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	$279,268,123
2	There's Something About Mary	Romantic Comedy	R	$174,711,122	37,251,838	$256,292,645
3	Good Will Hunting	Drama	R	$130,922,818	27,915,313	$192,057,353
4	Lethal Weapon 4	Action	R	$130,444,603	27,813,348	$191,355,834
5	Enemy of the State	Action	R	$96,816,659	20,643,211	$142,025,292
6	Blade	Action	R	$70,141,876	14,955,624	$102,894,693
7	A Perfect Murder	Thriller/Suspense	R	$67,658,331	14,426,083	$99,251,451
8	Snake Eyes	Thriller/Suspense	R	$55,591,409	11,853,179	$81,549,872
9	Halloween: H2O	Horror	R	$55,041,738	11,735,978	$80,743,529
10	The Negotiator	Action	R	$44,705,766	9,532,146	$65,581,164
11	Wag the Dog	Drama	R	$41,630,306	8,876,398	$61,069,618
12	Ronin	Action	R	$41,521,101	8,853,113	$60,909,417
13	The Siege	Action	R	$40,163,804	8,563,711	$58,918,332
14	I Still Know What You Did Last Summer	Horror	R	$39,167,980	8,351,382	$57,457,508
15	Primary Colors	Comedy	R	$39,017,984	8,319,400	$57,237,472
16	Urban Legend	Horror	R	$37,857,342	8,071,928	$55,534,865
17	How Stella Got Her Groove Back	Drama	R	$37,669,029	8,031,776	$55,258,619
18	Out of Sight	Drama	R	$37,562,568	8,009,076	$55,102,443
19	Mercury Rising	Thriller/Suspense	R	$32,983,332	7,032,693	$48,384,928
20	Bride of Chucky	Horror	R	$32,368,960	6,901,697	$47,483,675
21	Wild Things	Thriller/Suspense	R	$29,795,299	6,352,942	$43,708,241
22	The Object of my Affection	Romantic Comedy	R	$29,145,924	6,214,483	$42,755,643
23	The Big Hit	Action	R	$27,066,941	5,771,203	$39,705,877
24	Bulworth	Comedy	R	$26,528,684	5,656,436	$38,916,280
25	Great Expectations	Drama	R	$26,333,044	5,614,722	$38,629,287
26	L.A. Confidential	Drama	R	$26,308,657	5,609,522	$38,593,511
27	The Faculty	Horror	R	$25,894,803	5,521,280	$37,986,406
28	Fallen	Thriller/Suspense	R	$25,310,938	5,396,788	$37,129,901
29	One True Thing	Drama	R	$23,337,196	4,975,948	$34,234,522
30	The Players Club	Drama	R	$23,047,939	4,914,273	$33,810,198
31	Rounders	Drama	R	$22,921,898	4,887,398	$33,625,298
32	Beloved	Drama	R	$22,746,521	4,850,004	$33,368,028
33	He Got Game	Drama	R	$21,567,853	4,598,689	$31,638,980
34	Psycho	Horror	R	$20,776,265	4,429,907	$30,477,760
35	Vampires	Horror	R	$19,915,018	4,246,272	$29,214,351
36	Hard Rain	Action	R	$19,870,567	4,236,795	$29,149,150
37	Species 2	Horror	R	$19,217,565	4,097,562	$28,191,227
38	The Replacement Killers	Action	R	$19,035,741	4,058,793	$27,924,496
39	Disturbing Behavior	Thriller/Suspense	R	$17,507,368	3,732,914	$25,682,448
40	The Big Lebowski	Comedy	R	$17,498,804	3,731,088	$25,669,885
41	Amistad	Drama	R	$17,498,465	3,731,016	$25,669,390
42	Half Baked	Comedy	R	$17,394,881	3,708,930	$25,517,438
43	54	Drama	R	$16,757,163	3,572,956	$24,581,937
44	Elizabeth	Drama	R	$16,510,380	3,520,337	$24,219,919
45	Scream 2	Horror	R	$15,871,259	3,384,064	$23,282,360
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	Senseless	Comedy	R	$13,109,234	2,795,146	$19,230,604
52	Living Out Loud	Drama	R	$12,651,394	2,697,525	$18,558,972
53	Jackie Brown	Drama	R	$12,508,279	2,667,010	$18,349,029
54	Why Do Fools Fall In Love?	Drama	R	$12,506,676	2,666,669	$18,346,683
55	Deep Rising	Action	R	$11,203,026	2,388,705	$16,434,290
56	Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas	Comedy	R	$10,680,275	2,277,244	$15,667,439
57	The Full Monty	Comedy	R	$10,611,398	2,262,558	$15,566,399
58	Knock Off	Action	R	$10,319,915	2,200,408	$15,138,807
59	I Got the Hook-Up!	Comedy	R	$10,317,779	2,199,953	$15,135,677
60	Very Bad Things	Black Comedy	R	$9,801,782	2,089,932	$14,378,732
61	Belly	Drama	R	$9,505,046	2,026,662	$13,943,435
62	Shakespeare in Love	Romantic Comedy	R	$9,411,676	2,006,754	$13,806,468
63	Apt Pupil	Thriller/Suspense	R	$8,838,938	1,884,635	$12,966,289
64	Jerry Springer: Ringmaster	Comedy	R	$8,752,700	1,866,247	$12,839,779
65	Return to Paradise	Drama	R	$8,352,677	1,780,955	$12,252,970
66	Firestorm	Action	R	$8,123,860	1,732,166	$11,917,302
67	Woo	Romantic Comedy	R	$8,064,972	1,719,610	$11,830,917
68	BASEketball	Comedy	R	$7,042,541	1,501,608	$10,331,063
69	Caught Up	Drama	R	$6,754,958	1,440,290	$9,909,195
70	An American Werewolf in Paris	Horror	R	$6,514,132	1,388,941	$9,555,914
71	The Opposite of Sex	Black Comedy	R	$6,367,164	1,357,604	$9,340,316
72	American History X	Drama	R	$6,114,166	1,303,660	$8,969,181
73	The Boxer	Drama	R	$5,896,037	1,257,151	$8,649,199
74	Palmetto	Thriller/Suspense	R	$5,846,660	1,246,623	$8,576,766
75	Deconstructing Harry	Romantic Comedy	R	$5,781,901	1,232,815	$8,481,767
76	Phantoms	Horror	R	$5,755,333	1,227,150	$8,442,792
77	Slums of Beverly Hills	Comedy	R	$5,502,773	1,173,299	$8,072,297
78	Ride	Comedy	R	$5,485,295	1,169,572	$8,046,655
79	Celebrity	Comedy	R	$5,032,496	1,073,027	$7,382,426
80	The Wings of the Dove	Drama	R	$5,020,136	1,070,391	$7,364,290
81	Your Friends and Neighbors	Black Comedy	R	$4,714,658	1,005,258	$6,916,175
82	Dangerous Beauty	Drama	R	$4,553,271	970,847	$6,679,427
83	Kissing a Fool	Romantic Comedy	R	$4,100,505	874,308	$6,015,239
84	Governess	Drama	R	$3,794,031	808,962	$5,565,659
85	Next Stop, Wonderland	Romantic Comedy	R	$3,386,698	722,110	$4,968,117
86	The Postman	Action	R	$3,323,076	708,545	$4,874,790
87	Pi	Thriller/Suspense	R	$3,221,152	686,813	$4,725,273
88	The Last Days of Disco	Drama	R	$3,024,198	644,818	$4,436,348
89	The Sweet Hereafter	Drama	R	$2,918,731	622,331	$4,281,637
90	Boogie Nights	Drama	R	$2,594,707	553,242	$3,806,305
91	A Simple Plan	Drama	R	$2,515,990	536,458	$3,690,831
92	Afterglow	Romantic Comedy	R	$2,487,376	530,357	$3,648,856
93	Buffalo '66	Comedy	R	$2,380,606	507,592	$3,492,233
94	Hav Plenty	Comedy	R	$2,301,777	490,784	$3,376,594
95	Pecker	Comedy	R	$2,281,761	486,516	$3,347,230
96	Chinese Box	Drama	R	$2,265,328	483,012	$3,323,123
97	The Imposters	Comedy	R	$2,194,875	467,990	$3,219,771
98	Wilde	Drama	R	$2,157,701	460,064	$3,165,240
99	Zero Effect	Comedy	R	$2,080,693	443,645	$3,052,278
100	Two Girls and a Guy	Drama	R	$2,057,193	438,634	$3,017,802
101	Ma Vie en Rose	Drama	R	$2,035,856	434,084	$2,986,498
102	Billy's Hollywood Screen Kiss	Romantic Comedy	R	$2,020,700	430,853	$2,964,269
103	Devil's Advocate	Drama	R	$1,938,693	413,367	$2,843,965
104	Gods and Monsters	Drama	R	$1,922,758	409,970	$2,820,594
105	I Know What You Did Last Summer	Horror	R	$1,853,812	395,269	$2,719,451
106	The Jackal	Thriller/Suspense	R	$1,849,656	394,383	$2,713,355
107	High Art	Drama	R	$1,835,565	391,378	$2,692,681
108	The Butcher Boy	Drama	R	$1,822,193	388,527	$2,673,066
109	Clay Pigeons	Thriller/Suspense	R	$1,793,359	382,379	$2,630,768
110	A Soldier's Daughter Never Cries	Drama	R	$1,775,523	378,576	$2,604,603
111	Alien: Resurrection	Action	R	$1,702,240	362,951	$2,497,103
112	Suicide Kings	Drama	R	$1,692,872	360,954	$2,483,364
113	The Gingerbread Man	Thriller/Suspense	R	$1,626,593	346,822	$2,386,135
114	The Proposition	Drama	R	$1,622,381	345,923	$2,379,950
115	Oscar and Lucinda	Drama	R	$1,612,957	343,914	$2,366,128
116	Live Flesh	Drama	R	$1,535,558	327,411	$2,252,588
117	Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil	Drama	R	$1,462,474	311,828	$2,145,377
118	Eve's Bayou	Drama	R	$1,368,233	291,734	$2,007,130
119	Henry Fool	Comedy	R	$1,334,786	284,603	$1,958,069
120	One Tough Cop	Drama	R	$1,313,607	280,087	$1,926,999
121	Nightwatch	Thriller/Suspense	R	$1,278,516	272,605	$1,875,522
122	The Celebration	Comedy	R	$1,250,305	266,590	$1,834,139
123	Permanent Midnight	Drama	R	$1,171,001	249,680	$1,717,798
124	Cousin Bette	Comedy	R	$1,161,063	247,561	$1,703,220
125	Lolita	Drama	R	$1,147,784	244,730	$1,683,742
126	A Price Above Rubies	Drama	R	$1,118,808	238,552	$1,641,238
127	The Thief	Drama	R	$1,117,402	238,252	$1,639,174
128	Velvet Goldmine	Musical	R	$1,053,788	224,688	$1,545,853
129	The Thin Red Line	Drama	R	$1,020,438	217,577	$1,496,930
130	Slam	Drama	R	$1,009,819	215,313	$1,481,353
131	Little Voice	Musical	R	$880,046	187,643	$1,290,984
132	Air Force One	Action	R	$811,908	173,115	$1,191,031
133	Kiss the Girls	Thriller/Suspense	R	$806,514	171,965	$1,183,119
134	Firelight	Drama	R	$784,419	167,254	$1,150,708
135	The Winter Guest	Drama	R	$782,782	166,904	$1,148,300
136	Men with Guns	Action	R	$742,032	158,216	$1,088,526
137	Character	Drama	R	$713,413	152,114	$1,046,544
138	Deceiver	Drama	R	$699,062	149,054	$1,025,492
139	Central Station	Drama	R	$695,022	148,192	$1,019,561
140	The Ice Storm	Drama	R	$647,731	138,109	$950,190
141	Strangeland	Horror	R	$631,221	134,589	$925,972
142	The Hanging Garden	Drama	R	$539,406	115,012	$791,283
143	Starship Troopers	Action	R	$517,284	110,295	$758,830
144	Hurlyburly	Comedy	R	$463,298	98,784	$679,634
145	Ulee's Gold	Drama	R	$417,709	89,064	$612,760
146	I Went Down		R	$405,297	86,417	$594,549
147	Four Days in September	Drama	R	$310,724	66,252	$455,814
148	Soul Food	Comedy	R	$293,597	62,601	$430,695
149	Mr. Jealousy		R	$287,752	61,354	$422,116
150	The Real Blonde		R	$247,745	52,824	$363,429
151	Whatever		R	$229,750	48,987	$337,031
152	Insomnia		R	$221,173	47,158	$324,447
153	Sour Grapes		R	$219,932	46,894	$322,631
154	Homegrown		R	$215,553	45,960	$316,205
155	Welcome to Sarajevo		R	$184,639	39,369	$270,859
156	The General	Drama	R	$177,220	37,787	$259,975
157	Red Corner	Thriller/Suspense	R	$160,030	34,122	$234,759
158	The Land Girls		R	$146,083	31,148	$214,298
159	No Looking Back		R	$143,273	30,549	$210,177
160	Lawn Dogs		R	$106,292	22,664	$155,928
161	The Night Flier	Horror	R	$91,549	19,520	$134,298
162	Shattered Image		R	$88,355	18,839	$129,612
163	Illtown	Drama	R	$68,955	14,703	$101,157
164	U-Turn	Drama	R	$56,674	12,084	$83,138
165	Life During Wartime	Comedy	R	$55,986	11,937	$82,127
166	Last Night	Drama	R	$48,634	10,370	$71,346
167	The Theory of Flight		R	$46,931	10,007	$68,848
168	An Alan Smithee Film: Burn Hollywood Burn	Comedy	R	$45,779	9,761	$67,156
169	Rushmore	Black Comedy	R	$43,666	9,310	$64,053
170	The Last Big Thing		R	$22,180	4,729	$32,536
171	Safe Men		R	$21,210	4,522	$31,111
172	Regeneration		R	$19,273	4,109	$28,270
173	The Only Thrill		R	$15,093	3,218	$22,140
174	Hard Core Logo		R	$14,540	3,100	$21,328
175	Savior		R	$12,903	2,751	$18,927
176	Killing Time	Action	R	$12,154	2,591	$17,826
177	First Love, Last Rites	Drama	R	$10,876	2,319	$15,955
178	Unmade Beds		R	$9,615	2,050	$14,104
179	Hi-Life		R	$7,957	1,697	$11,675
180	Outside Ozona		R	$7,394	1,577	$10,850
181	Reach the Rock		R	$4,960	1,058	$7,279
182	The Ogre		R	$3,500	746	$5,132
183	Hit Me		R	$3,348	714	$4,912
184	River Red		R	$2,197	468	$3,220
185	Shopping for Fangs		R	$2,194	468	$3,220
186	Thursday		R	$1,971	420	$2,890
Total Gross of All Movies				$2,386,940,643
Total Tickets Sold					508,942,562
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices						$3,501,524,827

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.