Box Office Performance for Based on Book/Short Story Movies in 1998

Rank	Movie	Genre	MPAA	1998 Gross	Tickets Sold	Inflation- Adjusted Gross
1	The Horse Whisperer	Drama	PG-13	$75,370,763	16,070,525	$126,796,442
2	The Prince of Egypt	Adventure	PG	$66,351,000	14,147,335	$111,622,473
3	The Man in the Iron Mask	Adventure	PG-13	$56,876,365	12,127,157	$95,683,269
4	What Dreams May Come	Drama	PG-13	$55,350,897	11,801,897	$93,116,967
5	Practical Magic	Comedy	PG-13	$46,611,204	9,938,423	$78,414,157
6	Wag the Dog	Drama	R	$41,595,360	8,868,947	$69,975,992
7	I Still Know What You Did Last Summer	Horror	R	$39,167,980	8,351,382	$65,892,404
8	Primary Colors	Comedy	R	$38,966,057	8,308,328	$65,552,708
9	How Stella Got Her Groove Back	Drama	R	$37,669,029	8,031,776	$63,370,713
10	Out of Sight	Drama	R	$37,474,810	7,990,365	$63,043,980
11	Sphere	Horror	PG-13	$36,976,367	7,884,087	$62,205,446
12	Mercury Rising	Thriller/Suspense	R	$32,940,507	7,023,562	$55,415,904
13	Tomorrow Never Dies	Action	PG-13	$32,871,122	7,008,768	$55,299,180
14	Madeline	Comedy	PG	$29,767,901	6,347,100	$50,078,619
15	The Object of my Affection	Romantic Comedy	R	$29,106,737	6,206,127	$48,966,342
16	Great Expectations	Drama	R	$26,333,044	5,614,722	$44,300,157
17	L.A. Confidential	Drama	R	$26,308,657	5,609,522	$44,259,129
18	One True Thing	Drama	R	$23,209,440	4,948,708	$39,045,306
19	Beloved	Drama	R	$22,746,521	4,850,004	$38,266,532
20	Quest for Camelot	Adventure	G	$22,717,758	4,843,872	$38,218,150
21	The Borrowers	Comedy	PG	$22,359,293	4,767,440	$37,615,102
22	Vampires	Horror	R	$19,915,018	4,246,272	$33,503,086
23	Simon Birch	Drama	PG	$18,252,684	3,891,830	$30,706,539
24	Babe: Pig in the City	Adventure	G	$16,132,210	3,439,704	$27,139,265
25	Jackie Brown	Drama	R	$12,482,712	2,661,559	$20,999,701
26	Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas	Comedy	R	$10,562,387	2,252,108	$17,769,132
27	Apt Pupil	Thriller/Suspense	R	$8,838,938	1,884,635	$14,869,770
28	Krippendorf's Tribe	Comedy	PG-13	$7,514,883	1,602,320	$12,642,305
29	Smoke Signals	Comedy	PG-13	$6,719,300	1,432,687	$11,303,900
30	Palmetto	Thriller/Suspense	R	$5,840,581	1,245,326	$9,825,622
31	Phantoms	Horror	R	$5,657,370	1,206,262	$9,517,407
32	Anastasia	Musical	G	$5,255,544	1,120,585	$8,841,416
33	The Wings of the Dove	Drama	R	$5,020,136	1,070,391	$8,445,385
34	Dangerous Beauty	Drama	R	$4,530,929	966,083	$7,622,395
35	The Postman	Action	R	$3,265,763	696,325	$5,494,004
36	Mrs. Dalloway	Drama	PG-13	$3,263,672	695,879	$5,490,485
37	The Sweet Hereafter	Drama	R	$2,918,731	622,331	$4,910,192
38	The Mighty	Drama	PG-13	$2,643,689	563,686	$4,447,483
39	Love and Death on Long Island	Drama	PG-13	$2,542,264	542,061	$4,276,861
40	A Simple Plan	Drama	R	$2,515,990	536,458	$4,232,654
41	Gone with the Wind	Drama	G	$2,403,316	512,434	$4,043,104
42	Wilde	Drama	R	$2,157,701	460,064	$3,629,905
43	Tarzan and the Lost City	Adventure	PG	$2,147,114	457,807	$3,612,097
44	Gods and Monsters	Drama	R	$1,922,758	409,970	$3,234,663
45	Devil's Advocate	Drama	R	$1,915,297	408,379	$3,222,110
46	I Know What You Did Last Summer	Horror	R	$1,823,116	388,724	$3,067,032
47	The Butcher Boy	Drama	R	$1,822,193	388,527	$3,065,478
48	A Soldier's Daughter Never Cries	Drama	R	$1,759,596	375,180	$2,960,170
49	Suicide Kings	Drama	R	$1,692,872	360,954	$2,847,927
50	Carne tr�mula	Drama	R	$1,535,558	327,411	$2,583,273
51	The Gingerbread Man	Thriller/Suspense	R	$1,534,569	327,200	$2,581,608
52	Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil	Drama	R	$1,462,474	311,828	$2,460,323
53	The Rainmaker	Drama	PG-13	$1,439,506	306,931	$2,421,686
54	Oscar and Lucinda	Drama	R	$1,371,526	292,436	$2,307,320
55	One Tough Cop	Drama	R	$1,220,906	260,321	$2,053,933
56	Permanent Midnight	Drama	R	$1,166,199	248,657	$1,961,904
57	Cousin Bette	Comedy	R	$1,161,063	247,561	$1,953,256
58	Lolita	Drama	R	$1,147,784	244,730	$1,930,920
59	C't'a ton tour Laura Cadieux	Comedy	Not Rated	$1,045,907	223,008	$1,759,533
60	The Thin Red Line	Drama	R	$1,020,438	217,577	$1,716,683
61	The Little Mermaid	Adventure	G	$999,528	213,119	$1,681,509
62	Kiss the Girls	Thriller/Suspense	R	$770,201	164,222	$1,295,712
63	Karakter	Drama	R	$713,413	152,114	$1,200,179
64	The Ice Storm	Drama	R	$599,581	127,842	$1,008,673
65	Starship Troopers	Action	R	$448,397	95,607	$754,339
66	Four Days in September	Drama	R	$310,724	66,252	$522,728
67	Pippi Longstocking	Musical	G	$301,087	64,198	$506,522
68	La femme de chambre du Titanic	Drama		$244,465	52,125	$411,266
69	A Civil Action	Drama	PG-13	$226,465	48,287	$380,984
70	The General	Drama	R	$177,220	37,787	$298,139
71	Hilary and Jackie	Drama	R	$134,929	28,770	$226,995
72	The Man Who Knew Too Little	Comedy	PG	$123,329	26,296	$207,475
73	Washington Square	Drama	PG	$91,818	19,577	$154,463
74	The Night Flier	Horror	R	$91,549	19,520	$154,013
75	Affliction	Drama	R	$63,979	13,642	$107,635
76	Illtown	Drama	R	$49,067	10,462	$82,545
77	U-Turn	Drama	R	$44,849	9,563	$75,452
78	Another Day in Paradise	Drama	R	$19,749	4,211	$33,225
79	Regeneration		R	$19,273	4,109	$32,420
Total Gross of All Movies				$981,823,129
Total Tickets Sold					209,343,951
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices						$1,651,723,773

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.