#1 of 232 #1 English-language movie of 1996
1996 · Action, Adventure
$817.4M worldwide · 9% of the chart's total
$306.2M US & Canada · 37% $511.2M elsewhere · 63%
English box office · 1996
English Box Office 1996: Highest-Grossing English Movies, Page 3
Independence Day (1996) is the highest-grossing English-language movie released in 1996, with $817.4M worldwide, ahead of Twister (1996) at $494.6M and Mission: Impossible (1996) at $457.7M. 232 English-language films released in 1996 report a worldwide gross, $9.2B in all, 56% of it from the US & Canada. 31 films crossed $100 million; none reached $1 billion. That is up 3% on 1995, whose releases took $8.9B. By genre, Thriller leads with $4.9B across 57 English releases.
- 1996 releases with a gross
- 232
- combined worldwide
- $9.2B
- films crossed $100M
- 31
- vs 1995
- +3%
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Every English Release of 1996, Ranked by Worldwide Gross
Ranks 101 to 150 of 232. Lifetime worldwide grosses in US dollars, not adjusted for inflation; domestic means the US & Canada. Films are grouped by their release date in 1996.
- 101
Oct 11, 1996 US and Canada: $11.1M Rest of the world: $44K Worldwide: $11.1M - 102
Sep 27, 1996 US and Canada: $11.1M Rest of the world: Worldwide: $11.1M - 103
Jan 12, 1996 US and Canada: $10.7M Rest of the world: Worldwide: $10.7M - 104
Feb 9, 1996 US and Canada: $10.6M Rest of the world: Worldwide: $10.6M - 105
Feb 2, 1996 US and Canada: $10.3M Rest of the world: Worldwide: $10.3M - 106
Apr 26, 1996 US and Canada: $10.2M Rest of the world: Worldwide: $10.2M - 107
Mar 29, 1996 US and Canada: $10.1M Rest of the world: Worldwide: $10.1M - 108
Apr 19, 1996 US and Canada: $10.1M Rest of the world: Worldwide: $10.1M - 109
Jan 12, 1996 US and Canada: $9.9M Rest of the world: Worldwide: $9.9M - 110
Dec 6, 1996 US and Canada: $9.8M Rest of the world: Worldwide: $9.8M - 111
Mar 8, 1996 US and Canada: $9.3M Rest of the world: Worldwide: $9.3M - 112
Apr 19, 1996 US and Canada: $9.3M Rest of the world: Worldwide: $9.3M - 113
Feb 23, 1996 US and Canada: $8.8M Rest of the world: Worldwide: $8.8M - 114
Mar 29, 1996 US and Canada: $8.6M Rest of the world: Worldwide: $8.6M - 115
Sep 13, 1996 US and Canada: $8.5M Rest of the world: Worldwide: $8.5M - 116
Nov 1, 1996 US and Canada: $8.3M Rest of the world: Worldwide: $8.3M - 117
Nov 27, 1996 US and Canada: $7.3M Rest of the world: Worldwide: $7.3M - 118
Nov 1, 1996 US and Canada: $7.1M Rest of the world: Worldwide: $7.1M - 119
Aug 14, 1996 US and Canada: $7M Rest of the world: Worldwide: $7M - 120
Oct 16, 1996 US and Canada: $5.8M Rest of the world: Worldwide: $5.8M - 121
May 10, 1996 US and Canada: $5.7M Rest of the world: Worldwide: $5.7M - 122
May 3, 1996 US and Canada: $5.7M Rest of the world: Worldwide: $5.7M - 123
Jan 20, 1996 US and Canada: $5.2M Rest of the world: Worldwide: $5.2M - 124
Aug 23, 1996 US and Canada: $5.1M Rest of the world: Worldwide: $5.1M - 125
May 17, 1996 US and Canada: $5M Rest of the world: Worldwide: $5M - 126
Mar 22, 1996 US and Canada: $4.9M Rest of the world: Worldwide: $4.9M - 127
Jun 14, 1996 US and Canada: $4.7M Rest of the world: $178.1K Worldwide: $4.9M - 128
Mar 22, 1996 US and Canada: $4.6M Rest of the world: $863 Worldwide: $4.6M - 129
Mar 15, 1996 US and Canada: $4.4M Rest of the world: Worldwide: $4.4M - 130
Sep 6, 1996 US and Canada: $4.4M Rest of the world: Worldwide: $4.4M - 131
Oct 10, 1996 US and Canada: $4.2M Rest of the world: Worldwide: $4.2M - 132
Sep 11, 1996 US and Canada: $4.1M Rest of the world: Worldwide: $4.1M - 133
Feb 2, 1996 US and Canada: $4M Rest of the world: Worldwide: $4M - 134
Nov 13, 1996 US and Canada: $3.8M Rest of the world: $27.9K Worldwide: $3.8M - 135
Oct 4, 1996 US and Canada: $3.8M Rest of the world: $230 Worldwide: $3.8M - 136
May 3, 1996 US and Canada: $3.8M Rest of the world: Worldwide: $3.8M - 137
May 10, 1996 US and Canada: $3.7M Rest of the world: Worldwide: $3.7M - 138
Dec 24, 1996 US and Canada: $3.7M Rest of the world: Worldwide: $3.7M - 139
Aug 30, 1996 US and Canada: $3.6M Rest of the world: Worldwide: $3.6M - 140
Jun 14, 1996 US and Canada: $3.5M Rest of the world: Worldwide: $3.5M - 141
Aug 23, 1996 US and Canada: $3.3M Rest of the world: Worldwide: $3.3M - 142
Sep 13, 1996 US and Canada: $3.1M Rest of the world: Worldwide: $3.1M - 143
Aug 9, 1996 US and Canada: $3M Rest of the world: $386 Worldwide: $3M - 144
Feb 23, 1996 US and Canada: $2.8M Rest of the world: Worldwide: $2.8M - 145
Oct 25, 1996 US and Canada: $2.8M Rest of the world: Worldwide: $2.8M - 146
Apr 19, 1996 US and Canada: $2.7M Rest of the world: Worldwide: $2.7M - 147
Aug 8, 1996 US and Canada: $2.5M Rest of the world: Worldwide: $2.5M - 148
Mar 8, 1996 US and Canada: $2.4M Rest of the world: Worldwide: $2.4M - 149
Jan 12, 1996 US and Canada: $2.4M Rest of the world: Worldwide: $2.4M - 150
Jun 21, 1996 US and Canada: $1.5M Rest of the world: $628.4K Worldwide: $2.2M
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English Box Office Year by Year
Every year from 1919 to 2026 with its total and its biggest film. 2019 leads with $28.7B, led by Avengers: Endgame (2019).
2020s 7 years · $105.1B
2010s 10 years · $261B
- 2019 $28.7B #1 Avengers: Endgame (2019)
- 2018 $28.3B #1 Avengers: Infinity War (2018)
- 2017 $27.9B #1 Star Wars: Episode VIII - The Last Jedi (2017)
- 2016 $27.3B #1 Captain America: Civil War (2016)
- 2015 $27.1B #1 Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens (2015)
- 2014 $24.6B #1 Transformers: Age Of Extinction (2014)
- 2013 $26B #1 Frozen (2013)
- 2012 $26B #1 The Avengers (2012)
- 2011 $24.2B #1 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (2011)
- 2010 $21B #1 Toy Story 3 (2010)
2000s 10 years · $170.2B
- 2009 $23B #1 Avatar (2009)
- 2008 $20B #1 The Dark Knight (2008)
- 2007 $20.4B #1 Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007)
- 2006 $17.7B #1 Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006)
- 2005 $16.6B #1 Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith (2005)
- 2004 $15.9B #1 Shrek 2 (2004)
- 2003 $17.1B #1 The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)
- 2002 $13.9B #1 Spider-Man (2002)
- 2001 $13.4B #1 Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (2001)
- 2000 $12.2B #1 Mission: Impossible II (2000)
1990s 10 years · $84.5B
- 1999 $12.9B #1 Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999)
- 1998 $10B #1 Armageddon (1998)
- 1997 $11.8B #1 Titanic (1997)
- 1996 $9.2B #1 Independence Day (1996)
- 1995 $8.9B #1 Toy Story (1995)
- 1994 $7.3B #1 The Lion King (1994)
- 1993 $6.3B #1 Mrs. Doubtfire (1993)
- 1992 $5.5B #1 The Bodyguard (1992)
- 1991 $5.9B #1 Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)
- 1990 $6.5B #1 Ghost (1990)
1980s 10 years · $33.4B
- 1989 $6B #1 Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)
- 1988 $4.3B #1 Rain Man (1988)
- 1987 $3.7B #1 Fatal Attraction (1987)
- 1986 $3.3B #1 Top Gun (1986)
- 1985 $3.5B #1 Back to the Future (1985)
- 1984 $3.4B #1 Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984)
- 1983 $2.6B #1 Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983)
- 1982 $2.2B #1 Tootsie (1982)
- 1981 $2.1B #1 Superman II (1981)
- 1980 $2.3B #1 Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
1970s 10 years · $9.6B
- 1979 $2B #1 Moonraker (1979)
- 1978 $1.5B #1 Grease (1978)
- 1977 $2.1B #1 Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977)
- 1976 $624.6M #1 A Star Is Born (1976)
- 1975 $955.1M #1 Jaws (1975)
- 1974 $694.9M #1 Blazing Saddles (1974)
- 1973 $928.9M #1 The Exorcist (1973)
- 1972 $369.2M #1 The Godfather (1972)
- 1971 $182.9M #1 The French Connection (1971)
- 1970 $346.9M #1 The Aristocats (1970)
1960s 10 years · $1.4B
- 1969 $244.6M #1 Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)
- 1968 $147.2M #1 Funny Girl (1968)
- 1967 $342.7M #1 The Jungle Book (1967)
- 1966 $28.1M #1 Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966)
- 1965 $227.4M #1 Doctor Zhivago (1965)
- 1964 $241M #1 Mary Poppins (1964)
- 1963 $75.1M #1 It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963)
- 1962 $49.6M #1 Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
- 1961 $952.7K #1 Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961)
- 1960 $42.4M #1 Swiss Family Robinson (1960)
1950s 10 years · $770.2M
- 1959 $126.4M #1 Ben-Hur (1959)
- 1958 $5.1M #1 Touch of Evil (1958)
- 1957 $31.3M #1 The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)
- 1956 $149.5M #1 The Ten Commandments (1956)
- 1955 $95.8M #1 Lady and the Tramp (1955)
- 1954 $70.6M #1 Rear Window (1954)
- 1953 $150.9M #1 Peter Pan (1953)
- 1952 $38.6M #1 The Greatest Show on Earth (1952)
- 1951 $4.4M #1 Ace in the Hole (1951)
- 1950 $97.5M #1 Cinderella (1950)
1940s 10 years · $662.1M
- 1949 $1.7M #1 The Third Man (1949)
- 1948 $707.7K #1 The Fallen Idol (1948)
- 1947 $1.4M #1 The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (1947)
- 1946 $96.2M #1 Song of the South (1946)
- 1945 $22M #1 The Bells of St. Mary’s (1945)
- 1944 $117.4K #1 Henry V (1944)
- 1943 $6M #1 Casablanca (1943)
- 1942 $2M #1 Reunion in France (1942)
- 1941 $4.2M #1 Charley’s Aunt (1941)
- 1940 $527.8M #1 Gone with the Wind (1940)
1930s 10 years · $217.4M
- 1939 $26.3M #1 The Wizard of Oz (1939)
- 1938 $185.2M #1 Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1938)
- 1937 $27.1K #1 Stage Door (1937)
- 1936 $4.6M #1 After the Thin Man (1936)
- 1935 $602.9K #1 Sylvia Scarlett (1935)
- 1934 $37.5K #1 It Happened One Night (1934)
- 1933 $588.1K #1 Baby Face (1933)
- 1932 $40K #1 The Old Dark House (1932)
- 1931 $299 #1 Transgression (1931)
- 1930 $1.2K #1 Madam Satan (1930)