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Friday, May 16, 2008

Box Office Performance for Sony Pictures Movies in 1998

RankMovieGenreMPAA1998 GrossTickets SoldInflation-
Adjusted
Gross
1 Godzilla Action PG-13 $136,314,294 29,064,881 $199,966,381
2 As Good as it Gets Romantic Comedy PG-13 $107,755,354 22,975,555 $158,071,818
3 The Mask of Zorro Adventure PG-13 $93,771,072 19,993,832 $137,557,564
4 I Still Know What You Did Last Summer Horror R $39,167,980 8,351,382 $57,457,508
5 Urban Legend Horror R $37,857,342 8,071,928 $55,534,865
6 Madeline Comedy PG $29,858,048 6,366,322 $43,800,295
7 Wild Things Thriller/Suspense R $29,795,299 6,352,942 $43,708,241
8 Spiceworld Comedy PG $29,342,592 6,256,416 $43,044,142
9 The Big Hit Action R $27,066,941 5,771,203 $39,705,877
10 Can't Hardly Wait Comedy PG-13 $25,358,996 5,407,035 $37,200,401
11 Vampires Horror R $19,915,018 4,246,272 $29,214,351
12 The Replacement Killers Action R $19,035,741 4,058,793 $27,924,496
13 Dance With Me Musical PG $15,923,354 3,395,171 $23,358,776
14 Les Miserables Drama PG-13 $13,887,945 2,961,182 $20,372,932
15 Desperate Measures Action R $13,678,274 2,916,476 $20,065,355
16 Hush Thriller/Suspense PG-13 $13,587,246 2,897,067 $19,931,821
17 Knock Off Action R $10,319,915 2,200,408 $15,138,807
18 My Giant Comedy PG $7,985,929 1,702,757 $11,714,968
19 Palmetto Thriller/Suspense R $5,846,660 1,246,623 $8,576,766
20 Zero Effect Comedy R $2,080,693 443,645 $3,052,278
21 I Know What You Did Last Summer Horror R $1,853,812 395,269 $2,719,451
22 In God's Hands Action PG-13 $1,431,239 305,168 $2,099,556
23 Air Force One Action R $811,908 173,115 $1,191,031
24 Men in Black Adventure PG-13 $583,411 124,395 $855,838
25 Dancer, Texas Pop. 81 Comedy PG $574,838 122,567 $843,261
26 Starship Troopers Action R $517,284 110,295 $758,830
27 Seven Years in Tibet Drama PG-13 $389,899 83,134 $571,962
28 3 Ninjas: High Noon at Mega Mountain Action PG $308,082 65,689 $451,940
29 Swept From The Sea Drama PG-13 $283,081 60,358 $415,263
30 Gattaca Drama PG-13 $257,505 54,905 $377,746
31 Sour Grapes   R $219,932 46,894 $322,631
32 Homegrown   R $215,553 45,960 $316,205
33 U-Turn Drama R $56,674 12,084 $83,138
34 My Best Friend's Wedding Comedy PG-13 $44,904 9,574 $65,869
35 Slappy and the Stinkers Comedy PG $34,488 7,354 $50,596
36 Outside Ozona   R $7,394 1,577 $10,850
Total Gross of All Movies$686,138,697
Total Tickets Sold146,298,228
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices$1,006,531,809

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.