Box Office Performance for Dramatization Movies in 1998

Rank	Movie	Genre	MPAA	1998 Gross	Tickets Sold	Inflation- Adjusted Gross
1	Titanic	Drama	PG-13	$443,320,217	94,524,567	$650,329,021
2	Mulan	Adventure	G	$120,620,254	25,718,604	$176,943,996
3	The Prince of Egypt	Adventure	PG	$66,351,243	14,147,387	$97,334,023
4	Primary Colors	Comedy	R	$39,017,984	8,319,400	$57,237,472
5	Amistad	Drama	R	$17,498,465	3,731,016	$25,669,390
6	54	Drama	R	$16,757,163	3,572,956	$24,581,937
7	Elizabeth	Drama	R	$16,510,380	3,520,337	$24,219,919
8	Why Do Fools Fall In Love?	Drama	R	$12,506,676	2,666,669	$18,346,683
9	Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas	Comedy	R	$10,680,275	2,277,244	$15,667,439
10	The Newton Boys	Drama	PG-13	$10,341,093	2,204,924	$15,169,877
11	Slums of Beverly Hills	Comedy	R	$5,502,773	1,173,299	$8,072,297
12	Kundun	Drama	PG-13	$5,449,279	1,161,893	$7,993,824
13	Wilde	Drama	R	$2,157,701	460,064	$3,165,240
14	Permanent Midnight	Drama	R	$1,171,001	249,680	$1,717,798
15	The Thin Red Line	Drama	R	$1,020,438	217,577	$1,496,930
16	Without Limits	Drama	PG-13	$780,326	166,381	$1,144,701
17	Seven Years in Tibet	Drama	PG-13	$389,899	83,134	$571,962
18	Artemisia	Drama		$377,512	80,493	$553,792
19	The General	Drama	R	$177,220	37,787	$259,975
20	Fairytale: A True Story	Drama	PG	$45,569	9,716	$66,846
Total Gross of All Movies				$770,675,468
Total Tickets Sold					164,323,128
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices						$1,130,543,121

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.