Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood (1996) is the highest-grossing comedy movie released in January 1996, with $20.9M worldwide, ahead of Bio-Dome (1996) at $13.4M and Two If by Sea (1996) at $10.7M. 7 comedy films released in January 1996 report a worldwide gross, $57M in all, 99% of it from the US & Canada. That is down 82% on December 1995, whose releases took $308.3M. By language, English leads with $57M across 7 comedy releases.
#1 of 7 Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood (1996)
1996 · Comedy, Crime
$20.9M worldwide · 37% of the chart's total
Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood (1996) leads with $20.9M, 37% of the total. The top 5 together took $56.9M, almost all of what the 7 films earned. Each bar splits a film's gross into the US & Canada and the rest of the world.
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Lifetime worldwide grosses in US dollars, not adjusted for inflation; domestic means the US & Canada. Films are grouped by their release date in January 1996.
Jan 12, 1996 · English · Comedy, Crime $20.9M worldwide Jan 12, 1996 US and Canada: $13.4M Rest of the world: Worldwide: $13.4M Jan 12, 1996 US and Canada: $10.7M Rest of the world: Worldwide: $10.7M Jan 12, 1996 US and Canada: $9.9M Rest of the world: Worldwide: $9.9M Jan 26, 1996 US and Canada: $2M Rest of the world: Worldwide: $2M 
Jan 2, 1996 US and Canada: $27.4K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $27.4K 
Jan 17, 1996 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $8.8K Of the top 7, Bio-Dome (1996) earned the biggest share at home (100% in the US & Canada), while Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood (1996) made 4% of its gross abroad. Across all 7 films, $56.1M (99%) came from the US & Canada. 1 film of the top 7 reports no US & Canada figure.
Films released in week 2 (Jan 7–13) took $54.9M, led by Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood (1996). Each column links to that week's chart; weeks are Sunday to Saturday.
Of these 10 years, January 1988 earned the most: $162.3M from 7 films, led by Good Morning, Vietnam (1988). January 1996 took $57M.
| Month | Films | Worldwide | Change | Biggest film |
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| January 1987 5 films | 5 | $112M | – | Outrageous Fortune (1987) $52.9M |
| January 1988 7 films · +45% | 7 | $162.3M | +45% | Good Morning, Vietnam (1988) $123.9M |
| January 1989 4 films · −72% | 4 | $46.2M | −72% | Three Fugitives (1989) $40.6M |
| January 1990 7 films · −36% | 7 | $29.7M | −36% | Tremors (1990) $16.7M |
| January 1991 4 films · +66% | 4 | $49.3M | +66% | Green Card (1991) $29.9M |
| January 1992 7 films · −30% | 7 | $34.4M | −30% | Kuffs (1992) $21.1M |
| January 1993 5 films · −37% | 5 | $21.7M | −37% | Chaplin (1993) $9.5M |
| January 1994 4 films · +30% | 4 | $28.3M | +30% | The Air Up There (1994) $21M |
| January 1995 9 films · +170% | 9 | $76.6M | +170% | Nobody's Fool (1995) $39.5M |
| January 1996 7 films · −26% | 7 | $57M | −26% | Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood (1996) $20.9M |
The months of 1996 with their totals: December leads with $713.2M, led by Jerry Maguire (1996).
The chart's numbers in short: the #1 film, the total, the billion-dollar hits and the US & Canada share, answered from the same 7 films as the chart.
Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood (1996) leads with $20.9M worldwide, $20.1M of it in the US & Canada. Next come Bio-Dome (1996) at $13.4M and Two If by Sea (1996) at $10.7M.
7 comedy films released in January 1996 report a worldwide gross, $57M in all, or $8.1M per film on average. December 1995 releases took $308.3M.
None. The biggest, Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood (1996), earned $20.9M.
Films are ranked by lifetime worldwide gross in US dollars, not adjusted for inflation, and grouped by their release date in January 1996. The figures are the reported box office grosses in our database. A gross that looks misattributed, such as one figure shared by two unrelated films or a blockbuster total on an obscure title, is left out rather than shown as a fact.
Grosses change while films are in theaters and whenever a new figure is reported; this chart reads the latest numbers in our database, so an older film can still move after a re-release.
