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Tuesday, November 24, 2009

Box Office Performance for Thriller/Suspense Movies in 1998

RankMovieGenreMPAA1998 GrossTickets SoldInflation-
Adjusted
Gross
1 A Perfect Murder Thriller/Suspense R $67,549,705 14,402,922 $103,412,980
2 U.S. Marshals Thriller/Suspense PG-13 $57,823,170 12,329,034 $88,522,464
3 Snake Eyes Thriller/Suspense R $55,585,389 11,851,895 $85,096,606
4 Mercury Rising Thriller/Suspense R $32,940,507 7,023,562 $50,429,175
5 Wild Things Thriller/Suspense R $29,753,944 6,344,125 $45,550,818
6 Fallen Thriller/Suspense R $25,188,006 5,370,577 $38,560,743
7 Disturbing Behavior Thriller/Suspense R $17,411,331 3,712,437 $26,655,298
8 Dark City Thriller/Suspense R $14,337,579 3,057,053 $21,949,641
9 Hush Thriller/Suspense PG-13 $13,513,622 2,881,369 $20,688,229
10 Apt Pupil Thriller/Suspense R $8,838,938 1,884,635 $13,531,679
11 Palmetto Thriller/Suspense R $5,840,581 1,245,326 $8,941,441
12 Pi Thriller/Suspense R $3,216,970 685,921 $4,924,913
13 The Jackal Thriller/Suspense R $1,803,275 384,494 $2,760,667
14 Clay Pigeons Thriller/Suspense R $1,789,892 381,640 $2,740,175
15 The Gingerbread Man Thriller/Suspense R $1,534,569 327,200 $2,349,296
16 Nightwatch Thriller/Suspense R $1,154,237 246,106 $1,767,041
17 Kiss the Girls Thriller/Suspense R $770,201 164,222 $1,179,114
18 Red Corner Thriller/Suspense R $152,380 32,490 $233,278
Total Gross of All Movies$339,204,296
Total Tickets Sold72,325,008
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices$519,293,557

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.