#879 All-time worldwide

#16 1998 releases

Movie profile

The Prince of Egypt

Name: The Prince of Egypt
Genre: Adventure, Animation, Drama, Family
Released: 1998-12-16
Duration: 99 min

1998 · 99 min · Dream Works Pictures

Adventure Animation Drama Family

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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.

Worldwide gross $218.6M

Budget $70.0M

Gross minus budget $148.6M

ROI 3.12x

Domestic gross

$94.0M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$124.6M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$28.2M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where The Prince of Egypt ranks

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

Open rankings

All-time worldwide #879 All-time chart position of 13,006 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1998 releases #16 Release-year chart position of 250 titles Ranked against movies released in 1998. Studio / company #11 Dream Works Pictures of 56 titles Position inside the mapped Dream Works Pictures movie set. Primary genre #414 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.

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Quick answer

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

High confidence

The Prince of Egypt (1998) earned a reported $218.6M worldwide against a reported $70.0M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $148.6M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 3.12x. In this database it currently ranks #879 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #16 among 1998 releases.

Worldwide gross: $218,613,188
Budget: $70,000,000
Gross minus budget: $148,613,188
ROI: 3.12x

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 16, 1998
Production: DreamWorks Pictures, DreamWorks Animation
Countries: US

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Studio / production companyDream Works Pictures Release year chart1998 box office Genre chartAdventure Genre chartAnimation Genre chartDrama Genre chartFamily

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Why this movie matters

Released in 1998, The Prince of Egypt is positioned in this dataset as a Adventure, Animation, Drama title from DreamWorks Pictures. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $218.6M, reported production budget is $70.0M, gross-minus-budget is $148.6M, ROI is 3.12x. For comparison, it currently sits #879 all-time in the current chart set and #16 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.