Domestic Box Office For 1998
| Rank | Release | Gross | Theaters | Total Gross | Release Date | Distributor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 321 | Playing by Heart | $10,265 | 308 | $3,970,078 | Jan 1 | Miramax |
| 296 | Hilary and Jackie | $41,973 | 300 | $4,912,892 | Dec 30 | October Films |
| 307 | Affliction | $26,038 | 335 | $6,330,054 | Dec 30 | Lionsgate Films |
| 327 | The Hi-Lo Country | $6,013 | 16 | $166,082 | Dec 30 | Gramercy Pictures (I) |
| 329 | Another Day in Paradise | $4,849 | 65 | $1,036,818 | Dec 30 | Trimark Pictures |
| 42 | Patch Adams | $46,444,325 | 2,909 | $135,026,902 | Dec 25 | Universal Pictures |
| 56 | Stepmom | $35,435,611 | 2,503 | $91,137,662 | Dec 25 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 86 | Mighty Joe Young | $20,028,356 | 2,559 | $50,632,037 | Dec 25 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 94 | The Faculty | $18,409,135 | 2,365 | $40,283,321 | Dec 25 | Miramax |
| 182 | Down in the Delta | $2,497,557 | 417 | $5,672,903 | Dec 25 | Miramax |
| 228 | The Thin Red Line | $644,802 | 1,657 | $36,400,491 | Dec 25 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 249 | Hurlyburly | $291,996 | 84 | $1,798,862 | Dec 25 | Fine Line Features |
| 262 | A Civil Action | $155,596 | 2,319 | $56,709,981 | Dec 25 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 297 | The Swindle | $40,768 | 5 | $250,899 | Dec 23 | New Yorker Films |
| 306 | The Theory of Flight | $31,685 | 13 | $73,233 | Dec 23 | Fine Line Features |
| 29 | You've Got Mail | $63,762,374 | 2,948 | $115,821,495 | Dec 18 | Warner Bros. |
| 37 | The Prince of Egypt | $55,106,631 | 3,218 | $101,413,188 | Dec 18 | DreamWorks Distribution |
| 267 | The General | $134,817 | 41 | $1,214,198 | Dec 18 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 40 | Star Trek: Insurrection | $53,895,383 | 2,677 | $70,187,658 | Dec 11 | Paramount Pictures |
| 67 | Jack Frost | $27,986,763 | 2,152 | $34,562,556 | Dec 11 | Warner Bros. |
| 156 | Shakespeare in Love | $6,115,598 | 2,030 | $100,317,794 | Dec 11 | Miramax |
| 204 | A Simple Plan | $1,601,164 | 675 | $16,316,273 | Dec 11 | Paramount Pictures |
| 294 | Rushmore | $43,666 | 830 | $17,105,219 | Dec 11 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 85 | Psycho | $20,363,450 | 2,489 | $21,485,655 | Dec 4 | Universal Pictures |
| 226 | Little Voice | $673,534 | 215 | $4,611,784 | Dec 4 | Miramax |
| 292 | Shattered Image | $44,482 | 24 | $106,116 | Dec 4 | Lionsgate Films |
| 324 | Hi-Life | $9,066 | 1 | $9,066 | Dec 4 | Lionsgate Films |
| 133 | Home Fries | $10,050,162 | 1,925 | $10,493,366 | Nov 27 | Warner Bros. |
| 135 | Very Bad Things | $9,735,745 | 1,260 | $9,898,412 | Nov 27 | PolyGram |
| 141 | Ringmaster | $8,610,206 | 1,320 | $9,257,103 | Nov 27 | Artisan Entertainment |
| 102 | Babe: Pig in the City | $15,768,180 | 2,387 | $18,319,860 | Nov 25 | Universal Pictures |
| 12 | A Bug's Life | $127,589,564 | 2,773 | $162,798,565 | Nov 20 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 17 | Enemy of the State | $92,027,903 | 2,517 | $111,549,836 | Nov 20 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 19 | The Rugrats Movie | $86,430,992 | 2,832 | $100,494,675 | Nov 20 | Paramount Pictures |
| 165 | Celebrity | $5,078,660 | 493 | $5,078,660 | Nov 20 | Miramax |
| 166 | Waking Ned Devine | $4,919,886 | 540 | $24,792,251 | Nov 20 | - |
| 233 | Central Station | $554,869 | 144 | $5,969,553 | Nov 20 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 318 | Savior | $14,328 | 4 | $14,328 | Nov 20 | Lionsgate Films |
| 320 | Storefront Hitchcock | $12,355 | 1 | $12,355 | Nov 20 | Miramax |
| 45 | Meet Joe Black | $43,240,705 | 2,527 | $44,619,100 | Nov 13 | Universal Pictures |
| 50 | I Still Know What You Did Last Summer | $38,889,884 | 2,473 | $40,002,112 | Nov 13 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 120 | I'll Be Home for Christmas | $12,025,266 | 1,776 | $12,214,338 | Nov 13 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 217 | Dancing at Lughnasa | $931,404 | 93 | $2,287,818 | Nov 13 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 300 | Welcome to Woop Woop | $37,621 | 5 | $37,621 | Nov 13 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) |
| 317 | Hard Core Logo | $14,540 | 2 | $14,540 | Nov 13 | Cowboy Pictures |
| 333 | Thursday | $3,121 | 2 | $3,121 | Nov 13 | - |
| 5 | The Waterboy | $147,895,431 | 2,782 | $161,491,646 | Nov 6 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 48 | The Siege | $39,908,508 | 2,582 | $40,981,289 | Nov 6 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 105 | Elizabeth | $14,743,882 | 624 | $30,082,699 | Nov 6 | Gramercy Pictures (I) |
| 106 | The Wizard of Oz 1998 Re-release | $14,690,446 | 1,882 | $14,836,984 | Nov 6 | Warner Bros. |
| 138 | Belly | $9,449,688 | 630 | $9,639,390 | Nov 6 | Artisan Entertainment |
| 203 | Gods and Monsters | $1,630,638 | 149 | $6,451,628 | Nov 6 | Lionsgate Films |
| 210 | The Red Violin | $1,145,646 | 261 | $10,019,109 | Nov 6 | Lionsgate Films |
| 216 | Velvet Goldmine | $1,053,788 | 85 | $1,053,788 | Nov 6 | Miramax |
| 287 | The Big Chill 1998 Re-release | $56,948 | 50 | $56,948 | Nov 6 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 93 | Vampires | $18,475,242 | 1,793 | $20,308,772 | Oct 30 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 128 | Living Out Loud | $10,529,980 | 1,087 | $12,905,901 | Oct 30 | New Line Cinema |
| 160 | American History X | $5,868,346 | 513 | $6,719,864 | Oct 30 | New Line Cinema |
| 311 | Talk of Angels | $18,281 | 2 | $18,281 | Oct 30 | Miramax |
| 51 | Pleasantville | $38,761,264 | 1,773 | $40,584,421 | Oct 23 | New Line Cinema |
| 107 | Soldier | $14,594,226 | 2,507 | $14,594,226 | Oct 23 | Warner Bros. |
| 137 | Life Is Beautiful | $9,594,989 | 1,136 | $57,247,384 | Oct 23 | Miramax |
| 140 | Apt Pupil | $8,863,193 | 1,448 | $8,863,193 | Oct 23 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 230 | Orgazmo | $602,302 | 94 | $602,302 | Oct 23 | October Films |
| 178 | Freeriders | $2,750,064 | 30 | $2,750,064 | Oct 20 | - |
| 43 | Practical Magic | $46,404,796 | 2,652 | $46,732,881 | Oct 16 | Warner Bros. |
| 60 | Bride of Chucky | $32,305,400 | 2,467 | $32,400,658 | Oct 16 | Universal Pictures |
| 84 | Beloved | $21,137,134 | 1,571 | $22,852,487 | Oct 16 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 180 | Happiness | $2,521,818 | 60 | $2,982,011 | Oct 16 | Good Machine |
| 285 | The Alarmist | $59,864 | 11 | $59,864 | Oct 16 | Lionsgate Films |
| 328 | Reach the Rock | $4,960 | 3 | $4,960 | Oct 16 | Gramercy Pictures (I) |
| 119 | Holy Man | $12,069,719 | 2,013 | $12,069,719 | Oct 9 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 181 | The Mighty | $2,505,756 | 518 | $2,652,246 | Oct 9 | Miramax |
| 207 | One Tough Cop | $1,223,034 | 415 | $1,223,034 | Oct 9 | - |
| 305 | Bad Manners | $31,687 | 10 | $31,687 | Oct 9 | Phaedra Cinema |
| 332 | Detroit 9000 | $3,179 | 2 | $3,179 | Oct 9 | - |
| 266 | Love Is the Devil: Study for a Portrait of Francis Bacon | $137,639 | 12 | $354,004 | Oct 7 | Strand Releasing |
| 18 | Antz | $88,668,349 | 2,929 | $90,757,863 | Oct 2 | DreamWorks Distribution |
| 36 | What Dreams May Come | $55,382,927 | 2,531 | $55,382,927 | Oct 2 | PolyGram |
| 61 | A Night at the Roxbury | $30,331,165 | 2,169 | $30,331,165 | Oct 2 | Paramount Pictures |
| 187 | The Impostors | $2,198,044 | 162 | $2,198,044 | Oct 2 | - |
| 224 | Strangeland | $713,239 | 315 | $713,239 | Oct 2 | Artisan Entertainment |
| 299 | Bicycle Thieves 1998 Re-release | $38,451 | 4 | $334,293 | Oct 2 | Kino International |
| 319 | Hit Me | $12,500 | 3 | $12,500 | Oct 2 | Castle Hill Productions |
| 47 | Ronin | $41,616,262 | 2,487 | $41,616,262 | Sep 25 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) |
| 54 | Urban Legend | $37,506,463 | 2,257 | $38,072,438 | Sep 25 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 186 | Pecker | $2,281,761 | 184 | $2,281,761 | Sep 25 | Fine Line Features |
| 201 | Clay Pigeons | $1,650,310 | 297 | $1,794,086 | Sep 25 | Gramercy Pictures (I) |
| 246 | Monument Ave. | $333,760 | 24 | $333,760 | Sep 25 | Lionsgate Films |
| 274 | The Brandon Teena Story | $92,113 | 2 | $92,113 | Sep 23 | Zeitgeist Films |
| 9 | Rush Hour | $136,065,335 | 2,724 | $141,186,864 | Sep 18 | New Line Cinema |
| 77 | One True Thing | $23,245,840 | 1,636 | $23,245,840 | Sep 18 | Universal Pictures |
| 199 | A Soldier's Daughter Never Cries | $1,695,395 | 149 | $1,782,005 | Sep 18 | October Films |
| 209 | Permanent Midnight | $1,171,001 | 90 | $1,171,001 | Sep 18 | Artisan Entertainment |
| 264 | Six-String Samurai | $146,125 | 16 | $146,125 | Sep 18 | Palm Pictures |
| 325 | Ill Gotten Gains | $8,329 | 8 | $8,329 | Sep 18 | Spats Films |
| 79 | Rounders | $22,912,409 | 2,191 | $22,912,409 | Sep 11 | Miramax |
| 95 | Simon Birch | $18,253,415 | 930 | $18,253,415 | Sep 11 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 191 | Touch of Evil 1998 Re-release | $2,047,939 | 45 | $2,247,465 | Sep 11 | October Films |
| 221 | Without Limits | $777,423 | 110 | $777,423 | Sep 11 | Warner Bros. |
| 236 | Cube | $501,818 | 24 | $501,818 | Sep 11 | Trimark Pictures |
| 293 | Digging to China | $43,961 | 10 | $43,961 | Sep 11 | - |
| 310 | Chicago Cab | $23,946 | 2 | $23,946 | Sep 11 | Castle Hill Productions |
| 130 | Knock Off | $10,319,915 | 1,800 | $10,319,915 | Sep 4 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 220 | Firelight | $785,482 | 39 | $785,482 | Sep 4 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 291 | Phoenix | $45,661 | 3 | $45,661 | Sep 4 | Trimark Pictures |
| 99 | 54 | $16,757,163 | 1,869 | $16,757,163 | Aug 28 | Miramax |
| 117 | Why Do Fools Fall in Love | $12,461,773 | 1,377 | $12,461,773 | Aug 28 | Warner Bros. |
| 257 | I Married a Strange Person! | $206,272 | 2 | $206,272 | Aug 28 | Lionsgate Films |
| 25 | Blade | $70,087,718 | 2,389 | $70,087,718 | Aug 21 | New Line Cinema |
| 100 | Dance with Me | $15,923,122 | 1,467 | $15,923,122 | Aug 21 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 103 | Dead Man on Campus | $15,064,946 | 1,830 | $15,064,946 | Aug 21 | Paramount Pictures |
| 136 | Wrongfully Accused | $9,623,329 | 2,062 | $9,623,329 | Aug 21 | Warner Bros. |
| 167 | Your Friends and Neighbors | $4,531,626 | 246 | $4,714,658 | Aug 21 | Gramercy Pictures (I) |
| 174 | Next Stop Wonderland | $3,190,278 | 224 | $3,395,581 | Aug 21 | Miramax |
| 218 | Strike! | $907,996 | 133 | $907,996 | Aug 21 | Miramax |
| 239 | The Eel | $418,480 | 6 | $418,480 | Aug 21 | New Yorker Films |
| 52 | How Stella Got Her Groove Back | $37,672,941 | 1,399 | $37,672,941 | Aug 14 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 76 | The Avengers | $23,384,939 | 2,466 | $23,384,939 | Aug 14 | Warner Bros. |
| 132 | Air Bud: Golden Receiver | $10,224,116 | 1,669 | $10,224,116 | Aug 14 | Miramax |
| 142 | Return to Paradise | $8,341,087 | 985 | $8,341,087 | Aug 14 | PolyGram |
| 164 | Slums of Beverly Hills | $5,371,766 | 253 | $5,502,773 | Aug 14 | - |
| 302 | Behind the Lines | $33,131 | 6 | $33,131 | Aug 14 | Alliance Atlantis Vivafilm |
| 34 | Snake Eyes | $55,591,409 | 2,718 | $55,591,409 | Aug 7 | Paramount Pictures |
| 38 | Halloween H20: 20 Years Later | $55,041,738 | 2,669 | $55,041,738 | Aug 7 | Dimension Films |
| 290 | Safe Men | $45,724 | 20 | $45,724 | Aug 7 | October Films |
| 295 | First Love, Last Rites | $42,953 | 6 | $42,953 | Aug 7 | Strand Releasing |
| 28 | The Parent Trap | $66,308,518 | 2,407 | $66,308,518 | Jul 31 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 30 | Ever After: A Cinderella Story | $61,413,264 | 2,067 | $65,705,771 | Jul 31 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 44 | The Negotiator | $44,547,681 | 2,436 | $44,547,681 | Jul 31 | Warner Bros. |
| 151 | BASEketball | $7,027,290 | 1,910 | $7,027,290 | Jul 31 | Universal Pictures |
| 171 | The Governess | $3,719,509 | 135 | $3,719,509 | Jul 31 | Miramax |
| 315 | Full Tilt Boogie | $15,313 | 6 | $15,313 | Jul 31 | Miramax |
| 323 | Out of the Past | $9,078 | 1 | $9,078 | Jul 31 | Zeitgeist Films |
| 280 | Seventh Heaven | $79,808 | 2 | $79,808 | Jul 29 | Zeitgeist Films |
| 3 | Saving Private Ryan | $190,805,259 | 2,807 | $216,540,909 | Jul 24 | DreamWorks Distribution |
| 87 | Mafia! | $19,889,299 | 1,944 | $19,889,299 | Jul 24 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 96 | Disturbing Behavior | $17,514,980 | 1,842 | $17,514,980 | Jul 24 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) |
| 215 | Lolita | $1,071,255 | 1 | $1,071,255 | Jul 24 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company |
| 16 | The Mask of Zorro | $93,715,262 | 2,515 | $94,095,523 | Jul 17 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 212 | The Thief | $1,126,506 | 39 | $1,126,506 | Jul 17 | - |
| 275 | Polish Wedding | $92,055 | 59 | $692,588 | Jul 17 | - |
| 4 | There's Something About Mary | $174,422,745 | 2,555 | $176,484,651 | Jul 15 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 11 | Lethal Weapon 4 | $130,444,603 | 3,117 | $130,444,603 | Jul 10 | Warner Bros. |
| 39 | Small Soldiers | $54,682,547 | 2,613 | $54,682,547 | Jul 10 | DreamWorks Distribution |
| 63 | Madeline | $29,967,750 | 1,863 | $29,967,750 | Jul 10 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 176 | Pi | $2,948,722 | 68 | $3,221,152 | Jul 10 | Artisan Entertainment |
| 232 | Hands on a Hardbody: The Documentary | $563,482 | 6 | $563,482 | Jul 10 | Providence Entertainment |
| 2 | Armageddon | $198,798,517 | 3,184 | $201,578,182 | Jul 1 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 222 | Nights of Cabiria 1998 Re-release | $752,045 | 9 | $752,045 | Jul 1 | Rialto Pictures |
| 6 | Doctor Dolittle | $144,156,605 | 2,871 | $144,156,605 | Jun 26 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 53 | Out of Sight | $37,562,568 | 2,112 | $37,562,568 | Jun 26 | Universal Pictures |
| 153 | Gone with the Wind 1998 Re-release | $6,750,112 | 214 | $6,750,112 | Jun 26 | New Line Cinema |
| 154 | Smoke Signals | $6,469,085 | 66 | $6,745,362 | Jun 26 | Miramax |
| 184 | Buffalo '66 | $2,338,815 | 25 | $2,375,097 | Jun 26 | Lionsgate Films |
| 288 | Picnic at Hanging Rock | $49,582 | 5 | $49,582 | Jun 26 | - |
| 313 | Dear Jesse | $17,744 | 3 | $17,744 | Jun 26 | Cowboy Pictures |
| 15 | Mulan | $120,620,254 | 2,953 | $120,620,254 | Jun 19 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 20 | The X Files | $83,898,313 | 2,650 | $83,898,313 | Jun 19 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 185 | Hav Plenty | $2,284,034 | 413 | $2,284,034 | Jun 19 | Miramax |
| 206 | Henry Fool | $1,338,335 | 51 | $1,338,335 | Jun 19 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 309 | Dream for an Insomniac | $24,727 | 6 | $24,727 | Jun 19 | Lionsgate Films |
| 24 | Six Days Seven Nights | $74,339,294 | 2,606 | $74,339,294 | Jun 12 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 72 | Can't Hardly Wait | $25,605,015 | 1,987 | $25,605,015 | Jun 12 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 134 | Dirty Work | $10,023,282 | 1,776 | $10,023,282 | Jun 12 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) |
| 194 | High Art | $1,960,216 | 4 | $1,960,216 | Jun 12 | October Films |
| 251 | The Land Girls | $238,497 | 21 | $238,497 | Jun 12 | Gramercy Pictures (I) |
| 269 | The Beyond | $123,843 | 15 | $123,843 | Jun 12 | Cowboy Pictures |
| 283 | Cousin Bette | $76,488 | 68 | $1,295,194 | Jun 12 | - |
| 13 | The Truman Show | $125,618,201 | 2,911 | $125,618,201 | Jun 5 | Paramount Pictures |
| 27 | A Perfect Murder | $67,638,368 | 2,845 | $67,638,368 | Jun 5 | Warner Bros. |
| 248 | Mr. Jealousy | $301,796 | 24 | $301,796 | Jun 5 | Lionsgate Films |
| 259 | Beyond Silence | $181,881 | 21 | $181,881 | Jun 5 | Miramax |
| 31 | Hope Floats | $60,053,195 | 2,404 | $60,053,195 | May 29 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 131 | I Got the Hook Up | $10,317,779 | 655 | $10,317,779 | May 29 | Miramax |
| 155 | Almost Heroes | $6,136,856 | 2,048 | $6,136,856 | May 29 | Warner Bros. |
| 177 | The Last Days of Disco | $2,758,399 | 168 | $3,020,601 | May 29 | Gramercy Pictures (I) |
| 253 | Insomnia | $227,569 | 3 | $227,569 | May 29 | First Run |
| 127 | Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas | $10,680,275 | 1,130 | $10,680,275 | May 22 | Universal Pictures |
| 158 | The Opposite of Sex | $5,881,367 | 165 | $5,881,367 | May 22 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 8 | Godzilla | $136,314,294 | 3,310 | $136,314,294 | May 20 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 23 | The Horse Whisperer | $75,383,563 | 2,362 | $75,383,563 | May 15 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 70 | Bulworth | $26,528,185 | 2,051 | $26,528,185 | May 15 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 81 | Quest for Camelot | $22,510,798 | 3,107 | $22,510,798 | May 15 | Warner Bros. |
| 234 | Clockwatchers | $537,948 | 9 | $537,948 | May 15 | Artistic License |
| 271 | Lawn Dogs | $106,404 | 12 | $106,404 | May 15 | Strand Releasing |
| 284 | Plump Fiction | $71,145 | 45 | $71,145 | May 15 | - |
| 7 | Deep Impact | $140,464,664 | 3,280 | $140,464,664 | May 8 | Paramount Pictures |
| 148 | Woo | $8,064,972 | 625 | $8,064,972 | May 8 | New Line Cinema |
| 245 | Artemisia | $356,749 | 17 | $356,749 | May 8 | Miramax |
| 272 | Little Men | $104,255 | 111 | $104,255 | May 8 | - |
| 83 | He Got Game | $21,567,853 | 1,414 | $21,567,853 | May 1 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 108 | Les Misérables | $14,096,321 | 1,477 | $14,096,321 | May 1 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 113 | Black Dog | $12,951,088 | 2,050 | $12,951,088 | May 1 | Universal Pictures |
| 190 | Wilde | $2,158,775 | 7 | $2,158,775 | May 1 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 225 | Dancer, Texas Pop. 81 | $676,631 | 28 | $676,631 | May 1 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 244 | Shooting Fish | $375,261 | 23 | $375,261 | May 1 | - |
| 252 | Still Breathing | $228,455 | 67 | $228,455 | May 1 | October Films |
| 308 | Go Now | $25,695 | 3 | $25,695 | May 1 | Gramercy Pictures (I) |
| 330 | The Other Side of Sunday | $4,769 | 1 | $4,769 | May 1 | First Look International |
