Box Office Performance for Historical Fiction Movies in 1998

Rank	Movie	Genre	MPAA	1998 Gross	Tickets Sold	Inflation- Adjusted Gross
1	Titanic	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$443,319,081	94,524,324	$745,796,916
2	The Mask of Zorro	Adventure	PG-13	$93,771,072	19,993,832	$157,751,334
3	The Wedding Singer	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$80,224,502	17,105,438	$134,961,906
4	Ever After: A Cinderella Story	Drama	PG	$65,674,605	14,003,114	$110,484,569
5	The Man in the Iron Mask	Adventure	PG-13	$56,876,365	12,127,157	$95,683,269
6	Grease	Musical	PG	$28,411,018	6,057,786	$47,795,932
7	Great Expectations	Drama	R	$26,333,044	5,614,722	$44,300,157
8	L.A. Confidential	Drama	R	$26,308,657	5,609,522	$44,259,129
9	Beloved	Drama	R	$22,746,521	4,850,004	$38,266,532
10	Les Miserables	Drama	PG-13	$13,871,914	2,957,764	$23,336,758
11	Life is Beautiful	Drama	PG-13	$11,409,840	2,432,802	$19,194,808
12	Shakespeare in Love	Romantic Comedy	R	$9,412,000	2,006,823	$15,833,833
13	Almost Heroes	Comedy	PG-13	$6,114,928	1,303,823	$10,287,163
14	The Wings of the Dove	Drama	R	$5,020,136	1,070,391	$8,445,385
15	Dangerous Beauty	Drama	R	$4,530,929	966,083	$7,622,395
16	Governess	Drama	R	$3,794,031	808,962	$6,382,710
17	Mrs. Dalloway	Drama	PG-13	$3,263,672	695,879	$5,490,485
18	The Last Days of Disco	Drama	R	$2,987,297	636,950	$5,025,536
19	Boogie Nights	Drama	R	$2,568,855	547,730	$4,321,590
20	The Imposters	Comedy	R	$2,194,875	467,990	$3,692,441
21	Tarzan and the Lost City	Adventure	PG	$2,147,114	457,807	$3,612,097
22	Gods and Monsters	Drama	R	$1,922,758	409,970	$3,234,663
23	A Soldier's Daughter Never Cries	Drama	R	$1,759,596	375,180	$2,960,170
24	Oscar and Lucinda	Drama	R	$1,371,526	292,436	$2,307,320
25	Eve's Bayou	Drama	R	$1,346,339	287,066	$2,264,951
26	Dancing at Lughnasa	Drama	PG	$1,191,089	253,964	$2,003,776
27	Cousin Bette	Comedy	R	$1,161,063	247,561	$1,953,256
28	Lolita	Drama	R	$1,147,784	244,730	$1,930,920
29	The Thief	Drama	R	$1,117,402	238,252	$1,879,808
30	Velvet Goldmine	Musical	R	$1,043,487	222,492	$1,755,462
31	Strike	Comedy	Not Rated	$968,506	206,504	$1,629,317
32	Firelight	Drama	R	$784,419	167,254	$1,319,634
33	Mrs. Brown	Drama	PG	$766,267	163,383	$1,289,092
34	Karakter	Drama	R	$713,413	152,114	$1,200,179
35	The Ice Storm	Drama	R	$599,581	127,842	$1,008,673
36	Wings of Courage	Drama	G	$596,362	127,156	$1,003,261
37	La femme de chambre du Titanic	Drama		$244,465	52,125	$411,266
38	The Proposition	Drama	R	$121,875	25,986	$205,030
39	Washington Square	Drama	PG	$91,818	19,577	$154,463
Total Gross of All Movies				$927,928,206
Total Tickets Sold					197,852,495
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices						$1,561,056,186

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.