Domestic Release Schedule
| Release | Distributor | Scale |
|---|---|---|
| October 25, 1996 | ||
 High School High
Comedy
Crime
Romance
With: Jon Lovitz, Tia Carrere, Louise Fletcher, Mekhi Phifer 1 hr 26 min | Sony Pictures Releasing | Wide |
 Thinner
Fantasy
Horror
With: Robert John Burke, Joe Mantegna, Lucinda Jenney, Bethany Joy Lenz 1 hr 33 min | Paramount Pictures | Wide |
 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | Wide |
 The Sunchaser
Crime
Drama
With: Woody Harrelson, Jon Seda, Anne Bancroft, Alexandra Tydings 2 hr 2 min | Warner Bros. | Limited |
 Palookaville
Comedy
Crime
With: William Forsythe, Vincent Gallo, Adam Trese, Gareth Williams 1 hr 32 min | The Samuel Goldwyn Company | Limited |
 Michael Collins
Biography
Drama
Thriller
War
With: Liam Neeson, Aidan Quinn, Julia Roberts, Ian Hart 2 hr 13 min | Warner Bros. | Wide |
 To Gillian on Her 37th Birthday
Drama
Fantasy
Romance
With: Peter Gallagher, Michelle Pfeiffer, Claire Danes, Laurie Fortier 1 hr 33 min | Sony Pictures Releasing | Wide |
 Twelfth Night
Comedy
Drama
Romance
With: Helena Bonham Carter, Richard E. Grant, Imogen Stubbs, Steven Mackintosh 2 hr 14 min | Fine Line Features | Limited |
 When We Were Kings
Documentary
Sport
With: Muhammad Ali, George Foreman, Don King, James Brown 1 hr 28 min | Gramercy Pictures (I) | Limited |
 | Fine Line Features | Limited |
| October 30, 1996 | ||
 A Single Girl
Drama
With: Virginie Ledoyen, Benoît Magimel, Dominique Valadié, Michel Bompoil 1 hr 30 min | Strand Releasing | Limited |
| November 1, 1996 | ||
 Larger Than Life
Comedy
Family
With: Bill Murray, Matthew McConaughey, Jerry Adler, Richard Alan Baker 1 hr 33 min | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | Wide |
 | Paramount Pictures | Wide |
 Romeo + Juliet
Drama
Romance
With: Leonardo DiCaprio, Claire Danes, John Leguizamo, Harold Perrineau 2 hr | Twentieth Century Fox | Wide |
 | Warner Bros. | Wide |
 Mother Night
Drama
Romance
War
With: Nick Nolte, Sheryl Lee, Tony Robinow, Michael McGill 1 hr 54 min | Fine Line Features | Limited |
 Unhook the Stars
Drama
Romance
With: Gena Rowlands, Marisa Tomei, Gérard Depardieu, Jake Lloyd 1 hr 43 min | Miramax | Limited |
 The Funeral
Crime
Drama
With: Christopher Walken, Chris Penn, Annabella Sciorra, Isabella Rossellini 1 hr 39 min | October Films | Limited |
 | - | Limited |
| November 8, 1996 | ||
 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | Wide |
 Set It Off
Action
Crime
Drama
Romance
Thriller
With: Jada Pinkett Smith, Queen Latifah, Vivica A. Fox, Kimberly Elise 2 hr 3 min | New Line Cinema | Wide |
 | - | Limited |
 The Secret Agent
Drama
Thriller
With: Bob Hoskins, Patricia Arquette, Gérard Depardieu, Jim Broadbent 1 hr 35 min | - | Limited |
 Breathing Room
Comedy
Romance
With: Susan Floyd, Dan Futterman, Joanna Chang, Jianzhung Gu 1 hr 30 min | Arrow Releasing | Limited |
 Mad Dog Time
Comedy
Crime
Drama
With: Michael J. Pollard, Henry Silva, Gabriel Byrne, Jeff Goldblum 1 hr 33 min | United Artists | Limited |
| November 13, 1996 | ||
 Blue Juice
Comedy
Drama
Romance
Sport
With: Sean Pertwee, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Ewan McGregor, Steven Mackintosh 1 hr 30 min | - | Limited |
 Breaking the Waves
Drama
With: Emily Watson, Stellan Skarsgård, Katrin Cartlidge, Jean-Marc Barr 2 hr 39 min | October Films | Limited |
| November 15, 1996 | ||
 Space Jam
Adventure
Animation
Comedy
Family
Fantasy
Sci-Fi
Sport
With: Michael Jordan, Wayne Knight, Theresa Randle, Manner Washington 1 hr 28 min | Warner Bros. | Wide |
 The Mirror Has Two Faces
Comedy
Drama
Romance
With: Barbra Streisand, Jeff Bridges, Lauren Bacall, George Segal 2 hr 6 min | Sony Pictures Releasing | Wide |
 The English Patient
Drama
Romance
War
With: Ralph Fiennes, Juliette Binoche, Willem Dafoe, Kristin Scott Thomas 2 hr 42 min | Miramax | Limited |
| November 22, 1996 | ||
 Star Trek: First Contact
Action
Adventure
Drama
Sci-Fi
Thriller
With: Patrick Stewart, Jonathan Frakes, Brent Spiner, LeVar Burton 1 hr 51 min | Paramount Pictures | Wide |
 Jingle All the Way
Adventure
Comedy
Family
With: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Sinbad, Phil Hartman, Rita Wilson 1 hr 29 min | Twentieth Century Fox | Wide |
 Shine
Biography
Drama
Music
Romance
With: Geoffrey Rush, Armin Mueller-Stahl, Justin Braine, Sonia Todd 1 hr 45 min | Fine Line Features | Limited |
 The War at Home
Drama
With: Emilio Estevez, Kathy Bates, Martin Sheen, Kimberly Williams-Paisley 2 hr 3 min | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | Limited |
 Ridicule
Comedy
Drama
History
Romance
With: Charles Berling, Jean Rochefort, Fanny Ardant, Judith Godrèche 1 hr 42 min | Miramax | Limited |
| November 27, 1996 | ||
 101 Dalmatians
Adventure
Comedy
Crime
Family
With: Glenn Close, Jeff Daniels, Joely Richardson, Joan Plowright 1 hr 43 min | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | Wide |
 Zero Kelvin
Drama
With: Stellan Skarsgård, Gard B. Eidsvold, Bjørn Sundquist, Camilla Martens 1 hr 58 min | Kino International | Limited |
| November 29, 1996 | ||
 | Miramax | Limited |
 The Crucible
Drama
History
With: Daniel Day-Lewis, Winona Ryder, Paul Scofield, Joan Allen 2 hr 4 min | Twentieth Century Fox | Limited |
 | Northern Arts Entertainment | Limited |
