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Box Office Performance for Based on Play Movies in 1996
| ← 1995 | Summary for all Years | 1997 → |
| Rank | Movie | Release Date |
Genre | MPAA Rating | 1996 Gross | Tickets Sold |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Birdcage | Mar 8, 1996 | Comedy | R | $124,060,553 | 28,067,998 |
| 2 | Romeo+Juliet | Nov 1, 1996 | Drama | PG-13 | $44,798,596 | 10,135,428 |
| 3 | The Crucible | Nov 29, 1996 | Drama | PG-13 | $4,664,716 | 1,055,365 |
| 4 | To Gillian on Her 37th Birt… | Oct 18, 1996 | Drama | PG-13 | $4,137,645 | 936,118 |
| 5 | Richard III | Dec 29, 1995 | Drama | R | $2,259,372 | 511,170 |
| 6 | Faithful | Apr 5, 1996 | Black Comedy | R | $2,104,439 | 476,117 |
| 7 | Othello | Dec 14, 1995 | Drama | R | $1,967,708 | 445,182 |
| 8 | Beautiful Thing | Oct 9, 1996 | Comedy | R | $1,460,297 | 330,383 |
| 9 | Looking for Richard | Oct 11, 1996 | Documentary | PG-13 | $1,266,417 | 286,519 |
| 10 | Twelfth Night: Or What You … | Oct 25, 1996 | Comedy | PG | $588,621 | 133,172 |
| 11 | American Buffalo | Sep 13, 1996 | Drama | R | $540,364 | 122,254 |
| 12 | Hamlet | Dec 25, 1996 | Drama | PG-13 | $431,422 | 97,606 |
| 13 | Marvin's Room | Dec 20, 1996 | Drama | PG-13 | $292,537 | 66,184 |
| 14 | August | Apr 19, 1996 | Drama | PG | $5,000 | 1,131 |
| Total Gross of All Movies | $188,577,687 | |||||
| Total Tickets Sold | 42,664,627 | |||||
Note: This chart ranks movies by the amount they earned during 1996. It includes movies released in previous years that earned money during 1996. For example, a movie released over Thanksgiving in 2010 will most likely earn money in 2010 and 2011. Click on the individual movie to see its total gross over all the years in which it played.
Inflation-adjusted figures are based ticket sale estimates, and may not be precise due to rounding errors.
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