Box Office Performance for Dramatization Movies in 1998

Rank	Movie	Genre	MPAA	1998 Gross	Tickets Sold	Inflation- Adjusted Gross
1	Mulan	Adventure	G	$120,618,403	25,718,210	$202,916,677
2	The Prince of Egypt	Adventure	PG	$66,351,000	14,147,335	$111,622,473
3	Primary Colors	Comedy	R	$38,966,057	8,308,328	$65,552,708
4	Amistad	Drama	R	$17,461,267	3,723,085	$29,375,141
5	54	Drama	R	$16,574,731	3,534,058	$27,883,718
6	Elizabeth	Drama	R	$16,510,380	3,520,337	$27,775,459
7	Why Do Fools Fall In Love?	Drama	R	$12,413,650	2,646,834	$20,883,520
8	Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas	Comedy	R	$10,562,387	2,252,108	$17,769,132
9	The Newton Boys	Drama	PG-13	$10,297,897	2,195,714	$17,324,183
10	Slums of Beverly Hills	Comedy	R	$5,480,318	1,168,511	$9,219,552
11	Kundun	Drama	PG-13	$5,294,886	1,128,974	$8,907,605
12	Wilde	Drama	R	$2,157,701	460,064	$3,629,905
13	Permanent Midnight	Drama	R	$1,166,199	248,657	$1,961,904
14	The Thin Red Line	Drama	R	$1,020,438	217,577	$1,716,683
15	Without Limits	Drama	PG-13	$777,423	165,762	$1,307,862
16	Artemisia	Drama		$377,512	80,493	$635,090
17	Seven Years in Tibet	Drama	PG-13	$345,524	73,672	$581,272
18	The General	Drama	R	$177,220	37,787	$298,139
19	Hilary and Jackie	Drama	R	$134,929	28,770	$226,995
20	Madadayo	Drama		$48,856	10,417	$82,190
21	Fairytale: A True Story	Drama	PG	$44,421	9,471	$74,726
Total Gross of All Movies				$326,781,199
Total Tickets Sold					69,676,164
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices						$549,744,934

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.