Box Office Performance for R Movies in 1998

Rank	Movie	Genre	MPAA	1998 Gross	Tickets Sold	Inflation- Adjusted Gross
1	Saving Private Ryan	Drama	R	$190,373,184	40,591,297	$320,265,333
2	There's Something About Mary	Romantic Comedy	R	$174,711,122	37,251,838	$293,917,002
3	Good Will Hunting	Drama	R	$130,828,794	27,895,265	$220,093,641
4	Lethal Weapon 4	Action	R	$129,734,803	27,662,005	$218,253,219
5	Enemy of the State	Action	R	$96,817,000	20,643,284	$162,875,511
6	Blade	Action	R	$70,001,065	14,925,600	$117,762,984
7	A Perfect Murder	Thriller/Suspense	R	$67,549,705	14,402,922	$113,639,055
8	Snake Eyes	Thriller/Suspense	R	$55,585,389	11,851,895	$93,511,452
9	Halloween: H2O	Horror	R	$55,004,135	11,727,961	$92,533,612
10	The Negotiator	Action	R	$44,484,065	9,484,875	$74,835,664
11	Wag the Dog	Drama	R	$41,595,360	8,868,947	$69,975,992
12	Ronin	Action	R	$41,521,101	8,853,113	$69,851,062
13	The Siege	Action	R	$40,163,804	8,563,711	$67,567,680
14	I Still Know What You Did Last Summer	Horror	R	$39,167,980	8,351,382	$65,892,404
15	Primary Colors	Comedy	R	$38,966,057	8,308,328	$65,552,708
16	Urban Legend	Horror	R	$37,857,342	8,071,928	$63,687,512
17	How Stella Got Her Groove Back	Drama	R	$37,669,029	8,031,776	$63,370,713
18	Out of Sight	Drama	R	$37,474,810	7,990,365	$63,043,980
19	Mercury Rising	Thriller/Suspense	R	$32,940,507	7,023,562	$55,415,904
20	Bride of Chucky	Horror	R	$32,368,960	6,901,697	$54,454,389
21	Wild Things	Thriller/Suspense	R	$29,753,944	6,344,125	$50,055,146
22	The Object of my Affection	Romantic Comedy	R	$29,106,737	6,206,127	$48,966,342
23	The Big Hit	Action	R	$27,052,167	5,768,053	$45,509,938
24	Bulworth	Comedy	R	$26,525,834	5,655,828	$44,624,483
25	Great Expectations	Drama	R	$26,333,044	5,614,722	$44,300,157
26	L.A. Confidential	Drama	R	$26,308,657	5,609,522	$44,259,129
27	The Faculty	Horror	R	$25,895,000	5,521,322	$43,563,231
28	Fallen	Thriller/Suspense	R	$25,188,006	5,370,577	$42,373,853
29	One True Thing	Drama	R	$23,209,440	4,948,708	$39,045,306
30	The Players Club	Drama	R	$23,031,390	4,910,744	$38,745,770
31	Rounders	Drama	R	$22,905,674	4,883,939	$38,534,279
32	Beloved	Drama	R	$22,746,521	4,850,004	$38,266,532
33	He Got Game	Drama	R	$21,554,585	4,595,860	$36,261,335
34	Psycho	Horror	R	$20,776,265	4,429,907	$34,951,966
35	Vampires	Horror	R	$19,915,018	4,246,272	$33,503,086
36	Hard Rain	Action	R	$19,819,494	4,225,905	$33,342,390
37	Species 2	Horror	R	$19,165,560	4,086,473	$32,242,272
38	The Replacement Killers	Action	R	$18,967,571	4,044,258	$31,909,196
39	Amistad	Drama	R	$17,461,267	3,723,085	$29,375,141
40	The Big Lebowski	Comedy	R	$17,439,163	3,718,372	$29,337,955
41	Disturbing Behavior	Thriller/Suspense	R	$17,411,331	3,712,437	$29,291,128
42	Half Baked	Comedy	R	$17,278,980	3,684,217	$29,068,472
43	54	Drama	R	$16,574,731	3,534,058	$27,883,718
44	Elizabeth	Drama	R	$16,510,380	3,520,337	$27,775,459
45	Scream 2	Horror	R	$15,842,332	3,377,896	$26,651,599
46	Dead Man on Campus	Black Comedy	R	$15,062,898	3,211,705	$25,340,352
47	Twilight	Drama	R	$15,030,732	3,204,847	$25,286,243
48	Soldier	Action	R	$14,567,883	3,106,158	$24,507,587
49	Dark City	Thriller/Suspense	R	$14,337,579	3,057,053	$24,120,148
50	Desperate Measures	Action	R	$13,668,777	2,914,451	$22,995,018
51	Senseless	Comedy	R	$13,035,599	2,779,445	$21,929,821
52	Living Out Loud	Drama	R	$12,651,394	2,697,525	$21,283,472
53	Jackie Brown	Drama	R	$12,482,712	2,661,559	$20,999,701
54	Why Do Fools Fall In Love?	Drama	R	$12,413,650	2,646,834	$20,883,520
55	Deep Rising	Action	R	$11,146,409	2,376,633	$18,751,634
56	Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas	Comedy	R	$10,562,387	2,252,108	$17,769,132
57	The Full Monty	Comedy	R	$10,518,729	2,242,799	$17,695,684
58	I Got the Hook-Up!	Comedy	R	$10,305,534	2,197,342	$17,337,028
59	Knock Off	Action	R	$10,076,136	2,148,430	$16,951,113
60	Very Bad Things	Black Comedy	R	$9,801,782	2,089,932	$16,489,563
61	Belly	Drama	R	$9,505,046	2,026,662	$15,990,363
62	Shakespeare in Love	Romantic Comedy	R	$9,412,000	2,006,823	$15,833,833
63	Apt Pupil	Thriller/Suspense	R	$8,838,938	1,884,635	$14,869,770
64	Jerry Springer: Ringmaster	Comedy	R	$8,752,700	1,866,247	$14,724,689
65	Return to Paradise	Drama	R	$8,288,513	1,767,274	$13,943,792
66	Firestorm	Action	R	$8,041,665	1,714,641	$13,528,517
67	Woo	Romantic Comedy	R	$8,026,971	1,711,508	$13,503,798
68	BASEketball	Comedy	R	$6,940,185	1,479,784	$11,675,496
69	Caught Up	Drama	R	$6,724,217	1,433,735	$11,312,169
70	An American Werewolf in Paris	Horror	R	$6,465,104	1,378,487	$10,876,262
71	The Opposite of Sex	Black Comedy	R	$6,267,497	1,336,353	$10,543,825
72	American History X	Drama	R	$6,114,166	1,303,660	$10,285,877
73	Palmetto	Thriller/Suspense	R	$5,840,581	1,245,326	$9,825,622
74	The Boxer	Drama	R	$5,669,757	1,208,903	$9,538,245
75	Deconstructing Harry	Romantic Comedy	R	$5,664,131	1,207,704	$9,528,785
76	Phantoms	Horror	R	$5,657,370	1,206,262	$9,517,407
77	Slums of Beverly Hills	Comedy	R	$5,480,318	1,168,511	$9,219,552
78	Ride	Comedy	R	$5,476,059	1,167,603	$9,212,388
79	Celebrity	Comedy	R	$5,032,496	1,073,027	$8,466,183
80	The Wings of the Dove	Drama	R	$5,020,136	1,070,391	$8,445,385
81	Your Friends and Neighbors	Black Comedy	R	$4,710,749	1,004,424	$7,924,905
82	Dangerous Beauty	Drama	R	$4,530,929	966,083	$7,622,395
83	Kissing a Fool	Romantic Comedy	R	$4,002,640	853,441	$6,733,649
84	Governess	Drama	R	$3,794,031	808,962	$6,382,710
85	Next Stop, Wonderland	Romantic Comedy	R	$3,386,698	722,110	$5,697,448
86	The Postman	Action	R	$3,265,763	696,325	$5,494,004
87	Pi	Thriller/Suspense	R	$3,216,970	685,921	$5,411,917
88	The Last Days of Disco	Drama	R	$2,987,297	636,950	$5,025,536
89	The Sweet Hereafter	Drama	R	$2,918,731	622,331	$4,910,192
90	Boogie Nights	Drama	R	$2,568,855	547,730	$4,321,590
91	A Simple Plan	Drama	R	$2,515,990	536,458	$4,232,654
92	Afterglow	Romantic Comedy	R	$2,391,590	509,934	$4,023,379
93	Hav Plenty	Comedy	R	$2,301,777	490,784	$3,872,286
94	Pecker	Comedy	R	$2,279,807	486,100	$3,835,329
95	Chinese Box	Drama	R	$2,195,190	468,058	$3,692,978
96	The Imposters	Comedy	R	$2,194,875	467,990	$3,692,441
97	Buffalo '66	Comedy	R	$2,180,752	464,979	$3,668,684
98	Wilde	Drama	R	$2,157,701	460,064	$3,629,905
99	Ma Vie en Rose	Drama	R	$2,035,856	434,084	$3,424,923
100	Billy's Hollywood Screen Kiss	Romantic Comedy	R	$2,020,700	430,853	$3,399,430
101	Zero Effect	Comedy	R	$1,980,338	422,247	$3,331,529
102	Two Girls and a Guy	Drama	R	$1,950,218	415,825	$3,280,859
103	Gods and Monsters	Drama	R	$1,922,758	409,970	$3,234,663
104	Devil's Advocate	Drama	R	$1,915,297	408,379	$3,222,110
105	High Art	Drama	R	$1,835,565	391,378	$3,087,972
106	I Know What You Did Last Summer	Horror	R	$1,823,116	388,724	$3,067,032
107	The Butcher Boy	Drama	R	$1,822,193	388,527	$3,065,478
108	The Jackal	Thriller/Suspense	R	$1,803,275	384,494	$3,033,658
109	Clay Pigeons	Thriller/Suspense	R	$1,789,892	381,640	$3,011,140
110	A Soldier's Daughter Never Cries	Drama	R	$1,759,596	375,180	$2,960,170
111	Suicide Kings	Drama	R	$1,692,872	360,954	$2,847,927
112	Alien: Resurrection	Action	R	$1,655,832	353,056	$2,785,612
113	Carne tr�mula	Drama	R	$1,535,558	327,411	$2,583,273
114	The Gingerbread Man	Thriller/Suspense	R	$1,534,569	327,200	$2,581,608
115	Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil	Drama	R	$1,462,474	311,828	$2,460,323
116	Oscar and Lucinda	Drama	R	$1,371,526	292,436	$2,307,320
117	Eve's Bayou	Drama	R	$1,346,339	287,066	$2,264,951
118	Henry Fool	Comedy	R	$1,334,786	284,603	$2,245,518
119	Festen	Comedy	R	$1,250,305	266,590	$2,103,395
120	One Tough Cop	Drama	R	$1,220,906	260,321	$2,053,933
121	Permanent Midnight	Drama	R	$1,166,199	248,657	$1,961,904
122	Cousin Bette	Comedy	R	$1,161,063	247,561	$1,953,256
123	Nightwatch	Thriller/Suspense	R	$1,154,237	246,106	$1,941,776
124	Lolita	Drama	R	$1,147,784	244,730	$1,930,920
125	A Price Above Rubies	Drama	R	$1,118,808	238,552	$1,882,175
126	The Thief	Drama	R	$1,117,402	238,252	$1,879,808
127	Velvet Goldmine	Musical	R	$1,043,487	222,492	$1,755,462
128	The Thin Red Line	Drama	R	$1,020,438	217,577	$1,716,683
129	Slam	Drama	R	$982,214	209,427	$1,652,379
130	Little Voice	Musical	R	$880,046	187,643	$1,480,503
131	Firelight	Drama	R	$784,419	167,254	$1,319,634
132	Kiss the Girls	Thriller/Suspense	R	$770,201	164,222	$1,295,712
133	Men with Guns	Action	R	$742,032	158,216	$1,248,324
134	Karakter	Drama	R	$713,413	152,114	$1,200,179
135	Central do Brasil	Drama	R	$695,022	148,192	$1,169,235
136	The Winter Guest	Drama	R	$688,824	146,871	$1,158,812
137	Strangeland	Horror	R	$631,221	134,589	$1,061,907
138	The Ice Storm	Drama	R	$599,581	127,842	$1,008,673
139	Deceiver	Drama	R	$545,622	116,337	$917,899
140	The Hanging Garden	Drama	R	$539,406	115,012	$907,445
141	Air Force One	Action	R	$476,223	101,540	$801,151
142	Hurlyburly	Comedy	R	$463,298	98,784	$779,406
143	Starship Troopers	Action	R	$448,397	95,607	$754,339
144	Ulee's Gold	Drama	R	$417,709	89,064	$702,715
145	I Went Down		R	$405,297	86,417	$681,830
146	Four Days in September	Drama	R	$310,724	66,252	$522,728
147	Soul Food	Comedy	R	$291,265	62,103	$489,993
148	Mr. Jealousy		R	$287,752	61,354	$484,083
149	The Real Blonde		R	$247,745	52,824	$416,781
150	Whatever		R	$229,750	48,987	$386,507
151	Insomnia		R	$221,173	47,158	$372,077
152	Sour Grapes		R	$219,932	46,894	$369,994
153	Homegrown		R	$215,553	45,960	$362,624
154	Welcome to Sarajevo		R	$184,639	39,369	$310,621
155	The General	Drama	R	$177,220	37,787	$298,139
156	Red Corner	Thriller/Suspense	R	$152,380	32,490	$256,346
157	The Land Girls		R	$146,083	31,148	$245,758
158	No Looking Back		R	$143,273	30,549	$241,032
159	Hilary and Jackie	Drama	R	$134,929	28,770	$226,995
160	The Proposition	Drama	R	$121,875	25,986	$205,030
161	Lawn Dogs		R	$106,292	22,664	$178,819
162	The Night Flier	Horror	R	$91,549	19,520	$154,013
163	Shattered Image		R	$88,355	18,839	$148,640
164	24 7: Twenty Four Seven	Comedy	R	$72,544	15,468	$122,043
165	Affliction	Drama	R	$63,979	13,642	$107,635
166	Life During Wartime	Comedy	R	$55,986	11,937	$94,183
167	Illtown	Drama	R	$49,067	10,462	$82,545
168	Last Night	Drama	R	$48,634	10,370	$81,819
169	The Theory of Flight		R	$46,931	10,007	$78,955
170	U-Turn	Drama	R	$44,849	9,563	$75,452
171	Rushmore	Black Comedy	R	$43,666	9,310	$73,456
172	An Alan Smithee Film: Burn Hollywood Burn	Comedy	R	$40,000	8,529	$67,294
173	Playing by Heart	Drama	R	$36,934	7,875	$62,134
174	The Hi-Lo Country		R	$23,725	5,059	$39,916
175	The Last Big Thing		R	$22,180	4,729	$37,312
176	Safe Men		R	$21,210	4,522	$35,679
177	Another Day in Paradise	Drama	R	$19,749	4,211	$33,225
178	Regeneration		R	$19,273	4,109	$32,420
179	The Only Thrill		R	$15,093	3,218	$25,390
180	Hard Core Logo		R	$14,540	3,100	$24,459
181	Savior		R	$12,903	2,751	$21,705
182	Killing Time	Action	R	$12,154	2,591	$20,443
183	First Love, Last Rites	Drama	R	$10,876	2,319	$18,297
184	Unmade Beds		R	$9,615	2,050	$16,175
185	Hi-Life		R	$7,957	1,697	$13,389
186	Outside Ozona		R	$7,394	1,577	$12,443
187	Somewhere in the City		R	$7,016	1,496	$11,803
188	Heaven's Burning		R	$5,000	1,066	$8,411
189	Phoenix	Drama	R	$5,000	1,066	$8,411
190	Love Walked In		R	$5,000	1,066	$8,411
191	Dream for an Insomniac		R	$5,000	1,066	$8,411
192	The Leading Man	Drama	R	$5,000	1,066	$8,411
193	Chicago Cab	Comedy	R	$5,000	1,066	$8,411
194	This is the Sea		R	$5,000	1,066	$8,411
195	Reach the Rock		R	$4,960	1,058	$8,348
196	Little Boy Blue		R	$3,526	752	$5,933
197	The Ogre		R	$3,500	746	$5,886
198	Hit Me		R	$3,348	714	$5,633
199	The Last of the High Kings		R	$2,647	564	$4,450
200	River Red		R	$2,197	468	$3,693
201	Shopping for Fangs		R	$2,194	468	$3,693
202	Thursday		R	$1,971	420	$3,314
Total Gross of All Movies				$2,378,980,120
Total Tickets Sold					507,245,222
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices						$4,002,164,802

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.