| Rank | Release
| Genre
| Budget
| Running Time
| Gross | Theaters | Total Gross | Release Date | Distributor
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | Titanic | - | - | - | $130,173,097 | 3,265 | $600,683,057 | Dec 19 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 2 | Lost in Space | - | - | - | $59,070,712 | 3,306 | $69,117,629 | Apr 3 | New Line Cinema | false |
| 3 | U.S. Marshals | - | - | - | $57,167,405 | 2,817 | $57,167,405 | Mar 6 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 4 | The Man in the Iron Mask | - | - | - | $56,968,902 | 3,101 | $56,968,902 | Mar 13 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false |
| 5 | City of Angels | - | - | - | $48,833,039 | 2,433 | $78,685,114 | Apr 10 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 6 | Good Will Hunting | - | - | - | $40,181,479 | 2,203 | $138,433,435 | Dec 5 | Miramax | false |
| 7 | Primary Colors | - | - | - | $36,596,677 | 1,976 | $39,001,187 | Mar 20 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 8 | Wild Things | - | - | - | $30,147,739 | 2,177 | $30,147,739 | Mar 20 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 9 | As Good as It Gets | - | - | - | $29,867,549 | 1,837 | $148,478,011 | Dec 23 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 10 | The Wedding Singer | - | - | - | $29,367,948 | 2,837 | $80,245,725 | Feb 13 | New Line Cinema | false |
| 11 | Mercury Rising | - | - | - | $28,538,230 | 2,399 | $32,935,289 | Apr 3 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 12 | Grease 1998 Re-release | - | - | - | $28,411,018 | 2,064 | $28,411,018 | Mar 27 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 13 | Species II | - | - | - | $19,221,939 | 2,510 | $19,221,939 | Apr 10 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false |
| 14 | The Object of My Affection | - | - | - | $18,462,515 | 1,990 | $29,187,243 | Apr 17 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 15 | The Players Club | - | - | - | $17,966,080 | 624 | $23,047,939 | Apr 10 | New Line Cinema | false |
| 16 | The Big Lebowski | - | - | - | $17,451,873 | 1,235 | $18,718,818 | Mar 6 | Gramercy Pictures (I) | false |
| 17 | Twilight | - | - | - | $15,055,091 | 1,354 | $15,055,091 | Mar 6 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 18 | The Odd Couple II | - | - | - | $14,705,986 | 1,852 | $18,912,328 | Apr 10 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 19 | The Big Hit | - | - | - | $13,602,812 | 2,149 | $27,007,143 | Apr 24 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 20 | Hush | - | - | - | $13,583,690 | 1,966 | $13,583,690 | Mar 6 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 21 | Mr. Nice Guy | - | - | - | $12,716,953 | 1,463 | $12,716,953 | Mar 20 | New Line Cinema | false |
| 22 | L.A. Confidential | - | - | - | $12,546,625 | 1,625 | $64,616,940 | Sep 19 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 23 | Barney's Great Adventure | - | - | - | $12,218,638 | 833 | $12,218,638 | Apr 3 | PolyGram | false |
| 24 | Paulie | - | - | - | $11,464,681 | 1,812 | $26,875,268 | Apr 17 | DreamWorks Distribution | false |
| 25 | The Newton Boys | - | - | - | $10,452,012 | 1,969 | $10,452,012 | Mar 27 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 26 | The Apostle | - | - | - | $8,149,335 | 751 | $19,868,354 | Dec 19 | October Films | false |
| 27 | My Giant | - | - | - | $8,072,007 | 1,948 | $8,072,007 | Apr 10 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 28 | Scream 2 | - | - | - | $7,765,573 | 2,688 | $101,363,301 | Dec 12 | Dimension Films | false |
| 29 | The Borrowers | - | - | - | $7,423,424 | 1,606 | $22,619,589 | Feb 13 | PolyGram | false |
| 30 | Dark City | - | - | - | $6,469,677 | 1,754 | $14,378,331 | Feb 27 | New Line Cinema | false |
| 31 | Ride | - | - | - | $5,485,295 | 509 | $5,485,295 | Mar 27 | Miramax | false |
| 32 | The Full Monty | - | - | - | $4,608,724 | 783 | $45,950,122 | Aug 15 | Fox Searchlight Pictures | false |
| 33 | Meet the Deedles | - | - | - | $4,356,216 | 1,763 | $4,356,216 | Mar 27 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 34 | Caught Up | - | - | - | $3,701,448 | 722 | $6,754,958 | Feb 27 | Live Entertainment | false |
| 35 | Major League: Back to the Minors | - | - | - | $3,572,443 | 2,322 | $3,572,443 | Apr 17 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 36 | Krippendorf's Tribe | - | - | - | $3,546,914 | 1,529 | $7,571,115 | Feb 27 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 37 | Sphere | - | - | - | $3,507,947 | 2,814 | $37,020,277 | Feb 13 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 38 | Dangerous Beauty | - | - | - | $3,468,313 | 313 | $4,553,271 | Feb 20 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 39 | Senseless | - | - | - | $2,936,652 | 1,850 | $12,874,899 | Feb 20 | Dimension Films | false |
| 40 | Love and Death on Long Island | - | - | - | $2,581,012 | 6 | $2,581,012 | Mar 6 | Lionsgate | false |
| 41 | Afterglow | - | - | - | $2,373,155 | 353 | $2,465,960 | Dec 26 | Sony Pictures Classics | false |
| 42 | Mousehunt | - | - | - | $2,222,048 | 2,233 | $61,917,389 | Dec 19 | DreamWorks Distribution | false |
| 43 | Ma vie en rose | - | - | - | $2,010,087 | 63 | $2,162,043 | Dec 26 | Sony Pictures Classics | false |
| 44 | The Spanish Prisoner | - | - | - | $1,894,790 | 296 | $9,584,314 | Apr 3 | Sony Pictures Classics | false |
| 45 | In God's Hands | - | - | - | $1,546,414 | 109 | $1,546,414 | Apr 24 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 46 | Tarzan and the Lost City | - | - | - | $1,454,753 | 1,412 | $2,172,941 | Apr 24 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 47 | Nightwatch | - | - | - | $1,179,002 | 300 | $1,179,002 | Apr 17 | Miramax | false |
| 48 | Kissing a Fool | - | - | - | $1,161,678 | 1,754 | $4,106,588 | Feb 27 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 49 | A Price Above Rubies | - | - | - | $1,130,732 | 44 | $1,130,732 | Mar 27 | Miramax | false |
| 50 | Amistad | - | - | - | $1,118,357 | 1,019 | $44,229,441 | Dec 10 | DreamWorks Distribution | false |
| 51 | Sliding Doors | - | - | - | $1,098,204 | 522 | $11,841,544 | Apr 24 | Miramax | false |
| 52 | The Gingerbread Man | - | - | - | $992,273 | 30 | $1,677,131 | Jan 23 | PolyGram | false |
| 53 | Everest | - | - | - | $987,555 | 62 | $87,178,599 | Mar 6 | MacGillivray Freeman Films | false |
| 54 | The Winter Guest | - | - | - | $810,356 | 21 | $870,290 | Dec 25 | Fine Line Features | false |
| 55 | Suicide Kings | - | - | - | $758,288 | 152 | $1,740,156 | Apr 17 | Artisan Entertainment | false |
| 56 | Two Girls and a Guy | - | - | - | $649,423 | 316 | $2,057,193 | Apr 24 | Fox Searchlight Pictures | false |
| 57 | The Replacement Killers | - | - | - | $584,049 | 1,936 | $19,204,929 | Feb 6 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 58 | Fireworks | - | - | - | $500,000 | 12 | $500,000 | Mar 20 | Milestone | false |
| 59 | Wide Awake | - | - | - | $452,671 | 43 | $282,175 | Mar 20 | Miramax | false |
| 60 | The Sweet Hereafter | - | - | - | $404,490 | 70 | $3,263,585 | Oct 10 | Fine Line Features | false |
| 61 | 3 Ninjas: High Noon at Mega Mountain | - | - | - | $375,805 | 120 | $375,805 | Apr 10 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 62 | The Education of Little Tree | - | - | - | $317,932 | 52 | $323,411 | Dec 25 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 63 | Kurt & Courtney | - | - | - | $227,438 | 12 | $668,228 | Feb 27 | Roxie Releasing | false |
| 64 | No Looking Back | - | - | - | $222,099 | 23 | $222,099 | Mar 27 | Gramercy Pictures (I) | false |
| 65 | Nil by Mouth | - | - | - | $220,637 | 18 | $266,130 | Feb 6 | Sony Pictures Classics | false |
| 66 | Niagara, Niagara | - | - | - | $214,661 | 33 | $214,661 | Mar 20 | Artisan Entertainment | false |
| 67 | The Butcher Boy | - | - | - | $201,699 | 90 | $1,995,911 | Apr 3 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 68 | The Big One | - | - | - | $201,264 | 53 | $720,074 | Apr 10 | Miramax | false |
| 69 | Chairman of the Board | - | - | - | $181,233 | 196 | $181,233 | Mar 13 | Trimark Pictures | false |
| 70 | Ayn Rand: A Sense of Life | - | - | - | $172,760 | 4 | $205,246 | Feb 13 | Strand Releasing | false |
| 71 | The Proposition | - | - | - | $147,773 | 17 | $147,773 | Mar 27 | PolyGram | false |
| 72 | The Visitors II: The Corridors of Time | - | - | - | $146,072 | 24 | $146,072 | Mar 27 | Miramax | false |
| 73 | Chinese Box | - | - | - | $144,324 | 106 | $2,178,160 | Apr 17 | Trimark Pictures | false |
| 74 | Sour Grapes | - | - | - | $123,104 | 28 | $123,104 | Apr 17 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 75 | Wild Man Blues | - | - | - | $83,505 | 25 | $533,759 | Apr 17 | New Line Cinema | false |
| 76 | Homegrown | - | - | - | $77,910 | 35 | $77,910 | Apr 17 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 77 | Sonatine | - | - | - | $58,834 | 6 | $58,834 | Apr 10 | Rolling Thunder Pictures | false |
| 78 | I Love You, Don't Touch Me! | - | - | - | $55,469 | 10 | $98,973 | Feb 20 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false |
| 79 | Character | - | - | - | $52,132 | 42 | $623,983 | Mar 27 | Sony Pictures Classics | false |
| 80 | Déjà Vu | - | - | - | $49,582 | 39 | $1,086,181 | Apr 24 | Rainbow Releasing | false |
| 81 | 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 |
| 82 | I Think I Do | - | - | - | $33,633 | 10 | $345,478 | Apr 10 | Strand Releasing | false |
| 83 | Mean Streets 1998 Re-release | - | - | - | $32,645 | 3 | $32,645 | Mar 13 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 84 | The Leading Man | - | - | - | $18,012 | 3 | $18,012 | Mar 6 | Northern Arts Entertainment | false |
| 85 | TwentyFourSeven | - | - | - | $10,376 | 17 | $91,805 | Apr 15 | October Films | false |
| 86 | Stolen Moments | - | - | - | $9,743 | 1 | $9,743 | Apr 10 | First Run | false |
| 87 | The Last of the High Kings | - | - | - | $7,682 | 3 | $7,682 | Apr 10 | Miramax | false |
| 88 | An Alan Smithee Film: Burn Hollywood Burn | - | - | - | $5,428 | 19 | $45,779 | Feb 27 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 89 | Eden | - | - | - | $4,210 | 1 | $4,210 | Mar 27 | Legacy Releasing Corporation | false |
