Domestic Release Schedule
| Release | Distributor | Scale |
|---|---|---|
| May 31, 1996 | ||
 DragonHeart
Action
Adventure
Fantasy
With: Dennis Quaid, Sean Connery, Dina Meyer, Pete Postlethwaite 1 hr 43 min | Universal Pictures | Wide |
 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | Wide |
 The Arrival
Mystery
Sci-Fi
Thriller
With: Charlie Sheen, Lindsay Crouse, Richard Schiff, Shane 1 hr 55 min | Orion Pictures | Wide |
 | - | Limited |
| June 5, 1996 | ||
 | Lionsgate Films | Limited |
| June 7, 1996 | ||
 The Rock
Action
Adventure
Thriller
With: Sean Connery, Nicolas Cage, Ed Harris, John Spencer 2 hr 16 min | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | Wide |
 The Phantom
Action
Adventure
Comedy
Fantasy
With: Billy Zane, Kristy Swanson, Treat Williams, Catherine Zeta-Jones 1 hr 40 min | Paramount Pictures | Wide |
| June 14, 1996 | ||
 The Cable Guy
Comedy
Drama
Thriller
With: Jim Carrey, Matthew Broderick, Leslie Mann, Jack Black 1 hr 36 min | Sony Pictures Releasing | Wide |
 Moll Flanders
Drama
Romance
With: Robin Wright, Morgan Freeman, Stockard Channing, John Lynch 2 hr 3 min | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | Limited |
 Switchblade Sisters
Action
Crime
Drama
With: Robbie Lee, Joanne Nail, Monica Gayle, Asher Brauner 1 hr 31 min | - | Limited |
 Stealing Beauty
Drama
Mystery
Romance
With: Jeremy Irons, Liv Tyler, Carlo Cecchi, Sinéad Cusack 1 hr 58 min | - | Limited |
| June 19, 1996 | ||
 | Seventh Art Releasing | Limited |
| June 21, 1996 | ||
 The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Animation
Drama
Family
Musical
Romance
With: Demi Moore, Jason Alexander, Mary Kay Bergman, Corey Burton 1 hr 31 min | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | Wide |
 Eraser
Action
Crime
Thriller
With: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Vanessa Williams, James Caan, James Coburn 1 hr 55 min | Warner Bros. | Wide |
 Lone Star
Drama
Mystery
Western
With: Chris Cooper, Elizabeth Peña, Stephen Mendillo, Stephen J. Lang 2 hr 15 min | Sony Pictures Classics | Limited |
 The Search for One-eye Jimmy
Comedy
With: Holt McCallany, Michael Badalucco, Nicholas Turturro, Ray 'Boom Boom' Mancini 1 hr 24 min | Northern Arts Entertainment | Limited |
 Nelly & Monsieur Arnaud
Drama
With: Emmanuelle Béart, Michel Serrault, Jean-Hugues Anglade, Claire Nadeau 1 hr 46 min | Artificial Eye | Limited |
| June 28, 1996 | ||
 The Nutty Professor
Comedy
Romance
Sci-Fi
With: Eddie Murphy, Jada Pinkett Smith, James Coburn, Larry Miller 1 hr 35 min | Universal Pictures | Wide |
 Striptease
Comedy
Crime
Drama
Thriller
With: Demi Moore, Burt Reynolds, Armand Assante, Ving Rhames 1 hr 55 min | Sony Pictures Releasing | Wide |
 | Orion Classics | Limited |
 Rendezvous in Paris
Drama
With: Claude Jade, Harald Kuhlmann, Barry Stokes, Vérénice Rudolph 1 hr 44 min | Artificial Eye | Limited |
| July 3, 1996 | ||
 Independence Day
Action
Adventure
Sci-Fi
With: Will Smith, Bill Pullman, Jeff Goldblum, Mary McDonnell 2 hr 25 min | Twentieth Century Fox | Wide |
| July 5, 1996 | ||
 Phenomenon
Drama
Fantasy
Romance
Sci-Fi
With: John Travolta, Kyra Sedgwick, Forest Whitaker, Robert Duvall 2 hr 3 min | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | Wide |
