| Rank
| Release
| Genre
| Budget
| Running Time
| Gross | Max Theaters | Total Gross | % of Total | Release Date | Distributor
|
|---|
| 1 | The First Wives Club | - | - | - | $22,688,748 | 2,406 | $105,489,203 | 21.5% | Sep 20, 1996 | Paramount Pictures |
| 2 | Tin Cup | - | - | - | $19,133,940 | 2,102 | $53,854,588 | 35.5% | Aug 16, 1996 | Warner Bros. |
| 3 | First Kid | - | - | - | $17,573,947 | 1,878 | $26,491,793 | 66.3% | Aug 30, 1996 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 4 | A Time to Kill | - | - | - | $16,175,365 | 2,313 | $108,766,007 | 14.9% | Jul 24, 1996 | Warner Bros. |
| 5 | Bulletproof | - | - | - | $15,964,390 | 2,242 | $21,576,954 | 74% | Sep 6, 1996 | Universal Pictures |
| 6 | The Crow: City of Angels | - | - | - | $14,695,443 | 2,423 | $17,917,287 | 82% | Aug 30, 1996 | Miramax |
| 7 | The Island of Dr. Moreau | - | - | - | $13,367,438 | 2,039 | $27,663,982 | 48.3% | Aug 23, 1996 | New Line Cinema |
| 8 | Jack | - | - | - | $12,072,682 | 2,232 | $58,620,973 | 20.6% | Aug 9, 1996 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 9 | Independence Day | - | - | - | $11,777,298 | 2,977 | $306,169,268 | 3.8% | Jul 3, 1996 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 10 | Maximum Risk | - | - | - | $10,980,324 | 2,358 | $14,502,483 | 75.7% | Sep 13, 1996 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 11 | Emma | - | - | - | $10,769,122 | 848 | $22,231,658 | 48.4% | Aug 2, 1996 | Miramax |
| 12 | A Very Brady Sequel | - | - | - | $9,973,726 | 2,147 | $21,440,752 | 46.5% | Aug 23, 1996 | Paramount Pictures |
| 13 | The Nutty Professor | - | - | - | $9,722,394 | 2,239 | $128,814,019 | 7.5% | Jun 28, 1996 | Universal Pictures |
| 14 | Fly Away Home | - | - | - | $9,658,537 | 1,401 | $25,143,818 | 38.4% | Sep 13, 1996 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 15 | The Spitfire Grill | - | - | - | $8,100,203 | 1,247 | $12,658,486 | 64% | Aug 23, 1996 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 16 | Last Man Standing | - | - | - | $7,815,606 | 2,579 | $18,115,927 | 43.1% | Sep 20, 1996 | New Line Cinema |
| 17 | The Rich Man's Wife | - | - | - | $6,971,598 | 1,009 | $8,543,587 | 81.6% | Sep 13, 1996 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 18 | She's the One | - | - | - | $5,842,059 | 464 | $9,538,948 | 61.2% | Aug 23, 1996 | Fox Searchlight Pictures |
| 19 | Trainspotting | - | - | - | $5,575,099 | 357 | $16,491,080 | 33.8% | Jul 19, 1996 | Miramax |
| 20 | Fargo | - | - | - | $5,374,506 | 716 | $24,611,975 | 21.8% | Mar 8, 1996 | Gramercy Pictures (I) |
| 21 | Bogus | - | - | - | $4,357,406 | 1,209 | $4,357,406 | 100% | Sep 6, 1996 | Warner Bros. |
| 22 | Mission: Impossible | - | - | - | $3,503,692 | 3,012 | $180,981,856 | 1.9% | May 22, 1996 | Paramount Pictures |
| 23 | Matilda | - | - | - | $2,845,602 | 2,006 | $33,459,416 | 8.5% | Aug 2, 1996 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 24 | The Rock | - | - | - | $2,835,869 | 2,426 | $134,069,511 | 2.1% | Jun 7, 1996 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 25 | Feeling Minnesota | - | - | - | $2,548,183 | 869 | $3,124,440 | 81.6% | Sep 13, 1996 | New Line Cinema |
| 26 | The Fan | - | - | - | $1,978,992 | 2,016 | $18,626,419 | 10.6% | Aug 16, 1996 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 27 | Alaska | - | - | - | $1,805,996 | 1,566 | $11,829,959 | 15.3% | Aug 14, 1996 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 28 | Escape from L.A. | - | - | - | $1,781,424 | 2,312 | $25,477,365 | 7% | Aug 9, 1996 | Paramount Pictures |
| 29 | The Trigger Effect | - | - | - | $1,735,188 | 524 | $3,622,979 | 47.9% | Aug 30, 1996 | Gramercy Pictures (I) |
| 30 | The Stupids | - | - | - | $898,060 | 1,292 | $2,491,989 | 36% | Aug 30, 1996 | New Line Cinema |
| 31 | Solo | - | - | - | $826,407 | 1,230 | $5,107,669 | 16.2% | Aug 23, 1996 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 32 | Big Night | - | - | - | $543,870 | 336 | $12,008,376 | 4.5% | Sep 20, 1996 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company |
| 33 | Manny & Lo | - | - | - | $468,196 | 27 | $502,313 | 93.2% | Jul 26, 1996 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 34 | Grace of My Heart | - | - | - | $424,046 | 93 | $660,313 | 64.2% | Sep 13, 1996 | Gramercy Pictures (I) |
| 35 | Flirt | - | - | - | $230,229 | 7 | $263,192 | 87.5% | Aug 7, 1996 | Lionsgate |
| 36 | American Buffalo | - | - | - | $216,361 | 73 | $665,450 | 32.5% | Sep 13, 1996 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company |
| 37 | Carpool | - | - | - | $194,884 | 1,487 | $3,325,651 | 5.9% | Aug 23, 1996 | Warner Bros. |
| 38 | Surviving Picasso | - | - | - | $120,774 | 49 | $2,021,348 | 6% | Sep 20, 1996 | Warner Bros. |
| 39 | Sweet Nothing | - | - | - | $102,350 | 2 | $102,350 | 100% | Sep 6, 1996 | Warner Bros. |
| 40 | Killer: A Journal of Murder | - | - | - | $82,029 | 10 | $82,029 | 100% | Sep 6, 1996 | Legacy Releasing Corporation |
| 41 | Toy Story | - | - | - | $23,184 | 2,574 | $191,796,233 | <0.1% | Nov 22, 1995 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 42 | Paraíso Perdido | - | - | - | $15,600 | 11 | $272,750 | 5.7% | Sep 20, 1996 | Creative Thinking International Ltd. |
| 43 | Dadetown | - | - | - | $12,016 | 1 | $37,092 | 32.4% | Sep 18, 1996 | Castle Hill Productions |
| 44 | American Strays | - | - | - | $1,910 | 1 | $1,910 | 100% | Sep 13, 1996 | Unapix Entertainment Productions |
