| Top 50 Highest Grossing Releases of 1998 | |||||||
| # | Title | Gross ($M) | Release Date | 1st Wk % | Distributor | ||
| Opening | Final | ||||||
| 1 | Saving Private Ryan | 30.6 | 216.3 | Jul 24 | 14.14 | DreamWorks | |
| 2 | Armageddon | 36.1 | 201.6 | Jul 1 | 17.90 | Buena Vista | |
| 3 | There's Something About Mary | 13.7 | 176.5 | Jul 15 | 7.79 | Fox | |
| 4 | A Bug's Life | 33.3 | 162.8 | Nov 25 | 20.43 | Buena Vista | |
| 5 | The Waterboy | 39.4 | 161.5 | Nov 6 | 24.41 | Buena Vista | |
| 6 | Doctor Dolittle | 29.0 | 144.2 | Jun 26 | 20.12 | Fox | |
| 7 | Rush Hour | 33.0 | 141.2 | Sep 18 | 23.37 | New Line | |
| 8 | Deep Impact | 41.2 | 140.5 | May 8 | 29.30 | Paramount | |
| 9 | Good Will Hunting | 10.3 | 138.4 | Jan 9 | 7.41 | Miramax | |
| 10 | Godzilla | * | 55.7 | 136.2 | May 20 | 40.93 | Sony |
| 11 | Patch Adams | 25.3 | 135.0 | Dec 25 | 18.71 | Universal | |
| 12 | Lethal Weapon 4 | 34.0 | 129.8 | Jul 10 | 26.24 | Warner Bros. | |
| 13 | The Truman Show | 31.5 | 125.6 | Jun 5 | 25.11 | Paramount | |
| 14 | Mulan | 22.7 | 120.6 | Jun 19 | 18.86 | Buena Vista | |
| 15 | You've Got Mail | 18.4 | 115.8 | Dec 18 | 15.92 | Warner Bros. | |
| 16 | Enemy of the State | 20.0 | 111.5 | Nov 20 | 17.96 | Buena Vista | |
| 17 | The Prince of Egypt | 14.5 | 101.3 | Dec 18 | 14.34 | DreamWorks | |
| 18 | The Rugrats Movie | 27.3 | 100.5 | Nov 20 | 27.19 | Paramount | |
| 19 | The Mask Of Zorro | 22.5 | 93.8 | Jul 17 | 24.01 | Sony | |
| 20 | Stepmom | 19.1 | 91.0 | Dec 25 | 21.03 | Sony | |
| 21 | Antz | 17.2 | 90.7 | Oct 2 | 18.96 | DreamWorks | |
| 22 | The X Files : Fight the Future | 30.1 | 83.9 | Jun 19 | 35.93 | Fox | |
| 23 | The Wedding Singer | 18.9 | 80.2 | Feb 13 | 23.51 | New Line | |
| 24 | City of Angels | 15.4 | 78.7 | Apr 10 | 19.52 | Warner Bros. | |
| 25 | The Horse Whisperer | 13.7 | 75.4 | May 15 | 18.16 | Buena Vista | |
| 26 | Six Days, Seven Nights | 16.5 | 74.3 | Jun 12 | 22.18 | Buena Vista | |
| 27 | Star Trek: Insurrection | 22.1 | 70.2 | Dec 11 | 31.42 | Paramount | |
| 28 | Blade | 17.1 | 70.0 | Aug 21 | 24.39 | New Line | |
| 29 | Lost in Space | 20.2 | 69.1 | Apr 3 | 29.16 | New Line | |
| 30 | A Perfect Murder | 16.6 | 67.6 | Jun 5 | 24.57 | Warner Bros. | |
| 31 | The Parent Trap | 11.1 | 66.3 | Jul 29 | 16.81 | Buena Vista | |
| 32 | Ever After | 8.5 | 65.6 | Jul 31 | 12.99 | Fox | |
| 33 | Hope Floats | 14.2 | 60.1 | May 29 | 23.66 | Fox | |
| 34 | U.S. Marshals | 16.9 | 57.4 | Mar 6 | 29.36 | Warner Bros. | |
| 35 | The Man in the Iron Mask | 17.3 | 57.0 | Mar 13 | 30.32 | MGM/UA | |
| 36 | Everest | 0.4 | 56.0 | Mar 6 | 0.65 | MacGillivray | |
| 37 | What Dreams May Come | 15.8 | 55.4 | Oct 2 | 28.57 | Polygram | |
| 38 | Small Soldiers | 14.0 | 55.1 | Jul 10 | 25.49 | DreamWorks | |
| 39 | Snake Eyes | 16.3 | 55.0 | Aug 7 | 29.63 | Paramount | |
| 40 | Halloween : H20 | 16.2 | 55.0 | Aug 5 | 29.42 | Miramax | |
| 41 | Mighty Joe Young | 10.6 | 50.6 | Dec 25 | 20.94 | Buena Vista | |
| 42 | Practical Magic | 13.1 | 46.8 | Oct 16 | 27.99 | Warner Bros. | |
| 43 | The Negotiator | 10.2 | 44.7 | Jul 29 | 22.87 | Warner Bros. | |
| 44 | Meet Joe Black | 15.0 | 44.6 | Nov 13 | 33.66 | Universal | |
| 45 | Wag the Dog | 7.8 | 43.0 | Jan 9 | 18.07 | New Line | |
| 46 | Ronin | 12.7 | 41.6 | Sep 25 | 30.52 | MGM/UA | |
| 47 | The Siege | 13.9 | 40.9 | Nov 6 | 34.03 | Fox | |
| 48 | Pleasantville | 8.9 | 40.6 | Oct 23 | 21.83 | New Line | |
| 49 | I Still Know What You Did Last Summer | 16.5 | 40.0 | Nov 13 | 41.30 | Sony | |
| 50 | Primary Colors | 12.0 | 39.3 | Mar 20 | 30.65 | Universal | |
| * - 4 day opening weekend | |||||||
(Includes films opening or expanding into wide release in
1998)
Last Updated : December 31, 1999