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Wednesday, July 9, 2008

Box Office Performance for Universal Movies in 1998

RankMovieGenreMPAA1998 GrossTickets SoldInflation-
Adjusted
Gross
1 Patch Adams Comedy PG-13 $65,495,000 13,964,819 $96,077,955
2 Meet Joe Black Drama PG-13 $43,542,070 9,284,023 $63,874,078
3 Primary Colors Comedy R $39,017,984 8,319,400 $57,237,472
4 Out of Sight Drama R $37,562,568 8,009,076 $55,102,443
5 Mercury Rising Thriller/Suspense R $32,983,332 7,032,693 $48,384,928
6 Bride of Chucky Horror R $32,368,960 6,901,697 $47,483,675
7 One True Thing Drama R $23,337,196 4,975,948 $34,234,522
8 Psycho Horror R $20,776,265 4,429,907 $30,477,760
9 Half Baked Comedy R $17,394,881 3,708,930 $25,517,438
10 Babe: Pig in the City Adventure G $16,132,210 3,439,704 $23,665,164
11 Blues Brothers 2000 Comedy PG-13 $14,089,198 3,004,093 $20,668,160
12 Black Dog Action PG-13 $12,857,351 2,741,439 $18,861,100
13 Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas Comedy R $10,680,275 2,277,244 $15,667,439
14 Return to Paradise Drama R $8,352,677 1,780,955 $12,252,970
15 For Richer or Poorer Comedy PG-13 $7,226,881 1,540,913 $10,601,481
16 BASEketball Comedy R $7,042,541 1,501,608 $10,331,063
17 The Boxer Drama R $5,896,037 1,257,151 $8,649,199
18 Kissing a Fool Romantic Comedy R $4,100,505 874,308 $6,015,239
19 The Jackal Thriller/Suspense R $1,849,656 394,383 $2,713,355
Total Gross of All Movies$400,705,587
Total Tickets Sold85,438,291
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices$587,815,442

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.