1998 in film

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The year 1998 in film involved some significant events.

1 Events 2 Top grossing films 3 Awards 4 Films released in 1998 5 Births 6 Deaths

• 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.

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	$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	Disney	$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.

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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/

Academy Awards:

Best Picture: Shakespeare in Love - Bedford Falls Productions, Miramax Films, Universal Pictures

Best Director: 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

Golden Globe Awards:

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

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

#

• 3 Ninjas: High Noon at Mega Mountain
• 54 (film)

A

• A Civil Action
• A Night at the Roxbury
• A Price Above Rubies
• A Simple Plan
• Air Bud: Golden Receiver
• Alice and Martin
• Almost Heroes
• American History X
• An Alan Smithee Film: Burn Hollywood Burn
• An All Dogs Christmas Carol
• Antz
• April Story
• Apt Pupil
• Armageddon
• Art Museum by the Zoo
• The Avengers

B

• Babe: Pig in the City, starring James Cromwell, Magda Szubanski and Mickey Rooney, performed by Peter Gabriel, directed by George Miller
• Barney's Great Adventure, starring George Hearn, Trevor Morgan and Kyla Pratt, directed by Steve Gomer
• BASEketball, starring Trey Parker and Matt Stone, directed by David Zucker
• Belly
• Beloved
• The Big Hit
• The Big Lebowski
• Black Dog
• Blade
• Billy's Hollywood Screen Kiss
• Blues Brothers 2000
• Bride of Chucky
• Brown's Requiem
• Buffalo '66
• A Bug's Life, performed by Randy Newman, directed by John Lasseter
• Bulworth

C

• Can't Hardly Wait
• Carnival of Souls
• 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
• Clay Pigeons
• Cousin Bette
• Croupier
• The Curve

D

• Dance With Me
• Dancer, Texas Pop. 81
• Dangerous Beauty
• Dark City
• Dead Man on Campus
• Deep Impact
• Deep Rising
• Dennis the Menace Strikes Again
• The Dentist 2
• Desperate Measures
• Digging to China
• Dirty Work
• Disturbing Behavior
• Down in the Delta
• Dr. Dolittle

E

• Enemy of the State
• Eternity and a Day - Palme d'Or award
• Elizabeth
• Ever After
• Everest

F

• The Faculty
• Fallen
• 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
• Home Fries
• Homegrown
• Hope Floats
• The Horse Whisperer
• 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
• Identity Pieces
• I'll Be Home for Christmas
• Illuminata
• The Impostors
• In God's Hands
• In the Flesh

J

• Jack Frost
• Jane Austen's Mafia!
• Judas Kiss

K

• Killer
• Kissing a Fool
• Knock Off
• Krippendorf's Tribe
• Kurt and Courtney

L

• The Last Days
• The Last Days of Disco
• Last Night
• Let's Talk About Sex
• Lethal Weapon 4
• Living Out Loud
• Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
• Lost in Space
• Lulu on the Bridge

M

• 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
• Meet the Deedles
• Radiohead: 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
• Next Stop Wonderland
• New Rose Hotel
• The Newton Boys
• No Looking Back

O

• The Object of My Affection
• The Odd Couple II, starring Walter Matthau and Jack Lemmon (sequel to the 1968 film)
• One True Thing, starring Meryl Streep and Renee Zellweger
• The Opposite of Sex
• Orgazmo
• Out of Sight
• Overnight Delivery

P

• Palmetto
• The Parent Trap (remake)
• Paulie
• Pecker
• A Perfect Murder
• Phantasm IV: Oblivion
• Phantoms
• Phoenix
• Pi
• Playing by Heart
• Pleasantville
• Practical Magic
• Primary Colors
• Psycho (remake)
• The Prince of Egypt

Q

• Quest for Camelot

R

• Reach the Rock
• The Replacement Killers
• Restaurant
• Return to Paradise
• Ride
• Ringmaster
• Rounders
• Riddler's Moon
• Ring (Ringu)
• Ronin
• The Rugrats Movie
• Run Lola Run (Lola rennt) - Golden space Needle award (for 1999)
• Rush Hour
• Rushmore

S

• Safe Men
• Saving Private Ryan - Golden Globe Award for Best Picture (Drama)
• The Second Arrival
• The Secret of NIMH 2: Timmy to the Rescue
• Senseless
• Shadrach
• Shakespeare in Love - Academy and Golden Globe (Mus./Com.) Awards for Best Picture
• Shame, Shame, Shame
• The Siege
• Since You've Been Gone
• Six Days Seven Nights
• Slam
• Slappy and the Stinkers
• Sliding Doors
• Small Soldiers, starring Gregory Smith, Kristen Dunst, David Cross, Jay Mohr, Phil Hartman and Denis Leary, voices by Frank Langella and Tommy Lee Jones, directed by Joe Dante
• Smoke Signals
• Snake Eyes
• Soldier
• Sour Grapes'
• Species II
• Sphere
• 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
• Thick as Thieves
• The Thin Pink Line
• The Thin Red Line - Golden Bear award for 1999
• Trance
• The Truman Show
• Twilight

U

• U.S. Marshals
• 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
• What Dreams May Come
• Whispering Corridors
• Who Am I
• Why Do Fools Fall In Love
• Wide Awake
• Wild Things
• Without Limits
• The Wonderful Ice Cream Suit
• Woo

X

• The X-Files (film)

Y

• You've Got Mail

Z

• Zero Effect

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• 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 13
  • Edwige Feuillère, actress
  • Valerie Hobson, actress
• November 19 - Alan J. Pakula, producer, director, writer
• December 14 - Lew Grade, producer
• December 23 - David Manners, actor