List of 1998 box office number-one films in the United States
Appearance
This is a list of films which have placed number one at the weekend box office in the United States during 1998.[1]
Number-one films
[edit]# | Weekend end date | Film | Box office | Notes | Ref |
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1 | January 4, 1998 | Titanic | $33,315,278 | [2] | |
2 | January 11, 1998 | $28,716,310 | Titanic became the first film since The Birdcage to top the box office for four consecutive weekends. | [3] | |
3 | January 18, 1998 | $30,010,633 | Titanic became the first film since The Fugitive to top the box office for five consecutive weekends and gross more than $20 million for five weekends. | [4][5] | |
4 | January 25, 1998 | $25,238,720 | Titanic became the first film since The Fugitive to top the box office for six consecutive weekends. It also became the first film since Jerry Maguire to top the box office in its sixth weekend. | [6] | |
5 | February 1, 1998 | $25,907,172 | Titanic became the first film since Home Alone to top the box office for seven consecutive weekends. It also became the first film since Forrest Gump to top the box office in its seventh weekend. | [7] | |
6 | February 8, 1998 | $23,027,838 | Titanic became the first film since Home Alone to top the box office for eight consecutive weekends. It also became the first film since Aladdin to top the box office in its eighth weekend. | [8] | |
7 | February 15, 1998 | $28,167,947 | Titanic became the first film since Home Alone to top the box office for nine consecutive weekends. It also became the first film since Forrest Gump to top the box office in its ninth weekend. | [9] | |
8 | February 22, 1998 | $21,036,343 | Titanic became the first film since Home Alone to top the box office for ten consecutive weekends as well as the first film since Forrest Gump to top the box office in its tenth weekend. It also became the first film to gross more than $10 million for ten consecutive weekends. It reaches that level for another six weekends. | [10] | |
9 | March 1, 1998 | $19,633,056 | Titanic became the first film since Home Alone to top the box office for eleven consecutive weekends. | [11] | |
10 | March 8, 1998 | $17,605,849 | Titanic became the first film since Home Alone to top the box office for twelve consecutive weekends. | [12] | |
11 | March 15, 1998 | $17,578,815 | Titanic became the first film since Beverly Hills Cop to top the box office for thirteen consecutive weekends. Initial estimates had The Man in the Iron Mask as the number one film. | [13] | |
12 | March 22, 1998 | $17,165,239 | Titanic became the first film since Star Wars to top the box office for fourteen consecutive weekends. It also became the first film since E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial to top the box office in its fourteenth weekend. | [14] | |
13 | March 29, 1998 | $15,213,500 | Titanic became one of only two films to top the box office for fifteen consecutive weekends. It also became the first film since Beverly Hills Cop to top the box office in its fifteenth weekend. It set a new record for the most consecutive weekends at #1 of the modern era. | [15] | |
14 | April 5, 1998 | Lost in Space | $20,154,919 | Lost in Space broke Indecent Proposal's record ($18.4 mil) for the highest weekend debut in April. | [16] |
15 | April 12, 1998 | City of Angels | $15,369,048 | [17] | |
16 | April 19, 1998 | $12,332,194 | [18] | ||
17 | April 26, 1998 | The Big Hit | $10,809,424 | [19] | |
18 | May 3, 1998 | He Got Game | $7,610,663 | [20] | |
19 | May 10, 1998 | Deep Impact | $41,152,375 | [21] | |
20 | May 17, 1998 | $23,266,622 | [22] | ||
21 | May 24, 1998 | Godzilla | $44,047,541 | Godzilla had the highest weekend debut in 1998. | [23] |
22 | May 31, 1998 | $18,020,444 | [24] | ||
23 | June 7, 1998 | The Truman Show | $31,542,121 | [25] | |
24 | June 14, 1998 | $20,010,580 | [26] | ||
25 | June 21, 1998 | The X-Files | $30,138,758 | [27] | |
26 | June 28, 1998 | Doctor Dolittle | $29,014,324 | [28] | |
27 | July 5, 1998 | Armageddon | $36,089,972 | [29] | |
28 | July 12, 1998 | Lethal Weapon 4 | $34,048,124 | [30] | |
29 | July 19, 1998 | The Mask of Zorro | $22,525,855 | [31] | |
30 | July 26, 1998 | Saving Private Ryan | $30,576,104 | [32] | |
31 | August 2, 1998 | $23,601,801 | [33] | ||
32 | August 9, 1998 | $17,398,000 | [34] | ||
33 | August 16, 1998 | $13,157,819 | Saving Private Ryan became the first film since Titanic to top the box office for four consecutive weekends. | [35] | |
34 | August 23, 1998 | Blade | $17,073,856 | [36] | |
35 | August 30, 1998 | $10,925,976 | [37] | ||
36 | September 6, 1998 | There's Something About Mary | $10,920,201 | There's Something About Mary reached #1 in its eighth weekend of release. It also became the first film since Titanic to top the box office in its eighth weekend. | [38] |
37 | September 13, 1998 | Rounders | $8,459,126 | [39] | |
38 | September 20, 1998 | Rush Hour | $33,001,803 | Rush Hour broke The First Wives Club's record ($18.9 mil) for the highest weekend debut in September. | [40] |
39 | September 27, 1998 | $21,202,929 | [41] | ||
40 | October 4, 1998 | Antz | $17,195,160 | Antz broke Stargate's record ($16.7 mil) for the highest weekend debut in October. | [42] |
41 | October 11, 1998 | $14,713,918 | [43] | ||
42 | October 18, 1998 | Practical Magic | $13,104,694 | [44] | |
43 | October 25, 1998 | Pleasantville | $8,855,063 | [45] | |
44 | November 1, 1998 | Vampires | $9,106,497 | [46] | |
45 | November 8, 1998 | The Waterboy | $39,414,071 | The Waterboy broke Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls's record ($37.8 mil) for the highest weekend debut in November. | [47] |
46 | November 15, 1998 | $24,431,129 | [48] | ||
47 | November 22, 1998 | The Rugrats Movie | $27,321,470 | The Rugrats Movie broke Beavis and Butt-Head Do America's record ($20.1 million) for the highest weekend debut for a non-Disney animated film. | [49] |
48 | November 29, 1998 | A Bug's Life | $33,258,052 | [50] | |
49 | December 6, 1998 | $17,174,218 | [51] | ||
50 | December 13, 1998 | Star Trek: Insurrection | $22,052,836 | [52] | |
51 | December 20, 1998 | You've Got Mail | $18,426,749 | [53] | |
52 | December 27, 1998 | Patch Adams | $25,262,280 | [54] |
Highest-grossing films
[edit]Calendar gross
[edit]Highest-grossing films of 1998 by calendar gross:[55]
In-year release
[edit]Rank | Title | Distributor | Domestic gross |
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1. | Saving Private Ryan | DreamWorks | $216,540,909 |
2. | Armageddon | Disney | $201,578,182 |
3. | There's Something About Mary | 20th Century Fox | $176,484,651 |
4. | A Bug's Life | Disney | $162,798,565 |
5. | The Waterboy | $161,491,646 | |
6. | Dr. Dolittle | 20th Century Fox | $144,156,605 |
7. | Rush Hour | New Line Cinema | $141,186,864 |
8. | Deep Impact | Paramount | $140,464,664 |
9. | Godzilla | TriStar | $136,314,294 |
10. | Patch Adams | Universal | $135,026,902 |
G | A Bug's Life |
PG | The Truman Show |
PG-13 | Armageddon |
R | Saving Private Ryan |
See also
[edit]- List of American films — American films by year
- Lists of box office number-one films
References
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- ^ "Domestic 1998 Weekend 49 (Post-Thanksggiving)". Box Office Mojo.
- ^ "Domestic 1998 Weekend 50". Box Office Mojo.
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- ^ "Domestic Box Office For 1998". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved February 16, 2020.
- ^ "Domestic Box Office For 1998 (In-year release)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved February 16, 2020.