List of 1996 box office number-one films in the United States explained

This is a list of films which have placed number one at the weekend box office in the United States during 1996.^[1]

Number-one films

	Weekend end date	Film	Total weekend gross	Notes
1		12 Monkeys	$13,842,990	12 Monkeys broke Good Morning, Vietnams record ($11.7 million) for the highest weekend debut in January.	^[2]
2			$9,974,510		^[3] ^[4]
3		From Dusk till Dawn	$10,240,805		^[5]
4		Mr. Holland's Opus	$8,297,082	Mr. Holland's Opus reached #1 in its second week of release.	^[6]
5		Black Sheep	$10,593,609		^[7]
6		Broken Arrow	$15,583,510		^[8]
7			$11,704,778		^[9] ^[10]
8		Rumble in the Bronx	$9,858,380		^[11]
9		Up Close & Personal	$11,101,955		^[12]
10		The Birdcage	$18,275,828	The Birdcage was number one for the most weeks (4) in 1996.	^[13]
11			$16,034,306		^[14]
12			$13,294,404		^[15]
13			$10,106,414		^[16]
14		Primal Fear	$9,871,222		^[17]
15			$8,108,561		^[18]
16			$6,585,472		^[19]
17		The Quest	$7,029,120		^[20]
18		The Craft	$6,710,995		^[21]
19		Twister	$41,059,405	Twister broke Lethal Weapon 3s record ($33.2 mil) for the highest weekend debut in May and Pocahontass record ($29.5 million) for highest weekend debut for a film featuring a female protagonist.	^[22]
20			$37,093,440		^[23]
21		Mission: Impossible	$45,436,830	Mission: Impossible was the first film to open in more than 3,000 theaters and broke Twisters record ($41.1 mil) for the highest weekend debut in May (which was set 2 weeks ago). It also broke The Flintstones records ($29.7 mil) for the highest Memorial Day weekend debut and for a film based on a television show, GoldenEyes record ($26.2 million) for the highest weekend debut for a spy film, and Indiana Jones and the Last Crusades record ($29.4 mil) for the highest weekend debut for a Paramount film. In second place, Twister broke Jurassic Parks record ($27.7 million) for the highest third weekend gross.^[24]	^[25]
22			$21,629,362		^[26]
23		The Rock	$25,069,525		^[27]
24		The Cable Guy	$19,806,226		^[28]
25		Eraser	$24,566,446		^[29]
26		The Nutty Professor	$25,411,725		^[30]
27		Independence Day	$50,228,264	Independence Day broke s records ($31.7 mil) for the highest weekend debut in July and for the Fourth of July weekend. It also broke The Lion Kings record ($40.8 mil) for the highest weekend debut for an original film. Independence Day had the highest weekend debut of 1996.	^[31]
28			$35,242,709		^[32]
29			$21,274,817		^[33]
30		A Time to Kill	$14,823,159		^[34]
31			$13,262,934		^[35]
32		Jack	$11,191,496		^[36]
33		Tin Cup	$10,128,834		^[37]
34		The Island of Dr. Moreau	$9,101,987		^[38]
35			$9,785,111	Highest Labor Day weekend debut.	^[39]
36		Bulletproof	$6,014,400		^[40]
37		Maximum Risk	$5,612,707		^[41]
38		The First Wives Club	$18,913,411	The First Wives Club broke Sevens record ($13.9 mil) for the highest weekend debut in September.	^[42]
39			$15,314,530		^[43]
40			$11,017,356		^[44]
41		The Ghost and the Darkness	$9,215,063		^[45]
42		Sleepers	$12,305,745		^[46]
43			$9,605,059		^[47]
44		Romeo + Juliet	$11,133,231		^[48]
45		Ransom	$34,216,088		^[49]
46		Space Jam	$27,528,529		^[50]
47			$30,716,131		^[51]
48		101 Dalmatians	$33,504,025	101 Dalmatians broke Toy Storys record ($29.1 million) for the highest Thanksgiving weekend debut.	^[52]
49			$13,944,053		^[53]
50		Jerry Maguire	$17,084,296		^[54]
51		Beavis and Butt-Head Do America	$20,114,233	Beavis and Butt-Head Do America broke s record ($18.1 million) for the highest weekend debut in December and The Land Before Times record ($7.5 million) for the highest weekend debut for a non-Disney animated film.	^[55]
52		Michael	$17,435,711		^[56]

Highest-grossing films

Calendar Gross

Highest-grossing films of 1996 by Calendar Gross^[57]

Rank	Title	Studio(s)	Actor(s)	Director(s)	Gross
1.	Independence Day	20th Century Fox	Will Smith, Bill Pullman, Jeff Goldblum, Mary McDonnell, Judd Hirsch, Margaret Colin, Randy Quaid, Robert Loggia, James Rebhorn and Harvey Fierstein	Roland Emmerich	$306,156,090
2.	Twister	Warner Bros. Pictures	Helen Hunt, Bill Paxton, Jami Gertz, Cary Elwes and Philip Seymour Hoffman	Jan de Bont	$241,721,524
3.	Mission: Impossible	Paramount Pictures	Tom Cruise, Jon Voight, Emmanuelle Béart, Henry Czerny, Jean Reno, Ving Rhames, Kristin Scott Thomas and Vanessa Redgrave	Brian De Palma	$180,981,856
4.	The Rock	Walt Disney Studios	Sean Connery, Nicolas Cage, Ed Harris, Michael Biehn and William Forsythe	Michael Bay	$134,069,511
5.	The Nutty Professor	Universal Pictures	Eddie Murphy, Jada Pinkett, James Coburn, Dave Chappelle, Larry Miller and John Ales	Tom Shadyac	$128,814,019
6.	Ransom	Walt Disney Studios	Mel Gibson, Rene Russo, Gary Sinise, Delroy Lindo and Lili Taylor	Ron Howard	$125,502,048
7.	The Birdcage	United Artists	Robin Williams, Gene Hackman, Nathan Lane and Dianne Wiest	Mike Nichols	$124,060,553
8.	A Time to Kill	Warner Bros. Pictures	Sandra Bullock, Samuel L. Jackson, Matthew McConaughey, Kevin Spacey, Brenda Fricker, Oliver Platt, Charles S. Dutton, Ashley Judd, Patrick McGoohan and Donald Sutherland	Joel Schumacher	$108,766,007
9.	101 Dalmatians	Walt Disney Studios	Glenn Close, Jeff Daniels, Joely Richardson and Joan Plowright	Stephen Herek	$108,240,682
10.	The First Wives Club	Paramount Pictures	Bette Midler, Goldie Hawn, Diane Keaton, Maggie Smith, Dan Hedaya, Bronson Pinchot and Marcia Gay Harden	Hugh Wilson	$105,489,203

In-Year Release

Highest-grossing films of 1996 by In-year release^[58]

Rank	Title	Distributor	Domestic gross
1.	Independence Day		$306,169,268
2.	Twister		$241,721,524
3.	Mission: Impossible		$180,981,856
4.	Jerry Maguire		$153,952,592
5.	Ransom		$136,492,681
6.	101 Dalmatians		$136,189,294
7.	The Rock		$134,069,511
8.	The Nutty Professor		$128,814,019
9.	The Birdcage		$124,060,553
10.	A Time to Kill		$108,766,007

Highest-grossing films by MPAA rating of 1996

G	101 Dalmatians
PG	Space Jam
PG-13	Independence Day
R	Jerry Maguire

See also

• List of American films — American films by year
• Lists of box office number-one films

Notes and References

1. Web site: Domestic Box Office Weekends For 1996. .
2. Web site: Domestic 1996 Weekend 1. Box Office Mojo.
3. Web site: Domestic 1996 Weekend 2. Box Office Mojo.
4. Web site: Domestic 1996 Weekend 2 (Martin Luther King Jr. weekend). Box Office Mojo.
5. Web site: Domestic 1996 Weekend 3. Box Office Mojo.
6. Web site: Domestic 1996 Weekend 4. Box Office Mojo.
7. Web site: Domestic 1996 Weekend 5. Box Office Mojo.
8. Web site: Domestic 1996 Weekend 6. Box Office Mojo.
9. Web site: Domestic 1996 Weekend 7 (Presidents' Day weekend). Box Office Mojo.
10. Web site: Domestic 1996 Weekend 7. Box Office Mojo.
11. Web site: Domestic 1996 Weekend 8. Box Office Mojo.
12. Web site: Domestic 1996 Weekend 9. Box Office Mojo.
13. Web site: Domestic 1996 Weekend 10. Box Office Mojo.
14. Web site: Domestic 1996 Weekend 11. Box Office Mojo.
15. Web site: Domestic 1996 Weekend 12. Box Office Mojo.
16. Web site: Domestic 1996 Weekend 13. Box Office Mojo.
17. Web site: Domestic 1996 Weekend 14. Box Office Mojo.
18. Web site: Domestic 1996 Weekend 15. Box Office Mojo.
19. Web site: Domestic 1996 Weekend 16. Box Office Mojo.
20. Web site: Domestic 1996 Weekend 17. Box Office Mojo.
21. Web site: Domestic 1996 Weekend 18. Box Office Mojo.
22. Web site: Domestic 1996 Weekend 19. Box Office Mojo.
23. Web site: Domestic 1996 Weekend 20. Box Office Mojo.
24. Web site: Top Weekends: 2nd - 12th - Box Office Mojo.
25. Web site: Domestic 1996 Weekend 21 (Memorial Day weekend). Box Office Mojo.
26. Web site: Domestic 1996 Weekend 22. Box Office Mojo.
27. Web site: Domestic 1996 Weekend 23. Box Office Mojo.
28. Web site: Domestic 1996 Weekend 24. Box Office Mojo.
29. Web site: Domestic 1996 Weekend 25. Box Office Mojo.
30. Web site: Domestic 1996 Weekend 26. Box Office Mojo.
31. Web site: Domestic 1996 Weekend 27. Box Office Mojo.
32. Web site: Domestic 1996 Weekend 28. Box Office Mojo.
33. Web site: Domestic 1996 Weekend 29. Box Office Mojo.
34. Web site: Domestic 1996 Weekend 30. Box Office Mojo.
35. Web site: Domestic 1996 Weekend 31. Box Office Mojo.
36. Web site: Domestic 1996 Weekend 32. Box Office Mojo.
37. Web site: Domestic 1996 Weekend 33. Box Office Mojo.
38. Web site: Domestic 1996 Weekend 34. Box Office Mojo.
39. Web site: Domestic 1996 Weekend 35 (Labor Day weekend). Box Office Mojo.
40. Web site: Domestic 1996 Weekend 36. Box Office Mojo.
41. Web site: Domestic 1996 Weekend 37. Box Office Mojo.
42. Web site: Domestic 1996 Weekend 38. Box Office Mojo.
43. Web site: Domestic 1996 Weekend 39. Box Office Mojo.
44. Web site: Domestic 1996 Weekend 40. Box Office Mojo.
45. Web site: Domestic 1996 Weekend 41. Box Office Mojo.
46. Web site: Domestic 1996 Weekend 42. Box Office Mojo.
47. Web site: Domestic 1996 Weekend 43. Box Office Mojo.
48. Web site: Domestic 1996 Weekend 44. Box Office Mojo.
49. Web site: Domestic 1996 Weekend 45. Box Office Mojo.
50. Web site: Domestic 1996 Weekend 46. Box Office Mojo.
51. Web site: Domestic 1996 Weekend 47. Box Office Mojo.
52. Web site: Domestic 1996 Weekend 48 (Thanksgiving 3-Day weekend). Box Office Mojo.
53. Web site: Domestic 1996 Weekend 49 (Post-Thanksgiving). Box Office Mojo.
54. Web site: Domestic 1996 Weekend 50. Box Office Mojo.
55. Web site: Domestic 1996 Weekend 51. Box Office Mojo.
56. Web site: Domestic 1996 Weekend 52. Box Office Mojo.
57. Web site: Domestic Box Office For 1996. Box Office Mojo. February 15, 2020.
58. Web site: Domestic Box Office For 1996 (In-year release). Box Office Mojo. February 15, 2020.