Domestic Box Office For December 1996
Wide releases are those released in at least 600 theaters.
| Rank | Release | Gross | Max Th | Opening | % of Total | Open Th | Open | Close | Distributor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jerry Maguire | $153,952,592 | 2,531 | $17,084,296 | 11.1% | 2,531 | Dec 13 | - | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 2 | Scream | $103,046,663 | 1,994 | $6,354,586 | 6.2% | 1,413 | Dec 20 | - | Dimension Films |
| 3 | Michael | $95,318,203 | 2,325 | $17,435,711 | 18.3% | 2,141 | Dec 25 | - | New Line Cinema |
| 4 | The English Patient | $78,676,425 | 1,409 | $278,439 | 0.4% | 10 | Dec 6 | - | Miramax |
| 5 | Beavis and Butt-Head Do America | $63,118,386 | 2,417 | $20,114,233 | 31.9% | 2,190 | Dec 20 | - | Paramount Pictures |
| 6 | The Preacher's Wife | $48,102,795 | 2,008 | $7,649,752 | 15.9% | 1,783 | Dec 13 | - | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 7 | One Fine Day | $46,151,454 | 1,975 | $6,226,430 | 13.5% | 1,946 | Dec 20 | - | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 8 | Mars Attacks! | $37,771,017 | 1,955 | $9,384,272 | 24.8% | 1,955 | Dec 13 | - | Warner Bros. |
| 9 | Daylight | $33,023,469 | 2,189 | $10,015,875 | 30.3% | 2,175 | Dec 6 | - | Universal Pictures |
| 10 | My Fellow Americans | $22,313,201 | 1,915 | $2,860,334 | 12.8% | 1,915 | Dec 20 | - | Warner Bros. |
| 11 | The Evening Star | $12,767,815 | 1,268 | $3,306,445 | 25.9% | 1,265 | Dec 27 | - | Paramount Pictures |
