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Friday, September 5, 2008

Box Office Performance for Warner Bros. Movies in 1998

RankMovieGenreMPAA1998 GrossTickets SoldInflation-
Adjusted
Gross
1 Lethal Weapon 4 Action R $130,444,603 27,813,348 $191,355,834
2 City of Angels Drama PG-13 $78,750,909 16,791,239 $115,523,724
3 You've Got Mail Drama PG $77,938,617 16,618,042 $114,332,129
4 A Perfect Murder Thriller/Suspense R $67,658,331 14,426,083 $99,251,451
5 U.S. Marshals Thriller/Suspense PG-13 $57,833,603 12,331,259 $84,839,062
6 Practical Magic Comedy PG-13 $46,611,204 9,938,423 $68,376,350
7 The Negotiator Action R $44,705,766 9,532,146 $65,581,164
8 Sphere Horror PG-13 $37,068,294 7,903,687 $54,377,367
9 Jack Frost Comedy PG $31,153,045 6,642,440 $45,699,987
10 L.A. Confidential Drama R $26,308,657 5,609,522 $38,593,511
11 Fallen Thriller/Suspense R $25,310,938 5,396,788 $37,129,901
12 The Avengers Action PG-13 $23,385,416 4,986,229 $34,305,256
13 Quest for Camelot Adventure G $22,772,500 4,855,544 $33,406,143
14 Soldier Action R $14,623,082 3,117,928 $21,451,345
15 Why Do Fools Fall In Love? Drama R $12,506,676 2,666,669 $18,346,683
16 Home Fries Black Comedy PG-13 $10,095,740 2,152,610 $14,809,957
17 Wrongfully Accused Comedy PG-13 $9,642,860 2,056,047 $14,145,603
18 Almost Heroes Comedy PG-13 $6,175,688 1,316,778 $9,059,433
19 Dangerous Beauty Drama R $4,553,271 970,847 $6,679,427
20 Major League: Back to the Minors Comedy PG-13 $3,551,208 757,187 $5,209,447
21 The Postman Action R $3,323,076 708,545 $4,874,790
22 Tarzan and the Lost City Adventure PG $2,147,114 457,807 $3,149,712
23 Devil's Advocate Drama R $1,938,693 413,367 $2,843,965
24 The Butcher Boy Drama R $1,822,193 388,527 $2,673,066
25 Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil Drama R $1,462,474 311,828 $2,145,377
26 Without Limits Drama PG-13 $780,326 166,381 $1,144,701
27 Warners 75th     $498,426 106,274 $731,165
28 The Man Who Knew Too Little Comedy PG $123,329 26,296 $180,916
29 Mad City Drama PG-13 $42,015 8,958 $61,631
Total Gross of All Movies$743,228,054
Total Tickets Sold158,470,799
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices$1,090,279,097

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.