Box Office Performance for Sony Pictures Classics Movies in 1998

Rank	Movie	Genre	MPAA	1998 Gross	Tickets Sold	Inflation- Adjusted Gross
1	Spanish Prisoner	Drama	PG	$10,162,034	2,166,745	$15,557,229
2	Thrill Ride: The Science of Fun	Documentary	G	$9,124,115	1,945,440	$13,968,259
3	The Opposite of Sex	Black Comedy	R	$6,267,497	1,336,353	$9,595,015
4	Governess	Drama	R	$3,794,031	808,962	$5,808,347
5	Afterglow	Romantic Comedy	R	$2,391,590	509,934	$3,661,326
6	Wilde	Drama	R	$2,157,701	460,064	$3,303,260
7	Ma Vie en Rose	Drama	R	$2,035,856	434,084	$3,116,723
8	Across The Sea of Time	Drama	G	$1,776,489	378,782	$2,719,655
9	Henry Fool	Comedy	R	$1,334,786	284,603	$2,043,450
10	Dancing at Lughnasa	Drama	PG	$1,191,089	253,964	$1,823,462
11	Mark Twain's America 3D	Documentary	G	$1,043,228	222,437	$1,597,098
12	The Tango Lesson	Drama	PG	$761,282	162,320	$1,165,458
13	Men with Guns	Action	R	$742,032	158,216	$1,135,991
14	Character	Drama	R	$713,413	152,114	$1,092,179
15	Central Station	Drama	R	$695,022	148,192	$1,064,019
16	Wings of Courage	Drama	G	$596,362	127,156	$912,980
17	Whatever		R	$229,750	48,987	$351,727
18	The General	Drama	R	$177,220	37,787	$271,311
19	Friend of Deceased			$157,437	33,569	$241,025
20	Fast, Cheap & Out of Control	Documentary	PG	$88,329	18,833	$135,221
Total Gross of All Movies				$45,439,263
Total Tickets Sold					9,688,542
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices						$69,563,732

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.