Box Office Performance for Based on Real Life Events Movies in 1999

Rank	Movie	Genre	MPAA	1999 Gross	Tickets Sold	Inflation- Adjusted Gross
1	Patch Adams	Comedy	PG-13	$69,519,968	13,685,033	$98,258,537
2	October Sky	Drama	PG	$32,570,685	6,411,552	$46,034,943
3	Man on the Moon	Drama	R	$24,592,000	4,840,945	$34,757,985
4	Summer of Sam	Drama	R	$19,283,782	3,796,020	$27,255,424
5	Everest	Documentary	Not Rated	$18,064,450	3,555,994	$25,532,037
6	Tea with Mussolini	Drama	PG	$14,388,329	2,832,348	$20,336,259
7	The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc	Drama	R	$14,131,298	2,781,752	$19,972,979
8	Elizabeth	Drama	R	$13,502,610	2,657,994	$19,084,397
9	Africa's Elephant Kingdom	Documentary	Not Rated	$7,049,211	1,387,640	$9,963,255
10	Buena Vista Social Club	Documentary	G	$6,918,494	1,361,908	$9,778,499
11	Extreme	Documentary	Not Rated	$6,892,475	1,356,786	$9,741,723
12	Island of the Sharks	Documentary	Not Rated	$5,206,926	1,024,985	$7,359,392
13	The Straight Story	Drama	G	$4,375,944	861,406	$6,184,895
14	Encounter in the Third Dimension	Drama	Not Rated	$4,269,548	840,462	$6,034,517
15	Thrill Ride: The Science of Fun	Documentary	G	$3,441,911	677,542	$4,864,752
16	Fifty	Documentary	Not Rated	$3,328,240	655,165	$4,704,085
17	Wolves	Documentary	Not Rated	$2,852,213	561,459	$4,031,276
18	Siegfried & Roy: Masters of the Impossible	Documentary	PG	$2,162,167	425,623	$3,055,973
19	Wildfire: Feel The Heat	Documentary	Not Rated	$1,512,930	297,821	$2,138,355
20	Tumbleweeds	Drama	PG-13	$1,027,713	202,306	$1,452,557
21	Galapagos	Documentary	Not Rated	$806,245	158,710	$1,139,538
22	Mark Twain's America 3D	Documentary	G	$671,617	132,208	$949,253
23	Trekkies	Documentary	PG	$617,172	121,491	$872,305
24	American Movie: The Making of Northwestern	Documentary	R	$459,537	90,460	$649,503
25	The Hurricane	Drama	R	$452,000	88,976	$638,848
26	Girl, Interrupted	Drama	R	$434,810	85,593	$614,558
27	The Emperor and the Assassin	Drama	R	$173,078	34,070	$244,623
28	Stop Making Sense	Concert/Performance		$172,216	33,901	$243,409
29	Topsy Turvy	Musical	R	$158,696	31,239	$224,296
30	Genghis Blues	Documentary	Not Rated	$32,606	6,419	$46,088
31	My Best Fiend	Documentary	PG-13	$31,298	6,161	$44,236
32	Beyond the Mat	Documentary	R	$9,532	1,876	$13,470
33	Ayn Rand: A Sense of Life	Documentary	Not Rated	$4,737	932	$6,692
Total Gross of All Movies				$259,114,438
Total Tickets Sold					51,006,777
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices						$366,228,659

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.