Domestic 1996 Weekend 42

October 18-20, 1996

Key:New This Week

RankLWRelease Gross%± LWTheatersChangeAverageTotal GrossWeeksDistributor
1-Sleepers$12,305,745-1,915-$6,425$12,305,7451Warner Bros.
21The Ghost and the Darkness$7,507,928-18.5%2,154+12$3,485$20,241,3212Paramount Pictures
32The First Wives Club$6,737,593-26.2%2,406-$2,800$82,155,1465Paramount Pictures
43The Long Kiss Goodnight$6,541,965-27.8%2,404+159$2,721$19,135,9402New Line Cinema
55That Thing You Do!$3,866,648-21.6%1,879-8$2,057$17,754,8513Twentieth Century Fox
66D3: The Mighty Ducks$3,627,626-12.8%2,060+2$1,760$16,069,5223Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
74The Chamber$3,027,685-46.1%2,032+6$1,490$10,360,9052Universal Pictures
8-Get on the Bus$2,156,409-1,207-$1,786$2,837,7111Sony Pictures Releasing
97The Glimmer Man$2,141,621-47.7%2,000-236$1,070$17,783,1033Warner Bros.
109Fly Away Home$1,407,425-12.2%1,401-$1,004$19,758,7796Sony Pictures Releasing
1110Independence Day$1,344,607+3.7%1,310-215$1,026$299,213,30716Twentieth Century Fox
1212Big Night$1,071,732-3.1%336+55$3,189$5,497,1575The Samuel Goldwyn Company
1313Bound$364,469-34.9%206-56$1,769$2,471,8163Gramercy Pictures (I)
1414Michael Collins$187,692+3%10+4$18,769$460,9922Warner Bros.
1515The Rock$133,536-2.3%185-9$721$133,768,96220Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
16-To Gillian on Her 37th Birthday$77,725-5-$15,545$77,7251Sony Pictures Releasing
17-Swingers$74,118-8-$9,264$74,1181Miramax
1817Mission: Impossible$50,107-33.7%87-25$575$180,891,00422Paramount Pictures
19-Jude$31,850-6-$5,308$31,8501Gramercy Pictures (I)