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	$308,592,099
2	There's Something About Mary	Romantic Comedy	R	$174,711,122	37,251,838	$267,468,197
3	The Waterboy	Comedy	PG-13	$150,037,914	31,991,026	$229,695,567
4	Rush Hour	Action	PG-13	$137,534,276	29,325,006	$210,553,543
5	Good Will Hunting	Drama	R	$130,828,794	27,895,265	$200,288,003
6	Lethal Weapon 4	Action	R	$129,734,803	27,662,005	$198,613,196
7	The Truman Show	Drama	PG	$125,466,701	26,751,962	$192,079,087
8	As Good as it Gets	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$106,914,817	22,796,336	$163,677,692
9	Enemy of the State	Action	R	$96,817,000	20,643,284	$148,218,779
10	You've Got Mail	Drama	PG	$77,939,000	16,618,124	$119,318,130
11	The Horse Whisperer	Drama	PG-13	$75,370,763	16,070,525	$115,386,370
12	Six Days, Seven Nights	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$74,292,149	15,840,543	$113,735,099
13	A Perfect Murder	Thriller/Suspense	R	$67,549,705	14,402,922	$103,412,980
14	The Parent Trap	Comedy	PG	$66,304,095	14,137,334	$101,506,058
15	Patch Adams	Comedy	PG-13	$65,495,000	13,964,819	$100,267,400
16	Hope Floats	Drama	PG-13	$60,033,780	12,800,380	$91,906,728
17	U.S. Marshals	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$57,823,170	12,329,034	$88,522,464
18	Snake Eyes	Thriller/Suspense	R	$55,585,389	11,851,895	$85,096,606
19	Halloween: H2O	Horror	R	$55,004,135	11,727,961	$84,206,760
20	Stepmom	Drama	PG-13	$50,018,000	10,664,819	$76,573,400
21	The Negotiator	Action	R	$44,484,065	9,484,875	$68,101,403
22	Wag the Dog	Drama	R	$41,595,360	8,868,947	$63,679,039
23	Ronin	Action	R	$41,521,101	8,853,113	$63,565,351
24	The Siege	Action	R	$40,163,804	8,563,711	$61,487,445
25	I Still Know What You Did Last Summer	Horror	R	$39,167,980	8,351,382	$59,962,923
26	Urban Legend	Horror	R	$37,857,342	8,071,928	$57,956,443
27	How Stella Got Her Groove Back	Drama	R	$37,669,029	8,031,776	$57,668,152
28	Out of Sight	Drama	R	$37,474,810	7,990,365	$57,370,821
29	Mercury Rising	Thriller/Suspense	R	$32,940,507	7,023,562	$50,429,175
30	Tomorrow Never Dies	Action	PG-13	$32,871,122	7,008,768	$50,322,954
31	A Night at the Roxbury	Comedy	PG-13	$30,324,946	6,465,873	$46,424,968
32	Wild Things	Thriller/Suspense	R	$29,753,944	6,344,125	$45,550,818
33	Spiceworld	Comedy	PG	$29,247,405	6,236,120	$44,775,342
34	The Object of my Affection	Romantic Comedy	R	$29,106,737	6,206,127	$44,559,992
35	The Big Hit	Action	R	$27,052,167	5,768,053	$41,414,621
36	Bulworth	Comedy	R	$26,525,834	5,655,828	$40,608,845
37	The Faculty	Horror	R	$25,895,000	5,521,322	$39,643,092
38	Can't Hardly Wait	Comedy	PG-13	$25,339,117	5,402,797	$38,792,082
39	Fallen	Thriller/Suspense	R	$25,188,006	5,370,577	$38,560,743
40	The Avengers	Action	PG-13	$23,385,416	4,986,229	$35,801,124
41	One True Thing	Drama	R	$23,209,440	4,948,708	$35,531,723
42	The Players Club	Drama	R	$23,031,390	4,910,744	$35,259,142
43	Rounders	Drama	R	$22,905,674	4,883,939	$35,066,682
44	He Got Game	Drama	R	$21,554,585	4,595,860	$32,998,275
45	Psycho	Horror	R	$20,776,265	4,429,907	$31,806,732
46	The Apostle	Drama	PG-13	$20,692,516	4,412,050	$31,678,519
47	Jane Austen's Mafia	Comedy	PG-13	$19,843,795	4,231,086	$30,379,197
48	Hard Rain	Action	R	$19,819,494	4,225,905	$30,341,998
49	The Replacement Killers	Action	R	$18,967,571	4,044,258	$29,037,772
50	The Odd Couple II	Comedy	PG-13	$18,878,566	4,025,281	$28,901,518
51	Simon Birch	Drama	PG	$18,252,684	3,891,830	$27,943,339
52	The Big Lebowski	Comedy	R	$17,439,163	3,718,372	$26,697,911
53	Disturbing Behavior	Thriller/Suspense	R	$17,411,331	3,712,437	$26,655,298
54	Half Baked	Comedy	R	$17,278,980	3,684,217	$26,452,678
55	Dance With Me	Musical	PG	$15,862,680	3,382,235	$24,284,447
56	Scream 2	Horror	R	$15,842,332	3,377,896	$24,253,293
57	Dead Man on Campus	Black Comedy	R	$15,062,898	3,211,705	$23,060,042
58	Twilight	Drama	R	$15,030,732	3,204,847	$23,010,801
59	Blues Brothers 2000	Comedy	PG-13	$13,979,599	2,980,725	$21,401,606
60	Desperate Measures	Action	R	$13,668,777	2,914,451	$20,925,758
61	Hush	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$13,513,622	2,881,369	$20,688,229
62	Senseless	Comedy	R	$13,035,599	2,779,445	$19,956,415
63	Black Dog	Action	PG-13	$12,829,351	2,735,469	$19,640,667
64	Mr. Nice Guy	Action	PG-13	$12,674,183	2,702,384	$19,403,117
65	Living Out Loud	Drama	R	$12,651,394	2,697,525	$19,368,230
66	Jackie Brown	Drama	R	$12,482,712	2,661,559	$19,109,994
67	I'll Be Home For Christmas	Comedy	PG	$12,121,586	2,584,560	$18,557,141
68	Holy Man	Comedy	PG	$12,065,985	2,572,705	$18,472,022
69	Sliding Doors	Drama	PG-13	$11,883,495	2,533,794	$18,192,641
70	Deep Rising	Action	R	$11,146,409	2,376,633	$17,064,225
71	The Full Monty	Comedy	R	$10,518,729	2,242,799	$16,103,297
72	I Got the Hook-Up!	Comedy	R	$10,305,534	2,197,342	$15,776,916
73	Spanish Prisoner	Drama	PG	$10,162,034	2,166,745	$15,557,229
74	Home Fries	Black Comedy	PG-13	$10,095,740	2,152,610	$15,455,740
75	Knock Off	Action	R	$10,076,136	2,148,430	$15,425,727
76	Dirty Work	Comedy	PG-13	$9,975,684	2,127,012	$15,271,946
77	Very Bad Things	Black Comedy	R	$9,801,782	2,089,932	$15,005,712
78	Wrongfully Accused	Comedy	PG-13	$9,604,029	2,047,767	$14,702,967
79	Belly	Drama	R	$9,505,046	2,026,662	$14,551,433
80	Apt Pupil	Thriller/Suspense	R	$8,838,938	1,884,635	$13,531,679
81	Jerry Springer: Ringmaster	Comedy	R	$8,752,700	1,866,247	$13,399,653
82	Return to Paradise	Drama	R	$8,288,513	1,767,274	$12,689,027
83	Firestorm	Action	R	$8,041,665	1,714,641	$12,311,122
84	Woo	Romantic Comedy	R	$8,026,971	1,711,508	$12,288,627
85	My Giant	Comedy	PG	$7,985,929	1,702,757	$12,225,795
86	Krippendorf's Tribe	Comedy	PG-13	$7,514,883	1,602,320	$11,504,658
87	For Richer or Poorer	Comedy	PG-13	$7,157,310	1,526,079	$10,957,247
88	Waking Ned Devine	Comedy	PG	$6,954,620	1,482,861	$10,646,942
89	BASEketball	Comedy	R	$6,940,185	1,479,784	$10,624,849
90	Caught Up	Drama	R	$6,724,217	1,433,735	$10,294,217
91	Smoke Signals	Comedy	PG-13	$6,719,300	1,432,687	$10,286,693
92	Home Alone III	Comedy	PG	$6,672,357	1,422,677	$10,214,821
93	An American Werewolf in Paris	Horror	R	$6,465,104	1,378,487	$9,897,537
94	The Opposite of Sex	Black Comedy	R	$6,267,497	1,336,353	$9,595,015
95	American History X	Drama	R	$6,114,166	1,303,660	$9,360,279
96	Les Boys II	Comedy	Not Rated	$5,974,732	1,273,930	$9,146,817
97	Palmetto	Thriller/Suspense	R	$5,840,581	1,245,326	$8,941,441
98	Mr. Magoo	Comedy	PG	$5,765,821	1,229,386	$8,826,991
99	The Boxer	Drama	R	$5,669,757	1,208,903	$8,679,924
100	Deconstructing Harry	Romantic Comedy	R	$5,664,131	1,207,704	$8,671,315
101	Phantoms	Horror	R	$5,657,370	1,206,262	$8,660,961
102	Ride	Comedy	R	$5,476,059	1,167,603	$8,383,390
103	Celebrity	Comedy	R	$5,032,496	1,073,027	$7,704,334
104	Your Friends and Neighbors	Black Comedy	R	$4,710,749	1,004,424	$7,211,764
105	Meet the Deedles	Comedy	PG	$4,351,341	927,791	$6,661,539
106	Kissing a Fool	Romantic Comedy	R	$4,002,640	853,441	$6,127,706
107	Down in the Delta	Drama	PG-13	$3,578,332	762,971	$5,478,132
108	Major League: Back to the Minors	Comedy	PG-13	$3,551,208	757,187	$5,436,603
109	Next Stop, Wonderland	Romantic Comedy	R	$3,386,698	722,110	$5,184,750
110	The Sweet Hereafter	Drama	R	$2,918,731	622,331	$4,468,337
111	Les Boys	Comedy	Not Rated	$2,750,686	586,500	$4,211,070
112	The Mighty	Drama	PG-13	$2,643,689	563,686	$4,047,265
113	Happiness	Comedy	Not Rated	$2,635,624	561,967	$4,034,923
114	Love and Death on Long Island	Drama	PG-13	$2,542,264	542,061	$3,891,998
115	A Simple Plan	Drama	R	$2,515,990	536,458	$3,851,768
116	Afterglow	Romantic Comedy	R	$2,391,590	509,934	$3,661,326
117	Hav Plenty	Comedy	R	$2,301,777	490,784	$3,523,829
118	Pecker	Comedy	R	$2,279,807	486,100	$3,490,198
119	Chinese Box	Drama	R	$2,195,190	468,058	$3,360,656
120	Buffalo '66	Comedy	R	$2,180,752	464,979	$3,338,549
121	Ma Vie en Rose	Drama	R	$2,035,856	434,084	$3,116,723
122	Billy's Hollywood Screen Kiss	Romantic Comedy	R	$2,020,700	430,853	$3,093,525
123	Zero Effect	Comedy	R	$1,980,338	422,247	$3,031,733
124	Two Girls and a Guy	Drama	R	$1,950,218	415,825	$2,985,624
125	Devil's Advocate	Drama	R	$1,915,297	408,379	$2,932,161
126	High Art	Drama	R	$1,835,565	391,378	$2,810,094
127	I Know What You Did Last Summer	Horror	R	$1,823,116	388,724	$2,791,038
128	The Butcher Boy	Drama	R	$1,822,193	388,527	$2,789,624
129	The Jackal	Thriller/Suspense	R	$1,803,275	384,494	$2,760,667
130	Clay Pigeons	Thriller/Suspense	R	$1,789,892	381,640	$2,740,175
131	Across The Sea of Time	Drama	G	$1,776,489	378,782	$2,719,655
132	Suicide Kings	Drama	R	$1,692,872	360,954	$2,591,650
133	Live Flesh	Drama	R	$1,535,558	327,411	$2,350,811
134	The Gingerbread Man	Thriller/Suspense	R	$1,534,569	327,200	$2,349,296
135	Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil	Drama	R	$1,462,474	311,828	$2,238,925
136	The Rainmaker	Drama	PG-13	$1,439,506	306,931	$2,203,765
137	In God's Hands	Action	PG-13	$1,431,239	305,168	$2,191,106
138	Henry Fool	Comedy	R	$1,334,786	284,603	$2,043,450
139	The Celebration	Comedy	R	$1,250,305	266,590	$1,914,116
140	One Tough Cop	Drama	R	$1,220,906	260,321	$1,869,105
141	Nightwatch	Thriller/Suspense	R	$1,154,237	246,106	$1,767,041
142	A Price Above Rubies	Drama	R	$1,118,808	238,552	$1,712,803
143	C't'a ton tour Laura Cadieux	Comedy	Not Rated	$1,045,907	223,008	$1,601,197
144	Slam	Drama	R	$982,214	209,427	$1,503,686
145	Little Voice	Musical	R	$880,046	187,643	$1,347,277
146	Deja Vu	Drama	PG-13	$821,997	175,266	$1,258,410
147	Kiss the Girls	Thriller/Suspense	R	$770,201	164,222	$1,179,114
148	The Tango Lesson	Drama	PG	$761,282	162,320	$1,165,458
149	Nights of Cabiria	Drama	Not Rated	$752,045	160,351	$1,151,320
150	Men with Guns	Action	R	$742,032	158,216	$1,135,991
151	Central Station	Drama	R	$695,022	148,192	$1,064,019
152	The Winter Guest	Drama	R	$688,824	146,871	$1,054,534
153	Gadjo Dilo	Drama	Not Rated	$673,153	143,529	$1,030,538
154	Strangeland	Horror	R	$631,221	134,589	$966,349
155	Orgazmo	Comedy	NC-17	$582,024	124,099	$891,031
156	Dancer, Texas Pop. 81	Comedy	PG	$565,592	120,595	$865,872
157	Polish Wedding	Comedy	PG-13	$563,143	120,073	$862,124
158	The Hanging Garden	Drama	R	$539,406	115,012	$825,786
159	Air Force One	Action	R	$476,223	101,540	$729,057
160	Hurlyburly	Comedy	R	$463,298	98,784	$709,269
161	Ulee's Gold	Drama	R	$417,709	89,064	$639,480
162	In & Out	Comedy	PG-13	$409,144	87,238	$626,369
163	Chairman of the Board	Comedy	PG-13	$306,715	65,398	$469,558
164	Soul Food	Comedy	R	$291,265	62,103	$445,900
165	Steam: The Turkish Bath	Drama	Not Rated	$261,410	55,738	$400,199
166	Bean	Comedy	PG-13	$228,853	48,796	$350,355
167	A Civil Action	Drama	PG-13	$226,465	48,287	$346,701
168	Shall We Dance?	Romantic Comedy	PG	$159,056	33,914	$243,503
169	Red Corner	Thriller/Suspense	R	$152,380	32,490	$233,278
170	Marius et Jeannette	Romantic Comedy	Not Rated	$140,334	29,922	$214,840
171	The Man Who Knew Too Little	Comedy	PG	$123,329	26,296	$188,805
172	Guantanamera	Comedy	Not Rated	$104,101	22,196	$159,367
173	Affliction	Drama	R	$63,979	13,642	$97,950
174	U-Turn	Drama	R	$44,849	9,563	$68,662
175	Rushmore	Black Comedy	R	$43,666	9,310	$66,846
176	Mad City	Drama	PG-13	$37,173	7,926	$56,909
177	Playing by Heart	Drama	R	$36,934	7,875	$56,543
178	My Best Friend's Wedding	Comedy	PG-13	$36,863	7,860	$56,435
179	Another Day in Paradise	Drama	R	$19,749	4,211	$30,235
180	Phoenix	Drama	R	$5,000	1,066	$7,654
181	The Leading Man	Drama	R	$5,000	1,066	$7,654
182	Chicago Cab	Comedy	R	$5,000	1,066	$7,654
Total Gross of All Movies				$3,465,718,391
Total Tickets Sold					738,959,141
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices						$5,305,726,632

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.