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Based on Fiction Book/Short Story Movies Released in 1998
This list shows all Based on Fiction Book/Short Story films released in 1998, including films that went direct-to-video, or only got an international theatrical release. For each film, we use the first date on which it was made available to the public, which might include international theatrical or domestic video releases that were a few days, or sometimes more, earlier than the domestic (US/Canada) theatrical release.
The revenue listed is the worldwide box office combined with the domestic home market revenue to date.
Domestic Analysis for Based on Fiction Book/Short Story Movies for 1998
Release
Date | Movie | Genre | Release
Type | Revenue
to Date | Trailer |
|---|
| January, 1998 |
| January 2 |
Oscar and Lucinda |
Drama |
Theatrical |
$1,612,957 |
|
| |
| January 16 |
Carne trémula |
Drama |
Theatrical |
$1,535,558 |
|
|
Illtown |
Drama |
Theatrical |
$68,955 |
|
| |
| January 23 |
The Gingerbread Man |
Thriller/Suspense |
Theatrical |
$1,626,593 |
|
|
Phantoms |
Horror |
Theatrical |
$5,755,333 |
|
|
Swept From The Sea |
Drama |
Theatrical |
$283,081 |
|
| |
| January 30 |
Four Days in September |
Drama |
Theatrical |
$310,724 |
|
|
Great Expectations |
Drama |
Theatrical |
$55,406,438 |
|
| February, 1998 |
| February 6 |
The Night Flier |
Horror |
Theatrical |
$91,549 |
|
| |
| February 13 |
The Borrowers |
Adventure |
Theatrical |
$54,045,832 |
|
|
Sphere |
Thriller/Suspense |
Theatrical |
$50,168,294 |
|
| |
| February 20 |
Dangerous Beauty |
Drama |
Theatrical |
$4,553,271 |
|
|
Mrs. Dalloway |
Drama |
Theatrical |
$3,263,672 |
|
|
Palmetto |
Thriller/Suspense |
Theatrical |
$5,846,660 |
|
| |
| February 27 |
Krippendorf's Tribe |
Comedy |
Theatrical |
$7,571,115 |
|
| March, 1998 |
| March 6 |
El Callejón de los Milagros |
Drama |
Theatrical |
$0 |
|
|
Love and Death on Long Island |
Drama |
Theatrical |
$2,542,264 |
|
|
Notes from Underground |
Drama |
Theatrical |
$5,000 |
|
| |
| March 13 |
The Man in the Iron Mask |
Adventure |
Theatrical |
$56,968,169 |
|
| |
| March 20 |
Primary Colors |
Comedy |
Theatrical |
$39,017,984 |
|
| |
| March 27 |
Karakter |
Drama |
Theatrical |
$713,413 |
|
| April, 1998 |
| April 3 |
The Butcher Boy |
Drama |
Theatrical |
$1,822,193 |
|
|
Mercury Rising |
Thriller/Suspense |
Theatrical |
$32,983,332 |
|
| |
| April 17 |
The Object of my Affection |
Romantic Comedy |
Theatrical |
$29,145,924 |
|
|
Suicide Kings |
Drama |
Theatrical |
$1,692,872 |
|
| |
| April 24 |
Tarzan and the Lost City |
Adventure |
Theatrical |
$2,147,114 |
|
| May, 1998 |
| May 1 |
Les Miserables |
Drama |
Theatrical |
$14,155,623 |
|
|
Wilde |
Drama |
Theatrical |
$2,157,701 |
|
| |
| May 15 |
The Horse Whisperer |
Drama |
Theatrical |
$186,883,563 |
|
|
Quest for Camelot |
Adventure |
Theatrical |
$38,172,500 |
|
| |
| May 22 |
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas |
Black Comedy |
Theatrical |
$13,711,903 |
|
| June, 1998 |
| June 12 |
Cousin Bette |
Comedy |
Theatrical |
$1,161,063 |
|
|
Passion in the Desert |
Adventure |
Theatrical |
$181,083 |
|
| |
| June 21 |
Children of the Corn V: Fields of Terror |
Horror |
Video |
$0 |
|
| |
| June 26 |
Doctor Dolittle |
Comedy |
Theatrical |
$294,156,605 |
|
|
Out of Sight |
Comedy |
Theatrical |
$77,562,568 |
|
|
Smoke Signals |
Comedy |
Theatrical |
$7,756,617 |
|
| July, 1998 |
| July 10 |
Madeline |
Adventure |
Theatrical |
$29,858,048 |
|
| |
| July 17 |
Under Heaven |
Drama |
Theatrical |
$0 |
|
| |
| July 22 |
Lolita |
Drama |
Theatrical |
$1,147,784 |
|
| |
| July 29 |
The Parent Trap |
Comedy |
Theatrical |
$83,977,418 |
|
| August, 1998 |
| August 14 |
La femme de chambre du Titanic |
Drama |
Theatrical |
$244,465 |
|
|
How Stella Got Her Groove Back |
Drama |
Theatrical |
$37,672,944 |
|
|
Regeneration |
|
Theatrical |
$225,519 |
|
| |
| August 15 |
Cheun Gwong Tsa Sit |
Drama |
Theatrical |
$4,105 |
|
| September, 1998 |
| September 11 |
Simon Birch |
Drama |
Theatrical |
$18,310,591 |
|
| |
| September 16 |
Permanent Midnight |
Drama |
Theatrical |
$1,171,001 |
|
| |
| September 18 |
One True Thing |
Drama |
Theatrical |
$26,708,196 |
|
|
A Soldier's Daughter Never Cries |
Drama |
Theatrical |
$1,775,523 |
|
| October, 1998 |
| October 2 |
What Dreams May Come |
Drama |
Theatrical |
$71,485,043 |
|
| |
| October 9 |
C't'a ton tour Laura Cadieux |
Comedy |
Theatrical |
$1,045,907 |
|
|
The Mighty |
Drama |
Theatrical |
$6,121,582 |
|
|
One Tough Cop |
Drama |
Theatrical |
$1,313,607 |
|
| |
| October 16 |
Beloved |
Horror |
Theatrical |
$22,852,487 |
|
|
Practical Magic |
Comedy |
Theatrical |
$68,336,997 |
|
| |
| October 17 |
Hai shang hua |
Drama |
Theatrical |
$0 |
|
| |
| October 23 |
Apt Pupil |
Thriller/Suspense |
Theatrical |
$8,863,193 |
|
| |
| October 30 |
Vampires |
Horror |
Theatrical |
$20,268,825 |
|
| November, 1998 |
| November 6 |
Gods and Monsters |
Drama |
Theatrical |
$6,451,628 |
|
| |
| November 13 |
I Still Know What You Did Last Summer |
Horror |
Theatrical |
$40,020,622 |
|
| |
| November 25 |
Babe: Pig in the City |
Adventure |
Theatrical |
$69,131,860 |
|
| December, 1998 |
| December 11 |
A Simple Plan |
Thriller/Suspense |
Theatrical |
$16,316,273 |
|
| |
| December 18 |
The General |
Drama |
Theatrical |
$1,263,082 |
|
| |
| December 23 |
The Thin Red Line |
Drama |
Theatrical |
$97,709,034 |
|
| |
| December 25 |
A Civil Action |
Drama |
Theatrical |
$56,709,981 |
|
| |
| December 30 |
Affliction |
Drama |
Theatrical |
$6,330,054 |
|
|
Another Day in Paradise |
Drama |
Theatrical |
$1,036,818 |
|
|
Hilary and Jackie |
Drama |
Theatrical |
$4,874,838 |
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