In 1998 there were many significant films which were released, includingShakespeare 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.

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Highest-grossing films

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The top 10 films released in 1998 by worldwide gross are as follows:[1]

Highest-grossing films of 1998
RankTitleDistributorWorldwide gross
1ArmageddonBuena Vista$553,709,788
2Saving Private RyanDreamWorks / Paramount$481,840,909
3GodzillaSony Pictures / TriStar$379,014,294
4There's Something About Mary20th Century Fox$369,884,651
5A Bug's LifeBuena Vista$363,398,565
6Deep ImpactParamount / DreamWorks$349,464,664
7MulanBuena Vista$304,320,254
8Dr. Dolittle20th Century Fox$294,456,605
9Shakespeare in LoveMiramax / Universal$289,317,794
10Lethal Weapon 4Warner Bros.$285,444,603

Box office records

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  • Saving Private Ryan grossed $482 million worldwide, becoming the highest grossing World War II film until it was surpassed by Dunkirk (2017). However, adjusting for 2017 monetary inflation, Saving Private Ryan grossed $718 million.
  • 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

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  • 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 which both became box office success, with Armageddon becoming the most popular out of the two and was also the highest-grossing film of 1998 worldwide.
  • July 24 – Saving Private Ryan, directed by Steven Spielberg, was released and received critical acclaim leading it to be the top grossing domestic film of 1998. Saving Private Ryan won 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, grossed over $131.2 million worldwide. It's success would help stage future film adaptations of Marvel Comics.
  • September 19 – Antz, DreamWorks' first animated feature film, that premiered at the 23rd Toronto International Film Festival.
  • December 25, Filmmaker Terrence Malick, returned after a twenty-year hiatus with The Thin Red Line.

Awards

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Category/Organization56th Golden Globe Awards
January 24, 1999
4th Critics Choice Awards
January 1999
Producers, Directors, Screen Actors, and Writers Guild Awards71st Academy Awards
March 21, 1999
52nd BAFTA Awards
April 11, 1999
DramaMusical or Comedy
Best FilmSaving Private RyanShakespeare in LoveSaving Private RyanShakespeare in Love
Best DirectorSteven Spielberg
Saving Private Ryan
Peter Weir
The Truman Show
Best ActorJim Carrey
The Truman Show
Michael Caine
Little Voice
Ian McKellen
Gods and Monsters
Apt Pupil
Roberto Benigni
Life Is Beautiful
Best ActressCate Blanchett
Elizabeth
Gwyneth Paltrow
Shakespeare in Love
Cate Blanchett
Elizabeth
Gwyneth Paltrow
Shakespeare in Love
Cate Blanchett
Elizabeth
Best Supporting ActorEd Harris
The Truman Show
Billy Bob Thornton
A Simple Plan
Robert Duvall
A Civil Action
James Coburn
Affliction
Geoffrey Rush
Shakespeare in Love
Best Supporting ActressLynn Redgrave
Gods and Monsters
Kathy Bates
Primary Colors
Joan Allen
Pleasantville
Kathy Bates
Primary Colors
Judi Dench
Shakespeare in Love
Best Screenplay, AdaptedMarc Norman and Tom Stoppard
Shakespeare in Love
Scott B. Smith
A Simple Plan
Scott Frank
Out of Sight
Bill Condon
Gods and Monsters
Elaine May
Primary Colors
Best Screenplay, OriginalMarc Norman and Tom Stoppard
Shakespeare in Love
Andrew Niccol
The Truman Show
Best Animated FilmA Bug's Life / The Prince of Egypt (TIE)
Best Original ScoreThe Truman Show
Burkhard Dallwitz and Philip Glass
Saving Private Ryan
John Williams
N/ALife Is Beautiful
Nicola Piovani
Elizabeth
David Hirschfelder
Best Original Song"The Prayer"
Quest for Camelot
"When You Believe"
The Prince of Egypt
N/A"When You Believe"
The Prince of Egypt
N/A
Best Foreign Language FilmCentral StationLife Is BeautifulN/ALife Is BeautifulCentral Station

1998 films

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By country/region

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By genre/medium

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Births

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Deaths

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MonthDateNameAgeCountryProfessionNotable films
January4Mae Questel89USActress
5Sonny Bono62USSinger, Actor
6Walt Barnes79USActor
6Murray Salem47USActor, Screenwriter
7Jacqueline DeWit85USActress
7Dorothy Wilson88USActress
16Lorenzo Mongiardino81ItalyProduction Designer
24Jack Lord77USActor
26Ethelreda Leopold83USActress
28Jim Bohan52USActor
30Ferdy Mayne81GermanyActor
February1Jack T. Collis75USArt Director, Production Designer
2Duilio Del Prete59ItalyActor
3Davy Kaye81UKActor
5Douglas Gamley73AustraliaComposer, Conductor
15George White86USFilm Editor
17Felix Nelson84USActor
17Sheila Raynor91UKActor
18James Villiers67UKActor
21John Nicolella52USDirector, Producer
23Chuck Hayward89USActor, Stuntman
24Henny Youngman91UKComedian, Actor
26James Algar75USDirector, Producer, Animator
27J. T. Walsh54USActor
March5Donald Woods91CanadaActor
10Lloyd Bridges85USActor
17Helen Westcott70USActress
20Beverley Cross66UKScreenwriter
25Daniel Massey64UKActor
30Ramsay Ames79USActress
April1Gene Evans75USActor
1Lucille Norman76USSinger, Actress
3Charles Lang96USCinematographer
4Kay Hughes84USActress
11Rodney Harvey30USActor
21Peter Lind Hayes82USActor
22Marvin Worth72USProducer
24Leslie Stevens74USScreenwriter, Director
28Jerome Bixby75USScreenwriter
28Dorothy Lovett83USActress
29Mary Castle67USActress
May2Maidie Norman85USActress
3Gene Raymond89USActor
9Alice Faye83USActress, Singer
9Nat Perrin93USScreenwriter, Director
11Gene Fowler Jr.80USFilm Editor
14Frank Sinatra82USSinger, Actor
15Linwood G. Dunn93USVisual Effects Artist
20Wolf Mankowitz73UKScreenwriter
21Douglas Fowley86USActor
22John Derek71USActor, Director
28Phil Hartman49USActor, Comedian, Screenwriter
June1Darwin Joston60USActor
2Dorothy Stickney101USActress
4Josephine Hutchinson94USActress
5Jeanette Nolan85USActress
12Theresa Merritt73USActress
18Charles Korvin90SlovakiaActor
23Kurt Kren69AustriaDirector
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23Maureen O'Sullivan87IrelandActress
24Henry G. Saperstein80USProducer
July1Claire Kelly64USActress
4Gregg Burge40USActor
6Roy Rogers86USActor, Singer
10William Preston76USActor
16Leigh Brown59USScreenwriter
17Joseph Maher64IrelandActor
19Betty Marsden79UKActress
21Robert Young91USActor
27Binnie Barnes95UKActress
28Lenny McLean49UKActor
29Jerome Robbins79USDirector, ChoreographerWest Side Story
29O. Z. Whitehead87USActor
August1Eva Bartok71HungaryActress
7Bob Wyman66USFilm Editor
11Derek Newark65UKActor
15Marc Akerstream44CanadaStuntman, Actor
16Phil Leeds82USActor
18Persis Khambatta49IndiaActress
24E. G. Marshall84USActor
24Gene Page58USComposer
26Wade Dominguez32USActor
26Penny Edwards70USActress
September2Fernando Carrere87MexicoArt Director
6Akira Kurosawa88JapanDirector, Screenwriter
6Elaine Shepard85USActress
8Leonid Kinskey95RussiaActor
11Dane Clark86USActor
19Patricia Hayes88UKActress
21Clara Calamai89ItalyActress
22John Garrie75UKActor
30Marius Goring86UKActor
30Stephen Pearlman63USActor
October2Gene Autry91USActor, Singer
3George Davis84USArt Director
3Roddy McDowall70UKActor
8Gigi Reder70ItalyActor
11Richard Denning84USActor
17Joan Hickson92UKActress
22Eric Ambler89UKScreenwriter
23Christopher Gable58UKActor
24Dennis Ayling81UKVisual Effects ArtistAlien
26Rick Dior51USSound Engineer
27Rosamund John85UKActress
28James Goldman71USScreenwriter
November2Tommy Duggan89UKActor
3Martha O'Driscoll76USActress
4Vincent Winter50UKActor, Production Manager
5Momoko Kōchi66JapanActress
8Jean Marais84FranceActor, Director
9Ursula Reit84GermanyActressWilly Wonka & the Chocolate Factory
13Valerie Hobson81UKActress
17Dick O'Neill70USActor
17Esther Rolle78USActress
19Alan J. Pakula70USDirector, Producer, Screenwriter
22Nicky Blair72USActor
25Enrico Sabbatini66ItalyCostume Designer
25Flip Wilson64USComedian, Actor
30Ruth Clifford98USActress
December1Freddie Young96UKCinematographer
7John Addison78UKComposer
8John Veitch78USProducer, Executive
13Lew Grade91UKProducer
13Ariadna Welter68MexicoActress
14Norman Fell74USActor
17John Robert Lloyd78USProduction Designer
20Irene Hervey89USActress
21Roger Avon84UKActor
23David Manners97CanadaActor
25Richard Paul58USActor
26Hurd Hatfield81USActor
28William Frankfather54USActor
29Don Taylor81USActor, Director

Film debuts

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References

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  1. ^ "1998 Worldwide Box Office". Box Office Mojo. IMDb. Retrieved March 7, 2020.
  2. ^ "Star Trek Franchise Box Office History". The Numbers. Archived from the original on June 12, 2020. Retrieved August 2, 2014.
  3. ^ "Felix Nelson Filmography". American Film Institute. Retrieved April 1, 2024.
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