Box Office Performance for Drama Movies in 1998

Rank	Movie	Genre	MPAA	1998 Gross	Tickets Sold	Inflation- Adjusted Gross
1	Saving Private Ryan	Drama	R	$190,373,184	40,591,297	$320,265,333
2	Good Will Hunting	Drama	R	$130,828,794	27,895,265	$220,093,641
3	The Truman Show	Drama	PG	$125,466,701	26,751,962	$211,072,980
4	City of Angels	Drama	PG-13	$78,745,923	16,790,175	$132,474,481
5	You've Got Mail	Drama	PG	$77,939,000	16,618,124	$131,116,998
6	The Horse Whisperer	Drama	PG-13	$75,370,763	16,070,525	$126,796,442
7	Ever After: A Cinderella Story	Drama	PG	$65,674,605	14,003,114	$110,484,569
8	Hope Floats	Drama	PG-13	$60,033,780	12,800,380	$100,994,998
9	What Dreams May Come	Drama	PG-13	$55,350,897	11,801,897	$93,116,967
10	Stepmom	Drama	PG-13	$50,018,000	10,664,819	$84,145,422
11	Meet Joe Black	Drama	PG-13	$43,542,070	9,284,023	$73,250,941
12	Wag the Dog	Drama	R	$41,595,360	8,868,947	$69,975,992
13	How Stella Got Her Groove Back	Drama	R	$37,669,029	8,031,776	$63,370,713
14	Out of Sight	Drama	R	$37,474,810	7,990,365	$63,043,980
15	Great Expectations	Drama	R	$26,333,044	5,614,722	$44,300,157
16	L.A. Confidential	Drama	R	$26,308,657	5,609,522	$44,259,129
17	One True Thing	Drama	R	$23,209,440	4,948,708	$39,045,306
18	The Players Club	Drama	R	$23,031,390	4,910,744	$38,745,770
19	Rounders	Drama	R	$22,905,674	4,883,939	$38,534,279
20	Beloved	Drama	R	$22,746,521	4,850,004	$38,266,532
21	He Got Game	Drama	R	$21,554,585	4,595,860	$36,261,335
22	The Apostle	Drama	PG-13	$20,692,516	4,412,050	$34,811,075
23	Simon Birch	Drama	PG	$18,252,684	3,891,830	$30,706,539
24	Amistad	Drama	R	$17,461,267	3,723,085	$29,375,141
25	54	Drama	R	$16,574,731	3,534,058	$27,883,718
26	Elizabeth	Drama	R	$16,510,380	3,520,337	$27,775,459
27	Twilight	Drama	R	$15,030,732	3,204,847	$25,286,243
28	Les Miserables	Drama	PG-13	$13,871,914	2,957,764	$23,336,758
29	Living Out Loud	Drama	R	$12,651,394	2,697,525	$21,283,472
30	Jackie Brown	Drama	R	$12,482,712	2,661,559	$20,999,701
31	Why Do Fools Fall In Love?	Drama	R	$12,413,650	2,646,834	$20,883,520
32	Sliding Doors	Drama	PG-13	$11,883,495	2,533,794	$19,991,635
33	Life is Beautiful	Drama	PG-13	$11,409,840	2,432,802	$19,194,808
34	The Newton Boys	Drama	PG-13	$10,297,897	2,195,714	$17,324,183
35	Spanish Prisoner	Drama	PG	$10,162,034	2,166,745	$17,095,618
36	Belly	Drama	R	$9,505,046	2,026,662	$15,990,363
37	Return to Paradise	Drama	R	$8,288,513	1,767,274	$13,943,792
38	Caught Up	Drama	R	$6,724,217	1,433,735	$11,312,169
39	American History X	Drama	R	$6,114,166	1,303,660	$10,285,877
40	The Boxer	Drama	R	$5,669,757	1,208,903	$9,538,245
41	Kundun	Drama	PG-13	$5,294,886	1,128,974	$8,907,605
42	The Wings of the Dove	Drama	R	$5,020,136	1,070,391	$8,445,385
43	Dangerous Beauty	Drama	R	$4,530,929	966,083	$7,622,395
44	Governess	Drama	R	$3,794,031	808,962	$6,382,710
45	Down in the Delta	Drama	PG-13	$3,578,332	762,971	$6,019,841
46	Mrs. Dalloway	Drama	PG-13	$3,263,672	695,879	$5,490,485
47	The Last Days of Disco	Drama	R	$2,987,297	636,950	$5,025,536
48	The Sweet Hereafter	Drama	R	$2,918,731	622,331	$4,910,192
49	The Mighty	Drama	PG-13	$2,643,689	563,686	$4,447,483
50	Boogie Nights	Drama	R	$2,568,855	547,730	$4,321,590
51	Love and Death on Long Island	Drama	PG-13	$2,542,264	542,061	$4,276,861
52	A Simple Plan	Drama	R	$2,515,990	536,458	$4,232,654
53	Gone with the Wind	Drama	G	$2,403,316	512,434	$4,043,104
54	Chinese Box	Drama	R	$2,195,190	468,058	$3,692,978
55	Wilde	Drama	R	$2,157,701	460,064	$3,629,905
56	Ma Vie en Rose	Drama	R	$2,035,856	434,084	$3,424,923
57	Two Girls and a Guy	Drama	R	$1,950,218	415,825	$3,280,859
58	Gods and Monsters	Drama	R	$1,922,758	409,970	$3,234,663
59	Devil's Advocate	Drama	R	$1,915,297	408,379	$3,222,110
60	High Art	Drama	R	$1,835,565	391,378	$3,087,972
61	The Butcher Boy	Drama	R	$1,822,193	388,527	$3,065,478
62	Across The Sea of Time	Drama	G	$1,776,489	378,782	$2,988,590
63	A Soldier's Daughter Never Cries	Drama	R	$1,759,596	375,180	$2,960,170
64	Suicide Kings	Drama	R	$1,692,872	360,954	$2,847,927
65	Carne tr�mula	Drama	R	$1,535,558	327,411	$2,583,273
66	Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil	Drama	R	$1,462,474	311,828	$2,460,323
67	The Rainmaker	Drama	PG-13	$1,439,506	306,931	$2,421,686
68	Oscar and Lucinda	Drama	R	$1,371,526	292,436	$2,307,320
69	Eve's Bayou	Drama	R	$1,346,339	287,066	$2,264,951
70	One Tough Cop	Drama	R	$1,220,906	260,321	$2,053,933
71	Dancing at Lughnasa	Drama	PG	$1,191,089	253,964	$2,003,776
72	Permanent Midnight	Drama	R	$1,166,199	248,657	$1,961,904
73	Lolita	Drama	R	$1,147,784	244,730	$1,930,920
74	A Price Above Rubies	Drama	R	$1,118,808	238,552	$1,882,175
75	The Thief	Drama	R	$1,117,402	238,252	$1,879,808
76	The Thin Red Line	Drama	R	$1,020,438	217,577	$1,716,683
77	Slam	Drama	R	$982,214	209,427	$1,652,379
78	Deja Vu	Drama	PG-13	$821,997	175,266	$1,382,849
79	Firelight	Drama	R	$784,419	167,254	$1,319,634
80	Without Limits	Drama	PG-13	$777,423	165,762	$1,307,862
81	Mrs. Brown	Drama	PG	$766,267	163,383	$1,289,092
82	The Tango Lesson	Drama	PG	$761,282	162,320	$1,280,705
83	Nights of Cabiria	Drama	Not Rated	$752,045	160,351	$1,265,169
84	Karakter	Drama	R	$713,413	152,114	$1,200,179
85	Central do Brasil	Drama	R	$695,022	148,192	$1,169,235
86	The Winter Guest	Drama	R	$688,824	146,871	$1,158,812
87	Gadjo Dilo	Drama	Not Rated	$673,153	143,529	$1,132,444
88	The Ice Storm	Drama	R	$599,581	127,842	$1,008,673
89	Wings of Courage	Drama	G	$596,362	127,156	$1,003,261
90	Deceiver	Drama	R	$545,622	116,337	$917,899
91	The Hanging Garden	Drama	R	$539,406	115,012	$907,445
92	Ulee's Gold	Drama	R	$417,709	89,064	$702,715
93	Artemisia	Drama		$377,512	80,493	$635,090
94	Seven Years in Tibet	Drama	PG-13	$345,524	73,672	$581,272
95	Hurricane Streets	Drama		$334,041	71,224	$561,957
96	Taste of Cherry	Drama	Not Rated	$311,873	66,497	$524,661
97	Four Days in September	Drama	R	$310,724	66,252	$522,728
98	Swept From The Sea	Drama	PG-13	$283,081	60,358	$476,225
99	Steam: The Turkish Bath	Drama	Not Rated	$261,410	55,738	$439,773
100	La femme de chambre du Titanic	Drama		$244,465	52,125	$411,266
101	A Civil Action	Drama	PG-13	$226,465	48,287	$380,984
102	The General	Drama	R	$177,220	37,787	$298,139
103	Jenseits der Stille	Drama	PG-13	$171,334	36,532	$288,237
104	Hilary and Jackie	Drama	R	$134,929	28,770	$226,995
105	The Proposition	Drama	R	$121,875	25,986	$205,030
106	Post Coitum, Animal Triste	Drama		$109,596	23,368	$184,374
107	Washington Square	Drama	PG	$91,818	19,577	$154,463
108	Gattaca	Drama	PG-13	$64,361	13,723	$108,274
109	Affliction	Drama	R	$63,979	13,642	$107,635
110	Fallen Angels (1998)	Drama	Not Rated	$58,318	12,435	$98,112
111	Illtown	Drama	R	$49,067	10,462	$82,545
112	Madadayo	Drama		$48,856	10,417	$82,190
113	Last Night	Drama	R	$48,634	10,370	$81,819
114	U-Turn	Drama	R	$44,849	9,563	$75,452
115	Fairytale: A True Story	Drama	PG	$44,421	9,471	$74,726
116	Mad City	Drama	PG-13	$37,173	7,926	$62,536
117	Playing by Heart	Drama	R	$36,934	7,875	$62,134
118	Bent	Drama	NC-17	$33,068	7,051	$55,632
119	Another Day in Paradise	Drama	R	$19,749	4,211	$33,225
120	The Dress	Drama	Not Rated	$16,556	3,530	$27,852
121	First Love, Last Rites	Drama	R	$10,876	2,319	$18,297
122	Phoenix	Drama	R	$5,000	1,066	$8,411
123	The Leading Man	Drama	R	$5,000	1,066	$8,411
Total Gross of All Movies				$1,567,636,511
Total Tickets Sold					334,250,855
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices						$2,637,239,246

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.