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	$100,267,400
2	Meet Joe Black	Drama	PG-13	$43,542,070	9,284,023	$66,659,285
3	Primary Colors	Comedy	R	$38,966,057	8,308,328	$59,653,795
4	Out of Sight	Drama	R	$37,474,810	7,990,365	$57,370,821
5	Mercury Rising	Thriller/Suspense	R	$32,940,507	7,023,562	$50,429,175
6	Bride of Chucky	Horror	R	$32,368,960	6,901,697	$49,554,184
7	One True Thing	Drama	R	$23,209,440	4,948,708	$35,531,723
8	Psycho	Horror	R	$20,776,265	4,429,907	$31,806,732
9	Half Baked	Comedy	R	$17,278,980	3,684,217	$26,452,678
10	Babe: Pig in the City	Adventure	G	$16,132,210	3,439,704	$24,697,075
11	Blues Brothers 2000	Comedy	PG-13	$13,979,599	2,980,725	$21,401,606
12	Black Dog	Action	PG-13	$12,829,351	2,735,469	$19,640,667
13	Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas	Comedy	R	$10,562,387	2,252,108	$16,170,135
14	Return to Paradise	Drama	R	$8,288,513	1,767,274	$12,689,027
15	For Richer or Poorer	Comedy	PG-13	$7,157,310	1,526,079	$10,957,247
16	BASEketball	Comedy	R	$6,940,185	1,479,784	$10,624,849
17	The Boxer	Drama	R	$5,669,757	1,208,903	$8,679,924
18	Kissing a Fool	Romantic Comedy	R	$4,002,640	853,441	$6,127,706
19	The Jackal	Thriller/Suspense	R	$1,803,275	384,494	$2,760,667
Total Gross of All Movies				$399,417,316
Total Tickets Sold					85,163,607
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices						$611,474,698

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.