Weekend Domestic Box Office Chart for May 8th, 1998
| | | Movie | Distributor | Genre | Gross | Change | Thtrs. | Per Thtr. | Total Gross | Days |
| 1 |
new |
Deep Impact |
Paramount Pictures |
Adventure |
$41,152,375 |
|
3,156 |
$13,039 |
$41,152,375 |
3 |
| 2 |
(2) |
City of Angels |
Warner Bros. |
Drama |
$4,718,049 |
-29% |
2,433 |
$1,939 |
$61,851,568 |
31 |
| 3 |
(1) |
He Got Game |
Walt Disney |
Drama |
$3,710,911 |
-51% |
1,322 |
$2,807 |
$13,234,225 |
10 |
| 4 |
(6) |
Titanic |
Paramount Pictures |
Thriller/Suspense |
$3,178,573 |
-21% |
2,256 |
$1,409 |
$569,820,413 |
143 |
| 5 |
(4) |
Les Miserables |
Sony Pictures |
Drama |
$2,753,148 |
-45% |
1,477 |
$1,864 |
$9,083,490 |
10 |
| 6 |
(7) |
Paulie |
Dreamworks SKG |
Comedy |
$2,551,043 |
-32% |
1,812 |
$1,408 |
$18,334,438 |
24 |
| 7 |
new |
Woo |
New Line |
Romantic Comedy |
$2,517,263 |
|
625 |
$4,028 |
$2,517,263 |
3 |
| 8 |
(3) |
The Big Hit |
Sony Pictures |
Action |
$2,332,176 |
-59% |
2,149 |
$1,085 |
$23,210,659 |
17 |
| 9 |
(5) |
Black Dog |
Universal |
Action |
$2,285,705 |
-52% |
2,050 |
$1,115 |
$8,268,605 |
10 |
| 10 |
(8) |
The Object of my Affection |
20th Century Fox |
Romantic Comedy |
$2,100,093 |
-38% |
1,818 |
$1,155 |
$24,906,627 |
24 |
| 11 |
(9) |
Lost In Space |
New Line |
Adventure |
$1,496,964 |
-50% |
1,769 |
$846 |
$64,319,841 |
38 |
| 12 |
(10) |
Sliding Doors |
Miramax |
Drama |
$1,425,067 |
-13% |
519 |
$2,746 |
$4,699,521 |
17 |
| 13 |
(16) |
Spanish Prisoner |
Sony Pictures Classics |
Drama |
$977,935 |
+20% |
296 |
$3,304 |
$4,182,825 |
38 |
| 14 |
(11) |
The Odd Couple II |
Paramount Pictures |
Comedy |
$810,752 |
-47% |
1,603 |
$506 |
$17,411,312 |
31 |
| 15 |
(12) |
The Players Club |
New Line |
Drama |
$792,659 |
-43% |
693 |
$1,144 |
$20,532,692 |
33 |
| 16 |
(19) |
Everest |
MacGillivray Freeman Films |
Documentary |
$773,098 |
+6% |
37 |
$20,895 |
$11,668,452 |
66 |
| 17 |
(15) |
Good Will Hunting |
Miramax |
Drama |
$600,934 |
-27% |
697 |
$862 |
$135,061,674 |
157 |
| 18 |
(14) |
As Good as it Gets |
Sony Pictures |
Romantic Comedy |
$560,315 |
-36% |
1,006 |
$557 |
$145,568,128 |
138 |
| 19 |
(13) |
Mercury Rising |
Universal |
Thriller/Suspense |
$551,205 |
-58% |
848 |
$650 |
$30,797,610 |
38 |
| 20 |
(31) |
U.S. Marshals |
Warner Bros. |
Thriller/Suspense |
$400,818 |
+112% |
706 |
$568 |
$56,289,476 |
66 |
| 21 |
(20) |
Barney's Great Adventure |
Polygram |
Adventure |
$339,268 |
-44% |
839 |
$404 |
$10,034,791 |
38 |
| 22 |
(21) |
Primary Colors |
Universal |
Comedy |
$313,045 |
-43% |
457 |
$685 |
$37,613,382 |
52 |
| 23 |
(25) |
Tomorrow Never Dies |
MGM |
Action |
$306,063 |
-4% |
904 |
$339 |
$124,565,629 |
143 |
| 24 |
(28) |
Grease |
Paramount Pictures |
Musical |
$272,057 |
+10% |
802 |
$339 |
$181,275,701 |
7,269 |
| 25 |
(17) |
Species 2 |
MGM |
Horror |
$254,005 |
-66% |
651 |
$390 |
$18,404,394 |
31 |
| 26 |
(24) |
The Man in the Iron Mask |
MGM |
Adventure |
$251,014 |
-31% |
411 |
$611 |
$55,787,411 |
59 |
| 27 |
(27) |
The Wedding Singer |
New Line |
Romantic Comedy |
$244,887 |
-5% |
261 |
$938 |
$75,737,016 |
87 |
| 28 |
(35) |
Chinese Box |
Trimark |
Drama |
$236,930 |
+75% |
68 |
$3,484 |
$678,762 |
24 |
| 29 |
(29) |
In God's Hands |
Sony Pictures |
Action |
$221,030 |
-2% |
131 |
$1,687 |
$1,215,026 |
17 |
| 30 |
(18) |
Scream 2 |
Miramax |
Horror |
$206,004 |
-72% |
515 |
$400 |
$99,716,637 |
150 |
| 31 |
(22) |
Two Girls and a Guy |
Fox Searchlight |
Drama |
$196,335 |
-52% |
138 |
$1,423 |
$1,650,615 |
17 |
| 32 |
(30) |
The Butcher Boy |
Warner Bros. |
Drama |
$157,125 |
-30% |
79 |
$1,989 |
$1,388,208 |
38 |
| 33 |
(55) |
Mr. Nice Guy |
New Line |
Action |
$147,652 |
+189% |
321 |
$460 |
$12,357,059 |
52 |
| 34 |
(26) |
L.A. Confidential |
Warner Bros. |
Drama |
$139,765 |
-49% |
278 |
$503 |
$64,377,578 |
234 |
| 35 |
(33) |
Suicide Kings |
Artisan |
Drama |
$101,081 |
-29% |
152 |
$665 |
$1,409,880 |
24 |
| 36 |
(34) |
The Apostle |
October Films |
Drama |
$93,991 |
-32% |
136 |
$691 |
$20,454,285 |
145 |
| 37 |
(44) |
A Price Above Rubies |
Miramax |
Drama |
$86,092 |
+4% |
50 |
$1,722 |
$848,095 |
47 |
| 38 |
(43) |
Mrs. Dalloway |
First Look |
Drama |
$86,071 |
+2% |
71 |
$1,212 |
$2,878,910 |
80 |
| 39 |
(46) |
Wilde |
Sony Pictures Classics |
Drama |
$79,860 |
+15% |
8 |
$9,983 |
$187,820 |
10 |
| 40 |
(38) |
The Big Lebowski |
Universal |
Comedy |
$70,121 |
-29% |
140 |
$501 |
$17,293,682 |
66 |
| 41 |
(-) |
Homegrown |
Sony Pictures |
|
$65,624 |
|
37 |
$1,774 |
$215,553 |
24 |
| 42 |
(40) |
Dancer, Texas Pop. 81 |
Sony Pictures |
Comedy |
$65,088 |
-26% |
27 |
$2,411 |
$180,621 |
10 |
| 43 |
(45) |
Thrill Ride: The Science of Fun |
Sony Pictures Classics |
Documentary |
$64,944 |
-18% |
13 |
$4,996 |
$5,668,185 |
304 |
| 44 |
(32) |
The Newton Boys |
20th Century Fox |
Drama |
$63,820 |
-55% |
182 |
$351 |
$10,227,321 |
45 |
| 45 |
(53) |
Deja Vu |
Rainbow Releasing |
Drama |
$63,090 |
+21% |
34 |
$1,856 |
$186,723 |
19 |
| 46 |
(47) |
Love and Death on Long Island |
Lionsgate |
Drama |
$62,923 |
-4% |
72 |
$874 |
$2,317,239 |
66 |
| 47 |
(36) |
Wild Things |
Sony Pictures |
Thriller/Suspense |
$60,844 |
-49% |
186 |
$327 |
$29,026,632 |
52 |
| 48 |
(51) |
Wild Man Blues |
New Line |
|
$60,413 |
+8% |
23 |
$2,627 |
$295,281 |
24 |
| 49 |
(-) |
Character |
Sony Pictures Classics |
Drama |
$58,675 |
|
47 |
$1,248 |
$514,477 |
45 |
| 50 |
(49) |
Dangerous Beauty |
Warner Bros. |
Drama |
$44,285 |
-26% |
54 |
$820 |
$4,123,085 |
80 |
| 51 |
(23) |
Tarzan and the Lost City |
Warner Bros. |
Adventure |
$43,848 |
-89% |
186 |
$236 |
$2,020,264 |
17 |
| 52 |
(39) |
The Borrowers |
Polygram |
Comedy |
$43,764 |
-52% |
200 |
$219 |
$22,359,293 |
87 |
| 53 |
(48) |
Mouse Hunt |
Dreamworks SKG |
Comedy |
$42,839 |
-32% |
87 |
$492 |
$61,834,214 |
143 |
| 54 |
(42) |
Still Breathing |
October Films |
|
$42,143 |
-51% |
67 |
$629 |
$152,693 |
10 |
| 55 |
(37) |
My Giant |
Sony Pictures |
Comedy |
$41,785 |
-58% |
222 |
$188 |
$7,570,041 |
31 |
| 56 |
(57) |
Senseless |
Miramax |
Comedy |
$40,073 |
-14% |
59 |
$679 |
$13,035,599 |
80 |
| 57 |
(50) |
Shooting Fish |
Fox Searchlight |
|
$38,918 |
-31% |
21 |
$1,853 |
$115,248 |
10 |
| 58 |
(54) |
The Big One |
Miramax |
Documentary |
$36,836 |
-28% |
53 |
$695 |
$649,370 |
31 |
| 59 |
(-) |
Artemisia |
Miramax |
Drama |
$34,697 |
|
5 |
$6,939 |
$79,725 |
38 |
| 60 |
(56) |
The Gingerbread Man |
Polygram |
Thriller/Suspense |
$31,700 |
-34% |
26 |
$1,219 |
$1,252,962 |
108 |
| 61 |
new |
The Kingdom, Part II |
October Films |
|
$8,294 |
|
2 |
$4,147 |
$8,294 |
3 |
| 62 |
new |
Louisa May Alcott's Little Men |
Legacy Releasing |
|
$4,092 |
|
4 |
$1,023 |
$4,092 |
3 |
| 63 |
new |
Shopping for Fangs |
Margin Films |
|
$2,194 |
|
1 |
$2,194 |
$2,194 |
3 |
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