Where was the world premiere of Mulan (1998) held?

The world premiere of Mulan (1998) was held at the Hollywood Bowl on June 5, 1998.

Disney chose the Los Angeles venue for a distinctive outdoor premiere rather than one of its more familiar movie-palace locations. The event used Chinese lanterns and fortune cookies to reflect the film’s setting and visual identity. It took place two weeks before the movie’s general U.S. release on June 19.

The Hollywood Bowl is a famous amphitheater in the Hollywood Hills, best known for concerts and large outdoor performances. That makes it easy to confuse with Grauman’s Chinese Theatre, another prominent Hollywood venue often associated with film premieres. Disneyland and the El Capitan Theatre were also plausible Disney-related alternatives, but neither hosted Mulan’s world premiere.

The premiere formed part of Disney’s promotional strategy during a period when the studio was scaling back the lavish media spectacles used for some earlier animated releases. Mulan went on to become the second-highest-grossing family film of 1998 in the United States and Canada, behind A Bug’s Life.