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	$115,386,370
2	The Prince of Egypt	Adventure	PG	$66,351,000	14,147,335	$101,577,865
3	The Man in the Iron Mask	Adventure	PG-13	$56,876,365	12,127,157	$87,072,987
4	What Dreams May Come	Drama	PG-13	$55,350,897	11,801,897	$84,737,620
5	Practical Magic	Comedy	PG-13	$46,611,204	9,938,423	$71,357,877
6	Wag the Dog	Drama	R	$41,595,360	8,868,947	$63,679,039
7	Primary Colors	Comedy	R	$38,966,057	8,308,328	$59,653,795
8	How Stella Got Her Groove Back	Drama	R	$37,669,029	8,031,776	$57,668,152
9	Out of Sight	Drama	R	$37,474,810	7,990,365	$57,370,821
10	Sphere	Horror	PG-13	$36,976,367	7,884,087	$56,607,745
11	Mercury Rising	Thriller/Suspense	R	$32,940,507	7,023,562	$50,429,175
12	Madeline	Comedy	PG	$29,767,901	6,347,100	$45,572,178
13	The Object of my Affection	Romantic Comedy	R	$29,106,737	6,206,127	$44,559,992
14	Great Expectations	Drama	R	$26,333,044	5,614,722	$40,313,704
15	L.A. Confidential	Drama	R	$26,308,657	5,609,522	$40,276,368
16	One True Thing	Drama	R	$23,209,440	4,948,708	$35,531,723
17	Beloved	Drama	R	$22,746,521	4,850,004	$34,823,029
18	Quest for Camelot	Adventure	G	$22,717,758	4,843,872	$34,779,001
19	The Borrowers	Comedy	PG	$22,359,293	4,767,440	$34,230,219
20	Vampires	Horror	R	$19,915,018	4,246,272	$30,488,233
21	Simon Birch	Drama	PG	$18,252,684	3,891,830	$27,943,339
22	Jackie Brown	Drama	R	$12,482,712	2,661,559	$19,109,994
23	Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas	Comedy	R	$10,562,387	2,252,108	$16,170,135
24	Apt Pupil	Thriller/Suspense	R	$8,838,938	1,884,635	$13,531,679
25	Krippendorf's Tribe	Comedy	PG-13	$7,514,883	1,602,320	$11,504,658
26	Smoke Signals	Comedy	PG-13	$6,719,300	1,432,687	$10,286,693
27	Palmetto	Thriller/Suspense	R	$5,840,581	1,245,326	$8,941,441
28	Phantoms	Horror	R	$5,657,370	1,206,262	$8,660,961
29	Anastasia	Musical	G	$5,255,544	1,120,585	$8,045,800
30	The Wings of the Dove	Drama	R	$5,020,136	1,070,391	$7,685,407
31	Dangerous Beauty	Drama	R	$4,530,929	966,083	$6,936,476
32	The Postman	Action	R	$3,265,763	696,325	$4,999,614
33	Mrs. Dalloway	Drama	PG-13	$3,263,672	695,879	$4,996,411
34	The Sweet Hereafter	Drama	R	$2,918,731	622,331	$4,468,337
35	The Mighty	Drama	PG-13	$2,643,689	563,686	$4,047,265
36	Love and Death on Long Island	Drama	PG-13	$2,542,264	542,061	$3,891,998
37	A Simple Plan	Drama	R	$2,515,990	536,458	$3,851,768
38	Gone with the Wind	Drama	G	$2,403,316	512,434	$3,679,276
39	Wilde	Drama	R	$2,157,701	460,064	$3,303,260
40	Tarzan and the Lost City	Adventure	PG	$2,147,114	457,807	$3,287,054
41	Gods and Monsters	Drama	R	$1,922,758	409,970	$2,943,585
42	Devil's Advocate	Drama	R	$1,915,297	408,379	$2,932,161
43	I Know What You Did Last Summer	Horror	R	$1,823,116	388,724	$2,791,038
44	The Butcher Boy	Drama	R	$1,822,193	388,527	$2,789,624
45	A Soldier's Daughter Never Cries	Drama	R	$1,759,596	375,180	$2,693,792
46	Suicide Kings	Drama	R	$1,692,872	360,954	$2,591,650
47	Live Flesh	Drama	R	$1,535,558	327,411	$2,350,811
48	The Gingerbread Man	Thriller/Suspense	R	$1,534,569	327,200	$2,349,296
49	Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil	Drama	R	$1,462,474	311,828	$2,238,925
50	The Rainmaker	Drama	PG-13	$1,439,506	306,931	$2,203,765
51	Oscar and Lucinda	Drama	R	$1,371,526	292,436	$2,099,690
52	One Tough Cop	Drama	R	$1,220,906	260,321	$1,869,105
53	Permanent Midnight	Drama	R	$1,166,199	248,657	$1,785,357
54	Cousin Bette	Comedy	R	$1,161,063	247,561	$1,777,488
55	Lolita	Drama	R	$1,147,784	244,730	$1,757,161
56	C't'a ton tour Laura Cadieux	Comedy	Not Rated	$1,045,907	223,008	$1,601,197
57	The Thin Red Line	Drama	R	$1,020,438	217,577	$1,562,203
58	The Little Mermaid	Adventure	G	$999,528	213,119	$1,530,194
59	Kiss the Girls	Thriller/Suspense	R	$770,201	164,222	$1,179,114
60	Character	Drama	R	$713,413	152,114	$1,092,179
61	The Ice Storm	Drama	R	$599,581	127,842	$917,906
62	Starship Troopers	Action	R	$448,397	95,607	$686,458
63	Four Days in September	Drama	R	$310,724	66,252	$475,689
64	Pippi Longstocking	Musical	G	$301,087	64,198	$460,942
65	Chambermaid on the Titanic	Drama		$244,465	52,125	$374,258
66	A Civil Action	Drama	PG-13	$226,465	48,287	$346,701
67	The General	Drama	R	$177,220	37,787	$271,311
68	Hilary and Jackie	Drama	R	$134,929	28,770	$206,569
69	The Man Who Knew Too Little	Comedy	PG	$123,329	26,296	$188,805
70	Washington Square	Drama	PG	$91,818	19,577	$140,563
71	The Night Flier	Horror	R	$91,549	19,520	$140,154
72	Affliction	Drama	R	$63,979	13,642	$97,950
73	Illtown	Drama	R	$49,067	10,462	$75,117
74	U-Turn	Drama	R	$44,849	9,563	$68,662
75	Another Day in Paradise	Drama	R	$19,749	4,211	$30,235
76	Regeneration		R	$19,273	4,109	$29,503
Total Gross of All Movies				$893,651,817
Total Tickets Sold					190,544,097
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices						$1,368,106,616

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.