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	$201,578,182	42,980,423	$295,705,310
2	There's Something About Mary	Romantic Comedy	R	$174,711,122	37,251,838	$256,292,645
3	The Waterboy	Comedy	PG-13	$150,037,914	31,991,026	$220,098,259
4	Rush Hour	Action	PG-13	$137,534,276	29,325,006	$201,756,041
5	Good Will Hunting	Drama	R	$130,922,818	27,915,313	$192,057,353
6	Lethal Weapon 4	Action	R	$130,444,603	27,813,348	$191,355,834
7	The Truman Show	Drama	PG	$125,618,201	26,784,265	$184,275,743
8	As Good as it Gets	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$107,755,354	22,975,555	$158,071,818
9	Enemy of the State	Action	R	$96,816,659	20,643,211	$142,025,292
10	You've Got Mail	Drama	PG	$77,938,617	16,618,042	$114,332,129
11	The Horse Whisperer	Drama	PG-13	$75,383,563	16,073,254	$110,583,988
12	Six Days, Seven Nights	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$74,339,294	15,850,596	$109,052,100
13	A Perfect Murder	Thriller/Suspense	R	$67,658,331	14,426,083	$99,251,451
14	The Parent Trap	Comedy	PG	$66,308,518	14,138,277	$97,271,346
15	Patch Adams	Comedy	PG-13	$65,495,000	13,964,819	$96,077,955
16	Hope Floats	Drama	PG-13	$60,110,313	12,816,698	$88,178,882
17	U.S. Marshals	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$57,833,603	12,331,259	$84,839,062
18	Snake Eyes	Thriller/Suspense	R	$55,591,409	11,853,179	$81,549,872
19	Halloween: H2O	Horror	R	$55,041,738	11,735,978	$80,743,529
20	Stepmom	Drama	PG-13	$50,017,838	10,664,784	$73,373,714
21	The Negotiator	Action	R	$44,705,766	9,532,146	$65,581,164
22	Wag the Dog	Drama	R	$41,630,306	8,876,398	$61,069,618
23	Ronin	Action	R	$41,521,101	8,853,113	$60,909,417
24	The Siege	Action	R	$40,163,804	8,563,711	$58,918,332
25	I Still Know What You Did Last Summer	Horror	R	$39,167,980	8,351,382	$57,457,508
26	Urban Legend	Horror	R	$37,857,342	8,071,928	$55,534,865
27	How Stella Got Her Groove Back	Drama	R	$37,669,029	8,031,776	$55,258,619
28	Out of Sight	Drama	R	$37,562,568	8,009,076	$55,102,443
29	Mercury Rising	Thriller/Suspense	R	$32,983,332	7,032,693	$48,384,928
30	Tomorrow Never Dies	Action	PG-13	$32,896,072	7,014,088	$48,256,925
31	A Night at the Roxbury	Comedy	PG-13	$30,324,946	6,465,873	$44,485,206
32	Wild Things	Thriller/Suspense	R	$29,795,299	6,352,942	$43,708,241
33	Spiceworld	Comedy	PG	$29,342,592	6,256,416	$43,044,142
34	The Object of my Affection	Romantic Comedy	R	$29,145,924	6,214,483	$42,755,643
35	The Big Hit	Action	R	$27,066,941	5,771,203	$39,705,877
36	Bulworth	Comedy	R	$26,528,684	5,656,436	$38,916,280
37	The Faculty	Horror	R	$25,894,803	5,521,280	$37,986,406
38	Can't Hardly Wait	Comedy	PG-13	$25,358,996	5,407,035	$37,200,401
39	Fallen	Thriller/Suspense	R	$25,310,938	5,396,788	$37,129,901
40	The Avengers	Action	PG-13	$23,385,416	4,986,229	$34,305,256
41	One True Thing	Drama	R	$23,337,196	4,975,948	$34,234,522
42	The Players Club	Drama	R	$23,047,939	4,914,273	$33,810,198
43	Rounders	Drama	R	$22,921,898	4,887,398	$33,625,298
44	He Got Game	Drama	R	$21,567,853	4,598,689	$31,638,980
45	Psycho	Horror	R	$20,776,265	4,429,907	$30,477,760
46	The Apostle	Drama	PG-13	$20,692,516	4,412,050	$30,354,904
47	Hard Rain	Action	R	$19,870,567	4,236,795	$29,149,150
48	Jane Austen's Mafia	Comedy	PG-13	$19,843,795	4,231,086	$29,109,872
49	The Replacement Killers	Action	R	$19,035,741	4,058,793	$27,924,496
50	The Odd Couple II	Comedy	PG-13	$18,912,328	4,032,479	$27,743,456
51	Simon Birch	Drama	PG	$18,253,415	3,891,986	$26,776,864
52	Disturbing Behavior	Thriller/Suspense	R	$17,507,368	3,732,914	$25,682,448
53	The Big Lebowski	Comedy	R	$17,498,804	3,731,088	$25,669,885
54	Half Baked	Comedy	R	$17,394,881	3,708,930	$25,517,438
55	Dance With Me	Musical	PG	$15,923,354	3,395,171	$23,358,776
56	Scream 2	Horror	R	$15,871,259	3,384,064	$23,282,360
57	Dead Man on Campus	Black Comedy	R	$15,064,948	3,212,142	$22,099,537
58	Twilight	Drama	R	$15,055,091	3,210,041	$22,085,082
59	Blues Brothers 2000	Comedy	PG-13	$14,089,198	3,004,093	$20,668,160
60	Desperate Measures	Action	R	$13,678,274	2,916,476	$20,065,355
61	Hush	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$13,587,246	2,897,067	$19,931,821
62	Senseless	Comedy	R	$13,109,234	2,795,146	$19,230,604
63	Black Dog	Action	PG-13	$12,857,351	2,741,439	$18,861,100
64	Mr. Nice Guy	Action	PG-13	$12,716,953	2,711,504	$18,655,148
65	Living Out Loud	Drama	R	$12,651,394	2,697,525	$18,558,972
66	Jackie Brown	Drama	R	$12,508,279	2,667,010	$18,349,029
67	I'll Be Home For Christmas	Comedy	PG	$12,121,586	2,584,560	$17,781,773
68	Holy Man	Comedy	PG	$12,069,719	2,573,501	$17,705,687
69	Sliding Doors	Drama	PG-13	$11,911,200	2,539,701	$17,473,143
70	Deep Rising	Action	R	$11,203,026	2,388,705	$16,434,290
71	The Full Monty	Comedy	R	$10,611,398	2,262,558	$15,566,399
72	Knock Off	Action	R	$10,319,915	2,200,408	$15,138,807
73	I Got the Hook-Up!	Comedy	R	$10,317,779	2,199,953	$15,135,677
74	Spanish Prisoner	Drama	PG	$10,162,034	2,166,745	$14,907,206
75	Home Fries	Black Comedy	PG-13	$10,095,740	2,152,610	$14,809,957
76	Dirty Work	Comedy	PG-13	$10,020,081	2,136,478	$14,698,969
77	Very Bad Things	Black Comedy	R	$9,801,782	2,089,932	$14,378,732
78	Wrongfully Accused	Comedy	PG-13	$9,642,860	2,056,047	$14,145,603
79	Belly	Drama	R	$9,505,046	2,026,662	$13,943,435
80	Apt Pupil	Thriller/Suspense	R	$8,838,938	1,884,635	$12,966,289
81	Jerry Springer: Ringmaster	Comedy	R	$8,752,700	1,866,247	$12,839,779
82	Return to Paradise	Drama	R	$8,352,677	1,780,955	$12,252,970
83	Firestorm	Action	R	$8,123,860	1,732,166	$11,917,302
84	Woo	Romantic Comedy	R	$8,064,972	1,719,610	$11,830,917
85	My Giant	Comedy	PG	$7,985,929	1,702,757	$11,714,968
86	Krippendorf's Tribe	Comedy	PG-13	$7,571,115	1,614,310	$11,106,453
87	For Richer or Poorer	Comedy	PG-13	$7,226,881	1,540,913	$10,601,481
88	BASEketball	Comedy	R	$7,042,541	1,501,608	$10,331,063
89	Waking Ned Devine	Comedy	PG	$6,954,620	1,482,861	$10,202,084
90	Caught Up	Drama	R	$6,754,958	1,440,290	$9,909,195
91	Smoke Signals	Comedy	PG-13	$6,719,300	1,432,687	$9,856,887
92	An American Werewolf in Paris	Horror	R	$6,514,132	1,388,941	$9,555,914
93	Home Alone III	Comedy	PG	$6,441,000	1,373,348	$9,448,634
94	The Opposite of Sex	Black Comedy	R	$6,367,164	1,357,604	$9,340,316
95	American History X	Drama	R	$6,114,166	1,303,660	$8,969,181
96	The Boxer	Drama	R	$5,896,037	1,257,151	$8,649,199
97	Palmetto	Thriller/Suspense	R	$5,846,660	1,246,623	$8,576,766
98	Mr. Magoo	Comedy	PG	$5,820,557	1,241,057	$8,538,472
99	Deconstructing Harry	Romantic Comedy	R	$5,781,901	1,232,815	$8,481,767
100	Phantoms	Horror	R	$5,755,333	1,227,150	$8,442,792
101	Ride	Comedy	R	$5,485,295	1,169,572	$8,046,655
102	Celebrity	Comedy	R	$5,032,496	1,073,027	$7,382,426
103	Your Friends and Neighbors	Black Comedy	R	$4,714,658	1,005,258	$6,916,175
104	Meet the Deedles	Comedy	PG	$4,356,126	928,812	$6,390,227
105	Kissing a Fool	Romantic Comedy	R	$4,100,505	874,308	$6,015,239
106	Down in the Delta	Drama	PG-13	$3,578,332	762,971	$5,249,240
107	Major League: Back to the Minors	Comedy	PG-13	$3,551,208	757,187	$5,209,447
108	Next Stop, Wonderland	Romantic Comedy	R	$3,386,698	722,110	$4,968,117
109	The Sweet Hereafter	Drama	R	$2,918,731	622,331	$4,281,637
110	Les Boys	Comedy	Not Rated	$2,750,686	586,500	$4,035,120
111	The Mighty	Drama	PG-13	$2,652,246	565,511	$3,890,716
112	Happiness	Comedy	Not Rated	$2,635,624	561,967	$3,866,333
113	Love and Death on Long Island	Drama	PG-13	$2,542,264	542,061	$3,729,380
114	A Simple Plan	Drama	R	$2,515,990	536,458	$3,690,831
115	Afterglow	Romantic Comedy	R	$2,487,376	530,357	$3,648,856
116	Buffalo '66	Comedy	R	$2,380,606	507,592	$3,492,233
117	Hav Plenty	Comedy	R	$2,301,777	490,784	$3,376,594
118	Pecker	Comedy	R	$2,281,761	486,516	$3,347,230
119	Chinese Box	Drama	R	$2,265,328	483,012	$3,323,123
120	Zero Effect	Comedy	R	$2,080,693	443,645	$3,052,278
121	Two Girls and a Guy	Drama	R	$2,057,193	438,634	$3,017,802
122	Ma Vie en Rose	Drama	R	$2,035,856	434,084	$2,986,498
123	Billy's Hollywood Screen Kiss	Romantic Comedy	R	$2,020,700	430,853	$2,964,269
124	Devil's Advocate	Drama	R	$1,938,693	413,367	$2,843,965
125	I Know What You Did Last Summer	Horror	R	$1,853,812	395,269	$2,719,451
126	The Jackal	Thriller/Suspense	R	$1,849,656	394,383	$2,713,355
127	High Art	Drama	R	$1,835,565	391,378	$2,692,681
128	The Butcher Boy	Drama	R	$1,822,193	388,527	$2,673,066
129	Clay Pigeons	Thriller/Suspense	R	$1,793,359	382,379	$2,630,768
130	Across The Sea of Time	Drama	G	$1,776,489	378,782	$2,606,020
131	Suicide Kings	Drama	R	$1,692,872	360,954	$2,483,364
132	The Gingerbread Man	Thriller/Suspense	R	$1,626,593	346,822	$2,386,135
133	Live Flesh	Drama	R	$1,535,558	327,411	$2,252,588
134	The Rainmaker	Drama	PG-13	$1,499,543	319,732	$2,199,756
135	Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil	Drama	R	$1,462,474	311,828	$2,145,377
136	In God's Hands	Action	PG-13	$1,431,239	305,168	$2,099,556
137	Henry Fool	Comedy	R	$1,334,786	284,603	$1,958,069
138	One Tough Cop	Drama	R	$1,313,607	280,087	$1,926,999
139	Nightwatch	Thriller/Suspense	R	$1,278,516	272,605	$1,875,522
140	The Celebration	Comedy	R	$1,250,305	266,590	$1,834,139
141	A Price Above Rubies	Drama	R	$1,118,808	238,552	$1,641,238
142	C't'a ton tour Laura Cadieux	Comedy	Not Rated	$1,045,907	223,008	$1,534,295
143	Slam	Drama	R	$1,009,819	215,313	$1,481,353
144	Little Voice	Musical	R	$880,046	187,643	$1,290,984
145	Deja Vu	Drama	PG-13	$821,997	175,266	$1,205,830
146	Air Force One	Action	R	$811,908	173,115	$1,191,031
147	Kiss the Girls	Thriller/Suspense	R	$806,514	171,965	$1,183,119
148	The Winter Guest	Drama	R	$782,782	166,904	$1,148,300
149	The Tango Lesson	Drama	PG	$761,282	162,320	$1,116,762
150	Nights of Cabiria	Drama	Not Rated	$752,045	160,351	$1,103,215
151	Men with Guns	Action	R	$742,032	158,216	$1,088,526
152	Central Station	Drama	R	$695,022	148,192	$1,019,561
153	Gadjo Dilo	Drama	Not Rated	$673,153	143,529	$987,480
154	Strangeland	Horror	R	$631,221	134,589	$925,972
155	Polish Wedding	Comedy	PG-13	$608,296	129,701	$892,343
156	Orgazmo	Comedy	NC-17	$582,024	124,099	$853,801
157	Dancer, Texas Pop. 81	Comedy	PG	$574,838	122,567	$843,261
158	Hurlyburly	Comedy	R	$463,298	98,784	$679,634
159	Ulee's Gold	Drama	R	$417,709	89,064	$612,760
160	In & Out	Comedy	PG-13	$409,144	87,238	$600,197
161	Chairman of the Board	Comedy	PG-13	$306,715	65,398	$449,938
162	Soul Food	Comedy	R	$293,597	62,601	$430,695
163	Bean	Comedy	PG-13	$264,366	56,368	$387,812
164	Steam: The Turkish Bath	Drama	Not Rated	$261,410	55,738	$383,477
165	A Civil Action	Drama	PG-13	$226,465	48,287	$332,215
166	Red Corner	Thriller/Suspense	R	$160,030	34,122	$234,759
167	Shall We Dance?	Romantic Comedy	PG	$159,056	33,914	$233,328
168	Marius et Jeannette	Romantic Comedy	Not Rated	$140,334	29,922	$205,863
169	The Man Who Knew Too Little	Comedy	PG	$123,329	26,296	$180,916
170	Guantanamera	Comedy	Not Rated	$104,101	22,196	$152,708
171	U-Turn	Drama	R	$56,674	12,084	$83,138
172	My Best Friend's Wedding	Comedy	PG-13	$44,904	9,574	$65,869
173	Rushmore	Black Comedy	R	$43,666	9,310	$64,053
174	Mad City	Drama	PG-13	$42,015	8,958	$61,631
Total Gross of All Movies				$3,466,171,862
Total Tickets Sold					739,055,831
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices						$5,084,704,117

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.