Editing Independence Day (1996 film) (section)

===Box office===
[[File:ID4TIME.jpg|thumb|right|One of the film's creatures on the cover of the July 1, 1996, issue of ''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]''.]]
''Independence Day'' was the highest-grossing film of 1996, surpassing both ''[[Twister (1996 film)|Twister]]'' and ''[[Mission: Impossible (film)|Mission: Impossible]]''.<ref name="BOM"/> The film had its preview screenings on July 2, 1996, grossing $11.1 million from 2,433 theaters. At that point, it had the biggest pre-opening of any film, breaking the six-year record held by ''[[Die Hard 2]]''. The next day on July 3, the film officially opened to the public with $17.4 million.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1996-07-04-ca-20927-story.html|title=Aliens Arrive! And a Nation Stands in Line : 'Independence Day' Tops $11 Million, Making Movie History|website=[[Los Angeles Times]] |date=July 4, 1996 }}</ref> During its second day of release, it earned $17.3 million, which made it the highest Thursday gross, holding this record for six years until it was taken by ''[[Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones]]'' in 2002.<ref>{{cite web |last=Paul |date=May 17, 2002 |title=Attack of the Clones Posts Best-Ever Thursday |url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2002/05/17/attack-of-the-clones-posts-best-ever-thursday |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220508210813/https://www.ign.com/articles/2002/05/17/attack-of-the-clones-posts-best-ever-thursday |archive-date=May 8, 2022 |access-date=May 8, 2022 |website=IGN }}</ref> This was also the highest non-sequel Thursday gross, which would last until the opening of ''[[Transformers (film)|Transformers]]'' in 2007.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://movieweb.com/transformers-sets-first-week-of-release-record-for-a-non-sequel-of-155-million/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210305035901/https://movieweb.com/transformers-sets-first-week-of-release-record-for-a-non-sequel-of-155-million/|url-status=dead|archive-date=March 5, 2021|title=Transformers Sets First Week of Release Record for a Non-Sequel of $155 Million|first=M. W.|last=Staff|date=July 11, 2007|website=MovieWeb}}</ref> ''Independence Day'' earned $104.3&nbsp;million in its opening week,<ref name="EW4">{{cite magazine | first = A. J. |last=Jacobs | title = The Day After | magazine = Entertainment Weekly | date = July 19, 1996 | url = http://www.ew.com/article/1996/07/19/independence-day-breaks-new-record | access-date = July 8, 2008 | archive-date = September 29, 2008 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080929204144/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,293427,00.html | url-status = live }}</ref> including $96.1&nbsp;million during its five-day holiday opening, and $50.2&nbsp;million during its opening weekend.<ref name="numbers">[https://www.the-numbers.com/movies/1996/0ID4.php "Independence Day Box Office Data."] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131109220713/http://www.the-numbers.com/movies/1996/0ID4.php |date=November 9, 2013 }} ''the-numbers.com''. Retrieved March 4, 2008.</ref> The film stayed in the number-one spot for three consecutive weeks before being displaced by ''[[A Time to Kill (1996 film)|A Time to Kill]]''.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-signal-time-to-kill-edges-indepen/124170200/ |title='Time to Kill' edges 'Independence Day' |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230506230059/https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-signal-time-to-kill-edges-indepen/124170200/ |date=July 26, 1996 |access-date=May 6, 2023 |archive-date=May 6, 2023 |page=2 |publisher=[[The Santa Clarita Valley Signal|The Signal]] |via=[[Newspapers.com]] |url-status=live}} {{Open access}}</ref><ref name="BOM"/> Moreover, it beat ''[[Terminator 2: Judgment Day]]''{{'}}s record for largest five-day Wednesday gross of any film, as well as the biggest July opening weekend.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/98517172/box-office-independence-day-debuts/ |title=Box Office: 'Independence Day' debuts with fireworks, top ranking |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220328164458/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/98517172/box-office-independence-day-debuts/ |newspaper=[[The Greenwood Commonwealth]] |page=23 |date=July 14, 1996 |access-date=March 28, 2022 |archive-date=March 28, 2022 |via=[[Newspapers.com]] |url-status=live}} {{Open access}}</ref> The combined total for the five-day Wednesday opening with ticket sales increased to $190 million, dethroning the $158.6 million record formerly held by ''[[Toy Story]]''.<ref>{{cite news |last=Weeks |first=Janet |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-kansas-city-star-few-records-withsta/98516770/ |title=Few records withstand blast from 'Independence Day' |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230925193808/https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-kansas-city-star-few-records-withsta/98516770/ |date=July 10, 1996 |access-date=September 25, 2023 |archive-date=September 25, 2023 |page=43 |work=Los Angeles Daily Times |publisher=[[The Kansas City Star]] |via=[[Newspapers.com]] |url-status=live}} {{Open access}}</ref> In addition, the film had the second-highest opening weekend of any movie, behind ''[[Batman Forever]]''.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/98541630/independence-day-blows-away-box-office/ |title=Independence Day blows away box-office records |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220328165505/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/98541630/independence-day-blows-away-box-office/ |newspaper=[[Ottawa Citizen]] |page=38 |date=July 10, 1996 |access-date=March 28, 2022 |archive-date=March 28, 2022 |via=[[Newspapers.com]] |url-status=live}} {{Open access}}</ref> All three figures broke records set by ''[[Jurassic Park (film)|Jurassic Park]]'' three years earlier,<ref name="EW4"/> whose successor, ''[[The Lost World: Jurassic Park]]'', claimed all three records when it was released in 1997.<ref>{{cite news |last=Brennan |first=Judy |title='Lost World: Jurassic Park' Stomps Record for Openings |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1997-05-26-ca-62601-story.html |access-date=May 28, 2020 |work=Los Angeles Times |date=May 26, 1997 |archive-date=October 21, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201021075403/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1997-05-26-ca-62601-story.html |url-status=live }}</ref> That same year, ''[[Men in Black (1997 film)|Men in Black]]'' surpassed ''Independence Day'' for highest July opening weekend and largest three-day Fourth of July opening weekend.<ref>{{cite news |last=Willis |first=Kim |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/99621679/call-them-men-in-green/ |title=Call them 'Men in Green' |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220412203943/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/99621679/call-them-men-in-green/ |date=July 8, 1997 |access-date=April 12, 2022 |archive-date=April 12, 2022 |page=76 |work=Gannett News Service |publisher=[[Courier News]] |via=[[Newspapers.com]] |url-status=live}} {{Open access}}</ref> Despite this, the film would continue to hold the record for having the highest five-day Fourth of July Wednesday opening until ''[[Men in Black II]]'' in 2002.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2002/07/08/movies/box-office-has-a-record-weekend-men-in-black-leading-the-way.html|title=Box Office Has a Record Weekend, 'Men in Black' Leading the Way|newspaper=The New York Times |date=July 8, 2002 |last1=Lyman |first1=Rick }}</ref>

''Independence Day'' earned over $150 million in 12 days, becoming the quickest film to do so.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1996-07-16-ca-24705-story.html|title='ID4': $150 Million in 12 Days|website=[[Los Angeles Times]] |date=July 16, 1996 }}</ref> In 21 days, it became the fastest film to approach the $200 million mark.<ref>{{cite news |title=Independence Day' tops $200 million |url=https://www.upi.com/Archives/1996/07/23/Independence-Day-tops-200-million/8085838094400/ |access-date=March 8, 2022 |work=[[United Press International]] |date=July 23, 1996 |archive-date=March 8, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220308030104/https://www.upi.com/Archives/1996/07/23/Independence-Day-tops-200-million/8085838094400/ |url-status=live }}</ref> The film would hold this record for three years until it was surpassed by ''[[Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace]]'' in 1999.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1999/06/01/business/at-the-box-office-a-force-is-with-phantom-menace.html|title=At the Box Office, a Force Is With 'Phantom Menace'|newspaper=The New York Times |date=June 1999 | author=Bloomberg News}}</ref> By the end of July 1996, ''Independence Day'' had lost 38% of its audience, but it was able to top ''[[Ghostbusters]]'', ''[[Aladdin (1992 Disney film)|Aladdin]]'', ''[[Mrs. Doubtfire]]'' and ''[[Ghost (1990 film)|Ghost]]'', becoming the fourteenth-highest domestic grossing film of all time.<ref>{{cite news |title=A Time to Kill' is top U.S. film |url=https://www.upi.com/Archives/1996/07/28/A-Time-to-Kill-is-top-US-film/3219838526400/ |access-date=March 8, 2022 |work=[[United Press International]] |date=July 28, 1996 |archive-date=March 8, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220308031739/https://www.upi.com/Archives/1996/07/28/A-Time-to-Kill-is-top-US-film/3219838526400/ |url-status=live }}</ref> It reached $230 million within the first month of release,<ref>{{cite news |title=ID4' tops $230 million at box office |url=https://www.upi.com/Archives/1996/08/02/ID4-tops-230-million-at-box-office/9948838958400/ |access-date=February 26, 2022 |work=[[United Press International]] |date=August 2, 1996 |archive-date=February 26, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220226173751/https://www.upi.com/Archives/1996/08/02/ID4-tops-230-million-at-box-office/9948838958400/ |url-status=live }}</ref> and on August 9, crossed the $250 million mark.<ref>{{cite news |title=ID4' tops $250 million at box office |url=https://www.upi.com/Archives/1996/08/09/ID4-tops-250-million-at-box-office/8167839563200/ |access-date=March 8, 2022 |work=[[United Press International]] |date=August 9, 1996 |archive-date=March 8, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220308032753/https://www.upi.com/Archives/1996/08/09/ID4-tops-250-million-at-box-office/8167839563200/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Halfway through the month, it became the eighth-highest domestic grosser, beating ''[[Jaws (film)|Jaws]]''.<ref>{{cite news |title=ID4' tops 'Jaws' at box office |url=https://www.upi.com/Archives/1996/08/16/ID4-tops-Jaws-at-box-office/1470840168000/ |access-date=March 8, 2022 |work=[[United Press International]] |date=August 16, 1996 |archive-date=March 8, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220308033144/https://www.upi.com/Archives/1996/08/16/ID4-tops-Jaws-at-box-office/1470840168000/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

''Independence Day'' grossed $306,169,268 in the United States and Canada and $511,231,623 in other territories during its theatrical run.<ref name="BOM"/> The combined worldwide total of $817,400,891 surpassed ''[[The Lion King]]'', second only to the worldwide earnings of ''Jurassic Park'' as the highest of all time.<ref>[http://www.10000bcmovie.com/ "William Fay Bio."] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120218101034/http://www.10000bcmovie.com/ |date=February 18, 2012 }} ''www.10000bcmovie.com''. Retrieved March 4, 2008.</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1994-12-30-ca-14702-story.html|title=The Movie Year: Hollywood Loses Its Middle Class : Box office: Blockbusters helped make it a record-setting year, but there was a rash of complete flops, and moderate successes seemed to disappear altogether.|website=[[Los Angeles Times]]|date=December 30, 1994}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-features/independence-day-movie-cast-oral-history-1234976626/|title="You Can't Actually Blow Up the White House": An Oral History of 'Independence Day'|website=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]|date=July 2, 2021}}</ref> For over 20 years, the film would hold the record for being the highest-grossing film starring [[Will Smith]] until 2019 when it was surpassed by the live-action version of ''[[Aladdin (2019 film)|Aladdin]]''.<ref>{{cite web |title='Aladdin' Passes 'Independence Day' as Will Smith's Biggest Box Office Hit |url=https://www.thewrap.com/will-smith-aladdin-passes-independence-day-as-biggest-box-office-hit/ |first=Jeremy |last=Fuster |website=The Wrap |date=June 30, 2019 |access-date=July 24, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190701130022/https://www.thewrap.com/will-smith-aladdin-passes-independence-day-as-biggest-box-office-hit/ |archive-date=July 1, 2019 |url-status=live}}</ref> The domestic record was beaten by ''[[Suicide Squad (2016 film)|Suicide Squad]]'' three years earlier in 2016.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/scottmendelson/2016/09/11/box-office-dont-breathe-and-suicide-squad-hold-great-meryl-streep-tops-ben-hur/|title=Box Office: 'Don't Breathe' And 'Suicide Squad' Hold Great, Meryl Streep Tops 'Ben-Hur'|website=[[Forbes]] }}</ref> In the UK, the film grossed £7,005,905 in its [[List of 1996 box office number-one films in the United Kingdom|opening weekend]] (including £939,022 from previews), surpassing ''Jurassic Park''{{'}}s record of £4.9 million.<ref>{{cite magazine|title=UK Box Office's Weekend Record-Breaker|magazine=[[Screen International]]|date=August 16, 1996|page=23}}</ref> The film grossed a record $10.5&nbsp;million in its opening weekend in Germany and also beat the opening record in France.<ref>{{cite magazine|magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|page=9|date=October 15, 2001|title='Pie' flies high in Germany}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|title=Element of control|magazine=[[Screen International]]|date=May 23, 1997|page=27}}</ref> [[Box Office Mojo]] estimates that the film sold over 69.26&nbsp;million tickets in the US and Canada.<ref>{{cite web|access-date=May 31, 2016|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=independenceday.htm&adjust_yr=1&p=.htm|title=Independence Day (1996)|website=Box Office Mojo|archive-date=August 4, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160804220024/http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=independenceday.htm&adjust_yr=1&p=.htm|url-status=live}}</ref> Hoping to capitalize on the film's success, several studios released large-scale [[disaster film]]s,<ref name=EW6 /> and the already rising interest in science fiction-related media was further increased by the film's popularity.<ref name=time />

A month after the film's release, jewelry designers and marketing consultants reported an increased interest in [[dolphin]]-themed jewelry, as the character Jasmine ([[Vivica A. Fox]]) wears dolphin earrings, and is presented with a wedding ring featuring a gold dolphin.<ref name="EW3">{{cite magazine | first = Degen |last = Pener | title = Day of the Dolphin | magazine = Entertainment Weekly | date = August 9, 1996 | url = http://www.ew.com/article/1996/08/09/vivica-foxs-wedding-ring-inspires-new-trend | access-date = July 8, 2008 | archive-date = July 24, 2008 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080724045653/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,293634,00.html | url-status = live }}</ref>