List of 1998 box office number-one films in Australia

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.)

Number-one films

†	This implies the highest-grossing movie of the year. [1]

#	Weekend end date	Film	Total weekend gross	Notes
1	4 January 1998	Titanic †	$3,606,297
2	11 January 1998		$2,644,516
3	18 January 1998	Spiceworld	N/A
4	25 January 1998
5	1 February 1998
6	8 February 1998
7	15 February 1998	As Good as It Gets
8	22 February 1998
9	1 March 1998	Titanic †	$1,633,523
10	8 March 1998		$1,405,107
11	15 March 1998	Good Will Hunting	N/A	Good Will Hunting grossed $3,059,537 in the week ending 18 March [2]
12	22 March 1998
13	29 March 1998
14	5 April 1998	The Man in the Iron Mask
15	12 April 1998	Lost in Space
16	19 April 1998	The Wedding Singer		The Wedding Singer grossed $3,848,435 in the week ending 22 April [3]
17	26 April 1998		$2,236,825
18	3 May 1998		$1,654,777
19	10 May 1998		$1,150,964
20	17 May 1998		$1,131,921
21	24 May 1998	City of Angels	$1,498,071
22	31 May 1998		$1,055,056
23	8 June 19984-day weekend	Godzilla	$3,724,843	Godzilla previews [4]
24	14 June 1998		$2,471,151
25	21 June 1998	Deep Impact	$4,085,820
26	28 June 1998		$2,365,287
27	5 July 1998	Dr. Dolittle	$3,263,961
28	12 July 1998		$2,857,971
29	19 July 1998		$1,749,849
30	26 July 1998	The X-Files	$2,852,783
31	2 August 1998	Sliding Doors	$2,285,858
32	9 August 1998		$1,736,252
33	16 August 1998		$1,319,661
34	23 August 1998	Armageddon	$3,506,829
35	30 August 1998		$2,260,961
36	6 September 1998	There's Something About Mary	$2,085,894
37	13 September 1998	Lethal Weapon 4	$2,733,243
38	20 September 1998	There's Something About Mary	$1,704,225
39	27 September 1998	The Truman Show	$3,127,430
40	4 October 1998		$2,118,041
41	11 October 1998	Blade	$1,813,179
42	18 October 1998	A Perfect Murder	$1,318,547
43	25 October 1998		$954,936
44	1 November 1998	Antz	$1,846,805
45	8 November 1998		$1,506,289
46	15 November 1998		$1,140,110
47	22 November 1998	Saving Private Ryan	$4,280,656
48	29 November 1998		$2,852,520
49	6 December 1998	A Bug's Life	$1,859,016
50	14 December 1998		$1,473,592
51	20 December 1998		$1,275,563
52	28 December 1998	You've Got Mail	$2,374,109

Highest-grossing films

Highest-grossing films of 1998 by calendar gross: ^[1]

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

References

1. Peter Cowie, ed. (1999). The Variety Almanac 1999. Boxtree Ltd. p. 49. ISBN   0-7522-2454-9.
2. "International Box Office". Variety . 23 March 1998. p. 10. $2,081,318; $1=A$1.47
3. "International Box Office". Variety . 27 April 1998. p. 12. $2,617,983; $1=A$1.47
4. "International Box Office". Variety . 15 June 1998. p. 10. $2,313,567; $1=A$1.61

See also

• List of Australian films – Australian films by year