Domestic Release Schedule
| Release | Distributor | Scale |
|---|---|---|
| August 2, 1996 | ||
 Chain Reaction
Action
Drama
Sci-Fi
Thriller
With: Keanu Reeves, Morgan Freeman, Rachel Weisz, Fred Ward 1 hr 47 min | Twentieth Century Fox | Wide |
 Matilda
Comedy
Family
Fantasy
With: Danny DeVito, Rhea Perlman, Mara Wilson, Embeth Davidtz 1 hr 38 min | Sony Pictures Releasing | Wide |
 | Orion Pictures | Limited |
 | Miramax | Limited |
| August 7, 1996 | ||
 | Lionsgate | Limited |
| August 9, 1996 | ||
 Escape from L.A.
Action
Adventure
Sci-Fi
Thriller
With: Kurt Russell, Steve Buscemi, Stacy Keach, A.J. Langer 1 hr 41 min | Paramount Pictures | Wide |
 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | Wide |
 Basquiat
Biography
Drama
With: Jeffrey Wright, Michael Wincott, Benicio Del Toro, Claire Forlani 1 hr 47 min | Miramax | Limited |
| August 14, 1996 | ||
 Alaska
Adventure
Drama
Family
With: Thora Birch, Vincent Kartheiser, Dirk Benedict, Charlton Heston 1 hr 49 min | Sony Pictures Releasing | Wide |
 | October Films | Limited |
| August 16, 1996 | ||
 The Fan
Action
Drama
Sport
Thriller
With: Robert De Niro, Wesley Snipes, Ellen Barkin, John Leguizamo 1 hr 56 min | Sony Pictures Releasing | Wide |
 Tin Cup
Comedy
Drama
Romance
Sport
With: Kevin Costner, Rene Russo, Don Johnson, Cheech Marin 2 hr 15 min | Warner Bros. | Wide |
 Bordello of Blood
Comedy
Fantasy
Horror
With: Dennis Miller, Erika Eleniak, Angie Everhart, Chris Sarandon 1 hr 27 min | Universal Pictures | Wide |
 House Arrest
Comedy
Family
With: Jamie Lee Curtis, Kevin Pollak, Kyle Howard, Herbert Russell 1 hr 48 min | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | Wide |
 Kansas City
Crime
Drama
Music
Thriller
With: Jennifer Jason Leigh, Miranda Richardson, Harry Belafonte, Michael Murphy 1 hr 56 min | Fine Line Features | Limited |
| August 21, 1996 | ||
 Girls Town
Comedy
Drama
With: Lili Taylor, Bruklin Harris, Anna Grace, Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor 1 hr 30 min | October Films | Limited |
| August 23, 1996 | ||
 A Very Brady Sequel
Comedy
With: Shelley Long, Gary Cole, Tim Matheson, Christopher Daniel Barnes 1 hr 30 min | Paramount Pictures | Wide |
 The Island of Dr. Moreau
Horror
Sci-Fi
Thriller
With: David Thewlis, Marlon Brando, Val Kilmer, Fairuza Balk 1 hr 36 min | New Line Cinema | Wide |
 | Warner Bros. | Wide |
 Solo
Action
Sci-Fi
Thriller
With: Mario Van Peebles, William Sadler, Barry Corbin, Jaime Gomez 1 hr 34 min | Sony Pictures Releasing | Wide |
 She's the One
Comedy
Drama
Romance
With: Edward Burns, Jennifer Aniston, John Mahoney, Michael McGlone 1 hr 36 min | Fox Searchlight Pictures | Limited |
 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company | Limited |
 The Spitfire Grill
Drama
With: Alison Elliott, Ellen Burstyn, Marcia Gay Harden, Will Patton 1 hr 57 min | Sony Pictures Releasing | Limited |
 Freeway
Crime
Drama
Thriller
With: Reese Witherspoon, Kiefer Sutherland, Bokeem Woodbine, Paul Perri 1 hr 44 min | Roxie Releasing | Limited |
| August 30, 1996 | ||
 The Crow: City of Angels
Action
Crime
Fantasy
Horror
Thriller
With: Vincent Perez, Mia Kirshner, Richard Brooks, Iggy Pop 1 hr 24 min | Miramax | Wide |
 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | Wide |
 | New Line Cinema | Wide |
 The Trigger Effect
Drama
Thriller
With: Kyle MacLachlan, Elisabeth Shue, Dermot Mulroney, Richard T. Jones 1 hr 34 min | Gramercy Pictures (I) | Limited |
| Miramax | Wide |
| September 6, 1996 | ||
 Bulletproof
Action
Comedy
Crime
With: Damon Wayans, Adam Sandler, James Caan, Jeep Swenson 1 hr 24 min | Universal Pictures | Wide |
 Bogus
Comedy
Family
Fantasy
With: Whoopi Goldberg, Gérard Depardieu, Haley Joel Osment, Andrea Martin 1 hr 50 min | Warner Bros. | Wide |
The Spitfire Grill
Drama
With: Alison Elliott, Ellen Burstyn, Marcia Gay Harden, Will Patton 1 hr 57 min | Sony Pictures Releasing | Wide |
 Killer: A Journal of Murder
Biography
Crime
Drama
Romance
Thriller
With: James Woods, Robert Sean Leonard, Ellen Greene, Cara Buono 1 hr 31 min | Legacy Releasing Corporation | Limited |
 | Warner Bros. | Limited |
