Box Office Performance for PG-13 Movies in 1998
| Rank | Movie | Genre | MPAA | 1998 Gross | Tickets Sold | Inflation- Adjusted Gross |
| 1 |
Titanic
|
Drama
|
PG-13
|
$443,320,217 |
94,524,567 |
$650,329,021 |
| 2 |
Armageddon
|
Adventure
|
PG-13
|
$201,578,182 |
42,980,423 |
$295,705,310 |
| 3 |
The Waterboy
|
Comedy
|
PG-13
|
$150,037,914 |
31,991,026 |
$220,098,259 |
| 4 |
Doctor Dolittle
|
Comedy
|
PG-13
|
$144,155,118 |
30,736,699 |
$211,468,489 |
| 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 |
Godzilla
|
Action
|
PG-13
|
$136,314,294 |
29,064,881 |
$199,966,381 |
| 8 |
As Good as it Gets
|
Romantic Comedy
|
PG-13
|
$107,755,354 |
22,975,555 |
$158,071,818 |
| 9 |
The Mask of Zorro
|
Adventure
|
PG-13
|
$93,771,072 |
19,993,832 |
$137,557,564 |
| 10 |
The X Files: Fight the Future
|
Action
|
PG-13
|
$83,898,313 |
17,888,766 |
$123,074,710 |
| 11 |
The Wedding Singer
|
Romantic Comedy
|
PG-13
|
$80,245,725 |
17,109,963 |
$117,716,545 |
| 12 |
City of Angels
|
Drama
|
PG-13
|
$78,750,909 |
16,791,239 |
$115,523,724 |
| 13 |
The Horse Whisperer
|
Drama
|
PG-13
|
$75,383,563 |
16,073,254 |
$110,583,988 |
| 14 |
Six Days, Seven Nights
|
Romantic Comedy
|
PG-13
|
$74,339,294 |
15,850,596 |
$109,052,100 |
| 15 |
Lost In Space
|
Adventure
|
PG-13
|
$69,117,629 |
14,737,234 |
$101,392,170 |
| 16 |
Patch Adams
|
Comedy
|
PG-13
|
$65,495,000 |
13,964,819 |
$96,077,955 |
| 17 |
Hope Floats
|
Drama
|
PG-13
|
$60,110,313 |
12,816,698 |
$88,178,882 |
| 18 |
U.S. Marshals
|
Thriller/Suspense
|
PG-13
|
$57,833,603 |
12,331,259 |
$84,839,062 |
| 19 |
The Man in the Iron Mask
|
Adventure
|
PG-13
|
$56,968,169 |
12,146,731 |
$83,569,509 |
| 20 |
What Dreams May Come
|
Drama
|
PG-13
|
$55,485,043 |
11,830,500 |
$81,393,840 |
| 21 |
Small Soldiers
|
Comedy
|
PG-13
|
$55,143,823 |
11,757,745 |
$80,893,286 |
| 22 |
Stepmom
|
Drama
|
PG-13
|
$50,017,838 |
10,664,784 |
$73,373,714 |
| 23 |
Practical Magic
|
Comedy
|
PG-13
|
$46,611,204 |
9,938,423 |
$68,376,350 |
| 24 |
Meet Joe Black
|
Drama
|
PG-13
|
$43,542,070 |
9,284,023 |
$63,874,078 |
| 25 |
Pleasantville
|
Comedy
|
PG-13
|
$38,868,118 |
8,287,445 |
$57,017,622 |
| 26 |
Sphere
|
Horror
|
PG-13
|
$37,068,294 |
7,903,687 |
$54,377,367 |
| 27 |
Tomorrow Never Dies
|
Action
|
PG-13
|
$32,896,072 |
7,014,088 |
$48,256,925 |
| 28 |
A Night at the Roxbury
|
Comedy
|
PG-13
|
$30,324,946 |
6,465,873 |
$44,485,206 |
| 29 |
Can't Hardly Wait
|
Comedy
|
PG-13
|
$25,358,996 |
5,407,035 |
$37,200,401 |
| 30 |
The Avengers
|
Action
|
PG-13
|
$23,385,416 |
4,986,229 |
$34,305,256 |
| 31 |
The Apostle
|
Drama
|
PG-13
|
$20,692,516 |
4,412,050 |
$30,354,904 |
| 32 |
Jane Austen's Mafia
|
Comedy
|
PG-13
|
$19,843,795 |
4,231,086 |
$29,109,872 |
| 33 |
The Odd Couple II
|
Comedy
|
PG-13
|
$18,912,328 |
4,032,479 |
$27,743,456 |
| 34 |
Blues Brothers 2000
|
Comedy
|
PG-13
|
$14,089,198 |
3,004,093 |
$20,668,160 |
| 35 |
Les Miserables
|
Drama
|
PG-13
|
$13,887,945 |
2,961,182 |
$20,372,932 |
| 36 |
Hush
|
Thriller/Suspense
|
PG-13
|
$13,587,246 |
2,897,067 |
$19,931,821 |
| 37 |
Black Dog
|
Action
|
PG-13
|
$12,857,351 |
2,741,439 |
$18,861,100 |
| 38 |
Mr. Nice Guy
|
Action
|
PG-13
|
$12,716,953 |
2,711,504 |
$18,655,148 |
| 39 |
Sliding Doors
|
Drama
|
PG-13
|
$11,911,200 |
2,539,701 |
$17,473,143 |
| 40 |
Life Is Beautiful
|
Drama
|
PG-13
|
$11,409,840 |
2,432,802 |
$16,737,678 |
| 41 |
The Newton Boys
|
Drama
|
PG-13
|
$10,341,093 |
2,204,924 |
$15,169,877 |
| 42 |
Home Fries
|
Black Comedy
|
PG-13
|
$10,095,740 |
2,152,610 |
$14,809,957 |
| 43 |
Dirty Work
|
Comedy
|
PG-13
|
$10,020,081 |
2,136,478 |
$14,698,969 |
| 44 |
Wrongfully Accused
|
Comedy
|
PG-13
|
$9,642,860 |
2,056,047 |
$14,145,603 |
| 45 |
Krippendorf's Tribe
|
Comedy
|
PG-13
|
$7,571,115 |
1,614,310 |
$11,106,453 |
| 46 |
For Richer or Poorer
|
Comedy
|
PG-13
|
$7,226,881 |
1,540,913 |
$10,601,481 |
| 47 |
Smoke Signals
|
Comedy
|
PG-13
|
$6,719,300 |
1,432,687 |
$9,856,887 |
| 48 |
Almost Heroes
|
Comedy
|
PG-13
|
$6,175,688 |
1,316,778 |
$9,059,433 |
| 49 |
Kundun
|
Drama
|
PG-13
|
$5,449,279 |
1,161,893 |
$7,993,824 |
| 50 |
Down in the Delta
|
Drama
|
PG-13
|
$3,578,332 |
762,971 |
$5,249,240 |
| 51 |
Major League: Back to the Minors
|
Comedy
|
PG-13
|
$3,551,208 |
757,187 |
$5,209,447 |
| 52 |
Mrs. Dalloway
|
Drama
|
PG-13
|
$3,263,672 |
695,879 |
$4,787,648 |
| 53 |
The Mighty
|
Drama
|
PG-13
|
$2,652,246 |
565,511 |
$3,890,716 |
| 54 |
Love and Death on Long Island
|
Drama
|
PG-13
|
$2,542,264 |
542,061 |
$3,729,380 |
| 55 |
The Rainmaker
|
Drama
|
PG-13
|
$1,499,543 |
319,732 |
$2,199,756 |
| 56 |
In God's Hands
|
Action
|
PG-13
|
$1,431,239 |
305,168 |
$2,099,556 |
| 57 |
Mortal Kombat: Annihilation
|
Action
|
PG-13
|
$867,503 |
184,969 |
$1,272,587 |
| 58 |
Deja Vu
|
Drama
|
PG-13
|
$821,997 |
175,266 |
$1,205,830 |
| 59 |
Without Limits
|
Drama
|
PG-13
|
$780,326 |
166,381 |
$1,144,701 |
| 60 |
The Big One
|
Documentary
|
PG-13
|
$720,074 |
153,534 |
$1,056,314 |
| 61 |
Polish Wedding
|
Comedy
|
PG-13
|
$608,296 |
129,701 |
$892,343 |
| 62 |
Men in Black
|
Adventure
|
PG-13
|
$583,411 |
124,395 |
$855,838 |
| 63 |
Clockwatchers
|
|
PG-13
|
$444,354 |
94,745 |
$651,846 |
| 64 |
In & Out
|
Comedy
|
PG-13
|
$409,144 |
87,238 |
$600,197 |
| 65 |
Seven Years in Tibet
|
Drama
|
PG-13
|
$389,899 |
83,134 |
$571,962 |
| 66 |
Chairman of the Board
|
Comedy
|
PG-13
|
$306,715 |
65,398 |
$449,938 |
| 67 |
Swept From The Sea
|
Drama
|
PG-13
|
$283,081 |
60,358 |
$415,263 |
| 68 |
Bean
|
Comedy
|
PG-13
|
$264,366 |
56,368 |
$387,812 |
| 69 |
Gattaca
|
Drama
|
PG-13
|
$257,505 |
54,905 |
$377,746 |
| 70 |
A Civil Action
|
Drama
|
PG-13
|
$226,465 |
48,287 |
$332,215 |
| 71 |
Still Breathing
|
|
PG-13
|
$212,267 |
45,259 |
$311,382 |
| 72 |
Passion in the Desert
|
|
PG-13
|
$181,083 |
38,610 |
$265,637 |
| 73 |
Beyond Silence
|
Drama
|
PG-13
|
$171,334 |
36,532 |
$251,340 |
| 74 |
Six-String Samurai
|
|
PG-13
|
$116,592 |
24,860 |
$171,037 |
| 75 |
My Best Friend's Wedding
|
Comedy
|
PG-13
|
$44,904 |
9,574 |
$65,869 |
| 76 |
Mad City
|
Drama
|
PG-13
|
$42,015 |
8,958 |
$61,631 |
| 77 |
Shadrach
|
|
PG-13
|
$20,167 |
4,300 |
$29,584 |
| 78 |
Talk of Angels
|
|
PG-13
|
$15,546 |
3,315 |
$22,807 |
| 79 |
Storefront Hitchcock
|
|
PG-13
|
$3,073 |
655 |
$4,506 |
| Total Gross of All Movies | $2,945,214,459 |
| Total Tickets Sold | 627,977,496 |
| Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices | $4,320,485,172 |
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.
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