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Box Office Performance for PG-13 Movies in 1998

RankMovieGenreMPAA1998 GrossTickets SoldInflation-
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 Sold627,977,496
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.