1998 in film

The top 10 films released in 1998 by worldwide gross are as follows:[2]

• March 1 – Titanic becomes the first film to gross over $1 billion at the worldwide box office. Twenty days later, the film won eleven Academy Awards, including Best Picture.
• May 8 and July 1 – 1998 saw the release of two dueling science-fiction disaster films about asteroids, Armageddon and Deep Impact, becoming box office success, with Armageddon becoming the more popular of the two and was also the highest-grossing film of 1998 worldwide.
• July 24 – Saving Private Ryan, directed by Steven Spielberg, was released to critical acclaim and was the top grossing domestic film of 1998. Winning five Academy Awards including Best Director, the film was lauded as an influential landmark in the war and action film genres, primarily due to its use of desaturated colors, hand-held cameras, and tight angles.
• August 21 – Blade, based on the character of the same name, grosses over $131.2 million worldwide. Its success would help stage future film adaptations of Marvel Comics characters.
• December 25, Terrance Malick returned after a twenty-year hiatus with The Thin Red Line.

• 3rd Empire Awards
• 56th Golden Globe Awards
• 71st Academy Awards

Palme d'Or (Cannes Film Festival):

Eternity and a Day (Μια αιωνιότητα και μια μέρα, Mia aioniotita kai mia mera), directed by Theo Angelopoulos, Greece / France / Italy

Golden Lion (Venice Film Festival):

The Way We Laughed (Così ridevano), directed by Gianni Amelio, Italy

Golden Bear (Berlin Film Festival):

Central do Brasil (Central Station), directed by Walter Salles, Brazil / France