The Numbers - Weekend Box Office Chart for May 22, 1998
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| Movie Title | Distributor | Gross | %LW | Theaters | Theaters Change | Per Theater | Total Gross | Weekends In Release | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | N | Godzilla | Sony Pictures | $44,047,541 | 3,310 | $13,307 | $58,493,223 | 1 | ||
| 2 | (1) | Deep Impact | Paramount Pi… | $19,381,788 | -17% | 3,250 | +58 | $5,964 | $98,908,935 | 3 |
| 3 | (2) | The Horse Whisperer | Walt Disney | $14,516,024 | +6% | 2,049 | +10 | $7,084 | $33,097,956 | 2 |
| 4 | (31) | Bulworth | 20th Century… | $10,515,839 | +7,315% | 2,047 | +2,045 | $5,137 | $10,744,176 | 2 |
| 5 | (3) | Quest for Camelot | Warner Bros. | $6,309,793 | +4% | 3,107 | n/c | $2,031 | $13,771,480 | 2 |
| 6 | N | Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas | Universal | $4,335,095 | 1,126 | $3,850 | $4,335,095 | 1 | ||
| 7 | (6) | Titanic | Paramount Pi… | $3,672,703 | +74% | 2,008 | +18 | $1,829 | $577,060,012 | 23 |
| 8 | (4) | City of Angels | Warner Bros. | $3,246,295 | +5% | 1,967 | -278 | $1,650 | $70,491,612 | 7 |
| 9 | (5) | He Got Game | Walt Disney | $1,767,185 | -28% | 1,244 | -170 | $1,421 | $19,141,458 | 4 |
| 10 | (8) | Paulie | Dreamworks SKG | $1,421,694 | -12% | 1,502 | -310 | $947 | $22,190,311 | 6 |
| 11 | (13) | Sliding Doors | Miramax | $1,310,127 | +17% | 522 | n/c | $2,510 | $8,009,578 | 5 |
| 12 | (7) | Woo | New Line | $1,212,281 | -27% | 604 | -21 | $2,007 | $6,431,580 | 3 |
| 13 | (15) | Everest | MacGillivray… | $1,206,714 | +70% | 46 | +6 | $26,233 | $14,621,505 | 12 |
| 14 | (16) | The Spanish Prisoner | Sony Picture… | $912,789 | +29% | 328 | -12 | $2,783 | $6,513,432 | 8 |
| 15 | (27) | The Wedding Singer | New Line | $813,013 | +293% | 653 | +436 | $1,245 | $76,868,604 | 15 |
| 16 | (9) | Les Miserables | Sony Pictures | $747,322 | -50% | 655 | -822 | $1,141 | $12,605,133 | 4 |
| 17 | (11) | Black Dog | Universal | $688,510 | -49% | 850 | -1,038 | $810 | $11,193,035 | 4 |
| 18 | (12) | The Object of my Affection | 20th Century… | $625,307 | -48% | 604 | -864 | $1,035 | $27,739,002 | 6 |
| 19 | (10) | The Big Hit | Sony Pictures | $522,033 | -63% | 525 | -985 | $994 | $26,273,040 | 5 |
| 20 | (21) | As Good as it Gets | Sony Pictures | $455,516 | +34% | 485 | -320 | $939 | $146,653,084 | 22 |
| 21 | (14) | Lost In Space | New Line | $417,638 | -51% | 522 | -622 | $800 | $66,130,248 | 8 |
| 22 | (17) | The Players Club | New Line | $391,782 | -23% | 311 | -234 | $1,260 | $21,867,517 | 7 |
| 23 | (18) | Scream 2 | Miramax | $347,914 | -18% | 443 | -223 | $785 | $100,693,014 | 24 |
| 24 | (20) | Good Will Hunting | Miramax | $319,444 | -18% | 326 | -248 | $980 | $136,083,948 | 25 |
| 25 | (23) | U.S. Marshals | Warner Bros. | $305,220 | +12% | 419 | -188 | $728 | $57,113,315 | 12 |
| 26 | (26) | Chinese Box | Trimark | $269,509 | +19% | 106 | +10 | $2,543 | $1,336,867 | 6 |
| 27 | (25) | Primary Colors | Universal | $242,970 | +2% | 267 | -80 | $910 | $38,275,612 | 10 |
| 28 | (19) | Mercury Rising | Universal | $241,770 | -39% | 308 | -218 | $785 | $31,712,520 | 8 |
| 29 | (30) | The Man in the Iron Mask | MGM | $173,577 | +11% | 271 | -41 | $641 | $56,272,292 | 11 |
| 30 | (28) | Barney's Great Adventure | Polygram | $155,368 | -12% | 429 | -139 | $362 | $10,559,238 | 8 |
| 31 | (24) | Tomorrow Never Dies | MGM | $152,933 | -44% | 131 | -747 | $1,167 | $125,210,295 | 23 |
| 32 | (42) | Wilde | Sony Picture… | $143,683 | +96% | 37 | +20 | $3,883 | $468,564 | 4 |
| 33 | (41) | Thrill Ride: The Science of Fun | Sony Picture… | $134,642 | +83% | 14 | n/c | $9,617 | $5,996,784 | 46 |
| 34 | (22) | The Odd Couple II | Paramount Pi… | $116,071 | -63% | 394 | -618 | $295 | $18,101,161 | 7 |
| 35 | (29) | Species 2 | MGM | $106,753 | -38% | 209 | -78 | $511 | $18,848,067 | 7 |
| 36 | N | The Opposite of Sex | Sony Picture… | $102,385 | 5 | $20,477 | $102,385 | 1 | ||
| 37 | (-) | Tarzan and the Lost City | Warner Bros. | $91,689 | 260 | $353 | $2,147,114 | 5 | ||
| 38 | (50) | Deja Vu | Rainbow Rele… | $86,290 | +102% | 32 | -3 | $2,697 | $360,103 | 5 |
| 39 | (-) | Artemisia | Miramax | $80,573 | 19 | $4,241 | $275,063 | 8 | ||
| 40 | (43) | L.A. Confidential | Warner Bros. | $79,643 | +16% | 60 | -80 | $1,327 | $64,604,977 | 36 |
| 41 | (32) | The Butcher Boy | Warner Bros. | $77,777 | -28% | 44 | -15 | $1,768 | $1,686,897 | 8 |
| 42 | (44) | A Price Above Rubies | Miramax | $71,051 | +27% | 52 | +3 | $1,366 | $1,027,877 | 9 |
| 43 | (-) | Hush | Sony Pictures | $67,163 | 305 | $220 | $13,513,622 | 12 | ||
| 44 | (48) | Shooting Fish | Fox Searchlight | $63,822 | +40% | 64 | +24 | $997 | $254,732 | 4 |
| 45 | (39) | Mr. Nice Guy | New Line | $60,676 | -25% | 96 | -87 | $632 | $12,583,626 | 10 |
| 46 | (38) | Mrs. Dalloway | First Look | $59,728 | -27% | 45 | -23 | $1,327 | $3,101,536 | 14 |
| 47 | (-) | The Apostle | October Films | $58,996 | 63 | $936 | $20,601,063 | 23 | ||
| 48 | (56) | Clockwatchers | Artistic Lic… | $54,361 | +56% | 9 | +3 | $6,040 | $106,498 | 2 |
| 49 | (34) | Two Girls and a Guy | Fox Searchlight | $48,776 | -51% | 41 | -49 | $1,190 | $1,909,309 | 5 |
| 50 | (57) | The Hanging Garden | Goldwyn Ente… | $45,957 | +41% | 7 | +3 | $6,565 | $699,760 | 29 |
| 51 | (49) | The Big Lebowski | Gramercy | $45,144 | +5% | 64 | -2 | $705 | $17,439,163 | 12 |
| 52 | (45) | Love and Death on Long Island | Lionsgate | $44,721 | -13% | 47 | -13 | $952 | $2,448,658 | 12 |
| 53 | (52) | Dancer, Texas Pop. 81 | Sony Pictures | $41,684 | +3% | 18 | -4 | $2,316 | $294,014 | 4 |
| 54 | (-) | A Friend of Deceased | Sony Picture… | $39,116 | 17 | $2,301 | $105,053 | 4 | ||
| 55 | (46) | Wild Man Blues | New Line | $36,788 | -24% | 22 | -3 | $1,672 | $425,788 | 6 |
| 56 | (58) | The Gingerbread Man | Polygram | $35,063 | +17% | 22 | -1 | $1,594 | $1,351,109 | 18 |
| 57 | (53) | Character | Sony Picture… | $33,505 | -12% | 35 | -7 | $957 | $635,998 | 9 |
| 58 | (55) | Dangerous Beauty | Warner Bros. | $33,388 | -8% | 25 | -27 | $1,336 | $4,228,818 | 14 |
| 59 | (-) | I Think I Do | Strand Relea… | $33,377 | 7 | $4,768 | $249,044 | 7 | ||
| 60 | (-) | Still Breathing | October Films | $33,307 | 18 | $1,850 | $212,267 | 4 | ||
| 61 | (-) | Africa's Elephant Kingdom | Discovery/IMAX | $33,044 | 3 | $11,015 | $308,659 | 3 | ||
| 62 | (33) | In God's Hands | Sony Pictures | $31,223 | -69% | 32 | -78 | $976 | $1,431,239 | 5 |
| 63 | (35) | Suicide Kings | Artisan | $29,795 | -66% | 85 | -64 | $351 | $1,598,065 | 6 |
| 64 | (40) | Meet the Deedles | Walt Disney | $24,596 | -68% | 76 | -187 | $324 | $4,351,341 | 9 |
| 65 | (37) | Grease | Paramount Pi… | $24,522 | -70% | 406 | n/c | $60 | $181,469,808 | 1,041 |
| 66 | (61) | It’s in the Water | $2,946 | -21% | 2 | n/c | $1,473 | $37,811 | 17 | |
| 67 | (63) | Who the Hell is Juliette? | Kino Interna… | $844 | +8% | 1 | n/c | $844 | $25,646 | 9 |
| 68 | (62) | Off the Menu: The Last Days of Chasen's | Northern Art… | $720 | -74% | 1 | n/c | $720 | $5,040 | 2 |
| 68 | $122,799,513 |