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The year 1996 involved many significant films. The major releases this year included Scream , Independence Day , Fargo , Trainspotting , The Rock , The English Patient , Twister , Space Jam , Mission: Impossible, Mars Attacks! , Jerry Maguire and a film version of the musical Evita .
The top 10 films released in 1996 by worldwide gross are as follows: [1]
Rank | Title | Distributor | Worldwide gross |
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1 | Independence Day | 20th Century Fox | $817,400,891 |
2 | Twister | Warner Bros. / Universal | $495,700,000 |
3 | Mission: Impossible | Paramount | $457,696,359 |
4 | The Rock | Buena Vista | $335,062,621 |
5 | The Hunchback of Notre Dame | $325,338,851 | |
6 | 101 Dalmatians | $320,689,294 | |
7 | Ransom | $309,492,681 | |
8 | The Nutty Professor | Universal | $273,961,019 |
9 | Jerry Maguire | Sony Pictures / TriStar | $273,552,592 |
10 | Space Jam | Warner Bros. | $250,180,384 |
The theatrical year of 1996 achieved a $5.8 billion domestic gross milestone and saw a record twelve films earning over $100 million by the end of December, with Independence Day earning over $300 million. However, the film industry experienced a surplus of releases between 1995 and 1996 that resulted in several box office flops, studio bankruptcies and sales, and otherwise successful films struggling to turn in a profit. The average cost of producing and marketing film rose to $60 million, a 20% increase from the previous year, with a contributing factor being the record high-salaries for stars such as Sylvester Stallone, Tom Cruise, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Mel Gibson, Jim Carrey, Harrison Ford, Michael Douglas, Sharon Stone, Julia Roberts, and Demi Moore that became the subject of industry scrutiny following several high profile flops that were released in between 1995 and 1996. This resulted in studios having to cut their film slate by fifty percent to offset growing production and marketing costs and ensure more profits. [5] [6] [7] [8] [9]
Month | Date | Name | Age | Country | Profession | Notable films |
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January | 1 | John Rodney | 81 | US | Actor | |
1 | Virgil W. Vogel | 76 | US | Director, Film Editor | ||
7 | William H. Clothier | 92 | US | Cinematographer | ||
7 | Aaron Stell | 84 | US | Film Editor | ||
10 | Al Silvani | 85 | US | Actor | ||
13 | Mark Herron | 67 | US | Actor | ||
15 | Les Baxter | 73 | US | Composer | ||
17 | Harry Robertson | 63 | UK | Composer | ||
19 | Don Simpson | 52 | US | Producer | ||
29 | Jamie Uys | 74 | South Africa | Director | ||
30 | Guy Doleman | 72 | New Zealand | Actor | ||
February | 2 | Shamus Culhane | 87 | US | Animator | |
2 | Gene Kelly | 83 | US | Actor, Dancer, Director | ||
2 | Aline Towne | 76 | US | Actress | ||
3 | Audrey Meadows | 73 | US | Actress | ||
6 | Guy Madison | 74 | US | Actor | ||
6 | Patsy Smart | 77 | UK | Actress | ||
11 | William F. Claxton | 81 | US | Director | ||
13 | Martin Balsam | 76 | US | Actor | ||
13 | Scott Beach | 65 | US | Actor | ||
15 | Tommy Rettig | 54 | US | Actor | ||
15 | McLean Stevenson | 68 | US | Actor | ||
16 | Roger Bowen | 63 | US | Actor | ||
17 | Evelyn Laye | 95 | UK | Actress | ||
19 | Brenda Bruce | 76 | UK | Actress | ||
20 | Tōru Takemitsu | 65 | Japan | Composer | ||
23 | Elisa Cegani | 84 | Italy | Actress | ||
25 | Haing S. Ngor | 55 | Cambodia | Actor | ||
March | 2 | Lyle Talbot | 94 | US | Actor | |
3 | Marguerite Duras | 81 | France | Director, Screenwriter | ||
4 | Whit Bissell | 86 | US | Actor | ||
6 | Simon Cadell | 45 | UK | Actor | ||
6 | Tom McDermott | 83 | US | Actor | ||
9 | George Burns | 100 | US | Actor, Comedian | ||
10 | Marc de Jonge | 47 | France | Actor | ||
10 | Ross Hunter | 75 | US | Producer | ||
11 | Vince Edwards | 67 | US | Actor | ||
13 | Lucio Fulci | 68 | Italy | Director, Screenwriter, Actor | ||
13 | Krzysztof Kieślowski | 55 | Poland | Director, Screenwriter | ||
16 | Charlie Barnett | 41 | US | Actor, Comedian | ||
17 | René Clément | 82 | France | Director, Screenwriter | ||
24 | Liam O'Brien | 83 | US | Screenwriter | ||
28 | Barbara McLean | 92 | US | Film Editor | ||
April | 3 | Herk Harvey | 71 | US | Director | |
5 | Charlene Holt | 67 | US | Actress | ||
5 | Norman Rockett | 84 | US | Set Decorator | ||
6 | Greer Garson | 91 | UK | Actress | ||
8 | Ben Johnson | 77 | US | Actor | ||
11 | Wanda McKay | 80 | US | Actress | ||
16 | Lucille Bremer | 79 | US | Actress | ||
21 | Luigi Pistilli | 66 | Italy | Actor | ||
24 | Donald Cammell | 62 | UK | Director, Screenwriter | ||
24 | Preston Lockwood | 83 | UK | Actor | ||
25 | Saul Bass | 75 | US | Title Designer | ||
25 | Dick Wesson | 73 | US | Actor | ||
26 | Stirling Silliphant | 78 | US | Screenwriter | ||
27 | Adam Roarke | 58 | US | Actor | ||
27 | Joan Sterndale-Bennett | 82 | UK | Actress | ||
30 | David Opatoshu | 78 | US | Actor | ||
May | 1 | Luana Patten | 57 | US | Actress | |
3 | Jack Weston | 71 | US | Actor | ||
16 | Barton Heyman | 59 | US | Actor | ||
19 | Margaret Rawlings | 89 | Japan | Actress | ||
20 | Jon Pertwee | 76 | UK | Actor | ||
21 | Lash LaRue | 78 | US | Actor | ||
23 | Patrick Cargill | 77 | UK | Actor | ||
29 | Jennings Lang | 81 | US | Producer | ||
29 | Jeremy Sinden | 45 | UK | Actor | ||
29 | Tamara Toumanova | 77 | Russia | Dancer, Actress | ||
30 | Natividad Vacío | 83 | US | Actor | ||
June | 1 | Michael Fox | 75 | US | Actor | |
2 | John Alton | 94 | Hungary | Cinematographer | ||
3 | Veniero Colasanti | 85 | Italy | Costume Designer, Production Designer | ||
3 | Peter Glenville | 82 | UK | Director | ||
5 | Vito Scotti | 78 | US | Actor | ||
6 | Mary Lee | 71 | US | Actress | ||
7 | Saul David | 74 | US | Producer | ||
7 | Max Factor, Jr. | 91 | US | Makeup Artist | ||
10 | Jo Van Fleet | 81 | US | Actress | ||
11 | Lonne Elder III | 68 | US | Screenwriter | ||
11 | Brigitte Helm | 90 | Germany | Actress | ||
12 | Mary Field | 87 | US | Actress | ||
12 | Lillian Yarbo | 91 | US | Actress [11] [12] [13] | ||
15 | Ella Fitzgerald | 79 | US | Singer, Actress | ||
23 | Pasqualino De Santis | 69 | Italy | Cinematographer | ||
27 | Albert R. Broccoli | 87 | US | Producer | ||
July | 1 | Margaux Hemingway | 42 | US | Actress | |
1 | Steve Tesich | 53 | Serbia | Screenwriter | ||
8 | Irene Prador | 84 | Austria | Actress | ||
9 | Christopher Casson | 84 | UK | Actor | ||
10 | Paul King | 69 | US | Screenwriter | ||
13 | Pandro S. Berman | 91 | US | Producer | ||
15 | Dana Hill | 32 | US | Actress | ||
20 | Randy Stuart | 71 | US | Actress | ||
21 | Luana Anders | 58 | US | Actress | ||
21 | Herb Edelman | 62 | US | Actor | ||
21 | Wolfe Morris | 71 | UK | Actor | ||
23 | Jean Muir | 85 | US | Actress | ||
24 | Virginia Christine | 76 | US | Actress | ||
28 | Bryant Haliday | 68 | US | Actor | ||
29 | Hilary Pritchard | 53 | Isle of Man | Actress | ||
30 | Claudette Colbert | 92 | France | Actress | ||
30 | Anthony Peck | 49 | US | Actor | ||
30 | Magda Schneider | 87 | Germany | Actress | ||
August | 3 | Guido Alberti | 86 | Italy | Actor | |
11 | Charles McGregor | 73 | US | Actor | ||
14 | Bob Hannah | 57 | US | Actor | ||
14 | Camilla Horn | 93 | Germany | Actress | ||
15 | Joe Seneca | 77 | US | Actor | ||
16 | Miles Goodman | 46 | US | Composer | ||
30 | Christine Pascal | 42 | France | Actress, Director, Screenwriter | ||
September | 4 | Victor Aaron | 39 | US | Actor | |
5 | Anthony Mendleson | 81 | UK | Costume Designer | ||
6 | Salman Shah | 24 | Bangladesh | Actor | ||
7 | Bibi Besch | 56 | Austria | Actress | ||
7 | Joseph F. Biroc | 93 | US | Cinematographer | ||
9 | Ruggero Mastroianni | 66 | Italy | Film Editor | ||
10 | Joanne Dru | 74 | US | Actress | ||
11 | Brenda Forbes | 87 | UK | Actress | ||
13 | Jane Baxter | 87 | UK | Actress | ||
13 | Tupac Shakur | 25 | US | Rapper, Actor | ||
14 | Juliet Prowse | 59 | US | Actress, Dancer | ||
16 | Gene Nelson | 76 | US | Actor, Director | ||
16 | Joan Perry | 85 | US | Actress | ||
18 | Annabella | 89 | France | Actress | ||
22 | Dorothy Lamour | 81 | US | Actress | ||
30 | George Zuckerman | 80 | US | Screenwriter | ||
October | 4 | Stephen J. Friedman | 59 | US | Producer | |
4 | Masaki Kobayashi | 80 | Japan | Director | ||
5 | Judith Allen | 85 | US | Actress | ||
6 | Ted Bessell | 61 | US | Actor | ||
8 | Francis D. Lyon | 91 | US | Director, Film Editor | ||
8 | William Prince | 83 | US | Actor | ||
9 | Harvey Vernon | 69 | US | Actor | ||
13 | Beryl Reid | 77 | UK | Actress | ||
14 | Laura La Plante | 91 | US | Actress | ||
16 | Jason Bernard | 58 | US | Actor | ||
27 | Morey Amsterdam | 87 | US | Actor, Comedian | ||
27 | Harry Woolman | 87 | US | Stuntman, Special Effects Artist | ||
30 | John Young | 80 | UK | Actor | ||
31 | Marcel Carné | 90 | France | Director | ||
31 | Arthur Peterson | 83 | US | Actor | ||
November | 12 | Peter Leeds | 79 | US | Actor | |
13 | June Gale | 85 | US | Actress | ||
14 | Virginia Cherrill | 88 | US | Actress | ||
15 | Lila Finn | 86 | US | Stuntwoman | ||
22 | Stephanie Bachelor | 84 | US | Actress | ||
22 | Mark Lenard | 72 | US | Actor | ||
23 | George Nicholas | 85 | US | Animator | ||
26 | Michael Bentine | 74 | UK | Actor, Screenwriter | ||
29 | Jordan Cronenweth | 61 | US | Cinematographer | ||
December | 4 | Willard Parker | 84 | US | Actor | |
7 | Phillip Reed | 88 | US | Actor | ||
8 | Paulene Myers | 83 | US | Actress | ||
8 | Howard E. Rollins, Jr. | 46 | US | Actor | ||
8 | Douglas Webb | 74 | UK | Still Photographer | ||
9 | Diana Morgan | 86 | UK | Screenwriter | ||
11 | William Rushton | 59 | UK | Actor | ||
12 | Larry Gates | 81 | US | Actor | ||
19 | Ronald Howard | 78 | UK | Actor | ||
19 | Marcello Mastroianni | 72 | Italy | Actor | ||
28 | Edward Carfagno | 67 | US | Art Director | ||
30 | Lew Ayres | 88 | US | Actor, Director | ||
30 | Jack Nance | 53 | US | Actor | ||
30 | Keith Walker | 61 | US | Screenwriter, Actor | ||
31 | Wesley Addy | 83 | US | Actor |
The year 2000 in film involved some significant events. The top grosser worldwide was Mission: Impossible 2. Domestically in North America, Gladiator won the Academy Awards for Best Picture and Best Actor. Dinosaur was the most expensive film of 2000 and a box-office success.
2003 in film is an overview of events, including the highest-grossing films, award ceremonies, festivals, a list of country- and genre- specific lists of films released, notable deaths and film debuts.
This is a list of films released in 1995. The highly anticipated sequel Die Hard with a Vengeance was the year's biggest box-office hit, and Braveheart won the Academy Award for Best Picture.
The year 1997 in film involved many significant films, including Titanic, The Full Monty, Gattaca, Donnie Brasco, Good Will Hunting, L.A. Confidential, The Fifth Element, Nil by Mouth, The Spanish Prisoner, and the beginning of the film studio DreamWorks.
In 1998 there were many significant films which were released, including Shakespeare in Love, Saving Private Ryan, Armageddon, American History X, The Truman Show, Primary Colors, Rushmore, Rush Hour, There's Something About Mary, The Big Lebowski, and Terrence Malick's directorial return in The Thin Red Line.
This is a list of films released in 1994. The top worldwide grosser was The Lion King, becoming the highest-grossing animated film of all-time, although it was slightly overtaken at the North American domestic box office by Forrest Gump, which won the Academy Award for Best Picture. The year is considered to be one of Hollywood's best years for cinema during the post-Golden Age era, setting the standard for the movies of the modern age.
The year 1990 in film involved many significant events as shown below. Universal Pictures celebrated its 75th anniversary in 1990, despite its actual 75th anniversary taking place in 1987.
The year 1989 involved many significant films.
The following is an overview of events in 1988 in film, including the highest-grossing films, award ceremonies and festivals, a list of films released and notable deaths.
The year 1993 in film involved many significant films, including the blockbuster hits Jurassic Park, The Fugitive, and The Firm.
The year 1991 in film involved numerous significant events. Important films released this year included The Silence of the Lambs, Beauty and the Beast, Thelma & Louise, JFK and Terminator 2: Judgment Day.
The following is an overview of events in 1986 in film, including the highest-grossing films, award ceremonies and festivals, a list of films released and notable deaths. Five popular films were re-released in theaters.
The following is an overview of events in 1985 in film, including the highest-grossing films, award ceremonies and festivals, a list of films released and notable births and deaths.
The following is an overview of events in 1984 in film, including the highest-grossing films, award ceremonies and festivals, a list of films released and notable deaths.
The following is an overview of events in 1983 in film, including the highest-grossing films, award ceremonies and festivals, a list of films released and notable deaths.
The following is an overview of events in 1982 in film, including the highest-grossing films, award ceremonies and festivals, a list of films released and notable deaths.
The year 1979 in film involved many significant events.
The year 1978 in film involved some significant events.
The year 1975 in film involved some significant events. 20th Century-Fox will celebrate their 40th anniversary.
This page covers significant events of the year 1973 in film. Warner Bros. and Walt Disney Studios celebrated their 50th anniversaries.
Billye [sic] Yarbo and Nat Cole both birthday on the 17th.