# 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.

## Number-one films

| † | This implies the highest-grossing movie of the year. |
| # | Weekend end date | Film | Box office | Notes |
| 1 | January 4, 1998 | Titanic † | $33,315,278 | |
| 2 | January 11, 1998 | Titanic † | $28,716,310 | Titanic became the first film since The Birdcage to top the box office for four consecutive weekends. |
| 3 | January 18, 1998 | Titanic † | $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 | January 25, 1998 | Titanic † | $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. |
| 5 | February 1, 1998 | Titanic † | $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. |
| 6 | February 8, 1998 | Titanic † | $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. |
| 7 | February 15, 1998 | Titanic † | $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. |
| 8 | February 22, 1998 | Titanic † | $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. |
| 9 | March 1, 1998 | Titanic † | $19,633,056 | Titanic became the first film since Home Alone to top the box office for eleven consecutive weekends. |
| 10 | March 8, 1998 | Titanic † | $17,605,849 | Titanic became the first film since Home Alone to top the box office for twelve consecutive weekends. |
| 11 | March 15, 1998 | Titanic † | $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. |
| 12 | March 22, 1998 | Titanic † | $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. |
| 13 | March 29, 1998 | Titanic † | $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. |
| 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. |
| 15 | April 12, 1998 | City of Angels | $15,369,048 | |
| 16 | April 19, 1998 | City of Angels | $12,332,194 | |
| 17 | April 26, 1998 | The Big Hit | $10,809,424 | |
| 18 | May 3, 1998 | He Got Game | $7,610,663 | |
| 19 | May 10, 1998 | Deep Impact | $41,152,375 | |
| 20 | May 17, 1998 | Deep Impact | $23,266,622 | |
| 21 | May 24, 1998 | Godzilla | $44,047,541 | Godzilla had the highest weekend debut in 1998. |
| 22 | May 31, 1998 | Godzilla | $18,020,444 | |
| 23 | June 7, 1998 | The Truman Show | $31,542,121 | |
| 24 | June 14, 1998 | The Truman Show | $20,010,580 | |
| 25 | June 21, 1998 | The X-Files | $30,138,758 | |
| 26 | June 28, 1998 | Doctor Dolittle | $29,014,324 | |
| 27 | July 5, 1998 | Armageddon | $36,089,972 | |
| 28 | July 12, 1998 | Lethal Weapon 4 | $34,048,124 | |
| 29 | July 19, 1998 | The Mask of Zorro | $22,525,855 | |
| 30 | July 26, 1998 | Saving Private Ryan | $30,576,104 | |
| 31 | August 2, 1998 | Saving Private Ryan | $23,601,801 | |
| 32 | August 9, 1998 | Saving Private Ryan | $17,398,000 | |
| 33 | August 16, 1998 | Saving Private Ryan | $13,157,819 | Saving Private Ryan became the first film since Titanic to top the box office for four consecutive weekends. |
| 34 | August 23, 1998 | Blade | $17,073,856 | |
| 35 | August 30, 1998 | Blade | $10,925,976 | |
| 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. |
| 37 | September 13, 1998 | Rounders | $8,459,126 | |
| 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. |
| 39 | September 27, 1998 | Rush Hour | $21,202,929 | |
| 40 | October 4, 1998 | Antz | $17,195,160 | Antz broke Stargate's record ($16.7 mil) for the highest weekend debut in October. |
| 41 | October 11, 1998 | Antz | $14,713,918 | |
| 42 | October 18, 1998 | Practical Magic | $13,104,694 | |
| 43 | October 25, 1998 | Pleasantville | $8,855,063 | |
| 44 | November 1, 1998 | Vampires | $9,106,497 | |
| 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. |
| 46 | November 15, 1998 | The Waterboy | $24,431,129 | |
| 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. |
| 48 | November 29, 1998 | A Bug's Life | $33,258,052 | |
| 49 | December 6, 1998 | A Bug's Life | $17,174,218 | |
| 50 | December 13, 1998 | Star Trek: Insurrection | $22,052,836 | |
| 51 | December 20, 1998 | You've Got Mail | $18,426,749 | |
| 52 | December 27, 1998 | Patch Adams | $25,262,280 | |

## Highest-grossing films
### Calendar gross

Highest-grossing films of 1998 by calendar gross:
| 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-Symoné, 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 :
| 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 |