#1 of 4 1998 · Drama, Mystery
$142.9M worldwide · 73% of the chart's total
Meet Joe Black (1998) is the highest-grossing movie released in week 46 of 1998 (Nov 8–14), with $142.9M worldwide, ahead of I Still Know What You Did Last Summer (1998) at $40M and I’ll Be Home for Christmas (1998) at $12.2M. 4 films released that week report a worldwide gross, $195.2M in all, 50% of it from the US & Canada. One film crossed $100 million; none reached $1 billion. That is down 51% on Week 45, 1998, whose releases took $402M.
#1 of 4 1998 · Drama, Mystery
$142.9M worldwide · 73% of the chart's total
Meet Joe Black (1998) leads with $142.9M, 73% of the total. The top 4 together took $195.2M, 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 46 of 1998 (Nov 8–14).
Nov 13, 1998 US and Canada: $44.6M Rest of the world: $98.3M Worldwide: $142.9M
Nov 13, 1998 US and Canada: $12.2M Rest of the world: Worldwide: $12.2M
Nov 12, 1998 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $82K Of the top 4, I’ll Be Home for Christmas (1998) earned the biggest share at home (100% in the US & Canada), while Meet Joe Black (1998) made 69% of its gross abroad. Across all 4 films, $96.8M (50%) came from the US & Canada. 1 film of the top 4 reports no US & Canada figure.
Week 46 releases took $195.2M. The biggest of these 9 weeks is week 48 (Nov 22–28) with $462.2M, led by A Bug's Life (1998).
Of these 10 years, Week 46, 1990 earned the most: $624.6M from 3 films, led by Home Alone (1990). Week 46, 1998 took $195.2M.
| Week | Films | Worldwide | Change | Biggest film |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Week 46, 1989 Nov 12–18 7 films | 7 | $320.9M | – | The Little Mermaid (1989) $211.3M |
| Week 46, 1990 Nov 11–17 3 films · +95% | 3 | $624.6M | +95% | Home Alone (1990) $476.7M |
| Week 46, 1991 Nov 10–16 2 films · −71% | 2 | $183.4M | −71% | Cape Fear (1991) $182.3M |
| Week 46, 1992 Nov 8–14 4 films · +20% | 4 | $220.6M | +20% | Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992) $215.9M |
| Week 46, 1993 Nov 7–13 5 films · −33% | 5 | $147M | −33% | Carlito's Way (1993) $63.8M |
| Week 46, 1994 Nov 6–12 3 films · +182% | 3 | $414.3M | +182% | Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles (1994) $223.7M |
| Week 46, 1995 Nov 12–18 5 films · +25% | 5 | $515.8M | +25% | GoldenEye (1995) $352.2M |
| Week 46, 1996 Nov 10–16 5 films · −2% | 5 | $507.5M | −2% | The English Patient (1996) $232M |
| Week 46, 1997 Nov 9–15 4 films · −66% | 4 | $170.1M | −66% | The Jackal (1997) $159.3M |
| Week 46, 1998 Nov 8–14 4 films · +15% | 4 | $195.2M | +15% | Meet Joe Black (1998) $142.9M |
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.
Meet Joe Black (1998) leads with $142.9M worldwide, $44.6M of it in the US & Canada. Next come I Still Know What You Did Last Summer (1998) at $40M and I’ll Be Home for Christmas (1998) at $12.2M.
4 films released in week 46 of 1998 (Nov 8–14) report a worldwide gross, $195.2M in all, or $48.8M per film on average. Week 45, 1998 releases took $402M.
None. 1 film crossed $100 million, led by Meet Joe Black (1998) with $142.9M.
Films are ranked by lifetime worldwide gross in US dollars, not adjusted for inflation, and grouped by their release date in week 46 of 1998 (Nov 8–14). 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.