Sarah Jessica Parker "Mars Attacks!", in which she made part of a large ensemble cast consisting of Jack Nicholson, Glenn Close, Pierce Brosnan, among others, portraying a chat-show host whose head is transposed with that of her chihuahua by the invading aliens. The romantic comedy "The First Wives Club" saw Parker take on the roke of a dim-witted but manipulative fiancée, and also reunite with "Hocus Pocus" collaborator Bette Midler. The film was a critical darling and a major commercial success, grossing US$105million at the North American box office, and it developed a cult following among middle-aged women. Her other 1996 release was
Sarah Jessica Parker made a modest US$39 million in the US, but became a cult film due to strong DVD sales and large television following. In 1993, she also starred as a police diver opposite Bruce Willis in the film "Striking Distance", and in 1994, she appeared opposite Johnny Depp in the critically acclaimed biographical drama "Ed Wood" as the titular character's girlfriend, Dolores Fuller. She headlined the romantic comedy "Miami Rhapsody" (1995), playing woman who has some misgivings about her fiancée and starred in the off-Broadway play "Sylvia", alongside future husband Matthew Broderick. In 1996, she appeared in another Tim Burton-directed movie,