Box Office Performance for Documentary Movies in 1998

Rank	Movie	Release Date	Theatrical Distributor	MPAA Rating	1998 Gross	Tickets Sold
1	Everest	3/6/1998	MacGillivray Freeman Films	PG-13	$56,145,919	11,971,411
2	Mysteries of Egypt	7/16/1998	Sony Pictures	Not Rated	$40,593,286	8,655,285
3	Thrill Ride: The Science of Fun	7/11/1997	Sony Pictures Classics	G	$9,124,115	1,945,440
4	Africa's Elephant Kingdom	5/8/1998	Discovery/IMAX	Not Rated	$4,119,728	878,407
5	Freeriders	10/21/1998	Warren Miller Entertainment	Not Rated	$2,750,064	586,368
6	Mark Twain's America 3D	7/3/1998	Sony Pictures Classics	G	$1,043,228	222,437
7	Hands on a Hardbody	7/10/1998	Legacy Releasing	PG	$909,650	193,955
8	The Big One	4/10/1998	Miramax	PG-13	$649,370	138,458
9	Ayn Rand: A Sense of Life	2/13/1998	Strand	Not Rated	$204,507	43,605
10	Fast, Cheap & Out of Control	10/3/1997	Sony Pictures Classics	PG	$88,329	18,833
11	Arguing the World	1/9/1998	First Run Features	Not Rated	$47,044	10,031
Total Gross of All Movies					$115,675,240
Total Tickets Sold						24,664,230

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 2010 will most likely earn money in 2010 and 2011. 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.