Box Office Performance for Original Screenplay 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	Armageddon	Adventure	PG-13	$201,573,391	42,979,401	$339,107,474
3	Saving Private Ryan	Drama	R	$190,373,184	40,591,297	$320,265,333
4	There's Something About Mary	Romantic Comedy	R	$174,711,122	37,251,838	$293,917,002
5	The Waterboy	Comedy	PG-13	$150,037,914	31,991,026	$252,409,195
6	Deep Impact	Adventure	PG-13	$140,300,426	29,914,803	$236,027,796
7	Rush Hour	Action	PG-13	$137,534,276	29,325,006	$231,374,297
8	A Bug's Life	Adventure	G	$136,420,000	29,087,420	$229,499,744
9	Good Will Hunting	Drama	R	$130,828,794	27,895,265	$220,093,641
10	Lethal Weapon 4	Action	R	$129,734,803	27,662,005	$218,253,219
11	The Truman Show	Drama	PG	$125,466,701	26,751,962	$211,072,980
12	As Good as it Gets	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$106,914,817	22,796,336	$179,863,091
13	Enemy of the State	Action	R	$96,817,000	20,643,284	$162,875,511
14	Antz	Adventure	PG	$89,214,361	19,022,252	$150,085,568
15	The Wedding Singer	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$80,224,502	17,105,438	$134,961,906
16	Six Days, Seven Nights	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$74,292,149	15,840,543	$124,981,884
17	Hope Floats	Drama	PG-13	$60,033,780	12,800,380	$100,994,998
18	Snake Eyes	Thriller/Suspense	R	$55,585,389	11,851,895	$93,511,452
19	Small Soldiers	Comedy	PG-13	$54,452,676	11,610,379	$91,605,890
20	Stepmom	Drama	PG-13	$50,018,000	10,664,819	$84,145,422
21	The Negotiator	Action	R	$44,484,065	9,484,875	$74,835,664
22	Meet Joe Black	Drama	PG-13	$43,542,070	9,284,023	$73,250,941
23	Ronin	Action	R	$41,521,101	8,853,113	$69,851,062
24	The Siege	Action	R	$40,163,804	8,563,711	$67,567,680
25	Pleasantville	Comedy	PG-13	$38,868,118	8,287,445	$65,387,941
26	Urban Legend	Horror	R	$37,857,342	8,071,928	$63,687,512
27	Bride of Chucky	Horror	R	$32,368,960	6,901,697	$54,454,389
28	Jack Frost	Comedy	PG	$31,153,045	6,642,440	$52,408,852
29	Wild Things	Thriller/Suspense	R	$29,753,944	6,344,125	$50,055,146
30	The Big Hit	Action	R	$27,052,167	5,768,053	$45,509,938
31	Paulie	Comedy	PG	$27,008,669	5,758,778	$45,436,758
32	Bulworth	Comedy	R	$26,525,834	5,655,828	$44,624,483
33	The Faculty	Horror	R	$25,895,000	5,521,322	$43,563,231
34	Can't Hardly Wait	Comedy	PG-13	$25,339,117	5,402,797	$42,628,068
35	Fallen	Thriller/Suspense	R	$25,188,006	5,370,577	$42,373,853
36	The Players Club	Drama	R	$23,031,390	4,910,744	$38,745,770
37	Rounders	Drama	R	$22,905,674	4,883,939	$38,534,279
38	Mouse Hunt	Comedy	PG	$21,812,687	4,650,893	$36,695,546
39	He Got Game	Drama	R	$21,554,585	4,595,860	$36,261,335
40	The Apostle	Drama	PG-13	$20,692,516	4,412,050	$34,811,075
41	Jane Austen's Mafia	Comedy	PG-13	$19,843,795	4,231,086	$33,383,269
42	Hard Rain	Action	R	$19,819,494	4,225,905	$33,342,390
43	Species 2	Horror	R	$19,165,560	4,086,473	$32,242,272
44	The Replacement Killers	Action	R	$18,967,571	4,044,258	$31,909,196
45	The Big Lebowski	Comedy	R	$17,439,163	3,718,372	$29,337,955
46	Disturbing Behavior	Thriller/Suspense	R	$17,411,331	3,712,437	$29,291,128
47	Half Baked	Comedy	R	$17,278,980	3,684,217	$29,068,472
48	54	Drama	R	$16,574,731	3,534,058	$27,883,718
49	Dance With Me	Musical	PG	$15,862,680	3,382,235	$26,685,834
50	Scream 2	Horror	R	$15,842,332	3,377,896	$26,651,599
51	Dead Man on Campus	Black Comedy	R	$15,062,898	3,211,705	$25,340,352
52	Twilight	Drama	R	$15,030,732	3,204,847	$25,286,243
53	Soldier	Action	R	$14,567,883	3,106,158	$24,507,587
54	Dark City	Thriller/Suspense	R	$14,337,579	3,057,053	$24,120,148
55	Blues Brothers 2000	Comedy	PG-13	$13,979,599	2,980,725	$23,517,920
56	Desperate Measures	Action	R	$13,668,777	2,914,451	$22,995,018
57	Hush	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$13,513,622	2,881,369	$22,734,001
58	Senseless	Comedy	R	$13,035,599	2,779,445	$21,929,821
59	Black Dog	Action	PG-13	$12,829,351	2,735,469	$21,582,850
60	Mr. Nice Guy	Action	PG-13	$12,674,183	2,702,384	$21,321,810
61	Living Out Loud	Drama	R	$12,651,394	2,697,525	$21,283,472
62	I'll Be Home For Christmas	Comedy	PG	$12,121,586	2,584,560	$20,392,178
63	Holy Man	Comedy	PG	$12,065,985	2,572,705	$20,298,642
64	Sliding Doors	Drama	PG-13	$11,883,495	2,533,794	$19,991,635
65	Life is Beautiful	Drama	PG-13	$11,409,840	2,432,802	$19,194,808
66	Deep Rising	Action	R	$11,146,409	2,376,633	$18,751,634
67	The Full Monty	Comedy	R	$10,518,729	2,242,799	$17,695,684
68	I Got the Hook-Up!	Comedy	R	$10,305,534	2,197,342	$17,337,028
69	Spanish Prisoner	Drama	PG	$10,162,034	2,166,745	$17,095,618
70	Home Fries	Black Comedy	PG-13	$10,095,740	2,152,610	$16,984,093
71	Air Bud: Golden Receiver	Comedy	G	$10,093,523	2,152,137	$16,980,361
72	Knock Off	Action	R	$10,076,136	2,148,430	$16,951,113
73	Dirty Work	Comedy	PG-13	$9,975,684	2,127,012	$16,782,125
74	Very Bad Things	Black Comedy	R	$9,801,782	2,089,932	$16,489,563
75	Wrongfully Accused	Comedy	PG-13	$9,604,029	2,047,767	$16,156,882
76	Belly	Drama	R	$9,505,046	2,026,662	$15,990,363
77	Shakespeare in Love	Romantic Comedy	R	$9,412,000	2,006,823	$15,833,833
78	Firestorm	Action	R	$8,041,665	1,714,641	$13,528,517
79	Woo	Romantic Comedy	R	$8,026,971	1,711,508	$13,503,798
80	My Giant	Comedy	PG	$7,985,929	1,702,757	$13,434,753
81	For Richer or Poorer	Comedy	PG-13	$7,157,310	1,526,079	$12,040,763
82	Star Kid	Adventure	PG	$7,015,240	1,495,787	$11,801,759
83	Waking Ned Devine	Comedy	PG	$6,954,620	1,482,861	$11,699,773
84	BASEketball	Comedy	R	$6,940,185	1,479,784	$11,675,496
85	Caught Up	Drama	R	$6,724,217	1,433,735	$11,312,169
86	Home Alone III	Comedy	PG	$6,672,357	1,422,677	$11,224,922
87	An American Werewolf in Paris	Horror	R	$6,465,104	1,378,487	$10,876,262
88	The Opposite of Sex	Black Comedy	R	$6,267,497	1,336,353	$10,543,825
89	Almost Heroes	Comedy	PG-13	$6,114,928	1,303,823	$10,287,163
90	American History X	Drama	R	$6,114,166	1,303,660	$10,285,877
91	Les Boys II	Comedy	Not Rated	$5,974,732	1,273,930	$10,051,308
92	The Boxer	Drama	R	$5,669,757	1,208,903	$9,538,245
93	Deconstructing Harry	Romantic Comedy	R	$5,664,131	1,207,704	$9,528,785
94	Ride	Comedy	R	$5,476,059	1,167,603	$9,212,388
95	Kundun	Drama	PG-13	$5,294,886	1,128,974	$8,907,605
96	Celebrity	Comedy	R	$5,032,496	1,073,027	$8,466,183
97	Your Friends and Neighbors	Black Comedy	R	$4,710,749	1,004,424	$7,924,905
98	Meet the Deedles	Comedy	PG	$4,351,341	927,791	$7,320,271
99	Kissing a Fool	Romantic Comedy	R	$4,002,640	853,441	$6,733,649
100	Governess	Drama	R	$3,794,031	808,962	$6,382,710
101	Down in the Delta	Drama	PG-13	$3,578,332	762,971	$6,019,841
102	Major League: Back to the Minors	Comedy	PG-13	$3,551,208	757,187	$5,974,205
103	Next Stop, Wonderland	Romantic Comedy	R	$3,386,698	722,110	$5,697,448
104	Pi	Thriller/Suspense	R	$3,216,970	685,921	$5,411,917
105	The Last Days of Disco	Drama	R	$2,987,297	636,950	$5,025,536
106	T-Rex: Back to the Cretaceous	Adventure	Not Rated	$2,872,271	612,425	$4,832,033
107	Les Boys	Comedy	Not Rated	$2,750,686	586,500	$4,627,485
108	Happiness	Comedy	Not Rated	$2,635,624	561,967	$4,433,920
109	Boogie Nights	Drama	R	$2,568,855	547,730	$4,321,590
110	Afterglow	Romantic Comedy	R	$2,391,590	509,934	$4,023,379
111	Hav Plenty	Comedy	R	$2,301,777	490,784	$3,872,286
112	Pecker	Comedy	R	$2,279,807	486,100	$3,835,329
113	Chinese Box	Drama	R	$2,195,190	468,058	$3,692,978
114	The Imposters	Comedy	R	$2,194,875	467,990	$3,692,441
115	Buffalo '66	Comedy	R	$2,180,752	464,979	$3,668,684
116	Ma Vie en Rose	Drama	R	$2,035,856	434,084	$3,424,923
117	Billy's Hollywood Screen Kiss	Romantic Comedy	R	$2,020,700	430,853	$3,399,430
118	Zero Effect	Comedy	R	$1,980,338	422,247	$3,331,529
119	Two Girls and a Guy	Drama	R	$1,950,218	415,825	$3,280,859
120	High Art	Drama	R	$1,835,565	391,378	$3,087,972
121	Clay Pigeons	Thriller/Suspense	R	$1,789,892	381,640	$3,011,140
122	Across The Sea of Time	Drama	G	$1,776,489	378,782	$2,988,590
123	Alien: Resurrection	Action	R	$1,655,832	353,056	$2,785,612
124	In God's Hands	Action	PG-13	$1,431,239	305,168	$2,407,776
125	Eve's Bayou	Drama	R	$1,346,339	287,066	$2,264,951
126	Henry Fool	Comedy	R	$1,334,786	284,603	$2,245,518
127	Festen	Comedy	R	$1,250,305	266,590	$2,103,395
128	A Price Above Rubies	Drama	R	$1,118,808	238,552	$1,882,175
129	The Thief	Drama	R	$1,117,402	238,252	$1,879,808
130	Velvet Goldmine	Musical	R	$1,043,487	222,492	$1,755,462
131	Slam	Drama	R	$982,214	209,427	$1,652,379
132	Strike	Comedy	Not Rated	$968,506	206,504	$1,629,317
133	Deja Vu	Drama	PG-13	$821,997	175,266	$1,382,849
134	Firelight	Drama	R	$784,419	167,254	$1,319,634
135	Mrs. Brown	Drama	PG	$766,267	163,383	$1,289,092
136	The Tango Lesson	Drama	PG	$761,282	162,320	$1,280,705
137	Nights of Cabiria	Drama	Not Rated	$752,045	160,351	$1,265,169
138	Men with Guns	Action	R	$742,032	158,216	$1,248,324
139	Central do Brasil	Drama	R	$695,022	148,192	$1,169,235
140	Gadjo Dilo	Drama	Not Rated	$673,153	143,529	$1,132,444
141	Strangeland	Horror	R	$631,221	134,589	$1,061,907
142	Wings of Courage	Drama	G	$596,362	127,156	$1,003,261
143	Orgazmo	Comedy	NC-17	$582,024	124,099	$979,141
144	Dancer, Texas Pop. 81	Comedy	PG	$565,592	120,595	$951,495
145	Polish Wedding	Comedy	PG-13	$563,143	120,073	$947,376
146	The Hanging Garden	Drama	R	$539,406	115,012	$907,445
147	Air Force One	Action	R	$476,223	101,540	$801,151
148	Ulee's Gold	Drama	R	$417,709	89,064	$702,715
149	In & Out	Comedy	PG-13	$409,144	87,238	$688,308
150	3 Ninjas: High Noon at Mega Mountain	Action	PG	$308,082	65,689	$518,286
151	Chairman of the Board	Comedy	PG-13	$306,715	65,398	$515,990
152	Soul Food	Comedy	R	$291,265	62,103	$489,993
153	Steam: The Turkish Bath	Drama	Not Rated	$261,410	55,738	$439,773
154	Jenseits der Stille	Drama	PG-13	$171,334	36,532	$288,237
155	Shall We Dance?	Romantic Comedy	PG	$159,056	33,914	$267,581
156	Red Corner	Thriller/Suspense	R	$152,380	32,490	$256,346
157	Couloirs du temps: Les visiteurs 2, Les	Comedy		$146,072	31,145	$245,734
158	Marius et Jeannette	Romantic Comedy	Not Rated	$140,334	29,922	$236,085
159	The Proposition	Drama	R	$121,875	25,986	$205,030
160	Guantanamera	Comedy	Not Rated	$104,101	22,196	$175,126
161	24 7: Twenty Four Seven	Comedy	R	$72,544	15,468	$122,043
162	Gattaca	Drama	PG-13	$64,361	13,723	$108,274
163	Fallen Angels (1998)	Drama	Not Rated	$58,318	12,435	$98,112
164	Last Night	Drama	R	$48,634	10,370	$81,819
165	Rushmore	Black Comedy	R	$43,666	9,310	$73,456
166	An Alan Smithee Film: Burn Hollywood Burn	Comedy	R	$40,000	8,529	$67,294
167	Mad City	Drama	PG-13	$37,173	7,926	$62,536
168	Playing by Heart	Drama	R	$36,934	7,875	$62,134
169	My Best Friend's Wedding	Comedy	PG-13	$36,863	7,860	$62,015
170	The Dress	Drama	Not Rated	$16,556	3,530	$27,852
171	Killing Time	Action	R	$12,154	2,591	$20,443
172	Phoenix	Drama	R	$5,000	1,066	$8,411
173	The Leading Man	Drama	R	$5,000	1,066	$8,411
174	Ambushed	Action		$5,000	1,066	$8,411
Total Gross of All Movies				$3,952,908,053
Total Tickets Sold					842,837,533
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices						$6,649,988,135

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.