This is a list of films which placed number-one at the weekend box office in Australia during 1998. Amounts are in Australian dollars.
(N.B.: Seemingly improper dates are due to holiday weekends or other occasions. N/A denotes information that is not available from Urban Cinefile nor Movie Marshal.)
Weekend end date | Film | Total weekend gross | Notes | |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Titanic | $3,606,297 | ||
2 | $2,644,516 | |||
3 | Spiceworld | N/A | ||
4 | N/A | |||
5 | N/A | |||
6 | N/A | |||
7 | As Good as It Gets | N/A | ||
8 | N/A | |||
9 | Titanic | $1,633,523 | ||
10 | $1,405,107 | |||
11 | Good Will Hunting | N/A | Good Will Hunting grossed $3,059,537 in the week ending 18 March[1] | |
12 | N/A | |||
13 | N/A | |||
14 | The Man in the Iron Mask | N/A | ||
15 | Lost in Space | N/A | ||
16 | The Wedding Singer | N/A | The Wedding Singer grossed $3,848,435 in the week ending 22 April[2] | |
17 | $2,236,825 | |||
18 | $1,654,777 | |||
19 | $1,150,964 | |||
20 | $1,131,921 | |||
21 | City of Angels | $1,498,071 | ||
22 | $1,055,056 | |||
23 | 4-day weekend | Godzilla | $3,724,843 | Godzilla previews[3] |
24 | $2,471,151 | |||
25 | Deep Impact | $4,085,820 | ||
26 | $2,365,287 | |||
27 | Dr. Dolittle | $3,263,961 | ||
28 | $2,857,971 | |||
29 | $1,749,849 | |||
30 | The X-Files | $2,852,783 | ||
31 | Sliding Doors | $2,285,858 | ||
32 | $1,736,252 | |||
33 | $1,319,661 | |||
34 | Armageddon | $3,506,829 | ||
35 | $2,260,961 | |||
36 | There's Something About Mary | $2,085,894 | ||
37 | Lethal Weapon 4 | $2,733,243 | ||
38 | There's Something About Mary | $1,704,225 | ||
39 | The Truman Show | $3,127,430 | ||
40 | $2,118,041 | |||
41 | Blade | $1,813,179 | ||
42 | A Perfect Murder | $1,318,547 | ||
43 | $954,936 | |||
44 | Antz | $1,846,805 | ||
45 | $1,506,289 | |||
46 | $1,140,110 | |||
47 | Saving Private Ryan | $4,280,656 | ||
48 | $2,852,520 | |||
49 | A Bug's Life | $1,859,016 | ||
50 | $1,473,592 | |||
51 | $1,275,563 | |||
52 | You've Got Mail | $2,374,109 | ||
Highest-grossing films of 1998 by calendar gross:[4]
Rank | Title | Studio(s) | Gross (USD) | |
---|---|---|---|---|
1. | Titanic | 20th Century Fox | $30,700,000 | |
2. | There's Something About Mary | 20th Century Fox | $12,500,000 | |
3. | As Good as It Gets | Columbia TriStar International | $12,100,000 | |
4. | Saving Private Ryan | United International Pictures | $11,700,000 | |
5. | The Wedding Singer | Roadshow Entertainment | $11,100,000 | |
6. | Deep Impact | United International Pictures | $10,900,000 | |
7. | Dr. Dolittle | 20th Century Fox | $10,700,000 | |
8. | Good Will Hunting | Miramax/Roadshow | $9,500,000 | |
9. | Armageddon | Buena Vista International/Roadshow | $9,200,000 | |
10. | Sliding Doors | United International Pictures | $8,900,000 |