Box Office Performance for Universal Movies in 1998

Rank	Movie	Genre	MPAA	1998 Gross	Tickets Sold	Inflation- Adjusted Gross
1	Patch Adams	Comedy	PG-13	$65,495,000	13,964,819	$110,182,422
2	Meet Joe Black	Drama	PG-13	$43,542,070	9,284,023	$73,250,941
3	Primary Colors	Comedy	R	$38,966,057	8,308,328	$65,552,708
4	Out of Sight	Drama	R	$37,474,810	7,990,365	$63,043,980
5	Mercury Rising	Thriller/Suspense	R	$32,940,507	7,023,562	$55,415,904
6	Bride of Chucky	Horror	R	$32,368,960	6,901,697	$54,454,389
7	One True Thing	Drama	R	$23,209,440	4,948,708	$39,045,306
8	Psycho	Horror	R	$20,776,265	4,429,907	$34,951,966
9	The Big Lebowski	Comedy	R	$17,439,163	3,718,372	$29,337,955
10	Half Baked	Comedy	R	$17,278,980	3,684,217	$29,068,472
11	Babe: Pig in the City	Adventure	G	$16,132,210	3,439,704	$27,139,265
12	Blues Brothers 2000	Comedy	PG-13	$13,979,599	2,980,725	$23,517,920
13	Black Dog	Action	PG-13	$12,829,351	2,735,469	$21,582,850
14	Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas	Comedy	R	$10,562,387	2,252,108	$17,769,132
15	Return to Paradise	Drama	R	$8,288,513	1,767,274	$13,943,792
16	For Richer or Poorer	Comedy	PG-13	$7,157,310	1,526,079	$12,040,763
17	BASEketball	Comedy	R	$6,940,185	1,479,784	$11,675,496
18	The Boxer	Drama	R	$5,669,757	1,208,903	$9,538,245
19	Kissing a Fool	Romantic Comedy	R	$4,002,640	853,441	$6,733,649
20	The Jackal	Thriller/Suspense	R	$1,803,275	384,494	$3,033,658
Total Gross of All Movies				$416,856,479
Total Tickets Sold					88,881,979
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices						$701,278,814

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.