Domestic Box Office For Q4 1996
Q4 1996 is October 1-December 31.
| Rank | Release | Gross | Max Th | Opening | % of Total | Open Th | Open | Close | Distributor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jerry Maguire | $153,952,592 | 2,531 | $17,084,296 | 11.1% | 2,531 | Dec 13 | - | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 2 | Ransom | $136,492,681 | 2,768 | $34,216,088 | 25.1% | 2,676 | Nov 8 | - | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 3 | 101 Dalmatians | $136,189,294 | 2,901 | $33,504,025 | 24.6% | 2,794 | Nov 27 | - | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 4 | Scream | $103,046,663 | 1,994 | $6,354,586 | 6.2% | 1,413 | Dec 20 | - | Dimension Films |
| 5 | Michael | $95,318,203 | 2,325 | $17,435,711 | 18.3% | 2,141 | Dec 25 | - | New Line Cinema |
| 6 | Star Trek: First Contact | $92,027,888 | 2,812 | $30,716,131 | 33.4% | 2,812 | Nov 22 | - | Paramount Pictures |
| 7 | Space Jam | $90,418,342 | 2,650 | $27,528,529 | 30.4% | 2,650 | Nov 15 | - | Warner Bros. |
| 8 | The English Patient | $78,676,425 | 1,409 | $278,439 | 0.4% | 10 | Nov 15 | - | Miramax |
| 9 | Beavis and Butt-Head Do America | $63,118,386 | 2,417 | $20,114,233 | 31.9% | 2,190 | Dec 20 | - | Paramount Pictures |
| 10 | Jingle All the Way | $60,592,389 | 2,404 | $12,112,267 | 20% | 2,401 | Nov 22 | - | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 11 | Sleepers | $53,315,285 | 2,080 | $12,305,745 | 23.1% | 1,915 | Oct 18 | - | Warner Bros. |
| 12 | Evita | $50,047,179 | 1,045 | $195,085 | 0.4% | 2 | Dec 25 | May 8 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 13 | The Preacher's Wife | $48,102,795 | 2,008 | $7,649,752 | 15.9% | 1,783 | Dec 13 | - | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 14 | Romeo + Juliet | $46,351,345 | 1,963 | $11,133,231 | 24% | 1,276 | Nov 1 | - | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 15 | One Fine Day | $46,151,454 | 1,975 | $6,226,430 | 13.5% | 1,946 | Dec 20 | - | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 16 | The Mirror Has Two Faces | $41,083,864 | 2,489 | $12,210,868 | 29.7% | 2,489 | Nov 15 | - | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 17 | The Ghost and the Darkness | $38,619,405 | 2,202 | $9,215,063 | 23.9% | 2,142 | Oct 11 | - | Paramount Pictures |
| 18 | Mars Attacks! | $37,771,017 | 1,955 | $9,384,272 | 24.8% | 1,955 | Dec 13 | - | Warner Bros. |
| 19 | Set It Off | $36,461,139 | 1,016 | $8,812,105 | 24.2% | 1,014 | Nov 8 | - | New Line Cinema |
| 20 | Shine | $35,892,330 | 1,050 | $162,179 | 0.5% | 7 | Nov 22 | - | Fine Line Features |
| 21 | The Long Kiss Goodnight | $33,447,612 | 2,404 | $9,065,363 | 27.1% | 2,245 | Oct 11 | - | New Line Cinema |
| 22 | Daylight | $33,023,469 | 2,189 | $10,015,875 | 30.3% | 2,175 | Dec 6 | - | Universal Pictures |
| 23 | That Thing You Do! | $25,857,416 | 1,887 | $6,208,595 | 24% | 1,870 | Oct 4 | - | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 24 | Sling Blade | $24,444,121 | 1,020 | $28,139 | 0.1% | 3 | Nov 29 | - | Miramax |
| 25 | D3: The Mighty Ducks | $22,955,097 | 2,060 | $6,170,358 | 26.9% | 2,056 | Oct 4 | - | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 26 | My Fellow Americans | $22,313,201 | 1,915 | $2,860,334 | 12.8% | 1,915 | Dec 20 | - | Warner Bros. |
| 27 | High School High | $21,302,121 | 2,146 | $6,311,786 | 29.6% | 2,146 | Oct 25 | - | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 28 | The Glimmer Man | $20,351,264 | 2,236 | $7,605,504 | 37.4% | 2,236 | Oct 4 | - | Warner Bros. |
| 29 | The People vs. Larry Flynt | $20,300,385 | 1,233 | $523,295 | 2.6% | 16 | Dec 27 | - | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 30 | Mother | $19,145,198 | 735 | $137,701 | 0.7% | 6 | Dec 27 | - | Paramount Pictures |
| 31 | Thinner | $15,315,484 | 2,009 | $5,679,046 | 37.1% | 2,009 | Oct 25 | - | Paramount Pictures |
| 32 | The Chamber | $14,551,359 | 2,032 | $5,612,095 | 38.6% | 2,026 | Oct 11 | - | Universal Pictures |
| 33 | In Love and War | $14,481,231 | 1,612 | $2,515 | <0.1% | 1 | Dec 18 | - | New Line Cinema |
| 34 | Ghosts of Mississippi | $13,323,144 | 1,268 | $168,012 | 1.3% | 21 | Dec 20 | - | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 35 | The Associate | $12,844,057 | 1,781 | $4,261,304 | 33.2% | 1,781 | Oct 25 | - | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 36 | Marvin's Room | $12,803,305 | 1,158 | $57,739 | 0.5% | 6 | Dec 20 | - | Miramax |
| 37 | The Evening Star | $12,767,815 | 1,268 | $3,306,445 | 25.9% | 1,265 | Dec 27 | - | Paramount Pictures |
| 38 | Michael Collins | $11,092,559 | 878 | $182,221 | 1.6% | 6 | Oct 11 | - | Warner Bros. |
| 39 | Everyone Says I Love You | $9,759,200 | 276 | $131,678 | 1.3% | 3 | Dec 6 | - | Miramax |
| 40 | Larger Than Life | $8,315,693 | 2,433 | $3,779,504 | 45.5% | 2,433 | Nov 1 | - | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) |
| 41 | The Crucible | $7,343,114 | 344 | $62,995 | 0.9% | 1 | Nov 29 | - | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 42 | Dear God | $7,138,523 | 1,774 | $3,213,045 | 45% | 1,754 | Nov 1 | - | Paramount Pictures |
| 43 | Get on the Bus | $5,754,249 | 1,207 | $2,156,409 | 37.5% | 1,207 | Oct 18 | - | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 44 | Hamlet | $4,708,156 | 93 | $90,684 | 1.9% | 3 | Dec 27 | - | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 45 | Swingers | $4,555,020 | 160 | $74,118 | 1.6% | 8 | Oct 18 | - | Miramax |
| 46 | To Gillian on Her 37th Birthday | $4,189,233 | 807 | $77,725 | 1.9% | 5 | Oct 18 | - | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 47 | Breaking the Waves | $3,803,298 | - | - | - | - | Nov 13 | - | October Films |
| 48 | Bound | $3,802,260 | 262 | $900,902 | 23.7% | 261 | Oct 4 | - | Gramercy Pictures (I) |
| 49 | The Portrait of a Lady | $3,692,836 | 570 | $107,819 | 2.9% | 7 | Dec 27 | - | Gramercy Pictures (I) |
| 50 | When We Were Kings | $2,789,985 | 92 | $12,479 | 0.4% | 2 | Oct 25 | Jul 31 | Gramercy Pictures (I) |
| 51 | Crash | $2,664,812 | 339 | $738,339 | 27.7% | 42 | Oct 4 | - | Fine Line Features |
| 52 | Snowriders | $2,068,490 | - | - | - | - | Oct 16 | - | Warren Miller Entertainment |
| 53 | Ridicule | $1,979,768 | - | - | - | - | Nov 22 | - | Miramax |
| 54 | Vertigo 1996 Restored 70mm | $1,967,552 | - | - | - | - | Oct 6 | - | Universal Pictures |
| 55 | Beautiful Thing | $1,548,120 | 2 | $33,931 | 2.2% | 2 | Oct 9 | - | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 56 | Microcosmos | $1,433,210 | 43 | $35,189 | 2.5% | 2 | Oct 9 | Feb 13 | Miramax |
| 57 | Looking for Richard | $1,408,575 | 81 | $33,843 | 2.4% | 2 | Oct 11 | - | Fox Searchlight Pictures |
| 58 | The Funeral | $1,227,324 | 70 | $41,768 | 3.4% | 2 | Nov 1 | - | October Films |
| 59 | Bad Moon | $1,055,525 | 825 | $607,081 | 57.5% | 825 | Nov 1 | - | Warner Bros. |
| 60 | Thieves | $1,018,682 | - | - | - | - | Dec 25 | - | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 61 | The Ceremony | $873,196 | - | - | - | - | Dec 20 | - | New Yorker Films |
| 62 | Trees Lounge | $749,741 | 2 | $39,830 | 5.3% | 2 | Oct 11 | - | Orion Classics |
| 63 | Some Mother's Son | $671,437 | 35 | $88,515 | 13.2% | 14 | Dec 27 | - | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 64 | Twelfth Night | $588,621 | 31 | $33,451 | 5.7% | 5 | Oct 25 | - | Fine Line Features |
| 65 | The Grass Harp | $559,771 | 48 | $117,161 | 20.9% | 46 | Oct 11 | - | Fine Line Features |
| 66 | Bitter Sugar | $450,060 | 12 | $30,742 | 6.8% | 2 | Oct 11 | - | First Look International |
| 67 | Jude | $409,144 | 20 | $31,850 | 7.8% | 6 | Oct 18 | - | Gramercy Pictures (I) |
| 68 | Mother Night | $403,701 | 30 | $48,661 | 12.1% | 8 | Nov 1 | - | Fine Line Features |
| 69 | The Whole Wide World | $375,757 | 20 | $3,316 | 0.9% | 1 | Dec 20 | Sep 11 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 70 | Palookaville | $365,284 | 24 | - | - | 7 | Oct 25 | - | The Samuel Goldwyn Company |
| 71 | Citizen Ruth | $285,112 | 23 | $26,709 | 9.4% | 6 | Dec 13 | May 15 | Miramax |
| 72 | Unhook the Stars | $272,542 | 20 | $33,258 | 12.2% | 3 | Nov 1 | Mar 6 | Miramax |
| 73 | A Single Girl | $230,049 | - | - | - | - | Oct 30 | - | Strand Releasing |
| 74 | Santa with Muscles | $220,198 | 98 | $120,932 | 54.9% | 98 | Nov 8 | Dec 5 | Legacy Releasing Corporation |
| 75 | Infinity | $195,170 | 46 | $78,976 | 40.5% | 46 | Oct 4 | - | First Look International |
| 76 | Mad Dog Time | $107,874 | - | - | - | - | Nov 8 | - | United Artists |
| 77 | The Secret Agent | $106,606 | 7 | $25,909 | 24.3% | 6 | Nov 8 | - | Fox Searchlight Pictures |
| 78 | Losing Chase | $64,161 | 10 | $31,176 | 48.6% | 10 | Dec 6 | Mar 6 | - |
| 79 | Love Is All There Is | $61,875 | 26 | $32,925 | 53.2% | 26 | Oct 11 | - | The Samuel Goldwyn Company |
| 80 | The War at Home | $44,722 | 6 | $15,040 | 33.6% | 4 | Nov 22 | - | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 81 | I'm Not Rappaport | $26,011 | 3 | $17,993 | 69.2% | 3 | Dec 24 | - | Gramercy Pictures (I) |
| 82 | Normal Life | $22,891 | 2 | $3,315 | 14.5% | 1 | Oct 25 | - | Fine Line Features |
| 83 | The Sunchaser | $21,508 | 23 | $13,845 | 64.4% | 23 | Oct 25 | Oct 31 | Warner Bros. |
| 84 | Small Wonders | $20,819 | 7 | $2,880 | 13.8% | 1 | Oct 4 | Oct 24 | Miramax |
| 85 | Breathing Room | $16,299 | 1 | $7,750 | 47.5% | 1 | Nov 8 | - | Arrow Releasing |
| 86 | Zero Kelvin | $10,493 | 1 | $3,740 | 35.6% | 1 | Nov 27 | Dec 12 | Kino International |
| 87 | Not Bad for a Girl | $6,152 | - | - | - | - | Oct 18 | Oct 24 | Horizon Unlimited |
| 88 | Blue Juice | $4,535 | 2 | $2,750 | 60.6% | 2 | Nov 13 | Nov 21 | Filmopolis Pictures |
| 89 | Bird of Prey | $3,652 | - | - | - | - | Oct 4 | Oct 17 | Northern Arts Entertainment |
| 90 | Tell the Truth and Run: George Seldes and the American Press | $3,204 | 1 | - | - | - | Oct 11 | Oct 17 | - |
| 91 | Mercy | $2,967 | - | - | - | - | Nov 1 | Nov 7 | Unapix Entertainment Productions |
| 92 | I Shot a Man in Vegas | $2,684 | - | - | - | - | Oct 18 | Oct 24 | Arrow Releasing |
