Box Office Performance for Based on Book/Short Story Movies in 1998

Rank	Movie	Genre	MPAA	1998 Gross	Tickets Sold	Inflation- Adjusted Gross
1	The Horse Whisperer	Drama	PG-13	$75,383,563	16,073,254	$110,583,988
2	The Prince of Egypt	Adventure	PG	$66,351,243	14,147,387	$97,334,023
3	The Man in the Iron Mask	Adventure	PG-13	$56,968,169	12,146,731	$83,569,509
4	What Dreams May Come	Drama	PG-13	$55,485,043	11,830,500	$81,393,840
5	Practical Magic	Comedy	PG-13	$46,611,204	9,938,423	$68,376,350
6	Wag the Dog	Drama	R	$41,630,306	8,876,398	$61,069,618
7	Primary Colors	Comedy	R	$39,017,984	8,319,400	$57,237,472
8	How Stella Got Her Groove Back	Drama	R	$37,669,029	8,031,776	$55,258,619
9	Out of Sight	Drama	R	$37,562,568	8,009,076	$55,102,443
10	Sphere	Horror	PG-13	$37,068,294	7,903,687	$54,377,367
11	Mercury Rising	Thriller/Suspense	R	$32,983,332	7,032,693	$48,384,928
12	Madeline	Comedy	PG	$29,858,048	6,366,322	$43,800,295
13	The Object of my Affection	Romantic Comedy	R	$29,145,924	6,214,483	$42,755,643
14	Great Expectations	Drama	R	$26,333,044	5,614,722	$38,629,287
15	L.A. Confidential	Drama	R	$26,308,657	5,609,522	$38,593,511
16	One True Thing	Drama	R	$23,337,196	4,975,948	$34,234,522
17	Quest for Camelot	Adventure	G	$22,772,500	4,855,544	$33,406,143
18	Beloved	Drama	R	$22,746,521	4,850,004	$33,368,028
19	The Borrowers	Comedy	PG	$22,619,589	4,822,940	$33,181,827
20	Vampires	Horror	R	$19,915,018	4,246,272	$29,214,351
21	Simon Birch	Drama	PG	$18,253,415	3,891,986	$26,776,864
22	Jackie Brown	Drama	R	$12,508,279	2,667,010	$18,349,029
23	Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas	Comedy	R	$10,680,275	2,277,244	$15,667,439
24	Apt Pupil	Thriller/Suspense	R	$8,838,938	1,884,635	$12,966,289
25	Krippendorf's Tribe	Comedy	PG-13	$7,571,115	1,614,310	$11,106,453
26	Smoke Signals	Comedy	PG-13	$6,719,300	1,432,687	$9,856,887
27	Palmetto	Thriller/Suspense	R	$5,846,660	1,246,623	$8,576,766
28	Phantoms	Horror	R	$5,755,333	1,227,150	$8,442,792
29	Anastasia	Musical	G	$5,361,123	1,143,097	$7,864,507
30	The Wings of the Dove	Drama	R	$5,020,136	1,070,391	$7,364,290
31	Dangerous Beauty	Drama	R	$4,553,271	970,847	$6,679,427
32	The Postman	Action	R	$3,323,076	708,545	$4,874,790
33	Mrs. Dalloway	Drama	PG-13	$3,263,672	695,879	$4,787,648
34	The Sweet Hereafter	Drama	R	$2,918,731	622,331	$4,281,637
35	The Little Mermaid	Adventure	G	$2,683,563	572,188	$3,936,653
36	The Mighty	Drama	PG-13	$2,652,246	565,511	$3,890,716
37	Love and Death on Long Island	Drama	PG-13	$2,542,264	542,061	$3,729,380
38	A Simple Plan	Drama	R	$2,515,990	536,458	$3,690,831
39	Wilde	Drama	R	$2,157,701	460,064	$3,165,240
40	Tarzan and the Lost City	Adventure	PG	$2,147,114	457,807	$3,149,712
41	Devil's Advocate	Drama	R	$1,938,693	413,367	$2,843,965
42	Gods and Monsters	Drama	R	$1,922,758	409,970	$2,820,594
43	I Know What You Did Last Summer	Horror	R	$1,853,812	395,269	$2,719,451
44	The Butcher Boy	Drama	R	$1,822,193	388,527	$2,673,066
45	A Soldier's Daughter Never Cries	Drama	R	$1,775,523	378,576	$2,604,603
46	Suicide Kings	Drama	R	$1,692,872	360,954	$2,483,364
47	The Gingerbread Man	Thriller/Suspense	R	$1,626,593	346,822	$2,386,135
48	Oscar and Lucinda	Drama	R	$1,612,957	343,914	$2,366,128
49	Live Flesh	Drama	R	$1,535,558	327,411	$2,252,588
50	The Rainmaker	Drama	PG-13	$1,499,543	319,732	$2,199,756
51	Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil	Drama	R	$1,462,474	311,828	$2,145,377
52	One Tough Cop	Drama	R	$1,313,607	280,087	$1,926,999
53	Permanent Midnight	Drama	R	$1,171,001	249,680	$1,717,798
54	Cousin Bette	Comedy	R	$1,161,063	247,561	$1,703,220
55	Lolita	Drama	R	$1,147,784	244,730	$1,683,742
56	C't'a ton tour Laura Cadieux	Comedy	Not Rated	$1,045,907	223,008	$1,534,295
57	The Thin Red Line	Drama	R	$1,020,438	217,577	$1,496,930
58	Kiss the Girls	Thriller/Suspense	R	$806,514	171,965	$1,183,119
59	Character	Drama	R	$713,413	152,114	$1,046,544
60	The Ice Storm	Drama	R	$647,731	138,109	$950,190
61	Starship Troopers	Action	R	$517,284	110,295	$758,830
62	Four Days in September	Drama	R	$310,724	66,252	$455,814
63	Pippi Longstocking	Musical	G	$301,087	64,198	$441,682
64	Chambermaid on the Titanic	Drama		$244,465	52,125	$358,620
65	A Civil Action	Drama	PG-13	$226,465	48,287	$332,215
66	The General	Drama	R	$177,220	37,787	$259,975
67	The Man Who Knew Too Little	Comedy	PG	$123,329	26,296	$180,916
68	Washington Square	Drama	PG	$91,818	19,577	$134,690
69	The Night Flier	Horror	R	$91,549	19,520	$134,298
70	Illtown	Drama	R	$68,955	14,703	$101,157
71	U-Turn	Drama	R	$56,674	12,084	$83,138
72	Regeneration		R	$19,273	4,109	$28,270
Total Gross of All Movies				$895,078,711
Total Tickets Sold					190,848,340
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices						$1,313,036,579

Note: This chart ranks movies by the amount they earned during 1998. It includes movies released in previous years that earned money during 1998. For example, a movie released over Thanksgiving in 1997 will most likely earn money in 1997 and 1998. Click on the individual movie to see its total gross over all the years in which it played.

Each box office year ends on the first Sunday of the following year. The next year starts the following day (Monday). For example, the "2004 box office year" ended on Sunday, January 2, 2005.

Inflation-adjusted figures are based ticket sale estimates, and may not be precise due to rounding errors.