Box Office
Worldwide box office · 1996
The top-grossing releases of the year. Switch between worldwide, domestic, and international — every figure shown both as reported and adjusted for inflation, so films from any era are directly comparable.
| # | Title | Worldwide | Adjusted for inflation |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Independence Day | $306.2M | $644.0M |
| 2 | Twister | $241.7M | $508.4M |
| 3 | Mission: Impossible | $181.0M | $380.7M |
| 4 | Jerry Maguire | $154.0M | $323.8M |
| 5 | Ransom | $136.5M | $287.1M |
| 6 | 101 Dalmatians | $136.2M | $286.4M |
| 7 | The Rock | $134.1M | $282.0M |
| 8 | The Nutty Professor | $128.8M | $270.9M |
| 9 | The Birdcage | $124.1M | $260.9M |
| 10 | A Time to Kill | $108.8M | $228.8M |
| 11 | The First Wives Club | $105.5M | $221.9M |
| 12 | Phenomenon | $104.6M | $220.1M |
| 13 | Scream | $103.2M | $217.1M |
| 14 | Eraser | $101.3M | $213.0M |
| 15 | The Hunchback of Notre Dame | $100.1M | $210.6M |
| 16 | Michael | $95.3M | $200.5M |
| 17 | Star Trek: First Contact | $92.0M | $193.6M |
| 18 | Space Jam | $90.4M | $190.2M |
| 19 | The English Patient | $78.7M | $165.5M |
| 20 | Broken Arrow | $70.8M | $148.8M |
| 21 | Evita | $68.3M | $143.6M |
| 22 | Beavis and Butt-Head Do America | $63.1M | $132.8M |
| 23 | Jingle All the Way | $60.6M | $127.4M |
| 24 | The Cable Guy | $60.2M | $126.7M |
| 25 | Courage Under Fire | $59.0M | $124.2M |
| 26 | Jack | $58.6M | $123.3M |
| 27 | Executive Decision | $56.6M | $119.0M |
| 28 | Primal Fear | $56.1M | $118.0M |
| 29 | Tin Cup | $53.9M | $113.3M |
| 30 | Sleepers | $53.3M | $112.1M |
| 31 | DragonHeart | $51.4M | $108.0M |
| 32 | Up Close & Personal | $51.1M | $107.5M |
| 33 | The Preacher's Wife | $48.1M | $101.2M |
| 34 | Romeo + Juliet | $46.4M | $97.5M |
| 35 | One Fine Day | $46.2M | $97.1M |
| 36 | The Mirror Has Two Faces | $41.1M | $86.4M |
| 37 | Happy Gilmore | $38.8M | $81.7M |
| 38 | The Ghost and the Darkness | $38.6M | $81.2M |
| 39 | Mars Attacks! | $37.8M | $79.4M |
| 40 | Set It Off | $36.5M | $76.7M |
| 41 | Shine | $36.0M | $75.7M |
| 42 | The Truth About Cats & Dogs | $34.9M | $73.3M |
| 43 | A Thin Line Between Love and Hate | $34.8M | $73.1M |
| 44 | Muppet Treasure Island | $34.3M | $72.2M |
| 45 | Matilda | $33.5M | $70.4M |
| 46 | The Long Kiss Goodnight | $33.4M | $70.3M |
| 47 | Striptease | $33.1M | $69.6M |
| 48 | Daylight | $33.0M | $69.5M |
| 49 | Homeward Bound II: Lost in San Francisco | $32.8M | $68.9M |
| 50 | Black Sheep | $32.4M | $68.2M |
| 51 | Rumble in the Bronx | $32.4M | $68.1M |
| 52 | Eddie | $31.4M | $66.0M |
| 53 | Sgt. Bilko | $30.4M | $63.8M |
| 54 | James and the Giant Peach | $28.9M | $60.9M |
| 55 | The Island of Dr. Moreau | $27.7M | $58.2M |
| 56 | Spy Hard | $27.0M | $56.7M |
| 57 | Eye for an Eye | $26.9M | $56.5M |
| 58 | Harriet the Spy | $26.6M | $55.9M |
| 59 | First Kid | $26.5M | $55.7M |
| 60 | That Thing You Do! | $25.9M | $54.4M |
| 61 | From Dusk Till Dawn | $25.8M | $54.3M |
| 62 | Down Periscope | $25.8M | $54.2M |
| 63 | Escape from L.A. | $25.5M | $53.6M |
| 64 | Fly Away Home | $25.1M | $52.9M |
| 65 | Kingpin | $25.0M | $52.6M |
| 66 | The Craft | $24.8M | $52.2M |
| 67 | Fargo | $24.6M | $51.8M |
| 68 | Sling Blade | $24.4M | $51.4M |
| 69 | D3: The Mighty Ducks | $23.0M | $48.3M |
| 70 | The Juror | $22.8M | $47.9M |
| 71 | My Fellow Americans | $22.3M | $46.9M |
| 72 | Emma | $22.2M | $46.8M |
| 73 | The Quest | $21.7M | $45.6M |
| 74 | Bulletproof | $21.6M | $45.4M |
| 75 | A Very Brady Sequel | $21.4M | $45.1M |
| 76 | High School High | $21.3M | $44.8M |
| 77 | Chain Reaction | $21.2M | $44.6M |
| 78 | Multiplicity | $21.1M | $44.3M |
| 79 | Oliver & Company 1996 Re-release | $20.9M | $43.9M |
| 80 | Fear | $20.8M | $43.8M |
| 81 | The Glimmer Man | $20.4M | $42.8M |
| 82 | City Hall | $20.3M | $42.8M |
| 83 | The People vs. Larry Flynt | $20.3M | $42.7M |
| 84 | Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in | $20.1M | $42.3M |
| 85 | Flipper | $20.1M | $42.2M |
| 86 | Mother | $19.1M | $40.3M |
| 87 | Bed of Roses | $19.0M | $40.0M |
| 88 | Kazaam | $18.9M | $39.8M |
| 89 | The Fan | $18.6M | $39.2M |
| 90 | Last Man Standing | $18.1M | $38.1M |
| 91 | The Crow: City of Angels | $17.9M | $37.7M |
| 92 | Extreme Measures | $17.4M | $36.6M |
| 93 | The Phantom | $17.3M | $36.5M |
| 94 | Fled | $17.2M | $36.2M |
| 95 | Diabolique | $17.1M | $36.0M |
| 96 | The Frighteners | $16.8M | $35.2M |
| 97 | Trainspotting | $16.5M | $34.7M |
| 98 | Police Story 3: Supercop | $16.3M | $34.2M |
| 99 | Thinner | $15.3M | $32.2M |
| 100 | The Adventures of Pinocchio | $15.1M | $31.7M |
“Adjusted for inflation” restates each gross in today’s dollars using US CPI-U annual averages. Domestic and international views are re-ranked from the year’s top releases; some early years report domestic-only figures.