Box Office Performance for Drama Movies in 1998

Rank	Movie	Genre	MPAA	1998 Gross	Tickets Sold	Inflation- Adjusted Gross
1	Titanic	Drama	PG-13	$443,319,081	94,524,324	$678,684,646
2	Saving Private Ryan	Drama	R	$190,373,184	40,591,297	$291,445,512
3	Good Will Hunting	Drama	R	$130,828,794	27,895,265	$200,288,003
4	The Truman Show	Drama	PG	$125,466,701	26,751,962	$192,079,087
5	City of Angels	Drama	PG-13	$78,745,923	16,790,175	$120,553,457
6	You've Got Mail	Drama	PG	$77,939,000	16,618,124	$119,318,130
7	The Horse Whisperer	Drama	PG-13	$75,370,763	16,070,525	$115,386,370
8	Ever After: A Cinderella Story	Drama	PG	$65,674,605	14,003,114	$100,542,359
9	Hope Floats	Drama	PG-13	$60,033,780	12,800,380	$91,906,728
10	What Dreams May Come	Drama	PG-13	$55,350,897	11,801,897	$84,737,620
11	Stepmom	Drama	PG-13	$50,018,000	10,664,819	$76,573,400
12	Meet Joe Black	Drama	PG-13	$43,542,070	9,284,023	$66,659,285
13	Wag the Dog	Drama	R	$41,595,360	8,868,947	$63,679,039
14	How Stella Got Her Groove Back	Drama	R	$37,669,029	8,031,776	$57,668,152
15	Out of Sight	Drama	R	$37,474,810	7,990,365	$57,370,821
16	Great Expectations	Drama	R	$26,333,044	5,614,722	$40,313,704
17	L.A. Confidential	Drama	R	$26,308,657	5,609,522	$40,276,368
18	One True Thing	Drama	R	$23,209,440	4,948,708	$35,531,723
19	The Players Club	Drama	R	$23,031,390	4,910,744	$35,259,142
20	Rounders	Drama	R	$22,905,674	4,883,939	$35,066,682
21	Beloved	Drama	R	$22,746,521	4,850,004	$34,823,029
22	He Got Game	Drama	R	$21,554,585	4,595,860	$32,998,275
23	The Apostle	Drama	PG-13	$20,692,516	4,412,050	$31,678,519
24	Simon Birch	Drama	PG	$18,252,684	3,891,830	$27,943,339
25	Amistad	Drama	R	$17,461,267	3,723,085	$26,731,750
26	54	Drama	R	$16,574,731	3,534,058	$25,374,536
27	Elizabeth	Drama	R	$16,510,380	3,520,337	$25,276,020
28	Twilight	Drama	R	$15,030,732	3,204,847	$23,010,801
29	Les Miserables	Drama	PG-13	$13,871,914	2,957,764	$21,236,746
30	Living Out Loud	Drama	R	$12,651,394	2,697,525	$19,368,230
31	Jackie Brown	Drama	R	$12,482,712	2,661,559	$19,109,994
32	Why Do Fools Fall In Love?	Drama	R	$12,413,650	2,646,834	$19,004,268
33	Sliding Doors	Drama	PG-13	$11,883,495	2,533,794	$18,192,641
34	Life Is Beautiful	Drama	PG-13	$11,409,840	2,432,802	$17,467,518
35	The Newton Boys	Drama	PG-13	$10,297,897	2,195,714	$15,765,227
36	Spanish Prisoner	Drama	PG	$10,162,034	2,166,745	$15,557,229
37	Belly	Drama	R	$9,505,046	2,026,662	$14,551,433
38	Return to Paradise	Drama	R	$8,288,513	1,767,274	$12,689,027
39	Caught Up	Drama	R	$6,724,217	1,433,735	$10,294,217
40	American History X	Drama	R	$6,114,166	1,303,660	$9,360,279
41	The Boxer	Drama	R	$5,669,757	1,208,903	$8,679,924
42	Kundun	Drama	PG-13	$5,294,886	1,128,974	$8,106,033
43	The Wings of the Dove	Drama	R	$5,020,136	1,070,391	$7,685,407
44	Dangerous Beauty	Drama	R	$4,530,929	966,083	$6,936,476
45	Governess	Drama	R	$3,794,031	808,962	$5,808,347
46	Down in the Delta	Drama	PG-13	$3,578,332	762,971	$5,478,132
47	Mrs. Dalloway	Drama	PG-13	$3,263,672	695,879	$4,996,411
48	The Last Days of Disco	Drama	R	$2,987,297	636,950	$4,573,301
49	The Sweet Hereafter	Drama	R	$2,918,731	622,331	$4,468,337
50	The Mighty	Drama	PG-13	$2,643,689	563,686	$4,047,265
51	Boogie Nights	Drama	R	$2,568,855	547,730	$3,932,701
52	Love and Death on Long Island	Drama	PG-13	$2,542,264	542,061	$3,891,998
53	A Simple Plan	Drama	R	$2,515,990	536,458	$3,851,768
54	Gone with the Wind	Drama	G	$2,403,316	512,434	$3,679,276
55	Chinese Box	Drama	R	$2,195,190	468,058	$3,360,656
56	Wilde	Drama	R	$2,157,701	460,064	$3,303,260
57	Ma Vie en Rose	Drama	R	$2,035,856	434,084	$3,116,723
58	Two Girls and a Guy	Drama	R	$1,950,218	415,825	$2,985,624
59	Gods and Monsters	Drama	R	$1,922,758	409,970	$2,943,585
60	Devil's Advocate	Drama	R	$1,915,297	408,379	$2,932,161
61	High Art	Drama	R	$1,835,565	391,378	$2,810,094
62	The Butcher Boy	Drama	R	$1,822,193	388,527	$2,789,624
63	Across The Sea of Time	Drama	G	$1,776,489	378,782	$2,719,655
64	A Soldier's Daughter Never Cries	Drama	R	$1,759,596	375,180	$2,693,792
65	Suicide Kings	Drama	R	$1,692,872	360,954	$2,591,650
66	Live Flesh	Drama	R	$1,535,558	327,411	$2,350,811
67	Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil	Drama	R	$1,462,474	311,828	$2,238,925
68	The Rainmaker	Drama	PG-13	$1,439,506	306,931	$2,203,765
69	Oscar and Lucinda	Drama	R	$1,371,526	292,436	$2,099,690
70	Eve's Bayou	Drama	R	$1,346,339	287,066	$2,061,134
71	One Tough Cop	Drama	R	$1,220,906	260,321	$1,869,105
72	Dancing at Lughnasa	Drama	PG	$1,191,089	253,964	$1,823,462
73	Permanent Midnight	Drama	R	$1,166,199	248,657	$1,785,357
74	Lolita	Drama	R	$1,147,784	244,730	$1,757,161
75	A Price Above Rubies	Drama	R	$1,118,808	238,552	$1,712,803
76	The Thief	Drama	R	$1,117,402	238,252	$1,710,649
77	The Thin Red Line	Drama	R	$1,020,438	217,577	$1,562,203
78	Slam	Drama	R	$982,214	209,427	$1,503,686
79	Deja Vu	Drama	PG-13	$821,997	175,266	$1,258,410
80	Firelight	Drama	R	$784,419	167,254	$1,200,884
81	Without Limits	Drama	PG-13	$777,423	165,762	$1,190,171
82	Mrs. Brown	Drama	PG	$766,267	163,383	$1,173,090
83	The Tango Lesson	Drama	PG	$761,282	162,320	$1,165,458
84	Nights of Cabiria	Drama	Not Rated	$752,045	160,351	$1,151,320
85	Character	Drama	R	$713,413	152,114	$1,092,179
86	Central Station	Drama	R	$695,022	148,192	$1,064,019
87	The Winter Guest	Drama	R	$688,824	146,871	$1,054,534
88	Gadjo Dilo	Drama	Not Rated	$673,153	143,529	$1,030,538
89	The Ice Storm	Drama	R	$599,581	127,842	$917,906
90	Wings of Courage	Drama	G	$596,362	127,156	$912,980
91	Deceiver	Drama	R	$545,622	116,337	$835,300
92	The Hanging Garden	Drama	R	$539,406	115,012	$825,786
93	Ulee's Gold	Drama	R	$417,709	89,064	$639,480
94	Artemisia	Drama		$377,512	80,493	$577,940
95	Seven Years in Tibet	Drama	PG-13	$345,524	73,672	$528,965
96	Hurricane Streets	Drama		$334,041	71,224	$511,388
97	Taste of Cherry	Drama	Not Rated	$311,873	66,497	$477,448
98	Four Days in September	Drama	R	$310,724	66,252	$475,689
99	Swept From The Sea	Drama	PG-13	$283,081	60,358	$433,370
100	Steam: The Turkish Bath	Drama	Not Rated	$261,410	55,738	$400,199
101	Chambermaid on the Titanic	Drama		$244,465	52,125	$374,258
102	A Civil Action	Drama	PG-13	$226,465	48,287	$346,701
103	The General	Drama	R	$177,220	37,787	$271,311
104	Beyond Silence	Drama	PG-13	$171,334	36,532	$262,300
105	Hilary and Jackie	Drama	R	$134,929	28,770	$206,569
106	The Proposition	Drama	R	$121,875	25,986	$186,579
107	Post Coitum, Animal Triste	Drama		$109,596	23,368	$167,782
108	Washington Square	Drama	PG	$91,818	19,577	$140,563
109	Gattaca	Drama	PG-13	$64,361	13,723	$98,531
110	Affliction	Drama	R	$63,979	13,642	$97,950
111	Fallen Angels (1998)	Drama	Not Rated	$58,318	12,435	$89,283
112	Illtown	Drama	R	$49,067	10,462	$75,117
113	Madadayo	Drama		$48,856	10,417	$74,794
114	Last Night	Drama	R	$48,634	10,370	$74,457
115	U-Turn	Drama	R	$44,849	9,563	$68,662
116	Fairytale: A True Story	Drama	PG	$44,421	9,471	$68,002
117	Mad City	Drama	PG-13	$37,173	7,926	$56,909
118	Playing by Heart	Drama	R	$36,934	7,875	$56,543
119	Another Day in Paradise	Drama	R	$19,749	4,211	$30,235
120	The Dress	Drama	Not Rated	$16,556	3,530	$25,345
121	First Love, Last Rites	Drama	R	$10,876	2,319	$16,650
122	Phoenix	Drama	R	$5,000	1,066	$7,654
123	The Leading Man	Drama	R	$5,000	1,066	$7,654
Total Gross of All Movies				$2,010,922,524
Total Tickets Sold					428,768,128
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices						$3,078,555,159

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.