Box Office Performance for Based on Real Life Events Movies in 1998

Rank	Movie	Genre	MPAA	1998 Gross	Tickets Sold	Inflation- Adjusted Gross
1	Patch Adams	Comedy	PG-13	$65,495,000	13,964,819	$110,182,422
2	Everest	Documentary	PG-13	$56,145,919	11,971,411	$94,454,433
3	Mysteries of Egypt	Documentary	Not Rated	$40,593,286	8,655,285	$68,290,199
4	Amistad	Drama	R	$17,461,267	3,723,085	$29,375,141
5	Elizabeth	Drama	R	$16,510,380	3,520,337	$27,775,459
6	Why Do Fools Fall In Love?	Drama	R	$12,413,650	2,646,834	$20,883,520
7	The Newton Boys	Drama	PG-13	$10,297,897	2,195,714	$17,324,183
8	Thrill Ride: The Science of Fun	Documentary	G	$9,124,115	1,945,440	$15,349,522
9	Slums of Beverly Hills	Comedy	R	$5,480,318	1,168,511	$9,219,552
10	Africa's Elephant Kingdom	Documentary	Not Rated	$4,119,728	878,407	$6,930,631
11	Freeriders	Documentary	Not Rated	$2,750,064	586,368	$4,626,444
12	Mark Twain's America 3D	Documentary	G	$1,043,228	222,437	$1,755,028
13	Hands on a Hardbody	Documentary	PG	$909,650	193,955	$1,530,305
14	Without Limits	Drama	PG-13	$777,423	165,762	$1,307,862
15	The Big One	Documentary	PG-13	$649,370	138,458	$1,092,434
16	Artemisia	Drama		$377,512	80,493	$635,090
17	Seven Years in Tibet	Drama	PG-13	$345,524	73,672	$581,272
18	Ayn Rand: A Sense of Life	Documentary	Not Rated	$204,507	43,605	$344,043
19	Fast, Cheap & Out of Control	Documentary	PG	$88,329	18,833	$148,592
20	Madadayo	Drama		$48,856	10,417	$82,190
21	Arguing the World	Documentary	Not Rated	$47,044	10,031	$79,145
22	Fairytale: A True Story	Drama	PG	$44,421	9,471	$74,726
23	The Brandon Teena Story	Documentary		$43,506	9,276	$73,188
Total Gross of All Movies				$244,970,994
Total Tickets Sold					52,232,621
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices						$412,115,380

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.