Top 50 Opening Weekends of 1998 | |||||||
# | Title | Gross ($M) | Release Date | 1st Wk % | Distributor | ||
Opening | Final | ||||||
1 | Godzilla | * | 55.7 | 136.2 | May 20 | 40.93 | Sony |
2 | Deep Impact | 41.2 | 140.5 | May 8 | 29.30 | Paramount | |
3 | The Waterboy | 39.4 | 161.5 | Nov 6 | 24.41 | Buena Vista | |
4 | Armageddon | 36.1 | 201.6 | Jul 1 | 17.90 | Buena Vista | |
5 | Lethal Weapon 4 | 34.0 | 129.8 | Jul 10 | 26.24 | Warner Bros. | |
6 | A Bug's Life | 33.3 | 162.8 | Nov 25 | 20.43 | Buena Vista | |
7 | Rush Hour | 33.0 | 141.2 | Sep 18 | 23.37 | New Line | |
8 | The Truman Show | 31.5 | 125.6 | Jun 5 | 25.11 | Paramount | |
9 | Saving Private Ryan | 30.6 | 216.3 | Jul 24 | 14.14 | DreamWorks | |
10 | The X Files : Fight the Future | 30.1 | 83.9 | Jun 19 | 35.93 | Fox | |
11 | Doctor Dolittle | 29.0 | 144.2 | Jun 26 | 20.12 | Fox | |
12 | The Rugrats Movie | 27.3 | 100.5 | Nov 20 | 27.19 | Paramount | |
13 | Patch Adams | 25.3 | 135.0 | Dec 25 | 18.71 | Universal | |
14 | Mulan | 22.7 | 120.6 | Jun 19 | 18.86 | Buena Vista | |
15 | The Mask Of Zorro | 22.5 | 93.8 | Jul 17 | 24.01 | Sony | |
16 | Star Trek: Insurrection | 22.1 | 70.2 | Dec 11 | 31.42 | Paramount | |
17 | Lost in Space | 20.2 | 69.1 | Apr 3 | 29.16 | New Line | |
18 | Enemy of the State | 20.0 | 111.5 | Nov 20 | 17.96 | Buena Vista | |
19 | Stepmom | 19.1 | 91.0 | Dec 25 | 21.03 | Sony | |
20 | The Wedding Singer | 18.9 | 80.2 | Feb 13 | 23.51 | New Line | |
21 | You've Got Mail | 18.4 | 115.8 | Dec 18 | 15.92 | Warner Bros. | |
22 | The Man in the Iron Mask | 17.3 | 57.0 | Mar 13 | 30.32 | MGM/UA | |
23 | Antz | 17.2 | 90.7 | Oct 2 | 18.96 | DreamWorks | |
24 | Blade | 17.1 | 70.0 | Aug 21 | 24.39 | New Line | |
25 | U.S. Marshals | 16.9 | 57.4 | Mar 6 | 29.36 | Warner Bros. | |
26 | A Perfect Murder | 16.6 | 67.6 | Jun 5 | 24.57 | Warner Bros. | |
27 | I Still Know What You Did Last Summer | 16.5 | 40.0 | Nov 13 | 41.30 | Sony | |
28 | Six Days, Seven Nights | 16.5 | 74.3 | Jun 12 | 22.18 | Buena Vista | |
29 | Snake Eyes | 16.3 | 55.0 | Aug 7 | 29.63 | Paramount | |
30 | Halloween : H20 | 16.2 | 55.0 | Aug 5 | 29.42 | Miramax | |
31 | What Dreams May Come | 15.8 | 55.4 | Oct 2 | 28.57 | Polygram | |
32 | City of Angels | 15.4 | 78.7 | Apr 10 | 19.52 | Warner Bros. | |
33 | Meet Joe Black | 15.0 | 44.6 | Nov 13 | 33.66 | Universal | |
34 | The Prince of Egypt | 14.5 | 101.3 | Dec 18 | 14.34 | DreamWorks | |
35 | Sphere | 14.4 | 37.0 | Feb 13 | 39.01 | Warner Bros. | |
36 | Hope Floats | 14.2 | 60.1 | May 29 | 23.66 | Fox | |
37 | Small Soldiers | 14.0 | 55.1 | Jul 10 | 25.49 | DreamWorks | |
38 | The Siege | 13.9 | 40.9 | Nov 6 | 34.03 | Fox | |
39 | There's Something About Mary | 13.7 | 176.5 | Jul 15 | 7.79 | Fox | |
40 | The Horse Whisperer | 13.7 | 75.4 | May 15 | 18.16 | Buena Vista | |
41 | Practical Magic | 13.1 | 46.8 | Oct 16 | 28.00 | Warner Bros. | |
42 | Grease (reissue) | 12.7 | 28.4 | Mar 27 | 44.73 | Paramount | |
43 | Ronin | 12.7 | 41.6 | Sep 25 | 30.52 | MGM/UA | |
44 | Primary Colors | 12.0 | 39.3 | Mar 20 | 30.65 | Universal | |
45 | Out of Sight | 12.0 | 37.5 | Jun 26 | 32.05 | Universal | |
46 | Bride of Chucky | 11.8 | 32.4 | Oct 16 | 36.52 | Universal | |
47 | The Faculty | 11.6 | 39.0 | Dec 25 | 29.81 | Miramax | |
48 | How Stella Got Her Groove Back | 11.3 | 37.7 | Aug 14 | 30.06 | Fox | |
49 | The Parent Trap | 11.1 | 66.3 | Jul 29 | 16.81 | Buena Vista | |
50 | The Big Hit | 10.8 | 27.1 | Apr 24 | 39.93 | Sony | |
* - 4 day opening weekend |
Last Updated : December 31, 1999