1998



The year 1998 included DreamWorks' first two feature-length animated films Antz and The Prince of Egypt.

Feature films

 * January 16 - Half Baked
 * February 6 - Blues Brothers 2000
 * February 13 - The Borrowers
 * February 27 - Kissing a Fool and Nobody Like U
 * March 20 - Primary Colors
 * March 27 - The Two Adventures of Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn (New Line Cinema)
 * April 3 - Mercury Rising and Pink and Say (Trimark)
 * May 1 - Black Dog
 * May 15 - Quest for Camelot (Warner Bros.)
 * May 22 - Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
 * June 5 - Maze of the Castle
 * June 19 - Mulan (Disney)
 * June 26 - Out of Sight
 * July 10 - Small Soldiers (DreamWorks Pictures)
 * July 31 - BASEketball
 * September 18 - One True Thing and Sister Light, Sister Dark (20th Century Fox)
 * September 25 - Sensational Cruise - (Paramount)
 * October 2 - Antz (DreamWorks Pictures)
 * October 16 - Bride of Chucky
 * November 13 - Meet Joe Black and The Hero of Toytown (MGM)
 * November 20 - The Rugrats Movie (Paramount/Nickelodeon)
 * November 25 - Babe: Pig in the City and A Bug's Life (Disney/Pixar)
 * December 4 - Psycho
 * December 18 - The Prince of Egypt (DreamWorks Pictures)
 * December 25 - Patch Adams

Television

 * February 7 - Toonsylvania premiered on Fox Kids.
 * June 8 - Invasion America premiered on Kids' WB.
 * July 7 - Invasion America aired its final episode on Kids' WB.
 * September 11 - Niz Chicoloco premiered on Gingo.
 * October 17 - The Spooktacular New Adventures of Casper aired its final episode on Fox Kids.

VHS & DVD releases

 * May 26 – Ama and the Mysterious Crystal (VHS and Laserdisc)

Direct-to-video releases

 * December 1 - The Land Before Time VI: The Secret of Saurus Rock

Video games

 * Hatty: Party Animal!, released May 26
 * Puyo Puyo Sun, released July 6 in the US
 * Fantasy Tap, released September 1 in the US
 * Gabriel Garza 3: The Ched Ed, released November 17
 * Chrysocolla 2: Double Agents, released November 25
 * Panzer Bandit, released December 22 in the US

People

 * February 15 - Zachary Gordon is born.
 * James Haughton (father in-law of Geo G.) passes away from a stroke, September 24