Domestic Release Schedule
| Release | Distributor | Scale |
|---|---|---|
| October 4, 1996 | ||
 The Glimmer Man
Action
Comedy
Crime
Drama
Thriller
With: Steven Seagal, Keenen Ivory Wayans, Bob Gunton, Brian Cox 1 hr 31 min | Warner Bros. | Wide |
 D3: The Mighty Ducks
Action
Comedy
Drama
Family
Sport
With: Emilio Estevez, Jeffrey Nordling, David Selby, Heidi Kling 1 hr 44 min | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | Wide |
 That Thing You Do!
Comedy
Drama
Music
With: Tom Hanks, Liv Tyler, Charlize Theron, Tom Everett Scott 1 hr 48 min | Twentieth Century Fox | Wide |
 | Gramercy Pictures (I) | Limited |
 Infinity
Biography
Drama
With: Matthew Broderick, Patricia Arquette, Jeffrey Force, Peter Riegert 1 hr 59 min | First Look International | Limited |
 | Fine Line Features | Limited |
 Small Wonders
Biography
Documentary
Music
With: Roberta Guaspari, Arnold Steinhardt, Isaac Stern, Itzhak Perlman 1 hr 17 min | Miramax | Limited |
 Bird of Prey
Crime
Drama
Music
Romance
Thriller
With: Lenny von Dohlen, Boyan Milushev, Jennifer Tilly, Richard Chamberlain 1 hr 45 min | Northern Arts Entertainment | Limited |
| October 6, 1996 | ||
 Vertigo1996 Restored 70mm
Mystery
Romance
Thriller
With: James Stewart, Kim Novak, Barbara Bel Geddes, Tom Helmore 2 hr 8 min | Universal Pictures | Limited |
| October 9, 1996 | ||
 Beautiful Thing
Comedy
Drama
Romance
With: Glen Berry, Linda Henry, Scott Neal, Tameka Empson 1 hr 30 min | Sony Pictures Releasing | Limited |
 | Miramax | Limited |
| October 11, 1996 | ||
 The Long Kiss Goodnight
Action
Crime
Drama
Mystery
Thriller
With: Geena Davis, Samuel L. Jackson, Yvonne Zima, Craig Bierko 2 hr 1 min | New Line Cinema | Wide |
 The Ghost and the Darkness
Adventure
Drama
Thriller
With: Michael Douglas, Val Kilmer, Tom Wilkinson, John Kani 1 hr 50 min | Paramount Pictures | Wide |
 The Chamber
Crime
Drama
Thriller
With: Chris O'Donnell, Gene Hackman, Faye Dunaway, Robert Prosky 1 hr 53 min | Universal Pictures | Wide |
 The Grass Harp
Comedy
Drama
With: Piper Laurie, Sissy Spacek, Walter Matthau, Edward Furlong 1 hr 47 min | Fine Line Features | Limited |
 Love Is All There Is
Comedy
Romance
With: Lainie Kazan, Paul Sorvino, Barbara Carrera, Joseph Bologna 1 hr 45 min | The Samuel Goldwyn Company | Limited |
 Michael Collins
Biography
Drama
History
Thriller
War
With: Liam Neeson, Aidan Quinn, Julia Roberts, Ian Hart 2 hr 13 min | Warner Bros. | Limited |
 Looking for Richard
Documentary
Drama
With: Al Pacino, Alec Baldwin, Kevin Spacey, Frederic Kimball 1 hr 52 min | Fox Searchlight Pictures | Limited |
 Bitter Sugar
Drama
Romance
With: René Lavan, Mayte Vilán, Miguel Gutiérrez, Larry Villanueva 1 hr 45 min | First Look International | Limited |
 Trees Lounge
Comedy
Drama
With: Steve Buscemi, Carol Kane, Mark Boone Junior, Bronson Dudley 1 hr 35 min | Orion Classics | Limited |
 Tell the Truth and Run: George Seldes and the American Press
Biography
Documentary
History
With: Susan Sarandon, Edward Asner, Ben Bagdikian, Jeff Cohen 1 hr 30 min | - | Limited |
| October 16, 1996 | ||
 | Warren Miller Entertainment | Limited |
| October 18, 1996 | ||
 | Warner Bros. | Wide |
 Get on the Bus
Adventure
Drama
History
With: Ossie Davis, Charles S. Dutton, Andre Braugher, Richard Belzer 2 hr | Sony Pictures Releasing | Wide |
 | Miramax | Limited |
 Jude
Drama
Romance
With: Christopher Eccleston, Kate Winslet, Liam Cunningham, Rachel Griffiths 2 hr 3 min | Gramercy Pictures (I) | Limited |
 To Gillian on Her 37th Birthday
Drama
Fantasy
Romance
With: Peter Gallagher, Michelle Pfeiffer, Claire Danes, Laurie Fortier 1 hr 33 min | Sony Pictures Releasing | Limited |
 I Shot a Man in Vegas
Crime
Drama
With: John Stockwell, Janeane Garofalo, Brian Drillinger, Noelle Lippman 1 hr 26 min | Arrow Releasing | Limited |
 Not Bad for a Girl
Documentary
Music
With: Lisa Rose Apramian, Donita Sparks, Jennifer Finch, Andrea Kusten 1 hr 30 min | Horizon Unlimited | Limited |
| October 25, 1996 | ||
 High School High
Comedy
Crime
Romance
With: Jon Lovitz, Tia Carrere, Louise Fletcher, Mekhi Phifer 1 hr 26 min | Sony Pictures Releasing | Wide |
 Thinner
Fantasy
Horror
With: Robert John Burke, Joe Mantegna, Lucinda Jenney, Bethany Joy Lenz 1 hr 33 min | Paramount Pictures | Wide |
 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | Wide |
 The Sunchaser
Crime
Drama
With: Woody Harrelson, Jon Seda, Anne Bancroft, Alexandra Tydings 2 hr 2 min | Warner Bros. | Limited |
 Palookaville
Comedy
Crime
With: William Forsythe, Vincent Gallo, Adam Trese, Gareth Williams 1 hr 32 min | The Samuel Goldwyn Company | Limited |
Michael Collins
Biography
Drama
History
Thriller
War
With: Liam Neeson, Aidan Quinn, Julia Roberts, Ian Hart 2 hr 13 min | Warner Bros. | Wide |
 Twelfth Night
Comedy
Drama
Romance
With: Helena Bonham Carter, Richard E. Grant, Imogen Stubbs, Steven Mackintosh 2 hr 14 min | Fine Line Features | Limited |
To Gillian on Her 37th Birthday
Drama
Fantasy
Romance
With: Peter Gallagher, Michelle Pfeiffer, Claire Danes, Laurie Fortier 1 hr 33 min | Sony Pictures Releasing | Wide |
 When We Were Kings
Documentary
Sport
With: Muhammad Ali, George Foreman, Don King, James Brown 1 hr 28 min | Gramercy Pictures (I) | Limited |
 | Fine Line Features | Limited |
| October 30, 1996 | ||
 A Single Girl
Drama
With: Virginie Ledoyen, Benoît Magimel, Dominique Valadié, Michel Bompoil 1 hr 30 min | Strand Releasing | Limited |
| November 1, 1996 | ||
 Larger Than Life
Comedy
Family
With: Bill Murray, Matthew McConaughey, Jerry Adler, Richard Alan Baker 1 hr 33 min | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | Wide |
 | Paramount Pictures | Wide |
 Romeo + Juliet
Drama
Romance
With: Leonardo DiCaprio, Claire Danes, John Leguizamo, Harold Perrineau 2 hr | Twentieth Century Fox | Wide |
 | Warner Bros. | Wide |
 Mother Night
Drama
Romance
War
With: Nick Nolte, Sheryl Lee, Tony Robinow, Michael McGill 1 hr 54 min | Fine Line Features | Limited |
 Unhook the Stars
Drama
Romance
With: Gena Rowlands, Marisa Tomei, Gérard Depardieu, Jake Lloyd 1 hr 43 min | Miramax | Limited |
 The Funeral
Crime
Drama
With: Christopher Walken, Chris Penn, Annabella Sciorra, Isabella Rossellini 1 hr 39 min | October Films | Limited |
 | Unapix Entertainment Productions | Limited |
