| Rank | Release
| Genre
| Budget
| Running Time
| Gross | Theaters | Total Gross | Release Date | Distributor
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | Deep Impact | - | - | - | $136,179,715 | 3,280 | $140,464,664 | May 8 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 2 | Godzilla | - | - | - | $132,897,414 | 3,310 | $136,314,294 | May 20 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 3 | The Truman Show | - | - | - | $100,127,796 | 2,911 | $125,618,201 | Jun 5 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 4 | City of Angels | - | - | - | $78,685,114 | 2,433 | $78,685,114 | Apr 10 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 5 | Titanic | - | - | - | $70,294,825 | 3,265 | $600,683,057 | Dec 19 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 6 | Lost in Space | - | - | - | $69,117,629 | 3,306 | $69,117,629 | Apr 3 | New Line Cinema | false |
| 7 | The Horse Whisperer | - | - | - | $66,759,862 | 2,362 | $75,383,563 | May 15 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 8 | The X Files | - | - | - | $58,132,982 | 2,650 | $83,898,313 | Jun 19 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 9 | Mulan | - | - | - | $57,429,141 | 2,953 | $120,620,254 | Jun 19 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 10 | A Perfect Murder | - | - | - | $55,501,392 | 2,845 | $67,638,368 | Jun 5 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 11 | Hope Floats | - | - | - | $49,218,240 | 2,404 | $60,053,195 | May 29 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 12 | Six Days Seven Nights | - | - | - | $47,802,094 | 2,606 | $74,339,294 | Jun 12 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 13 | Mercury Rising | - | - | - | $32,935,289 | 2,399 | $32,935,289 | Apr 3 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 14 | Doctor Dolittle | - | - | - | $32,232,615 | 2,871 | $144,156,605 | Jun 26 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 15 | The Object of My Affection | - | - | - | $29,187,243 | 1,990 | $29,187,243 | Apr 17 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 16 | The Big Hit | - | - | - | $27,007,143 | 2,149 | $27,007,143 | Apr 24 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 17 | Bulworth | - | - | - | $26,528,185 | 2,051 | $26,528,185 | May 15 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 18 | Paulie | - | - | - | $25,232,808 | 1,812 | $26,875,268 | Apr 17 | DreamWorks Distribution | false |
| 19 | Can't Hardly Wait | - | - | - | $23,466,510 | 1,987 | $25,605,015 | Jun 12 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 20 | The Players Club | - | - | - | $23,047,939 | 624 | $23,047,939 | Apr 10 | New Line Cinema | false |
| 21 | Quest for Camelot | - | - | - | $22,510,798 | 3,107 | $22,510,798 | May 15 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 22 | He Got Game | - | - | - | $21,567,853 | 1,414 | $21,567,853 | May 1 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 23 | Species II | - | - | - | $19,221,939 | 2,510 | $19,221,939 | Apr 10 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false |
| 24 | The Odd Couple II | - | - | - | $18,912,328 | 1,852 | $18,912,328 | Apr 10 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 25 | Grease 1998 Re-release | - | - | - | $17,935,468 | 2,064 | $28,411,018 | Mar 27 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 26 | Good Will Hunting | - | - | - | $17,139,387 | 2,203 | $138,433,435 | Dec 5 | Miramax | false |
| 27 | Everest | - | - | - | $16,209,736 | 62 | $87,178,599 | Mar 6 | MacGillivray Freeman Films | false |
| 28 | As Good as It Gets | - | - | - | $16,076,014 | 1,837 | $148,478,011 | Dec 23 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 29 | Primary Colors | - | - | - | $15,782,712 | 1,976 | $39,001,187 | Mar 20 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 30 | Les Misérables | - | - | - | $14,096,321 | 1,477 | $14,096,321 | May 1 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 31 | The Man in the Iron Mask | - | - | - | $13,777,946 | 3,101 | $56,968,902 | Mar 13 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false |
| 32 | Black Dog | - | - | - | $12,951,088 | 2,050 | $12,951,088 | May 1 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 33 | Armageddon | - | - | - | $12,937,645 | 3,184 | $201,578,182 | Jul 1 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 34 | Wild Things | - | - | - | $12,254,842 | 2,177 | $30,147,739 | Mar 20 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 35 | Barney's Great Adventure | - | - | - | $11,946,189 | 833 | $12,218,638 | Apr 3 | PolyGram | false |
| 36 | Sliding Doors | - | - | - | $11,841,544 | 522 | $11,841,544 | Apr 24 | Miramax | false |
| 37 | Out of Sight | - | - | - | $11,838,860 | 2,112 | $37,562,568 | Jun 26 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 38 | Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas | - | - | - | $10,680,275 | 1,130 | $10,680,275 | May 22 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 39 | I Got the Hook Up | - | - | - | $10,317,779 | 655 | $10,317,779 | May 29 | Miramax | false |
| 40 | Dirty Work | - | - | - | $10,023,282 | 1,776 | $10,023,282 | Jun 12 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false |
| 41 | The Spanish Prisoner | - | - | - | $9,422,619 | 296 | $9,584,314 | Apr 3 | Sony Pictures Classics | false |
| 42 | The Wedding Singer | - | - | - | $9,217,294 | 2,837 | $80,245,725 | Feb 13 | New Line Cinema | false |
| 43 | My Giant | - | - | - | $8,072,007 | 1,948 | $8,072,007 | Apr 10 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 44 | Woo | - | - | - | $8,064,972 | 625 | $8,064,972 | May 8 | New Line Cinema | false |
| 45 | U.S. Marshals | - | - | - | $7,955,744 | 2,817 | $57,167,405 | Mar 6 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 46 | Scream 2 | - | - | - | $7,765,573 | 2,688 | $101,363,301 | Dec 12 | Dimension Films | false |
| 47 | The Newton Boys | - | - | - | $6,689,639 | 1,969 | $10,452,012 | Mar 27 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 48 | Almost Heroes | - | - | - | $6,136,856 | 2,048 | $6,136,856 | May 29 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 49 | L.A. Confidential | - | - | - | $5,054,994 | 1,625 | $64,616,940 | Sep 19 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 50 | Major League: Back to the Minors | - | - | - | $3,572,443 | 2,322 | $3,572,443 | Apr 17 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 51 | Ride | - | - | - | $3,294,688 | 509 | $5,485,295 | Mar 27 | Miramax | false |
| 52 | The Last Days of Disco | - | - | - | $2,758,399 | 168 | $3,020,601 | May 29 | Gramercy Pictures (I) | false |
| 53 | Meet the Deedles | - | - | - | $2,598,492 | 1,763 | $4,356,216 | Mar 27 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 54 | Hav Plenty | - | - | - | $2,284,034 | 413 | $2,284,034 | Jun 19 | Miramax | false |
| 55 | Chinese Box | - | - | - | $2,178,160 | 106 | $2,178,160 | Apr 17 | Trimark Pictures | false |
| 56 | Tarzan and the Lost City | - | - | - | $2,172,941 | 1,412 | $2,172,941 | Apr 24 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 57 | Wilde | - | - | - | $2,158,775 | 7 | $2,158,775 | May 1 | Sony Pictures Classics | false |
| 58 | The Butcher Boy | - | - | - | $1,995,911 | 90 | $1,995,911 | Apr 3 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 59 | High Art | - | - | - | $1,960,216 | 4 | $1,960,216 | Jun 12 | October Films | false |
| 60 | Two Girls and a Guy | - | - | - | $1,818,788 | 316 | $2,057,193 | Apr 24 | Fox Searchlight Pictures | false |
| 61 | Suicide Kings | - | - | - | $1,740,156 | 152 | $1,740,156 | Apr 17 | Artisan Entertainment | false |
| 62 | The Opposite of Sex | - | - | - | $1,584,507 | 165 | $5,881,367 | May 22 | Sony Pictures Classics | false |
| 63 | In God's Hands | - | - | - | $1,546,414 | 109 | $1,546,414 | Apr 24 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 64 | The Gingerbread Man | - | - | - | $1,506,839 | 30 | $1,677,131 | Jan 23 | PolyGram | false |
| 65 | Mousehunt | - | - | - | $1,503,580 | 2,233 | $61,917,389 | Dec 19 | DreamWorks Distribution | false |
| 66 | The Full Monty | - | - | - | $1,476,961 | 783 | $45,950,122 | Aug 15 | Fox Searchlight Pictures | false |
| 67 | Gone with the Wind 1998 Re-release | - | - | - | $1,401,875 | 214 | $6,750,112 | Jun 26 | New Line Cinema | false |
| 68 | Nightwatch | - | - | - | $1,179,002 | 300 | $1,179,002 | Apr 17 | Miramax | false |
| 69 | Déjà Vu | - | - | - | $1,086,181 | 39 | $1,086,181 | Apr 24 | Rainbow Releasing | false |
| 70 | A Price Above Rubies | - | - | - | $1,085,236 | 44 | $1,130,732 | Mar 27 | Miramax | false |
| 71 | The Winter Guest | - | - | - | $810,356 | 21 | $870,290 | Dec 25 | Fine Line Features | false |
| 72 | The Big One | - | - | - | $720,074 | 53 | $720,074 | Apr 10 | Miramax | false |
| 73 | Dancer, Texas Pop. 81 | - | - | - | $676,631 | 28 | $676,631 | May 1 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 74 | Kurt & Courtney | - | - | - | $639,671 | 12 | $668,228 | Feb 27 | Roxie Releasing | false |
| 75 | Character | - | - | - | $586,745 | 42 | $623,983 | Mar 27 | Sony Pictures Classics | false |
| 76 | Clockwatchers | - | - | - | $537,948 | 9 | $537,948 | May 15 | Artistic License | false |
| 77 | Wild Man Blues | - | - | - | $533,759 | 25 | $533,759 | Apr 17 | New Line Cinema | false |
| 78 | 3 Ninjas: High Noon at Mega Mountain | - | - | - | $375,805 | 120 | $375,805 | Apr 10 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 79 | Shooting Fish | - | - | - | $375,261 | 23 | $375,261 | May 1 | Fox Searchlight Pictures | false |
| 80 | Fireworks | - | - | - | $360,550 | 12 | $500,000 | Mar 20 | Milestone | false |
| 81 | Artemisia | - | - | - | $356,749 | 17 | $356,749 | May 8 | Miramax | false |
| 82 | Mr. Jealousy | - | - | - | $301,796 | 24 | $301,796 | Jun 5 | Lionsgate | false |
| 83 | Wide Awake | - | - | - | $282,175 | 43 | $282,175 | Mar 20 | Miramax | false |
| 84 | Still Breathing | - | - | - | $228,455 | 67 | $228,455 | May 1 | October Films | false |
| 85 | Insomnia | - | - | - | $227,569 | 3 | $227,569 | May 29 | First Run | false |
| 86 | Nil by Mouth | - | - | - | $220,637 | 18 | $266,130 | Feb 6 | Sony Pictures Classics | false |
| 87 | Niagara, Niagara | - | - | - | $192,891 | 33 | $214,661 | Mar 20 | Artisan Entertainment | false |
| 88 | No Looking Back | - | - | - | $178,157 | 23 | $222,099 | Mar 27 | Gramercy Pictures (I) | false |
| 89 | Sour Grapes | - | - | - | $123,104 | 28 | $123,104 | Apr 17 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 90 | Lawn Dogs | - | - | - | $106,404 | 12 | $106,404 | May 15 | Strand Releasing | false |
| 91 | Little Men | - | - | - | $104,255 | 111 | $104,255 | May 8 | Legacy Releasing Corporation | false |
| 92 | Amistad | - | - | - | $100,887 | 1,019 | $44,229,441 | Dec 10 | DreamWorks Distribution | false |
| 93 | TwentyFourSeven | - | - | - | $91,805 | 17 | $91,805 | Apr 15 | October Films | false |
| 94 | The Proposition | - | - | - | $85,485 | 17 | $147,773 | Mar 27 | PolyGram | false |
| 95 | Homegrown | - | - | - | $77,910 | 35 | $77,910 | Apr 17 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 96 | Cousin Bette | - | - | - | $76,488 | 68 | $1,295,194 | Jun 12 | Fox Searchlight Pictures | false |
| 97 | Plump Fiction | - | - | - | $71,145 | 45 | $71,145 | May 15 | Legacy Releasing Corporation | false |
| 98 | Henry Fool | - | - | - | $68,200 | 51 | $1,338,335 | Jun 19 | Sony Pictures Classics | false |
| 99 | Sonatine | - | - | - | $58,834 | 6 | $58,834 | Apr 10 | Rolling Thunder Pictures | false |
| 100 | I Love You, Don't Touch Me! | - | - | - | $55,469 | 10 | $98,973 | Feb 20 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false |
| 101 | Smoke Signals | - | - | - | $43,574 | 66 | $6,745,362 | Jun 26 | Miramax | false |
| 102 | Buffalo '66 | - | - | - | $39,555 | 25 | $2,375,097 | Jun 26 | Lionsgate | false |
| 103 | Picnic at Hanging Rock | - | - | - | $35,415 | 5 | $49,582 | Jun 26 | Kit Parker Films | false |
| 104 | The Land Girls | - | - | - | $34,069 | 21 | $238,497 | Jun 12 | Gramercy Pictures (I) | false |
| 105 | I Think I Do | - | - | - | $33,633 | 10 | $345,478 | Apr 10 | Strand Releasing | false |
| 106 | Go Now | - | - | - | $25,695 | 3 | $25,695 | May 1 | Gramercy Pictures (I) | false |
| 107 | The Beyond | - | - | - | $22,724 | 15 | $123,843 | Jun 12 | Cowboy Pictures | false |
| 108 | Beyond Silence | - | - | - | $22,621 | 21 | $181,881 | Jun 5 | Miramax | false |
| 109 | Dream for an Insomniac | - | - | - | $14,227 | 6 | $24,727 | Jun 19 | Lionsgate | false |
| 110 | Stolen Moments | - | - | - | $9,743 | 1 | $9,743 | Apr 10 | First Run | false |
| 111 | The Last of the High Kings | - | - | - | $7,682 | 3 | $7,682 | Apr 10 | Miramax | false |
| 112 | Nights of Cabiria 1998 Re-release | - | - | - | $6,555 | 9 | $752,045 | Jul 1 | Rialto Pictures | false |
| 113 | The Other Side of Sunday | - | - | - | $4,769 | 1 | $4,769 | May 1 | First Look International | false |
| 114 | Dear Jesse | - | - | - | $2,540 | 3 | $17,744 | Jun 26 | Cowboy Pictures | false |
