| Rank | Release
| Genre
| Budget
| Running Time
| Gross | Theaters | Total Gross | Release Date | Distributor
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | Titanic | - | - | - | $95,594,319 | 3,265 | $600,683,057 | Dec 19 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 3 | The Man in the Iron Mask | - | - | - | $43,190,956 | 3,101 | $56,968,902 | Mar 13 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false |
| 5 | The Wedding Singer | - | - | - | $27,839,090 | 2,837 | $80,245,725 | Feb 13 | New Line Cinema | false |
| 2 | U.S. Marshals | - | - | - | $49,211,659 | 2,817 | $57,167,405 | Mar 6 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 18 | Sphere | - | - | - | $6,978,377 | 2,814 | $37,020,277 | Feb 13 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 33 | Mousehunt | - | - | - | $1,067,182 | 2,233 | $61,917,389 | Dec 19 | DreamWorks Distribution | false |
| 4 | Good Will Hunting | - | - | - | $29,109,558 | 2,203 | $138,433,435 | Dec 5 | Miramax | false |
| 8 | Wild Things | - | - | - | $17,892,894 | 2,177 | $30,147,739 | Mar 20 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 13 | Grease 1998 Re-release | - | - | - | $10,475,545 | 2,064 | $28,411,018 | Mar 27 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 6 | Primary Colors | - | - | - | $23,218,475 | 1,976 | $39,001,187 | Mar 20 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 22 | The Newton Boys | - | - | - | $3,762,370 | 1,969 | $10,452,012 | Mar 27 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 11 | Hush | - | - | - | $13,583,690 | 1,966 | $13,583,690 | Mar 6 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 34 | The Replacement Killers | - | - | - | $989,622 | 1,936 | $19,204,929 | Feb 6 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 21 | Senseless | - | - | - | $5,419,217 | 1,850 | $12,874,899 | Feb 20 | Dimension Films | false |
| 7 | As Good as It Gets | - | - | - | $20,594,797 | 1,837 | $148,478,011 | Dec 23 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 31 | Meet the Deedles | - | - | - | $1,757,720 | 1,763 | $4,356,216 | Mar 27 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 12 | Dark City | - | - | - | $11,721,617 | 1,754 | $14,378,331 | Feb 27 | New Line Cinema | false |
| 24 | Kissing a Fool | - | - | - | $3,265,183 | 1,754 | $4,106,588 | Feb 27 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 17 | L.A. Confidential | - | - | - | $9,503,647 | 1,625 | $64,616,940 | Sep 19 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 16 | The Borrowers | - | - | - | $9,876,524 | 1,606 | $22,619,589 | Feb 13 | PolyGram | false |
| 19 | Krippendorf's Tribe | - | - | - | $6,421,339 | 1,529 | $7,571,115 | Feb 27 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 36 | Palmetto | - | - | - | $732,560 | 1,505 | $5,878,911 | Feb 20 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 15 | Mr. Nice Guy | - | - | - | $10,131,423 | 1,463 | $12,716,953 | Mar 20 | New Line Cinema | false |
| 10 | Twilight | - | - | - | $15,055,091 | 1,354 | $15,055,091 | Mar 6 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 9 | The Big Lebowski | - | - | - | $16,618,002 | 1,235 | $18,718,818 | Mar 6 | Gramercy Pictures (I) | false |
| 32 | Amistad | - | - | - | $1,191,349 | 1,019 | $44,229,441 | Dec 10 | DreamWorks Distribution | false |
| 38 | Barney's Great Adventure | - | - | - | $272,445 | 833 | $12,218,638 | Apr 3 | PolyGram | false |
| 25 | The Full Monty | - | - | - | $3,131,763 | 783 | $45,950,122 | Aug 15 | - | false |
| 14 | The Apostle | - | - | - | $10,341,555 | 751 | $19,868,354 | Dec 19 | October Films | false |
| 20 | Caught Up | - | - | - | $5,882,523 | 722 | $6,754,958 | Feb 27 | - | false |
| 29 | Ride | - | - | - | $2,190,605 | 509 | $5,485,295 | Mar 27 | Miramax | false |
| 28 | Afterglow | - | - | - | $2,373,155 | 353 | $2,465,960 | Dec 26 | Sony Pictures Classics | false |
| 23 | Dangerous Beauty | - | - | - | $3,666,365 | 313 | $4,553,271 | Feb 20 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 39 | Chairman of the Board | - | - | - | $181,233 | 196 | $181,233 | Mar 13 | Trimark Pictures | false |
| 26 | The Sweet Hereafter | - | - | - | $3,018,801 | 70 | $3,263,585 | Oct 10 | Fine Line Features | false |
| 30 | Ma vie en rose | - | - | - | $2,010,087 | 63 | $2,162,043 | Dec 26 | Sony Pictures Classics | false |
| 35 | Everest | - | - | - | $987,555 | 62 | $87,178,599 | Mar 6 | MacGillivray Freeman Films | false |
| 37 | The Education of Little Tree | - | - | - | $317,932 | 52 | $323,411 | Dec 25 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 45 | A Price Above Rubies | - | - | - | $45,490 | 44 | $1,130,732 | Mar 27 | Miramax | false |
| 42 | Wide Awake | - | - | - | $95,875 | 43 | $282,175 | Mar 20 | Miramax | false |
| 48 | Character | - | - | - | $37,235 | 42 | $623,983 | Mar 27 | Sony Pictures Classics | false |
| 51 | Niagara, Niagara | - | - | - | $21,770 | 33 | $214,661 | Mar 20 | Artisan Entertainment | false |
| 43 | The Visitors II: The Corridors of Time | - | - | - | $77,756 | 24 | $146,072 | Mar 27 | Miramax | false |
| 46 | No Looking Back | - | - | - | $43,940 | 23 | $222,099 | Mar 27 | Gramercy Pictures (I) | false |
| 49 | An Alan Smithee Film: Burn Hollywood Burn | - | - | - | $34,248 | 19 | $45,779 | Feb 27 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 44 | The Proposition | - | - | - | $62,285 | 17 | $147,773 | Mar 27 | PolyGram | false |
| 41 | Fireworks | - | - | - | $139,444 | 12 | $500,000 | Mar 20 | Milestone | false |
| 52 | Kurt & Courtney | - | - | - | $20,395 | 12 | $668,228 | Feb 27 | Roxie Releasing | false |
| 27 | Love and Death on Long Island | - | - | - | $2,581,012 | 6 | $2,581,012 | Mar 6 | Lionsgate Films | false |
| 40 | Ayn Rand: A Sense of Life | - | - | - | $172,760 | 4 | $205,246 | Feb 13 | Strand Releasing | false |
| 50 | Mean Streets 1998 Re-release | - | - | - | $32,645 | 3 | $32,645 | Mar 13 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 53 | The Leading Man | - | - | - | $18,012 | 3 | $18,012 | Mar 6 | Northern Arts Entertainment | false |
| 47 | Century of Cinema: A Personal Journey with Martin Scorsese Through American Movies | - | - | - | $39,075 | 1 | $39,075 | Mar 6 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 54 | Eden | - | - | - | $2,646 | 1 | $4,210 | Mar 27 | - | false |
