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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 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 N/A
5 1 February 1998 N/A
6 8 February 1998 N/A
7 15 February 1998 As Good as It Gets N/A
8 22 February 1998 N/A
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[1]
12 22 March 1998 N/A
13 29 March 1998 N/A
14 5 April 1998 The Man in the Iron Mask N/A
15 12 April 1998 Lost in Space N/A
16 19 April 1998 The Wedding Singer N/A The Wedding Singer grossed $3,848,435 in the week ending 22 April[2]
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[3]
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:[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

References

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

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