List of 1996 box office number-one films in the United Kingdom

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

Number one films

# Weekend End Date Film Total Weekend Gross Notes Ref
1 January 7, 1996 Seven £2,628,821 Seven had a record opening weekend for an independent release [1][2][3]
2 January 14, 1996 £2,672,896 [4][5]
3 January 21, 1996 £2,153,223 [6][7]
4 January 28, 1996 £1,403,435 [8][9]
5 February 4, 1996 Heat £1,624,316 Heat reached number one in its second weekend of release [10][11]
6 February 11, 1996 £1,352,356 [12][13]
7 February 18, 1996 Jumanji £2,166,563 [14][15]
8 February 25, 1996 £2,420,940 [16][17]
9 March 3, 1996 £1,352,947 [18][19]
10 March 10, 1996 Trainspotting £1,422,906 Trainspotting reached number one in its third week of release [20][21]
11 March 17, 1996 Get Shorty £1,087,453 [22][23]
12 March 24, 1996 Toy Story £3,387,160 Toy Story set a record opening for an animated film beating The Lion King's £2.5 million. It was also a record opening for March and for Buena Vista. [24][25][26]
13 March 31, 1996 £2,430,057 [27]
14 April 7, 1996 £2,073,045 [28]
15 April 14, 1996 £1,883,603 [29]
16 April 21, 1996 12 Monkeys £1,363,967 [30]
17 April 28, 1996 £918,261 [31]
18 May 5, 1996 The Birdcage £746,965 The Birdcage reached number one in its second week of release [32]
19 May 12, 1996 Executive Decision £592,110 [33]
20 May 19, 1996 £424,177 [34]
21 May 26, 1996 Spy Hard £663,820 [35]
22 June 2, 1996 From Dusk till Dawn £501,303 [36]
23 June 9, 1996 Up Close and Personal £542,315 [37]
24 June 16, 1996 £350,710 [38]
25 June 23, 1996 The Rock £1,422,041 [39]
26 June 30, 1996 £1,217,266 [40]
27 July 7, 1996 Mission: Impossible £4,161,780 [41]
28 July 14, 1996 £2,211,738 [42]
29 July 21, 1996 £1,159,872 [43]
30 July 28, 1996 Twister £3,044,033 [44]
31 August 4, 1996 £1,790,501 [45]
32 August 11, 1996 Independence Day £7,005,905 Independence Day beat Jurassic Park's opening weekend record of £4,875,137 [46][47]
33 August 18, 1996 £3,905,792 [48]
34 August 25, 1996 £3,340,577 [49]
35 September 1, 1996 £2,038,470 [50]
36 September 8, 1996 £1,373,550 [51]
37 September 15, 1996 £968,780 [52]
38 September 22, 1996 £797,494 [53]
39 September 29, 1996 Last Man Standing £678,839 [54]
40 October 6, 1996 The Nutty Professor £2,278,236 [55]
41 October 13, 1996 £1,918,448 [56]
42 October 20, 1996 £1,288,056 [57]
43 October 27, 1996 Dragonheart £1,071,947 Dragonheart reached number one in its second week of release [58]
44 November 3, 1996 £722,106 [59]
45 November 10, 1996 Michael Collins £1,160,575 Michael Collins's opening gross from the Republic of Ireland of £442,867 was a record [60][61]
46 November 17, 1996 The First Wives Club £1,151,858 [62]
47 November 24, 1996 £915,539 [63]
48 December 1, 1996 The Long Kiss Goodnight £1,195,105 [64]
49 December 8, 1996 Jingle All the Way £943,769 [65]
50 December 15, 1996 101 Dalmatians £2,360,762 101 Dalmatians set a record for a December opening [66][67][68]
51 December 22, 1996 £2,000,000 [66]
52 December 29, 1996 £2,200,000 [69][66]

Highest-grossing films

Highest-grossing films for the calendar year

Rank Title Distributor Gross[70]
1. Independence Day 20th Century Fox £36,867,029
2. Toy Story Buena Vista £22,163,663
3. Seven Entertainment £19,516,175
4. Mission: Impossible UIP £18,619,357
5. Twister UIP £15,004,691
6. Sense and Sensibility Columbia TriStar £13,605,627
7. Babe UIP £13,547,941[71]
8. Jumanji Columbia TriStar £13,441,279
9. Trainspotting PolyGram £12,431,664
10. The Nutty Professor UIP £12,200,000[67]

See also

References

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  71. ^ "Product Crunch 1995". Screen International. 26 January 1996. p. 33. Babe gross to 31 December 1995 £6,716,929
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