Box Office

Top Grossing English Movies in 1996

Rank	Title	Genre(s)	Domestic	Worldwide
1	Independence Day	Action Adventure Sci-Fi	$306,169,268	$817,400,891
2	Twister	Action Adventure Drama	$241,830,615	$494,580,615
3	Mission: Impossible	Action Adventure Thriller	$180,981,856	$457,696,391
4	The Rock	Action Adventure Thriller	$134,069,511	$335,062,621
5	The Hunchback of Notre Dame	Drama Romance Animation	$100,138,851	$325,338,851
6	101 Dalmatians	Adventure Comedy Family	$136,189,294	$320,689,294
7	Ransom	Action Thriller Crime	$136,492,681	$309,492,681
8	The Nutty Professor	Sci-Fi Comedy Romance	$128,814,019	$273,961,019
9	Jerry Maguire	Drama Sport Comedy	$153,952,592	$273,552,592
10	Eraser	Action Drama Mystery	$101,295,562	$242,295,562
11	The English Patient	Drama Romance War	$78,676,425	$231,976,425
12	Space Jam	Adventure Sci-Fi Sport	$90,594,962	$230,594,962
13	The Birdcage	Comedy	$124,060,553	$185,260,553
14	The First Wives Club	Comedy	$105,489,203	$181,489,203
15	Scream	Mystery Thriller Horror	$103,046,663	$173,046,663
16	Sleepers	Drama Thriller Crime	$53,315,285	$165,615,285
17	Daylight	Action Adventure Drama	$33,023,469	$159,212,469
18	A Time to Kill	Drama Thriller Crime	$108,766,007	$152,266,007
19	Phenomenon	Drama Fantasy Romance	$104,636,382	$152,036,382
20	Broken Arrow	Action Adventure Thriller	$70,770,147	$150,270,147
21	Star Trek: First Contact	Action Adventure Sci-Fi	$92,027,888	$146,027,888
22	Jingle All the Way	Comedy Family	$60,592,389	$129,832,389
23	Executive Decision	Action Adventure Thriller	$56,569,216	$121,969,216
24	DragonHeart	Action Adventure Fantasy	$51,367,375	$115,267,375
25	Specimen	Action	$60,074,103	$113,374,103
26	Striptease	Drama Thriller Comedy	$33,109,743	$113,309,743
27	Mr. Holland's Opus	Drama Music	$82,569,971	$106,269,971
28	The Cable Guy	Drama Thriller Comedy	$60,240,295	$102,825,796
29	Primal Fear	Drama Mystery Thriller	$56,116,183	$102,616,183
30	Mars Attacks!	Action Sci-Fi Thriller	$37,781,197	$101,381,197
31	Courage Under Fire	Action Mystery War	$59,031,057	$100,860,818
32	Up Close & Personal	Romance Drama	$51,088,705	$100,688,705
33	One Fine Day	Drama Comedy Romance	$46,151,454	$97,529,550
34	The Long Kiss Goodnight	Action Drama Mystery	$33,447,612	$89,456,761
35	Beavis and Butt-Head Do America	Adventure Comedy Crime	$63,118,386	$63,118,386
36	Fargo	Drama Thriller Crime	$24,611,975	$60,611,975
37	Chain Reaction	Action Sci-Fi Drama	$21,226,204	$60,209,334
38	Jack	Drama Fantasy Comedy	$58,620,973	$58,620,973
39	The Quest	Action Drama Adventure	$21,686,547	$57,400,547
40	Tin Cup	Drama Sport Comedy	$53,854,588	$53,854,588
41	The Island of Dr. Moreau	Sci-Fi Thriller Horror	$27,663,982	$49,627,779
42	Last Man Standing	Action Drama Thriller	$18,115,927	$47,267,001
43	Set It Off	Action Drama Thriller	$36,461,139	$41,590,886
44	Happy Gilmore	Sport Comedy Romance	$39,041,354	$41,422,354
45	The Mirror Has Two Faces	Romance Comedy Drama	$41,083,864	$41,083,864
46	The Ghost and the Darkness	Adventure Drama Thriller	$38,619,405	$38,619,959
47	Sgt. Bilko	Comedy	$30,356,793	$37,956,793
48	Down Periscope	Comedy	$25,785,603	$37,553,752
49	Shine	Biography Drama Romance	$35,892,330	$35,999,121
50	A Thin Line Between Love and Hate	Romance Thriller Comedy	$34,767,836	$35,599,803