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	$201,578,182	42,980,423	$295,705,310
2	Saving Private Ryan	Drama	R	$190,373,184	40,591,297	$279,268,123
3	There's Something About Mary	Romantic Comedy	R	$174,711,122	37,251,838	$256,292,645
4	The Waterboy	Comedy	PG-13	$150,037,914	31,991,026	$220,098,259
5	Deep Impact	Adventure	PG-13	$140,464,664	29,949,822	$206,054,775
6	Rush Hour	Action	PG-13	$137,534,276	29,325,006	$201,756,041
7	A Bug's Life	Adventure	G	$136,420,446	29,087,515	$200,122,103
8	Good Will Hunting	Drama	R	$130,922,818	27,915,313	$192,057,353
9	The Truman Show	Drama	PG	$125,618,201	26,784,265	$184,275,743
10	As Good as it Gets	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$107,755,354	22,975,555	$158,071,818
11	Enemy of the State	Action	R	$96,816,659	20,643,211	$142,025,292
12	Antz	Adventure	PG	$89,214,361	19,022,252	$130,873,094
13	The Wedding Singer	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$80,245,725	17,109,963	$117,716,545
14	Six Days, Seven Nights	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$74,339,294	15,850,596	$109,052,100
15	Hope Floats	Drama	PG-13	$60,110,313	12,816,698	$88,178,882
16	Snake Eyes	Thriller/Suspense	R	$55,591,409	11,853,179	$81,549,872
17	Small Soldiers	Comedy	PG-13	$55,143,823	11,757,745	$80,893,286
18	Stepmom	Drama	PG-13	$50,017,838	10,664,784	$73,373,714
19	The Negotiator	Action	R	$44,705,766	9,532,146	$65,581,164
20	Meet Joe Black	Drama	PG-13	$43,542,070	9,284,023	$63,874,078
21	Ronin	Action	R	$41,521,101	8,853,113	$60,909,417
22	The Siege	Action	R	$40,163,804	8,563,711	$58,918,332
23	Pleasantville	Comedy	PG-13	$38,868,118	8,287,445	$57,017,622
24	Urban Legend	Horror	R	$37,857,342	8,071,928	$55,534,865
25	Jack Frost	Comedy	PG	$31,153,045	6,642,440	$45,699,987
26	Wild Things	Thriller/Suspense	R	$29,795,299	6,352,942	$43,708,241
27	Paulie	Comedy	PG	$27,084,499	5,774,946	$39,731,628
28	The Big Hit	Action	R	$27,066,941	5,771,203	$39,705,877
29	Bulworth	Comedy	R	$26,528,684	5,656,436	$38,916,280
30	The Faculty	Horror	R	$25,894,803	5,521,280	$37,986,406
31	Can't Hardly Wait	Comedy	PG-13	$25,358,996	5,407,035	$37,200,401
32	Fallen	Thriller/Suspense	R	$25,310,938	5,396,788	$37,129,901
33	The Players Club	Drama	R	$23,047,939	4,914,273	$33,810,198
34	Rounders	Drama	R	$22,921,898	4,887,398	$33,625,298
35	Mouse Hunt	Comedy	PG	$21,873,064	4,663,766	$32,086,710
36	He Got Game	Drama	R	$21,567,853	4,598,689	$31,638,980
37	The Apostle	Drama	PG-13	$20,692,516	4,412,050	$30,354,904
38	Hard Rain	Action	R	$19,870,567	4,236,795	$29,149,150
39	Jane Austen's Mafia	Comedy	PG-13	$19,843,795	4,231,086	$29,109,872
40	The Replacement Killers	Action	R	$19,035,741	4,058,793	$27,924,496
41	Disturbing Behavior	Thriller/Suspense	R	$17,507,368	3,732,914	$25,682,448
42	The Big Lebowski	Comedy	R	$17,498,804	3,731,088	$25,669,885
43	Half Baked	Comedy	R	$17,394,881	3,708,930	$25,517,438
44	54	Drama	R	$16,757,163	3,572,956	$24,581,937
45	Dance With Me	Musical	PG	$15,923,354	3,395,171	$23,358,776
46	Dead Man on Campus	Black Comedy	R	$15,064,948	3,212,142	$22,099,537
47	Twilight	Drama	R	$15,055,091	3,210,041	$22,085,082
48	Soldier	Action	R	$14,623,082	3,117,928	$21,451,345
49	Dark City	Thriller/Suspense	R	$14,435,076	3,077,841	$21,175,546
50	Desperate Measures	Action	R	$13,678,274	2,916,476	$20,065,355
51	Hush	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$13,587,246	2,897,067	$19,931,821
52	Senseless	Comedy	R	$13,109,234	2,795,146	$19,230,604
53	Black Dog	Action	PG-13	$12,857,351	2,741,439	$18,861,100
54	Mr. Nice Guy	Action	PG-13	$12,716,953	2,711,504	$18,655,148
55	Living Out Loud	Drama	R	$12,651,394	2,697,525	$18,558,972
56	I'll Be Home For Christmas	Comedy	PG	$12,121,586	2,584,560	$17,781,773
57	Holy Man	Comedy	PG	$12,069,719	2,573,501	$17,705,687
58	Sliding Doors	Drama	PG-13	$11,911,200	2,539,701	$17,473,143
59	Life Is Beautiful	Drama	PG-13	$11,409,840	2,432,802	$16,737,678
60	Deep Rising	Action	R	$11,203,026	2,388,705	$16,434,290
61	The Full Monty	Comedy	R	$10,611,398	2,262,558	$15,566,399
62	Knock Off	Action	R	$10,319,915	2,200,408	$15,138,807
63	I Got the Hook-Up!	Comedy	R	$10,317,779	2,199,953	$15,135,677
64	Spanish Prisoner	Drama	PG	$10,162,034	2,166,745	$14,907,206
65	Home Fries	Black Comedy	PG-13	$10,095,740	2,152,610	$14,809,957
66	Dirty Work	Comedy	PG-13	$10,020,081	2,136,478	$14,698,969
67	Very Bad Things	Black Comedy	R	$9,801,782	2,089,932	$14,378,732
68	Wrongfully Accused	Comedy	PG-13	$9,642,860	2,056,047	$14,145,603
69	Belly	Drama	R	$9,505,046	2,026,662	$13,943,435
70	Shakespeare in Love	Romantic Comedy	R	$9,411,676	2,006,754	$13,806,468
71	Firestorm	Action	R	$8,123,860	1,732,166	$11,917,302
72	Woo	Romantic Comedy	R	$8,064,972	1,719,610	$11,830,917
73	My Giant	Comedy	PG	$7,985,929	1,702,757	$11,714,968
74	For Richer or Poorer	Comedy	PG-13	$7,226,881	1,540,913	$10,601,481
75	BASEketball	Comedy	R	$7,042,541	1,501,608	$10,331,063
76	Star Kid	Adventure	PG	$7,015,240	1,495,787	$10,291,015
77	Waking Ned Devine	Comedy	PG	$6,954,620	1,482,861	$10,202,084
78	Caught Up	Drama	R	$6,754,958	1,440,290	$9,909,195
79	The Opposite of Sex	Black Comedy	R	$6,367,164	1,357,604	$9,340,316
80	Almost Heroes	Comedy	PG-13	$6,175,688	1,316,778	$9,059,433
81	American History X	Drama	R	$6,114,166	1,303,660	$8,969,181
82	The Boxer	Drama	R	$5,896,037	1,257,151	$8,649,199
83	Deconstructing Harry	Romantic Comedy	R	$5,781,901	1,232,815	$8,481,767
84	Ride	Comedy	R	$5,485,295	1,169,572	$8,046,655
85	Kundun	Drama	PG-13	$5,449,279	1,161,893	$7,993,824
86	Celebrity	Comedy	R	$5,032,496	1,073,027	$7,382,426
87	Your Friends and Neighbors	Black Comedy	R	$4,714,658	1,005,258	$6,916,175
88	Meet the Deedles	Comedy	PG	$4,356,126	928,812	$6,390,227
89	Kissing a Fool	Romantic Comedy	R	$4,100,505	874,308	$6,015,239
90	Governess	Drama	R	$3,794,031	808,962	$5,565,659
91	Down in the Delta	Drama	PG-13	$3,578,332	762,971	$5,249,240
92	Next Stop, Wonderland	Romantic Comedy	R	$3,386,698	722,110	$4,968,117
93	Pi	Thriller/Suspense	R	$3,221,152	686,813	$4,725,273
94	The Last Days of Disco	Drama	R	$3,024,198	644,818	$4,436,348
95	T-Rex: Back to the Cretaceous	Adventure	Not Rated	$2,872,271	612,425	$4,213,484
96	Les Boys	Comedy	Not Rated	$2,750,686	586,500	$4,035,120
97	Happiness	Comedy	Not Rated	$2,635,624	561,967	$3,866,333
98	Boogie Nights	Drama	R	$2,594,707	553,242	$3,806,305
99	Afterglow	Romantic Comedy	R	$2,487,376	530,357	$3,648,856
100	Buffalo '66	Comedy	R	$2,380,606	507,592	$3,492,233
101	Hav Plenty	Comedy	R	$2,301,777	490,784	$3,376,594
102	Pecker	Comedy	R	$2,281,761	486,516	$3,347,230
103	Chinese Box	Drama	R	$2,265,328	483,012	$3,323,123
104	The Imposters	Comedy	R	$2,194,875	467,990	$3,219,771
105	Zero Effect	Comedy	R	$2,080,693	443,645	$3,052,278
106	Two Girls and a Guy	Drama	R	$2,057,193	438,634	$3,017,802
107	Ma Vie en Rose	Drama	R	$2,035,856	434,084	$2,986,498
108	Billy's Hollywood Screen Kiss	Romantic Comedy	R	$2,020,700	430,853	$2,964,269
109	High Art	Drama	R	$1,835,565	391,378	$2,692,681
110	Clay Pigeons	Thriller/Suspense	R	$1,793,359	382,379	$2,630,768
111	Across The Sea of Time	Drama	G	$1,776,489	378,782	$2,606,020
112	The Proposition	Drama	R	$1,622,381	345,923	$2,379,950
113	In God's Hands	Action	PG-13	$1,431,239	305,168	$2,099,556
114	Eve's Bayou	Drama	R	$1,368,233	291,734	$2,007,130
115	Henry Fool	Comedy	R	$1,334,786	284,603	$1,958,069
116	The Celebration	Comedy	R	$1,250,305	266,590	$1,834,139
117	A Price Above Rubies	Drama	R	$1,118,808	238,552	$1,641,238
118	The Thief	Drama	R	$1,117,402	238,252	$1,639,174
119	Deja Vu	Drama	PG-13	$821,997	175,266	$1,205,830
120	Air Force One	Action	R	$811,908	173,115	$1,191,031
121	Firelight	Drama	R	$784,419	167,254	$1,150,708
122	Mrs. Brown	Drama	PG	$766,267	163,383	$1,124,075
123	Nights of Cabiria	Drama	Not Rated	$752,045	160,351	$1,103,215
124	Men with Guns	Action	R	$742,032	158,216	$1,088,526
125	Central Station	Drama	R	$695,022	148,192	$1,019,561
126	Gadjo Dilo	Drama	Not Rated	$673,153	143,529	$987,480
127	Strangeland	Horror	R	$631,221	134,589	$925,972
128	Polish Wedding	Comedy	PG-13	$608,296	129,701	$892,343
129	Wings of Courage	Drama	G	$596,362	127,156	$874,833
130	Orgazmo	Comedy	NC-17	$582,024	124,099	$853,801
131	Ulee's Gold	Drama	R	$417,709	89,064	$612,760
132	In & Out	Comedy	PG-13	$409,144	87,238	$600,197
133	Chairman of the Board	Comedy	PG-13	$306,715	65,398	$449,938
134	Soul Food	Comedy	R	$293,597	62,601	$430,695
135	Steam: The Turkish Bath	Drama	Not Rated	$261,410	55,738	$383,477
136	Gattaca	Drama	PG-13	$257,505	54,905	$377,746
137	Beyond Silence	Drama	PG-13	$171,334	36,532	$251,340
138	Red Corner	Thriller/Suspense	R	$160,030	34,122	$234,759
139	Shall We Dance?	Romantic Comedy	PG	$159,056	33,914	$233,328
140	Marius et Jeannette	Romantic Comedy	Not Rated	$140,334	29,922	$205,863
141	The Beyond	Horror		$126,387	26,948	$185,402
142	Guantanamera	Comedy	Not Rated	$104,101	22,196	$152,708
143	Fallen Angels (1998)	Drama	Not Rated	$58,318	12,435	$85,553
144	Last Night	Drama	R	$48,634	10,370	$71,346
145	An Alan Smithee Film: Burn Hollywood Burn	Comedy	R	$45,779	9,761	$67,156
146	My Best Friend's Wedding	Comedy	PG-13	$44,904	9,574	$65,869
147	Rushmore	Black Comedy	R	$43,666	9,310	$64,053
148	Mad City	Drama	PG-13	$42,015	8,958	$61,631
149	The Dress	Drama	Not Rated	$16,556	3,530	$24,286
150	Killing Time	Action	R	$12,154	2,591	$17,826
Total Gross of All Movies				$3,266,903,104
Total Tickets Sold					696,567,822
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices						$4,792,386,615

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.