Domestic Box Office For Winter 1998
Winter 1998 is January 2-March 5.
Wide releases are those released in at least 600 theaters.
| Rank | Release | Gross | Max Th | Opening | % of Total | Open Th | Open | Close | Distributor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Good Will Hunting | $138,433,435 | 2,203 | $272,912 | 0.2% | 7 | Jan 9 | - | Miramax |
| 2 | The Wedding Singer | $80,245,725 | 2,837 | $18,865,080 | 23.5% | 2,821 | Feb 13 | - | New Line Cinema |
| 3 | Wag the Dog | $43,061,945 | 1,752 | $92,079 | 0.2% | 3 | Jan 9 | - | New Line Cinema |
| 4 | Sphere | $37,020,277 | 2,814 | $14,433,957 | 39% | 2,814 | Feb 13 | - | Warner Bros. |
| 5 | Spice World | $29,342,592 | 2,339 | $10,527,222 | 35.9% | 2,339 | Jan 23 | - | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 6 | Great Expectations | $26,420,672 | 1,906 | $9,593,290 | 36.3% | 1,867 | Jan 30 | - | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 7 | Fallen | $25,232,289 | 2,448 | $10,401,586 | 41.2% | 2,448 | Jan 16 | - | Warner Bros. |
| 8 | The Borrowers | $22,619,589 | 1,606 | $4,470,111 | 19.8% | 1,535 | Feb 13 | - | PolyGram |
| 9 | Hard Rain | $19,870,567 | 2,132 | $8,009,024 | 40.3% | 2,107 | Jan 16 | - | Paramount Pictures |
| 10 | The Apostle | $19,868,354 | 751 | $29,396 | 0.1% | 4 | Feb 20 | - | October Films |
| 11 | The Replacement Killers | $19,204,929 | 1,936 | $8,046,553 | 41.9% | 1,936 | Feb 6 | - | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 12 | Half Baked | $17,460,020 | 1,703 | $7,722,540 | 44.2% | 1,701 | Jan 16 | - | Universal Pictures |
| 13 | Dark City | $14,378,331 | 1,754 | $5,576,953 | 38.8% | 1,754 | Feb 27 | - | New Line Cinema |
| 14 | Blues Brothers 2000 | $14,051,384 | 2,516 | $6,129,615 | 43.6% | 2,507 | Feb 6 | - | Universal Pictures |
| 15 | Desperate Measures | $13,806,137 | 1,963 | $5,833,412 | 42.3% | 1,963 | Jan 30 | - | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 16 | Senseless | $12,874,899 | 1,850 | $5,337,651 | 41.5% | 1,843 | Feb 20 | - | Dimension Films |
| 17 | Deep Rising | $11,203,026 | 1,788 | $4,737,793 | 42.3% | 1,758 | Jan 30 | - | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 18 | Firestorm | $8,165,212 | 2,057 | $3,849,308 | 47.1% | 2,037 | Jan 9 | - | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 19 | Krippendorf's Tribe | $7,571,115 | 1,529 | $3,316,377 | 43.8% | 1,529 | Feb 27 | - | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 20 | Star Kid | $7,029,025 | 1,053 | $2,958,768 | 42.1% | 1,041 | Jan 16 | - | Trimark Pictures |
| 21 | Caught Up | $6,754,958 | 722 | $2,422,631 | 35.9% | 713 | Feb 27 | - | Live Entertainment |
| 22 | Palmetto | $5,878,911 | 1,505 | $2,876,753 | 48.9% | 1,505 | Feb 20 | - | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 23 | Phantoms | $5,624,282 | 1,859 | $3,065,951 | 54.5% | 1,859 | Jan 23 | - | Miramax |
| 24 | Kissing a Fool | $4,106,588 | 1,754 | $2,308,145 | 56.2% | 1,742 | Feb 27 | - | Universal Pictures |
