The Numbers - Box Office Data, Movie Stars, Idle Speculation
Shop at Amazon.com!

Buy Posters at AllPosters.com
Sunday, November 22, 2009

Box Office Performance for Sony Pictures Movies in 1998

RankMovieGenreMPAA1998 GrossTickets SoldInflation-
Adjusted
Gross
1 Godzilla Action PG-13 $136,142,003 29,028,146 $208,422,088
2 As Good as it Gets Romantic Comedy PG-13 $106,914,817 22,796,336 $163,677,692
3 The Mask of Zorro Adventure PG-13 $93,771,072 19,993,832 $143,555,714
4 Mysteries of Egypt Documentary Not Rated $40,593,286 8,655,285 $62,144,946
5 I Still Know What You Did Last Summer Horror R $39,167,980 8,351,382 $59,962,923
6 Urban Legend Horror R $37,857,342 8,071,928 $57,956,443
7 Madeline Comedy PG $29,767,901 6,347,100 $45,572,178
8 Wild Things Thriller/Suspense R $29,753,944 6,344,125 $45,550,818
9 Spiceworld Comedy PG $29,247,405 6,236,120 $44,775,342
10 The Big Hit Action R $27,052,167 5,768,053 $41,414,621
11 Can't Hardly Wait Comedy PG-13 $25,339,117 5,402,797 $38,792,082
12 Vampires Horror R $19,915,018 4,246,272 $30,488,233
13 The Replacement Killers Action R $18,967,571 4,044,258 $29,037,772
14 Dance With Me Musical PG $15,862,680 3,382,235 $24,284,447
15 Les Miserables Drama PG-13 $13,871,914 2,957,764 $21,236,746
16 Desperate Measures Action R $13,668,777 2,914,451 $20,925,758
17 Hush Thriller/Suspense PG-13 $13,513,622 2,881,369 $20,688,229
18 Knock Off Action R $10,076,136 2,148,430 $15,425,727
19 My Giant Comedy PG $7,985,929 1,702,757 $12,225,795
20 Palmetto Thriller/Suspense R $5,840,581 1,245,326 $8,941,441
21 Zero Effect Comedy R $1,980,338 422,247 $3,031,733
22 I Know What You Did Last Summer Horror R $1,823,116 388,724 $2,791,038
23 In God's Hands Action PG-13 $1,431,239 305,168 $2,191,106
24 Dancer, Texas Pop. 81 Comedy PG $565,592 120,595 $865,872
25 Air Force One Action R $476,223 101,540 $729,057
26 Starship Troopers Action R $448,397 95,607 $686,458
27 Seven Years in Tibet Drama PG-13 $345,524 73,672 $528,965
28 3 Ninjas: High Noon at Mega Mountain Action PG $308,082 65,689 $471,647
29 Swept From The Sea Drama PG-13 $283,081 60,358 $433,370
30 Sour Grapes   R $219,932 46,894 $336,699
31 Homegrown   R $215,553 45,960 $329,993
32 Gattaca Drama PG-13 $64,361 13,723 $98,531
33 U-Turn Drama R $44,849 9,563 $68,662
34 Men in Black Adventure PG-13 $40,487 8,633 $61,985
35 My Best Friend's Wedding Comedy PG-13 $36,863 7,860 $56,435
36 Slappy and the Stinkers Comedy PG $34,488 7,354 $52,802
37 Outside Ozona   R $7,394 1,577 $11,323
Total Gross of All Movies$723,634,781
Total Tickets Sold154,293,130
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices$1,107,824,673

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.