31 Hindi films of 1998 ranked by box office. #1: Kuch Kuch Hota Hai (₹106.7 crore).
| # | Film | Lead | Director | Budget | Box office | Multiple |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kuch Kuch Hota Hai | Karan Johar | ₹10 crore | ₹106.7 crore | 10.67x | |
| 1 | Koochie Koochie Hota Hai | Tarun Mansukhani | ₹10 crore | ₹106.7 crore | 10.67x | |
| 3 | Soldier | Abbas Alibhai Burmawalla | ₹8.2 crore | ₹38.9 crore | 4.71x | |
| 4 | Pyaar To Hona Hi Tha | Anees Bazmee | ₹7.5 crore | ₹38.3 crore | 5.10x | |
| 5 | Bade Miyan Chote Miyan | David Dhawan | ₹12 crore | ₹35.2 crore | 2.93x | |
| 6 | Pyaar Kiya To Darna Kya | Sohail Khan | ₹7.8 crore | ₹33.4 crore | 4.30x | |
| 7 | Dil Se.. | Mani Ratnam | $2.4 million | ₹28.4 crore | ||
| 8 | Ghulam | Vikram Bhatt | ₹7.5 crore | ₹24.2 crore | 3.23x | |
| 9 | Dulhe Raja | Harmesh Malhotra | ₹22.2 crore | |||
| 10 | Jab Pyaar Kisise Hota Hai | Deepak Sareen | ₹6.5 crore | ₹21.9 crore | 3.38x | |
| 11 | Duplicate | Mahesh Bhatt | ₹9.5 crore | ₹21.5 crore | 2.26x | |
| 12 | Bandhan | K. Murali Mohana Rao | ₹5.8 crore | ₹21.4 crore | 3.73x | |
| 13 | Salaakhen | Guddu Dhanoa | ₹9 crore | ₹18.6 crore | 2.06x | |
| 14 | Major Saab | Tinnu Anand | ₹18 crore | |||
| 15 | Satya | Ram Gopal Varma | ₹2.5 crore | ₹15 crore | 6.00x | |
| 16 | Kareeb | Vidhu Vinod Chopra | ₹6.5 crore | ₹12.9 crore | 1.99x | |
| 17 | Maharaja | Anil Sharma | ₹5.8 crore | ₹11.2 crore | 1.95x | |
| 18 | Vinashak – Destroyer | Ravi Dewan | ₹6 crore | ₹11 crore | 1.83x | |
| 19 | Dushman | Tanuja Chandra | ₹4 crore | ₹10.2 crore | 2.54x | |
| 20 | Pardesi Babu | Manoj Agrawal | ₹5.5 crore | ₹9.4 crore | 1.72x | |
| 21 | Barood | Pramod Chakravorty | ₹5.5 crore | ₹8.6 crore | 1.56x | |
| 22 | Jhooth Bole Kauwa Kaate | Hrishikesh Mukherjee | ₹4 crore | ₹7.3 crore | 1.82x | |
| 23 | Achanak | Naresh Malhotra | ₹4.2 crore | ₹7.3 crore | 1.71x | |
| 24 | Prem Aggan | Feroz Khan | ₹6 crore | |||
| 25 | Yugpurush | Partho Ghosh | ₹5.2 crore | ₹4.9 crore | 0.94x | |
| 26 | Angaaray | Mahesh Bhatt | ₹3.5 crore | ₹4.8 crore | 1.38x | |
| 27 | 2001: Do Hazaar Ek | Raj N. Sippy | ₹4.5 crore | |||
| 28 | Sar Utha Ke Jiyo | Sikander Bharti | ₹2.2 crore | ₹3.1 crore | 1.39x | |
| 29 | Miss 420 | Akashdeep Sabir | ₹1.2 crore | ₹92.8 lakh | 0.74x | |
| 30 | Main Solah Baras Ki | Dev Anand | ₹1.8 crore | ₹27.7 lakh | 0.16x | |
| Earth | Deepa Mehta | $528,972 |
Figures are shown in the currency they were reported in (Wikipedia, Wikidata or TMDB); no conversion.