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Friday, August 29, 2008

Box Office Performance for Sequel Movies in 1998

RankMovieGenreMPAA1998 GrossTickets SoldInflation-
Adjusted
Gross
1 Lethal Weapon 4 Action R $130,444,603 27,813,348 $191,355,834
2 Star Trek: Insurrection Adventure PG $58,644,099 12,504,072 $86,028,015
3 U.S. Marshals Thriller/Suspense PG-13 $57,833,603 12,331,259 $84,839,062
4 Halloween: H2O Horror R $55,041,738 11,735,978 $80,743,529
5 I Still Know What You Did Last Summer Horror R $39,167,980 8,351,382 $57,457,508
6 Tomorrow Never Dies Action PG-13 $32,896,072 7,014,088 $48,256,925
7 Bride of Chucky Horror R $32,368,960 6,901,697 $47,483,675
8 Species 2 Horror R $19,217,565 4,097,562 $28,191,227
9 The Odd Couple II Comedy PG-13 $18,912,328 4,032,479 $27,743,456
10 Babe: Pig in the City Adventure G $16,132,210 3,439,704 $23,665,164
11 Scream 2 Horror R $15,871,259 3,384,064 $23,282,360
12 Blues Brothers 2000 Comedy PG-13 $14,089,198 3,004,093 $20,668,160
13 Air Bud: Golden Receiver Comedy G $10,093,523 2,152,137 $14,806,703
14 An American Werewolf in Paris Horror R $6,514,132 1,388,941 $9,555,914
15 Home Alone III Comedy PG $6,441,000 1,373,348 $9,448,634
16 Major League: Back to the Minors Comedy PG-13 $3,551,208 757,187 $5,209,447
17 Alien: Resurrection Action R $1,702,240 362,951 $2,497,103
18 Mortal Kombat: Annihilation Action PG-13 $867,503 184,969 $1,272,587
19 3 Ninjas: High Noon at Mega Mountain Action PG $308,082 65,689 $451,940
20 Couloirs du temps: Les visiteurs 2, Les Comedy   $146,072 31,145 $214,278
Total Gross of All Movies$520,243,375
Total Tickets Sold110,926,093
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices$763,171,520

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.