Domestic Box Office For 1996

RankRelease GrossTheatersTotal GrossRelease DateDistributor
226Ghost in the Shell$515,9051$515,905Feb 2Palm Pictures
266Madame Butterfly$65,1961$65,196May 3Arrow Releasing
278Dadetown$37,0921$37,092Sep 18Castle Hill Productions
292Girlfriends$18,0001$18,000Jul 19First Run
293Breathing Room$16,2991$16,299Nov 8Arrow Releasing
296All Things Fair$13,1281$13,128Mar 8PFM
298Zero Kelvin$10,4931$10,493Nov 27Kino International
301Tarantella$6,2351$6,235Mar 15Tara Releasing
304Tell the Truth and Run: George Seldes and the American Press$3,2041$3,204Oct 11-
305Shopping$3,0611$3,061Feb 9Concorde Pictures
306American Strays$1,9101$1,910Sep 13-
198Beautiful Thing$1,548,1202$1,548,120Oct 9Sony Pictures Releasing
213Trees Lounge$749,7412$749,741Oct 11Orion Classics
258Sweet Nothing$102,3502$102,350Sep 6Warner Bros.
280Heidi Fleiss: Hollywood Madam$34,4022$34,402Feb 9-
282Man with a Plan$33,4022$33,402May 31-
287Normal Life$22,8912$22,891Oct 25Fine Line Features
295A Modern Affair$14,2862$14,286May 24Tara Releasing
302Blue Juice$4,5352$4,535Nov 13-
257For the Moment$121,5483$121,548Apr 19-
262The Neon Bible$78,0723$78,072Mar 1Strand Releasing
274The Low Life$45,4363$45,436May 10Lionsgate Films
283Catwalk$28,6723$28,672Feb 16Arrow Releasing
300I'm Not Rappaport$8,0183$26,011Dec 24Gramercy Pictures (I)
218The Visitors$659,8104$659,810Jul 12Miramax
248Man of the Year$209,9354$209,935Mar 1Seventh Art Releasing
260Frisk$87,4334$87,433Mar 22Strand Releasing
264The Search for One-eye Jimmy$71,3144$71,314Jun 21Northern Arts Entertainment
290Of Love and Shadows$19,7104$19,710May 10Miramax
265August$69,0815$69,081Apr 19The Samuel Goldwyn Company
299Open Season$9,4815$9,481May 3-
157Cold Comfort Farm$5,682,4296$5,682,429May 10Gramercy Pictures (I)
240Cyclo$283,6376$284,692Aug 1Lionsgate Films
275The War at Home$44,7226$44,722Nov 22Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
243Flirt$263,1927$263,192Aug 7Lionsgate Films
272The Line King: The Al Hirschfeld Story$50,6057$50,605Sep 27Castle Hill Productions
276Loaded$44,2317$44,231Apr 12Miramax
285The Secret Agent$25,9097$106,606Nov 8-
289Small Wonders$20,8197$20,819Oct 4Miramax
255A Perfect Candidate$134,9338$134,485Jun 19Seventh Art Releasing
238Freeway$295,4939$295,493Aug 23Roxie Releasing
239Carried Away$290,9789$290,978Mar 29Fine Line Features
245Land and Freedom$228,80010$228,800Mar 15Gramercy Pictures (I)
261Killer: A Journal of Murder$82,02910$82,029Sep 6-
267Losing Chase$64,16110$64,161Dec 6-
291Somebody to Love$18,11210$18,112Sep 27-
241Paraíso Perdido$272,75011$272,750Sep 20-
232Bitter Sugar$450,06012$450,060Oct 11First Look International
252Small Faces$155,23912$155,239Aug 14October Films
270Switchblade Sisters$51,26413$51,264Jun 14-
294Ed's Next Move$16,04213$106,791Sep 27Orion Classics
210Taxi Driver
1996 Re-release
$962,57415$962,574Feb 16Sony Pictures Releasing
253Denise Calls Up$148,12116$148,121Mar 29Sony Pictures Classics
215Stonewall$692,40017$692,400Jul 26Strand Releasing
273Curdled$49,62018$49,620Sep 27-
220Chungking Express$600,20020$600,200Mar 8-
233Jude$409,14420$409,144Oct 18Gramercy Pictures (I)
271Unhook the Stars$50,74120$272,542Nov 1Miramax
297The Whole Wide World$12,56320$375,757Dec 20Sony Pictures Classics
211Heavy$941,41422$941,414Jun 5Lionsgate Films
277Citizen Ruth$39,69223$285,112Dec 13Miramax
288The Sunchaser$21,50823$21,508Oct 25Warner Bros.
236Palookaville$365,28424$365,284Oct 25The Samuel Goldwyn Company
244Cemetery Man$253,98625$253,986Apr 26October Films
209Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Movie$1,007,30626$1,007,306Apr 19Gramercy Pictures (I)
268Love Is All There Is$61,87526$61,875Oct 11The Samuel Goldwyn Company
227Manny & Lo$502,31327$502,313Jul 26Sony Pictures Classics
228A Midwinter's Tale$469,57127$469,571Feb 9Sony Pictures Classics
219It's My Party$622,50329$622,503Mar 22Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
235The Star Maker$371,67429$371,674Mar 8Miramax
247Jack & Sarah$218,62629$218,626Mar 22Gramercy Pictures (I)
234Mother Night$403,70130$403,701Nov 1Fine Line Features
202Anne Frank Remembered$1,310,20031$1,310,200Feb 23Sony Pictures Classics
221Twelfth Night$588,62131$588,621Oct 25Fine Line Features
159Jane Eyre$5,200,60135$5,200,601Apr 12Miramax
254Some Mother's Son$146,25435$671,437Dec 27Sony Pictures Releasing
197The City of Lost Children$1,684,48536$1,738,611Dec 15Sony Pictures Classics
229Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead$463,95036$529,766Dec 1Miramax
208Dead Man$1,037,84737$1,037,847May 10Miramax
200The Celluloid Closet$1,400,59138$1,400,591Mar 15Sony Pictures Classics
231The Last Supper$459,74940$459,749Apr 5Sony Pictures Releasing
196Shanghai Triad$1,731,91743$2,086,101Dec 20Sony Pictures Classics
199Microcosmos$1,433,21043$1,433,210Oct 9Miramax
250Infinity$195,17046$195,170Oct 4First Look International
223The Grass Harp$559,77148$559,771Oct 11Fine Line Features
193Surviving Picasso$2,021,34849$2,021,348Sep 20Warner Bros.
222Bottle Rocket$560,06949$560,069Feb 21Sony Pictures Releasing
224Heavy Metal$546,54554$546,545Mar 8Sony Pictures Releasing
195I Shot Andy Warhol$1,875,52758$1,875,527May 1Orion Pictures
203The Funeral$1,227,32470$1,227,324Nov 1October Films
168Antonia's Line$4,228,27573$4,228,275Feb 2First Look International
216American Buffalo$665,45073$665,450Sep 13The Samuel Goldwyn Company
190Once Upon a Time... When We Were Colored$2,291,25577$2,291,255Jan 26-
281Looking for Richard$33,84381$1,408,575Oct 11-
286When We Were Kings$25,68292$2,789,985Oct 25Gramercy Pictures (I)
217Grace of My Heart$660,31393$660,313Sep 13Gramercy Pictures (I)
269Hamlet$56,63793$4,708,156Dec 27Sony Pictures Releasing
246Santa with Muscles$220,19898$220,198Nov 8-
181Basquiat$3,011,195109$3,011,195Aug 9Miramax
184Richard III$2,636,319130$2,684,904Dec 29United Artists
121Lone Star$11,962,634143$12,408,986Jun 21Sony Pictures Classics
249Getting Away with Murder$197,322155$197,322Apr 12-
164Swingers$4,448,950160$4,555,020Oct 18Miramax
204Stealing Beauty$1,204,454195$4,722,310Jun 14-
242Foxfire$269,300218$269,300Aug 23The Samuel Goldwyn Company
173Bound$3,802,260262$3,802,260Oct 4Gramercy Pictures (I)
256Everyone Says I Love You$131,678276$9,759,200Dec 6Miramax
237Secrets & Lies$332,118296$13,417,292Sep 28October Films
177Moll Flanders$3,486,957311$3,486,957Jun 14Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
189Four Rooms$2,293,332319$4,257,354Dec 22Miramax
225Boys$516,349328$516,349May 10Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
123Big Night$11,651,643336$12,008,376Sep 20The Samuel Goldwyn Company
214Crash$738,339339$2,664,812Oct 4Fine Line Features
183The Crucible$2,782,915344$7,343,114Nov 29Twentieth Century Fox
206Two Much$1,141,556348$1,141,556Mar 15Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
104Trainspotting$16,491,080357$16,491,080Jul 19Miramax
201Phat Beach$1,383,553408$1,383,553Aug 2Orion Pictures
188Kids in the Hall: Brain Candy$2,389,246413$2,654,308Apr 12Paramount Pictures
91The Postman$20,320,837430$21,848,932Jun 16Miramax
172Restoration$3,963,480457$4,005,941Dec 29Miramax
136She's the One$9,538,948464$9,538,948Aug 23-
174Original Gangstas$3,718,087480$3,718,087May 10Orion Pictures
176The Trigger Effect$3,622,979524$3,622,979Aug 30Gramercy Pictures (I)
284The Portrait of a Lady$26,986570$3,692,836Dec 27Gramercy Pictures (I)
75Fargo$24,083,318716$24,611,975Mar 8Gramercy Pictures (I)
259Mother$90,339735$19,145,198Dec 27Paramount Pictures
130Beautiful Girls$10,597,759803$10,597,759Feb 9Miramax
191Faithful$2,104,439803$2,104,439Apr 5New Line Cinema
169To Gillian on Her 37th Birthday$4,189,233807$4,189,233Oct 18Sony Pictures Releasing
37Dead Man Walking$39,220,168821$39,363,635Dec 29Gramercy Pictures (I)
207Bad Moon$1,055,525825$1,055,525Nov 1Warner Bros.
158The Pallbearer$5,656,388829$5,656,388May 3Miramax
79Emma$22,231,658848$22,231,658Aug 2Miramax
1252 Days in the Valley$11,132,210855$11,132,210Sep 27Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
179Feeling Minnesota$3,124,440869$3,124,440Sep 13New Line Cinema
127Michael Collins$11,001,480878$11,092,559Oct 11Warner Bros.
161Heaven's Prisoners$5,009,305907$5,009,305May 17New Line Cinema
110Flirting with Disaster$14,636,122969$14,702,438Mar 22Miramax
146Nixon$7,478,809977$13,681,765Dec 22Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
143The Rich Man's Wife$8,543,5871,009$8,543,587Sep 13Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
92Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood$20,109,1151,010$20,109,115Jan 12Miramax
41Set It Off$36,461,1391,016$36,461,139Nov 8New Line Cinema
279Sling Blade$36,6441,020$24,444,121Nov 29Miramax
230Evita$460,0871,045$50,047,179Dec 25Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
175Shine$3,705,4871,050$35,892,330Nov 22Fine Line Features
36Sense and Sensibility$39,422,6991,054$43,182,776Dec 15Sony Pictures Releasing
162Girl 6$4,939,9391,077$4,939,939Mar 22-
44A Thin Line Between Love and Hate$34,767,8361,131$34,767,836Apr 5New Line Cinema
133A Family Thing$10,125,4171,134$10,125,417Mar 29Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
192Big Bully$2,042,5301,143$2,042,530Jan 26Warner Bros.
263Marvin's Room$73,2791,158$12,803,305Dec 20Miramax
186If Lucy Fell$2,420,1621,200$2,420,162Mar 8Sony Pictures Releasing
154Get on the Bus$5,754,2491,207$5,754,249Oct 18Sony Pictures Releasing
167Bogus$4,357,4061,209$4,357,406Sep 6Warner Bros.
194Race the Sun$1,945,5521,218$1,945,552Mar 22Sony Pictures Releasing
160Solo$5,107,6691,230$5,107,669Aug 23Sony Pictures Releasing
212The People vs. Larry Flynt$818,9401,233$20,300,385Dec 27Sony Pictures Releasing
118The Spitfire Grill$12,658,4861,247$12,658,486Aug 23Sony Pictures Releasing
132Sunset Park$10,163,7821,257$10,163,782Apr 26Sony Pictures Releasing
149The Evening Star$6,170,7841,268$12,767,815Dec 27Paramount Pictures
251Ghosts of Mississippi$168,0121,268$13,323,144Dec 20Sony Pictures Releasing
135Dunston Checks In$9,871,0651,292$9,871,065Jan 12Twentieth Century Fox
185The Stupids$2,491,9891,292$2,491,989Aug 30New Line Cinema
53Leaving Las Vegas$31,525,7071,310$32,029,928Oct 27Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
180Barb Wire$3,120,0881,312$3,793,614May 3Gramercy Pictures (I)
140Before and After$8,797,8391,318$8,797,839Feb 23Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
71Fly Away Home$25,143,8181,401$25,143,818Sep 13Sony Pictures Releasing
40Waiting to Exhale$37,445,7281,402$67,052,156Dec 22Twentieth Century Fox
76The English Patient$23,795,8121,409$78,676,425Nov 15Miramax
171Dracula: Dead and Loving It$4,063,3791,425$10,772,144Dec 22Sony Pictures Releasing
150Balto$6,169,8771,433$11,348,324Dec 22Universal Pictures
138Hellraiser: Bloodline$9,336,8861,465$9,336,886Mar 8Miramax
105Supercop$16,270,6001,469$16,270,600Jul 26Miramax
156Mary Reilly$5,707,0941,470$5,707,094Feb 23Sony Pictures Releasing
117Mr. Wrong$12,825,1411,487$12,825,141Feb 16Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
178Carpool$3,325,6511,487$3,325,651Aug 23Warner Bros.
145The Great White Hype$8,008,2551,499$8,008,255May 3Twentieth Century Fox
126The American President$11,007,0331,508$60,079,496Nov 17Sony Pictures Releasing
114Bio-Dome$13,427,6151,510$13,427,615Jan 12Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
163Joe's Apartment$4,619,0141,512$4,619,014Jul 26Warner Bros.
131White Squall$10,292,3001,524$10,292,300Feb 2Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
155Screamers$5,711,6951,560$5,711,695Jan 26Sony Pictures Releasing
151Last Dance$5,939,4491,563$5,939,449May 3Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
122Alaska$11,829,9591,566$11,829,959Aug 14Sony Pictures Releasing
182Unforgettable$2,821,6711,573$2,821,671Feb 23Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
94Bed of Roses$19,030,6911,575$19,030,691Jan 26New Line Cinema
165Ed$4,422,3801,583$4,422,380Mar 15Universal Pictures
187Lawnmower Man 2: Beyond Cyberspace$2,409,2251,589$2,409,225Jan 12New Line Cinema
134Mrs. Winterbourne$10,082,0051,612$10,082,005Apr 19Sony Pictures Releasing
303In Love and War$4,1121,612$14,481,231Dec 18New Line Cinema
119Tom and Huck$12,649,7991,614$23,920,048Dec 22Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
88Fear$20,831,0001,615$20,831,000Apr 12Universal Pictures
170Cutthroat Island$4,087,9661,619$10,017,322Dec 22Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
148House Arrest$7,032,7821,623$7,032,782Aug 16Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
124Mulholland Falls$11,526,0991,625$11,526,099Apr 26Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
2212 Monkeys$56,985,7181,629$57,141,459Dec 29Universal Pictures
153Casino$5,778,3651,631$42,512,375Nov 22Universal Pictures
29Up Close & Personal$51,088,7051,639$51,088,705Mar 1Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
43The Truth About Cats & Dogs$34,861,8071,654$34,861,807Apr 26Twentieth Century Fox
16Mr. Holland's Opus$82,582,9591,659$82,569,971Dec 29Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures