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Box Office Performance for Movies in 1998

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RankMovieRelease
Date		 GenreMPAA
Rating		1998 GrossTickets Sold
1 Deceiver Jan 30, 1998 Drama R $699,062 149,053
2 Wild Man Blues Apr 17, 1998 PG $483,917 103,180
3 I Went Down Jun 24, 1998 R $405,297 86,417
4 A Merry War Aug 28, 1998 Not Rated $373,830 79,707
5 Wide Awake Mar 20, 1998 PG $305,704 65,182
6 Shooting Fish May 1, 1998 PG $302,204 64,435
7 Welcome to Sarajevo Nov 26, 1997 R $274,747 58,581
8 The Real Blonde Feb 27, 1998 R $247,745 52,824
9 Whatever Jul 10, 1998 R $229,750 48,987
10 Insomnia May 29, 1998 R $221,173 47,158
11 Sour Grapes Apr 17, 1998 R $219,932 46,893
12 Homegrown Apr 17, 1998 R $215,553 45,960
13 The Ride Dec 15, 1997 Drama PG $189,635 40,433
14 The Education of Little Tree Dec 25, 1997 PG $161,831 34,505
15 The Land Girls Jun 12, 1998 R $146,083 31,147
16 No Looking Back Mar 27, 1998 R $143,273 30,548
17 Six-String Samurai Sep 18, 1998 PG-13 $126,722 27,019
18 Lawn Dogs May 15, 1998 R $106,292 22,663
19 Shattered Image Dec 4, 1998 R $88,355 18,839
20 Le Bossu Mar 20, 1998 Not Rated $56,158 11,973
21 The Theory of Flight Dec 23, 1998 R $46,931 10,006
22 Slappy and the Stinkers Jan 23, 1998 Comedy PG $34,488 7,353
23 The Hi-Lo Country Dec 30, 1998 R $25,997 5,543
24 The Last Big Thing Sep 25, 1998 R $22,180 4,729
25 Safe Men Aug 7, 1998 R $21,210 4,522
26 Shadrach Sep 23, 1998 PG-13 $20,167 4,300
27 Talk of Angels Oct 30, 1998 PG-13 $15,546 3,314
28 The Only Thrill Feb 13, 1998 R $15,093 3,218
29 Savior Nov 20, 1998 R $12,903 2,751
30 Hit Me Oct 2, 1998 R $12,491 2,663
31 First Love, Last Rites Aug 7, 1998 Drama R $10,876 2,318
32 Hi-Life Dec 4, 1998 R $7,957 1,696
33 Outside Ozona Dec 18, 1998 R $7,394 1,576
34 Somewhere in the City Sep 18, 1998 R $7,016 1,495
35 Sue Nov 20, 1998 Not Rated $5,376 1,146
36 Dream for an Insomniac Jun 19, 1998 R $5,000 1,066
37 Heaven's Burning Apr 3, 1998 R $5,000 1,066
38 Love Walked In Feb 20, 1998 R $5,000 1,066
39 Music From Another Room Apr 24, 1998 PG-13 $5,000 1,066
40 This is the Sea Dec 28, 1998 R $5,000 1,066
41 Reach the Rock Oct 16, 1998 R $4,960 1,057
42 Little Boy Blue May 29, 1998 R $3,526 751
43 The Ogre Dec 11, 1998 R $3,500 746
44 Storefront Hitchcock Nov 20, 1998 PG-13 $3,073 655
45 The Last of the High Kings Apr 10, 1998 R $2,647 564
46 River Red Nov 13, 1998 R $2,197 468
47 Shopping for Fangs May 8, 1998 R $2,194 467
Total Gross of All Movies$5,309,985
Total Tickets Sold1,132,172

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 2010 will most likely earn money in 2010 and 2011. Click on the individual movie to see its total gross over all the years in which it played.

Inflation-adjusted figures are based ticket sale estimates, and may not be precise due to rounding errors.

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