Independence Day (1996) - Box Office Mojo

Independence Day

Domestic Total Gross: $306,169,268 Domestic Lifetime Gross: $306,169,268
Distributor: Fox	Release Date: July 3, 1996
Genre: Sci-Fi Action	Runtime: 2 hrs. 33 min.
MPAA Rating: PG-13	Production Budget: $75 million

Total Lifetime Grosses

Domestic:	$306,169,268	37.5%
+ Foreign:	$511,231,623	62.5%

= Worldwide:	$817,400,891

Domestic Summary

Opening Weekend:	$50,228,264
(#1 rank, 2,882 theaters, $17,428 average)
% of Total Gross:	16.4%
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Widest Release:

2,977 theaters

Close Date:

January 12, 1997

The Players

Director:	Roland Emmerich
Writer:	Dean Devlin
Actors:	Will Smith Bill Pullman Jeff Goldblum Mary McDonnell Judd Hirsch Robert Loggia Randy Quaid Vivica A. Fox James Rebhorn Brent Spiner
Producer:	Dean Devlin
Composer:	David Arnold

1996 Academy Awards®

Nominated for One Oscar, Including One Win.
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Genres

Genre	Rank
Disaster	2
President	1
Sci-Fi - Alien Invasion	5

Franchises

Franchise	Rank
Showdown: Alien Invasion	1
Showdown: Will Smith Vs. Himself (July Edition)	1

Charts

Chart	Rank
All Time Domestic	51
All Time Adjusted	39
All Time Worldwide	51
Yearly 1996	1
Yearly Opening Weekends 1996	1
Yearly PG-13 Rated 1996	1
Worldwide Yearly 1996	1
Non-Friday Opening Weekends	31
Opening Weeks	143
Opening Day Gross	189
Opening Wednesdays	20
Single Day Gross	645
Non-Opening Friday Gross	53
Non-Opening Thursday Gross	12
Single Day Friday Gross	204
Single Day Monday Gross	135
Single Day Saturday Gross	250
Single Day Thursday Gross	18
Single Day Tuesday Gross	44
Single Day Wednesday Gross	28
Non-Holiday Monday Gross	77
Theater Averages (Wide Releases) - All Time	132
Theater Averages - Wide Opening Weekends	122
Opening Weekends	182
Opening Weekends - July	35
Opening Weekends - Fall	186
Opening Weekends - Summer	120
Eleventh Weekends	79
Ninth Weekends	48
Tenth Weekends	70
Top 10-Day Grosses	105
Top 3-Day Grosses	164
Top 4-Day Grosses	119
Top 6-Day Grosses	89
Top 7-Day Grosses	85
Top 8-Day Grosses	94
Top 9-Day Grosses	108
Twelfth Weekends	84
Twelfth Weekends	31
Top 5-Day Grosses	92
Top 5-Day Grosses for movies opening on a Wednesday	15
Most Weekends at #1 (non-consecutive)	80
Most Weekends in Top 10 (non-consecutive)	51
Most Weekends in Top 5 (non-consecutive)	108
Consecutive Weekends At #1	63
Consecutive Weekends In Top 10	40
Consecutive Weekends In Top 5	94
Labor Day 4-Day Holiday Weekends	186
Independence Day Opening Weekends	12
Independence Day Weekends	12
Second Weekends	87
Third Weekends	83
Fourth Weekends	88
Fifth Weekends	54
Sixth Weekends	49
Seventh Weekends	80
Eighth Weekends	63
Smallest Drops, 2,500+ theaters (Saturation)	193
Smallest Drops, 2,000+ theaters (Very Wide)	307
Smallest Drops, All Wide Releases	1,031
Rated PG-13	33
Rated PG-13, Opening Weekends	118
Fastest to $100 million	68
Fastest to $150 million	71
Fastest to $200 million	68
Fastest to $250 million	63
Fastest to $300 million	51
Slowest to $100 million	529
Slowest to $200 million	90
BOM Users' Grades	286
BOM Users' Grades (1996 Releases)	16
Charts (Premier Pass Users Only)	Rank
Highest All Time Rank (on September 10, 1996)	6
Yearly (Wide) 1996	1
Yearly Opening Weekends (Wide) 1996	1
Non-Friday Opening Weekends Adjusted	12
Opening Weeks Adjusted	48
Non-Opening Friday Gross Adjusted	12
Non-Opening Thursday Gross Adjusted	1
Non-Opening Tuesday Gross Adjusted	25
Non-Opening Wednesday Gross Adjusted	38
Single Day Friday Gross Adjusted	71
Single Day Monday Gross Adjusted	55
Single Day Saturday Gross Adjusted	75
Single Day Sunday Gross Adjusted	63
Single Day Thursday Gross Adjusted	4
Single Day Tuesday Gross Adjusted	7
Single Day Wednesday Gross Adjusted	15
Theater Averages (Wide Releases) - All Time Adjusted	176
Theater Averages (Wide Releases) - All Time Adjusted	45
Theater Averages - Wide Opening Weekends Adjusted	43
Opening Weekends Adjusted - July	10
Opening Weekends Adjusted	59
Opening Weekends Adjusted - Fall	59
Opening Weekends Adjusted - Summer	42
Eleventh Weekends Adjusted	76
Ninth Weekends Adjusted	39
Tenth Weekends Adjusted	70
Twelfth Weekends Adjusted	89
Top 5-Day Grosses for movies opening on a Wednesday Adjusted	3
Second Weekends Adjusted	27
Third Weekends Adjusted	21
Fourth Weekends Adjusted	34
Fifth Weekends Adjusted	28
Sixth Weekends Adjusted	31
Seventh Weekends Adjusted	57
Eighth Weekends Adjusted	51
Rated PG-13 Adjusted	10
Rated PG-13, Opening Weekends Adjusted	46