Domestic Box Office For September 1998
| Rank | Release | Gross | Max Th | Opening | % of Total | Open Th | Open | Close | Distributor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rush Hour | $141,186,864 | 2,724 | $33,001,803 | 23.4% | 2,638 | Sep 18 | - | New Line Cinema |
| 2 | Ronin | $41,616,262 | 2,487 | $12,697,641 | 30.5% | 2,487 | Sep 25 | - | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) |
| 3 | Urban Legend | $38,072,438 | 2,257 | $10,515,444 | 27.6% | 2,257 | Sep 25 | - | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 4 | One True Thing | $23,245,840 | 1,636 | $6,606,455 | 28.4% | 1,590 | Sep 18 | - | Universal Pictures |
| 5 | Rounders | $22,912,409 | 2,191 | $8,459,126 | 36.9% | 2,176 | Sep 11 | - | Miramax |
| 6 | Simon Birch | $18,253,415 | 930 | $3,321,370 | 18.2% | 596 | Sep 11 | - | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 7 | Knock Off | $10,319,915 | 1,800 | $5,516,231 | 53.5% | 1,800 | Sep 4 | - | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 8 | Pecker | $2,281,761 | 184 | $541,646 | 23.7% | 184 | Sep 25 | - | Fine Line Features |
| 9 | Touch of Evil 1998 Re-release | $2,247,465 | 45 | $70,725 | 3.1% | 3 | Sep 11 | Jan 7 | October Films |
| 10 | Clay Pigeons | $1,794,086 | 297 | $167,364 | 9.3% | 19 | Sep 25 | - | Gramercy Pictures (I) |
| 11 | A Soldier's Daughter Never Cries | $1,782,005 | 149 | $39,517 | 2.2% | 5 | Sep 18 | - | October Films |
| 12 | Permanent Midnight | $1,171,001 | 90 | $260,562 | 22.3% | 55 | Sep 18 | Nov 12 | Artisan Entertainment |
| 13 | Firelight | $785,482 | 39 | $135,401 | 17.2% | 10 | Sep 4 | Dec 31 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 14 | Without Limits | $777,423 | 110 | $56,180 | 7.2% | 5 | Sep 11 | Nov 26 | Warner Bros. |
| 15 | Cube | $501,818 | 24 | $57,147 | 11.4% | 16 | Sep 11 | Dec 3 | Trimark Pictures |
| 16 | Monument Ave. | $333,760 | 24 | $41,556 | 12.5% | 10 | Sep 25 | Dec 24 | Lionsgate |
| 17 | Six-String Samurai | $146,125 | 16 | $36,896 | 25.2% | 16 | Sep 18 | Apr 8 | Palm Pictures |
| 18 | The Brandon Teena Story | $92,113 | 2 | $11,281 | 12.2% | 1 | Sep 23 | May 13 | Zeitgeist Films |
| 19 | The Mirror | $69,915 | - | - | - | - | Sep 18 | Dec 2 | Cowboy Pictures |
| 20 | Phoenix | $45,661 | 3 | $31,579 | 69.2% | 3 | Sep 4 | - | Trimark Pictures |
| 21 | Digging to China | $43,961 | 10 | $19,162 | 43.6% | 10 | Sep 11 | Oct 22 | Moonstone Entertainment |
| 22 | Chicago Cab | $23,946 | 2 | $2,947 | 12.3% | 1 | Sep 11 | Oct 8 | Castle Hill Productions |
| 23 | The Last Big Thing | $22,731 | - | - | - | - | Sep 25 | Feb 11 | Stratosphere Entertainment |
| 24 | Esmeralda Comes by Night | $15,671 | - | - | - | - | Sep 18 | Oct 8 | Fine Line Features |
| 25 | Ill Gotten Gains | $8,329 | 8 | $4,401 | 52.8% | 8 | Sep 18 | Oct 1 | Spats Films |
| 26 | The Jew in the Lotus | $6,940 | - | - | - | - | Sep 3 | Feb 11 | Blind Dog Films |
