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Monday, May 12, 2008

Box Office Performance for PG Movies in 1998

RankMovieGenreMPAA1998 GrossTickets SoldInflation-
Adjusted
Gross
1 The Truman Show Drama PG $125,618,201 26,784,265 $184,275,743
2 Antz Adventure PG $89,214,361 19,022,252 $130,873,094
3 You've Got Mail Drama PG $77,938,617 16,618,042 $114,332,129
4 The Prince of Egypt Adventure PG $66,351,243 14,147,387 $97,334,023
5 The Parent Trap Comedy PG $66,308,518 14,138,277 $97,271,346
6 Ever After: A Cinderella Story Drama PG $65,674,605 14,003,114 $96,341,424
7 Star Trek: Insurrection Adventure PG $58,644,099 12,504,072 $86,028,015
8 Jack Frost Comedy PG $31,153,045 6,642,440 $45,699,987
9 Madeline Comedy PG $29,858,048 6,366,322 $43,800,295
10 Spiceworld Comedy PG $29,342,592 6,256,416 $43,044,142
11 Grease Musical PG $28,411,018 6,057,786 $41,677,568
12 Mighty Joe Young Adventure PG $28,148,105 6,001,728 $41,291,889
13 Paulie Comedy PG $27,084,499 5,774,946 $39,731,628
14 The Borrowers Comedy PG $22,619,589 4,822,940 $33,181,827
15 Mouse Hunt Comedy PG $21,873,064 4,663,766 $32,086,710
16 Simon Birch Drama PG $18,253,415 3,891,986 $26,776,864
17 Dance With Me Musical PG $15,923,354 3,395,171 $23,358,776
18 I'll Be Home For Christmas Comedy PG $12,121,586 2,584,560 $17,781,773
19 Holy Man Comedy PG $12,069,719 2,573,501 $17,705,687
20 Spanish Prisoner Drama PG $10,162,034 2,166,745 $14,907,206
21 Flubber Comedy PG $9,883,688 2,107,396 $14,498,884
22 My Giant Comedy PG $7,985,929 1,702,757 $11,714,968
23 Star Kid Adventure PG $7,015,240 1,495,787 $10,291,015
24 Waking Ned Devine Comedy PG $6,954,620 1,482,861 $10,202,084
25 Home Alone III Comedy PG $6,441,000 1,373,348 $9,448,634
26 Mr. Magoo Comedy PG $5,820,557 1,241,057 $8,538,472
27 Meet the Deedles Comedy PG $4,356,126 928,812 $6,390,227
28 Tarzan and the Lost City Adventure PG $2,147,114 457,807 $3,149,712
29 Dancing at Lughnasa Drama PG $1,191,089 253,964 $1,747,272
30 Hands on a Hardbody Documentary PG $909,650 193,955 $1,334,410
31 Mrs. Brown Drama PG $766,267 163,383 $1,124,075
32 The Tango Lesson Drama PG $761,282 162,320 $1,116,762
33 Dancer, Texas Pop. 81 Comedy PG $574,838 122,567 $843,261
34 Wild Man Blues   PG $483,917 103,181 $709,885
35 3 Ninjas: High Noon at Mega Mountain Action PG $308,082 65,689 $451,940
36 Wide Awake   PG $305,704 65,182 $448,452
37 Shooting Fish   PG $302,204 64,436 $443,320
38 The Ride Drama PG $189,635 40,434 $278,186
39 The Education of Little Tree   PG $161,831 34,506 $237,401
40 Shall We Dance? Romantic Comedy PG $159,056 33,914 $233,328
41 The Man Who Knew Too Little Comedy PG $123,329 26,296 $180,916
42 Washington Square Drama PG $91,818 19,577 $134,690
43 Fast, Cheap & Out of Control Documentary PG $88,329 18,833 $129,571
44 Fairytale: A True Story Drama PG $45,569 9,716 $66,846
45 Slappy and the Stinkers Comedy PG $34,488 7,354 $50,596
Total Gross of All Movies$893,871,074
Total Tickets Sold190,590,848
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices$1,311,265,034

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.