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Thursday, May 15, 2008

Box Office Performance for Fox Searchlight Movies in 1998

RankMovieGenreMPAA1998 GrossTickets SoldInflation-
Adjusted
Gross
1 The Full Monty Comedy R $10,611,398 2,262,558 $15,566,399
2 Waking Ned Devine Comedy PG $6,954,620 1,482,861 $10,202,084
3 Slums of Beverly Hills Comedy R $5,502,773 1,173,299 $8,072,297
4 The Imposters Comedy R $2,194,875 467,990 $3,219,771
5 Two Girls and a Guy Drama R $2,057,193 438,634 $3,017,802
6 Oscar and Lucinda Drama R $1,612,957 343,914 $2,366,128
7 The Ice Storm Drama R $647,731 138,109 $950,190
8 Polish Wedding Comedy PG-13 $608,296 129,701 $892,343
9 Shooting Fish   PG $302,204 64,436 $443,320
Total Gross of All Movies$30,492,047
Total Tickets Sold6,501,502
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices$44,730,334

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.