Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood (1996) is the highest-grossing comedy movie released in week 2 of 1996 (Jan 7–13), with $20.9M worldwide, ahead of Bio-Dome (1996) at $13.4M and Two If by Sea (1996) at $10.7M. 4 comedy films released that week report a worldwide gross, $54.9M in all, 98% of it from the US & Canada.
#1 of 4 Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood (1996)
1996 · Comedy, Crime
$20.9M worldwide · 38% 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, 38% of the total. The top 4 together took $54.9M, almost all of what the 4 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 week 2 of 1996 (Jan 7–13).
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 Of the top 4, 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 4 films, $54.1M (98%) came from the US & Canada.
Week 2 releases took $54.9M. The biggest of these 9 weeks is week 51, 1995 (Dec 17–23) with $173.8M, led by Waiting to Exhale (1995).
Of these 10 years, Week 2, 1996 earned the most: $54.9M from 4 films, led by Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood (1996).
| Week | Films | Worldwide | Change | Biggest film |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Week 2, 1987 Jan 4–10 No films | 0 | – | – | – |
| Week 2, 1988 Jan 3–9 No films | 0 | – | – | – |
| Week 2, 1989 Jan 8–14 2 films | 2 | $4.8M | – | The January Man (1989) $4.6M |
| Week 2, 1990 Jan 7–13 2 films · +128% | 2 | $10.9M | +128% | Ski Patrol (1990) $8.5M |
| Week 2, 1991 Jan 6–12 2 films · +175% | 2 | $29.9M | +175% | Green Card (1991) $29.9M |
| Week 2, 1992 Jan 5–11 2 films · −29% | 2 | $21.1M | −29% | Kuffs (1992) $21.1M |
| Week 2, 1993 Jan 3–9 2 films · −15% | 2 | $18.1M | −15% | Chaplin (1993) $9.5M |
| Week 2, 1994 Jan 2–8 2 films · +37% | 2 | $24.7M | +37% | The Air Up There (1994) $21M |
| Week 2, 1995 Jan 8–14 2 films · +60% | 2 | $39.5M | +60% | Nobody's Fool (1995) $39.5M |
| Week 2, 1996 Jan 7–13 4 films · +39% | 4 | $54.9M | +39% | Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood (1996) $20.9M |
49 weeks of 1996 with reported grosses; the biggest is week 26 (Jun 23–29) with $387.3M, led by The Nutty Professor (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 4 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.
4 comedy films released in week 2 of 1996 (Jan 7–13) report a worldwide gross, $54.9M in all, or $13.7M per film on average.
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 week 2 of 1996 (Jan 7–13). 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.
