#1,089 All-time worldwide

#22 1998 releases

Movie profile

The Man in the Iron Mask

Name: The Man in the Iron Mask
Genre: Adventure, Action, Drama
Released: 1998-03-12
Duration: 132 min

1998 · 132 min · United Artists

Adventure Action Drama

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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.

Worldwide gross $183.0M

Budget $35.0M

Gross minus budget $148.0M

ROI 5.23x

Domestic gross

$91.5M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$91.5M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$16.5M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where The Man in the Iron Mask ranks

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

Open rankings

All-time worldwide #1,089 All-time chart position of 13,006 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1998 releases #22 Release-year chart position of 250 titles Ranked against movies released in 1998. Studio / company #5 United Artists of 80 titles Position inside the mapped United Artists movie set. Primary genre #475 Adventure of 2,164 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.

#1,086 Wayne's World 1992 · $183.1M #1,087 Maverick 1994 · $183.0M #1,088 Mirror Mirror 2012 · $183.0M #1,090 Storks 2016 · $182.4M #1,091 Cape Fear 1991 · $182.3M #1,092 The Haunted Mansion 2003 · $182.3M

Quick answer

How did The Man in the Iron Mask (1998) perform at the box office?

High confidence

The Man in the Iron Mask (1998) earned a reported $183.0M worldwide against a reported $35.0M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $148.0M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 5.23x. In this database it currently ranks #1,089 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #22 among 1998 releases.

Worldwide gross: $183,000,000
Budget: $35,000,000
Gross minus budget: $148,000,000
ROI: 5.23x

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.

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Story

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Movie facts

Production details

Release date: Mar 12, 1998
Production: United Artists, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, The Ladd Company
Countries: US, GB

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Studio / production companyUnited Artists Release year chart1998 box office Genre chartAdventure Genre chartAction Genre chartDrama

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Why this movie matters

Released in 1998, The Man in the Iron Mask is positioned in this dataset as a Adventure, Action, Drama title from United Artists. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $183.0M, reported production budget is $35.0M, gross-minus-budget is $148.0M, ROI is 5.23x. For comparison, it currently sits #1,089 all-time in the current chart set and #22 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.