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Sure, 1997's big boat buoyed box office in 1998, but the record year wasn't all about Titanic. You want proof? Check out the top 20, where everything from asteroids (Armageddon) to animation (A Bug's Life, Mulan, The Rugrats Movie) to the asinine (The Waterboy, There's Something About Mary) helped lead the domestic box office grosses to $6.94 billion. In fact, once the increasingly lucrative video and foreign markets were factored in, some domestic duds started to shine up nicely. Shocker of the year: Even Godzilla, that most reviled of reptiles, ended up laying waste to the tune of $472 million. So who else scored and sinned in '98? Look no further for your complete box office rundown.
DOMESTIC FOREIGN VIDEO GRAND GROSS GROSS GROSS TOTAL (MILLIONS)(MILLIONS)(MILLIONS)(MILLIONS)
1 Armageddon $201.6 $306.4 $116.3 $624.3 2 Saving Private Ryan* $191.0 $242.3 -- $433.3 3 ...Something About Mary* $175.8 $171.1 -- $346.9 4 The Waterboy* $154.8 $4.3 -- $159.1 5 A Bug's Life* $151.7 $41.0 -- $192.7 6 Dr. Dolittle $144.2 $141.5 $103.5 $389.2 7 Deep Impact $140.5 $208.3 -- $348.8 8 Rush Hour* $140.4 $36.0 -- $176.4 9 Godzilla $136.0 $239.7 $96.1 $471.8 10 Lethal Weapon 4 $129.7 $141.7 -- $271.4 11 The Truman Show $125.6 $122.8 -- $248.4 12 Mulan $120.6 $176.5 -- $297.1 13 Patch Adams* $108.6 -- -- $108.6 14 Enemy of the State* $106.0 $65.7 -- $171.7 15 You've Got Mail* $104.1 $13.2 -- $117.3 16 The Mask of Zorro $93.8 $135.9 $91.9 $321.6 17 The Rugrats Movie* $93.6 -- -- $93.6 18 Antz* $90.3 $76.3 -- $166.6 19 The Prince of Egypt* $87.3 $93.9 -- $181.2 20 The X-Files $83.9 $103.1 -- $187.0 21 The Wedding Singer $80.2 $41.2 $30.4 $151.8 22 City of Angels $78.6 $105.1 $29.4 $213.1 23 Stepmom* $78.6 $1.8 -- $80.4 24 The Horse Whisperer $75.4 $111.5 -- $186.9 25 Six Days, Seven Nights $74.3 $90.5 -- $164.8 26 Blade $70.0 $52.7 -- $122.7 27 Lost in Space $69.1 $63.6 $50.6 $183.3 28 A Perfect Murder $67.7 $55.0 -- $122.7 29 Star Trek: Insurrection* $66.4 $30.0 -- $96.4 30 The Parent Trap $66.3 $22.6 $63.1 $152.0 31 Ever After* $65.7 $20.4 -- $86.1 32 Hope Floats $60.0 $16.6 $44.0 $120.6 33 Everest* $57.9 $16.1 -- $74.0 34 U.S. Marshals $57.3 $43.4 $30.0 $130.7 35 The Man in the Iron Mask $57.0 $123.1 $26.8 $206.9 36 Snake Eyes $55.6 $38.7 -- $94.3 37 What Dreams May Come $55.4 $27.4 -- $82.8 38 Small Soldiers $55.1 $31.9 $69.5 $156.5 39 Halloween: H20 $55.0 -- -- $55.0 40 Practical Magic $46.8 $13.1 -- $59.9 41 The Negotiator $44.7 $18.5 -- $63.2 42 Meet Joe Black* $44.4 $41.1 -- $85.5 43 Mighty Joe Young* $43.4 $0.4 -- $43.8 44 Ronin $41.6 $35.7 -- $77.3 45 The Siege* $40.8 $28.4 -- $69.2 46 A Civil Action* $40.8 -- -- $40.8 47 I Still Know...* $39.7 $11.0 -- $50.7 48 Pleasantville* $39.2 $0.3 -- $39.5 49 Primary Colors $39.0 $2.1 $19.4 $60.5 50 Urban Legend* $38.1 $5.3 -- $43.4 51 How Stella Got...* $37.7 $0.7 -- $38.4 52 Out of Sight $37.6 $36.8 -- $74.4 53 Sphere $37.0 $33.0 $22.0 $92.0 54 The Faculty* $36.7 -- -- $36.7 55 Jack Frost* $33.4 -- -- $33.4 56 Mercury Rising $33.0 $58.6 $19.1 $110.7 57 Bride of Chucky* $32.4 $3.0 -- $35.4 58 A Night at the Roxbury $30.3 -- -- $30.3 59 Madeline $29.8 $3.5 $45.3 $78.6 60 Spice World $29.3 $4.3 $48.0 $81.6 61 The Object of My Affection $29.1 $16.6 $16.5 $62.2 62 Wild Things $29.1 $22.3 $14.4 $65.8 63 Grease (reissue) $28.4 -- -- $28.4 64 Paulie $27.1 -- $37.9 $65.0 65 The Big Hit $26.9 -- -- $26.9 66 Bulworth $26.5 $0.3 -- $26.8 67 Great Expectations $26.3 $28.7 $11.0 $66.0 68 Shakespeare in Love* $25.9 -- -- $25.9 69 Can't Hardly Wait $25.3 -- -- $25.3 70 Fallen $25.2 -- $22.0 $47.2 71 One True Thing $23.3 -- -- $23.3 72 The Avengers $23.3 $29.3 -- $52.6 73 The Players Club $23.0 $0.2 -- $23.2 74 Rounders $22.9 -- -- $22.9 75 Beloved $22.7 -- -- $22.7 76 Quest for Camelot $22.4 -- $34.1 $56.5 77 The Borrowers $22.4 $0.2 $26.5 $49.1 78 The Thin Red Line* $22.3 -- -- $22.3 79 He Got Game $21.6 $0.2 $12.9 $34.7 80 Psycho* $21.4 $5.5 -- $26.9 81 John Carpenter's Vampires $20.1 $2.5 -- $22.6 82 Mafia! $19.9 -- -- $19.9 83 Hard Rain $19.9 -- $9.7 $29.6 84 Elizabeth* $19.6 $20.4 -- $40.0 85 Species II $19.2 -- -- $19.2 86 The Replacement Killers $19.0 $20.3 $14.7 $54.0 87 The Odd Couple II $18.9 -- -- $18.9 88 Simon Birch $18.5 $0.3 -- $18.8 89 Disturbing Behavior $17.5 -- -- $17.5 90 Half Baked $17.5 -- $10.6 $28.1 91 The Big Lebowski $17.4 $12.2 $15.4 $45.0 92 Babe: Pig in the City* $17.3 $13.6 -- $30.9 93 54 $16.8 -- -- $16.8 94 Life Is Beautiful* $15.8 $76.0 -- $91.8 95 Dance With Me $15.8 $6.3 -- $22.1 96 Dead Man on Campus $15.1 -- -- $15.1 97 Twilight $15.1 -- $10.0 $25.1 98 Wizard of Oz (reissue)* $14.8 -- -- $14.8 99 Waking Ned Devine* $14.7 $1.8 -- $16.5 100 Soldier $14.6 $2.4 -- $17.0 101 Dark City $14.3 $12.7 $11.4 $38.4 102 Blues Brothers 2000 $14.1 -- $10.3 $24.4 103 Les Miserables $13.9 $5.0 -- $18.9 104 Desperate Measures $13.6 $0.2 $13.5 $27.3 105 Hush $13.4 $5.4 $10.0 $28.8 106 Senseless $13.1 -- $10.5 $23.6 107 Black Dog $13.0 $2.9 -- $15.9 108 Mr. Nice Guy $12.7 $0.9 $10.8 $24.4 109 Living Out Loud* $12.7 $0.5 -- $13.2 110 Why Do Fools Fall in Love $12.4 -- -- $12.4 111 ...Home for Christmas* $12.2 $1.7 -- $13.9 112 Holy Man $12.1 -- -- $12.1 113 Sliding Doors $11.9 $38.1 -- $50.0 114 Deep Rising $11.2 $2.5 $11.4 $25.1 115 Barney's Great Adventure $11.1 -- $37.9 $49.0 116 Fear and Loathing... $10.7 -- -- $10.7 117 Home Fries* $10.4 -- -- $10.4 118 I Got the Hook-Up $10.3 -- -- $10.3 119 The Newton Boys $10.3 $1.0 $10.4 $21.7 120 The Spanish Prisoner $10.3 -- -- $10.3 121 Dirty Work $10.0 -- -- $10.0 122 Knock Off $9.9 $7.8 -- $17.7 123 Very Bad Things* $9.8 -- -- $9.8 124 Belly* $9.6 -- -- $9.6 125 Wrongfully Accused $9.6 -- -- $9.6 126 Ringmaster* $9.1 $0.1 -- $9.2 127 Air Bud: Golden Receiver $9.1 -- $25.2 $34.3 128 Apt Pupil $8.5 $1.5 -- $10.0 129 Return to Paradise $8.3 -- -- $8.3 130 Woo $8.1 $.07 -- $8.2 131 My Giant $8.0 -- $10.7 $18.7 132 Firestorm $7.7 $3.1 $8.3 $19.1 133 Krippendorf's Tribe $7.6 -- $9.9 $17.5 134 BASEketball $7.0 -- -- $7.0 135 Star Kid $7.0 -- $6.0 $13.0 136 Smoke Signals $6.9 -- -- $6.9 137 Caught Up $6.8 -- $5.5 $12.3 138 Gone With the Wind (reissue) $6.7 -- -- $6.7 139 The Opposite of Sex $6.4 -- -- $6.4 140 American History X* $6.3 -- -- $6.3 141 Almost Heroes $6.1
