Weekend Domestic Box Office Chart for April 17th, 1998
| | Movie | Distributor | Genre | Gross | Change | Thtrs. | Per Thtr. | Total Gross | Days |
1 |
(1) |
City of Angels |
Warner Bros. |
Drama |
$12,332,194 |
-20% |
2,329 |
$5,295 |
$34,051,685 |
10 |
2 |
new |
The Object of my Affection |
20th Century Fox |
Romantic Comedy |
$9,725,855 |
|
1,890 |
$5,146 |
$9,725,855 |
3 |
3 |
(2) |
Lost In Space |
New Line |
Adventure |
$7,451,911 |
-44% |
3,306 |
$2,254 |
$52,349,496 |
17 |
4 |
(3) |
Titanic |
Paramount Pictures |
Thriller/Suspense |
$7,407,989 |
-13% |
3,012 |
$2,459 |
$554,067,203 |
122 |
5 |
new |
Paulie |
Dreamworks SKG |
Comedy |
$5,369,800 |
|
1,553 |
$3,458 |
$5,369,800 |
3 |
6 |
(4) |
Species 2 |
MGM |
Horror |
$4,013,009 |
-45% |
2,510 |
$1,599 |
$13,820,142 |
10 |
7 |
(7) |
The Odd Couple II |
Paramount Pictures |
Comedy |
$3,775,347 |
-22% |
1,852 |
$2,039 |
$10,660,814 |
10 |
8 |
(6) |
Mercury Rising |
Universal |
Thriller/Suspense |
$3,728,905 |
-32% |
2,213 |
$1,685 |
$24,666,610 |
17 |
9 |
(5) |
The Players Club |
New Line |
Drama |
$3,589,903 |
-39% |
593 |
$6,054 |
$14,287,584 |
12 |
10 |
new |
Major League: Back to the Minors |
Warner Bros. |
Comedy |
$2,087,011 |
|
2,322 |
$899 |
$2,087,011 |
3 |
11 |
(11) |
As Good as it Gets |
Sony Pictures |
Romantic Comedy |
$1,558,025 |
-24% |
1,205 |
$1,293 |
$142,064,798 |
117 |
12 |
(10) |
Primary Colors |
Universal |
Comedy |
$1,534,305 |
-36% |
1,317 |
$1,165 |
$35,158,705 |
31 |
13 |
(8) |
My Giant |
Sony Pictures |
Comedy |
$1,482,052 |
-52% |
1,948 |
$761 |
$6,524,603 |
10 |
14 |
(15) |
Barney's Great Adventure |
Polygram |
Adventure |
$1,473,999 |
+7% |
817 |
$1,804 |
$7,444,154 |
17 |
15 |
(12) |
Good Will Hunting |
Miramax |
Drama |
$1,465,824 |
-27% |
1,069 |
$1,371 |
$131,555,851 |
136 |
16 |
(9) |
Grease |
Paramount Pictures |
Musical |
$1,228,490 |
-51% |
1,989 |
$618 |
$179,834,620 |
7,248 |
17 |
(13) |
The Man in the Iron Mask |
MGM |
Adventure |
$969,675 |
-39% |
1,037 |
$935 |
$54,040,815 |
38 |
18 |
(16) |
Everest |
MacGillivray Freeman Films |
Documentary |
$861,058 |
-2% |
32 |
$26,908 |
$7,969,118 |
45 |
19 |
(14) |
Wild Things |
Sony Pictures |
Thriller/Suspense |
$744,205 |
-52% |
757 |
$983 |
$28,147,161 |
31 |
20 |
(20) |
L.A. Confidential |
Warner Bros. |
Drama |
$743,979 |
+56% |
853 |
$872 |
$62,958,687 |
213 |
21 |
new |
Nightwatch |
Miramax |
Thriller/Suspense |
$585,733 |
|
300 |
$1,952 |
$585,733 |
3 |
22 |
new |
Suicide Kings |
Artisan |
Drama |
$558,081 |
|
135 |
$4,134 |
$558,081 |
3 |
23 |
(17) |
U.S. Marshals |
Warner Bros. |
Thriller/Suspense |
$411,040 |
-48% |
606 |
$678 |
$55,221,156 |
45 |
24 |
(19) |
The Wedding Singer |
New Line |
Romantic Comedy |
$397,838 |
-34% |
407 |
$977 |
$74,662,893 |
66 |
25 |
(26) |
Spanish Prisoner |
Sony Pictures Classics |
Drama |
$316,653 |
+41% |
31 |
$10,215 |
$827,406 |
17 |
26 |
(21) |
The Apostle |
October Films |
Drama |
$304,200 |
-12% |
287 |
$1,060 |
$19,748,469 |
124 |
27 |
(18) |
The Newton Boys |
20th Century Fox |
Drama |
$242,195 |
-61% |
393 |
$616 |
$9,680,438 |
24 |
28 |
(37) |
The Butcher Boy |
Warner Bros. |
Drama |
$224,386 |
+94% |
32 |
$7,012 |
$602,436 |
17 |
29 |
(24) |
The Big Lebowski |
Universal |
Comedy |
$197,480 |
-27% |
158 |
$1,250 |
$16,802,360 |
45 |
30 |
(27) |
Mouse Hunt |
Dreamworks SKG |
Comedy |
$185,148 |
-7% |
439 |
$422 |
$61,559,741 |
122 |
31 |
(31) |
Mrs. Dalloway |
First Look |
Drama |
$179,516 |
+7% |
90 |
$1,995 |
$2,455,061 |
59 |
32 |
(25) |
Wag the Dog |
New Line |
Drama |
$157,873 |
-40% |
280 |
$564 |
$42,820,326 |
116 |
33 |
(28) |
Love and Death on Long Island |
Lionsgate |
Drama |
$154,419 |
-19% |
84 |
$1,838 |
$1,929,106 |
45 |
34 |
(34) |
The Big One |
Miramax |
Documentary |
$153,816 |
+5% |
49 |
$3,139 |
$355,080 |
10 |
35 |
(35) |
Tomorrow Never Dies |
MGM |
Action |
$146,417 |
+7% |
368 |
$398 |
$123,554,818 |
122 |
36 |
(-) |
Krippendorf's Tribe |
Walt Disney |
Comedy |
$140,175 |
|
342 |
$410 |
$7,418,785 |
52 |
37 |
(22) |
Mr. Nice Guy |
New Line |
Action |
$134,140 |
-60% |
151 |
$888 |
$11,973,598 |
31 |
38 |
(23) |
Ride |
Miramax |
Comedy |
$129,518 |
-60% |
169 |
$766 |
$5,396,992 |
24 |
39 |
(38) |
The Borrowers |
Polygram |
Comedy |
$129,347 |
+22% |
475 |
$272 |
$22,047,877 |
66 |
40 |
(29) |
The Full Monty |
Fox Searchlight |
Comedy |
$125,607 |
-29% |
154 |
$816 |
$45,736,880 |
250 |
41 |
new |
Sour Grapes |
Sony Pictures |
|
$123,104 |
|
28 |
$4,397 |
$123,104 |
3 |
42 |
(41) |
Thrill Ride: The Science of Fun |
Sony Pictures Classics |
Documentary |
$112,902 |
+21% |
10 |
$11,290 |
$5,188,460 |
283 |
43 |
new |
Chinese Box |
Trimark |
Drama |
$97,916 |
|
12 |
$8,160 |
$97,916 |
3 |
44 |
(30) |
Hard Rain |
Paramount Pictures |
Action |
$81,448 |
-52% |
301 |
$271 |
$19,819,494 |
94 |
45 |
(40) |
A Price Above Rubies |
Miramax |
Drama |
$81,281 |
-14% |
29 |
$2,803 |
$508,774 |
26 |
46 |
new |
Homegrown |
Sony Pictures |
|
$77,910 |
|
35 |
$2,226 |
$77,910 |
3 |
47 |
(48) |
Caught Up |
Live Film & Mediaworks |
Drama |
$73,032 |
+55% |
204 |
$358 |
$6,665,254 |
80 |
48 |
(42) |
Dangerous Beauty |
Warner Bros. |
Drama |
$71,407 |
-9% |
57 |
$1,253 |
$3,858,354 |
59 |
49 |
(45) |
Character |
Sony Pictures Classics |
Drama |
$70,896 |
+4% |
28 |
$2,532 |
$304,518 |
24 |
50 |
(46) |
Men with Guns |
Sony Pictures Classics |
Action |
$65,610 |
-1% |
49 |
$1,339 |
$637,386 |
45 |
51 |
(44) |
Flubber |
Walt Disney |
Comedy |
$65,318 |
-9% |
125 |
$523 |
$92,925,771 |
145 |
52 |
(-) |
The Replacement Killers |
Sony Pictures |
Action |
$63,469 |
|
365 |
$174 |
$18,967,571 |
73 |
53 |
(32) |
Sphere |
Warner Bros. |
Horror |
$62,558 |
-60% |
179 |
$349 |
$36,976,367 |
66 |
54 |
(33) |
3 Ninjas: High Noon at Mega Mountain |
Sony Pictures |
Action |
$58,079 |
-61% |
100 |
$581 |
$308,082 |
10 |
55 |
new |
Wild Man Blues |
New Line |
|
$54,458 |
|
3 |
$18,153 |
$54,458 |
3 |
56 |
(39) |
Spiceworld |
Sony Pictures |
Comedy |
$50,550 |
-49% |
307 |
$165 |
$29,247,405 |
87 |
57 |
(56) |
The Gingerbread Man |
Polygram |
Thriller/Suspense |
$41,469 |
+27% |
25 |
$1,659 |
$1,092,733 |
87 |
58 |
(-) |
Kurt and Courtney |
Roxie Releasing |
|
$40,212 |
|
8 |
$5,027 |
$189,652 |
52 |
59 |
(55) |
I Think I Do |
Strand |
|
$39,108 |
+16% |
10 |
$3,911 |
$89,187 |
10 |
60 |
(43) |
Dark City |
New Line |
Thriller/Suspense |
$32,545 |
-57% |
90 |
$362 |
$14,337,579 |
52 |
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