1998 in film
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[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 | Box Office Gross | |||
| Total Int.l | U.S./Canada | U. K. | Australia | |||
| 1. | Armageddon | Buena Vista | $553,709,788 | $201,578,182 | £16,401,954 | $14,316,211 |
| 2. | Saving Private Ryan | DreamWorks | $481,840,909 | $216,540,909 | £18,740,016 | $24,172,708 |
| 3. | Godzilla | Columbia Pictures | $379,014,294 | $136,314,294 | £15,920,578 | $13,496,649 |
| 4. | There's Something About Mary | 20th Century Fox | $369,884,651 | $176,484,651 | £15,665,386 | $20,007,019 |
| 5. | A Bug's Life | Buena Vista | $363,398,565 | $162,798,565 | £28,824,239 | $20,131,422 |
| 6. | Deep Impact | Paramount Pictures | $349,464,664 | $140,464,664 | £10,157,326 | $16,929,903 |
| 7. | Mulan | Buena Vista | $304,320,254 | $120,620,254 | £9,454,609 | $4,776,349 |
| 8. | Dr. Dolittle | 20th Century Fox | $294,456,605 | $144,156,605 | £19,671,348 | $16,617,575 |
| 9. | Shakespeare in Love | Miramax | $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 |
In total, two films released in 1998 grossed more than $400 million, reaching international blockbuster motion picture status.
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/
[edit] Awards
- Best Picture: Shakespeare in Love - Bedford Falls Productions, Miramax Films, Universal Pictures
- Achievment in Directing: Steven Spielberg - Saving Private Ryan
- Best Actor: Roberto Benigni - Life Is Beautiful
- Best Actress: Gwyneth Paltrow - Shakespeare in Love
- Best Supporting Actor: James Coburn - Affliction
- Best Supporting Actress: Judi Dench - Shakespeare in Love
- Best Foreign Language Film: Life Is Beautiful (La vita è bella), directed by Roberto Benigni, Italy
- Drama:
- Best Picture: Saving Private Ryan
- Best Actor: Jim Carrey - The Truman Show
- Best Actress: Cate Blanchett - Elizabeth
- Musical or Comedy:
- Best Picture: Shakespeare in Love
- Best Actor: Michael Caine - Little Voice
- Best Actress: Gwyneth Paltrow - Shakespeare In Love
- Other
- Best Director: Steven Spielberg - Saving Private Ryan
- Best Foreign Language Film: Central do Brasil (Central Station), Brazil / France
PALM 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
[edit] Films released in 1998
- American History X
- Antz
- April Story
- Apt Pupil
- Armageddon
- The Avengers
- Barney's Great Adventure
- BASEketball
- Belly
- The Big Lebowski
- Blade
- A Bug's Life
- Can't Hardly Wait
- Caught Up
- Celebrity
- Central do Brasil - Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Language Film and Golden Bear award
- Chairman of the Board
- Dark City
- Dead Man on Campus
- Deep Impact
- Dirty Work
- Down in the Delta
- Dr. Dolittle
- Enemy of the State
- Eternity and a Day - Palm d'Or award
- Elizabeth
- The Faculty
- Fallen
- Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
- God Said Ha! - Golden space Needle award
- Gods and Monsters
- The Godson
- Godzilla
- Half Baked
- Halloween H20: 20 Years Later
- Head On
- He Got Game
- How Stella Got Her Groove Back
- Human Remains
- Hurlyburly
- The Impostors
- Lethal Weapon 4
- Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
- Lost in Space
- The Mask of Zorro
- Mulan
- The Negotiator
- The Odd Couple II, starring Walter Matthau and Jack Lemmon (sequel to the 1968 film)
- A Perfect Murder
- Pi
- Pleasantville
- Pokémon: The First Movie
- Primary Colors
- The Prince of Egypt
- Radiohead: Meeting People Is Easy (DVD Release)
- Ring (Ringu)
- Rushmore
- Run Lola Run (Lola rennt) - Golden space Needle award (for 1999)
- Saving Private Ryan - Golden Globe Award for Best Picture (Drama)
- Shakespeare in Love - Academy and Golden Globe (Mus./Com.) Awards for Best Picture
- The Siege
- Six Days Seven Nights
- Slam
- Small Soldiers
- Star Trek: Insurrection
- Stepmom
- Still Crazy
- There's Something About Mary
- The Thin Red Line - Golden Bear award for 1999
- The Truman Show
- U.S. Marshals
- Urban Legend
- Vampires directed by John Carpenter, starring James Woods, Daniel Baldwin, Sheryl Lee, Thomas Ian Griffith and Maximilian Schell
- Very Bad Things
- Why Do Fools Fall In Love
- The Waterboy
- The Wedding Singer
- Wild Things
[edit] Births
[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
- October 23 - Christopher Gable, dancer, actor
- 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
