1998 Top-Grossing Movies Worldwide
This chart ranks movies by their total cumulative worldwide box office earnings for movies released in 1998. Each movie is ranked by its total gross across all years it played, not just earnings during 1998.
| Rank | Movie | Worldwide Box Office | Domestic Box Office | International Box Office | Domestic Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Armageddon | $554,600,000 | $201,578,182 | $353,021,818 | 36.3% |
| 2 | Saving Private Ryan | $485,035,085 | $216,335,085 | $268,700,000 | 44.6% |
| 3 | Godzilla | $376,000,000 | $136,314,294 | $239,685,706 | 36.3% |
| 4 | There’s Something About Mary | $369,884,651 | $176,484,651 | $193,400,000 | 47.7% |
| 5 | A Bug’s Life | $363,095,319 | $162,798,565 | $200,296,754 | 44.8% |
| 6 | Deep Impact | $349,464,664 | $140,464,664 | $209,000,000 | 40.2% |
| 7 | Mulan | $303,500,000 | $120,620,254 | $182,879,746 | 39.7% |
| 8 | Doctor Dolittle | $294,156,605 | $144,156,605 | $150,000,000 | 49.0% |
| 9 | Lethal Weapon 4 | $285,400,000 | $130,444,603 | $154,955,397 | 45.7% |
| 10 | Shakespeare in Love | $279,500,000 | $100,317,794 | $179,182,206 | 35.9% |
| 11 | The Truman Show | $264,118,201 | $125,618,201 | $138,500,000 | 47.6% |
| 12 | You’ve Got Mail | $250,800,000 | $115,821,495 | $134,978,505 | 46.2% |
| 13 | Enemy of the State | $250,649,836 | $111,549,836 | $139,100,000 | 44.5% |
| 14 | Rush Hour | $245,300,000 | $141,186,864 | $104,113,136 | 57.6% |
| 15 | The Mask of Zorro | $233,700,000 | $93,828,745 | $139,871,255 | 40.1% |
| 16 | La vita è bella | $229,322,441 | $57,598,247 | $171,724,194 | 25.1% |
| 17 | The Prince of Egypt | $218,613,188 | $101,413,188 | $117,200,000 | 46.4% |
| 18 | Patch Adams | $202,173,000 | $135,014,968 | $67,158,032 | 66.8% |
| 19 | City of Angels | $198,750,909 | $78,750,909 | $120,000,000 | 39.6% |
| 20 | The Waterboy | $190,191,646 | $161,491,646 | $28,700,000 | 84.9% |
| 21 | The X Files: Fight the Future | $189,176,423 | $83,898,313 | $105,278,110 | 44.3% |
| 22 | The Horse Whisperer | $186,883,563 | $75,383,563 | $111,500,000 | 40.3% |
| 23 | Six Days, Seven Nights | $164,800,000 | $74,339,294 | $90,460,706 | 45.1% |
| 24 | Stepmom | $159,745,279 | $91,137,662 | $68,607,617 | 57.1% |
| 25 | Antz | $152,457,863 | $90,757,863 | $61,700,000 | 59.5% |
| 26 | The Rugrats Movie | $140,894,685 | $100,494,685 | $40,400,000 | 71.3% |
| 27 | Lost In Space | $136,047,317 | $69,117,629 | $66,929,688 | 50.8% |
| 28 | Blade | $131,237,688 | $70,141,876 | $61,095,812 | 53.4% |
| 29 | Everest | $127,990,128 | $87,178,599 | $40,811,529 | 68.1% |
| 30 | The Wedding Singer | $123,345,725 | $80,245,725 | $43,100,000 | 65.1% |
| 31 | Star Trek: Insurrection | $117,800,000 | $70,187,658 | $47,612,342 | 59.6% |
| 32 | The Siege | $116,625,798 | $40,934,175 | $75,691,623 | 35.1% |
| 33 | Snake Eyes | $103,891,409 | $55,591,409 | $48,300,000 | 53.5% |
| 34 | T-Rex: Back to the Cretaceous | $103,032,128 | $53,743,249 | $49,288,879 | 52.2% |
| 35 | The Thin Red Line | $97,709,034 | $36,400,491 | $61,308,543 | 37.3% |
| 36 | Mysteries of Egypt | $90,000,000 | $40,593,286 | $49,406,714 | 45.1% |
| 37 | The Parent Trap | $83,977,418 | $66,308,518 | $17,668,900 | 79.0% |
| 38 | Elizabeth | $82,150,642 | $30,082,699 | $52,067,943 | 36.6% |
| 39 | Hope Floats | $81,529,000 | $60,110,313 | $21,418,687 | 73.7% |
| 40 | Out of Sight | $77,562,568 | $37,562,568 | $40,000,000 | 48.4% |
| 41 | Urban Legend | $72,571,864 | $38,116,707 | $34,455,157 | 52.5% |
| 42 | Small Soldiers | $71,743,823 | $55,143,823 | $16,600,000 | 76.9% |
| 43 | What Dreams May Come | $71,485,043 | $55,485,043 | $16,000,000 | 77.6% |
| 44 | Ronin | $70,692,101 | $41,610,884 | $29,081,217 | 58.9% |
| 45 | Babe: Pig in the City | $69,131,860 | $18,319,860 | $50,812,000 | 26.5% |
| 46 | Practical Magic | $68,336,997 | $46,850,558 | $21,486,439 | 68.6% |
| 47 | A Perfect Murder | $67,658,331 | $67,658,331 | $0 | 100.0% |
| 48 | Ever After: A Cinderella Story | $65,705,772 | $65,705,772 | $0 | 100.0% |
| 49 | Halloween: H2O | $64,854,900 | $55,041,738 | $9,813,162 | 84.9% |
| 50 | Sliding Doors | $58,809,149 | $11,911,200 | $46,897,949 | 20.3% |
| 51 | U.S. Marshals | $57,833,603 | $57,833,603 | $0 | 100.0% |
| 52 | The Man in the Iron Mask | $56,968,169 | $56,968,169 | $0 | 100.0% |
| 53 | A Civil Action | $56,709,981 | $56,709,981 | $0 | 100.0% |
| 54 | Spice World | $56,042,592 | $29,342,592 | $26,700,000 | 52.4% |
| 55 | Wild Things | $55,576,210 | $29,795,299 | $25,780,911 | 53.6% |
| 56 | Great Expectations | $55,406,438 | $26,333,044 | $29,073,394 | 47.5% |
| 57 | Waking Ned Devine | $55,193,251 | $24,793,251 | $30,400,000 | 44.9% |
| 58 | The Borrowers | $54,045,832 | $22,619,589 | $31,426,243 | 41.9% |
| 59 | Bride of Chucky | $50,692,188 | $32,404,188 | $18,288,000 | 63.9% |
| 60 | Mighty Joe Young | $50,632,037 | $50,632,037 | $0 | 100.0% |
| 61 | Sphere | $50,168,294 | $37,068,294 | $13,100,000 | 73.9% |
| 62 | Pleasantville | $49,805,462 | $40,584,421 | $9,221,041 | 81.5% |
| 63 | The Negotiator | $49,105,766 | $44,705,766 | $4,400,000 | 91.0% |
| 64 | The Avengers | $48,585,416 | $23,385,416 | $25,200,000 | 48.1% |
| 65 | The Big Lebowski | $47,811,617 | $19,120,853 | $28,690,764 | 40.0% |
| 66 | Meet Joe Black | $44,650,003 | $44,650,003 | $0 | 100.0% |
| 67 | The Faculty | $40,283,321 | $40,283,321 | $0 | 100.0% |
| 68 | I Still Know What You Did Las… | $40,020,622 | $40,020,622 | $0 | 100.0% |
| 69 | Primary Colors | $39,017,984 | $39,017,984 | $0 | 100.0% |
| 70 | Quest for Camelot | $38,172,500 | $22,772,500 | $15,400,000 | 59.7% |
| 71 | How Stella Got Her Groove Back | $37,672,944 | $37,672,944 | $0 | 100.0% |
| 72 | Psycho | $37,226,218 | $21,541,218 | $15,685,000 | 57.9% |
| 73 | Jack Frost | $34,645,374 | $34,645,374 | $0 | 100.0% |
| 74 | Mercury Rising | $32,983,332 | $32,983,332 | $0 | 100.0% |
| 75 | Mr. Nice Guy | $31,716,953 | $12,716,953 | $19,000,000 | 40.1% |
| 76 | A Night at the Roxbury | $30,331,165 | $30,331,165 | $0 | 100.0% |
| 77 | Jane Austen's Mafia | $30,143,795 | $19,843,795 | $10,300,000 | 65.8% |
| 78 | Madeline | $29,858,048 | $29,858,048 | $0 | 100.0% |
| 79 | Bulworth | $29,203,383 | $26,528,684 | $2,674,699 | 90.8% |
| 80 | The Object of my Affection | $29,145,924 | $29,145,924 | $0 | 100.0% |
| 81 | Dark City | $27,257,061 | $14,435,076 | $12,821,985 | 53.0% |
| 82 | Paulie | $27,084,499 | $27,084,499 | $0 | 100.0% |
| 83 | The Big Hit | $27,073,371 | $27,066,941 | $6,430 | 100.0% |
| 84 | Species 2 | $26,817,565 | $19,217,565 | $7,600,000 | 71.7% |
| 85 | One True Thing | $26,708,196 | $23,337,196 | $3,371,000 | 87.4% |
| 86 | Les Couloirs du temps: Les vi… | $26,146,072 | $146,072 | $26,000,000 | 0.6% |
| 87 | Can’t Hardly Wait | $25,358,996 | $25,358,996 | $0 | 100.0% |
| 88 | Fallen | $25,310,938 | $25,310,938 | $0 | 100.0% |
| 89 | Lola rennt | $23,689,409 | $8,077,539 | $15,611,870 | 34.1% |
| 90 | The Players Club | $23,047,939 | $23,047,939 | $0 | 100.0% |
| 91 | Rounders | $22,921,898 | $22,921,898 | $0 | 100.0% |
| 92 | Beloved | $22,852,487 | $22,852,487 | $0 | 100.0% |
| 93 | He Got Game | $22,411,948 | $21,567,853 | $844,095 | 96.2% |
| 94 | Little Voice | $21,787,233 | $4,595,000 | $17,192,233 | 21.1% |
| 95 | Very Bad Things | $21,094,974 | $9,949,470 | $11,145,504 | 47.2% |
| 96 | Vampires | $20,268,825 | $20,268,825 | $0 | 100.0% |
| 97 | Hard Rain | $19,870,567 | $19,870,567 | $0 | 100.0% |
| 98 | Rushmore | $19,080,435 | $17,105,219 | $1,975,216 | 89.6% |
| 99 | The Replacement Killers | $19,035,741 | $19,035,741 | $0 | 100.0% |
| 100 | Disturbing Behavior | $19,014,238 | $17,507,368 | $1,506,870 | 92.1% |