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#7,085 All-time worldwide
#125 1998 releases

Movie profile

Why Do Fools Fall In Love

1998 · 116 min · Rhino Films

Drama Romance
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $12.4M
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Domestic gross

$6.2M

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International gross

$6.2M

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Opening weekend

$1.1M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Why Do Fools Fall In Love 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 #7,085 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1998 releases #125 Release-year chart position of 248 titles Ranked against movies released in 1998. Primary genre #2,944 Drama of 5,859 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 Why Do Fools Fall In Love (1998) perform at the box office?

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Why Do Fools Fall In Love (1998) has a reported worldwide box office gross of $12.4M. In this database it currently ranks #7,085 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #125 among 1998 releases.

Worldwide gross
$12,413,650
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

In the mid-80s, three women (each with an attorney) arrive at the office of New York entertainment manager, Morris Levy. One is an L.A. singer, formerly of the Platters; one is a petty thief from Philly; one teaches school in a small Georgia town. Each claims to be the widow of long-dead doo-wop singer-songwriter Frankie Lyman, and each wants years of royalties due to his estate, money Levy has never shared. During an ensuing civil trial, flashbacks tell the story of each one's life with Lyman, a boyish, high-pitched, dynamic performer, lost to heroin. Slowly, the three wives establish their own bond.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Aug 28, 1998
Production
Rhino Films, Warner Bros. Pictures
Countries
US

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Studio / production companyRhino Films Release year chart1998 box office Genre chartDrama Genre chartRomance

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Why this movie matters

Released in 1998, Why Do Fools Fall In Love is positioned in this dataset as a Drama, Romance title from Rhino Films. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $12.4M. For comparison, it currently sits #7,085 all-time in the current chart set and #125 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.