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#3,819 All-time worldwide
#73 1998 releases

Movie profile

Mysteries of Egypt

1998 · 39 min · IMAX

Documentary History
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $40.6M
Budget —
Gross minus budget —
ROI —

Domestic gross

$16.2M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$24.4M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$4.5M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Mysteries of Egypt 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 #3,819 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1998 releases #73 Release-year chart position of 248 titles Ranked against movies released in 1998. Studio / company #2 IMAX of 9 titles Position inside the mapped IMAX movie set. Primary genre #26 Documentary of 204 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.

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Quick answer

How did Mysteries of Egypt (1998) perform at the box office?

Medium confidence

Mysteries of Egypt (1998) has a reported worldwide box office gross of $40.6M. In this database it currently ranks #3,819 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #73 among 1998 releases.

Worldwide gross
$40,593,286
Budget
Not available
Gross minus budget
Not available
ROI
Not available
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

Filmed in IMAX, a young girl questions her grandfather about the alleged curse of King Tutankhamen. His response takes us up to the source of the nourishing river Nile, to the Great Pyramids of Giza, to the Valley of the Kings.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Jan 1, 1998
Production
IMAX, Canadian Museum of Civilization, Vineyards Productions
Countries
CA, US

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AI summary

Why this movie matters

Released in 1998, Mysteries of Egypt is positioned in this dataset as a Documentary, History title from IMAX. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $40.6M. For comparison, it currently sits #3,819 all-time in the current chart set and #73 among 1998 releases. Streaming availability should be checked against the selected United States region because provider rights can change.

AI-generated contextual summary based on available movie, genre, ranking and box office data. It does not replace official distributor notes or financial reporting.
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.