Box Office Game — November 9, 2026 Answer

Here is the Box Office Game answer for Monday, November 9, 2026 (day #1712 of the game): the weekend of January 9, 1998 — a 1998 box office chart. The clues the game gives you (distributor, last week’s rank, weeks in release and the grosses) are shown for all five films; the titles and posters stay blurred until you tap reveal.

Top 5 answer · Day #1712
The weekend to guessJanuary 9, 1998Friday — top 5 at the US box office
1
Poster of the #1 movie
Titanic
ParamountLast week #1Week 4 in release-13.8% vs last week
Weekend$28,716,310Total$197,881,813
2
Poster of the #2 movie
Good Will Hunting
MiramaxLast week #14Week 6 in release+338.8% vs last week
Weekend$10,261,471Total$19,010,323
3
Poster of the #3 movie
As Good as It Gets
TriStarLast week #3Week 3 in release-26.2% vs last week
Weekend$9,012,839Total$54,049,474
4
Poster of the #4 movie
Wag the Dog
New LineLast week #17Week 3 in release+550.8% vs last week
Weekend$7,778,122Total$9,735,924
5
Poster of the #5 movie
Tomorrow Never Dies
MGMLast week #2Week 4 in release-45.4% vs last week
Weekend$7,537,891Total$103,403,040

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About the five films

Titanic poster

#1 Titanic IMDb →

“Nothing on earth could come between them.”

101-year-old Rose DeWitt Bukater tells the story of her life aboard the Titanic, 84 years later. A young Rose boards the ship with her mother and fiancé. Meanwhile, Jack Dawson and Fabrizio De Rossi win third-class tickets aboard the ship. Rose tells the whole story from Titanic's departure through to its death—on its first and last voyage—on April 15, 1912.

Director: James Cameron · Starring: Leonardo DiCaprio, Kate Winslet, Billy Zane · Genre: Drama, Romance · Budget: $200,000,000 · Worldwide: $2,264,162,353 · Domestic total: $600,683,057
Good Will Hunting poster

#2 Good Will Hunting IMDb →

“Some people can never believe in themselves, until someone believes in them.”

Will Hunting is a headstrong, working-class genius who is failing the lessons of life. After one too many run-ins with the law, Will's last chance is a psychology professor, who might be the only man who can reach him.

Director: Gus Van Sant · Starring: Matt Damon, Robin Williams, Ben Affleck · Genre: Drama · Budget: $10,000,000 · Worldwide: $225,933,435 · Domestic total: $138,433,435
As Good as It Gets poster

#3 As Good as It Gets IMDb →

“A comedy from the heart that goes for the throat.”

A misanthropic author, a single mother and waitress, and a gay artist form an unlikely friendship after the artist is assaulted in a robbery.

Director: James L. Brooks · Starring: Jack Nicholson, Helen Hunt, Greg Kinnear · Genre: Drama, Comedy, Romance · Budget: $50,000,000 · Worldwide: $314,178,011 · Domestic total: $148,478,011
Wag the Dog poster

#4 Wag the Dog IMDb →

“A comedy about truth, justice and other special effects.”

During the final weeks of a presidential race, the President is accused of sexual misconduct. To distract the public until the election, the President's adviser hires a Hollywood producer to help him stage a fake war.

Director: Barry Levinson · Starring: Dustin Hoffman, Robert De Niro, Anne Heche · Genre: Comedy, Drama · Budget: $15,000,000 · Worldwide: $64,256,513 · Domestic total: $43,061,945
Tomorrow Never Dies poster

#5 Tomorrow Never Dies IMDb →

“Yesterday is a memory. Today is history. Tomorrow is in the hands of one man.”

A deranged media mogul is staging international incidents to pit the world's superpowers against each other. Now James Bond must take on this evil mastermind in an adrenaline-charged battle to end his reign of terror and prevent global pandemonium.

Director: Roger Spottiswoode · Starring: Pierce Brosnan, Jonathan Pryce, Michelle Yeoh · Genre: Adventure, Action, Thriller · Budget: $110,000,000 · Worldwide: $333,011,068 · Domestic total: $125,304,276

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Box Office Game (boxofficega.me) hands you one weekend from box office history and asks you to name the five highest-grossing films from that weekend, in order. You start with only the weekend date and each film’s weekend gross; every clue you buy (distributor, last week’s rank, total gross, budget, director, cast and so on) costs points off your score. The page above lists exactly those clues for each slot so you can match your own guesses before revealing. This page is part of our complete daily archive, updated every morning.

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