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INDEPENDENCE DAY

Domestic Total Gross: $306,169,268
Distributor: FoxRelease Date: July 3, 1996
Genre: Sci-Fi ActionRunning Time: 2 hrs. 33 min.
MPAA Rating: PG-13Production Budget: $75 million
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TOTAL LIFETIME GROSSES
Domestic:  $306,169,268    37.5%
+ Foreign:  $511,231,623    62.5%
= Worldwide:  $817,400,891  

DOMESTIC SUMMARY
Opening Weekend: $50,228,264
(#1 rank, 2,882 theaters, $17,428 average)
% of Total Gross: 16.4%
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Widest Release:  2,977 theaters
Close Date:  January 12, 1997


GENRES (click to view) Rank
Disaster 2
President 1
Sci-Fi - Alien Invasion 1

FRANCHISES (click to view) Rank
Showdown: Alien Invasion 1
Showdown: Will Smith Vs. Himself (July Edition) 1

CHARTS (click to view) Rank
All Time Domestic 29
All Time Adjusted 35
All Time Worldwide 22
Yearly 1996 1
Yearly Opening Weekends 1996 1
Yearly PG-13 Rated 1996 1
Worldwide Yearly 1996 1
Non-Friday Opening Weekends 23
Opening Weeks 70
Opening Day Gross 93
Opening Wednesdays 15
Single Day Gross 315
Non-Opening Friday Gross 28
Non-Opening Thursday Gross 6
Single Day Friday Gross 98
Single Day Monday Gross 72
Single Day Saturday Gross 124
Single Day Thursday Gross 10
Single Day Tuesday Gross 13
Single Day Wednesday Gross 17
Non-Holiday Monday Gross 35
Theater Averages (Wide Releases) - All Time 68
Theater Averages - Wide Opening Weekends 67
Opening Weekends 91
Opening Weekends - July 21
Opening Weekends - Summer 68
Eleventh Weekends 71
Ninth Weekends 39
Tenth Weekends 62
Top 10-Day Grosses 49
Top 3-Day Grosses 78
Top 4-Day Grosses 55
Top 6-Day Grosses 40
Top 7-Day Grosses 37
Top 8-Day Grosses 44
Top 9-Day Grosses 52
Twelfth Weekends 28
Twelfth Weekends 71
Top 5-Day Grosses 43
Top 5-Day Grosses for movies opening on a Wednesday 12
Most Weekends at #1 (non-consecutive) 71
Most Weekends in Top 10 (non-consecutive) 50
Most Weekends in Top 5 (non-consecutive) 102
Consecutive Weekends At #1 56
Consecutive Weekends In Top 10 39
Consecutive Weekends In Top 5 88
Labor Day 4-Day Holiday Weekends 132
Independence Day Opening Weekends 8
Independence Day Weekends 8
Second Weekends 40
Third Weekends 45
Fourth Weekends 55
Fifth Weekends 39
Sixth Weekends 34
Seventh Weekends 64
Eighth Weekends 52
Smallest Drops, 2,500+ theaters (Saturation) 137
Smallest Drops, 2,000+ theaters (Very Wide) 241
Smallest Drops, All Wide Releases 915
Rated PG-13 18
Rated PG-13, Opening Weekends 57
Fastest to $100 million 28
Fastest to $150 million 32
Fastest to $200 million 30
Fastest to $250 million 31
Fastest to $300 million 26
Slowest to $100 million 374
Slowest to $200 million 60
BOM Users' Grades 247
BOM Users' Grades (1996 Releases) 14
CHARTS (Premier Pass Users Only)Rank
Highest All Time Rank (on September 10, 1996) 6
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1996 ACADEMY AWARDS®
Nominated for 1 Oscar, including 1 win. CLICK TO VIEW FULL BREAKDOWN...
THE PLAYERS (click name to view)
Director:Roland Emmerich
Actors:Will Smith
Bill Pullman
Jeff Goldblum
Randy Quaid
Composer:David Arnold
GRADE THIS MOVIE
Readers B  (6292 votes)
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GRADE BREAKDOWN
As: 2,077 33.0%
Bs: 2,905 46.2%
Cs: 903 14.4%
Ds: 225 3.6%
Fs: 182 2.9%

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MERCHANDISE LINKS
• DVD: Independence Day, Limited Edition, Five Star Collection, Double Digipack
• Soundtrack

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