| Rank | Release
| Genre
| Budget
| Running Time
| Gross | Theaters | Total Gross | Release Date | Distributor
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | Antz | - | - | - | $65,865,750 | 2,929 | $90,757,863 | Oct 2 | DreamWorks Distribution | false |
| 2 | Rush Hour | - | - | - | $54,374,401 | 2,724 | $141,186,864 | Sep 18 | New Line Cinema | false |
| 3 | What Dreams May Come | - | - | - | $49,172,656 | 2,531 | $55,382,927 | Oct 2 | PolyGram | false |
| 4 | Practical Magic | - | - | - | $30,379,567 | 2,652 | $46,732,881 | Oct 16 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 5 | A Night at the Roxbury | - | - | - | $27,079,445 | 2,169 | $30,331,165 | Oct 2 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 6 | Ronin | - | - | - | $24,283,183 | 2,487 | $41,616,262 | Sep 25 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false |
| 7 | Bride of Chucky | - | - | - | $24,181,074 | 2,467 | $32,400,658 | Oct 16 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 8 | Urban Legend | - | - | - | $22,292,603 | 2,257 | $38,072,438 | Sep 25 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 9 | Beloved | - | - | - | $17,085,688 | 1,571 | $22,852,487 | Oct 16 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 10 | Pleasantville | - | - | - | $14,036,614 | 1,773 | $40,584,421 | Oct 23 | New Line Cinema | false |
| 11 | There's Something About Mary | - | - | - | $13,437,501 | 2,555 | $176,484,651 | Jul 15 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 12 | Holy Man | - | - | - | $12,069,719 | 2,013 | $12,069,719 | Oct 9 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 13 | One True Thing | - | - | - | $9,440,665 | 1,636 | $23,245,840 | Sep 18 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 14 | Soldier | - | - | - | $8,392,657 | 2,507 | $14,594,226 | Oct 23 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 15 | Saving Private Ryan | - | - | - | $7,003,375 | 2,807 | $216,540,909 | Jul 24 | DreamWorks Distribution | false |
| 16 | Simon Birch | - | - | - | $6,356,594 | 930 | $18,253,415 | Sep 11 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 17 | Blade | - | - | - | $5,539,282 | 2,389 | $70,087,718 | Aug 21 | New Line Cinema | false |
| 18 | Apt Pupil | - | - | - | $5,463,013 | 1,448 | $8,863,193 | Oct 23 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 19 | Vampires | - | - | - | $3,332,074 | 1,793 | $20,308,772 | Oct 30 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 20 | Rounders | - | - | - | $2,765,930 | 2,191 | $22,912,409 | Sep 11 | Miramax | false |
| 21 | The Mighty | - | - | - | $2,505,756 | 518 | $2,652,246 | Oct 9 | Miramax | false |
| 22 | The Impostors | - | - | - | $2,198,044 | 162 | $2,198,044 | Oct 2 | - | false |
| 23 | Armageddon | - | - | - | $1,663,847 | 3,184 | $201,578,182 | Jul 1 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 24 | Touch of Evil 1998 Re-release | - | - | - | $1,583,412 | 45 | $2,247,465 | Sep 11 | October Films | false |
| 25 | Clay Pigeons | - | - | - | $1,482,946 | 297 | $1,794,086 | Sep 25 | Gramercy Pictures (I) | false |
| 26 | A Soldier's Daughter Never Cries | - | - | - | $1,445,734 | 149 | $1,782,005 | Sep 18 | October Films | false |
| 27 | One Tough Cop | - | - | - | $1,223,034 | 415 | $1,223,034 | Oct 9 | - | false |
| 28 | How Stella Got Her Groove Back | - | - | - | $1,183,887 | 1,399 | $37,672,941 | Aug 14 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 29 | Strangeland | - | - | - | $713,239 | 315 | $713,239 | Oct 2 | Artisan Entertainment | false |
| 30 | Without Limits | - | - | - | $699,775 | 110 | $777,423 | Sep 11 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 31 | Firelight | - | - | - | $627,687 | 39 | $785,482 | Sep 4 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 32 | Small Soldiers | - | - | - | $622,743 | 2,613 | $54,682,547 | Jul 10 | DreamWorks Distribution | false |
| 33 | Orgazmo | - | - | - | $602,302 | 94 | $602,302 | Oct 23 | October Films | false |
| 34 | Happiness | - | - | - | $566,705 | 60 | $2,982,011 | Oct 16 | Good Machine | false |
| 35 | Permanent Midnight | - | - | - | $517,902 | 90 | $1,171,001 | Sep 18 | Artisan Entertainment | false |
| 36 | Cube | - | - | - | $444,671 | 24 | $501,818 | Sep 11 | Trimark Pictures | false |
| 37 | Freeriders | - | - | - | $404,731 | 30 | $2,750,064 | Oct 20 | - | false |
| 38 | Belly | - | - | - | $385,440 | 630 | $9,639,390 | Nov 6 | Artisan Entertainment | false |
| 39 | Monument Ave. | - | - | - | $283,054 | 24 | $333,760 | Sep 25 | Lionsgate Films | false |
| 40 | Love Is the Devil: Study for a Portrait of Francis Bacon | - | - | - | $137,639 | 12 | $354,004 | Oct 7 | Strand Releasing | false |
| 41 | Life Is Beautiful | - | - | - | $118,920 | 1,136 | $57,247,384 | Oct 23 | Miramax | false |
| 42 | Living Out Loud | - | - | - | $72,624 | 1,087 | $12,905,901 | Oct 30 | New Line Cinema | false |
| 43 | Bicycle Thieves 1998 Re-release | - | - | - | $38,451 | 4 | $334,293 | Oct 2 | Kino International | false |
| 44 | Bad Manners | - | - | - | $31,687 | 10 | $31,687 | Oct 9 | Phaedra Cinema | false |
| 45 | American History X | - | - | - | $29,740 | 513 | $6,719,864 | Oct 30 | New Line Cinema | false |
| 46 | Dear Jesse | - | - | - | $14,183 | 3 | $17,744 | Jun 26 | Cowboy Pictures | false |
| 47 | Hit Me | - | - | - | $12,500 | 3 | $12,500 | Oct 2 | Castle Hill Productions | false |
| 48 | The Alarmist | - | - | - | $11,121 | 11 | $59,864 | Oct 16 | Lionsgate Films | false |
| 49 | Gods and Monsters | - | - | - | $6,726 | 149 | $6,451,628 | Nov 6 | Lionsgate Films | false |
| 50 | Reach the Rock | - | - | - | $4,960 | 3 | $4,960 | Oct 16 | Gramercy Pictures (I) | false |
| 51 | Detroit 9000 | - | - | - | $3,179 | 2 | $3,179 | Oct 9 | - | false |
| 52 | Talk of Angels | - | - | - | $2,792 | 2 | $18,281 | Oct 30 | Miramax | false |
| 53 | The Brandon Teena Story | - | - | - | $2,613 | 2 | $92,113 | Sep 23 | Zeitgeist Films | false |
| 54 | Titanic | - | - | - | $256 | 3,265 | $600,683,057 | Dec 19 | Paramount Pictures | false |
