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Overview of the events of 1998 in film From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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.
The top 10 films released in 1998 by worldwide gross are as follows:[1]
Rank | Title | Distributor | Worldwide gross |
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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 |
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Month | Date | Name | Age | Country | Profession | Notable films |
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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 |
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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 | 98 | 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 |