Box Office Performance for Contemporary Fiction Movies in 1998

Rank	Movie	Genre	MPAA	1998 Gross	Tickets Sold	Inflation- Adjusted Gross
1	Armageddon	Adventure	PG-13	$201,573,391	42,979,401	$339,107,474
2	There's Something About Mary	Romantic Comedy	R	$174,711,122	37,251,838	$293,917,002
3	The Waterboy	Comedy	PG-13	$150,037,914	31,991,026	$252,409,195
4	Rush Hour	Action	PG-13	$137,534,276	29,325,006	$231,374,297
5	Good Will Hunting	Drama	R	$130,828,794	27,895,265	$220,093,641
6	Lethal Weapon 4	Action	R	$129,734,803	27,662,005	$218,253,219
7	The Truman Show	Drama	PG	$125,466,701	26,751,962	$211,072,980
8	As Good as it Gets	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$106,914,817	22,796,336	$179,863,091
9	Enemy of the State	Action	R	$96,817,000	20,643,284	$162,875,511
10	You've Got Mail	Drama	PG	$77,939,000	16,618,124	$131,116,998
11	The Horse Whisperer	Drama	PG-13	$75,370,763	16,070,525	$126,796,442
12	Six Days, Seven Nights	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$74,292,149	15,840,543	$124,981,884
13	A Perfect Murder	Thriller/Suspense	R	$67,549,705	14,402,922	$113,639,055
14	The Parent Trap	Comedy	PG	$66,304,095	14,137,334	$111,543,565
15	Patch Adams	Comedy	PG-13	$65,495,000	13,964,819	$110,182,422
16	Hope Floats	Drama	PG-13	$60,033,780	12,800,380	$100,994,998
17	U.S. Marshals	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$57,823,170	12,329,034	$97,276,078
18	Snake Eyes	Thriller/Suspense	R	$55,585,389	11,851,895	$93,511,452
19	Halloween: H2O	Horror	R	$55,004,135	11,727,961	$92,533,612
20	Stepmom	Drama	PG-13	$50,018,000	10,664,819	$84,145,422
21	The Negotiator	Action	R	$44,484,065	9,484,875	$74,835,664
22	Wag the Dog	Drama	R	$41,595,360	8,868,947	$69,975,992
23	Ronin	Action	R	$41,521,101	8,853,113	$69,851,062
24	The Siege	Action	R	$40,163,804	8,563,711	$67,567,680
25	I Still Know What You Did Last Summer	Horror	R	$39,167,980	8,351,382	$65,892,404
26	Urban Legend	Horror	R	$37,857,342	8,071,928	$63,687,512
27	How Stella Got Her Groove Back	Drama	R	$37,669,029	8,031,776	$63,370,713
28	Out of Sight	Drama	R	$37,474,810	7,990,365	$63,043,980
29	Mercury Rising	Thriller/Suspense	R	$32,940,507	7,023,562	$55,415,904
30	Tomorrow Never Dies	Action	PG-13	$32,871,122	7,008,768	$55,299,180
31	A Night at the Roxbury	Comedy	PG-13	$30,324,946	6,465,873	$51,015,738
32	Wild Things	Thriller/Suspense	R	$29,753,944	6,344,125	$50,055,146
33	Spiceworld	Comedy	PG	$29,247,405	6,236,120	$49,202,987
34	The Object of my Affection	Romantic Comedy	R	$29,106,737	6,206,127	$48,966,342
35	The Big Hit	Action	R	$27,052,167	5,768,053	$45,509,938
36	Bulworth	Comedy	R	$26,525,834	5,655,828	$44,624,483
37	The Faculty	Horror	R	$25,895,000	5,521,322	$43,563,231
38	Can't Hardly Wait	Comedy	PG-13	$25,339,117	5,402,797	$42,628,068
39	Fallen	Thriller/Suspense	R	$25,188,006	5,370,577	$42,373,853
40	The Avengers	Action	PG-13	$23,385,416	4,986,229	$39,341,347
41	One True Thing	Drama	R	$23,209,440	4,948,708	$39,045,306
42	The Players Club	Drama	R	$23,031,390	4,910,744	$38,745,770
43	Rounders	Drama	R	$22,905,674	4,883,939	$38,534,279
44	He Got Game	Drama	R	$21,554,585	4,595,860	$36,261,335
45	Psycho	Horror	R	$20,776,265	4,429,907	$34,951,966
46	The Apostle	Drama	PG-13	$20,692,516	4,412,050	$34,811,075
47	Jane Austen's Mafia	Comedy	PG-13	$19,843,795	4,231,086	$33,383,269
48	Hard Rain	Action	R	$19,819,494	4,225,905	$33,342,390
49	The Replacement Killers	Action	R	$18,967,571	4,044,258	$31,909,196
50	The Odd Couple II	Comedy	PG-13	$18,878,566	4,025,281	$31,759,467
51	Simon Birch	Drama	PG	$18,252,684	3,891,830	$30,706,539
52	The Big Lebowski	Comedy	R	$17,439,163	3,718,372	$29,337,955
53	Disturbing Behavior	Thriller/Suspense	R	$17,411,331	3,712,437	$29,291,128
54	Half Baked	Comedy	R	$17,278,980	3,684,217	$29,068,472
55	Dance With Me	Musical	PG	$15,862,680	3,382,235	$26,685,834
56	Scream 2	Horror	R	$15,842,332	3,377,896	$26,651,599
57	Dead Man on Campus	Black Comedy	R	$15,062,898	3,211,705	$25,340,352
58	Twilight	Drama	R	$15,030,732	3,204,847	$25,286,243
59	Blues Brothers 2000	Comedy	PG-13	$13,979,599	2,980,725	$23,517,920
60	Desperate Measures	Action	R	$13,668,777	2,914,451	$22,995,018
61	Hush	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$13,513,622	2,881,369	$22,734,001
62	Senseless	Comedy	R	$13,035,599	2,779,445	$21,929,821
63	Black Dog	Action	PG-13	$12,829,351	2,735,469	$21,582,850
64	Mr. Nice Guy	Action	PG-13	$12,674,183	2,702,384	$21,321,810
65	Living Out Loud	Drama	R	$12,651,394	2,697,525	$21,283,472
66	Jackie Brown	Drama	R	$12,482,712	2,661,559	$20,999,701
67	I'll Be Home For Christmas	Comedy	PG	$12,121,586	2,584,560	$20,392,178
68	Holy Man	Comedy	PG	$12,065,985	2,572,705	$20,298,642
69	Sliding Doors	Drama	PG-13	$11,883,495	2,533,794	$19,991,635
70	Deep Rising	Action	R	$11,146,409	2,376,633	$18,751,634
71	The Full Monty	Comedy	R	$10,518,729	2,242,799	$17,695,684
72	I Got the Hook-Up!	Comedy	R	$10,305,534	2,197,342	$17,337,028
73	Spanish Prisoner	Drama	PG	$10,162,034	2,166,745	$17,095,618
74	Home Fries	Black Comedy	PG-13	$10,095,740	2,152,610	$16,984,093
75	Knock Off	Action	R	$10,076,136	2,148,430	$16,951,113
76	Dirty Work	Comedy	PG-13	$9,975,684	2,127,012	$16,782,125
77	Very Bad Things	Black Comedy	R	$9,801,782	2,089,932	$16,489,563
78	Wrongfully Accused	Comedy	PG-13	$9,604,029	2,047,767	$16,156,882
79	Belly	Drama	R	$9,505,046	2,026,662	$15,990,363
80	Apt Pupil	Thriller/Suspense	R	$8,838,938	1,884,635	$14,869,770
81	Jerry Springer: Ringmaster	Comedy	R	$8,752,700	1,866,247	$14,724,689
82	Return to Paradise	Drama	R	$8,288,513	1,767,274	$13,943,792
83	Firestorm	Action	R	$8,041,665	1,714,641	$13,528,517
84	Woo	Romantic Comedy	R	$8,026,971	1,711,508	$13,503,798
85	My Giant	Comedy	PG	$7,985,929	1,702,757	$13,434,753
86	Krippendorf's Tribe	Comedy	PG-13	$7,514,883	1,602,320	$12,642,305
87	For Richer or Poorer	Comedy	PG-13	$7,157,310	1,526,079	$12,040,763
88	Waking Ned Devine	Comedy	PG	$6,954,620	1,482,861	$11,699,773
89	BASEketball	Comedy	R	$6,940,185	1,479,784	$11,675,496
90	Caught Up	Drama	R	$6,724,217	1,433,735	$11,312,169
91	Smoke Signals	Comedy	PG-13	$6,719,300	1,432,687	$11,303,900
92	Home Alone III	Comedy	PG	$6,672,357	1,422,677	$11,224,922
93	An American Werewolf in Paris	Horror	R	$6,465,104	1,378,487	$10,876,262
94	The Opposite of Sex	Black Comedy	R	$6,267,497	1,336,353	$10,543,825
95	American History X	Drama	R	$6,114,166	1,303,660	$10,285,877
96	Les Boys II	Comedy	Not Rated	$5,974,732	1,273,930	$10,051,308
97	Palmetto	Thriller/Suspense	R	$5,840,581	1,245,326	$9,825,622
98	Mr. Magoo	Comedy	PG	$5,765,821	1,229,386	$9,699,856
99	The Boxer	Drama	R	$5,669,757	1,208,903	$9,538,245
100	Deconstructing Harry	Romantic Comedy	R	$5,664,131	1,207,704	$9,528,785
101	Phantoms	Horror	R	$5,657,370	1,206,262	$9,517,407
102	Ride	Comedy	R	$5,476,059	1,167,603	$9,212,388
103	Celebrity	Comedy	R	$5,032,496	1,073,027	$8,466,183
104	Your Friends and Neighbors	Black Comedy	R	$4,710,749	1,004,424	$7,924,905
105	Meet the Deedles	Comedy	PG	$4,351,341	927,791	$7,320,271
106	Kissing a Fool	Romantic Comedy	R	$4,002,640	853,441	$6,733,649
107	Down in the Delta	Drama	PG-13	$3,578,332	762,971	$6,019,841
108	Major League: Back to the Minors	Comedy	PG-13	$3,551,208	757,187	$5,974,205
109	Next Stop, Wonderland	Romantic Comedy	R	$3,386,698	722,110	$5,697,448
110	The Sweet Hereafter	Drama	R	$2,918,731	622,331	$4,910,192
111	Les Boys	Comedy	Not Rated	$2,750,686	586,500	$4,627,485
112	The Mighty	Drama	PG-13	$2,643,689	563,686	$4,447,483
113	Happiness	Comedy	Not Rated	$2,635,624	561,967	$4,433,920
114	Love and Death on Long Island	Drama	PG-13	$2,542,264	542,061	$4,276,861
115	A Simple Plan	Drama	R	$2,515,990	536,458	$4,232,654
116	Afterglow	Romantic Comedy	R	$2,391,590	509,934	$4,023,379
117	Hav Plenty	Comedy	R	$2,301,777	490,784	$3,872,286
118	Pecker	Comedy	R	$2,279,807	486,100	$3,835,329
119	Chinese Box	Drama	R	$2,195,190	468,058	$3,692,978
120	Buffalo '66	Comedy	R	$2,180,752	464,979	$3,668,684
121	Ma Vie en Rose	Drama	R	$2,035,856	434,084	$3,424,923
122	Billy's Hollywood Screen Kiss	Romantic Comedy	R	$2,020,700	430,853	$3,399,430
123	Zero Effect	Comedy	R	$1,980,338	422,247	$3,331,529
124	Two Girls and a Guy	Drama	R	$1,950,218	415,825	$3,280,859
125	Devil's Advocate	Drama	R	$1,915,297	408,379	$3,222,110
126	High Art	Drama	R	$1,835,565	391,378	$3,087,972
127	I Know What You Did Last Summer	Horror	R	$1,823,116	388,724	$3,067,032
128	The Butcher Boy	Drama	R	$1,822,193	388,527	$3,065,478
129	The Jackal	Thriller/Suspense	R	$1,803,275	384,494	$3,033,658
130	Clay Pigeons	Thriller/Suspense	R	$1,789,892	381,640	$3,011,140
131	Across The Sea of Time	Drama	G	$1,776,489	378,782	$2,988,590
132	Suicide Kings	Drama	R	$1,692,872	360,954	$2,847,927
133	Carne tr�mula	Drama	R	$1,535,558	327,411	$2,583,273
134	The Gingerbread Man	Thriller/Suspense	R	$1,534,569	327,200	$2,581,608
135	Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil	Drama	R	$1,462,474	311,828	$2,460,323
136	The Rainmaker	Drama	PG-13	$1,439,506	306,931	$2,421,686
137	In God's Hands	Action	PG-13	$1,431,239	305,168	$2,407,776
138	Henry Fool	Comedy	R	$1,334,786	284,603	$2,245,518
139	Festen	Comedy	R	$1,250,305	266,590	$2,103,395
140	One Tough Cop	Drama	R	$1,220,906	260,321	$2,053,933
141	Nightwatch	Thriller/Suspense	R	$1,154,237	246,106	$1,941,776
142	A Price Above Rubies	Drama	R	$1,118,808	238,552	$1,882,175
143	C't'a ton tour Laura Cadieux	Comedy	Not Rated	$1,045,907	223,008	$1,759,533
144	Slam	Drama	R	$982,214	209,427	$1,652,379
145	Little Voice	Musical	R	$880,046	187,643	$1,480,503
146	Deja Vu	Drama	PG-13	$821,997	175,266	$1,382,849
147	Kiss the Girls	Thriller/Suspense	R	$770,201	164,222	$1,295,712
148	The Tango Lesson	Drama	PG	$761,282	162,320	$1,280,705
149	Nights of Cabiria	Drama	Not Rated	$752,045	160,351	$1,265,169
150	Men with Guns	Action	R	$742,032	158,216	$1,248,324
151	Central do Brasil	Drama	R	$695,022	148,192	$1,169,235
152	The Winter Guest	Drama	R	$688,824	146,871	$1,158,812
153	Gadjo Dilo	Drama	Not Rated	$673,153	143,529	$1,132,444
154	Strangeland	Horror	R	$631,221	134,589	$1,061,907
155	Orgazmo	Comedy	NC-17	$582,024	124,099	$979,141
156	Dancer, Texas Pop. 81	Comedy	PG	$565,592	120,595	$951,495
157	Polish Wedding	Comedy	PG-13	$563,143	120,073	$947,376
158	The Hanging Garden	Drama	R	$539,406	115,012	$907,445
159	Air Force One	Action	R	$476,223	101,540	$801,151
160	Hurlyburly	Comedy	R	$463,298	98,784	$779,406
161	Ulee's Gold	Drama	R	$417,709	89,064	$702,715
162	In & Out	Comedy	PG-13	$409,144	87,238	$688,308
163	Chairman of the Board	Comedy	PG-13	$306,715	65,398	$515,990
164	Soul Food	Comedy	R	$291,265	62,103	$489,993
165	Steam: The Turkish Bath	Drama	Not Rated	$261,410	55,738	$439,773
166	Bean	Comedy	PG-13	$228,853	48,796	$385,000
167	A Civil Action	Drama	PG-13	$226,465	48,287	$380,984
168	Shall We Dance?	Romantic Comedy	PG	$159,056	33,914	$267,581
169	Red Corner	Thriller/Suspense	R	$152,380	32,490	$256,346
170	Marius et Jeannette	Romantic Comedy	Not Rated	$140,334	29,922	$236,085
171	The Man Who Knew Too Little	Comedy	PG	$123,329	26,296	$207,475
172	Guantanamera	Comedy	Not Rated	$104,101	22,196	$175,126
173	Affliction	Drama	R	$63,979	13,642	$107,635
174	U-Turn	Drama	R	$44,849	9,563	$75,452
175	Rushmore	Black Comedy	R	$43,666	9,310	$73,456
176	Mad City	Drama	PG-13	$37,173	7,926	$62,536
177	Playing by Heart	Drama	R	$36,934	7,875	$62,134
178	My Best Friend's Wedding	Comedy	PG-13	$36,863	7,860	$62,015
179	Another Day in Paradise	Drama	R	$19,749	4,211	$33,225
180	Phoenix	Drama	R	$5,000	1,066	$8,411
181	Chicago Cab	Comedy	R	$5,000	1,066	$8,411
182	The Leading Man	Drama	R	$5,000	1,066	$8,411
Total Gross of All Movies				$3,465,718,391
Total Tickets Sold					738,959,141
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices						$5,830,387,622

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.