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Number 1

Highest debut

Longest run

Top total gross

Weekend total

25th Dec
1998

Enemy of the State
(1st week)

Enemy of the State
(@1)

There's Something About Mary
(14 weeks)

There's Something About Mary
(£15,574,212)

£3,273,800

18th Dec
1998

Rush Hour
(3rd week)

The Prince of Egypt
(@2)

There's Something About Mary
(13 weeks)

There's Something About Mary
(£15,510,575)

£3,732,574

11th Dec
1998

Rush Hour
(2nd week)

The Mask of Zorro
(@2)

Lock, Stock & Two Smoking Barrels
(13 weeks)

There's Something About Mary
(£15,409,962)

£4,397,456

4th Dec
1998

Rush Hour
(1st week)

Rush Hour
(@1)

Saving Private Ryan
(13 weeks)

Saving Private Ryan
(£17,687,082)

£4,769,946

27th Nov
1998

Antz
(4th week)

Out of Sight
(@2)

Saving Private Ryan
(12 weeks)

Saving Private Ryan
(£17,600,309)

£4,618,805

20th Nov
1998

Antz
(3rd week)

Ronin
(@3)

Saving Private Ryan
(11 weeks)

Saving Private Ryan
(£17,465,386)

£5,372,343

13th Nov
1998

Antz
(2nd week)

Blade
(@2)

Lock, Stock & Two Smoking Barrels
(12 weeks)

Saving Private Ryan
(£17,284,661)

£6,819,611

6th Nov
1998

Antz
(1st week)

Antz
(@1)

Lock, Stock & Two Smoking Barrels
(11 weeks)

Saving Private Ryan
(£17,007,157)

£6,682,442

30th Oct
1998

The Exorcist
(10th week)

Still Crazy
(@7)

Doctor Dolittle
(14 weeks)

Doctor Dolittle
(£19,854,598)

£8,556,779

23rd Oct
1998

Small Soldiers
(1st week)

Small Soldiers
(@1)

Doctor Dolittle
(13 weeks)

Doctor Dolittle
(£19,339,272)

£7,471,954

16th Oct
1998

The Truman Show
(2nd week)

A Perfect Murder
(@6)

Doctor Dolittle
(12 weeks)

Doctor Dolittle
(£19,199,088)

£8,038,111

9th Oct
1998

The Truman Show
(1st week)

The Truman Show
(@1)

Doctor Dolittle
(11 weeks)

Doctor Dolittle
(£19,002,195)

£8,148,621

2nd Oct
1998

Elizabeth
(1st week)

Elizabeth
(@1)

Godzilla
(12 weeks)

Doctor Dolittle
(£18,778,109)

£9,154,123

25th Sep
1998

There's Something About Mary
(1st week)

There's Something About Mary
(@1)

Godzilla
(11 weeks)

Doctor Dolittle
(£18,409,950)

£6,961,232

18th Sep
1998

Saving Private Ryan
(2nd week)

Lethal Weapon 4
(@2)

The Wedding Singer
(16 weeks)

Doctor Dolittle
(£17,979,060)

£6,346,273

11th Sep
1998

Saving Private Ryan
(1st week)

Saving Private Ryan
(@1)

The Wedding Singer
(15 weeks)

Doctor Dolittle
(£17,540,132)

£6,327,684

4th Sep
1998

Lock, Stock & Two Smoking Barrels
(1st week)

Species II
(@6)

The Wedding Singer
(14 weeks)

Doctor Dolittle
(£16,770,055)

£5,499,001

28th Aug
1998

The X Files
(2nd week)

Lock, Stock & Two Smoking Barrels
(@3)

The Wedding Singer
(13 weeks)

Godzilla
(£15,309,916)

£5,860,398

21st Aug
1998

The X Files
(1st week)

The X Files
(@1)

Titanic
(29 weeks)

Titanic
(£69,087,838)

£7,128,412

14th Aug
1998

Armageddon
(2nd week)

The Avengers
(@3)

The Wedding Singer
(11 weeks)

Godzilla
(£14,220,521)

£6,253,068

7th Aug
1998

Armageddon
(1st week)

Armageddon
(@1)

Titanic
(28 weeks)

Titanic
(£67,928,598)

£6,258,396

31st Jul
1998

Lost In Space
(1st week)

Lost In Space
(@1)

Sliding Doors
(14 weeks)

Sliding Doors
(£9,093,048)

£8,619,349

24th Jul
1998

Godzilla
(2nd week)

The Gingerbread Man
(@6)

Titanic
(27 weeks)

Titanic
(£66,586,528)

£4,410,450

17th Jul
1998

Godzilla
(1st week)

Godzilla
(@1)

Titanic
(26 weeks)

Titanic
(£66,532,770)

£6,805,596

10th Jul
1998

Six Days Seven Nights
(2nd week)

Grease
(@2)

Titanic
(25 weeks)

Titanic
(£65,901,380)

£3,505,675

3rd Jul
1998

Six Days Seven Nights
(1st week)

Six Days Seven Nights
(@1)

Titanic
(24 weeks)

Titanic
(£65,413,414)

£3,217,278

26th Jun
1998

City of Angels
(2nd week)

Mimic
(@3)

Titanic
(23 weeks)

Titanic
(£64,265,784)

£3,350,778

19th Jun
1998

City of Angels
(1st week)

City of Angels
(@1)

Titanic
(22 weeks)

Titanic
(£64,098,767)

£3,299,440

12th Jun
1998

The Wedding Singer
(2nd week)

The Apostle
(@4)

Titanic
(21 weeks)

Titanic
(£63,984,568)

£3,465,205

5th Jun
1998

The Wedding Singer
(1st week)

The Wedding Singer
(@1)

Titanic
(20 weeks)

Titanic
(£63,402,428)

£3,971,793

29th May
1998

Deep Impact
(3rd week)

Wishmaster
(@3)

Titanic
(19 weeks)

Titanic
(£62,214,573)

£4,070,026

22nd May
1998

Deep Impact
(2nd week)

Blues Brother's 2000
(@4)

Titanic
(18 weeks)

Titanic
(£61,996,461)

£4,466,885

15th May
1998

Deep Impact
(1st week)

Deep Impact
(@1)

Titanic
(17 weeks)

Titanic
(£60,326,977)

£4,080,741

8th May
1998

Scream 2
(2nd week)

Martha Meet Frank Daniel and Laurence
(@4)

Titanic
(16 weeks)

Titanic
(£59,106,228)

£4,185,584

1st May
1998

Scream 2
(1st week)

Scream 2
(@1)

Titanic
(15 weeks)

Titanic
(£58,696,368)

£6,565,330

24th Apr
1998

U.S. Marshals
(1st week)

U.S. Marshals
(@1)

Titanic
(14 weeks)

Titanic
(£56,985,624)

£4,433,519

17th Apr
1998

Titanic
(13th week)

Great Expectations
(@4)

Titanic
(13 weeks)

Titanic
(£55,948,671)

£5,453,786

10th Apr
1998

Titanic
(12th week)

Midnight In the Garden of Good and Evil
(@11)

L.A. Confidential
(20 weeks)

Titanic
(£54,524,858)

£7,156,428

3rd Apr
1998

Titanic
(11th week)

Mousehunt
(@2)

L.A. Confidential
(19 weeks)

Titanic
(£51,533,482)

£6,715,531

27th Mar
1998

Titanic
(10th week)

Sphere
(@4)

L.A. Confidential
(18 weeks)

Titanic
(£48,502,338)

£6,745,455

20th Mar
1998

Titanic
(9th week)

The Man In the Iron Mask
(@2)

L.A. Confidential
(17 weeks)

Titanic
(£45,612,378)

£5,884,712

13th Mar
1998

Titanic
(8th week)

As Good As It Gets
(@3)

The Full Monty
(29 weeks)

The Full Monty
(£52,064,220)

£6,493,111

6th Mar
1998

Titanic
(7th week)

Good Will Hunting
(@2)

The Full Monty
(28 weeks)

The Full Monty
(£51,892,519)

£7,253,284

27th Feb
1998

Titanic
(6th week)

Amistad
(@3)

The Full Monty
(27 weeks)

The Full Monty
(£51,803,291)

£7,165,496

20th Feb
1998

Titanic
(5th week)

The Butcher Boy
(@6)

The Full Monty
(26 weeks)

The Full Monty
(£51,200,042)

£8,309,624

13th Feb
1998

Titanic
(4th week)

In & Out
(@3)

The Full Monty
(25 weeks)

The Full Monty
(£51,080,732)

£8,074,293

6th Feb
1998

Titanic
(3rd week)

Flubber
(@2)

The Full Monty
(24 weeks)

The Full Monty
(£50,826,547)

£8,458,130

30th Jan
1998

Titanic
(2nd week)

The Full Monty
(23 weeks)

The Full Monty
(£50,641,526)

£8,890,456

23rd Jan
1998

Titanic
(1st week)

Titanic
(@1)

The Full Monty
(22 weeks)

The Full Monty
(£50,435,360)

£9,613,099

16th Jan
1998

The Devil's Advocate
(1st week)

The Devil's Advocate
(@1)

The Full Monty
(21 weeks)

The Full Monty
(£50,168,930)

£7,331,212

9th Jan
1998

The Jackal
(1st week)

The Jackal
(@1)

The Full Monty
(20 weeks)

The Full Monty
(£49,849,215)

£7,582,841

2nd Jan
1998

Starship Troopers
(1st week)

Starship Troopers
(@1)

The Full Monty
(19 weeks)

The Full Monty
(£48,479,258)

£9,591,058

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