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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.

Highest-grossing films

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Template:See also The top 10 films released in 1996 by worldwide gross are as follows:<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Highest-grossing films of 1996
Rank Title Distributor Worldwide gross
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

Box office records

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  • Independence Day became the highest-grossing film of Will Smith's career, up until it was surpassed by Aladdin (2019) which grossed $1.054 billion. However, adjusting for inflation, Independence Day in 2019 grossed $1.324 billion. <ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
  • Rumble in the Bronx was released in North America, becoming Jackie Chan's first major box office hit in the region, with its US box office alone earning over 20 times its budget.<ref name="Gazette">Template:Cite news</ref> It was Chan's biggest ever hit up until then.<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref>

Context

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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.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Events

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  • June 19 – The Hunchback of Notre Dame has one of the largest premieres for a motion picture, taking place at the Superdome in New Orleans, with an audience of 65,000 people, as well as free admission. The film received generally positive reviews, and was a commercial success in box-office revenue.
  • July 10 – Nickelodeon releases its first feature film, Harriet the Spy, a spy-comedy-drama film based on the 1964 novel of the same name. It also launches the career of then-child actress Michelle Trachtenberg.
  • Mid-July – Production begins on Titanic.
  • September 20 – 75-year-old English actor Sir Dirk Bogarde has a severe stroke. He continued to need a wheelchair until his death in 1999.
  • December 20 - Scream is released to a surprised commercial success. Hailed as a influential landmark in the horror genre, it revitalized the declining slasher genre by satirizing the subgenre with characters that are well-versed in its clichés. Scream’s success lead to studios capitalizing especially on marketing horror films towards the teenage and young adult demographic.

Award ceremonies

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Awards

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Category/Organization 54th Golden Globe Awards
January 19, 1997		 2nd Critics' Choice Awards
January 20, 1997		 Producers, Directors, Screen Actors, and Writers Guild Awards 69th Academy Awards
March 24, 1997		 50th BAFTA Awards
April 29, 1997
Drama Musical or Comedy
Best Film The English Patient Evita Fargo The English Patient
Best Director Miloš Forman
The People vs. Larry Flynt		 Anthony Minghella
The English Patient		 Joel Coen
Fargo
Best Actor Geoffrey Rush
Shine		 Tom Cruise
Jerry Maguire		 Geoffrey Rush
Shine
Best Actress Brenda Blethyn
Secrets & Lies		 Madonna
Evita		 Frances McDormand
Fargo		 Brenda Blethyn
Secrets & Lies
Best Supporting Actor Edward Norton
Primal Fear		 Cuba Gooding, Jr.
Jerry Maguire		 Paul Scofield
The Crucible
Best Supporting Actress Lauren Bacall
The Mirror Has Two Faces		 Joan Allen
The Crucible		 Lauren Bacall
The Mirror Has Two Faces		 Juliette Binoche
The English Patient
Best Screenplay, Adapted Scott Alexander and Larry Karaszewski
The People vs. Larry Flynt		 Anthony Minghella
The English Patient		 Billy Bob Thornton
Sling Blade		 Anthony Minghella
The English Patient
Best Screenplay, Original Joel and Ethan Coen
Fargo		 Mike Leigh
Secrets & Lies
Best Original Score The English Patient
Gabriel Yared		 N/A N/A The English Patient
Gabriel Yared
Best Original Song "You Must Love Me"
Evita		 N/A N/A "You Must Love Me"
Evita		 N/A
Best Foreign Language Film Kolya Ridicule N/A Kolya Ridicule

1996 films

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By country/region

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By genre/medium

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Births

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Deaths

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Month Date Name Age Country Profession Notable films
January 1 John Rodney 81 US Actor Template:Hlist
1 Virgil W. Vogel 76 US Director, Film Editor Template:Hlist
7 William H. Clothier 92 US Cinematographer Template:Hlist
7 Aaron Stell 84 US Film Editor Template:Hlist
10 Al Silvani 85 US Actor Template:Hlist
13 Mark Herron 67 US Actor Template:Hlist
15 Les Baxter 73 US Composer Template:Hlist
17 Harry Robertson 63 UK Composer Template:Hlist
19 Don Simpson 52 US Producer Template:Hlist
29 Jamie Uys 74 South Africa Director Template:Hlist
30 Guy Doleman 72 New Zealand Actor Template:Hlist
February 2 Shamus Culhane 87 US Animator Template:Hlist
2 Gene Kelly 83 US Actor, Dancer, Director Template:Hlist
2 Aline Towne 76 US Actress Template:Hlist
3 Audrey Meadows 73 US Actress Template:Hlist
6 Guy Madison 74 US Actor Template:Hlist
6 Patsy Smart 77 UK Actress Template:Hlist
11 William F. Claxton 81 US Director Template:Hlist
13 Martin Balsam 76 US Actor Template:Hlist
13 Scott Beach 65 US Actor Template:Hlist
15 Tommy Rettig 54 US Actor Template:Hlist
15 McLean Stevenson 68 US Actor Template:Hlist
16 Roger Bowen 63 US Actor Template:Hlist
17 Evelyn Laye 95 UK Actress Template:Hlist
19 Brenda Bruce 76 UK Actress Template:Hlist
20 Tōru Takemitsu 65 Japan Composer Template:Hlist
23 Elisa Cegani 84 Italy Actress Template:Hlist
25 Haing S. Ngor 55 Cambodia Actor Template:Hlist
March 2 Lyle Talbot 94 US Actor Template:Hlist
3 Marguerite Duras 81 France Director, Screenwriter Template:Hlist
4 Whit Bissell 86 US Actor Template:Hlist
6 Simon Cadell 45 UK Actor Template:Hlist
6 Tom McDermott 83 US Actor Template:Hlist
9 George Burns 100 US Actor, Comedian Template:Hlist
10 Marc de Jonge 47 France Actor Template:Hlist
10 Ross Hunter 75 US Producer Template:Hlist
11 Vince Edwards 67 US Actor Template:Hlist
13 Lucio Fulci 68 Italy Director, Screenwriter, Actor Template:Hlist
13 Krzysztof Kieślowski 55 Poland Director, Screenwriter Template:Hlist
16 Charlie Barnett 41 US Actor, Comedian Template:Hlist
17 René Clément 82 France Director, Screenwriter Template:Hlist
24 Liam O'Brien 83 US Screenwriter Template:Hlist
28 Barbara McLean 92 US Film Editor Template:Hlist
April 3 Herk Harvey 71 US Director Template:Hlist
5 Charlene Holt 67 US Actress Template:Hlist
5 Norman Rockett 84 US Set Decorator Template:Hlist
6 Greer Garson 91 UK Actress Template:Hlist
8 Ben Johnson 77 US Actor Template:Hlist
11 Wanda McKay 80 US Actress Template:Hlist
16 Lucille Bremer 79 US Actress Template:Hlist
21 Luigi Pistilli 66 Italy Actor Template:Hlist
24 Donald Cammell 62 UK Director, Screenwriter Template:Hlist
24 Preston Lockwood 83 UK Actor Template:Hlist
25 Saul Bass 75 US Title Designer Template:Hlist
25 Dick Wesson 73 US Actor Template:Hlist
26 Stirling Silliphant 78 US Screenwriter Template:Hlist
27 Adam Roarke 58 US Actor Template:Hlist
27 Joan Sterndale-Bennett 82 UK Actress Template:Hlist
30 David Opatoshu 78 US Actor Template:Hlist
May 1 Luana Patten 57 US Actress Template:Hlist
3 Jack Weston 71 US Actor Template:Hlist
16 Barton Heyman 59 US Actor Template:Hlist
19 Margaret Rawlings 89 Japan Actress Template:Hlist
20 Jon Pertwee 76 UK Actor Template:Hlist
21 Lash LaRue 78 US Actor Template:Hlist
23 Patrick Cargill 77 UK Actor Template:Hlist
24 John Abbott 90 UK Actor
29 Jennings Lang 81 US Producer Template:Hlist
29 Jeremy Sinden 45 UK Actor Template:Hlist
29 Tamara Toumanova 77 Russia Dancer, Actress Template:Hlist
30 Natividad Vacío 83 US Actor Template:Hlist
June 1 Michael Fox 75 US Actor Template:Hlist
2 John Alton 94 Hungary Cinematographer Template:Hlist
3 Veniero Colasanti 85 Italy Costume Designer, Production Designer Template:Hlist
3 Peter Glenville 82 UK Director Template:Hlist
5 Vito Scotti 78 US Actor Template:Hlist
6 Mary Lee 71 US Actress Template:Hlist
7 Saul David 74 US Producer Template:Hlist
7 Max Factor, Jr. 91 US Makeup Artist Template:Hlist
10 Jo Van Fleet 81 US Actress Template:Hlist
11 Lonne Elder III 68 US Screenwriter Template:Hlist
11 Brigitte Helm 90 Germany Actress Template:Hlist
12 Mary Field 87 US Actress Template:Hlist
12 Lillian Yarbo 91 US Actress<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>1940 United States Federal Census Year: 1940; Census Place: Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California; Roll: m-t0627-00416; Page: 12A; Enumeration District: 60-362</ref><ref>"Washington Death Index, 1965-2014," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QLWM-FFV7 : 13 July 2017), Lillian M Yarbo, 12 Jun 1996, King, Washington, United States; from the Department of Health, Death Index, 1907-1960; 1965-2014, Washington State Archives, Digital Archives (https://www.digitalarchives.wa.gov/Collections/TitleInfo/472 : n.d.); Citing Washington State Department of Health.</ref> Template:Hlist
15 Ella Fitzgerald 79 US Singer, Actress Template:Hlist
23 Pasqualino De Santis 69 Italy Cinematographer Template:Hlist
27 Albert R. Broccoli 87 US Producer Template:Hlist
July 1 Margaux Hemingway 42 US Actress Template:Hlist
1 Steve Tesich 53 Serbia Screenwriter Template:Hlist
8 Irene Prador 84 Austria Actress Template:Hlist
9 Christopher Casson 84 UK Actor Template:Hlist
10 Paul King 69 US Screenwriter Template:Hlist
13 Pandro S. Berman 91 US Producer Template:Hlist
15 Dana Hill 32 US Actress Template:Hlist
20 Randy Stuart 71 US Actress Template:Hlist
21 Luana Anders 58 US Actress Template:Hlist
21 Herb Edelman 62 US Actor Template:Hlist
21 Wolfe Morris 71 UK Actor Template:Hlist
23 Jean Muir 85 US Actress Template:Hlist
24 Virginia Christine 76 US Actress Template:Hlist
28 Bryant Haliday 68 US Actor Template:Hlist
29 Hilary Pritchard 53 Isle of Man Actress Template:Hlist
30 Claudette Colbert 92 France Actress Template:Hlist
30 Anthony Peck 49 US Actor Template:Hlist
30 Magda Schneider 87 Germany Actress Template:Hlist
August 3 Guido Alberti 86 Italy Actor Template:Hlist
11 Charles McGregor 73 US Actor Template:Hlist
14 Bob Hannah 57 US Actor Template:Hlist
14 Camilla Horn 93 Germany Actress Template:Hlist
15 Joe Seneca 77 US Actor Template:Hlist
16 Miles Goodman 46 US Composer Template:Hlist
30 Christine Pascal 42 France Actress, Director, Screenwriter Template:Hlist
September 4 Victor Aaron 39 US Actor Template:Hlist
5 Anthony Mendleson 81 UK Costume Designer Template:Hlist
6 Salman Shah 24 Bangladesh Actor Template:Hlist
7 Bibi Besch 56 Austria Actress Template:Hlist
7 Joseph F. Biroc 93 US Cinematographer Template:Hlist
9 Ruggero Mastroianni 66 Italy Film Editor Template:Hlist
10 Joanne Dru 74 US Actress Template:Hlist
11 Brenda Forbes 87 UK Actress Template:Hlist
13 Jane Baxter 87 UK Actress Template:Hlist
13 Tupac Shakur 25 US Rapper, Actor Template:Hlist
14 Juliet Prowse 59 US Actress, Dancer Template:Hlist
16 Gene Nelson 76 US Actor, Director Template:Hlist
16 Joan Perry 85 US Actress Template:Hlist
18 Annabella 89 France Actress Template:Hlist
22 Dorothy Lamour 81 US Actress Template:Hlist
30 George Zuckerman 80 US Screenwriter Template:Hlist
October 4 Stephen J. Friedman 59 US Producer Template:Hlist
4 Masaki Kobayashi 80 Japan Director Template:Hlist
5 Judith Allen 85 US Actress Template:Hlist
6 Ted Bessell 61 US Actor Template:Hlist
8 Francis D. Lyon 91 US Director, Film Editor Template:Hlist
8 William Prince 83 US Actor Template:Hlist
9 Harvey Vernon 69 US Actor Template:Hlist
13 Beryl Reid 77 UK Actress Template:Hlist
14 Laura La Plante 91 US Actress Template:Hlist
16 Jason Bernard 58 US Actor Template:Hlist
27 Morey Amsterdam 87 US Actor, Comedian Template:Hlist
27 Harry Woolman 87 US Stuntman, Special Effects Artist Template:Hlist
30 John Young 80 UK Actor Template:Hlist
31 Marcel Carné 90 France Director Template:Hlist
31 Arthur Peterson 83 US Actor Template:Hlist
November 12 Peter Leeds 79 US Actor Template:Hlist
13 June Gale 85 US Actress Template:Hlist
14 Virginia Cherrill 88 US Actress Template:Hlist
15 Lila Finn 86 US Stuntwoman Template:Hlist
22 Stephanie Bachelor 84 US Actress Template:Hlist
22 Mark Lenard 72 US Actor Template:Hlist
23 George Nicholas 85 US Animator Template:Hlist
26 Michael Bentine 74 UK Actor, Screenwriter Template:Hlist
29 Jordan Cronenweth 61 US Cinematographer Template:Hlist
December 4 Willard Parker 84 US Actor Template:Hlist
7 Phillip Reed 88 US Actor Template:Hlist
8 Paulene Myers 83 US Actress Template:Hlist
8 Howard E. Rollins, Jr. 46 US Actor Template:Hlist
8 Douglas Webb 74 UK Still Photographer Template:Hlist
9 Diana Morgan 86 UK Screenwriter Template:Hlist
11 William Rushton 59 UK Actor Template:Hlist
12 Larry Gates 81 US Actor Template:Hlist
19 Ronald Howard 78 UK Actor Template:Hlist
19 Marcello Mastroianni 72 Italy Actor Template:Hlist
28 Edward Carfagno 67 US Art Director Template:Hlist
30 Lew Ayres 88 US Actor, Director Template:Hlist
30 Jack Nance 53 US Actor Template:Hlist
30 Keith Walker 61 US Screenwriter, Actor Template:Hlist
31 Wesley Addy 83 US Actor Template:Hlist

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