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Monday, May 12, 2008

Box Office Performance for Black Comedy Movies in 1998

RankMovieGenreMPAA1998 GrossTickets SoldInflation-
Adjusted
Gross
1 Dead Man on Campus Black Comedy R $15,064,948 3,212,142 $22,099,537
2 Home Fries Black Comedy PG-13 $10,095,740 2,152,610 $14,809,957
3 Very Bad Things Black Comedy R $9,801,782 2,089,932 $14,378,732
4 The Opposite of Sex Black Comedy R $6,367,164 1,357,604 $9,340,316
5 Your Friends and Neighbors Black Comedy R $4,714,658 1,005,258 $6,916,175
6 Rushmore Black Comedy R $43,666 9,310 $64,053
Total Gross of All Movies$46,087,958
Total Tickets Sold9,826,856
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices$67,608,769

Note: This chart ranks movies by the amount they earned during 1998. It includes movies released in previous years that earned money during 1998. For example, a movie released over Thanksgiving in 1997 will most likely earn money in 1997 and 1998. Click on the individual movie to see its total gross over all the years in which it played.

Each box office year ends on the first Sunday of the following year. The next year starts the following day (Monday). For example, the "2004 box office year" ended on Sunday, January 2, 2005.

Inflation-adjusted figures are based ticket sale estimates, and may not be precise due to rounding errors.