| Rank
| Release
| Genre
| Budget
| Running Time
| Gross | Max Theaters | Total Gross | % of Total | Release Date | Distributor
|
|---|
| 1 | Rush Hour | - | - | - | $46,646,827 | 2,724 | $141,186,864 | 33% | Sep 18, 1998 | New Line Cinema |
| 2 | There's Something About Mary | - | - | - | $35,234,070 | 2,555 | $176,484,651 | 20% | Jul 15, 1998 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 3 | Blade | - | - | - | $30,293,616 | 2,389 | $70,087,718 | 43.2% | Aug 21, 1998 | New Line Cinema |
| 4 | Saving Private Ryan | - | - | - | $23,958,979 | 2,807 | $216,540,909 | 11.1% | Jul 24, 1998 | DreamWorks Distribution |
| 5 | Rounders | - | - | - | $17,931,794 | 2,191 | $22,912,409 | 78.3% | Sep 11, 1998 | Miramax |
| 6 | Ever After: A Cinderella Story | - | - | - | $12,367,515 | 2,067 | $65,705,771 | 18.8% | Jul 31, 1998 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 7 | 54 | - | - | - | $11,599,333 | 1,869 | $16,757,163 | 69.2% | Aug 28, 1998 | Miramax |
| 8 | The Parent Trap | - | - | - | $10,764,285 | 2,407 | $66,308,518 | 16.2% | Jul 31, 1998 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 9 | Snake Eyes | - | - | - | $10,458,452 | 2,718 | $55,591,409 | 18.8% | Aug 7, 1998 | Paramount Pictures |
| 10 | Knock Off | - | - | - | $10,319,915 | 1,800 | $10,319,915 | 100% | Sep 4, 1998 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 11 | Everest | - | - | - | $10,096,815 | 62 | $87,178,599 | 11.6% | Mar 6, 1998 | MacGillivray Freeman Films |
| 12 | One True Thing | - | - | - | $9,594,995 | 1,636 | $23,245,840 | 41.3% | Sep 18, 1998 | Universal Pictures |
| 13 | Simon Birch | - | - | - | $9,549,849 | 930 | $18,253,415 | 52.3% | Sep 11, 1998 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 14 | Why Do Fools Fall in Love | - | - | - | $9,467,259 | 1,377 | $12,461,773 | 76% | Aug 28, 1998 | Warner Bros. |
| 15 | Armageddon | - | - | - | $8,189,769 | 3,184 | $201,578,182 | 4.1% | Jul 1, 1998 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 16 | Doctor Dolittle | - | - | - | $7,495,051 | 2,871 | $144,156,605 | 5.2% | Jun 26, 1998 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 17 | How Stella Got Her Groove Back | - | - | - | $7,469,198 | 1,399 | $37,672,941 | 19.8% | Aug 14, 1998 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 18 | Dance with Me | - | - | - | $7,333,932 | 1,467 | $15,923,122 | 46.1% | Aug 21, 1998 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 19 | Mulan | - | - | - | $7,011,840 | 2,953 | $120,620,254 | 5.8% | Jun 19, 1998 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 20 | Dead Man on Campus | - | - | - | $6,237,249 | 1,830 | $15,064,946 | 41.4% | Aug 21, 1998 | Paramount Pictures |
| 21 | The Negotiator | - | - | - | $5,762,392 | 2,436 | $44,547,681 | 12.9% | Jul 31, 1998 | Warner Bros. |
| 22 | Halloween H20: 20 Years Later | - | - | - | $5,315,016 | 2,669 | $55,041,738 | 9.7% | Aug 7, 1998 | Dimension Films |
| 23 | The Mask of Zorro | - | - | - | $4,401,303 | 2,515 | $94,095,523 | 4.7% | Jul 17, 1998 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 24 | Slums of Beverly Hills | - | - | - | $4,322,709 | 253 | $5,502,773 | 78.6% | Aug 14, 1998 | Fox Searchlight Pictures |
| 25 | Your Friends and Neighbors | - | - | - | $3,804,912 | 246 | $4,714,658 | 80.7% | Aug 21, 1998 | Gramercy Pictures (I) |
| 26 | Lethal Weapon 4 | - | - | - | $3,719,422 | 3,117 | $130,444,603 | 2.9% | Jul 10, 1998 | Warner Bros. |
| 27 | The Governess | - | - | - | $3,620,540 | 135 | $3,719,509 | 97.3% | Jul 31, 1998 | Miramax |
| 28 | Wrongfully Accused | - | - | - | $3,117,226 | 2,062 | $9,623,329 | 32.4% | Aug 21, 1998 | Warner Bros. |
| 29 | Next Stop Wonderland | - | - | - | $2,687,074 | 224 | $3,395,581 | 79.1% | Aug 21, 1998 | Miramax |
| 30 | Ronin | - | - | - | $2,382,644 | 2,487 | $41,616,262 | 5.7% | Sep 25, 1998 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) |
| 31 | Pi | - | - | - | $2,219,028 | 68 | $3,221,152 | 68.9% | Jul 10, 1998 | Artisan Entertainment |
| 32 | Urban Legend | - | - | - | $1,915,190 | 2,257 | $38,072,438 | 5% | Sep 25, 1998 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 33 | Small Soldiers | - | - | - | $1,148,147 | 2,613 | $54,682,547 | 2.1% | Jul 10, 1998 | DreamWorks Distribution |
| 34 | The X Files | - | - | - | $757,553 | 2,650 | $83,898,313 | 0.9% | Jun 19, 1998 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 35 | Nights of Cabiria 1998 Re-release | - | - | - | $677,011 | 9 | $752,045 | 90% | Jul 1, 1998 | Rialto Pictures |
| 36 | Hands on a Hardbody: The Documentary | - | - | - | $551,798 | 6 | $563,482 | 97.9% | Jul 10, 1998 | Providence Entertainment |
| 37 | Deep Impact | - | - | - | $477,197 | 3,280 | $140,464,664 | 0.3% | May 8, 1998 | Paramount Pictures |
| 38 | Permanent Midnight | - | - | - | $429,100 | 90 | $1,171,001 | 36.6% | Sep 18, 1998 | Artisan Entertainment |
| 39 | Titanic | - | - | - | $278,444 | 3,265 | $600,683,057 | <0.1% | Dec 19, 1997 | Paramount Pictures |
| 40 | Touch of Evil 1998 Re-release | - | - | - | $244,790 | 45 | $2,247,465 | 10.9% | Sep 11, 1998 | October Films |
| 41 | Firelight | - | - | - | $157,795 | 39 | $785,482 | 20.1% | Sep 4, 1998 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 42 | Six-String Samurai | - | - | - | $146,125 | 16 | $146,125 | 100% | Sep 18, 1998 | Palm Pictures |
| 43 | Without Limits | - | - | - | $77,648 | 110 | $777,423 | 10% | Sep 11, 1998 | Warner Bros. |
| 44 | Cube | - | - | - | $57,147 | 24 | $501,818 | 11.4% | Sep 11, 1998 | Trimark Pictures |
| 45 | Phoenix | - | - | - | $45,661 | 3 | $45,661 | 100% | Sep 4, 1998 | Trimark Pictures |
| 46 | Digging to China | - | - | - | $43,961 | 10 | $43,961 | 100% | Sep 11, 1998 | Moonstone Entertainment |
| 47 | A Soldier's Daughter Never Cries | - | - | - | $39,517 | 149 | $1,782,005 | 2.2% | Sep 18, 1998 | October Films |
| 48 | Chicago Cab | - | - | - | $23,946 | 2 | $23,946 | 100% | Sep 11, 1998 | Castle Hill Productions |
| 49 | Monument Ave. | - | - | - | $8,451 | 24 | $333,760 | 2.5% | Sep 25, 1998 | Lionsgate |
| 50 | Ill Gotten Gains | - | - | - | $8,329 | 8 | $8,329 | 100% | Sep 18, 1998 | Spats Films |
| 51 | The Brandon Teena Story | - | - | - | $7,410 | 2 | $92,113 | 8% | Sep 23, 1998 | Zeitgeist Films |
| 52 | Paulie | - | - | - | $2,038 | 1,812 | $26,875,268 | <0.1% | Apr 17, 1998 | DreamWorks Distribution |
