Box Office Performance for Action Movies in 1998

Rank	Movie	Genre	MPAA	1998 Gross	Tickets Sold	Inflation- Adjusted Gross
1	Rush Hour	Action	PG-13	$137,534,276	29,325,006	$201,756,041
2	Godzilla	Action	PG-13	$136,314,294	29,064,881	$199,966,381
3	Lethal Weapon 4	Action	R	$130,444,603	27,813,348	$191,355,834
4	Enemy of the State	Action	R	$96,816,659	20,643,211	$142,025,292
5	The X Files: Fight the Future	Action	PG-13	$83,898,313	17,888,766	$123,074,710
6	Blade	Action	R	$70,141,876	14,955,624	$102,894,693
7	The Negotiator	Action	R	$44,705,766	9,532,146	$65,581,164
8	Ronin	Action	R	$41,521,101	8,853,113	$60,909,417
9	The Siege	Action	R	$40,163,804	8,563,711	$58,918,332
10	Tomorrow Never Dies	Action	PG-13	$32,896,072	7,014,088	$48,256,925
11	The Big Hit	Action	R	$27,066,941	5,771,203	$39,705,877
12	The Avengers	Action	PG-13	$23,385,416	4,986,229	$34,305,256
13	Hard Rain	Action	R	$19,870,567	4,236,795	$29,149,150
14	The Replacement Killers	Action	R	$19,035,741	4,058,793	$27,924,496
15	Soldier	Action	R	$14,623,082	3,117,928	$21,451,345
16	Desperate Measures	Action	R	$13,678,274	2,916,476	$20,065,355
17	Black Dog	Action	PG-13	$12,857,351	2,741,439	$18,861,100
18	Mr. Nice Guy	Action	PG-13	$12,716,953	2,711,504	$18,655,148
19	Deep Rising	Action	R	$11,203,026	2,388,705	$16,434,290
20	Knock Off	Action	R	$10,319,915	2,200,408	$15,138,807
21	Firestorm	Action	R	$8,123,860	1,732,166	$11,917,302
22	The Postman	Action	R	$3,323,076	708,545	$4,874,790
23	Alien: Resurrection	Action	R	$1,702,240	362,951	$2,497,103
24	In God's Hands	Action	PG-13	$1,431,239	305,168	$2,099,556
25	Mortal Kombat: Annihilation	Action	PG-13	$867,503	184,969	$1,272,587
26	Air Force One	Action	R	$811,908	173,115	$1,191,031
27	Men with Guns	Action	R	$742,032	158,216	$1,088,526
28	Starship Troopers	Action	R	$517,284	110,295	$758,830
29	3 Ninjas: High Noon at Mega Mountain	Action	PG	$308,082	65,689	$451,940
30	Killing Time	Action	R	$12,154	2,591	$17,826
Total Gross of All Movies				$997,033,408
Total Tickets Sold					212,587,079
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices						$1,462,599,104

Note: This chart ranks movies by the amount they earned during 1998. It includes movies released in previous years that earned money during 1998. For example, a movie released over Thanksgiving in 1997 will most likely earn money in 1997 and 1998. Click on the individual movie to see its total gross over all the years in which it played.

Each box office year ends on the first Sunday of the following year. The next year starts the following day (Monday). For example, the "2004 box office year" ended on Sunday, January 2, 2005.

Inflation-adjusted figures are based ticket sale estimates, and may not be precise due to rounding errors.