Shakespeare in Love (1998) - Box Office Mojo

Shakespeare in Love

Total Lifetime Grosses

Domestic Summary

Release Dates:

December 11, 1998 (limited)
January 8, 1999 (wide)

Limited Opening Weekend:	$224,012
(8 theaters, $28,001 average)

Widest Release:

2,030 theaters

The Players

Director:	John Madden
Actors:	Gwyneth Paltrow Joseph Fiennes Geoffrey Rush Ben Affleck Judi Dench Tom Wilkinson Colin Firth Imelda Staunton*
Producer:	Edward Zwick
Composer:	Stephen Warbeck
* Denotes minor role

1998 Academy Awards®

Genres

Genre	Rank
Romantic Comedy	27

Charts

Chart	Rank
All Time Domestic	535
All Time Worldwide	310
Yearly 1998	18
Yearly Opening Weekends 1998	161
Yearly R Rated 1998	5
Worldwide Yearly 1998	9
Opening Weeks	2,843
Movies That Never Hit #1	98
Opening Weekends	2,860
Eleventh Weekends	45
Ninth Weekends	80
Tenth Weekends	67
Twelfth Weekends	22
Twelfth Weekends	15
Most Weekends in Top 10 (non-consecutive)	59
Consecutive Weekends In Top 10	142
President's Day 4-Day Holiday Weekends	109
Sixth Weekends	56
Seventh Weekends	71
Eighth Weekends	78
Rated R	123
Slowest to $100 million	2
Best Picture Nomination Effect	36
BOM Users' Grades	377
BOM Users' Grades (1998 Releases)	32
Charts (Premier Pass Users Only)	Rank
Highest All Time Rank (on July 22, 1999)	184
Yearly (Wide) 1999	22
Yearly Opening Weekends (Limited) 1998	33
Yearly Opening Weekends (Wide) 1999	104
Opening Weeks Adjusted	2,938
Movies That Never #1 Adjusted	77
Opening Weekends Adjusted	2,979
Eleventh Weekends Adjusted	47
Ninth Weekends Adjusted	93
Tenth Weekends Adjusted	88
Twelfth Weekends Adjusted	22
Sixth Weekends Adjusted	62
Seventh Weekends Adjusted	75
Eighth Weekends Adjusted	88
Rated R Adjusted	134