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	$229,695,567
2	Doctor Dolittle	Comedy	PG-13	$144,155,118	30,736,699	$220,689,499
3	The Parent Trap	Comedy	PG	$66,304,095	14,137,334	$101,506,058
4	Patch Adams	Comedy	PG-13	$65,495,000	13,964,819	$100,267,400
5	Small Soldiers	Comedy	PG-13	$54,452,676	11,610,379	$83,362,521
6	Practical Magic	Comedy	PG-13	$46,611,204	9,938,423	$71,357,877
7	Primary Colors	Comedy	R	$38,966,057	8,308,328	$59,653,795
8	Pleasantville	Comedy	PG-13	$38,868,118	8,287,445	$59,503,855
9	Jack Frost	Comedy	PG	$31,153,045	6,642,440	$47,692,719
10	A Night at the Roxbury	Comedy	PG-13	$30,324,946	6,465,873	$46,424,968
11	Madeline	Comedy	PG	$29,767,901	6,347,100	$45,572,178
12	Spiceworld	Comedy	PG	$29,247,405	6,236,120	$44,775,342
13	Paulie	Comedy	PG	$27,008,669	5,758,778	$41,348,026
14	Bulworth	Comedy	R	$26,525,834	5,655,828	$40,608,845
15	Can't Hardly Wait	Comedy	PG-13	$25,339,117	5,402,797	$38,792,082
16	The Borrowers	Comedy	PG	$22,359,293	4,767,440	$34,230,219
17	Mouse Hunt	Comedy	PG	$21,812,687	4,650,893	$33,393,412
18	Jane Austen's Mafia	Comedy	PG-13	$19,843,795	4,231,086	$30,379,197
19	The Odd Couple II	Comedy	PG-13	$18,878,566	4,025,281	$28,901,518
20	The Big Lebowski	Comedy	R	$17,439,163	3,718,372	$26,697,911
21	Half Baked	Comedy	R	$17,278,980	3,684,217	$26,452,678
22	Blues Brothers 2000	Comedy	PG-13	$13,979,599	2,980,725	$21,401,606
23	Senseless	Comedy	R	$13,035,599	2,779,445	$19,956,415
24	I'll Be Home For Christmas	Comedy	PG	$12,121,586	2,584,560	$18,557,141
25	Holy Man	Comedy	PG	$12,065,985	2,572,705	$18,472,022
26	Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas	Comedy	R	$10,562,387	2,252,108	$16,170,135
27	The Full Monty	Comedy	R	$10,518,729	2,242,799	$16,103,297
28	I Got the Hook-Up!	Comedy	R	$10,305,534	2,197,342	$15,776,916
29	Air Bud: Golden Receiver	Comedy	G	$10,093,523	2,152,137	$15,452,344
30	Dirty Work	Comedy	PG-13	$9,975,684	2,127,012	$15,271,946
31	Flubber	Comedy	PG	$9,859,711	2,102,284	$15,094,399
32	Wrongfully Accused	Comedy	PG-13	$9,604,029	2,047,767	$14,702,967
33	Jerry Springer: Ringmaster	Comedy	R	$8,752,700	1,866,247	$13,399,653
34	My Giant	Comedy	PG	$7,985,929	1,702,757	$12,225,795
35	Krippendorf's Tribe	Comedy	PG-13	$7,514,883	1,602,320	$11,504,658
36	For Richer or Poorer	Comedy	PG-13	$7,157,310	1,526,079	$10,957,247
37	Waking Ned Devine	Comedy	PG	$6,954,620	1,482,861	$10,646,942
38	BASEketball	Comedy	R	$6,940,185	1,479,784	$10,624,849
39	Smoke Signals	Comedy	PG-13	$6,719,300	1,432,687	$10,286,693
40	Home Alone III	Comedy	PG	$6,672,357	1,422,677	$10,214,821
41	Almost Heroes	Comedy	PG-13	$6,114,928	1,303,823	$9,361,449
42	Les Boys II	Comedy	Not Rated	$5,974,732	1,273,930	$9,146,817
43	Mr. Magoo	Comedy	PG	$5,765,821	1,229,386	$8,826,991
44	Slums of Beverly Hills	Comedy	R	$5,480,318	1,168,511	$8,389,909
45	Ride	Comedy	R	$5,476,059	1,167,603	$8,383,390
46	Celebrity	Comedy	R	$5,032,496	1,073,027	$7,704,334
47	Meet the Deedles	Comedy	PG	$4,351,341	927,791	$6,661,539
48	Major League: Back to the Minors	Comedy	PG-13	$3,551,208	757,187	$5,436,603
49	Les Boys	Comedy	Not Rated	$2,750,686	586,500	$4,211,070
50	Happiness	Comedy	Not Rated	$2,635,624	561,967	$4,034,923
51	Hav Plenty	Comedy	R	$2,301,777	490,784	$3,523,829
52	Pecker	Comedy	R	$2,279,807	486,100	$3,490,198
53	The Imposters	Comedy	R	$2,194,875	467,990	$3,360,168
54	Buffalo '66	Comedy	R	$2,180,752	464,979	$3,338,549
55	Zero Effect	Comedy	R	$1,980,338	422,247	$3,031,733
56	Henry Fool	Comedy	R	$1,334,786	284,603	$2,043,450
57	The Celebration	Comedy	R	$1,250,305	266,590	$1,914,116
58	Cousin Bette	Comedy	R	$1,161,063	247,561	$1,777,488
59	C't'a ton tour Laura Cadieux	Comedy	Not Rated	$1,045,907	223,008	$1,601,197
60	Strike	Comedy	Not Rated	$968,506	206,504	$1,482,699
61	Orgazmo	Comedy	NC-17	$582,024	124,099	$891,031
62	Dancer, Texas Pop. 81	Comedy	PG	$565,592	120,595	$865,872
63	Polish Wedding	Comedy	PG-13	$563,143	120,073	$862,124
64	Hurlyburly	Comedy	R	$463,298	98,784	$709,269
65	In & Out	Comedy	PG-13	$409,144	87,238	$626,369
66	Let's Talk About Sex	Comedy		$373,615	79,662	$571,973
67	Bugs Bunny Film Fest	Comedy		$352,397	75,138	$539,491
68	Chairman of the Board	Comedy	PG-13	$306,715	65,398	$469,558
69	Soul Food	Comedy	R	$291,265	62,103	$445,900
70	Bean	Comedy	PG-13	$228,853	48,796	$350,355
71	I Married a Strange Person	Comedy		$203,134	43,312	$310,980
72	Couloirs du temps: Les visiteurs 2, Les	Comedy		$146,072	31,145	$223,621
73	The Man Who Knew Too Little	Comedy	PG	$123,329	26,296	$188,805
74	Guantanamera	Comedy	Not Rated	$104,101	22,196	$159,367
75	All the Rage	Comedy		$97,433	20,775	$149,165
76	24 7: Twenty Four Seven	Comedy	R	$72,544	15,468	$111,060
77	The Swindle	Comedy		$70,697	15,074	$108,231
78	Life During Wartime	Comedy	R	$55,986	11,937	$85,708
79	An Alan Smithee Film: Burn Hollywood Burn	Comedy	R	$40,000	8,529	$61,238
80	Plump Fiction	Comedy		$37,260	7,945	$57,045
81	My Best Friend's Wedding	Comedy	PG-13	$36,863	7,860	$56,435
82	Slappy and the Stinkers	Comedy	PG	$34,488	7,354	$52,802
83	Chicago Cab	Comedy	R	$5,000	1,066	$7,654
Total Gross of All Movies				$1,171,683,515
Total Tickets Sold					249,825,908
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices						$1,793,750,019

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.