Box Office Performance for Comedy Movies in 1998

Rank	Movie	Genre	MPAA	1998 Gross	Tickets Sold	Inflation- Adjusted Gross
1	The Waterboy	Comedy	PG-13	$150,037,914	31,991,026	$252,409,195
2	Doctor Dolittle	Comedy	PG-13	$144,155,118	30,736,699	$242,512,555
3	The Parent Trap	Comedy	PG	$66,304,095	14,137,334	$111,543,565
4	Patch Adams	Comedy	PG-13	$65,495,000	13,964,819	$110,182,422
5	Small Soldiers	Comedy	PG-13	$54,452,676	11,610,379	$91,605,890
6	Practical Magic	Comedy	PG-13	$46,611,204	9,938,423	$78,414,157
7	Primary Colors	Comedy	R	$38,966,057	8,308,328	$65,552,708
8	Pleasantville	Comedy	PG-13	$38,868,118	8,287,445	$65,387,941
9	Jack Frost	Comedy	PG	$31,153,045	6,642,440	$52,408,852
10	A Night at the Roxbury	Comedy	PG-13	$30,324,946	6,465,873	$51,015,738
11	Madeline	Comedy	PG	$29,767,901	6,347,100	$50,078,619
12	Spiceworld	Comedy	PG	$29,247,405	6,236,120	$49,202,987
13	Paulie	Comedy	PG	$27,008,669	5,758,778	$45,436,758
14	Bulworth	Comedy	R	$26,525,834	5,655,828	$44,624,483
15	Can't Hardly Wait	Comedy	PG-13	$25,339,117	5,402,797	$42,628,068
16	The Borrowers	Comedy	PG	$22,359,293	4,767,440	$37,615,102
17	Mouse Hunt	Comedy	PG	$21,812,687	4,650,893	$36,695,546
18	Jane Austen's Mafia	Comedy	PG-13	$19,843,795	4,231,086	$33,383,269
19	The Odd Couple II	Comedy	PG-13	$18,878,566	4,025,281	$31,759,467
20	The Big Lebowski	Comedy	R	$17,439,163	3,718,372	$29,337,955
21	Half Baked	Comedy	R	$17,278,980	3,684,217	$29,068,472
22	Blues Brothers 2000	Comedy	PG-13	$13,979,599	2,980,725	$23,517,920
23	Senseless	Comedy	R	$13,035,599	2,779,445	$21,929,821
24	I'll Be Home For Christmas	Comedy	PG	$12,121,586	2,584,560	$20,392,178
25	Holy Man	Comedy	PG	$12,065,985	2,572,705	$20,298,642
26	Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas	Comedy	R	$10,562,387	2,252,108	$17,769,132
27	The Full Monty	Comedy	R	$10,518,729	2,242,799	$17,695,684
28	I Got the Hook-Up!	Comedy	R	$10,305,534	2,197,342	$17,337,028
29	Air Bud: Golden Receiver	Comedy	G	$10,093,523	2,152,137	$16,980,361
30	Dirty Work	Comedy	PG-13	$9,975,684	2,127,012	$16,782,125
31	Flubber	Comedy	PG	$9,859,711	2,102,284	$16,587,021
32	Wrongfully Accused	Comedy	PG-13	$9,604,029	2,047,767	$16,156,882
33	Jerry Springer: Ringmaster	Comedy	R	$8,752,700	1,866,247	$14,724,689
34	My Giant	Comedy	PG	$7,985,929	1,702,757	$13,434,753
35	Krippendorf's Tribe	Comedy	PG-13	$7,514,883	1,602,320	$12,642,305
36	For Richer or Poorer	Comedy	PG-13	$7,157,310	1,526,079	$12,040,763
37	Waking Ned Devine	Comedy	PG	$6,954,620	1,482,861	$11,699,773
38	BASEketball	Comedy	R	$6,940,185	1,479,784	$11,675,496
39	Smoke Signals	Comedy	PG-13	$6,719,300	1,432,687	$11,303,900
40	Home Alone III	Comedy	PG	$6,672,357	1,422,677	$11,224,922
41	Almost Heroes	Comedy	PG-13	$6,114,928	1,303,823	$10,287,163
42	Les Boys II	Comedy	Not Rated	$5,974,732	1,273,930	$10,051,308
43	Mr. Magoo	Comedy	PG	$5,765,821	1,229,386	$9,699,856
44	Slums of Beverly Hills	Comedy	R	$5,480,318	1,168,511	$9,219,552
45	Ride	Comedy	R	$5,476,059	1,167,603	$9,212,388
46	Celebrity	Comedy	R	$5,032,496	1,073,027	$8,466,183
47	Meet the Deedles	Comedy	PG	$4,351,341	927,791	$7,320,271
48	Major League: Back to the Minors	Comedy	PG-13	$3,551,208	757,187	$5,974,205
49	Les Boys	Comedy	Not Rated	$2,750,686	586,500	$4,627,485
50	Happiness	Comedy	Not Rated	$2,635,624	561,967	$4,433,920
51	Hav Plenty	Comedy	R	$2,301,777	490,784	$3,872,286
52	Pecker	Comedy	R	$2,279,807	486,100	$3,835,329
53	The Imposters	Comedy	R	$2,194,875	467,990	$3,692,441
54	Buffalo '66	Comedy	R	$2,180,752	464,979	$3,668,684
55	Zero Effect	Comedy	R	$1,980,338	422,247	$3,331,529
56	Henry Fool	Comedy	R	$1,334,786	284,603	$2,245,518
57	Festen	Comedy	R	$1,250,305	266,590	$2,103,395
58	Cousin Bette	Comedy	R	$1,161,063	247,561	$1,953,256
59	C't'a ton tour Laura Cadieux	Comedy	Not Rated	$1,045,907	223,008	$1,759,533
60	Strike	Comedy	Not Rated	$968,506	206,504	$1,629,317
61	Orgazmo	Comedy	NC-17	$582,024	124,099	$979,141
62	Dancer, Texas Pop. 81	Comedy	PG	$565,592	120,595	$951,495
63	Polish Wedding	Comedy	PG-13	$563,143	120,073	$947,376
64	Hurlyburly	Comedy	R	$463,298	98,784	$779,406
65	In & Out	Comedy	PG-13	$409,144	87,238	$688,308
66	Let's Talk About Sex	Comedy		$373,615	79,662	$628,533
67	Bugs Bunny Film Fest	Comedy		$352,397	75,138	$592,839
68	Chairman of the Board	Comedy	PG-13	$306,715	65,398	$515,990
69	Soul Food	Comedy	R	$291,265	62,103	$489,993
70	Bean	Comedy	PG-13	$228,853	48,796	$385,000
71	I Married a Strange Person	Comedy		$203,134	43,312	$341,732
72	Couloirs du temps: Les visiteurs 2, Les	Comedy		$146,072	31,145	$245,734
73	The Man Who Knew Too Little	Comedy	PG	$123,329	26,296	$207,475
74	Guantanamera	Comedy	Not Rated	$104,101	22,196	$175,126
75	All the Rage	Comedy		$97,433	20,775	$163,915
76	24 7: Twenty Four Seven	Comedy	R	$72,544	15,468	$122,043
77	The Swindle	Comedy		$70,697	15,074	$118,934
78	Life During Wartime	Comedy	R	$55,986	11,937	$94,183
79	An Alan Smithee Film: Burn Hollywood Burn	Comedy	R	$40,000	8,529	$67,294
80	Plump Fiction	Comedy		$37,260	7,945	$62,686
81	My Best Friend's Wedding	Comedy	PG-13	$36,863	7,860	$62,015
82	Slappy and the Stinkers	Comedy	PG	$34,488	7,354	$58,023
83	Chicago Cab	Comedy	R	$5,000	1,066	$8,411
Total Gross of All Movies				$1,171,683,515
Total Tickets Sold					249,825,908
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices						$1,971,126,414

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.