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Tuesday, November 24, 2009

Box Office Performance for Horror Movies in 1998

RankMovieGenreMPAA1998 GrossTickets SoldInflation-
Adjusted
Gross
1 Halloween: H2O Horror R $55,004,135 11,727,961 $84,206,760
2 I Still Know What You Did Last Summer Horror R $39,167,980 8,351,382 $59,962,923
3 Urban Legend Horror R $37,857,342 8,071,928 $57,956,443
4 Sphere Horror PG-13 $36,976,367 7,884,087 $56,607,745
5 Bride of Chucky Horror R $32,368,960 6,901,697 $49,554,184
6 The Faculty Horror R $25,895,000 5,521,322 $39,643,092
7 Psycho Horror R $20,776,265 4,429,907 $31,806,732
8 Vampires Horror R $19,915,018 4,246,272 $30,488,233
9 Species 2 Horror R $19,165,560 4,086,473 $29,340,876
10 Scream 2 Horror R $15,842,332 3,377,896 $24,253,293
11 An American Werewolf in Paris Horror R $6,465,104 1,378,487 $9,897,537
12 Phantoms Horror R $5,657,370 1,206,262 $8,660,961
13 I Know What You Did Last Summer Horror R $1,823,116 388,724 $2,791,038
14 Strangeland Horror R $631,221 134,589 $966,349
15 The Night Flier Horror R $91,549 19,520 $140,154
Total Gross of All Movies$317,637,319
Total Tickets Sold67,726,507
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices$486,276,320

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.