The Movie Timeline - here's looking at movies, kid
Jack, Wayne, and Buck have a lot of money by this time. (Los Angeles, California - Middle Men)
AVERAGE EXECUTIVE SALARY 1998 $2,300,000-$3,350,000 (The Other Guys)
Frank David Castle is born. (Punisher: War Zone)
Peter Block is born. (Repo! The Genetic Opera)
Ronnie Shields is born. Danny Donahue and Anson Wheeler start advertising Minotaur. (Los Angeles, CA - Role Models)
Lola (last name unknown) visits a casino and wins 100,000DM in 10 minutes. (Berlin, Germany - Run Lola Run)
Nick Easter makes a list of potential jurors. (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania - Runaway Jury)
Nick makes a list of potential jurors. (Brooklyn, New York - Runaway Jury)
Shakespeare In Love released in cinemas, and an audience kills someone who talks too loud during it. (Scary Movie)
Stab 2 is released. (Scream 3)
Stephen Glass is exposed as a fraud who fabricated half of his articles at the New Republic. (Shattered Glass)
Dennis starts working at Shenaniganz. (Still Waiting...)
Greg pisses his pants. (Superbad)
Ted hires private investigator Pat Healy to find Mary, who moved to Florida and changed her name. (Rhode Island - There's Something About Mary)
Tugg Speedman is third runner-up Sexiest Man Alive. (Tropic Thunder)
Jeff Portnoy does a low-budget titty comedy called Sex Camp. (Tropic Thunder)
Truman Burbank discovers his life is a TV show, and escapes. (The Truman Show)
The Power Rangers defeat Maligore from destroying the universe and start their rivilary with Divatox by gaining their Turbo powers. (Angel Grove - Turbo: A Power Rangers Movie)
West Caanan High School football team wins the district championship. (West Caanan, Texas - Varsity Blues)
Virtuosity. (Virtuosity)
The first year on Thin Film's 10-year projection graph. (Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps)
Duncan is born. (Albany, New York - The Way Way Back)
Lily Miska is born. (Los Angeles, California - We Bought a Zoo)
The Mees go on a vacation. (We Bought a Zoo)
Dylan Mee's first birthday. (We Bought a Zoo)
Steven Price gets a firm. (UK - The World's End)
Zack Brown and Miri Linky graduate from high school. (Zack & Miri Make a Porno)
January: Ben Selleck's son Peter is born. (Temecula, California - The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard)
January: Bobby arrives at the Bourbon Bowl and his team wins. (Louisiana - The Waterboy)
Thursday 1st January: People show up at the hospital to show support for Bobby. His mother reveals to him that she was faking her illness and that his father left her. (Louisiana - The Waterboy)
March: Sally, Jet and Frances Owens and other women of the town put the murderous spirit of Jimmy Angelov to rest, and break the curse on the Owens women. (New England - Practical Magic)
March: Carter wouldn't take a bullet for the president if he had to protect him. (Washington D.C. - Rush Hour 2)
Friday 13th March: Birth date of Lily Mae Brown, protagonist's mother (Texas - Red Dirt)
Tuesday 17th March: The near annihilation of humankind has given us an unexpected (but welcome) effect, as centuries old conflicts and political distrust are dissolved to create an unprecedented unity among the nations of the world. (Independence Day: Resurgence)
April: Will Hunting's probation period ends. (Boston, Mass. - Good Will Hunting)
Wednesday 1st April: Bradley Laborman drinks formula V-8 from Professor Nordic of Planet TiMaster to become Bradman (Pleasant Storm, Iowa - Bradman)
Friday 3rd April: Daisy Infuerno becomes Disco Infuerno (Pleasant Storm, Iowa - Bradman)
Wednesday 8th April: Daisy Infuerno and Two Step Telli die in an explosion in a warehouse during battle with Bradman (Pleasant Storm, Iowa - Bradman)
Wednesday 15th April: Jason Bourne's ID in which he uses the name Nicolas is issued. (The Bourne Identity)
Sunday 19th April: Jason Bourne's Russian passport is issued. (Moscow, Russia - The Bourne Identity)
Wednesday 22nd April: A student returns the book. (East Great Falls, Michigan - American Pie Presents: The Book of Love)
Friday 24th April: Eastern doctor gets a certificate. (Los Angeles, California - This Is 40)
May: Darcy and Rachel graduate from high school. (Something Borrowed)
Saturday 2nd May: In the early morning Harry Potter kills Voldemort using the Elder Wand which is now Harry's having won Draco's wand (and consiquently the Elder Wand) in a duel a few weeks previous. (Hogwarts, Scottland, UK - Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2)
Sunday 10th May: Dr. Wolf, after having discovered that there's a comet heading towards Earth, has an accident en route to alerting the US government that armageddon is coming. (USA - Deep Impact)
Thursday 14th May: Thomas "Mickey" Macray is given an award for 20 years of service to the MBTA. (Boston, Massachusetts - The Town)
Monday 25th May: Following the newly established global peace alliance, the United Nations creates the Earth Space Defense program (ESD) to serve as an early warning system and united global defense unit - appointing War of 1996 hero David Levinson as its director. In conjunction with this announcement, the ESD launches a worldwide publicity and recruitment campaign. (Independence Day: Resurgence)
Wednesday 10th June: Thelma "Sister" Husband is killed when a tornado strikes. (Sequoia, OK - Where The Heart Is)
Wednesday 10th June: A tornado rips through the town, killing Sister Husband and destroying the house she shared with Americus and Novalee Nation. (Sequoyah, Oklahoma - Where The Heart Is)
Thursday 18th June: McLovin's ID is issued. (Honolulu, Hawaii - Superbad)
Thursday 2nd July: Julie receives a note that says "I KNOW WHAT YOU DID LAST SUMMER." Max is killed. (Southport, North Carolina - I Know What You Did Last Summer)
Thursday 2nd July: Julie receives a note that says "I KNOW WHAT YOU DID LAST SUMMER." Max is killed. (Southport, North Carolina - I Know What You Did Last Summer)
Friday 3rd July: Julie and Helen visit Missy Egan. (Southport, North Carolina - I Know What You Did Last Summer)
Saturday 4th July: Ben Willis kills Helen, her sister Elsa, and Barry. He tries killing Julie and Ray but his hand gets caught in a rope and cut off by a pulley. He falls into the ocean and the police arrive. (Southport, North Carolina - I Know What You Did Last Summer)
Saturday 4th July: Julie, Karla, Tyrell, Will, and Ray are hunted by Ben Willis whose weapon of choice is the fishing hook. A tropical storm rages outside causing a power outage on the isolated resort. (The Bahamas - I Still Know What You Did Last Summer)
Sunday 5th July: Paul Michaels returns the book. (East Great Falls, Michigan - American Pie Presents: The Book of Love)
Sunday 12th July: Bella's mother makes a video recording of her doing ballet. (Arizona - Twilight)
Wednesday 15th July: There's Something About Mary, which Cameron Diaz stars in, is released. (Funny People)
Sunday 19th July: The repocession of a hotel containing animals is authorized. (Babe: Pig in the City)
Monday 20th July: The animals are saved. (Metropolis - Babe: Pig in the City)