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The year 1998 in film involved many significant films, including Shakespeare in Love, Saving Private Ryan, Armageddon, American History X, The Truman Show, Primary Colors, Rushmore, Rush Hour, There's Something About Mary, The Big Lebowski, and Terrence Malick's directorial return in The Thin Red Line.
Highest-grossing films
The top 10 films released in 1998 by worldwide gross are as follows:[1]
| Rank | Title | Distributor | Worldwide gross |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Armageddon | Buena Vista | $553,709,788 |
| 2 | Saving Private Ryan | Paramount / DreamWorks | $481,840,909 |
| 3 | Godzilla | Sony Pictures / TriStar | $379,014,294 |
| 4 | There's Something About Mary | 20th Century Fox | $369,884,651 |
| 5 | A Bug's Life | Buena Vista | $363,398,565 |
| 6 | Deep Impact | Paramount / DreamWorks | $349,464,664 |
| 7 | Mulan | Buena Vista | $304,320,254 |
| 8 | Dr. Dolittle | 20th Century Fox | $294,456,605 |
| 9 | Shakespeare in Love | Miramax / Universal | $289,317,794 |
| 10 | Lethal Weapon 4 | Warner Bros. | $285,444,603 |
Box office records
- Saving Private Ryan grossed $482 million worldwide, becoming the highest grossing World War II film until it was surpassed by Dunkirk (2017).
- Blade became the top-grossing film based on a Marvel Comics character, grossing $131.2 million worldwide at the time of its release.
- The Star Trek franchise became the seventh film franchise to gross $1 billion with the release of Star Trek: Insurrection.[2]
Events
- March 1 – Titanic becomes the first film to gross over $1 billion at the worldwide box office. Twenty days later, the film won eleven Academy Awards, including Best Picture.
- May 8 and July 1 – 1998 saw the release of two dueling science-fiction disaster films about asteroids, Armageddon and Deep Impact, becoming box office success, with Armageddon becoming the more popular of the two and was also the highest-grossing film of 1998 worldwide.
- July 24 – Saving Private Ryan, directed by Steven Spielberg, was released to critical acclaim and was the top grossing domestic film of 1998. Winning five Academy Awards including Best Director, the film was lauded as an influential landmark in the war and action film genres, primarily due to its use of desaturated colors, hand-held cameras, and tight angles.
- August 21 – Blade, based on the character of the same name, grosses over $131.2 million worldwide. Its success would help stage future film adaptations of Marvel Comics characters.
- December 25, Terrance Malick returned after a twenty-year hiatus with The Thin Red Line.
Awards events
Palme d'Or (Cannes Film Festival):
- Eternity and a Day (Μια αιωνιότητα και μια μέρα, Mia aioniotita kai mia mera), directed by Theo 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
Awards
1998 films
By country/region
- List of American films of 1998
- List of Argentine films of 1998
- List of Australian films of 1998
- List of Bangladeshi films of 1998
- List of British films of 1998
- List of Canadian films of 1998
- List of French films of 1998
- List of Hong Kong films of 1998
- List of Indian films of 1998
- List of Japanese films of 1998
- List of Mexican films of 1998
- List of Pakistani films of 1998
- List of Russian films of 1998
- List of South Korean films of 1998
- List of Spanish films of 1998
By genre/medium
- List of action films of 1998
- List of animated feature films of 1998
- List of avant-garde films of 1998
- List of crime films of 1998
- List of comedy films of 1998
- List of drama films of 1998
- List of horror films of 1998
- List of science fiction films of 1998
- List of thriller films of 1998
- List of western films of 1998
Births
- January 4 – Coco Jones, American actress/singer
- January 5 – Marie Iitoyo, Japanese model and actress
- January 9 – Kerris Dorsey, American actress and singer
- January 12 – Nathan Gamble, American actor
- January 18 – Shin Ye-eun, South Korean actress
- January 23 – Rachel Crow, American actress/singer and comedian
- January 24 – Ada-Nicole Sanger, American actress
- January 26 – Moonbin, South Korean singer and actor (d. 2023)
- January 28 – Ariel Winter, American actress
- February 15 – Zachary Gordon, American actor
- February 17 – Fernanda Urdapilleta, Mexican actress
- March 3 – Jayson Tatum, American Basketball Player
- March 11 – Valentina Herszage, Brazilian actress
- March 19 – Caylee Cowan, American actress
- March 22 – Paola Andino, Puerto Rican-American actress
- March 24 – Christopher Briney, American actor
- March 25 – Ryan Simpkins, American actor
- April 6 – Peyton List, American actress
- April 9
- Elle Fanning, American actress
- Lil Woods, British actress
- April 24 – Ryan Newman, American actress
- April 30 – Olivia DeJonge, Australian actress
- May 1 – Grayson Russell, American actor
- May 23 – Ramona Young, American actress
- May 24 – Daisy Edgar-Jones, English actress
- May 29 – Shealeigh, American singer
- June 11 – Charlie Tahan, American actor
- June 15 – Rachel Covey, American actress
- June 19
- Suzu Hirose, Japanese actress
- Atticus Shaffer, American actor
- June 27 – Sistine Stallone, American actress and model
- July 7 – Dylan Sprayberry, American actor
- July 8
- Maya Hawke, American actress
- Jaden Smith, American actor
- July 9 – Robert Capron, American actor
- July 10 – Angus Cloud, American actor (d. 2023)
- July 22 – Madison Pettis, American actress
- July 24
- Bindi Irwin, Australian actress
- Cailee Spaeny, American actress
- July 27 – Myles Erlick, Canadian actor and singer
- July 28 – Sasha Meneghel, Brazilian actress
- July 31 – Rico Rodriguez, American actor
- August 1 – Khamani Griffin, American actor
- August 3 – Cozi Zuehlsdorff, American actress and singer
- August 5 – Mimi Keene, English actress
- August 6 – Forrest Goodluck, American actor
- August 8 – Shawn Mendes, Canadian singer
- August 21 – Jade Chynoweth, American actress
- August 25 – China Anne McClain, American actress and singer
- September 2 – Choi Ye-bin, South Korean actress
- September 5 – Helena Barlow, English actress
- September 8 – Emma Laird, Scottish actress
- September 16 – Belissa Escobedo, American actress
- October 1
- Isabella Amara, American actress and singer
- Danika Yarosh, American actress
- October 7 – Josh Levi, American actor and singer
- October 17 – Erin Kellyman, English actress
- October 23 – Amandla Stenberg, American actress
- October 28 – Nolan Gould, American actor
- November 4 - Meadow Walker, American actress
- November 7 – Octavio Ocaña, Mexican actor (died 2021)
- November 13 – Gattlin Griffith, American actor
- November 23 – Bradley Steven Perry, American actor
- December 2
- Amber Montana, American actress
- Celeste O'Connor, Kenyan-born American actor
- December 8 – Owen Teague, American Actor
- December 15 – Chandler Canterbury, American former child actor
- December 23 – G Hannelius, American actress and singer
- December 29 – Paris Berelc, American actress
- December 31 - Hunter Schafer, American actress
Deaths
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| Month | Date | Name | Age | Country | Profession | Notable films |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 4 | Mae Questel | 89 | US | Actress | |
| 5 | Sonny Bono | 62 | US | Singer, Actor | ||
| 6 | Walter Barnes | 79 | US | Actor | ||
| 6 | Murray Salem | 47 | US | Actor, Screenwriter | ||
| 7 | Jacqueline DeWit | 85 | US | Actress | ||
| 7 | Dorothy Wilson | 88 | US | Actress | ||
| 16 | Lorenzo Mongiardino | 81 | Italy | Production Designer | ||
| 24 | Jack Lord | 77 | US | Actor | ||
| 26 | Ethelreda Leopold | 83 | US | Actress | ||
| 28 | Jim Bohan | 52 | US | Actor | ||
| 30 | Ferdy Mayne | 81 | Germany | Actor | ||
| February | 1 | Jack T. Collis | 75 | US | Art Director, Production Designer | |
| 2 | Duilio Del Prete | 59 | Italy | Actor | ||
| 3 | Davy Kaye | 81 | UK | Actor | ||
| 5 | Douglas Gamley | 73 | Australia | Composer, Conductor | ||
| 15 | George White | 86 | US | Film Editor | ||
| 17 | Sheila Raynor | 91 | UK | Actor | ||
| 18 | James Villiers | 67 | UK | Actor | ||
| 23 | Chuck Hayward | 89 | US | Actor, Stuntman | ||
| 24 | Henny Youngman | 91 | UK | Comedian, Actor | ||
| 26 | James Algar | 75 | US | Director, Producer, Animator | ||
| 27 | J. T. Walsh | 54 | US | Actor | ||
| March | 5 | Donald Woods | 91 | Canada | Actor | |
| 10 | Lloyd Bridges | 85 | US | Actor | ||
| 17 | Helen Westcott | 70 | US | Actress | ||
| 20 | Beverley Cross | 66 | UK | Screenwriter | ||
| 25 | Daniel Massey | 64 | UK | Actor | ||
| 30 | Ramsay Ames | 79 | US | Actress | ||
| April | 1 | Gene Evans | 75 | US | Actor | |
| 1 | Lucille Norman | 76 | US | Singer, Actress | ||
| 3 | Charles Lang | 96 | US | Cinematographer | ||
| 4 | Kay Hughes | 84 | US | Actress | ||
| 11 | Rodney Harvey | 30 | US | Actor | ||
| 21 | Peter Lind Hayes | 82 | US | Actor | ||
| 22 | Marvin Worth | 72 | US | Producer | ||
| 24 | Leslie Stevens | 74 | US | Screenwriter, Director | ||
| 28 | Jerome Bixby | 75 | US | Screenwriter | ||
| 28 | Dorothy Lovett | 83 | US | Actress | ||
| 29 | Mary Castle | 67 | US | Actress | ||
| May | 2 | Maidie Norman | 85 | US | Actress | |
| 3 | Gene Raymond | 89 | US | Actor | ||
| 9 | Alice Faye | 83 | US | Actress, Singer | ||
| 9 | Nat Perrin | 93 | US | Screenwriter, Director | ||
| 11 | Gene Fowler Jr. | 80 | US | Film Editor | ||
| 14 | Frank Sinatra | 82 | US | Singer, Actor | ||
| 15 | Linwood G. Dunn | 93 | US | Visual Effects Artist | ||
| 20 | Wolf Mankowitz | 73 | UK | Screenwriter | ||
| 21 | Douglas Fowley | 86 | US | Actor | ||
| 22 | John Derek | 71 | US | Actor, Director | ||
| 28 | Phil Hartman | 49 | US | Actor, Comedian, Screenwriter | ||
| June | 1 | Darwin Joston | 60 | US | Actor | |
| 2 | Dorothy Stickney | 101 | US | Actress | ||
| 4 | Josephine Hutchinson | 94 | US | Actress | ||
| 5 | Jeanette Nolan | 85 | US | Actress | ||
| 12 | Theresa Merritt | 73 | US | Actress | ||
| 18 | Charles Korvin | 90 | Slovakia | Actor | ||
| 23 | Kurt Kren | 69 | Austria | Director |
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| 23 | Maureen O'Sullivan | 87 | Ireland | Actress | ||
| 24 | Henry G. Saperstein | 80 | US | Producer | ||
| July | 1 | Claire Kelly | 64 | US | Actress | |
| 4 | Gregg Burge | 40 | US | Actor | ||
| 6 | Roy Rogers | 86 | US | Actor, Singer | ||
| 10 | William Preston | 76 | US | Actor | ||
| 16 | Leigh Brown | 59 | US | Screenwriter | ||
| 17 | Joseph Maher | 64 | Ireland | Actor | ||
| 19 | Betty Marsden | 79 | UK | Actress | ||
| 21 | Robert Young | 91 | US | Actor | ||
| 27 | Binnie Barnes | 95 | UK | Actress | ||
| 28 | Lenny McLean | 49 | UK | Actor | ||
| 29 | Jerome Robbins | 79 | US | Director, Choreographer | West Side Story | |
| 29 | O. Z. Whitehead | 87 | US | Actor | ||
| August | 1 | Eva Bartok | 71 | Hungary | Actress | |
| 7 | Bob Wyman | 66 | US | Film Editor | ||
| 11 | Derek Newark | 65 | UK | Actor | ||
| 16 | Phil Leeds | 82 | US | Actor | ||
| 18 | Persis Khambatta | 49 | India | Actress | ||
| 24 | E. G. Marshall | 84 | US | Actor | ||
| 24 | Gene Page | 58 | US | Composer | ||
| 26 | Wade Dominguez | 32 | US | Actor | ||
| 26 | Penny Edwards | 70 | US | Actress | ||
| September | 2 | Fernando Carrere | 87 | Mexico | Art Director | |
| 6 | Akira Kurosawa | 88 | Japan | Director, Screenwriter | ||
| 6 | Elaine Shepard | 85 | US | Actress | ||
| 8 | Leonid Kinskey | 95 | Russia | Actor | ||
| 11 | Dane Clark | 86 | US | Actor | ||
| 19 | Patricia Hayes | 88 | UK | Actress | ||
| 21 | Clara Calamai | 89 | Italy | Actress | ||
| 22 | John Garrie | 75 | UK | Actor | ||
| 30 | Marius Goring | 86 | UK | Actor | ||
| 30 | Stephen Pearlman | 63 | US | Actor | ||
| October | 2 | Gene Autry | 91 | US | Actor, Singer | |
| 3 | George Davis | 84 | US | Art Director | ||
| 3 | Roddy McDowall | 70 | UK | Actor | ||
| 8 | Gigi Reder | 70 | Italy | Actor | ||
| 11 | Richard Denning | 84 | US | Actor | ||
| 17 | Joan Hickson | 92 | UK | Actress | ||
| 22 | Eric Ambler | 89 | UK | Screenwriter | ||
| 23 | Christopher Gable | 58 | UK | Actor | ||
| 24 | Dennis Ayling | 81 | UK | Visual Effects Artist | Alien | |
| 26 | Rick Dior | 51 | US | Sound Engineer | ||
| 27 | Rosamund John | 85 | UK | Actress | ||
| 28 | James Goldman | 71 | US | Screenwriter | ||
| November | 2 | Tommy Duggan | 89 | UK | Actor | |
| 3 | Martha O'Driscoll | 76 | US | Actress | ||
| 4 | Vincent Winter | 50 | UK | Actor, Production Manager | ||
| 5 | Momoko Kōchi | 66 | Japan | Actress | ||
| 8 | Jean Marais | 84 | France | Actor, Director | ||
| 9 | Ursula Reit | 84 | Germany | Actress | Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory | |
| 13 | Valerie Hobson | 81 | UK | Actress | ||
| 17 | Dick O'Neill | 70 | US | Actor | ||
| 17 | Esther Rolle | 78 | US | Actress | ||
| 19 | Alan J. Pakula | 70 | US | Director, Producer, Screenwriter | ||
| 22 | Nicky Blair | 72 | US | Actor | ||
| 25 | Enrico Sabbatini | 66 | Italy | Costume Designer | ||
| 25 | Flip Wilson | 64 | US | Comedian, Actor | ||
| 30 | Ruth Clifford | 98 | US | Actress | ||
| December | 1 | Freddie Young | 96 | UK | Cinematographer | |
| 7 | John Addison | 78 | UK | Composer | ||
| 8 | John Veitch | 78 | US | Producer, Executive | ||
| 13 | Lew Grade | 91 | UK | Producer | ||
| 13 | Ariadna Welter | 68 | Mexico | Actress | ||
| 14 | Norman Fell | 74 | US | Actor | ||
| 17 | John Robert Lloyd | 78 | US | Production Designer | ||
| 20 | Irene Hervey | 89 | US | Actress | ||
| 21 | Roger Avon | 84 | UK | Actor | ||
| 23 | David Manners | 97 | Canada | Actor | ||
| 25 | Richard Paul | 58 | US | Actor | ||
| 26 | Hurd Hatfield | 81 | US | Actor | ||
| 28 | William Frankfather | 54 | US | Actor | ||
| 29 | Don Taylor | 81 | US | Actor, Director |
Film debuts
- Elizabeth Banks – Surrender Dorothy
- Kristen Bell – Polish Wedding
- Wes Bentley – Three Below Zero
- Kate Bosworth – The Horse Whisperer
- Billy Boyd – Urban Ghost Story
- Christian Campbell – Hairshirt
- Lacey Chabert – Lost in Space
- Paz de la Huerta – The Object of My Affection
- Taye Diggs – How Stella Got Her Groove Back
- Lola Dueñas – Mensaka
- Snoop Dogg – Half Baked
- Cedric the Entertainer – Ride
- Golshifteh Farahani – The Pear Tree
- Vera Farmiga – Return to Paradise
- Judy Greer – Kissing a Fool
- Josh Hartnett – Halloween H20: 20 Years Later
- Taraji P. Henson – Streetwise
- Kate Hudson – Desert Blue
- Oscar Isaac – Illtown
- Vinnie Jones – Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
- Shia LaBeouf – The Christmas Path
- Lindsay Lohan – The Parent Trap
- Mía Maestro – Tango
- Eva Mendes – A Night at the Roxbury
- Chris Messina – Rounders
- Cillian Murphy – The Tale of Sweety Barrett
- Christopher Nolan (director) – Following
- Jesse Plemons – Finding North
- Amy Poehler – Tomorrow Night
- Rebecca Romijn – Dirty Work
- Jason Schwartzman – Rushmore
- Jason Segel – Can't Hardly Wait
- Dax Shepard – Hairshirt
- Jason Statham – Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
- Ray Stevenson – The Theory of Flight
- Michael Stuhlbarg – A Price Above Rubies
- Wanda Sykes – Tomorrow Night
- Luis Tosar – Atilano for President
- Carice van Houten – Ivory Guardians
- Natalia Verbeke – Un buen novio
- Denis Villeneuve (director) – August 32nd on Earth
- Matt Walsh – Tomorrow Night
- Shea Whigham – Of Love & Fantasy
References
- ^ "1998 Worldwide Box Office". Box Office Mojo. IMDb. Retrieved March 7, 2020.
- ^ "Star Trek Franchise Box Office History". The Numbers. Archived from the original on June 12, 2020. Retrieved August 2, 2014.
