Box Office Performance for Drama Movies in 1998

Rank	Movie	Genre	MPAA	1998 Gross	Tickets Sold	Inflation- Adjusted Gross
1	Titanic	Drama	PG-13	$443,320,217	94,524,567	$650,329,021
2	Saving Private Ryan	Drama	R	$190,373,184	40,591,297	$279,268,123
3	Good Will Hunting	Drama	R	$130,922,818	27,915,313	$192,057,353
4	The Truman Show	Drama	PG	$125,618,201	26,784,265	$184,275,743
5	City of Angels	Drama	PG-13	$78,750,909	16,791,239	$115,523,724
6	You've Got Mail	Drama	PG	$77,938,617	16,618,042	$114,332,129
7	The Horse Whisperer	Drama	PG-13	$75,383,563	16,073,254	$110,583,988
8	Ever After: A Cinderella Story	Drama	PG	$65,674,605	14,003,114	$96,341,424
9	Hope Floats	Drama	PG-13	$60,110,313	12,816,698	$88,178,882
10	What Dreams May Come	Drama	PG-13	$55,485,043	11,830,500	$81,393,840
11	Stepmom	Drama	PG-13	$50,017,838	10,664,784	$73,373,714
12	Meet Joe Black	Drama	PG-13	$43,542,070	9,284,023	$63,874,078
13	Wag the Dog	Drama	R	$41,630,306	8,876,398	$61,069,618
14	How Stella Got Her Groove Back	Drama	R	$37,669,029	8,031,776	$55,258,619
15	Out of Sight	Drama	R	$37,562,568	8,009,076	$55,102,443
16	Great Expectations	Drama	R	$26,333,044	5,614,722	$38,629,287
17	L.A. Confidential	Drama	R	$26,308,657	5,609,522	$38,593,511
18	One True Thing	Drama	R	$23,337,196	4,975,948	$34,234,522
19	The Players Club	Drama	R	$23,047,939	4,914,273	$33,810,198
20	Rounders	Drama	R	$22,921,898	4,887,398	$33,625,298
21	Beloved	Drama	R	$22,746,521	4,850,004	$33,368,028
22	He Got Game	Drama	R	$21,567,853	4,598,689	$31,638,980
23	The Apostle	Drama	PG-13	$20,692,516	4,412,050	$30,354,904
24	Simon Birch	Drama	PG	$18,253,415	3,891,986	$26,776,864
25	Amistad	Drama	R	$17,498,465	3,731,016	$25,669,390
26	54	Drama	R	$16,757,163	3,572,956	$24,581,937
27	Elizabeth	Drama	R	$16,510,380	3,520,337	$24,219,919
28	Twilight	Drama	R	$15,055,091	3,210,041	$22,085,082
29	Les Miserables	Drama	PG-13	$13,887,945	2,961,182	$20,372,932
30	Living Out Loud	Drama	R	$12,651,394	2,697,525	$18,558,972
31	Jackie Brown	Drama	R	$12,508,279	2,667,010	$18,349,029
32	Why Do Fools Fall In Love?	Drama	R	$12,506,676	2,666,669	$18,346,683
33	Sliding Doors	Drama	PG-13	$11,911,200	2,539,701	$17,473,143
34	Life Is Beautiful	Drama	PG-13	$11,409,840	2,432,802	$16,737,678
35	The Newton Boys	Drama	PG-13	$10,341,093	2,204,924	$15,169,877
36	Spanish Prisoner	Drama	PG	$10,162,034	2,166,745	$14,907,206
37	Belly	Drama	R	$9,505,046	2,026,662	$13,943,435
38	Return to Paradise	Drama	R	$8,352,677	1,780,955	$12,252,970
39	Caught Up	Drama	R	$6,754,958	1,440,290	$9,909,195
40	American History X	Drama	R	$6,114,166	1,303,660	$8,969,181
41	The Boxer	Drama	R	$5,896,037	1,257,151	$8,649,199
42	Kundun	Drama	PG-13	$5,449,279	1,161,893	$7,993,824
43	The Wings of the Dove	Drama	R	$5,020,136	1,070,391	$7,364,290
44	Dangerous Beauty	Drama	R	$4,553,271	970,847	$6,679,427
45	Governess	Drama	R	$3,794,031	808,962	$5,565,659
46	Down in the Delta	Drama	PG-13	$3,578,332	762,971	$5,249,240
47	Mrs. Dalloway	Drama	PG-13	$3,263,672	695,879	$4,787,648
48	The Last Days of Disco	Drama	R	$3,024,198	644,818	$4,436,348
49	The Sweet Hereafter	Drama	R	$2,918,731	622,331	$4,281,637
50	The Mighty	Drama	PG-13	$2,652,246	565,511	$3,890,716
51	Boogie Nights	Drama	R	$2,594,707	553,242	$3,806,305
52	Love and Death on Long Island	Drama	PG-13	$2,542,264	542,061	$3,729,380
53	A Simple Plan	Drama	R	$2,515,990	536,458	$3,690,831
54	Chinese Box	Drama	R	$2,265,328	483,012	$3,323,123
55	Wilde	Drama	R	$2,157,701	460,064	$3,165,240
56	Two Girls and a Guy	Drama	R	$2,057,193	438,634	$3,017,802
57	Ma Vie en Rose	Drama	R	$2,035,856	434,084	$2,986,498
58	Devil's Advocate	Drama	R	$1,938,693	413,367	$2,843,965
59	Gods and Monsters	Drama	R	$1,922,758	409,970	$2,820,594
60	High Art	Drama	R	$1,835,565	391,378	$2,692,681
61	The Butcher Boy	Drama	R	$1,822,193	388,527	$2,673,066
62	Across The Sea of Time	Drama	G	$1,776,489	378,782	$2,606,020
63	A Soldier's Daughter Never Cries	Drama	R	$1,775,523	378,576	$2,604,603
64	Suicide Kings	Drama	R	$1,692,872	360,954	$2,483,364
65	The Proposition	Drama	R	$1,622,381	345,923	$2,379,950
66	Oscar and Lucinda	Drama	R	$1,612,957	343,914	$2,366,128
67	Live Flesh	Drama	R	$1,535,558	327,411	$2,252,588
68	The Rainmaker	Drama	PG-13	$1,499,543	319,732	$2,199,756
69	Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil	Drama	R	$1,462,474	311,828	$2,145,377
70	Eve's Bayou	Drama	R	$1,368,233	291,734	$2,007,130
71	One Tough Cop	Drama	R	$1,313,607	280,087	$1,926,999
72	Dancing at Lughnasa	Drama	PG	$1,191,089	253,964	$1,747,272
73	Permanent Midnight	Drama	R	$1,171,001	249,680	$1,717,798
74	Lolita	Drama	R	$1,147,784	244,730	$1,683,742
75	A Price Above Rubies	Drama	R	$1,118,808	238,552	$1,641,238
76	The Thief	Drama	R	$1,117,402	238,252	$1,639,174
77	The Thin Red Line	Drama	R	$1,020,438	217,577	$1,496,930
78	Slam	Drama	R	$1,009,819	215,313	$1,481,353
79	Deja Vu	Drama	PG-13	$821,997	175,266	$1,205,830
80	Firelight	Drama	R	$784,419	167,254	$1,150,708
81	The Winter Guest	Drama	R	$782,782	166,904	$1,148,300
82	Without Limits	Drama	PG-13	$780,326	166,381	$1,144,701
83	Mrs. Brown	Drama	PG	$766,267	163,383	$1,124,075
84	The Tango Lesson	Drama	PG	$761,282	162,320	$1,116,762
85	Nights of Cabiria	Drama	Not Rated	$752,045	160,351	$1,103,215
86	Character	Drama	R	$713,413	152,114	$1,046,544
87	Deceiver	Drama	R	$699,062	149,054	$1,025,492
88	Central Station	Drama	R	$695,022	148,192	$1,019,561
89	Gadjo Dilo	Drama	Not Rated	$673,153	143,529	$987,480
90	The Ice Storm	Drama	R	$647,731	138,109	$950,190
91	Wings of Courage	Drama	G	$596,362	127,156	$874,833
92	The Hanging Garden	Drama	R	$539,406	115,012	$791,283
93	Ulee's Gold	Drama	R	$417,709	89,064	$612,760
94	Seven Years in Tibet	Drama	PG-13	$389,899	83,134	$571,962
95	Artemisia	Drama		$377,512	80,493	$553,792
96	Hurricane Streets	Drama		$334,041	71,224	$490,021
97	Taste of Cherry	Drama	Not Rated	$311,873	66,497	$457,499
98	Four Days in September	Drama	R	$310,724	66,252	$455,814
99	Swept From The Sea	Drama	PG-13	$283,081	60,358	$415,263
100	Steam: The Turkish Bath	Drama	Not Rated	$261,410	55,738	$383,477
101	Gattaca	Drama	PG-13	$257,505	54,905	$377,746
102	Chambermaid on the Titanic	Drama		$244,465	52,125	$358,620
103	A Civil Action	Drama	PG-13	$226,465	48,287	$332,215
104	The Ride	Drama	PG	$189,635	40,434	$278,186
105	The General	Drama	R	$177,220	37,787	$259,975
106	Beyond Silence	Drama	PG-13	$171,334	36,532	$251,340
107	Post Coitum, Animal Triste	Drama		$109,596	23,368	$160,772
108	Washington Square	Drama	PG	$91,818	19,577	$134,690
109	Illtown	Drama	R	$68,955	14,703	$101,157
110	Fallen Angels (1998)	Drama	Not Rated	$58,318	12,435	$85,553
111	U-Turn	Drama	R	$56,674	12,084	$83,138
112	Last Night	Drama	R	$48,634	10,370	$71,346
113	Fairytale: A True Story	Drama	PG	$45,569	9,716	$66,846
114	Mad City	Drama	PG-13	$42,015	8,958	$61,631
115	The Dress	Drama	Not Rated	$16,556	3,530	$24,286
116	First Love, Last Rites	Drama	R	$10,876	2,319	$15,955
Total Gross of All Movies				$2,012,924,037
Total Tickets Sold					429,194,888
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices						$2,952,860,829

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.