Box Office Performance for Original Screenplay Movies in 1998

Rank	Movie	Genre	MPAA	1998 Gross	Tickets Sold	Inflation- Adjusted Gross
1	Armageddon	Adventure	PG-13	$201,573,391	42,979,401	$308,592,099
2	Saving Private Ryan	Drama	R	$190,373,184	40,591,297	$291,445,512
3	There's Something About Mary	Romantic Comedy	R	$174,711,122	37,251,838	$267,468,197
4	The Waterboy	Comedy	PG-13	$150,037,914	31,991,026	$229,695,567
5	Deep Impact	Adventure	PG-13	$140,300,426	29,914,803	$214,788,286
6	Rush Hour	Action	PG-13	$137,534,276	29,325,006	$210,553,543
7	A Bug's Life	Adventure	G	$136,420,000	29,087,420	$208,847,676
8	Good Will Hunting	Drama	R	$130,828,794	27,895,265	$200,288,003
9	The Truman Show	Drama	PG	$125,466,701	26,751,962	$192,079,087
10	As Good as it Gets	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$106,914,817	22,796,336	$163,677,692
11	Enemy of the State	Action	R	$96,817,000	20,643,284	$148,218,779
12	Antz	Adventure	PG	$89,214,361	19,022,252	$136,579,769
13	The Wedding Singer	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$80,224,502	17,105,438	$122,817,045
14	Six Days, Seven Nights	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$74,292,149	15,840,543	$113,735,099
15	Hope Floats	Drama	PG-13	$60,033,780	12,800,380	$91,906,728
16	Snake Eyes	Thriller/Suspense	R	$55,585,389	11,851,895	$85,096,606
17	Small Soldiers	Comedy	PG-13	$54,452,676	11,610,379	$83,362,521
18	Stepmom	Drama	PG-13	$50,018,000	10,664,819	$76,573,400
19	The Negotiator	Action	R	$44,484,065	9,484,875	$68,101,403
20	Meet Joe Black	Drama	PG-13	$43,542,070	9,284,023	$66,659,285
21	Ronin	Action	R	$41,521,101	8,853,113	$63,565,351
22	The Siege	Action	R	$40,163,804	8,563,711	$61,487,445
23	Pleasantville	Comedy	PG-13	$38,868,118	8,287,445	$59,503,855
24	Urban Legend	Horror	R	$37,857,342	8,071,928	$57,956,443
25	Jack Frost	Comedy	PG	$31,153,045	6,642,440	$47,692,719
26	Wild Things	Thriller/Suspense	R	$29,753,944	6,344,125	$45,550,818
27	The Big Hit	Action	R	$27,052,167	5,768,053	$41,414,621
28	Paulie	Comedy	PG	$27,008,669	5,758,778	$41,348,026
29	Bulworth	Comedy	R	$26,525,834	5,655,828	$40,608,845
30	The Faculty	Horror	R	$25,895,000	5,521,322	$39,643,092
31	Can't Hardly Wait	Comedy	PG-13	$25,339,117	5,402,797	$38,792,082
32	Fallen	Thriller/Suspense	R	$25,188,006	5,370,577	$38,560,743
33	The Players Club	Drama	R	$23,031,390	4,910,744	$35,259,142
34	Rounders	Drama	R	$22,905,674	4,883,939	$35,066,682
35	Mouse Hunt	Comedy	PG	$21,812,687	4,650,893	$33,393,412
36	He Got Game	Drama	R	$21,554,585	4,595,860	$32,998,275
37	The Apostle	Drama	PG-13	$20,692,516	4,412,050	$31,678,519
38	Jane Austen's Mafia	Comedy	PG-13	$19,843,795	4,231,086	$30,379,197
39	Hard Rain	Action	R	$19,819,494	4,225,905	$30,341,998
40	The Replacement Killers	Action	R	$18,967,571	4,044,258	$29,037,772
41	The Big Lebowski	Comedy	R	$17,439,163	3,718,372	$26,697,911
42	Disturbing Behavior	Thriller/Suspense	R	$17,411,331	3,712,437	$26,655,298
43	Half Baked	Comedy	R	$17,278,980	3,684,217	$26,452,678
44	54	Drama	R	$16,574,731	3,534,058	$25,374,536
45	Dance With Me	Musical	PG	$15,862,680	3,382,235	$24,284,447
46	Dead Man on Campus	Black Comedy	R	$15,062,898	3,211,705	$23,060,042
47	Twilight	Drama	R	$15,030,732	3,204,847	$23,010,801
48	Soldier	Action	R	$14,567,883	3,106,158	$22,302,214
49	Dark City	Thriller/Suspense	R	$14,337,579	3,057,053	$21,949,641
50	Desperate Measures	Action	R	$13,668,777	2,914,451	$20,925,758
51	Hush	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$13,513,622	2,881,369	$20,688,229
52	Senseless	Comedy	R	$13,035,599	2,779,445	$19,956,415
53	Black Dog	Action	PG-13	$12,829,351	2,735,469	$19,640,667
54	Mr. Nice Guy	Action	PG-13	$12,674,183	2,702,384	$19,403,117
55	Living Out Loud	Drama	R	$12,651,394	2,697,525	$19,368,230
56	I'll Be Home For Christmas	Comedy	PG	$12,121,586	2,584,560	$18,557,141
57	Holy Man	Comedy	PG	$12,065,985	2,572,705	$18,472,022
58	Sliding Doors	Drama	PG-13	$11,883,495	2,533,794	$18,192,641
59	Life Is Beautiful	Drama	PG-13	$11,409,840	2,432,802	$17,467,518
60	Deep Rising	Action	R	$11,146,409	2,376,633	$17,064,225
61	The Full Monty	Comedy	R	$10,518,729	2,242,799	$16,103,297
62	I Got the Hook-Up!	Comedy	R	$10,305,534	2,197,342	$15,776,916
63	Spanish Prisoner	Drama	PG	$10,162,034	2,166,745	$15,557,229
64	Home Fries	Black Comedy	PG-13	$10,095,740	2,152,610	$15,455,740
65	Knock Off	Action	R	$10,076,136	2,148,430	$15,425,727
66	Dirty Work	Comedy	PG-13	$9,975,684	2,127,012	$15,271,946
67	Very Bad Things	Black Comedy	R	$9,801,782	2,089,932	$15,005,712
68	Wrongfully Accused	Comedy	PG-13	$9,604,029	2,047,767	$14,702,967
69	Belly	Drama	R	$9,505,046	2,026,662	$14,551,433
70	Shakespeare in Love	Romantic Comedy	R	$9,412,000	2,006,823	$14,408,989
71	Firestorm	Action	R	$8,041,665	1,714,641	$12,311,122
72	Woo	Romantic Comedy	R	$8,026,971	1,711,508	$12,288,627
73	My Giant	Comedy	PG	$7,985,929	1,702,757	$12,225,795
74	For Richer or Poorer	Comedy	PG-13	$7,157,310	1,526,079	$10,957,247
75	Star Kid	Adventure	PG	$7,015,240	1,495,787	$10,739,751
76	Waking Ned Devine	Comedy	PG	$6,954,620	1,482,861	$10,646,942
77	BASEketball	Comedy	R	$6,940,185	1,479,784	$10,624,849
78	Caught Up	Drama	R	$6,724,217	1,433,735	$10,294,217
79	The Opposite of Sex	Black Comedy	R	$6,267,497	1,336,353	$9,595,015
80	Almost Heroes	Comedy	PG-13	$6,114,928	1,303,823	$9,361,449
81	American History X	Drama	R	$6,114,166	1,303,660	$9,360,279
82	The Boxer	Drama	R	$5,669,757	1,208,903	$8,679,924
83	Deconstructing Harry	Romantic Comedy	R	$5,664,131	1,207,704	$8,671,315
84	Ride	Comedy	R	$5,476,059	1,167,603	$8,383,390
85	Kundun	Drama	PG-13	$5,294,886	1,128,974	$8,106,033
86	Celebrity	Comedy	R	$5,032,496	1,073,027	$7,704,334
87	Your Friends and Neighbors	Black Comedy	R	$4,710,749	1,004,424	$7,211,764
88	Meet the Deedles	Comedy	PG	$4,351,341	927,791	$6,661,539
89	Kissing a Fool	Romantic Comedy	R	$4,002,640	853,441	$6,127,706
90	Governess	Drama	R	$3,794,031	808,962	$5,808,347
91	Down in the Delta	Drama	PG-13	$3,578,332	762,971	$5,478,132
92	Next Stop, Wonderland	Romantic Comedy	R	$3,386,698	722,110	$5,184,750
93	Pi	Thriller/Suspense	R	$3,216,970	685,921	$4,924,913
94	The Last Days of Disco	Drama	R	$2,987,297	636,950	$4,573,301
95	T-Rex: Back to the Cretaceous	Adventure	Not Rated	$2,872,271	612,425	$4,397,212
96	Les Boys	Comedy	Not Rated	$2,750,686	586,500	$4,211,070
97	Happiness	Comedy	Not Rated	$2,635,624	561,967	$4,034,923
98	Boogie Nights	Drama	R	$2,568,855	547,730	$3,932,701
99	Afterglow	Romantic Comedy	R	$2,391,590	509,934	$3,661,326
100	Hav Plenty	Comedy	R	$2,301,777	490,784	$3,523,829
101	Pecker	Comedy	R	$2,279,807	486,100	$3,490,198
102	Chinese Box	Drama	R	$2,195,190	468,058	$3,360,656
103	The Imposters	Comedy	R	$2,194,875	467,990	$3,360,168
104	Buffalo '66	Comedy	R	$2,180,752	464,979	$3,338,549
105	Ma Vie en Rose	Drama	R	$2,035,856	434,084	$3,116,723
106	Billy's Hollywood Screen Kiss	Romantic Comedy	R	$2,020,700	430,853	$3,093,525
107	Zero Effect	Comedy	R	$1,980,338	422,247	$3,031,733
108	Two Girls and a Guy	Drama	R	$1,950,218	415,825	$2,985,624
109	High Art	Drama	R	$1,835,565	391,378	$2,810,094
110	Clay Pigeons	Thriller/Suspense	R	$1,789,892	381,640	$2,740,175
111	Across The Sea of Time	Drama	G	$1,776,489	378,782	$2,719,655
112	In God's Hands	Action	PG-13	$1,431,239	305,168	$2,191,106
113	Eve's Bayou	Drama	R	$1,346,339	287,066	$2,061,134
114	Henry Fool	Comedy	R	$1,334,786	284,603	$2,043,450
115	The Celebration	Comedy	R	$1,250,305	266,590	$1,914,116
116	A Price Above Rubies	Drama	R	$1,118,808	238,552	$1,712,803
117	The Thief	Drama	R	$1,117,402	238,252	$1,710,649
118	Velvet Goldmine	Musical	R	$1,043,487	222,492	$1,597,493
119	Slam	Drama	R	$982,214	209,427	$1,503,686
120	Strike	Comedy	Not Rated	$968,506	206,504	$1,482,699
121	Deja Vu	Drama	PG-13	$821,997	175,266	$1,258,410
122	Firelight	Drama	R	$784,419	167,254	$1,200,884
123	Mrs. Brown	Drama	PG	$766,267	163,383	$1,173,090
124	The Tango Lesson	Drama	PG	$761,282	162,320	$1,165,458
125	Nights of Cabiria	Drama	Not Rated	$752,045	160,351	$1,151,320
126	Men with Guns	Action	R	$742,032	158,216	$1,135,991
127	Central Station	Drama	R	$695,022	148,192	$1,064,019
128	Gadjo Dilo	Drama	Not Rated	$673,153	143,529	$1,030,538
129	Strangeland	Horror	R	$631,221	134,589	$966,349
130	Wings of Courage	Drama	G	$596,362	127,156	$912,980
131	Orgazmo	Comedy	NC-17	$582,024	124,099	$891,031
132	Dancer, Texas Pop. 81	Comedy	PG	$565,592	120,595	$865,872
133	Polish Wedding	Comedy	PG-13	$563,143	120,073	$862,124
134	The Hanging Garden	Drama	R	$539,406	115,012	$825,786
135	Air Force One	Action	R	$476,223	101,540	$729,057
136	Ulee's Gold	Drama	R	$417,709	89,064	$639,480
137	In & Out	Comedy	PG-13	$409,144	87,238	$626,369
138	Chairman of the Board	Comedy	PG-13	$306,715	65,398	$469,558
139	Soul Food	Comedy	R	$291,265	62,103	$445,900
140	Steam: The Turkish Bath	Drama	Not Rated	$261,410	55,738	$400,199
141	Beyond Silence	Drama	PG-13	$171,334	36,532	$262,300
142	Shall We Dance?	Romantic Comedy	PG	$159,056	33,914	$243,503
143	Red Corner	Thriller/Suspense	R	$152,380	32,490	$233,278
144	Marius et Jeannette	Romantic Comedy	Not Rated	$140,334	29,922	$214,840
145	The Proposition	Drama	R	$121,875	25,986	$186,579
146	Guantanamera	Comedy	Not Rated	$104,101	22,196	$159,367
147	24 7: Twenty Four Seven	Comedy	R	$72,544	15,468	$111,060
148	Gattaca	Drama	PG-13	$64,361	13,723	$98,531
149	Fallen Angels (1998)	Drama	Not Rated	$58,318	12,435	$89,283
150	Last Night	Drama	R	$48,634	10,370	$74,457
151	Rushmore	Black Comedy	R	$43,666	9,310	$66,846
152	An Alan Smithee Film: Burn Hollywood Burn	Comedy	R	$40,000	8,529	$61,238
153	Mad City	Drama	PG-13	$37,173	7,926	$56,909
154	Playing by Heart	Drama	R	$36,934	7,875	$56,543
155	My Best Friend's Wedding	Comedy	PG-13	$36,863	7,860	$56,435
156	The Dress	Drama	Not Rated	$16,556	3,530	$25,345
157	Killing Time	Action	R	$12,154	2,591	$18,603
158	The Leading Man	Drama	R	$5,000	1,066	$7,654
159	Phoenix	Drama	R	$5,000	1,066	$7,654
160	Ambushed	Action		$5,000	1,066	$7,654
Total Gross of All Movies				$3,263,630,808
Total Tickets Sold					695,870,105
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices						$4,996,347,354

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.