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R Movies Released in 1998
This list shows all R films released in 1998, including films that went direct-to-video, or only got an international theatrical release. For each film, we use the first date on which it was made available to the public, which might include international theatrical or domestic video releases that were a few days, or sometimes more, earlier than the domestic (US/Canada) theatrical release.
The revenue listed is the worldwide box office combined with the domestic home market revenue to date.
Domestic Analysis for R Movies for 1998
| Release Date | Movie | Genre | Release Type | Revenue to Date | Trailer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, 1998 | |||||
| January 2 | Oscar and Lucinda | Drama | Theatrical | $1,612,957 | |
| January 9 | Firestorm | Action | Theatrical | $8,123,860 | |
| January 15 | The Castle | Comedy | Theatrical | $1,014,198 | |
| January 16 | Carne trémula | Drama | Theatrical | $1,535,558 | |
| Fallen | Thriller/Suspense | Theatrical | $25,310,938 | ||
| Half Baked | Comedy | Theatrical | $17,394,881 | ||
| Hard Rain | Action | Theatrical | $19,870,567 | ||
| Illtown | Drama | Theatrical | $68,955 | ||
| January 23 | The Gingerbread Man | Thriller/Suspense | Theatrical | $1,626,593 | |
| Phantoms | Horror | Theatrical | $5,755,333 | ||
| January 30 | Caught Up | Drama | Theatrical | $6,762,661 | |
| Deceiver | Drama | Theatrical | $699,062 | ||
| Deep Rising | Action | Theatrical | $11,568,225 | ||
| Desperate Measures | Action | Theatrical | $13,678,274 | ||
| Four Days in September | Drama | Theatrical | $310,724 | ||
| Great Expectations | Drama | Theatrical | $55,406,438 | ||
| Killing Time | Action | Theatrical | $12,154 | ||
| Zero Effect | Comedy | Theatrical | $2,080,693 | ||
| February, 1998 | |||||
| February 6 | The Night Flier | Horror | Theatrical | $91,549 | |
| The Replacement Killers | Action | Theatrical | $19,035,741 | ||
| February 13 | The Only Thrill | Theatrical | $15,093 | ||
| February 20 | Dangerous Beauty | Drama | Theatrical | $4,553,271 | |
| Love Walked In | Theatrical | $5,000 | |||
| Palmetto | Thriller/Suspense | Theatrical | $5,846,660 | ||
| Senseless | Comedy | Theatrical | $13,109,234 | ||
| February 27 | An Alan Smithee Film: Burn Hollywood … | Comedy | Theatrical | $45,779 | |
| Dark City | Thriller/Suspense | Theatrical | $27,257,061 | ||
| Kissing a Fool | Romantic Comedy | Theatrical | $4,100,505 | ||
| The Real Blonde | Theatrical | $247,745 | |||
| February 28 | Pâfekuto burû | Theatrical | $3,731,298 | ||
| March, 1998 | |||||
| March 6 | The Big Lebowski | Comedy | Theatrical | $47,409,582 | |
| The Leading Man | Drama | Theatrical | $5,000 | ||
| Men with Guns | Action | Theatrical | $742,032 | ||
| Twilight | Thriller/Suspense | Theatrical | $15,055,091 | ||
| March 20 | Primary Colors | Comedy | Theatrical | $39,017,984 | |
| Wild Things | Thriller/Suspense | Theatrical | $55,576,210 | ||
| March 25 | A Price Above Rubies | Drama | Theatrical | $1,118,808 | |
| March 27 | Karakter | Drama | Theatrical | $713,413 | |
| No Looking Back | Theatrical | $143,273 | |||
| The Proposition | Drama | Theatrical | $2,377,528 | ||
| Ride | Comedy | Theatrical | $5,485,295 | ||
| April, 1998 | |||||
| April 3 | The Butcher Boy | Drama | Theatrical | $1,822,193 | |
| Heaven's Burning | Theatrical | $5,000 | |||
| Mercury Rising | Thriller/Suspense | Theatrical | $32,983,332 | ||
| April 8 | The Players Club | Black Comedy | Theatrical | $23,047,939 | |
| April 10 | The Last of the High Kings | Theatrical | $2,647 | ||
| Species 2 | Horror | Theatrical | $27,015,002 | ||
| April 15 | 24 7: Twenty Four Seven | Comedy | Theatrical | $72,544 | |
| April 17 | Chinese Box | Drama | Theatrical | $2,265,328 | |
| Homegrown | Theatrical | $215,553 | |||
| Nightwatch | Thriller/Suspense | Theatrical | $1,278,516 | ||
| The Object of my Affection | Romantic Comedy | Theatrical | $29,145,924 | ||
| Sour Grapes | Theatrical | $219,932 | |||
| Suicide Kings | Drama | Theatrical | $1,692,872 | ||
| April 24 | The Big Hit | Action | Theatrical | $27,073,371 | |
| Two Girls and a Guy | Drama | Theatrical | $2,315,026 | ||
| May, 1998 | |||||
| May 1 | He Got Game | Drama | Theatrical | $22,411,948 | |
| Wilde | Drama | Theatrical | $2,157,701 | ||
| May 8 | Shopping for Fangs | Theatrical | $2,194 | ||
| Woo | Romantic Comedy | Theatrical | $8,064,972 | ||
| May 15 | Bulworth | Comedy | Theatrical | $29,203,383 | |
| Lawn Dogs | Theatrical | $106,292 | |||
| May 22 | Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas | Black Comedy | Theatrical | $13,711,903 | |
| The Opposite of Sex | Black Comedy | Theatrical | $6,367,164 | ||
| May 27 | I Got the Hook-Up! | Comedy | Theatrical | $10,317,779 | |
| May 29 | Insomnia | Theatrical | $221,173 | ||
| The Last Days of Disco | Drama | Theatrical | $3,024,198 | ||
| Little Boy Blue | Theatrical | $3,526 | |||
| June, 1998 | |||||
| June 5 | Mr. Jealousy | Romantic Comedy | Theatrical | $287,752 | |
| A Perfect Murder | Thriller/Suspense | Theatrical | $67,658,331 | ||
| June 12 | Cousin Bette | Comedy | Theatrical | $1,161,063 | |
| High Art | Drama | Theatrical | $1,835,565 | ||
| The Land Girls | Theatrical | $146,083 | |||
| Stiff Upper Lips | Comedy | Theatrical | $69,582 | ||
| June 19 | Dream for an Insomniac | Theatrical | $5,000 | ||
| Hav Plenty | Comedy | Theatrical | $2,301,777 | ||
| Henry Fool | Comedy | Theatrical | $1,334,786 | ||
| June 20 | Ambushed | Action | Theatrical | $5,000 | |
| June 24 | I Went Down | Theatrical | $405,297 | ||
| June 26 | Buffalo '66 | Comedy | Theatrical | $2,691,650 | |
| Out of Sight | Comedy | Theatrical | $77,562,568 | ||
| July, 1998 | |||||
| July 10 | Lethal Weapon 4 | Action | Theatrical | $285,400,000 | |
| Pi | Thriller/Suspense | Theatrical | $4,678,513 | ||
| Whatever | Theatrical | $229,750 | |||
| July 15 | There's Something About Mary | Romantic Comedy | Theatrical | $369,884,651 | |
| July 17 | The Thief | Drama | Theatrical | $1,126,115 | |
| July 20 | Freeway II: Confessions of a Trickbaby | Comedy | Video | $0 | |
| July 22 | Lolita | Drama | Theatrical | $1,147,784 | |
| July 24 | Billy's Hollywood Screen Kiss | Romantic Comedy | Theatrical | $2,020,700 | |
| Disturbing Behavior | Thriller/Suspense | Theatrical | $19,014,238 | ||
| Saving Private Ryan | Drama | Theatrical | $485,035,085 | ||
| July 29 | The Negotiator | Action | Theatrical | $49,105,766 | |
| July 31 | BASEketball | Comedy | Theatrical | $7,042,541 | |
| Full Tilt Boogie | Theatrical | $0 | |||
| The Governess | Drama | Theatrical | $3,794,031 | ||
| August, 1998 | |||||
| August 5 | Halloween: H2O | Horror | Theatrical | $55,041,738 | |
| August 7 | First Love, Last Rites | Drama | Theatrical | $10,876 | |
| Safe Men | Theatrical | $21,210 | |||
| Snake Eyes | Thriller/Suspense | Theatrical | $103,891,409 | ||
| Unmade Beds | Black Comedy | Theatrical | $75,752 | ||
| August 14 | How Stella Got Her Groove Back | Drama | Theatrical | $37,672,944 | |
| Regeneration | Theatrical | $225,519 | |||
| Return to Paradise | Drama | Theatrical | $8,352,677 | ||
| Slums of Beverly Hills | Comedy | Theatrical | $5,502,773 | ||
| August 19 | Your Friends and Neighbors | Black Comedy | Theatrical | $4,714,658 | |
| August 21 | Blade | Action | Theatrical | $131,237,688 | |
| Dead Man on Campus | Black Comedy | Theatrical | $15,064,948 | ||
| Next Stop Wonderland | Romantic Comedy | Theatrical | $3,465,703 | ||
| August 28 | 54 | Drama | Theatrical | $16,757,163 | |
| Lovers of the Arctic Circle | Drama | Theatrical | $504,223 | ||
| Why Do Fools Fall In Love? | Drama | Theatrical | $12,506,676 | ||
| September, 1998 | |||||
| September 4 | Firelight | Drama | Theatrical | $784,419 | |
| Knock Off | Action | Theatrical | $10,319,915 | ||
| Phoenix | Drama | Theatrical | $5,000 | ||
| September 11 | Chicago Cab | Comedy | Theatrical | $5,000 | |
| Rounders | Drama | Theatrical | $22,921,898 | ||
| September 16 | Permanent Midnight | Drama | Theatrical | $1,171,001 | |
| September 18 | One True Thing | Drama | Theatrical | $26,708,196 | |
| A Soldier's Daughter Never Cries | Drama | Theatrical | $1,775,523 | ||
| Somewhere in the City | Theatrical | $7,016 | |||
| September 25 | Clay Pigeons | Thriller/Suspense | Theatrical | $2,256,606 | |
| The Last Big Thing | Theatrical | $22,434 | |||
| Pecker | Comedy | Theatrical | $2,281,761 | ||
| Ronin | Action | Theatrical | $70,692,101 | ||
| Urban Legend | Horror | Theatrical | $72,571,864 | ||
| October, 1998 | |||||
| October 2 | Hit Me | Theatrical | $12,491 | ||
| The Imposters | Comedy | Theatrical | $2,197,921 | ||
| Strangeland | Horror | Theatrical | $631,221 | ||
| October 9 | Festen | Comedy | Theatrical | $1,649,337 | |
| One Tough Cop | Drama | Theatrical | $1,313,607 | ||
| Slam | Drama | Theatrical | $1,087,521 | ||
| October 16 | The Alarmist | Comedy | Theatrical | $55,986 | |
| All the Rage | Comedy | Theatrical | $198,553 | ||
| Beloved | Horror | Theatrical | $22,852,487 | ||
| Bride of Chucky | Horror | Theatrical | $50,692,188 | ||
| Reach the Rock | Theatrical | $4,960 | |||
| October 23 | Apt Pupil | Thriller/Suspense | Theatrical | $8,863,193 | |
| Last Night | Drama | Theatrical | $265,319 | ||
| Soldier | Action | Theatrical | $14,623,082 | ||
| October 30 | American History X | Drama | Theatrical | $6,719,864 | |
| Living Out Loud | Drama | Theatrical | $12,905,901 | ||
| Vampires | Horror | Theatrical | $20,268,825 | ||
| November, 1998 | |||||
| November 4 | Belly | Drama | Theatrical | $9,639,390 | |
| November 6 | Elizabeth | Drama | Theatrical | $82,150,642 | |
| Gods and Monsters | Drama | Theatrical | $6,451,628 | ||
| The Siege | Action | Theatrical | $116,625,798 | ||
| Velvet Goldmine | Musical | Theatrical | $4,313,644 | ||
| November 13 | Hard Core Logo | Comedy | Theatrical | $17,012 | |
| I Still Know What You Did Last Summer | Horror | Theatrical | $40,020,622 | ||
| River Red | Theatrical | $2,197 | |||
| Thursday | Action | Theatrical | $1,971 | ||
| November 20 | Celebrity | Comedy | Theatrical | $6,200,000 | |
| Central do Brasil | Drama | Theatrical | $17,006,158 | ||
| Enemy of the State | Action | Theatrical | $250,649,836 | ||
| Savior | Theatrical | $12,903 | |||
| November 25 | Jerry Springer: Ringmaster | Black Comedy | Theatrical | $9,257,103 | |
| Very Bad Things | Black Comedy | Theatrical | $21,094,974 | ||
| December, 1998 | |||||
| December 4 | Hi-Life | Theatrical | $7,957 | ||
| Little Voice | Musical | Theatrical | $21,787,233 | ||
| Psycho | Horror | Theatrical | $37,226,218 | ||
| Shattered Image | Theatrical | $102,523 | |||
| December 11 | The Ogre | Theatrical | $49,166 | ||
| Rushmore | Black Comedy | Theatrical | $19,080,435 | ||
| Shakespeare in Love | Romantic Comedy | Theatrical | $279,500,000 | ||
| A Simple Plan | Thriller/Suspense | Theatrical | $16,316,273 | ||
| December 18 | The General | Drama | Theatrical | $1,263,082 | |
| Outside Ozona | Theatrical | $7,394 | |||
| December 23 | The Theory of Flight | Theatrical | $71,999 | ||
| The Thin Red Line | Drama | Theatrical | $97,709,034 | ||
| December 25 | The Faculty | Horror | Theatrical | $40,283,321 | |
| Hurlyburly | Comedy | Theatrical | $1,798,862 | ||
| December 26 | Crna macka, beli macor | Comedy | Theatrical | $352,823 | |
| December 28 | This is the Sea | Theatrical | $5,000 | ||
| December 30 | Affliction | Drama | Theatrical | $6,330,054 | |
| Another Day in Paradise | Drama | Theatrical | $1,036,818 | ||
| The Hi-Lo Country | Theatrical | $166,082 | |||
| Hilary and Jackie | Drama | Theatrical | $4,874,838 | ||
| Playing by Heart | Drama | Theatrical | $3,956,212 | ||
| Unknown TBD | Bad Manners | Unknown | $0 | ||
| Esmeralda Comes by Night | Comedy | Unknown | $0 | ||
| Legionnaire | Action | Unknown | $0 | ||
| Recoil | Action | Unknown | $0 | ||
| The Souler Opposite | Unknown | $0 | |||