Box office number-one films of 1996 (USA)

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This is a list of films which have placed number one at the weekend box office in the United States during 1996.

#	Weekend End Date	Film	Total Weekend Gross	Notes
1	01996-01-07 January 7, 1996	Twelve Monkeys	$13,842,990
2	01996-01-14 January 14, 1996	Twelve Monkeys	$9,974,510
3	01996-01-21 January 21, 1996	From Dusk Till Dawn	$10,240,805
4	01996-01-28 January 28, 1996	Mr. Holland's Opus	$8,297,082
5	01996-02-04 February 4, 1996	Black Sheep	$10,593,609
6	01996-02-11 February 11, 1996	Broken Arrow	$15,583,510
7	01996-02-18 February 18, 1996	Broken Arrow	$11,704,778
8	01996-02-25 February 25, 1996	Rumble in the Bronx	$9,858,380
9	01996-03-03 March 3, 1996	Up Close & Personal	$11,101,955
10	01996-03-10 March 10, 1996	The Birdcage	$18,275,828
11	01996-03-17 March 17, 1996	The Birdcage	$16,034,306
12	01996-03-24 March 24, 1996	The Birdcage	$13,294,404
13	01996-03-31 March 31, 1996	The Birdcage	$10,106,414
14	01996-04-07 April 7, 1996	Primal Fear	$9,871,222
15	01996-04-14 April 14, 1996	Primal Fear	$8,108,561
16	01996-04-21 April 21, 1996	Primal Fear	$6,585,472
17	01996-04-28 April 28, 1996	The Quest	$7,029,120
18	01996-05-05 May 5, 1996	The Craft	$6,710,995
19	01996-05-12 May 12, 1996	Twister	$41,059,405
20	01996-05-19 May 19, 1996	Twister	$37,093,440
21	01996-05-26 May 26, 1996	Mission: Impossible	$45,436,830
22	01996-06-02 June 2, 1996	Mission: Impossible	$21,629,362
23	01996-06-09 June 9, 1996	The Rock	$25,069,525
24	01996-06-16 June 16, 1996	The Cable Guy	$19,806,226
25	01996-06-23 June 23, 1996	Eraser	$24,566,446
26	01996-06-30 June 30, 1996	The Nutty Professor	$25,411,725
27	01996-07-07 July 7, 1996	Independence Day	$50,228,264	Independence Day broke Terminator 2: Judgement Day's record ($31.7 mil) for the highest weekend debut in July and the highest Fourth of July weekend debut. Independence Day had the highest weekend debut in 1996.
28	01996-07-14 July 14, 1996	Independence Day	$35,242,709
29	01996-07-21 July 21, 1996	Independence Day	$21,274,817
30	01996-07-28 July 28, 1996	A Time to Kill	$14,823,159
31	01996-08-04 August 4, 1996	A Time to Kill	$13,262,934
32	01996-08-11 August 11, 1996	Jack	$11,191,496
33	01996-08-18 August 18, 1996	Tin Cup	$10,128,834
34	01996-08-25 August 25, 1996	The Island of Dr. Moreau	$9,101,987
35	01996-09-01 September 1, 1996	The Crow: City of Angels	$9,785,111
36	01996-09-08 September 8, 1996	Bulletproof	$6,014,400
37	01996-09-15 September 15, 1996	Maximum Risk	$5,612,707
38	01996-09-22 September 22, 1996	The First Wives Club	$18,913,411
39	01996-09-29 September 29, 1996	The First Wives Club	$15,314,530
40	01996-10-06 October 6, 1996	The First Wives Club	$11,017,356
41	01996-10-13 October 13, 1996	The Ghost and the Darkness	$9,215,063
42	01996-10-20 October 20, 1996	Sleepers	$12,305,745
43	01996-10-27 October 27, 1996	Sleepers	$9,605,059
44	01996-11-03 November 3, 1996	William Shakespeare's Romeo + Juliet	$11,133,231
45	01996-11-10 November 10, 1996	Ransom	$34,216,088
46	01996-11-17 November 17, 1996	Space Jam	$27,528,529
47	01996-11-24 November 24, 1996	Star Trek: First Contact	$30,716,131
48	01996-12-01 December 1, 1996	101 Dalmatians	$33,504,025
49	01996-12-08 December 8, 1996	101 Dalmatians	$13,944,053
50	01996-12-15 December 15, 1996	Jerry Maguire	$17,084,296
51	01996-12-22 December 22, 1996	Beavis and Butt-Head Do America	$20,114,233
52	01996-12-29 December 29, 1996	Michael	$17,435,711

References

• Box Office Mojo Weekend Charts for 1996, weekend 1 to 52. Retrieved 2007-09-06

See also

• List of American films — American films by year

Preceded by Box office number-one films of 1995 (USA)

Box office number-one films of 1996 (USA) 1996

Succeeded by Box office number-one films of 1997 (USA)

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