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Drama Movies Released in 1998
This list shows all Drama 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 Drama Movies for 1998
Release
Date | Movie | Creative Type | Release
Type | Revenue
to Date | Trailer |
|---|
| January, 1998 |
| January 2 |
Oscar and Lucinda |
Historical Fiction |
Theatrical |
$1,612,957 |
|
| |
| January 16 |
Carne trémula |
Contemporary Fiction |
Theatrical |
$1,535,558 |
|
|
The Dress |
|
Theatrical |
$16,556 |
|
|
Illtown |
|
Theatrical |
$68,955 |
|
| |
| January 23 |
Swept From The Sea |
Historical Fiction |
Theatrical |
$283,081 |
|
| |
| January 24 |
8 Weoleui Keuriseumaseu |
Contemporary Fiction |
Theatrical |
$182,179 |
|
| |
| January 30 |
Caught Up |
Contemporary Fiction |
Theatrical |
$6,762,661 |
|
|
Deceiver |
|
Theatrical |
$699,062 |
|
|
Four Days in September |
|
Theatrical |
$310,724 |
|
|
Great Expectations |
Historical Fiction |
Theatrical |
$55,406,438 |
|
|
Ta'm e guilass |
Contemporary Fiction |
Theatrical |
$322,827 |
|
| February, 1998 |
| February 13 |
Hurricane Streets |
|
Theatrical |
$367,582 |
|
|
Post Coitum, Animal Triste |
|
Theatrical |
$109,596 |
|
| |
| February 17 |
Love Letters |
Contemporary Fiction |
Video |
$0 |
|
| |
| February 20 |
Dangerous Beauty |
Historical Fiction |
Theatrical |
$4,553,271 |
|
|
Mrs. Dalloway |
Historical Fiction |
Theatrical |
$3,263,672 |
|
| March, 1998 |
| March 6 |
El Callejón de los Milagros |
Contemporary Fiction |
Theatrical |
$0 |
|
|
The Leading Man |
Contemporary Fiction |
Theatrical |
$5,000 |
|
|
Love and Death on Long Island |
Contemporary Fiction |
Theatrical |
$2,542,264 |
|
|
Notes from Underground |
Contemporary Fiction |
Theatrical |
$5,000 |
|
| |
| March 20 |
Fireworks |
Contemporary Fiction |
Theatrical |
$494,239 |
|
|
Niagara, Niagara |
Contemporary Fiction |
Theatrical |
$168,462 |
|
| |
| March 25 |
A Price Above Rubies |
Contemporary Fiction |
Theatrical |
$1,118,808 |
|
| |
| March 27 |
Karakter |
Historical Fiction |
Theatrical |
$713,413 |
|
|
The Newton Boys |
Dramatization |
Theatrical |
$10,341,093 |
|
|
The Proposition |
Historical Fiction |
Theatrical |
$2,377,528 |
|
| April, 1998 |
| April 3 |
Artemisia |
Dramatization |
Theatrical |
$377,512 |
|
|
The Butcher Boy |
Contemporary Fiction |
Theatrical |
$1,822,193 |
|
|
He liu |
Contemporary Fiction |
Theatrical |
$9,275 |
|
| |
| April 10 |
City of Angels |
Contemporary Fiction |
Theatrical |
$199,102,902 |
|
| |
| April 17 |
Chinese Box |
Contemporary Fiction |
Theatrical |
$2,265,328 |
|
|
Suicide Kings |
Contemporary Fiction |
Theatrical |
$1,692,872 |
|
| |
| April 22 |
Deja Vu |
Contemporary Fiction |
Theatrical |
$6,321,997 |
|
| |
| April 24 |
Sliding Doors |
Contemporary Fiction |
Theatrical |
$58,809,149 |
|
|
Two Girls and a Guy |
Contemporary Fiction |
Theatrical |
$2,315,026 |
|
| |
| April 28 |
You and Me |
Contemporary Fiction |
Video |
$0 |
|
| May, 1998 |
| May 1 |
He Got Game |
Contemporary Fiction |
Theatrical |
$22,411,948 |
|
|
Les Miserables |
Historical Fiction |
Theatrical |
$14,155,623 |
|
|
Wilde |
Dramatization |
Theatrical |
$2,157,701 |
|
| |
| May 15 |
The Horse Whisperer |
Contemporary Fiction |
Theatrical |
$186,883,563 |
|
| |
| May 29 |
Hope Floats |
Contemporary Fiction |
Theatrical |
$81,529,000 |
|
|
The Last Days of Disco |
Historical Fiction |
Theatrical |
$3,024,198 |
|
| June, 1998 |
| June 5 |
Jenseits der Stille |
|
Theatrical |
$171,334 |
|
|
The Truman Show |
Contemporary Fiction |
Theatrical |
$264,118,201 |
|
| |
| June 12 |
High Art |
Contemporary Fiction |
Theatrical |
$1,835,565 |
|
| |
| June 26 |
Picnic at Hanging Rock |
Contemporary Fiction |
Theatrical |
$655,525 |
|
| July, 1998 |
| July 17 |
Under Heaven |
Contemporary Fiction |
Theatrical |
$0 |
|
|
The Thief |
Historical Fiction |
Theatrical |
$1,126,115 |
|
| |
| July 22 |
Hóng Sè Liàn Rén (红色恋人) |
Contemporary Fiction |
Theatrical |
$229,020 |
|
|
Lolita |
Historical Fiction |
Theatrical |
$1,147,784 |
|
| |
| July 24 |
Saving Private Ryan |
Historical Fiction |
Theatrical |
$485,035,085 |
|
| |
| July 31 |
Ever After: A Cinderella Story |
Historical Fiction |
Theatrical |
$65,705,772 |
|
|
The Governess |
Historical Fiction |
Theatrical |
$3,794,031 |
|
| August, 1998 |
| August 7 |
First Love, Last Rites |
|
Theatrical |
$10,876 |
|
|
Gadjo Dilo |
Contemporary Fiction |
Theatrical |
$673,153 |
|
| |
| August 14 |
La femme de chambre du Titanic |
Historical Fiction |
Theatrical |
$244,465 |
|
|
How Stella Got Her Groove Back |
Contemporary Fiction |
Theatrical |
$37,672,944 |
|
|
Return to Paradise |
Contemporary Fiction |
Theatrical |
$8,352,677 |
|
| |
| August 15 |
Cheun Gwong Tsa Sit |
Contemporary Fiction |
Theatrical |
$4,105 |
|
| |
| August 21 |
Dance With Me |
Contemporary Fiction |
Theatrical |
$15,923,354 |
|
|
Quince |
Contemporary Fiction |
Theatrical |
$12,102 |
|
| |
| August 28 |
54 |
Dramatization |
Theatrical |
$16,757,163 |
|
|
Lovers of the Arctic Circle |
Contemporary Fiction |
Theatrical |
$504,223 |
|
|
Why Do Fools Fall In Love? |
Dramatization |
Theatrical |
$12,506,676 |
|
| September, 1998 |
| September 1 |
Flamingo Road |
Contemporary Fiction |
Video |
$0 |
|
|
A Lion in the Streets |
Contemporary Fiction |
Video |
$0 |
|
|
A Lion is in the Streets |
Contemporary Fiction |
Video |
$0 |
|
|
The Tenth Man |
Historical Fiction |
Video |
$0 |
|
| |
| September 4 |
Firelight |
Historical Fiction |
Theatrical |
$784,419 |
|
|
Phoenix |
Contemporary Fiction |
Theatrical |
$5,000 |
|
| |
| September 11 |
Digging to China |
Contemporary Fiction |
Theatrical |
$33,000 |
|
|
Rounders |
Contemporary Fiction |
Theatrical |
$22,921,898 |
|
|
Simon Birch |
Contemporary Fiction |
Theatrical |
$18,310,591 |
|
|
Without Limits |
Dramatization |
Theatrical |
$780,326 |
|
| |
| September 16 |
Permanent Midnight |
Dramatization |
Theatrical |
$1,171,001 |
|
| |
| September 18 |
One True Thing |
Contemporary Fiction |
Theatrical |
$26,708,196 |
|
|
A Soldier's Daughter Never Cries |
Historical Fiction |
Theatrical |
$1,775,523 |
|
| |
| September 29 |
Soy Cuba |
Historical Fiction |
Video |
$0 |
|
| October, 1998 |
| October 2 |
What Dreams May Come |
Contemporary Fiction |
Theatrical |
$71,485,043 |
|
| |
| October 7 |
Love is the Devil |
Dramatization |
Theatrical |
$343,023 |
|
| |
| October 9 |
The Mighty |
Contemporary Fiction |
Theatrical |
$6,121,582 |
|
|
One Tough Cop |
Contemporary Fiction |
Theatrical |
$1,313,607 |
|
|
Slam |
Contemporary Fiction |
Theatrical |
$1,087,521 |
|
| |
| October 17 |
Hai shang hua |
Historical Fiction |
Theatrical |
$0 |
|
| |
| October 23 |
Last Night |
Science Fiction |
Theatrical |
$265,319 |
|
|
La vita è bella |
Historical Fiction |
Theatrical |
$229,375,361 |
|
| |
| October 30 |
American History X |
Contemporary Fiction |
Theatrical |
$6,719,864 |
|
|
Living Out Loud |
Contemporary Fiction |
Theatrical |
$12,905,901 |
|
| November, 1998 |
| November 4 |
Belly |
Contemporary Fiction |
Theatrical |
$9,639,390 |
|
| |
| November 6 |
Elizabeth |
Dramatization |
Theatrical |
$82,150,642 |
|
|
Gods and Monsters |
Historical Fiction |
Theatrical |
$6,451,628 |
|
| |
| November 13 |
Dancing at Lughnasa |
Historical Fiction |
Theatrical |
$2,361,632 |
|
|
Meet Joe Black |
Contemporary Fiction |
Theatrical |
$44,650,003 |
|
| |
| November 20 |
Central do Brasil |
Contemporary Fiction |
Theatrical |
$17,006,158 |
|
| |
| November 25 |
Steam: The Turkish Bath |
Contemporary Fiction |
Theatrical |
$655,078 |
|
| |
| November 27 |
Os Mutantes |
Contemporary Fiction |
Theatrical |
$605 |
|
| December, 1998 |
| December 18 |
The General |
Dramatization |
Theatrical |
$1,263,082 |
|
| |
| December 23 |
The Thin Red Line |
Dramatization |
Theatrical |
$97,709,034 |
|
| |
| December 25 |
A Civil Action |
Contemporary Fiction |
Theatrical |
$56,709,981 |
|
|
Down in the Delta |
Contemporary Fiction |
Theatrical |
$5,672,903 |
|
|
Stepmom |
Contemporary Fiction |
Theatrical |
$159,745,279 |
|
| |
| December 30 |
Affliction |
Contemporary Fiction |
Theatrical |
$6,330,054 |
|
|
Another Day in Paradise |
Contemporary Fiction |
Theatrical |
$1,036,818 |
|
|
Hilary and Jackie |
Dramatization |
Theatrical |
$4,874,838 |
|
|
Playing by Heart |
Contemporary Fiction |
Theatrical |
$3,956,212 |
|
| |
| |
| Unknown TBD |
The Color of Courage |
Dramatization |
Unknown |
$0 |
|
|
The First 9 1/2 Weeks |
Contemporary Fiction |
Unknown |
$0 |
|
|
Gia |
Dramatization |
Unknown |
$0 |
|
|
Letters from a Killer |
Contemporary Fiction |
Unknown |
$0 |
|
