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	$69,546,968	13,744,460	$94,561,885
2	October Sky	Drama	PG	$32,683,932	6,459,275	$44,439,812
3	Mysteries of Egypt	Documentary	Not Rated	$27,042,366	5,344,341	$36,769,066
4	Man on the Moon	Drama	R	$25,309,535	5,001,884	$34,412,962
5	Caligula	Drama		$23,400,000	4,624,506	$31,816,601
6	Summer of Sam	Drama	R	$19,288,130	3,811,883	$26,225,755
7	Everest	Documentary	Not Rated	$18,064,450	3,570,049	$24,561,937
8	Tea with Mussolini	Drama	PG	$14,395,874	2,845,034	$19,573,834
9	The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc	Drama	R	$14,131,298	2,792,747	$19,214,099
10	Elizabeth	Drama	R	$13,572,319	2,682,276	$18,454,059
11	Africa's Elephant Kingdom	Documentary	Not Rated	$7,049,211	1,393,125	$9,584,700
12	Buena Vista Social Club	Documentary	G	$6,918,494	1,367,291	$9,406,962
13	Extreme	Documentary	Not Rated	$6,892,475	1,362,149	$9,371,585
14	Island of the Sharks	Documentary	Not Rated	$5,206,926	1,029,037	$7,079,775
15	The Straight Story	Drama	G	$4,375,944	864,811	$5,949,900
16	Encounter in the Third Dimension	Drama	Not Rated	$4,269,548	843,784	$5,805,234
17	Thrill Ride: The Science of Fun	Documentary	G	$3,441,911	680,220	$4,679,914
18	Fifty	Documentary	Not Rated	$3,328,240	657,755	$4,525,354
19	Wolves	Documentary	Not Rated	$2,852,213	563,678	$3,878,105
20	Siegfried & Roy: Masters of the Impossible	Documentary	PG	$2,162,167	427,306	$2,939,865
21	Wildfire: Feel The Heat	Documentary	Not Rated	$1,512,930	298,998	$2,057,106
22	Tumbleweeds	Drama	PG-13	$1,027,713	203,105	$1,397,362
23	Galapagos	Documentary	Not Rated	$806,245	159,337	$1,096,239
24	Mark Twain's America 3D	Documentary	G	$671,617	132,731	$913,189
25	Trekkies	Documentary	PG	$617,172	121,971	$839,160
26	The Hurricane	Drama	R	$541,225	106,961	$735,892
27	American Movie: The Making of Northwestern	Documentary	R	$459,537	90,818	$624,828
28	Girl, Interrupted	Drama	R	$434,810	85,931	$591,205
29	The Emperor and the Assassin	Drama	R	$173,078	34,205	$235,330
30	Stop Making Sense	Concert/Performance		$172,216	34,035	$234,161
31	Topsy Turvy	Musical	R	$158,696	31,363	$215,777
32	Genghis Blues	Documentary	Not Rated	$32,606	6,444	$44,335
33	My Best Fiend	Documentary	PG-13	$31,298	6,185	$42,553
34	Beyond the Mat	Documentary	R	$9,532	1,884	$12,962
35	Ayn Rand: A Sense of Life	Documentary	Not Rated	$4,737	936	$6,440
Total Gross of All Movies				$310,585,413
Total Tickets Sold					61,380,515
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices						$422,297,943

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.