Domestic Box Office For Q3 1996
Q3 1996 is July 1-September 30.
| Rank | Release | Gross | Theaters | Total Gross | Release Date | Distributor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 75 | Secrets & Lies | $60,813 | 296 | $13,417,292 | Sep 28 | October Films |
| 48 | Extreme Measures | $5,072,160 | 2,298 | $17,380,126 | Sep 27 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 55 | 2 Days in the Valley | $2,640,068 | 855 | $11,132,210 | Sep 27 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) |
| 81 | Ed's Next Move | $16,042 | 13 | $106,791 | Sep 27 | Orion Classics |
| 82 | Curdled | $13,832 | 18 | $49,620 | Sep 27 | - |
| 84 | Somebody to Love | $8,200 | 10 | $18,112 | Sep 27 | - |
| 85 | The Line King: The Al Hirschfeld Story | $4,324 | 7 | $50,605 | Sep 27 | Castle Hill Productions |
| 10 | The First Wives Club | $38,472,410 | 2,406 | $105,489,203 | Sep 20 | Paramount Pictures |
| 36 | Last Man Standing | $11,833,161 | 2,579 | $18,115,927 | Sep 20 | New Line Cinema |
| 70 | Big Night | $185,749 | 336 | $12,008,376 | Sep 20 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company |
| 71 | Surviving Picasso | $140,906 | 49 | $2,021,348 | Sep 20 | Warner Bros. |
| 79 | Paraíso Perdido | $18,200 | 11 | $272,750 | Sep 20 | - |
| 76 | Dadetown | $37,092 | 1 | $37,092 | Sep 18 | Castle Hill Productions |
| 34 | Maximum Risk | $12,886,305 | 2,358 | $14,502,483 | Sep 13 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 35 | Fly Away Home | $12,330,201 | 1,401 | $25,143,818 | Sep 13 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 42 | The Rich Man's Wife | $8,543,587 | 1,009 | $8,543,587 | Sep 13 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 53 | Feeling Minnesota | $3,124,440 | 869 | $3,124,440 | Sep 13 | New Line Cinema |
| 63 | Grace of My Heart | $660,313 | 93 | $660,313 | Sep 13 | Gramercy Pictures (I) |
| 69 | American Buffalo | $216,361 | 73 | $665,450 | Sep 13 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company |
| 86 | American Strays | $1,910 | 1 | $1,910 | Sep 13 | - |
| 27 | Bulletproof | $17,852,463 | 2,242 | $21,576,954 | Sep 6 | Universal Pictures |
| 50 | Bogus | $4,357,406 | 1,209 | $4,357,406 | Sep 6 | Warner Bros. |
| 73 | Sweet Nothing | $102,350 | 2 | $102,350 | Sep 6 | Warner Bros. |
| 74 | Killer: A Journal of Murder | $82,029 | 10 | $82,029 | Sep 6 | - |
| 20 | First Kid | $21,858,284 | 1,878 | $26,491,793 | Aug 30 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 26 | The Crow: City of Angels | $17,917,287 | 2,423 | $17,917,287 | Aug 30 | Miramax |
| 51 | The Trigger Effect | $3,622,979 | 524 | $3,622,979 | Aug 30 | Gramercy Pictures (I) |
| 57 | The Stupids | $2,491,989 | 1,292 | $2,491,989 | Aug 30 | New Line Cinema |
| 13 | The Island of Dr. Moreau | $27,663,982 | 2,039 | $27,663,982 | Aug 23 | New Line Cinema |
| 21 | A Very Brady Sequel | $21,440,752 | 2,147 | $21,440,752 | Aug 23 | Paramount Pictures |
| 38 | The Spitfire Grill | $11,633,094 | 1,247 | $12,658,486 | Aug 23 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 41 | She's the One | $9,538,948 | 464 | $9,538,948 | Aug 23 | - |
| 47 | Solo | $5,107,669 | 1,230 | $5,107,669 | Aug 23 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 52 | Carpool | $3,325,651 | 1,487 | $3,325,651 | Aug 23 | Warner Bros. |
| 67 | Foxfire | $269,300 | 218 | $269,300 | Aug 23 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company |
| 78 | Freeway | $22,868 | 9 | $295,493 | Aug 23 | Roxie Releasing |
| 7 | Tin Cup | $52,700,732 | 2,102 | $53,854,588 | Aug 16 | Warner Bros. |
| 25 | The Fan | $18,626,419 | 2,016 | $18,626,419 | Aug 16 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 44 | House Arrest | $7,032,782 | 1,623 | $7,032,782 | Aug 16 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) |
| 45 | Bordello of Blood | $5,781,045 | 1,695 | $5,781,045 | Aug 16 | Universal Pictures |
| 37 | Alaska | $11,829,959 | 1,566 | $11,829,959 | Aug 14 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 77 | Small Faces | $23,809 | 12 | $155,239 | Aug 14 | October Films |
| 6 | Jack | $57,566,690 | 2,232 | $58,620,973 | Aug 9 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 16 | Escape from L.A. | $25,477,365 | 2,312 | $25,477,365 | Aug 9 | Paramount Pictures |
| 54 | Basquiat | $3,011,195 | 109 | $3,011,195 | Aug 9 | Miramax |
| 68 | Flirt | $263,192 | 7 | $263,192 | Aug 7 | Lionsgate Films |
| 12 | Matilda | $33,459,416 | 2,006 | $33,459,416 | Aug 2 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 19 | Emma | $22,231,658 | 848 | $22,231,658 | Aug 2 | Miramax |
| 22 | Chain Reaction | $21,226,204 | 2,256 | $21,226,204 | Aug 2 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 59 | Phat Beach | $1,383,553 | 408 | $1,383,553 | Aug 2 | Orion Pictures |
| 66 | Cyclo | $283,637 | 6 | $284,692 | Aug 1 | Lionsgate Films |
| 17 | Kingpin | $25,023,434 | 1,975 | $25,023,434 | Jul 26 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) |
| 31 | Supercop | $16,270,600 | 1,469 | $16,270,600 | Jul 26 | Miramax |
| 33 | The Adventures of Pinocchio | $15,094,530 | 1,879 | $15,094,530 | Jul 26 | New Line Cinema |
| 49 | Joe's Apartment | $4,619,014 | 1,512 | $4,619,014 | Jul 26 | Warner Bros. |
| 62 | Stonewall | $692,400 | 17 | $692,400 | Jul 26 | Strand Releasing |
| 65 | Manny & Lo | $502,313 | 27 | $502,313 | Jul 26 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 3 | A Time to Kill | $107,621,788 | 2,313 | $108,766,007 | Jul 24 | Warner Bros. |
| 23 | Multiplicity | $21,075,014 | 2,134 | $21,075,014 | Jul 19 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 24 | Kazaam | $18,937,262 | 2,019 | $18,937,262 | Jul 19 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 28 | Fled | $17,193,231 | 2,104 | $17,193,231 | Jul 19 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) |
| 29 | The Frighteners | $16,759,216 | 1,675 | $16,759,216 | Jul 19 | Universal Pictures |
| 30 | Trainspotting | $16,491,080 | 357 | $16,491,080 | Jul 19 | Miramax |
| 80 | Girlfriends | $18,000 | 1 | $18,000 | Jul 19 | First Run |
| 5 | Courage Under Fire | $59,031,057 | 2,001 | $59,031,057 | Jul 12 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 14 | Harriet the Spy | $26,570,048 | 1,876 | $26,570,048 | Jul 12 | Paramount Pictures |
| 64 | The Visitors | $659,810 | 4 | $659,810 | Jul 12 | Miramax |
| 4 | Phenomenon | $94,626,675 | 2,139 | $104,636,382 | Jul 5 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 1 | Independence Day | $293,769,650 | 2,977 | $306,169,268 | Jul 3 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 2 | The Nutty Professor | $110,673,672 | 2,239 | $128,814,019 | Jun 28 | Universal Pictures |
| 15 | Striptease | $25,568,274 | 1,979 | $33,109,743 | Jun 28 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 8 | Eraser | $51,592,897 | 2,556 | $101,295,562 | Jun 21 | Warner Bros. |
| 9 | The Hunchback of Notre Dame | $48,662,051 | 2,835 | $100,138,851 | Jun 21 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 39 | Lone Star | $11,320,805 | 143 | $12,408,986 | Jun 21 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 72 | A Perfect Candidate | $123,485 | 8 | $134,485 | Jun 19 | Seventh Art Releasing |
| 40 | The Cable Guy | $9,788,723 | 2,657 | $60,240,295 | Jun 14 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 11 | The Rock | $34,565,297 | 2,426 | $134,069,511 | Jun 7 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 58 | The Phantom | $2,064,303 | 2,163 | $17,323,326 | Jun 7 | Paramount Pictures |
| 61 | Heavy | $907,321 | 22 | $941,414 | Jun 5 | Lionsgate Films |
| 43 | DragonHeart | $8,086,988 | 2,193 | $51,367,375 | May 31 | Universal Pictures |
| 56 | Eddie | $2,588,404 | 2,000 | $31,387,164 | May 31 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 83 | A Modern Affair | $11,005 | 2 | $14,286 | May 24 | Tara Releasing |
| 32 | Mission: Impossible | $16,050,381 | 3,012 | $180,981,856 | May 22 | Paramount Pictures |
| 18 | Twister | $23,681,810 | 2,808 | $241,721,524 | May 10 | Warner Bros. |
| 46 | Fargo | $5,374,506 | 716 | $24,611,975 | Mar 8 | Gramercy Pictures (I) |
| 60 | Toy Story | $1,233,890 | 2,574 | $191,796,233 | Nov 22 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
