The movie was released on December 18, 1998. It was released on home video on September 14, 1999. The movie gross $218,613,188 worldwide. It became the second animated featured not released by Walt Disney Pictures to gross over $100 million in the United States. This was after, Paramount/Nickelodeon's "The Rugrats Movie". "The Prince of Egypt" became the top grossing non-Disney animated movie until 2000. The movie, "Chicken Run", took the number one spot. The movie remains the highest grossing traditionally-animated non-Disney movie until 2007. The movie, "The Simpsons Movie", took the number one spot. This is DreamWorks Animation's first movie and only traditionally animated movie to win an Oscar.