# 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

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

## Highest-grossing films

Highest-grossing films for the calendar year
| Rank | Title | Distributor | Gross |
| 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 |
| 8. | Jumanji | Columbia TriStar | £13,441,279 |
| 9. | Trainspotting | PolyGram | £12,431,664 |
| 10. | The Nutty Professor | UIP | £12,200,000 |