Box Office Performance for Dramatization 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	Mulan	Adventure	G	$120,618,403	25,718,210	$184,656,748
3	The Prince of Egypt	Adventure	PG	$66,351,000	14,147,335	$101,577,865
4	Primary Colors	Comedy	R	$38,966,057	8,308,328	$59,653,795
5	Amistad	Drama	R	$17,461,267	3,723,085	$26,731,750
6	54	Drama	R	$16,574,731	3,534,058	$25,374,536
7	Elizabeth	Drama	R	$16,510,380	3,520,337	$25,276,020
8	Why Do Fools Fall In Love?	Drama	R	$12,413,650	2,646,834	$19,004,268
9	Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas	Comedy	R	$10,562,387	2,252,108	$16,170,135
10	The Newton Boys	Drama	PG-13	$10,297,897	2,195,714	$15,765,227
11	Slums of Beverly Hills	Comedy	R	$5,480,318	1,168,511	$8,389,909
12	Kundun	Drama	PG-13	$5,294,886	1,128,974	$8,106,033
13	Wilde	Drama	R	$2,157,701	460,064	$3,303,260
14	Permanent Midnight	Drama	R	$1,166,199	248,657	$1,785,357
15	The Thin Red Line	Drama	R	$1,020,438	217,577	$1,562,203
16	Without Limits	Drama	PG-13	$777,423	165,762	$1,190,171
17	Artemisia	Drama		$377,512	80,493	$577,940
18	Seven Years in Tibet	Drama	PG-13	$345,524	73,672	$528,965
19	The General	Drama	R	$177,220	37,787	$271,311
20	Hilary and Jackie	Drama	R	$134,929	28,770	$206,569
21	Madadayo	Drama		$48,856	10,417	$74,794
22	Fairytale: A True Story	Drama	PG	$44,421	9,471	$68,002
Total Gross of All Movies				$770,100,280
Total Tickets Sold					164,200,488
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices						$1,178,959,504

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.