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#3,109 All-time worldwide
#60 1998 releases

Movie profile

Great Expectations

1998 · 111 min · 20th Century Fox

Comedy Drama Romance
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $55.5M
Budget $25.0M
Gross minus budget $30.5M
ROI 2.22x

Domestic gross

$27.7M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$27.7M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$5.0M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Great Expectations ranks

Positioned across the all-time chart, release year, studio, franchise and genre indexes where enough mapped data exists.
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All-time worldwide #3,109 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1998 releases #60 Release-year chart position of 248 titles Ranked against movies released in 1998. Studio / company #62 20th Century Fox of 209 titles Position inside the mapped 20th Century Fox movie set. Primary genre #1,173 Comedy of 4,840 titles Genre context based on the first mapped genre on this profile.

Nearby worldwide ranks

Comparable titles immediately around this movie by reported worldwide gross.

#3,105 Cop Out 2010 · $55.6M #3,107 The Lizzie McGuire Movie 2003 · $55.5M #3,108 Out of Time 2003 · $55.5M #3,110 Kabir Singh 2019 · $55.5M #3,111 Spanglish 2004 · $55.5M #3,112 Definitely, Maybe 2008 · $55.4M

Quick answer

How did Great Expectations (1998) perform at the box office?

High confidence

Great Expectations (1998) earned a reported $55.5M worldwide against a reported $25.0M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $30.5M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 2.22x. In this database it currently ranks #3,109 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #60 among 1998 releases.

Worldwide gross
$55,494,066
Budget
$25,000,000
Gross minus budget
$30,494,066
ROI
2.22x
Source: TMDb. Last updated: Jul 13, 2026. View source Gross-minus-budget is not studio net profit. It excludes marketing, distribution fees, revenue splits, tax incentives and later home/streaming revenue.

Synopsis

Story

Loosely based on the Charles Dickens' classic novel, "Great Expectations" is a sensual tale of a young man's unforgettable passage into manhood, and the three individuals who will undeniably change his life forever. Through the surprising interactions of these vivid characters, "Great Expectations" takes a unique and contemporary look at life's great coincidences.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Jan 30, 1998
Production
20th Century Fox, Linson Entertainment
Countries
US

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Why this movie matters

Released in 1998, Great Expectations is positioned in this dataset as a Comedy, Drama, Romance title from 20th Century Fox. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $55.5M, reported production budget is $25.0M, gross-minus-budget is $30.5M, ROI is 2.22x. For comparison, it currently sits #3,109 all-time in the current chart set and #60 among 1998 releases. Streaming availability should be checked against the selected United States region because provider rights can change.

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Data noteGross minus budget is not studio net profit. It excludes marketing, distribution fees, revenue splits, tax incentives and downstream revenue. Domestic, international and opening weekend figures marked as estimated are modelled estimates.