 min | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | Wide |
 Citizen Ruth
Comedy
Drama
With: Laura Dern, Swoosie Kurtz, Mary Kay Place, Kurtwood Smith 1 hr 46 min | Miramax | Limited |
| December 18, 1996 | ||
 In Love and War
Biography
Drama
Romance
War
With: Sandra Bullock, Chris O'Donnell, Mackenzie Astin, Margot Steinberg 1 hr 53 min | New Line Cinema | Limited |
| December 20, 1996 | ||
 Beavis and Butt-Head Do America
Adventure
Animation
Comedy
Crime
Music
With: Mike Judge, Bruce Willis, Demi Moore, Cloris Leachman 1 hr 21 min | Paramount Pictures | Wide |
 One Fine Day
Comedy
Drama
Romance
With: Michelle Pfeiffer, George Clooney, Mae Whitman, Alex D. Linz 1 hr 48 min | Twentieth Century Fox | Wide |
 My Fellow Americans
Adventure
Comedy
With: Jack Lemmon, James Garner, Dan Aykroyd, John Heard 1 hr 41 min | Warner Bros. | Wide |
 | Dimension Films | Wide |
 Ghosts of Mississippi
Drama
History
With: Alec Baldwin, James Woods, Whoopi Goldberg, Virginia Madsen 2 hr 10 min | Sony Pictures Releasing | Limited |
 | Miramax | Limited |
 The Whole Wide World
Biography
Drama
Romance
With: Vincent D'Onofrio, Renée Zellweger, Ann Wedgeworth, Harve Presnell 1 hr 51 min | Sony Pictures Classics | Limited |
 La Cérémonie
Crime
Drama
Thriller
With: Isabelle Huppert, Sandrine Bonnaire, Jacqueline Bisset, Jean-Pierre Cassel 1 hr 51 min | New Yorker Films | Limited |
