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#8,985 All-time worldwide
#153 1998 releases

Movie profile

The Opposite of Sex

1998 · 106 min · Rysher Entertainment

Comedy Drama
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $5.9M
Budget $5.0M
Gross minus budget $879,254
ROI 1.18x

Domestic gross

$2.9M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$2.9M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$529,133

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where The Opposite of Sex 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 #8,985 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1998 releases #153 Release-year chart position of 248 titles Ranked against movies released in 1998. Studio / company #5 Rysher Entertainment of 9 titles Position inside the mapped Rysher Entertainment movie set. Primary genre #3,501 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.

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Quick answer

How did The Opposite of Sex (1998) perform at the box office?

High confidence

The Opposite of Sex (1998) earned a reported $5.9M worldwide against a reported $5.0M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $879.3K. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 1.18x. In this database it currently ranks #8,985 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #153 among 1998 releases.

Worldwide gross
$5,879,254
Budget
$5,000,000
Gross minus budget
$879,254
ROI
1.18x
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

A 16-year-old girl visits her gay half-brother and ends up seducing his boyfriend, thus wreaking havoc on all of their lives.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
May 22, 1998
Production
Rysher Entertainment, David Kirkpatrick Productions, Michael Besman Productions
Countries
US

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Studio / production companyRysher Entertainment Release year chart1998 box office Genre chartComedy Genre chartDrama

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Why this movie matters

Released in 1998, The Opposite of Sex is positioned in this dataset as a Comedy, Drama title from Rysher Entertainment. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $5.9M, reported production budget is $5.0M, gross-minus-budget is $879,254, ROI is 1.18x. For comparison, it currently sits #8,985 all-time in the current chart set and #153 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.