Box Office Performance for Based on Book/Short Story Movies in 1999

Rank	Movie	Genre	MPAA	1999 Gross	Tickets Sold	Inflation- Adjusted Gross
1	Tarzan	Adventure	G	$170,904,824	33,642,682	$241,554,457
2	The General's Daughter	Drama	R	$102,678,089	20,212,222	$145,123,754
3	Sleepy Hollow	Horror	R	$92,839,722	18,275,536	$131,218,348
4	The Haunting	Horror	PG-13	$91,188,905	17,950,572	$128,885,107
5	Payback	Action	R	$81,517,441	16,046,740	$115,215,593
6	Stuart Little	Comedy	PG	$79,403,127	15,630,537	$112,227,256
7	The Green Mile	Drama	R	$76,682,014	15,094,885	$108,381,274
8	The Bone Collector	Thriller/Suspense	R	$63,788,270	12,556,746	$90,157,436
9	A Civil Action	Drama	PG-13	$56,476,436	11,117,409	$79,822,997
10	Eyes Wide Shut	Drama	R	$55,637,680	10,952,299	$78,637,507
11	Message in a Bottle	Drama	PG-13	$52,799,004	10,393,505	$74,625,366
12	The Talented Mr. Ripley	Drama	R	$39,771,649	7,829,065	$56,212,687
13	Bicentennial Man	Drama	PG	$39,447,953	7,765,345	$55,755,177
14	Cruel Intentions	Drama	R	$38,201,895	7,520,058	$53,994,016
15	Fight Club	Drama	R	$36,515,098	7,188,011	$51,609,919
16	The Thin Red Line	Drama	R	$35,365,325	6,961,678	$49,984,848
17	For Love of the Game	Drama	PG-13	$35,168,395	6,922,912	$49,706,508
18	The Prince of Egypt	Adventure	PG	$34,866,900	6,863,563	$49,280,382
19	The 13th Warrior	Action	R	$32,694,788	6,435,982	$46,210,351
20	Random Hearts	Drama	R	$31,054,924	6,113,174	$43,892,589
21	The Insider	Drama	R	$26,114,890	5,140,726	$36,910,413
22	Anna and the King	Drama	PG-13	$24,732,782	4,868,658	$34,956,964
23	The Iron Giant	Adventure	PG	$23,159,305	4,558,918	$32,733,031
24	A Stir of Echoes	Thriller/Suspense	R	$21,133,087	4,160,056	$29,869,202
25	Anywhere But Here	Drama	PG-13	$18,215,284	3,585,686	$25,745,225
26	Drive Me Crazy	Comedy	PG-13	$17,813,484	3,506,591	$25,177,323
27	True Crime	Drama	R	$16,635,339	3,274,673	$23,512,152
28	Bringing Out The Dead	Black Comedy	R	$16,473,449	3,242,805	$23,283,340
29	Election	Black Comedy	R	$14,879,556	2,929,046	$21,030,550
30	A Simple Plan	Drama	R	$13,795,773	2,715,703	$19,498,748
31	The Deep End of the Ocean	Drama	PG-13	$13,432,982	2,644,288	$18,985,988
32	In Dreams	Horror	R	$11,927,682	2,347,969	$16,858,417
33	The Thirteenth Floor	Thriller/Suspense	R	$11,802,224	2,323,272	$16,681,093
34	The Love Letter	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$8,276,228	1,629,179	$11,697,505
35	Outside Providence	Comedy	R	$7,292,175	1,435,468	$10,306,660
36	Affliction	Drama	R	$6,238,175	1,227,987	$8,816,947
37	Jakob the Liar	Drama	PG-13	$4,956,401	975,669	$7,005,303
38	Hilary and Jackie	Drama	R	$4,739,909	933,053	$6,699,321
39	Gods and Monsters	Drama	R	$4,467,274	879,385	$6,313,984
40	The Cider House Rules	Drama	PG-13	$4,201,516	827,070	$5,938,363
41	The School of Flesh	Drama	R	$3,359,031	661,227	$4,747,610
42	Mansfield Park	Drama	PG-13	$2,472,250	486,663	$3,494,240
43	A Dog of Flanders	Drama	PG	$2,148,212	422,876	$3,036,250
44	Crazy in Alabama	Drama	PG-13	$1,954,202	384,685	$2,762,038
45	The End of the Affair	Drama	R	$1,555,329	306,167	$2,198,279
46	Hideous Kinky	Drama	R	$1,262,786	248,580	$1,784,804
47	The General	Drama	R	$1,034,645	203,670	$1,462,351
48	Another Day in Paradise	Drama	R	$1,005,485	197,930	$1,421,137
49	Felicia's Journey	Drama	PG-13	$761,929	149,986	$1,076,899
50	My Life So Far	Drama	PG-13	$616,310	121,321	$871,085
51	Ride With the Devil	Western	R	$491,069	96,667	$694,069
52	Earth	Drama	Not Rated	$475,612	93,624	$672,220
53	Vampires	Horror	R	$326,377	64,247	$461,293
54	Angela's Ashes	Drama	R	$186,032	36,620	$262,932
55	Breakfast of Champions	Comedy	R	$175,370	34,522	$247,868
56	Snow Falling on Cedars	Drama	PG-13	$143,105	28,170	$202,261
57	The Acid House	Drama		$142,783	28,107	$201,808
58	Beloved	Drama	R	$96,526	19,001	$136,427
59	The War Zone	Drama	R	$57,291	11,278	$80,976
60	The Grandfather	Drama	PG	$50,037	9,850	$70,723
61	The Third Miracle	Drama	R	$41,549	8,179	$58,725
62	B. Monkey	Thriller/Suspense	R	$34,524	6,796	$48,795
63	Beyond the Clouds	Drama		$30,890	6,081	$43,662
64	All the Little Animals	Thriller/Suspense	R	$23,349	4,596	$32,999
65	Agnes Browne	Comedy	R	$6,322	1,244	$8,932
66	How Stella Got Her Groove Back	Drama	R	$3,321	654	$4,696
Total Gross of All Movies				$1,535,744,290
Total Tickets Sold					302,311,864
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices						$2,170,599,184

Note: This chart ranks movies by the amount they earned during 1999. It includes movies released in previous years that earned money during 1999. For example, a movie released over Thanksgiving in 1998 will most likely earn money in 1998 and 1999. Click on the individual movie to see its total gross over all the years in which it played.

Each box office year ends on the first Sunday of the following year. The next year starts the following day (Monday). For example, the "2004 box office year" ended on Sunday, January 2, 2005.

Inflation-adjusted figures are based ticket sale estimates, and may not be precise due to rounding errors.