#635 All-time worldwide

#9 1998 releases

Movie profile

Shakespeare in Love

Name: Shakespeare in Love
Genre: Romance, History, Comedy
Released: 1998-12-11
Duration: 124 min

1998 · 124 min · Miramax

Romance History Comedy

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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.

Worldwide gross $289.3M

Budget $25.0M

Gross minus budget $264.3M

ROI 11.57x

Domestic gross

$115.7M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$173.6M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$32.4M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Shakespeare in Love ranks

Positioned across the all-time chart, release year, studio, franchise and genre indexes where enough mapped data exists.

Open rankings

All-time worldwide #635 All-time chart position of 13,006 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1998 releases #9 Release-year chart position of 250 titles Ranked against movies released in 1998. Studio / company #2 Miramax of 78 titles Position inside the mapped Miramax movie set. Primary genre #64 Romance of 2,646 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.

#632 Sex and the City 2 2010 · $290.7M #633 Paddington 2 2017 · $290.1M #634 Pacific Rim: Uprising 2018 · $290.1M #636 Divergent 2014 · $288.9M #637 Coming to America 1988 · $288.8M #638 Elvis 2022 · $288.7M

Quick answer

How did Shakespeare in Love (1998) perform at the box office?

High confidence

Shakespeare in Love (1998) earned a reported $289.3M worldwide against a reported $25.0M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $264.3M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 11.57x. In this database it currently ranks #635 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #9 among 1998 releases.

Worldwide gross: $289,317,794
Budget: $25,000,000
Gross minus budget: $264,317,794
ROI: 11.57x

Source: Reported box office data. Last updated: Jul 8, 2026. Gross-minus-budget is not studio net profit. It excludes marketing, distribution fees, revenue splits, tax incentives and later home/streaming revenue.

Synopsis

Story

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Movie facts

Production details

Release date: Dec 11, 1998
Production: Miramax, Universal Pictures, Bedford Falls Productions
Countries: US

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Studio / production companyMiramax Release year chart1998 box office Genre chartRomance Genre chartHistory Genre chartComedy

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Why this movie matters

Released in 1998, Shakespeare in Love is positioned in this dataset as a Romance, History, Comedy title from Miramax. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $289.3M, reported production budget is $25.0M, gross-minus-budget is $264.3M, ROI is 11.57x. For comparison, it currently sits #635 all-time in the current chart set and #9 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.