#1 of 4 1998 · Drama, Crime
$23.9M worldwide · 60% of the chart's total
American History X (1998) is the highest-grossing English-language movie released in week 44 of 1998 (Oct 25–31), with $23.9M worldwide, ahead of Living Out Loud (1998) at $15.6M and Still Crazy (1998) at $524.9K. 4 English-language films released that week report a worldwide gross, $40.1M in all, 50% of it from the US & Canada. That is down 78% on Week 43, 1998, whose releases took $179M.
#1 of 4 1998 · Drama, Crime
$23.9M worldwide · 60% of the chart's total
American History X (1998) leads with $23.9M, 60% of the total. The top 4 together took $40.1M, almost all of what the 4 films earned. Each bar splits a film's gross into the US & Canada and the rest of the world.
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Number 4 US & Canada (domestic) Rest of the world
Lifetime worldwide grosses in US dollars, not adjusted for inflation; domestic means the US & Canada. Films are grouped by their release date in week 44 of 1998 (Oct 25–31).
Oct 30, 1998 US and Canada: $6.7M Rest of the world: $17.2M Worldwide: $23.9M
Oct 30, 1998 US and Canada: $12.9M Rest of the world: $2.7M Worldwide: $15.6M
Oct 30, 1998 US and Canada: $524.9K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $524.9K
Oct 31, 1998 US and Canada: $66.2K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $66.2K Of the top 4, Still Crazy (1998) earned the biggest share at home (100% in the US & Canada), while American History X (1998) made 72% of its gross abroad. Across all 4 films, $20.2M (50%) came from the US & Canada.
Week 44 releases took $40.1M. The biggest of these 9 weeks is week 45 (Nov 1–7) with $402M, led by The Waterboy (1998).
Of these 10 years, Week 44, 1994 earned the most: $209.7M from 5 films, led by Stargate (1994). Week 44, 1998 took $40.1M.
| Week | Films | Worldwide | Change | Biggest film |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Week 44, 1989 Oct 29–Nov 4 4 films | 4 | $5.6M | – | Second Sight (1989) $5.4M |
| Week 44, 1990 Oct 28–Nov 3 4 films · +495% | 4 | $33.2M | +495% | Jacob's Ladder (1990) $26.1M |
| Week 44, 1991 Oct 27–Nov 2 9 films · +171% | 9 | $90.2M | +171% | The People Under the Stairs (1991) $31.3M |
| Week 44, 1992 Oct 25–31 2 films · −94% | 2 | $5.2M | −94% | The Lover (1992) $5M |
| Week 44, 1993 Oct 24–30 3 films · +52% | 3 | $7.9M | +52% | Fatal Instinct (1993) $7.8M |
| Week 44, 1994 Oct 23–29 5 films · +2556% | 5 | $209.7M | +2556% | Stargate (1994) $196.6M |
| Week 44, 1995 Oct 29–Nov 4 8 films · −79% | 8 | $44.3M | −79% | Home for the Holidays (1995) $17.5M |
| Week 44, 1996 Oct 27–Nov 2 6 films · −62% | 6 | $17M | −62% | Larger Than Life (1996) $8.3M |
| Week 44, 1997 Oct 26–Nov 1 4 films · +228% | 4 | $55.7M | +228% | An American Werewolf in Paris (1997) $26.6M |
| Week 44, 1998 Oct 25–31 4 films · −28% | 4 | $40.1M | −28% | American History X (1998) $23.9M |
53 weeks of 1998 with reported grosses; the biggest is week 23 (May 31–Jun 6) with $697M, led by Mulan (1998).
The chart's numbers in short: the #1 film, the total, the billion-dollar hits and the US & Canada share, answered from the same 4 films as the chart.
American History X (1998) leads with $23.9M worldwide, $6.7M of it in the US & Canada. Next come Living Out Loud (1998) at $15.6M and Still Crazy (1998) at $524.9K.
4 English-language films released in week 44 of 1998 (Oct 25–31) report a worldwide gross, $40.1M in all, or $10M per film on average. Week 43, 1998 releases took $179M.
None. The biggest, American History X (1998), earned $23.9M.
Films are ranked by lifetime worldwide gross in US dollars, not adjusted for inflation, and grouped by their release date in week 44 of 1998 (Oct 25–31). The figures are the reported box office grosses in our database. A gross that looks misattributed, such as one figure shared by two unrelated films or a blockbuster total on an obscure title, is left out rather than shown as a fact, and so are films whose stored language is most likely wrong.
Grosses change while films are in theaters and whenever a new figure is reported; this chart reads the latest numbers in our database, so an older film can still move after a re-release.