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	$220,098,259
2	Doctor Dolittle	Comedy	PG-13	$144,155,118	30,736,699	$211,468,489
3	The Parent Trap	Comedy	PG	$66,308,518	14,138,277	$97,271,346
4	Patch Adams	Comedy	PG-13	$65,495,000	13,964,819	$96,077,955
5	Small Soldiers	Comedy	PG-13	$55,143,823	11,757,745	$80,893,286
6	Practical Magic	Comedy	PG-13	$46,611,204	9,938,423	$68,376,350
7	Primary Colors	Comedy	R	$39,017,984	8,319,400	$57,237,472
8	Pleasantville	Comedy	PG-13	$38,868,118	8,287,445	$57,017,622
9	Jack Frost	Comedy	PG	$31,153,045	6,642,440	$45,699,987
10	A Night at the Roxbury	Comedy	PG-13	$30,324,946	6,465,873	$44,485,206
11	Madeline	Comedy	PG	$29,858,048	6,366,322	$43,800,295
12	Spiceworld	Comedy	PG	$29,342,592	6,256,416	$43,044,142
13	Paulie	Comedy	PG	$27,084,499	5,774,946	$39,731,628
14	Bulworth	Comedy	R	$26,528,684	5,656,436	$38,916,280
15	Can't Hardly Wait	Comedy	PG-13	$25,358,996	5,407,035	$37,200,401
16	The Borrowers	Comedy	PG	$22,619,589	4,822,940	$33,181,827
17	Mouse Hunt	Comedy	PG	$21,873,064	4,663,766	$32,086,710
18	Jane Austen's Mafia	Comedy	PG-13	$19,843,795	4,231,086	$29,109,872
19	The Odd Couple II	Comedy	PG-13	$18,912,328	4,032,479	$27,743,456
20	The Big Lebowski	Comedy	R	$17,498,804	3,731,088	$25,669,885
21	Half Baked	Comedy	R	$17,394,881	3,708,930	$25,517,438
22	Blues Brothers 2000	Comedy	PG-13	$14,089,198	3,004,093	$20,668,160
23	Senseless	Comedy	R	$13,109,234	2,795,146	$19,230,604
24	I'll Be Home For Christmas	Comedy	PG	$12,121,586	2,584,560	$17,781,773
25	Holy Man	Comedy	PG	$12,069,719	2,573,501	$17,705,687
26	Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas	Comedy	R	$10,680,275	2,277,244	$15,667,439
27	The Full Monty	Comedy	R	$10,611,398	2,262,558	$15,566,399
28	I Got the Hook-Up!	Comedy	R	$10,317,779	2,199,953	$15,135,677
29	Air Bud: Golden Receiver	Comedy	G	$10,093,523	2,152,137	$14,806,703
30	Dirty Work	Comedy	PG-13	$10,020,081	2,136,478	$14,698,969
31	Flubber	Comedy	PG	$9,883,688	2,107,396	$14,498,884
32	Wrongfully Accused	Comedy	PG-13	$9,642,860	2,056,047	$14,145,603
33	Jerry Springer: Ringmaster	Comedy	R	$8,752,700	1,866,247	$12,839,779
34	My Giant	Comedy	PG	$7,985,929	1,702,757	$11,714,968
35	Krippendorf's Tribe	Comedy	PG-13	$7,571,115	1,614,310	$11,106,453
36	For Richer or Poorer	Comedy	PG-13	$7,226,881	1,540,913	$10,601,481
37	BASEketball	Comedy	R	$7,042,541	1,501,608	$10,331,063
38	Waking Ned Devine	Comedy	PG	$6,954,620	1,482,861	$10,202,084
39	Smoke Signals	Comedy	PG-13	$6,719,300	1,432,687	$9,856,887
40	Home Alone III	Comedy	PG	$6,441,000	1,373,348	$9,448,634
41	Almost Heroes	Comedy	PG-13	$6,175,688	1,316,778	$9,059,433
42	Mr. Magoo	Comedy	PG	$5,820,557	1,241,057	$8,538,472
43	Slums of Beverly Hills	Comedy	R	$5,502,773	1,173,299	$8,072,297
44	Ride	Comedy	R	$5,485,295	1,169,572	$8,046,655
45	Celebrity	Comedy	R	$5,032,496	1,073,027	$7,382,426
46	Meet the Deedles	Comedy	PG	$4,356,126	928,812	$6,390,227
47	Major League: Back to the Minors	Comedy	PG-13	$3,551,208	757,187	$5,209,447
48	Les Boys	Comedy	Not Rated	$2,750,686	586,500	$4,035,120
49	Happiness	Comedy	Not Rated	$2,635,624	561,967	$3,866,333
50	Buffalo '66	Comedy	R	$2,380,606	507,592	$3,492,233
51	Hav Plenty	Comedy	R	$2,301,777	490,784	$3,376,594
52	Pecker	Comedy	R	$2,281,761	486,516	$3,347,230
53	The Imposters	Comedy	R	$2,194,875	467,990	$3,219,771
54	Zero Effect	Comedy	R	$2,080,693	443,645	$3,052,278
55	Henry Fool	Comedy	R	$1,334,786	284,603	$1,958,069
56	The Celebration	Comedy	R	$1,250,305	266,590	$1,834,139
57	Cousin Bette	Comedy	R	$1,161,063	247,561	$1,703,220
58	C't'a ton tour Laura Cadieux	Comedy	Not Rated	$1,045,907	223,008	$1,534,295
59	Strike	Comedy	Not Rated	$968,506	206,504	$1,420,748
60	Polish Wedding	Comedy	PG-13	$608,296	129,701	$892,343
61	Orgazmo	Comedy	NC-17	$582,024	124,099	$853,801
62	Dancer, Texas Pop. 81	Comedy	PG	$574,838	122,567	$843,261
63	Hurlyburly	Comedy	R	$463,298	98,784	$679,634
64	In & Out	Comedy	PG-13	$409,144	87,238	$600,197
65	Let's Talk About Sex	Comedy		$373,615	79,662	$548,075
66	Bugs Bunny Film Fest	Comedy		$352,397	75,138	$516,949
67	Chairman of the Board	Comedy	PG-13	$306,715	65,398	$449,938
68	Soul Food	Comedy	R	$293,597	62,601	$430,695
69	Bean	Comedy	PG-13	$264,366	56,368	$387,812
70	I Married a Strange Person	Comedy		$203,134	43,312	$297,987
71	All the Rage	Comedy		$198,553	42,335	$291,265
72	Couloirs du temps: Les visiteurs 2, Les	Comedy		$146,072	31,145	$214,278
73	The Man Who Knew Too Little	Comedy	PG	$123,329	26,296	$180,916
74	Guantanamera	Comedy	Not Rated	$104,101	22,196	$152,708
75	The Swindle	Comedy		$70,697	15,074	$103,709
76	Life During Wartime	Comedy	R	$55,986	11,937	$82,127
77	An Alan Smithee Film: Burn Hollywood Burn	Comedy	R	$45,779	9,761	$67,156
78	My Best Friend's Wedding	Comedy	PG-13	$44,904	9,574	$65,869
79	Plump Fiction	Comedy		$37,260	7,945	$54,662
80	Slappy and the Stinkers	Comedy	PG	$34,488	7,354	$50,596
Total Gross of All Movies				$1,168,367,702
Total Tickets Sold					249,118,912
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices						$1,713,938,115

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.