The Prince of Egypt (1998)

Theatrical Performance
Domestic Box Office $101,413,188Details
International Box Office $117,200,000
Worldwide Box Office $218,613,188
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Synopsis

“My son, I have nothing I can give, but this chance that you may live.” With these words, Yocheved, a Hebrew mother, places her infant son in a basket and sets him adrift on the Nile River. His sister Miriam follows him along the riverbank to ensure its safety. After a perilous journey, the basket floats near the royal palace, where it is spotted by the Queen. As she approaches the basket with her young son nearby, she marvels at the beautiful infant boy inside. She names the baby Moses and adopts him as her own. Based on the ‘Book of Exodus’ in the Bible, this is the story of Moses.

Metrics

Opening Weekend:$14,524,321 (14.3% of total gross)
Legs:6.71 (domestic box office/biggest weekend)
Domestic Share:46.4% (domestic box office/worldwide)
Production Budget:$60,000,000 (worldwide box office is 3.6 times production budget)
Theater counts:3,118 opening theaters/3,218 max. theaters, 8.9 weeks average run per theater
Infl. Adj. Dom. BO $238,104,227

Movie Details

Domestic Releases: December 18th, 1998 (Wide) by Dreamworks SKG
Video Release: September 14th, 1999 by Paramount Home Video
MPA Rating: PG for intense depiction of thematic elements
Running Time: 98 minutes
Plot point: Religious
Social setting: Bible Epic, Epidemic
Subgenre: Family Adventure
Time period setting: Ancient Egypt
Source:Based on Religious Text
Genre:Adventure
Production Method:Hand Animation
Creative Type:Dramatization
Production/Financing Companies: DreamWorks SKG, DreamWorks Animation
Production Countries: United States
Languages: English, Hebrew

Weekend Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
Dec 18, 1998 2 $14,524,321   3,118 $4,658   $14,524,321 1
Dec 25, 1998 4 $15,119,107 +4% 3,218 $4,698   $40,058,288 2
Jan 1, 1999 4 $11,244,612 -26% 3,202 $3,512   $66,351,243 3
Jan 8, 1999 5 $6,074,356 -46% 2,947 $2,061   $74,864,804 4
Jan 15, 1999 8 $6,289,465 +4% 2,215 $2,839   $82,611,846 5
Jan 22, 1999 8 $3,926,434 -38% 2,001 $1,962   $87,327,161 6
Jan 29, 1999 10 $2,625,153 -33% 1,925 $1,364   $90,829,789 7
Feb 5, 1999 11 $1,921,629 -27% 1,663 $1,156   $93,389,964 8
Feb 12, 1999 14 $1,535,837 -20% 1,408 $1,091   $95,354,781 9
Feb 19, 1999 23 $659,388 -57% 836 $789   $96,360,722 10
Feb 26, 1999 23 $538,859 -18% 727 $741   $97,067,401 11
Mar 5, 1999 20 $426,625 -21% 830 $514   $97,676,468 12
Mar 12, 1999 31 $260,377 -39% 473 $550   $98,088,033 13
Mar 19, 1999 41 $121,018 -54% 284 $426   $98,411,175 14
Mar 26, 1999 27 $378,443 +213% 694 $545   $98,851,843 15
Apr 2, 1999 21 $393,530 +4% 708 $556   $99,492,863 16
Apr 9, 1999 23 $389,370 -1% 644 $605   $100,240,570 17
Apr 16, 1999 26 $256,411 -34% 482 $532   $100,595,017 18
Apr 23, 1999 36 $123,074 -52% 408 $302   $100,800,804 19
Apr 30, 1999 29 $166,804 +36% 340 $491   $101,015,851 20
May 7, 1999 40 $89,480 -46% 303 $295   $101,105,331 21
May 14, 1999 45 $72,569 -19% 225 $323   $101,217,900 22

Daily Box Office Performance

DateRankGross%YD%LWTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossDays
Dec 18, 1998 2 $4,265,000     3,111 $1,371   $4,265,000 1
Dec 19, 1998 2 $5,300,000 +24%   3,111 $1,704   $9,565,000 2
Dec 20, 1998 2 $4,589,000 -13%   3,111 $1,475   $14,524,000 3
Dec 21, 1998 2 $2,324,328 -49%   3,118 $745   $16,338,549 4
Dec 22, 1998 1 $3,352,451 +44%   3,118 $1,075   $19,691,000 5
Dec 23, 1998 2 $2,775,000 -17%   3,111 $892   $22,466,000 6
Dec 24, 1998 2 $2,270,000 -18%   3,111 $730   $24,736,000 7
Dec 25, 1998 5 $4,145,000 +83% -3% 3,111 $1,332   $28,881,000 8
Dec 26, 1998 4 $6,310,000 +52% +19% 3,218 $1,961   $35,191,000 9
Dec 27, 1998 4 $4,686,000 -26% +2% 3,218 $1,456   $39,877,000 10
Dec 28, 1998 3 $4,055,784 -13% +74% 3,218 $1,260   $43,932,784 11
Dec 29, 1998 3 $4,108,606 +1% +23% 3,218 $1,277   $48,041,390 12
Dec 30, 1998 4 $3,680,000 -10% +33% 3,218 $1,144   $51,721,000 13
Dec 31, 1998 4 $3,385,000 -8% +49% 3,218 $1,052   $55,108,000 14
Jan 1, 1999 4 $4,555,000 +35% +10% 3,202 $1,423   $59,663,000 15
Jan 2, 1999 4 $3,715,000 -18% -41% 3,202 $1,160   $63,378,000 16
Jan 3, 1999 4 $2,584,000 -30% -45% 3,202 $807   $66,351,000 17
Jan 4, 1999 4 $745,069 -71% -82% 3,202 $233   $67,096,312 18
Jan 5, 1999 4 $676,509 -9% -84% 3,202 $211   $67,772,821 19
Jan 6, 1999 4 $488,909 -28% -87% 3,202 $153   $68,261,730 20
Jan 7, 1999 4 $528,718 +8% -84% 3,202 $165   $68,790,448 21
Jan 8, 1999 6 $1,135,000 +115% -75% 2,947 $385   $69,925,000 22
Jan 9, 1999 5 $2,900,000 +156% -22% 2,947 $984   $72,825,000 23
Jan 10, 1999 4 $2,039,804 -30% -21% 2,947 $692   $74,864,804 24
Jan 11, 1999 6 $348,907 -83% -53% 2,947 $118   $75,213,711 25
Jan 12, 1999 6 $382,656 +10% -43% 2,947 $130   $75,596,367 26
Jan 13, 1999 6 $348,971 -9% -29% 2,947 $118   $75,945,338 27
Jan 14, 1999 5 $377,043 +8% -29% 2,947 $128   $76,322,381 28
Jan 15, 1999 9 $989,619 +162% -13% 2,215 $447   $77,312,000 29
Jan 16, 1999 8 $2,025,000 +105% -30% 2,215 $914   $79,337,000 30
Jan 17, 1999 7 $1,585,000 -22% -22% 2,215 $716   $80,922,000 31
Jan 18, 1999 3 $1,638,113 +3% +369% 2,215 $740   $82,611,846 32
Jan 23, 1999 9 $1,685,000   -17% 2,001 $842   $85,756,000 37
Jan 24, 1999 6 $1,365,000 -19% -14% 2,001 $682   $87,327,000 38
Jan 25, 1999 9 $232,906 -83% -86% 2,001 $116   $87,560,067 39
Jan 27, 1999 9 $220,519     2,001 $110   $87,991,227 41
Jan 28, 1999 10 $213,409 -3%   2,001 $107   $88,204,636 42
Jan 30, 1999 9 $1,335,000   -21% 1,925 $694   $90,155,000 44
Jan 31, 1999 6 $719,000 -46% -47% 1,925 $374   $90,829,789 45
Feb 4, 1999 10 $166,403   -22% 1,925 $86   $91,468,335 49
Feb 7, 1999 12 $0   -100% 0     $93,389,964 52
Feb 8, 1999 12 $125,149     1,663 $75   $93,515,113 53
Feb 9, 1999 17 $94,768 -24%   1,663 $57   $93,609,881 54
Feb 10, 1999 16 $98,389 +4%   1,663 $59   $93,708,270 55
Feb 11, 1999 15 $110,674 +12% -33% 1,663 $67   $93,818,944 56
Feb 15, 1999 10 $441,051   +252% 1,408 $313   $95,354,781 60
Feb 16, 1999 13 $119,606 -73% +26% 1,408 $85   $95,474,387 61
Feb 17, 1999 10 $206,443 +73% +110% 1,408 $147   $95,580,830 62
Feb 18, 1999 13 $120,504 -42% +9% 1,408 $86   $95,701,334 63
Feb 21, 1999 18 $245,000     836 $293   $97,388,638 66
Feb 22, 1999 20 $43,611 -82% -90% 836 $52   $97,432,249 67
Feb 28, 1999 18 $202,000   -18% 727 $278   $97,067,401 73
Mar 1, 1999 18 $45,124 -78% +3% 727 $62   $97,112,525 74
Mar 3, 1999 18 $44,209     727 $61   $97,202,852 76
Mar 4, 1999 20 $46,991 +6%   727 $65   $97,249,843 77
Mar 7, 1999 18 $169,000   -16% 830 $204   $97,676,468 80
Mar 8, 1999 19 $33,479 -80% -26% 830 $40   $97,709,947 81
Mar 9, 1999 19 $39,611 +18%   830 $48   $97,749,558 82
Mar 10, 1999 19 $36,495 -8% -17% 830 $44   $97,786,053 83
Mar 11, 1999 18 $41,603 +14% -11% 830 $50   $97,827,656 84

Weekly Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
Dec 18, 1998 2 $24,939,181   3,118 $7,998   $24,939,181 1
Dec 25, 1998 4 $30,167,450 +21% 3,218 $9,375   $55,106,631 2
Jan 1, 1999 4 $13,683,817 -55% 3,202 $4,274   $68,790,448 3
Jan 8, 1999 5 $7,531,933 -45% 2,947 $2,556   $76,322,381 4
Jan 15, 1999 8 $7,078,346 -6% 2,215 $3,196   $83,400,727 5
Jan 22, 1999 9 $4,803,909 -32% 2,001 $2,401   $88,204,636 6
Jan 29, 1999 10 $3,263,699 -32% 1,925 $1,695   $91,468,335 7
Feb 5, 1999 13 $2,350,609 -28% 1,663 $1,413   $93,818,944 8
Feb 12, 1999 14 $1,882,390 -20% 1,408 $1,337   $95,701,334 9
Feb 19, 1999 23 $827,208 -56% 836 $989   $96,528,542 10
Feb 26, 1999 24 $721,301 -13% 727 $992   $97,249,843 11
Mar 5, 1999 22 $577,813 -20% 830 $696   $97,827,656 12
Mar 12, 1999 27 $462,501 -20% 473 $978   $98,290,157 13
Mar 19, 1999 40 $183,243 -60% 284 $645   $98,473,400 14
Mar 26, 1999 26 $625,933 +242% 694 $902   $99,099,333 15
Apr 2, 1999 19 $751,867 +20% 708 $1,062   $99,851,200 16
Apr 9, 1999 23 $487,406 -35% 644 $757   $100,338,606 17
Apr 16, 1999 30 $339,124 -30% 482 $704   $100,677,730 18
Apr 23, 1999 37 $171,317 -49% 408 $420   $100,849,047 19
Apr 30, 1999 35 $166,804 -3% 340 $491   $101,015,851 20
May 7, 1999 40 $129,480 -22% 303 $427   $101,145,331 21

Synopsis

“My son, I have nothing I can give, but this chance that you may live.” With these words, Yocheved, a Hebrew mother, places her infant son in a basket and sets him adrift on the Nile River. His sister Miriam follows him along the riverbank to ensure its safety. After a perilous journey, the basket floats near the royal palace, where it is spotted by the Queen. As she approaches the basket with her young son nearby, she marvels at the beautiful infant boy inside. She names the baby Moses and adopts him as her own. Based on the ‘Book of Exodus’ in the Bible, this is the story of Moses.

Metrics

Opening Weekend:$14,524,321 (14.3% of total gross)
Legs:6.71 (domestic box office/biggest weekend)
Domestic Share:46.4% (domestic box office/worldwide)
Production Budget:$60,000,000 (worldwide box office is 3.6 times production budget)
Theater counts:3,118 opening theaters/3,218 max. theaters, 8.9 weeks average run per theater
Infl. Adj. Dom. BO $238,104,227

Movie Details

Domestic Releases: December 18th, 1998 (Wide) by Dreamworks SKG
Video Release: September 14th, 1999 by Paramount Home Video
MPA Rating: PG for intense depiction of thematic elements
Running Time: 98 minutes
Plot point: Religious
Social setting: Bible Epic, Epidemic
Subgenre: Family Adventure
Time period setting: Ancient Egypt
Source:Based on Religious Text
Genre:Adventure
Production Method:Hand Animation
Creative Type:Dramatization
Production/Financing Companies: DreamWorks SKG, DreamWorks Animation
Production Countries: United States
Languages: English, Hebrew

Weekend Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
Dec 18, 1998 2 $14,524,321   3,118 $4,658   $14,524,321 1
Dec 25, 1998 4 $15,119,107 +4% 3,218 $4,698   $40,058,288 2
Jan 1, 1999 4 $11,244,612 -26% 3,202 $3,512   $66,351,243 3
Jan 8, 1999 5 $6,074,356 -46% 2,947 $2,061   $74,864,804 4
Jan 15, 1999 8 $6,289,465 +4% 2,215 $2,839   $82,611,846 5
Jan 22, 1999 8 $3,926,434 -38% 2,001 $1,962   $87,327,161 6
Jan 29, 1999 10 $2,625,153 -33% 1,925 $1,364   $90,829,789 7
Feb 5, 1999 11 $1,921,629 -27% 1,663 $1,156   $93,389,964 8
Feb 12, 1999 14 $1,535,837 -20% 1,408 $1,091   $95,354,781 9
Feb 19, 1999 23 $659,388 -57% 836 $789   $96,360,722 10
Feb 26, 1999 23 $538,859 -18% 727 $741   $97,067,401 11
Mar 5, 1999 20 $426,625 -21% 830 $514   $97,676,468 12
Mar 12, 1999 31 $260,377 -39% 473 $550   $98,088,033 13
Mar 19, 1999 41 $121,018 -54% 284 $426   $98,411,175 14
Mar 26, 1999 27 $378,443 +213% 694 $545   $98,851,843 15
Apr 2, 1999 21 $393,530 +4% 708 $556   $99,492,863 16
Apr 9, 1999 23 $389,370 -1% 644 $605   $100,240,570 17
Apr 16, 1999 26 $256,411 -34% 482 $532   $100,595,017 18
Apr 23, 1999 36 $123,074 -52% 408 $302   $100,800,804 19
Apr 30, 1999 29 $166,804 +36% 340 $491   $101,015,851 20
May 7, 1999 40 $89,480 -46% 303 $295   $101,105,331 21
May 14, 1999 45 $72,569 -19% 225 $323   $101,217,900 22

Daily Box Office Performance

DateRankGross%YD%LWTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossDays
Dec 18, 1998 2 $4,265,000     3,111 $1,371   $4,265,000 1
Dec 19, 1998 2 $5,300,000 +24%   3,111 $1,704   $9,565,000 2
Dec 20, 1998 2 $4,589,000 -13%   3,111 $1,475   $14,524,000 3
Dec 21, 1998 2 $2,324,328 -49%   3,118 $745   $16,338,549 4
Dec 22, 1998 1 $3,352,451 +44%   3,118 $1,075   $19,691,000 5
Dec 23, 1998 2 $2,775,000 -17%   3,111 $892   $22,466,000 6
Dec 24, 1998 2 $2,270,000 -18%   3,111 $730   $24,736,000 7
Dec 25, 1998 5 $4,145,000 +83% -3% 3,111 $1,332   $28,881,000 8
Dec 26, 1998 4 $6,310,000 +52% +19% 3,218 $1,961   $35,191,000 9
Dec 27, 1998 4 $4,686,000 -26% +2% 3,218 $1,456   $39,877,000 10
Dec 28, 1998 3 $4,055,784 -13% +74% 3,218 $1,260   $43,932,784 11
Dec 29, 1998 3 $4,108,606 +1% +23% 3,218 $1,277   $48,041,390 12
Dec 30, 1998 4 $3,680,000 -10% +33% 3,218 $1,144   $51,721,000 13
Dec 31, 1998 4 $3,385,000 -8% +49% 3,218 $1,052   $55,108,000 14
Jan 1, 1999 4 $4,555,000 +35% +10% 3,202 $1,423   $59,663,000 15
Jan 2, 1999 4 $3,715,000 -18% -41% 3,202 $1,160   $63,378,000 16
Jan 3, 1999 4 $2,584,000 -30% -45% 3,202 $807   $66,351,000 17
Jan 4, 1999 4 $745,069 -71% -82% 3,202 $233   $67,096,312 18
Jan 5, 1999 4 $676,509 -9% -84% 3,202 $211   $67,772,821 19
Jan 6, 1999 4 $488,909 -28% -87% 3,202 $153   $68,261,730 20
Jan 7, 1999 4 $528,718 +8% -84% 3,202 $165   $68,790,448 21
Jan 8, 1999 6 $1,135,000 +115% -75% 2,947 $385   $69,925,000 22
Jan 9, 1999 5 $2,900,000 +156% -22% 2,947 $984   $72,825,000 23
Jan 10, 1999 4 $2,039,804 -30% -21% 2,947 $692   $74,864,804 24
Jan 11, 1999 6 $348,907 -83% -53% 2,947 $118   $75,213,711 25
Jan 12, 1999 6 $382,656 +10% -43% 2,947 $130   $75,596,367 26
Jan 13, 1999 6 $348,971 -9% -29% 2,947 $118   $75,945,338 27
Jan 14, 1999 5 $377,043 +8% -29% 2,947 $128   $76,322,381 28
Jan 15, 1999 9 $989,619 +162% -13% 2,215 $447   $77,312,000 29
Jan 16, 1999 8 $2,025,000 +105% -30% 2,215 $914   $79,337,000 30
Jan 17, 1999 7 $1,585,000 -22% -22% 2,215 $716   $80,922,000 31
Jan 18, 1999 3 $1,638,113 +3% +369% 2,215 $740   $82,611,846 32
Jan 23, 1999 9 $1,685,000   -17% 2,001 $842   $85,756,000 37
Jan 24, 1999 6 $1,365,000 -19% -14% 2,001 $682   $87,327,000 38
Jan 25, 1999 9 $232,906 -83% -86% 2,001 $116   $87,560,067 39
Jan 27, 1999 9 $220,519     2,001 $110   $87,991,227 41
Jan 28, 1999 10 $213,409 -3%   2,001 $107   $88,204,636 42
Jan 30, 1999 9 $1,335,000   -21% 1,925 $694   $90,155,000 44
Jan 31, 1999 6 $719,000 -46% -47% 1,925 $374   $90,829,789 45
Feb 4, 1999 10 $166,403   -22% 1,925 $86   $91,468,335 49
Feb 7, 1999 12 $0   -100% 0     $93,389,964 52
Feb 8, 1999 12 $125,149     1,663 $75   $93,515,113 53
Feb 9, 1999 17 $94,768 -24%   1,663 $57   $93,609,881 54
Feb 10, 1999 16 $98,389 +4%   1,663 $59   $93,708,270 55
Feb 11, 1999 15 $110,674 +12% -33% 1,663 $67   $93,818,944 56
Feb 15, 1999 10 $441,051   +252% 1,408 $313   $95,354,781 60
Feb 16, 1999 13 $119,606 -73% +26% 1,408 $85   $95,474,387 61
Feb 17, 1999 10 $206,443 +73% +110% 1,408 $147   $95,580,830 62
Feb 18, 1999 13 $120,504 -42% +9% 1,408 $86   $95,701,334 63
Feb 21, 1999 18 $245,000     836 $293   $97,388,638 66
Feb 22, 1999 20 $43,611 -82% -90% 836 $52   $97,432,249 67
Feb 28, 1999 18 $202,000   -18% 727 $278   $97,067,401 73
Mar 1, 1999 18 $45,124 -78% +3% 727 $62   $97,112,525 74
Mar 3, 1999 18 $44,209     727 $61   $97,202,852 76
Mar 4, 1999 20 $46,991 +6%   727 $65   $97,249,843 77
Mar 7, 1999 18 $169,000   -16% 830 $204   $97,676,468 80
Mar 8, 1999 19 $33,479 -80% -26% 830 $40   $97,709,947 81
Mar 9, 1999 19 $39,611 +18%   830 $48   $97,749,558 82
Mar 10, 1999 19 $36,495 -8% -17% 830 $44   $97,786,053 83
Mar 11, 1999 18 $41,603 +14% -11% 830 $50   $97,827,656 84

Weekly Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
Dec 18, 1998 2 $24,939,181   3,118 $7,998   $24,939,181 1
Dec 25, 1998 4 $30,167,450 +21% 3,218 $9,375   $55,106,631 2
Jan 1, 1999 4 $13,683,817 -55% 3,202 $4,274   $68,790,448 3
Jan 8, 1999 5 $7,531,933 -45% 2,947 $2,556   $76,322,381 4
Jan 15, 1999 8 $7,078,346 -6% 2,215 $3,196   $83,400,727 5
Jan 22, 1999 9 $4,803,909 -32% 2,001 $2,401   $88,204,636 6
Jan 29, 1999 10 $3,263,699 -32% 1,925 $1,695   $91,468,335 7
Feb 5, 1999 13 $2,350,609 -28% 1,663 $1,413   $93,818,944 8
Feb 12, 1999 14 $1,882,390 -20% 1,408 $1,337   $95,701,334 9
Feb 19, 1999 23 $827,208 -56% 836 $989   $96,528,542 10
Feb 26, 1999 24 $721,301 -13% 727 $992   $97,249,843 11
Mar 5, 1999 22 $577,813 -20% 830 $696   $97,827,656 12
Mar 12, 1999 27 $462,501 -20% 473 $978   $98,290,157 13
Mar 19, 1999 40 $183,243 -60% 284 $645   $98,473,400 14
Mar 26, 1999 26 $625,933 +242% 694 $902   $99,099,333 15
Apr 2, 1999 19 $751,867 +20% 708 $1,062   $99,851,200 16
Apr 9, 1999 23 $487,406 -35% 644 $757   $100,338,606 17
Apr 16, 1999 30 $339,124 -30% 482 $704   $100,677,730 18
Apr 23, 1999 37 $171,317 -49% 408 $420   $100,849,047 19
Apr 30, 1999 35 $166,804 -3% 340 $491   $101,015,851 20
May 7, 1999 40 $129,480 -22% 303 $427   $101,145,331 21