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

This is a list of films which have placed number one at the weekend box office in the United Kingdom during 1998.

Number-one films

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

#	Weekend End Date	Film	Box Office	Notes	Ref
1	January 4, 1998	Starship Troopers	£2,221,631		[2]
2	January 11, 1998	The Jackal	£1,422,193		[3]
3	January 18, 1998	The Devil's Advocate	£1,213,771		[4]
4	January 25, 1998	Titanic †	£4,805,270	Titanic set a record opening for January beating Bram Stoker's Dracula 's £2.6 million	[5] [6]
5	February 1, 1998		£4,773,404		[7]
6	February 8, 1998		£4,274,375
7	February 15, 1998		£3,849,120
8	February 22, 1998		£3,657,613
9	March 1, 1998		£3,403,199
10	March 8, 1998		£3,010,921
11	March 15, 1998		£2,469,191
12	March 22, 1998		£1,953,082
13	March 29, 1998		£2,223,046
14	April 5, 1998		£1,504,551
15	April 12, 1998		£1,373,363
16	April 19, 1998		£981,940
17	April 26, 1998	U.S. Marshals	£780,012
18	May 3, 1998	Scream 2	£2,493,950
19	May 10, 1998		£1,213,184
20	May 17, 1998	Deep Impact	£1,763,805
21	May 24, 1998		£1,601,651
22	May 31, 1998		£1,070,805
23	June 7, 1998	The Wedding Singer	£1,031,660
24	June 14, 1998		£974,719
25	June 21, 1998	City of Angels	£1,141,654
26	June 28, 1998		£674,705
27	July 5, 1998	Six Days Seven Nights	£908,713
28	July 12, 1998		£706,928
29	July 19, 1998	Godzilla	£4,176,960
30	July 26, 1998		£2,145,088
31	August 2, 1998	Lost in Space	£3,127,079
32	August 9, 1998	Armageddon	£2,732,785
33	August 16, 1998		£2,243,095
34	August 23, 1998	The X-Files	£2,506,148
35	August 30, 1998		£1,192,131
36	September 6, 1998	Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels	£1,147,448
37	September 13, 1998	Saving Private Ryan	£2,704,522
38	September 20, 1998		£2,077,362
39	September 27, 1998	There's Something About Mary	£2,076,411
40	October 4, 1998		£2,026,662
41	October 11, 1998	The Truman Show	£2,210,999
42	October 18, 1998		£1,687,037
43	October 25, 1998	Small Soldiers	£1,137,725
44	November 1, 1998	The Exorcist	£2,186,977
45	November 8, 1998	Antz	£1,650,562
46	November 15, 1998		£1,737,782
47	November 22, 1998		£1,357,591
48	November 29, 1998		£978,414
49	December 6, 1998	Rush Hour	£1,809,093
50	December 13, 1998		£1,179,123
51	December 20, 1998		£744,783
52	December 27, 1998	Enemy of the State	£1,420,216

See also

• List of British films — British films by year

References

1. "1998 UK Top Grossing Movies". www.25thframe.co.uk. Retrieved 2025-09-07.
2. "UK Top 15". Screen International . 9 January 1998. p. 46. $3,642,018; $1=£0.61
3. "UK Top 15". Screen International . 16 January 1998. p. 38. $2,297,565; $1=£0.619
4. "UK Top 15". Screen International . 23 January 1998. p. 62. $1,986,532; $1=£0.611
5. "UK Top 15". Screen International . 30 January 1998. p. 26. $7,971,904; $1=£0.603
6. Scott, Mary (30 January 1998). "UK climbs aboard Titanic". Screen International . p. 27.
7. "UK Top 15". Screen International . 6 February 1998. p. 46. $7,799,680; $1=£0.612

Preceded by 1997

1998

Succeeded by 1999