Box Office Performance for Science Fiction Movies in 1998

Rank	Movie	Genre	MPAA	1998 Gross	Tickets Sold	Inflation- Adjusted Gross
1	Deep Impact	Adventure	PG-13	$140,300,426	29,914,803	$236,027,796
2	Godzilla	Action	PG-13	$136,142,003	29,028,146	$229,032,072
3	The X Files: Fight the Future	Action	PG-13	$83,826,398	17,873,432	$141,021,378
4	Lost In Space	Adventure	PG-13	$69,102,910	14,734,096	$116,252,017
5	Star Trek: Insurrection	Adventure	PG	$58,644,000	12,504,051	$98,656,962
6	Sphere	Horror	PG-13	$36,976,367	7,884,087	$62,205,446
7	Mighty Joe Young	Adventure	PG	$28,148,000	6,001,706	$47,353,460
8	Species 2	Horror	R	$19,165,560	4,086,473	$32,242,272
9	Soldier	Action	R	$14,567,883	3,106,158	$24,507,587
10	Star Kid	Adventure	PG	$7,015,240	1,495,787	$11,801,759
11	The Postman	Action	R	$3,265,763	696,325	$5,494,004
12	Pi	Thriller/Suspense	R	$3,216,970	685,921	$5,411,917
13	T-Rex: Back to the Cretaceous	Adventure	Not Rated	$2,872,271	612,425	$4,832,033
14	Alien: Resurrection	Action	R	$1,655,832	353,056	$2,785,612
15	Starship Troopers	Action	R	$448,397	95,607	$754,339
16	Gattaca	Drama	PG-13	$64,361	13,723	$108,274
17	Last Night	Drama	R	$48,634	10,370	$81,819
18	Men in Black	Adventure	PG-13	$40,487	8,633	$68,114
Total Gross of All Movies				$605,501,502
Total Tickets Sold					129,104,799
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices						$1,018,636,864

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.