Domestic Box Office For October 1996
Wide releases are those released in at least 600 theaters.
| Rank | Release | Gross | Max Th | Opening | % of Total | Open Th | Open | Close | Distributor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sleepers | $53,315,285 | 2,080 | $12,305,745 | 23.1% | 1,915 | Oct 18 | - | Warner Bros. |
| 2 | The Ghost and the Darkness | $38,619,405 | 2,202 | $9,215,063 | 23.9% | 2,142 | Oct 11 | - | Paramount Pictures |
| 3 | The Long Kiss Goodnight | $33,447,612 | 2,404 | $9,065,363 | 27.1% | 2,245 | Oct 11 | - | New Line Cinema |
| 4 | That Thing You Do! | $25,857,416 | 1,887 | $6,208,595 | 24% | 1,870 | Oct 4 | - | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 5 | D3: The Mighty Ducks | $22,955,097 | 2,060 | $6,170,358 | 26.9% | 2,056 | Oct 4 | - | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 6 | High School High | $21,302,121 | 2,146 | $6,311,786 | 29.6% | 2,146 | Oct 25 | - | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 7 | The Glimmer Man | $20,351,264 | 2,236 | $7,605,504 | 37.4% | 2,236 | Oct 4 | - | Warner Bros. |
| 8 | Thinner | $15,315,484 | 2,009 | $5,679,046 | 37.1% | 2,009 | Oct 25 | - | Paramount Pictures |
| 9 | The Chamber | $14,551,359 | 2,032 | $5,612,095 | 38.6% | 2,026 | Oct 11 | - | Universal Pictures |
| 10 | The Associate | $12,844,057 | 1,781 | $4,261,304 | 33.2% | 1,781 | Oct 25 | - | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 11 | Michael Collins | $11,092,559 | 878 | $182,221 | 1.6% | 6 | Oct 25 | - | Warner Bros. |
| 12 | Get on the Bus | $5,754,249 | 1,207 | $2,156,409 | 37.5% | 1,207 | Oct 18 | - | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 13 | To Gillian on Her 37th Birthday | $4,189,233 | 807 | $77,725 | 1.9% | 5 | Oct 25 | - | Sony Pictures Releasing |
