#1 of 6 How Stella Got Her Groove Back (1998)
1998 · Drama, Romance
$39.3M worldwide · 45% of the chart's total
How Stella Got Her Groove Back (1998) is the highest-grossing movie released in week 33 of 1998 (Aug 9–15), with $39.3M worldwide, ahead of The Avengers (1998) at $23.4M and Air Bud: Golden Receiver (1998) at $10.2M. 6 films released that week report a worldwide gross, $86.8M in all, 98% of it from the US & Canada. That is down 45% on Week 32, 1998, whose releases took $159.1M. By genre, Drama leads with $53.1M across 3 releases.
#1 of 6 How Stella Got Her Groove Back (1998)
1998 · Drama, Romance
$39.3M worldwide · 45% of the chart's total
How Stella Got Her Groove Back (1998) leads with $39.3M, 45% of the total. The top 5 together took $86.7M, almost all of what the 6 films earned. Each bar splits a film's gross into the US & Canada and the rest of the world.
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Lifetime worldwide grosses in US dollars, not adjusted for inflation; domestic means the US & Canada. Films are grouped by their release date in week 33 of 1998 (Aug 9–15).
Aug 14, 1998 US and Canada: $37.7M Rest of the world: $1.6M Worldwide: $39.3M
Aug 14, 1998 US and Canada: $23.4M Rest of the world: Worldwide: $23.4M
Aug 14, 1998 US and Canada: $10.2M Rest of the world: Worldwide: $10.2M
Aug 14, 1998 US and Canada: $8.3M Rest of the world: Worldwide: $8.3M
Aug 14, 1998 US and Canada: $5.5M Rest of the world: Worldwide: $5.5M
Aug 14, 1998 US and Canada: $21.6K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $21.6K Of the top 6, The Avengers (1998) earned the biggest share at home (100% in the US & Canada), while How Stella Got Her Groove Back (1998) made 4% of its gross abroad. Across all 6 films, $85.1M (98%) came from the US & Canada.
Week 33 releases took $86.8M. The biggest of these 9 weeks is week 29 (Jul 12–18) with $620.2M, led by There's Something About Mary (1998).
Of these 10 years, Week 33, 1997 earned the most: $331.4M from 5 films, led by The Full Monty (1997). Week 33, 1998 took $86.8M.
| Week | Films | Worldwide | Change | Biggest film |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Week 33, 1989 Aug 13–19 8 films | 8 | $115M | – | Uncle Buck (1989) $79.3M |
| Week 33, 1990 Aug 12–18 5 films · −15% | 5 | $98.2M | −15% | The Exorcist III (1990) $39M |
| Week 33, 1991 Aug 11–17 2 films · −93% | 2 | $7.1M | −93% | Mystery Date (1991) $6.2M |
| Week 33, 1992 Aug 9–15 5 films · +807% | 5 | $64.8M | +807% | Single White Female (1992) $48M |
| Week 33, 1993 Aug 8–14 5 films · +17% | 5 | $75.9M | +17% | The Secret Garden (1993) $31.2M |
| Week 33, 1994 Aug 7–13 4 films · −15% | 4 | $64.5M | −15% | In the Army Now (1994) $28.9M |
| Week 33, 1995 Aug 13–19 5 films · +162% | 5 | $169.1M | +162% | Mortal Kombat (1995) $122.2M |
| Week 33, 1996 Aug 11–17 6 films · −45% | 6 | $92.7M | −45% | Tin Cup (1996) $53.9M |
| Week 33, 1997 Aug 10–16 5 films · +257% | 5 | $331.4M | +257% | The Full Monty (1997) $257.9M |
| Week 33, 1998 Aug 9–15 6 films · −74% | 6 | $86.8M | −74% | How Stella Got Her Groove Back (1998) $39.3M |
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 6 films as the chart.
How Stella Got Her Groove Back (1998) leads with $39.3M worldwide, $37.7M of it in the US & Canada. Next come The Avengers (1998) at $23.4M and Air Bud: Golden Receiver (1998) at $10.2M.
6 films released in week 33 of 1998 (Aug 9–15) report a worldwide gross, $86.8M in all, or $14.5M per film on average. Week 32, 1998 releases took $159.1M.
None. The biggest, How Stella Got Her Groove Back (1998), earned $39.3M.
Films are ranked by lifetime worldwide gross in US dollars, not adjusted for inflation, and grouped by their release date in week 33 of 1998 (Aug 9–15). 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.
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.