List of 1998 box office number-one films in the United States

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

#	Weekend end date	Film	Box office	Notes	Ref
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	City of Angels	$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	Deep Impact	$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	Godzilla	$18,020,444		^[24]
23	June 7, 1998	The Truman Show	$31,542,121		^[25]
24	June 14, 1998	The Truman Show	$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	Blade	$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	Rush Hour	$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	Antz	$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	The Waterboy	$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	A Bug's Life	$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

Calendar gross

Highest-grossing films of 1998 by calendar gross:^[55]

Rank	Title	Studio(s)	Actor(s)	Director(s)	Gross
1.	Titanic	Paramount Pictures	Leonardo DiCaprio, Kate Winslet, Billy Zane, Kathy Bates, Frances Fisher, Bernard Hill, Jonathan Hyde, Danny Nucci, David Warner, Gloria Stuart, Suzy Amis and Bill Paxton	James Cameron	$488,194,015
2.	Armageddon	Walt Disney Studios	Bruce Willis, Billy Bob Thornton, Liv Tyler, Ben Affleck, Will Patton, Peter Stormare, Keith David and Steve Buscemi	Michael Bay	$198,798,517
3.	Saving Private Ryan	DreamWorks Pictures	Tom Hanks, Edward Burns, Matt Damon, Tom Sizemore, Barry Pepper, Giovanni Ribisi, Vin Diesel, Adam Goldberg and Jeremy Davies	Steven Spielberg	$190,805,259
4.	There's Something About Mary	20th Century Fox	Cameron Diaz, Matt Dillon, Ben Stiller, Lee Evans and Chris Elliott	Peter Farrelly Bobby Farrelly	$174,422,745
5.	The Waterboy	Walt Disney Studios	Adam Sandler, Kathy Bates, Fairuza Balk, Jerry Reed and Henry Winkler	Frank Coraci	$147,895,431
6.	Dr. Dolittle	20th Century Fox	Eddie Murphy, Ossie Davis, Oliver Platt, Jeffrey Tambor, Peter Boyle, Richard Schiff, Raven-Symone, Kyla Pratt, Norm MacDonald and Chris Rock	Betty Thomas	$144,156,605
7.	Deep Impact	Paramount Pictures	Robert Duvall, Téa Leoni, Elijah Wood, Vanessa Redgrave, Maximilian Schell and Morgan Freeman	Mimi Leder	$140,464,664
8.	Godzilla	TriStar Pictures	Matthew Broderick, Jean Reno, Maria Pitillo, Hank Azaria, Kevin Dunn, Michael Lerner and Harry Shearer	Roland Emmerich	$136,314,294
9.	Rush Hour	New Line Cinema	Jackie Chan, Chris Tucker, Tom Wilkinson, Chris Penn, Elizabeth Peña, Tzi Ma, Ken Leung, Mark Rolston and Rex Linn	Brett Ratner	$136,065,335
10.	Good Will Hunting	Miramax	Robin Williams, Matt Damon, Ben Affleck, Stellan Skarsgård and Minnie Driver	Gus Van Sant	$133,793,781

In-year release

Highest-grossing films of 1998 by in-year release^[56]
Rank	Title	Distributor	Domestic gross
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	Disney	$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

Highest-grossing films by MPAA rating of 1998
G	A Bug's Life
PG	The Truman Show
PG-13	Armageddon
R	Saving Private Ryan

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List of 1998 box office number-one films in the United States

Contents

Number-one films

Highest-grossing films

Calendar gross

In-year release

See also

References

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