Domestic Box Office For Winter 1998
Winter 1998 is January 2-March 5.
| Rank | Release | Gross | Max Th | Opening | % of Total | Open Th | Open | Close | Distributor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Wedding Singer | $80,245,725 | 2,837 | $18,865,080 | 23.5% | 2,821 | Feb 13 | - | New Line Cinema |
| 2 | Sphere | $37,020,277 | 2,814 | $14,433,957 | 39% | 2,814 | Feb 13 | - | Warner Bros. |
| 3 | Spice World | $29,342,592 | 2,339 | $10,527,222 | 35.9% | 2,339 | Jan 23 | - | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 4 | Great Expectations | $26,420,672 | 1,906 | $9,593,290 | 36.3% | 1,867 | Jan 30 | - | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 5 | Fallen | $25,232,289 | 2,448 | $10,401,586 | 41.2% | 2,448 | Jan 16 | - | Warner Bros. |
| 6 | The Borrowers | $22,619,589 | 1,606 | $4,470,111 | 19.8% | 1,535 | Feb 13 | - | PolyGram |
| 7 | Hard Rain | $19,870,567 | 2,132 | $8,009,024 | 40.3% | 2,107 | Jan 16 | - | Paramount Pictures |
| 8 | The Replacement Killers | $19,204,929 | 1,936 | $8,046,553 | 41.9% | 1,936 | Feb 6 | - | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 9 | Half Baked | $17,460,020 | 1,703 | $7,722,540 | 44.2% | 1,701 | Jan 16 | - | Universal Pictures |
| 10 | Dark City | $14,378,331 | 1,754 | $5,576,953 | 38.8% | 1,754 | Feb 27 | - | New Line Cinema |
| 11 | Blues Brothers 2000 | $14,051,384 | 2,516 | $6,129,615 | 43.6% | 2,507 | Feb 6 | - | Universal Pictures |
| 12 | Desperate Measures | $13,806,137 | 1,963 | $5,833,412 | 42.3% | 1,963 | Jan 30 | - | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 13 | Senseless | $12,874,899 | 1,850 | $5,337,651 | 41.5% | 1,843 | Feb 20 | - | Dimension Films |
| 14 | Deep Rising | $11,203,026 | 1,788 | $4,737,793 | 42.3% | 1,758 | Jan 30 | - | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 15 | Firestorm | $8,165,212 | 2,057 | $3,849,308 | 47.1% | 2,037 | Jan 9 | - | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 16 | Krippendorf's Tribe | $7,571,115 | 1,529 | $3,316,377 | 43.8% | 1,529 | Feb 27 | - | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 17 | Star Kid | $7,029,025 | 1,053 | $2,958,768 | 42.1% | 1,041 | Jan 16 | - | Trimark Pictures |
| 18 | Caught Up | $6,754,958 | 722 | $2,422,631 | 35.9% | 713 | Feb 27 | - | Live Entertainment |
| 19 | Palmetto | $5,878,911 | 1,505 | $2,876,753 | 48.9% | 1,505 | Feb 20 | - | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 20 | Phantoms | $5,624,282 | 1,859 | $3,065,951 | 54.5% | 1,859 | Jan 23 | - | Miramax |
| 21 | Dangerous Beauty | $4,553,271 | 313 | $105,989 | 2.3% | 10 | Feb 20 | - | Warner Bros. |
| 22 | Kissing a Fool | $4,106,588 | 1,754 | $2,308,145 | 56.2% | 1,742 | Feb 27 | - | Universal Pictures |
| 23 | Mrs Dalloway | $3,309,421 | 8 | $90,127 | 2.7% | 8 | Feb 20 | - | First Look International |
| 24 | Zero Effect | $2,087,471 | 129 | $434,840 | 20.8% | 100 | Jan 30 | - | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 25 | Oscar and Lucinda | $1,897,404 | 65 | $83,461 | 4.4% | 7 | Jan 2 | - | Fox Searchlight Pictures |
| 26 | Live Flesh | $1,713,459 | - | - | - | - | Jan 16 | - | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) |
| 27 | The Gingerbread Man | $1,677,131 | 30 | $118,278 | 7.1% | 8 | Jan 23 | - | PolyGram |
| 28 | Men with Guns | $910,773 | - | - | - | - | Jan 27 | - | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 29 | Kurt & Courtney | $668,228 | 12 | $16,835 | 2.5% | 1 | Feb 27 | - | Roxie Releasing |
| 30 | Deceiver | $572,433 | 211 | $279,103 | 48.8% | 211 | Jan 30 | - | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) |
| 31 | Bugs Bunny Film Festival | $413,076 | 1 | $12,285 | 3% | 1 | Feb 13 | - | Warner Bros. |
| 32 | Four Days in September | $397,517 | 43 | $32,017 | 8.1% | 6 | Jan 30 | - | Miramax |
| 33 | Swept from the Sea | $397,020 | 55 | $163,289 | 41.1% | 55 | Jan 23 | - | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 34 | Hurricane Streets | $375,634 | 93 | $231,500 | 61.6% | 93 | Feb 13 | - | United Artists |
| 35 | Nil by Mouth | $266,130 | 18 | $28,367 | 10.7% | 2 | Feb 6 | May 14 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 36 | Ayn Rand: A Sense of Life | $205,246 | 4 | $26,101 | 12.7% | 2 | Feb 13 | Nov 12 | Strand Releasing |
| 37 | Fallen Angels | $163,145 | 3 | $13,804 | 8.5% | 1 | Jan 21 | Jun 11 | Kino International |
| 38 | The Night Flier | $125,397 | 95 | $91,549 | 73% | 95 | Feb 6 | - | New Line Cinema |
| 39 | I Love You, Don't Touch Me! | $98,973 | 10 | $33,598 | 33.9% | 9 | Feb 20 | - | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) |
| 40 | The Real Blonde | $83,488 | 10 | $83,488 | 100% | 10 | Feb 27 | - | Paramount Pictures |
| 41 | Slappy and the Stinkers | $80,837 | 60 | $34,488 | 42.7% | 60 | Jan 23 | Feb 12 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 42 | Full Speed | $67,470 | - | - | - | - | Jan 16 | - | Strand Releasing |
| 43 | The Only Thrill | $52,436 | - | - | - | - | Feb 13 | - | Legacy Releasing Corporation |
| 44 | An Alan Smithee Film: Burn Hollywood Burn | $45,779 | 19 | $28,992 | 63.3% | 19 | Feb 27 | Mar 12 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 45 | Comrades: Almost a Love Story | $17,676 | 1 | $8,510 | 48.1% | 1 | Feb 20 | - | Rim |
| 46 | The Break | $14,760 | 1 | $5,975 | 40.5% | 1 | Feb 20 | Mar 5 | Castle Hill Productions |
| 47 | True Friends | $12,231 | - | - | - | - | Jan 30 | Feb 12 | 2nd Generation Films |
| 48 | Pretty Village, Pretty Flame | $211 | 1 | $141 | 66.8% | 1 | Jan 16 | Jan 22 | Wellspring Media |
