Box Office Performance for Documentary Movies in 1998

Rank	Movie	Genre	MPAA	1998 Gross	Tickets Sold	Inflation- Adjusted Gross
1	Everest	Documentary	PG-13	$56,145,919	11,971,411	$94,454,433
2	Mysteries of Egypt	Documentary	Not Rated	$40,593,286	8,655,285	$68,290,199
3	Thrill Ride: The Science of Fun	Documentary	G	$9,124,115	1,945,440	$15,349,522
4	Africa's Elephant Kingdom	Documentary	Not Rated	$4,119,728	878,407	$6,930,631
5	Freeriders	Documentary	Not Rated	$2,750,064	586,368	$4,626,444
6	Mark Twain's America 3D	Documentary	G	$1,043,228	222,437	$1,755,028
7	Hands on a Hardbody	Documentary	PG	$909,650	193,955	$1,530,305
8	The Big One	Documentary	PG-13	$649,370	138,458	$1,092,434
9	Ayn Rand: A Sense of Life	Documentary	Not Rated	$204,507	43,605	$344,043
10	Fast, Cheap & Out of Control	Documentary	PG	$88,329	18,833	$148,592
11	Arguing the World	Documentary	Not Rated	$47,044	10,031	$79,145
12	The Brandon Teena Story	Documentary		$43,506	9,276	$73,188
Total Gross of All Movies				$115,718,746
Total Tickets Sold					24,673,506
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices						$194,673,962

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.