1998 in film
Overview of the events of 1998 in film
In 1998 there were many significant films which were released, 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]
Highest-grossing films of 1998
Rank
Title
Distributor
Worldwide gross
1
Armageddon
Buena Vista
$553,709,788
2
Saving Private Ryan
DreamWorks / Paramount
$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). 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
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
1998 films
By country/region
By genre/medium
Births
January 1 - Lara Robinson , Australian actress
January 4
January 5 – Marie Iitoyo , Japanese model and actress
January 9
January 12
January 15 - Ben Levi Ross , American actor and singer
January 16 - Curran Walters , American actor
January 18 – Shin Ye-eun , South Korean actress
January 22 - Joe Serafini , American actor
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 27 - Devin Druid , American actor
January 28 – Ariel Winter , American actress
February 2 - Nina Bloomgarden , American actress
February 6
February 9 - Isabella Gomez , American actress
February 10 - Ayesha Madon , Australian actress
February 11
February 15 – Zachary Gordon , American actor
February 16 - Lizze Broadway , American actress
February 17
February 21 - Ella-Rae Smith , English actress and model
February 22 - Sophie Wilde , Australian actress
February 26 - Keyla Monterroso Mejia , American actress and comedian
March 3 – Jayson Tatum , American Basketball Player
March 5 - Micah Fowler , American actor
March 6 - Odessa Young , Australian actress
March 11 – Valentina Herszage , Brazilian actress
March 13 - Jack Harlow , American rapper, singer, and actor
March 18 - Abigail Cowen , American actress
March 19 – Caylee Cowan , American actress
March 22 – Paola Andino , Puerto Rican-American actress
March 24 – Christopher Briney , American actor
March 25
March 26 - Emily Tosta , Dominican actress
March 29 - Alex Neustaedter , American actor
April 3 - Paris Jackson , American model, actress, and musician
April 6
April 9
April 10 - Ruby Jerins , American actress
April 12 - Larry Saperstein , American actor
April 16 - Jordana Beatty , Australian actress
April 20 - Felix Mallard , Australian actor
April 24
April 27 - Froy Gutierrez , American actor
April 29 - Ella Hunt , English actress
April 30 – Olivia DeJonge , Australian actress
May 1 – Grayson Russell , American actor
May 3 - Highdee Kuan , American actress
May 4
May 5 - Chelsea Clark , Canadian actress
May 7 - MrBeast , American Youtuber
May 8 - Corey Mylchreest , English actor
May 15 - Anjelika Washington , American actress
May 23 – Ramona Young , American actress
May 24 – Daisy Edgar-Jones , English actress
May 29 – Shealeigh , American singer
June 13 - Zayne Emory , American actor
June 10 - Ana Yi Puig , American actress
June 11 – Charlie Tahan , American actor
June 14 - Brianne Tju , American actress
June 15 – Rachel Covey , American actress
June 16 - Lauren Taylor , American actress
June 19
June 24
June 27 – Sistine Stallone , American actress and model
July 1 - Chloe Bailey , American singer and actress
July 3 - Sara Waisglass , Canadian actress
July 7 – Dylan Sprayberry , American actor
July 8
July 9 – Robert Capron , American actor
July 10
July 13 - Cynthy Wu , American actress
July 22 – Madison Pettis , American actress
July 23 - Helena Howard , American actress
July 24
July 27 – Myles Erlick , Canadian actor and singer
July 28 – Sasha Meneghel , Brazilian actress
July 29 - Jessica Lord , English actress
July 31 – Rico Rodriguez , American actor
August 1 – Khamani Griffin , American actor
August 2 - Joe Seo , American actor
August 3 – Cozi Zuehlsdorff , American actress and singer
August 5 – Mimi Keene , English actress
August 6 – Forrest Goodluck , American actor
August 12 – Rudy Pankow , American actor
August 18 - Mallori Johnson , American actress
August 21 – Jade Chynoweth , American actress
August 25 – China Anne McClain , American actress and singer
September 1
September 2 – Choi Ye-bin , South Korean actress
September 4 - Ainsley Seiger , American actress
September 5 – Helena Barlow , English actress
September 8
September 13 - Nell Williams , English actress
September 16 – Belissa Escobedo , American actress
September 19 - Phia Saban , English actress
October 1
October 6 - Matt Cornett , American actor
October 7 – Josh Levi , American actor and singer
October 10 - Cameron Gellman , American actor
October 11 - Ruby Ashbourne Serkis , English actress
October 14 - Ariela Barer , American actress
October 17 – Erin Kellyman , English actress
October 18 - Emily Robinson , American actress
October 19
October 23
October 26 - Samantha Isler , American actress
October 28 – Nolan Gould , American actor
November 2 - Josh Wiggins , American actor
November 4
November 7 – Octavio Ocaña , Mexican actor (died 2021)
November 13
November 17 - Kara Hayward , American actress
November 23 – Bradley Steven Perry , American actor
November 24 - Peyton Meyer , American actor
November 29 - Lovie Simone , American actress
December 2
December 8
December 15 – Chandler Canterbury , American former child actor
December 16 - Kiara Muhammad , American actress
December 17 - Jasmine Armfield , English actress
December 23 – G Hannelius , American actress and singer
December 27 - Briar Nolet , Canadian actress
December 28 - Jared Gilman , American actor
December 29
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
Walt 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
Felix Nelson
84
US
Actor
17
Sheila Raynor
91
UK
Actor
18
James Villiers
67
UK
Actor
21
John Nicolella
52
US
Director, Producer
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
8/64: Ana – Aktion Brus 10/65: Selbstverstümmelung
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
15
Marc Akerstream
44
Canada
Stuntman, 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
References
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