5 Mandarin films of 1998 ranked by box office. #1: Be There or Be Square ($5.9 million).
| # | Film | Lead | Director | Budget | Box office | Multiple |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Be There or Be Square | Feng Xiaogang | $5.9 million | |||
| 2 | Xiu Xiu: The Sent Down Girl | Joan Chen | $1 million | |||
| 3 | Windhorse | Paul Wagner | $278,161 | |||
| 4 | The Hole | Tsai Ming-liang | $59,007 | |||
| Money No Enough | T.L. Tay | SGD 850,000 | SGD 5.8 million | 6.82x |
Figures are shown in the currency they were reported in (Wikipedia, Wikidata or TMDB); no conversion.