1998 in film
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
| List of years in film (table) |
|---|
| … 1988 . 1989 . 1990 . 1991 . 1992 . 1993 . 1994 … 1995 1996 1997 -1998- 1999 2000 2001 … 2002 . 2003 . 2004 . 2005 . 2006 . 2007 . 2008 … In home video: 1995 1996 1997 -1998- 1999 2000 2001 In television: 1995 1996 1997 -1998- 1999 2000 2001 |
| Related time period or subjects |
| … 1995 . 1996 . 1997 - 1998 - 1999 . 2000 . 2001 … … 1960s . 1970s . 1980s -1990s- 2000s . 2010s . 2020s |
| Art . Archaeology . Architecture . Literature . Music . Science +... |
Contents |
[edit] Events
- February 14 - Sharon Stone marries Phil Bronstein.
- Former child star Gary Coleman is charged with assaulting a young female bus driver at a California shopping mall.
[edit] Top grossing films
Please note that following the tradition of the English language film industry, these are the top grossing films that were first released in the United States and Canada in 1998; because they may have made most of their income in a later year, they may not be the top-grossing films for calendar year. The top ten films of 1998 as of January 26, 2006 (U.S. and Canada), January 26, 2006 (UK), and January 26, 2006 (Australia) are as follows:
| 1998 Rank | Title | Studio | Worldwide Gross | U.S/Canada Gross | U.K. Gross | Australia Gross |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Armageddon | Touchstone Pictures |
$553,709,788 |
$201,578,182 | £16,401,954 | $14,316,211
|
| 2. | Saving Private Ryan | Dreamworks/Paramount | $481,840,909 | $216,540,909 | £18,740,016 | $24,172,708 |
| 3. | Godzilla | TriStar | $379,014,294 | $136,314,294 | £15,920,578 | $13,496,649 |
| 4. | There's Something About Mary | Fox | $369,884,651 | $176,484,651 | £15,665,386 | $20,007,019 |
| 5. | A Bug's Life | Disney/Pixar | $363,398,565 | $162,798,565 | £28,824,239 | $20,131,422 |
| 6. | Deep Impact | DreamWorks/Paramount | $349,464,664 | $140,464,664 | £10,157,326 | $16,929,903 |
| 7. | Mulan | Walt Disney Pictures | $304,320,254 | $120,620,254 | £9,454,609 | $4,776,349 |
| 8. | Dr. Dolittle | Fox | $294,456,605 | $144,156,605 | £19,671,348 | $16,617,575 |
| 9. | Shakespeare in Love | Miramax/Universal | $289,317,794 | $100,317,794 | '£20,080,703 | $12,009,367 |
| 10. | Lethal Weapon 4 | Warner Bros. | $285,444,603 | $130,444,603 | £7,006,948 | $10,998,583 |
As of December 9, 2008, thirty-eight films released in 1998 have grossed more than $100 million. Two films have grossed more than $400 million.
Years in film |
|---|
| 1870s |
| 1880s |
| 1890s |
| 1890 • 1891 • 1892 • 1893 • 1894 1895 • 1896 • 1897 • 1898 • 1899 |
| 1900s |
| 1900 • 1901 • 1902 • 1903 • 1904 1905 • 1906 • 1907 • 1908 • 1909 |
| 1910s |
| 1910 • 1911 • 1912 • 1913 • 1914 1915 • 1916 • 1917 • 1918 • 1919 |
| 1920s |
| 1920 • 1921 • 1922 • 1923 • 1924 1925 • 1926 • 1927 • 1928 • 1929 |
| 1930s |
| 1930 • 1931 • 1932 • 1933 • 1934 1935 • 1936 • 1937 • 1938 • 1939 |
| 1940s |
| 1940 • 1941 • 1942 • 1943 • 1944 1945 • 1946 • 1947 • 1948 • 1949 |
| 1950s |
| 1950 • 1951 • 1952 • 1953 • 1954 1955 • 1956 • 1957 • 1958 • 1959 |
| 1960s |
| 1960 • 1961 • 1962 • 1963 • 1964 1965 • 1966 • 1967 • 1968 • 1969 |
| 1970s |
| 1970 • 1971 • 1972 • 1973 • 1974 1975 • 1976 • 1977 • 1978 • 1979 |
| 1980s |
| 1980 • 1981 • 1982 • 1983 • 1984 1985 • 1986 • 1987 • 1988 • 1989 |
| 1990s |
| 1990 • 1991 • 1992 • 1993 • 1994 1995 • 1996 • 1997 • 1998 • 1999 |
| 2000s |
| 2000 • 2001 • 2002 • 2003 • 2004 2005 • 2006 • 2007 • 2008 • 2009 |
| 2010s |
| 2010 • 2011 • 2012 and beyond |
For a complete list of 1998's top-grossing films, follow these links:
- Worldwide: http://boxofficemojo.com/yearly/chart/?view2=worldwide&yr=1998&p=.htm
- U.S. & Canada: http://boxofficemojo.com/yearly/chart/?yr=1998&p=.htm
- United Kingdom: http://www.ukfilmcouncil.org.uk/statistics/boxoffice/
- Australia: http://www.moviemarshal.com.au/
[edit] Awards Event
Palme d'Or (Cannes Film Festival):
- Eternity and a Day (Μια αιωνιότητα και μια μέρα, Mia aioniotita kai mia mera), directed by Theodoros Angelopoulos, Greece / France / Italy
Golden Lion (Venice Film Festival):
- The Way We Laughed (Così ridevano), directed by Gianni Amelio, Italy
Golden Bear (Berlin Film Festival):
- Central do Brasil (Central Station), directed by Walter Salles, Brazil / France
[edit] Awards
[edit] Films released in 1998
#
A
- The Adventures of Sebastian Cole
- Air Bud: Golden Receiver
- Alice and Martin
- Almost Heroes
- American History X starring, Edward Norton, and Edward Furlong
- An American Tail: The Treasure of Manhattan Island
- An Alan Smithee Film: Burn Hollywood Burn
- Antz with the voices of Woody Allen, Dan Aykroyd and Anne Bancroft
- April Story
- Apt Pupil
- Armageddon, starring Bruce Willis, Billy Bob Thornton and Ben Affleck
- Art Museum by the Zoo
- The Avengers
B
- Babe: Pig in the City, directed by George Miller and starring James Cromwell, Magda Szubanski, and Mickey Rooney, songs performed by Peter Gabriel
- Barney's Great Adventure, starring George Hearn, Trevor Morgan, and Kyla Pratt
- BASEketball, directed by David Zucker, starring Trey Parker, Matt Stone, and Yasmine Bleeth
- Basil, directed by Radha Bharadwaj, starring Jared Leto, Claire Forlani, Christian Slater
- Belly
- Beloved
- The Big Hit
- The Big Lebowski directed by Joel and Ethan Coen and starring Jeff Bridges, John Goodman and Steve Buscemi
- Billy's Hollywood Screen Kiss
- Black Dog
- Blade, starring Wesley Snipes
- Break Up
- Blues Brothers 2000
- Bride of Chucky
- Brown's Requiem
- Buffalo ’66
- A Bug's Life, directed by John Lasseter
- Bulworth
C
- Can't Hardly Wait
- Casper Meets Wendy
- Caught Up, starring Bokeem Woodbine
- Celebrity
- Central do Brasil - Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Language Film and Golden Bear award
- Chairman of the Board
- City of Angels
- A Civil Action
- Clay Pigeons
- Cousin Bette
- Croupier, starring Clive Owen
- Curse of the Puppet Master
- The Curve
D
- Dance with Me
- Dancer, Texas Pop. 81
- Dangerous Beauty
- Dark City
- Dead Man on Campus
- Deep Impact, starring Robert Duvall, Tea Leoni, Elijah Wood and Morgan Freeman
- Deep Rising
- Dennis the Menace Strikes Again
- The Dentist 2
- Desert Blue
- Desperate Measures
- Digging to China
- Dirty Work
- Disturbing Behavior
- Down in the Delta
- Dr. Dolittle, starring Eddie Murphy, voices of Norm MacDonald, Albert Brooks, Chris Rock, Garry Shandling and Ellen DeGeneres
E
- Enemy of the State, starring, Will Smith and Gene Hackman
- Eternity and a Day - Palme d'Or award
- Elizabeth directed by Shekhar Kapur and starring Cate Blanchett
- Ever After
- Everest
F
- The Faculty
- Fallen, starring Denzel Washington and John Goodman
- Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
- Finding Graceland
- Firestorm
- Forever Love
G
- The General
- The Gingerbread Man
- God Said, Ha! - Golden Space Needle Award
- Gods and Monsters
- The Godson
- Godzilla
- Goodbye Lover
- Great Expectations
H
- The Hairy Bird
- Half Baked
- Halloween H20: 20 Years Later
- Happiness
- Happy Birthday
- Hard Rain
- Head On
- He Got Game
- The Hi-Lo Country
- High Art
- Ho kong fung wan (Casino)
- Holy Man, starring Eddie Murphy
- Home Fries
- Homegrown
- Hope Floats
- The Horse Whisperer, directed by and starring Robert Redford with Kristin Scott Thomas
- How Stella Got Her Groove Back
- How to Make the Cruelest Month
- Human Remains
- Hurlyburly
- Hush
I
- I Got the Hook Up
- I Still Know What You Did Last Summer
- I Want You
- Identity Pieces
- If the Sun Rises in the West
- I'll Be Home for Christmas
- Illuminata
- The Impostors
- In God's Hands
- In the Flesh
J
K
- Kiki's Delivery Service (official English dub)
- Killer
- Kissing a Fool
- Knock Off, starring Jean-Claude Van Damme and Rob Schneider
- Krippendorf's Tribe
- Kurt & Courtney
L
- The Land Girls
- The Last Days
- The Last Days of Disco
- The Last Home Run
- Last Night
- Les Miserables
- Let's Talk About Sex
- Lethal Weapon 4, directed by Richard Donner and starring Mel Gibson, Danny Glover, Joe Pesci, Rene Russo and Chris Rock
- Little Voice, starring Brenda Blethyn, Jane Horrocks and Michael Caine
- Living Out Loud
- Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels directed by Guy Ritchie, starring Jason Flemying and Jason Statham
- Lost in Space
- Love from Ground Zero
- Lulu on the Bridge
M
- Madame Blueberry
- Madeline
- Major League: Back to the Minors
- The Man in the Iron Mask
- The Man with Rain in His Shoes
- The Mask of Zorro
- Meet Joe Black, directed by Martin Brest and starring Brad Pitt, Anthony Hopkins, and Claire Forlani
- Meet the Deedles
- Meeting People Is Easy
- Melting Pot
- Mercury Rising
- The Mighty
- Mighty Joe Young
- The Mighty Kong
- Montana
- Monument Ave.
- Mulan
- Music from Another Room
- My Giant
N
- The Naked Man
- The Negotiator, starring Samuel L. Jackson and Kevin Spacey
- Next Stop Wonderland
- New Rose Hotel
- The Newton Boys
- A Night at the Roxbury, starring Will Ferrell and Chris Kattan
- No Looking Back
O
- The Object of My Affection
- October 22
- The Odd Couple II, starring Walter Matthau and Jack Lemmon (sequel to the 1968 film)
- One of Our Own
- One True Thing, starring Meryl Streep and Renée Zellweger
- The Opposite of Sex
- Orgazmo
- Out of Sight
- Our Friend, Martin
- Overnight Delivery
P
- Palmetto
- The Parent Trap (remake)
- Patch Adams
- Paulie
- Pecker
- A Perfect Murder, starring Michael Douglas, Gwyneth Paltrow and Viggo Mortensen
- Phantasm IV Oblivion
- Phantoms
- Phoenix
- Pi
- Playing by Heart
- Pleasantville, starring Tobey Maguire, Joan Allen and Reese Witherspoon
- Practical Magic
- A Price Above Rubies
- Primary Colors, directed by Mike Nichols and starring John Travolta and Emma Thompson
- Psycho (remake)
- The Prince of Egypt, starring the voices of Val Kilmer and Ralph Fiennes
Q
R
- Reach the Rock
- The Replacement Killers starring Chow Yun-fat and Mira Sorvino
- Restaurant
- Return to Paradise
- Riddler's Moon
- Ride
- Ring (Ringu), directed by Hideo Nakata
- Ringmaster
- Ronin directed by John Frankenheimer and starring Robert De Niro and Jean Reno
- Rounders
- Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer: The Movie
- The Rugrats Movie
- Run Lola Run (Lola rennt), starring Franka Potente - Golden Space Needle Award (for 1999)
- Rush Hour, starring Jackie Chan and Chris Tucker
- Rushmore
S
- Safe Men
- Saving Private Ryan, directed by Steven Spielberg and starring Tom Hanks - Golden Globe Award for Best Picture (Drama)
- Savior
- The Second Arrival
- Senseless starring, Marlon Wayans, and David Spade
- Shadrach
- Shakespeare in Love, starring Joseph Fiennes and Gwyneth Paltrow - Academy and Golden Globe (Mus./Com.) Awards for Best Picture
- Shame, Shame, Shame
- The Siege
- A Simple Plan, starring Billy Bob Thornton and Bill Paxton
- Since You've Been Gone
- Six Days Seven Nights
- Slam
- Slappy and the Stinkers
- Sliding Doors
- Small Soldiers
- Smoke Signals
- Snake Eyes
- Soldier
- Sour Grapes
- Species II
- Sphere, directed by Barry Levinson and starring Dustin Hoffman, Sharon Stone, and Samuel L. Jackson
- Star Kid
- Star Trek: Insurrection
- Stepmom
- Still Crazy
- The Swan Princess: The Mystery of the Enchanted Kingdom
T
- Tarzan and the Lost City
- There's Something About Mary directed by the Farrelly brothers and starring Ben Stiller, Cameron Diaz and Matt Dillon
- Thick as Thieves
- The Thin Pink Line
- The Thin Red Line - Golden Bear Award for 1999
- Trance
- The Truman Show directed by Peter Weir and starring Jim Carrey
- Twilight
U
- U.S. Marshals, starring Tommy Lee Jones and Wesley Snipes
- Ultraman Tiga & Ultraman Dyna: Warriors of the Star of Light
- 42 Up
- Urban Legend
V
- Vampires directed by John Carpenter, starring James Woods, Daniel Baldwin, Sheryl Lee, Thomas Ian Griffith, and Maximilian Schell
- Velvet Goldmine
- Very Bad Things
- The Vivero Letter
W
- Waking Ned
- The Waterboy
- The Wedding Singer starring Adam Sandler and Drew Barrymore
- Went to Coney Island on a Mission from God... Be Back by Five
- What Dreams May Come
- Whispering Corridors
- Who Am I?
- Why Do Fools Fall In Love
- Wide Awake
- Wild Things starring Denise Richards and Neve Campbell
- Without Limits
- The Wonderful Ice Cream Suit
- Woo
- Woubi Chéri
X
- The X-Files (film)
Y
- Your Friends & Neighbors
- You've Got Mail, directed by Nora Ephron and starring Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan
Z
[edit] Wide-release movies
[edit] January-March
- January 1998
- January 9 - Firestorm
- January 16 - Fallen, Half Baked, Hard Rain
- January 23 - Spice World, Phantoms
- January 30 - Desperate Measures, Deep Rising, Great Expectations
- February 1998
- February 6 - Blues Brothers 2000
- February 13 - Sphere, The Wedding Singer
- February 20 - Senseless, Palmetto
- February 27 - Dark City, Krippendorf's Tribe, Kissing a Fool
- March 1998
- March 6 - Twilight, The Big Lebowski, Hush, U.S. Marshals
- March 13 - The Man in the Iron Mask, Chairman of the Board
- March 20 - Primary Colors, Wild Things
- March 27 - The Newton Boys
[edit] April-June
- April 1998
- April 3 - Lost in Space, Mercury Rising, Barney's Great Adventure
- April 10 - City of Angels, My Giant, The Odd Couple II, Species II
- April 17 - Major League: Back to the Minors, The Object of My Affection, Paulie
- April 24 - The Big Hit, Tarzan and the Lost City, Sliding Doors
- May 1998
- May 1 - Black Dog, He Got Game, Les Miserables
- May 8 - Deep Impact
- May 15 - The Horse Whisperer, Quest for Camelot
- May 22 - Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, Godzilla
- May 29 - Almost Heroes, Hope Floats
- June 1998
- June 5 - A Perfect Murder, The Truman Show
- June 12 - Can't Hardly Wait, Dirty Work, Six Days Seven Nights
- June 19 - Mulan, The X-Files
- June 26 - Dr. Dolittle, Out of Sight
[edit] July-September
- July 1998
- July 3 - Armageddon
- July 10 - Lethal Weapon 4, Small Soldiers
- July 17 - The Mask of Zorro, There's Something About Mary
- July 24 - Disturbing Behavior, Saving Private Ryan
- July 31 - BASEketball, Ever After, The Negotiator, The Parent Trap
- August 1998
- August 7 - Halloween: H20, Snake Eyes
- August 14 - The Avengers, How Stella Got Her Groove Back
- August 21 - Blade, Dance with Me, Dead Man on Campus, Wrongfully Accused
- August 28 - 54, Why Do Fools Fall in Love?
- September 1998
- September 4 - Knock Off
- September 11 - Rounders
- September 18 - One True Thing, Rush Hour
- September 25 - Urban Legend, Ronin
[edit] October-December
- October 1998
- October 2 - Antz, A Night at the Roxbury, What Dreams May Come
- October 9 - Holy Man
- October 16 - Beloved, Bride of Chucky, Practical Magic
- October 23 - Apt Pupil, Pleasantville, Soldier
- October 30 - John Carpenter's Vampires
- November 1998
- November 6 - Elizabeth, Gods and Monsters, The Siege, The Waterboy
- November 13 - I Still Know What You Did Last Summer, I'll Be Home for Christmas, Meet Joe Black
- November 20 - Enemy of the State, The Rugrats Movie, Waking Ned Devine
- November 27 - Very Bad Things, Home Fries, Babe: Pig in the City, Ringmaster
- December 1998
- December 4 - Psycho, Little Voice
- December 11 - Jack Frost, Star Trek: Insurrection, Shakespeare in Love, A Simple Plan
- December 18 - The Prince of Egypt, You've Got Mail
- December 25 - Patch Adams, Mighty Joe Young, Stepmom, The Faculty, A Civil Action, The Thin Red Line
[edit] Births
- July 22 - Madison Pettis, actress
[edit] Deaths
- January 4 - Mae Questel, actress, voice of animated character Betty Boop
- January 5 - Sonny Bono, singer, actor, United States Representative
- February 27 - J. T. Walsh, actor
- March 10 - Lloyd Bridges, actor
- March 25 - Daniel Massey, actor
- May 9 - Alice Faye, actress
- May 14 - Frank Sinatra, singer, actor
- May 28 - Phil Hartman, actor
- June 1 - Darwin Joston, actor
- June 23 - Maureen O'Sullivan, actress
- July 6 - Roy Rogers, singer, actor
- July 21 - Robert Young, actor
- July 27 - Binnie Barnes, actress
- August 24 - E. G. Marshall, actor
- September 6 - Akira Kurosawa, Japanese film director
- September 11 - Dane Clark, actor
- October 2 - Gene Autry, actor
- October 3 - Roddy McDowall, actor
- October 17 - Joan Hickson, actress
- November 5 - Momoko Kōchi, Japanese actress
- November 13 - Edwige Feuillère, actress
- November 13 - Valerie Hobson, actress
- November 19 - Alan J. Pakula, producer, director, writer
- December 14 - Lew Grade, producer
- December 23 - David Manners, actor
