On May 10th, 1996, the Jan de Bont film, "Twister", premiered in the United States.The film stars Helent Hunt, Bill Paxton, and others. "Twister" grossed $495.7 million worldwide, becoming the second-highest-grossing film of 1996, and sold an estimated 54.7 million tickets in the United States. "Twister" received multiple Academy Award nominations and is notable for being one of the first movies to be released on the DVD format in the United States in 1996.
