Domestic 1998 Weekend 40
October 2-4, 1998
Key:New This Week
| Rank | LW | Release | Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | - | Antz | $17,195,160 | - | 2,449 | - | $7,021 | $17,195,160 | 1 | DreamWorks Distribution |
| 2 | - | What Dreams May Come | $15,833,592 | - | 2,526 | - | $6,268 | $15,833,592 | 1 | PolyGram |
| 3 | 1 | Rush Hour | $14,492,122 | -31.7% | 2,701 | +58 | $5,365 | $84,014,663 | 3 | New Line Cinema |
| 4 | - | A Night at the Roxbury | $9,604,791 | - | 1,865 | - | $5,150 | $9,604,791 | 1 | Paramount Pictures |
| 5 | 2 | Ronin | $7,202,968 | -43.3% | 2,487 | - | $2,896 | $23,881,479 | 2 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) |
| 6 | 3 | Urban Legend | $6,707,512 | -36.2% | 2,257 | - | $2,971 | $20,113,846 | 2 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 7 | 5 | There's Something About Mary | $3,396,357 | -23.3% | 2,174 | -297 | $1,562 | $158,025,286 | 12 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 8 | 4 | One True Thing | $2,666,675 | -39.9% | 1,636 | +10 | $1,629 | $17,313,885 | 3 | Universal Pictures |
| 9 | 7 | Saving Private Ryan | $1,674,034 | -33.3% | 1,510 | -693 | $1,108 | $184,341,779 | 11 | DreamWorks Distribution |
| 10 | 6 | Simon Birch | $1,492,164 | -42.4% | 930 | +7 | $1,604 | $13,858,379 | 4 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 11 | 9 | Blade | $1,054,786 | -47.5% | 1,388 | -844 | $759 | $65,982,804 | 7 | New Line Cinema |
| 12 | 8 | Rounders | $1,008,660 | -57.3% | 1,475 | -713 | $683 | $21,598,076 | 4 | Miramax |
| 13 | - | Strangeland | $373,288 | - | 315 | - | $1,185 | $373,288 | 1 | Artisan Entertainment |
| 14 | 17 | A Soldier's Daughter Never Cries | $369,864 | +76% | 149 | +99 | $2,482 | $706,135 | 3 | October Films |
| 15 | - | The Impostors | $308,767 | - | 66 | - | $4,678 | $308,767 | 1 | - |
| 16 | 14 | How Stella Got Her Groove Back | $305,753 | -35.2% | 446 | -312 | $685 | $36,552,855 | 8 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 17 | 18 | Clay Pigeons | $179,947 | +7.5% | 44 | +25 | $4,089 | $420,604 | 2 | Gramercy Pictures (I) |
| 18 | 19 | Small Soldiers | $50,803 | -42.9% | 121 | -130 | $419 | $53,959,496 | 13 | DreamWorks Distribution |
| 19 | - | Bicycle Thieves 1998 Re-release | $25,377 | - | 1 | - | $25,377 | $25,377 | 1 | Kino International |
| 20 | - | Hit Me | $3,348 | - | 1 | - | $3,348 | $3,348 | 1 | Castle Hill Productions |
