Yearly box office · films released in
1998
| # | Film | Studio | Total gross | Opening |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Saving Private Ryan | DW | $216,540,909 | $30,576,104 |
| 2 | Armageddon | BV | $201,578,182 | $36,089,972 |
| 3 | There's Something About Mary | Fox | $176,484,651 | $13,740,644 |
| 4 | A Bug's Life | BV | $162,798,565 | $291,121 |
| 5 | The Waterboy | BV | $161,491,646 | $39,414,071 |
| 6 | Doctor Dolittle | Fox | $144,156,605 | $29,014,324 |
| 7 | Rush Hour | NL | $141,186,864 | $33,001,803 |
| 8 | Deep Impact | Par. | $140,464,664 | $41,152,375 |
| 9 | Godzilla | Sony | $136,314,294 | $44,047,541 |
| 10 | Patch Adams | Uni. | $135,026,902 | $25,262,280 |
| 11 | Lethal Weapon 4 | WB | $130,444,603 | $34,048,124 |
| 12 | The Truman Show | Par. | $125,618,201 | $31,542,121 |
| 13 | Mulan | BV | $120,620,254 | $22,745,143 |
| 14 | You've Got Mail | WB | $115,821,495 | $18,426,749 |
| 15 | Enemy of the State | BV | $111,549,836 | $20,038,573 |
| 16 | The Prince of Egypt | DW | $101,413,188 | $14,524,321 |
| 17 | The Rugrats Movie | Par. | $100,494,675 | $27,321,470 |
| 18 | Shakespeare in Love | Mira. | $100,317,794 | $224,012 |
| 19 | The Mask of Zorro | Sony | $94,095,523 | $22,525,855 |
| 20 | Stepmom | Sony | $91,137,662 | $19,142,440 |
| 21 | Antz | DW | $90,757,863 | $17,195,160 |
| 22 | Everest (IMAX) | MFF | $87,178,599 | $364,244 |
| 23 | The X-Files | Fox | $83,898,313 | $30,138,758 |
| 24 | The Wedding Singer | NL | $80,245,725 | $18,865,080 |
| 25 | City of Angels | WB | $78,685,114 | $15,369,048 |
| 26 | The Horse Whisperer | BV | $75,383,563 | $13,685,488 |
| 27 | Six Days, Seven Nights | BV | $74,339,294 | $16,485,276 |
| 28 | Star Trek: Insurrection | Par. | $70,187,658 | $22,052,836 |
| 29 | Blade | NL | $70,087,718 | $17,073,856 |
| 30 | Lost in Space | NL | $69,117,629 | $20,154,919 |
| 31 | A Perfect Murder | WB | $67,638,368 | $16,615,704 |
| 32 | The Parent Trap | BV | $66,308,518 | $11,148,497 |
| 33 | Ever After: A Cinderella Story | Fox | $65,705,771 | $8,526,904 |
| 34 | Hope Floats | Fox | $60,053,195 | $14,210,464 |
| 35 | Life Is Beautiful | Mira. | $57,247,384 | $118,920 |
| 36 | U.S. Marshals | WB | $57,167,405 | $16,863,988 |
| 37 | The Man in the Iron Mask | MGM | $56,968,902 | $17,271,450 |
| 38 | A Civil Action | BV | $56,709,981 | $70,079 |
| 39 | Snake Eyes | Par. | $55,591,409 | $16,310,373 |
| 40 | What Dreams May Come | Poly | $55,382,927 | $15,833,592 |
| 41 | Halloween: H20 | Dim. | $55,041,738 | $16,187,724 |
| 42 | Small Soldiers | DW | $54,682,547 | $14,047,592 |
| 43 | T-Rex: Back to the Cretaceous (IMAX) | IMAX | $53,354,743 | $261,760 |
| 44 | Mighty Joe Young | BV | $50,632,037 | $10,602,042 |
| 45 | Practical Magic | WB | $46,683,377 | $13,104,694 |
| 46 | Meet Joe Black | Uni. | $44,619,100 | $15,017,995 |
| 47 | The Negotiator | WB | $44,547,681 | $10,218,831 |
| 48 | Ronin | MGM | $41,616,262 | $12,697,641 |
| 49 | The Siege | Fox | $40,981,289 | $13,931,285 |
| 50 | Mysteries of Egypt (IMAX) | IMAX | $40,593,486 | $119,280 |
336 films in all.
Figures as published by Box Office Mojo, read from the Internet Archive's copies of the site. About the sources.