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	$107,974,910
2	October Sky	Drama	PG	$32,570,685	6,411,552	$50,587,145
3	Man on the Moon	Drama	R	$24,592,000	4,840,945	$38,195,056
4	Summer of Sam	Drama	R	$19,283,782	3,796,020	$29,950,598
5	Everest	Documentary	PG-13	$18,064,450	3,555,994	$28,056,793
6	Tea with Mussolini	Drama	PG	$14,388,329	2,832,348	$22,347,226
7	The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc	Drama	R	$14,131,298	2,781,752	$21,948,023
8	Elizabeth	Drama	R	$13,502,610	2,657,994	$20,971,573
9	Africa's Elephant Kingdom	Documentary	Not Rated	$7,049,211	1,387,640	$10,948,480
10	Buena Vista Social Club	Documentary	G	$6,918,494	1,361,908	$10,745,454
11	Extreme	Documentary	Not Rated	$6,892,475	1,356,786	$10,705,042
12	Island of the Sharks	Documentary	Not Rated	$5,206,926	1,024,985	$8,087,132
13	The Straight Story	Drama	G	$4,375,944	861,406	$6,796,493
14	Encounter in the Third Dimension	Drama	Not Rated	$4,269,548	840,462	$6,631,245
15	Thrill Ride: The Science of Fun	Documentary	G	$3,441,911	677,542	$5,345,806
16	Fifty	Documentary	Not Rated	$3,328,240	655,165	$5,169,252
17	Wolves	Documentary	Not Rated	$2,852,213	561,459	$4,429,912
18	Siegfried & Roy: Masters of the Impossible	Documentary	PG	$2,162,167	425,623	$3,358,165
19	Wildfire: Feel The Heat	Documentary	Not Rated	$1,512,930	297,821	$2,349,808
20	Tumbleweeds	Drama	PG-13	$1,027,713	202,306	$1,596,194
21	Galapagos	Documentary	Not Rated	$806,245	158,710	$1,252,222
22	Mark Twain's America 3D	Documentary	G	$671,617	132,208	$1,043,121
23	Trekkies	Documentary	PG	$617,172	121,491	$958,564
24	American Movie: The Making of Northwestern	Documentary	R	$459,537	90,460	$713,729
25	The Hurricane	Drama	R	$452,000	88,976	$702,021
26	Girl, Interrupted	Drama	R	$434,810	85,593	$675,329
27	Jing ke ci qin wang	Drama	R	$173,078	34,070	$268,812
28	Stop Making Sense	Concert/Performance		$172,216	33,901	$267,479
29	Topsy Turvy	Musical	R	$158,696	31,239	$246,476
30	Genghis Blues	Documentary	Not Rated	$32,606	6,419	$50,646
31	Mein Liebster Feind	Documentary	PG-13	$31,298	6,161	$48,610
32	Beyond the Mat	Documentary	R	$9,532	1,876	$14,802
33	Ayn Rand: A Sense of Life	Documentary	Not Rated	$4,737	932	$7,353
Total Gross of All Movies				$259,114,438
Total Tickets Sold					51,006,777
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices						$402,443,471

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.