Box Office Performance for Contemporary Fiction Movies in 1999

Rank	Movie	Genre	MPAA	1999 Gross	Tickets Sold	Inflation- Adjusted Gross
1	Big Daddy	Comedy	PG-13	$163,479,795	32,181,062	$253,908,579
2	Runaway Bride	Romantic Comedy	PG	$152,054,428	29,931,974	$236,163,275
3	The Blair Witch Project	Horror	R	$140,530,114	27,663,408	$218,264,289
4	The World is Not Enough	Action	PG-13	$117,877,025	23,204,139	$183,080,657
5	Notting Hill	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$116,089,678	22,852,299	$180,304,639
6	Double Jeopardy	Action	R	$114,032,117	22,447,267	$177,108,937
7	Analyze This	Comedy	R	$106,823,373	21,028,223	$165,912,679
8	The General's Daughter	Drama	R	$102,678,089	20,212,222	$159,474,432
9	American Pie	Comedy	R	$101,736,215	20,026,814	$158,011,562
10	The Haunting	Horror	PG-13	$91,188,905	17,950,572	$141,630,013
11	Entrapment	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$87,704,396	17,264,645	$136,218,049
12	Payback	Action	R	$81,517,441	16,046,740	$126,608,779
13	Deep Blue Sea	Action	R	$73,648,142	14,497,666	$114,386,585
14	American Beauty	Drama	R	$71,017,815	13,979,885	$110,301,293
15	Patch Adams	Comedy	PG-13	$69,519,968	13,685,033	$107,974,910
16	The Thomas Crown Affair	Drama	R	$69,282,369	13,638,262	$107,605,887
17	Blue Streak	Action	PG-13	$67,760,741	13,338,729	$105,242,572
18	Bowfinger	Comedy	PG-13	$66,365,290	13,064,033	$103,075,220
19	Life	Comedy	R	$64,016,268	12,601,628	$99,426,845
20	The Bone Collector	Thriller/Suspense	R	$63,788,270	12,556,746	$99,072,726
21	She's All That	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$63,319,509	12,464,470	$98,344,668
22	A Civil Action	Drama	PG-13	$56,476,436	11,117,409	$87,716,357
23	Eyes Wide Shut	Drama	R	$55,637,680	10,952,299	$86,413,639
24	Never Been Kissed	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$55,469,238	10,919,141	$86,152,022
25	Forces of Nature	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$52,900,680	10,413,520	$82,162,673
26	Varsity Blues	Drama	R	$52,894,169	10,412,238	$82,152,558
27	Message in a Bottle	Drama	PG-13	$52,799,004	10,393,505	$82,004,754
28	South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut	Comedy	R	$52,008,288	10,237,852	$80,776,652
29	Stigmata	Horror	R	$50,014,865	9,845,446	$77,680,569
30	Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo	Comedy	R	$46,353,560	9,124,717	$71,994,017
31	Any Given Sunday	Drama	R	$45,752,119	9,006,323	$71,059,888
32	Stepmom	Drama	PG-13	$41,012,827	8,073,391	$63,699,055
33	House on Haunted Hill	Horror	R	$40,489,824	7,970,438	$62,886,756
34	Cruel Intentions	Drama	R	$38,201,895	7,520,058	$59,333,258
35	Ten Things I Hate About You	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$38,176,108	7,514,982	$59,293,208
36	You've Got Mail	Drama	PG	$37,792,542	7,439,477	$58,697,474
37	Fight Club	Drama	R	$36,515,098	7,188,011	$56,713,407
38	8MM	Thriller/Suspense	R	$36,283,501	7,142,421	$56,353,702
39	For Love of the Game	Drama	PG-13	$35,168,395	6,922,912	$54,621,776
40	Instinct	Drama	R	$34,098,563	6,712,316	$52,960,173
41	Mickey Blue Eyes	Comedy	PG-13	$33,864,342	6,666,209	$52,596,389
42	The Best Man	Romantic Comedy	R	$33,293,520	6,553,843	$51,709,821
43	Lake Placid	Thriller/Suspense	R	$31,768,374	6,253,617	$49,341,038
44	Random Hearts	Drama	R	$31,054,924	6,113,174	$48,232,943
45	Superstar	Comedy	PG-13	$30,150,814	5,935,200	$46,828,728
46	Dogma	Comedy	R	$28,983,260	5,705,366	$45,015,338
47	The Out-of-Towners	Comedy	PG-13	$28,535,768	5,617,277	$44,320,316
48	The Other Sister	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$27,797,271	5,471,904	$43,173,323
49	The Story of Us	Romantic Comedy	R	$27,067,160	5,328,181	$42,039,348
50	Blast from the Past	Comedy	PG-13	$26,494,611	5,215,475	$41,150,098
51	The Wood	Comedy	R	$25,047,631	4,930,636	$38,902,718
52	Arlington Road	Thriller/Suspense	R	$24,362,501	4,795,768	$37,838,610
53	EDtv	Comedy	PG-13	$22,421,087	4,413,600	$34,823,304
54	At First Sight	Drama	PG-13	$22,326,247	4,394,931	$34,676,006
55	The Bachelor	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$21,266,456	4,186,310	$33,029,986
56	A Stir of Echoes	Thriller/Suspense	R	$21,133,087	4,160,056	$32,822,842
57	Anywhere But Here	Drama	PG-13	$18,215,284	3,585,686	$28,291,063
58	Waking Ned Devine	Comedy	PG	$17,834,187	3,510,667	$27,699,163
59	Drive Me Crazy	Comedy	PG-13	$17,813,484	3,506,591	$27,667,003
60	The Rage: Carrie 2	Horror	R	$17,757,087	3,495,490	$27,579,416
61	Rushmore	Black Comedy	R	$17,052,387	3,356,769	$26,484,907
62	Go!	Black Comedy	R	$16,842,303	3,315,414	$26,158,616
63	True Crime	Drama	R	$16,635,339	3,274,673	$25,837,170
64	Bringing Out The Dead	Black Comedy	R	$16,473,449	3,242,805	$25,585,731
65	The Corruptor	Action	R	$15,156,200	2,983,504	$23,539,847
66	Election	Black Comedy	R	$14,879,556	2,929,046	$23,110,173
67	Music of the Heart	Drama	PG	$14,755,057	2,904,539	$22,916,813
68	Enemy of the State	Action	R	$14,727,445	2,899,103	$22,873,923
69	The Faculty	Horror	R	$14,169,955	2,789,361	$22,008,058
70	In Too Deep	Drama	R	$14,003,141	2,756,524	$21,748,974
71	A Simple Plan	Drama	R	$13,795,773	2,715,703	$21,426,897
72	The Deep End of the Ocean	Drama	PG-13	$13,432,982	2,644,288	$20,863,432
73	The Mod Squad	Action	R	$13,260,050	2,610,246	$20,594,841
74	In Dreams	Horror	R	$11,927,682	2,347,969	$18,525,475
75	The Muse	Comedy	PG-13	$11,614,236	2,286,267	$18,038,647
76	The Waterboy	Comedy	PG-13	$11,449,338	2,253,807	$17,782,537
77	Chill Factor	Action	R	$11,227,940	2,210,224	$17,438,667
78	Cookie's Fortune	Comedy	PG-13	$10,919,177	2,149,444	$16,959,113
79	Office Space	Black Comedy	R	$10,824,921	2,130,890	$16,812,722
80	Drop Dead Gorgeous	Comedy	PG-13	$10,561,238	2,078,984	$16,403,184
81	Three to Tango	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$10,544,143	2,075,619	$16,376,634
82	Brokedown Palace	Drama	PG-13	$10,114,315	1,991,007	$15,709,045
83	Trippin'	Comedy	R	$9,016,377	1,774,877	$14,003,780
84	Teaching Mrs. Tingle	Comedy	PG-13	$8,910,377	1,754,011	$13,839,147
85	Mystery, Alaska	Comedy	R	$8,888,143	1,749,634	$13,804,612
86	Pushing Tin	Comedy	R	$8,406,264	1,654,776	$13,056,183
87	Twin Dragons	Action	PG-13	$8,332,431	1,640,242	$12,941,509
88	The Love Letter	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$8,276,228	1,629,179	$12,854,222
89	Outside Providence	Comedy	R	$7,292,175	1,435,468	$11,325,843
90	Run Lola Run	Thriller/Suspense	R	$7,197,093	1,416,751	$11,178,165
91	200 Cigarettes	Romantic Comedy	R	$6,851,636	1,348,747	$10,641,614
92	Lost and Found	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$6,545,360	1,288,457	$10,165,926
93	Affliction	Drama	R	$6,238,175	1,227,987	$9,688,817
94	Foolish	Comedy	R	$6,026,908	1,186,399	$9,360,688
95	Light It Up	Drama	R	$5,821,544	1,145,973	$9,041,727
96	Central do Brasil	Drama	R	$5,274,531	1,038,294	$8,192,140
97	Mumford	Comedy	R	$4,559,569	897,553	$7,081,693
98	Simply Irresistible	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$4,394,936	865,145	$6,825,994
99	Flawless	Drama	R	$4,394,718	865,102	$6,825,655
100	Gloria	Drama	R	$4,155,234	817,959	$6,453,697
101	Dinner Game	Comedy	PG-13	$4,065,116	800,220	$6,313,736
102	Idle Hands	Horror	R	$4,002,955	787,983	$6,217,186
103	Playing by Heart	Drama	R	$3,919,278	771,511	$6,087,222
104	Little Voice	Musical	R	$3,714,954	731,290	$5,769,878
105	Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels	Black Comedy	R	$3,714,067	731,116	$5,768,505
106	Rush Hour	Action	PG-13	$3,619,410	712,482	$5,621,483
107	The School of Flesh	Drama	R	$3,359,031	661,227	$5,217,081
108	Jawbreaker	Black Comedy	R	$3,071,947	604,714	$4,771,193
109	The Limey	Drama	R	$3,020,829	594,651	$4,691,796
110	Love Stinks	Comedy	R	$2,793,776	549,956	$4,339,153
111	Marius et Jeannette	Romantic Comedy	Not Rated	$2,552,768	502,513	$3,964,828
112	Windhorse	Drama	Not Rated	$2,297,017	452,169	$3,567,613
113	Todo sobre mi madre	Drama	R	$2,133,411	419,963	$3,313,508
114	Down in the Delta	Drama	PG-13	$2,084,653	410,365	$3,237,780
115	Conte d'automne	Drama	PG	$2,082,061	409,855	$3,233,756
116	Trick	Comedy	R	$2,049,595	403,464	$3,183,331
117	Besieged	Drama	R	$2,032,621	400,122	$3,156,963
118	Three Seasons	Drama	PG-13	$2,019,237	397,488	$3,136,180
119	Better Than Chocolate	Romantic Comedy	R	$2,011,254	395,916	$3,123,777
120	Hum Saath-Saath Hain	Musical	Not Rated	$2,005,094	394,704	$3,114,215
121	Limbo	Drama	R	$1,997,807	393,269	$3,102,892
122	Taal	Musical	Not Rated	$1,980,398	389,842	$3,075,853
123	Crazy in Alabama	Drama	PG-13	$1,954,202	384,685	$3,035,165
124	Happy, Texas	Comedy	PG-13	$1,943,649	382,608	$3,018,777
125	Goodbye, Lover	Comedy	R	$1,923,061	378,555	$2,986,799
126	There's Something About Mary	Romantic Comedy	R	$1,772,686	348,954	$2,753,247
127	The Dream Life of Angels	Drama	R	$1,734,831	341,502	$2,694,451
128	Romance	Drama	R	$1,585,642	312,134	$2,462,737
129	Hurlyburly	Comedy	R	$1,333,030	262,407	$2,070,391
130	Get Real	Comedy	R	$1,152,411	226,853	$1,789,870
131	The King of Masks	Drama	Not Rated	$1,014,895	199,782	$1,576,280
132	Another Day in Paradise	Drama	R	$1,005,485	197,930	$1,561,668
133	Twin Falls Idaho	Drama	R	$985,341	193,965	$1,530,384
134	Bacheha-Ye aseman	Comedy	PG	$925,402	182,166	$1,437,290
135	The Castle	Comedy	R	$905,012	178,152	$1,405,619
136	Edge of Seventeen	Comedy	Not Rated	$868,348	170,935	$1,348,677
137	I Still Know What You Did Last Summer	Horror	R	$821,108	161,635	$1,275,300
138	The Siege	Action	R	$768,568	151,293	$1,193,702
139	Magnolia	Drama	R	$764,945	150,580	$1,188,076
140	Felicia's Journey	Drama	PG-13	$761,929	149,986	$1,183,390
141	Body Shots	Drama	R	$699,964	137,788	$1,087,147
142	Laura Cadieux .. La Suite	Comedy	Not Rated	$641,624	126,304	$996,539
143	Guinevere	Drama	R	$614,202	120,906	$953,948
144	Psycho	Horror	R	$603,955	118,889	$938,034
145	American History X	Drama	R	$598,075	117,731	$928,898
146	Baadshah	Action	Not Rated	$535,021	105,319	$830,967
147	Across The Sea of Time	Drama	G	$505,005	99,410	$784,345
148	Jerry Springer: Ringmaster	Comedy	R	$495,181	97,477	$769,094
149	Festen	Comedy	R	$397,475	78,243	$617,337
150	Steam: The Turkish Bath	Drama	Not Rated	$391,450	77,057	$607,980
151	Home Fries	Black Comedy	PG-13	$347,576	68,420	$539,834
152	Living Out Loud	Drama	R	$251,396	49,487	$390,452
153	Urban Legend	Horror	R	$191,295	37,656	$297,106
154	Snow Falling on Cedars	Drama	PG-13	$143,105	28,170	$222,261
155	La ciudad	Drama	Not Rated	$125,296	24,665	$194,607
156	Belly	Drama	R	$125,123	24,631	$194,339
157	Happiness	Comedy	Not Rated	$110,829	21,817	$172,136
158	Bure baruta	Drama	R	$108,103	21,280	$167,899
159	Friends and Lovers	Drama	R	$94,633	18,629	$146,983
160	I'll Be Home For Christmas	Comedy	PG	$92,092	18,128	$143,030
161	Ronin	Action	R	$88,492	17,420	$137,444
162	Holy Smoke	Drama	R	$61,451	12,097	$95,445
163	The War Zone	Drama	R	$57,291	11,278	$88,983
164	Diamonds	Comedy	PG-13	$7,837	1,543	$12,174
165	Simpatico	Comedy	R	$7,234	1,424	$11,235
166	The Silence	Drama	Not Rated	$6,042	1,189	$9,381
167	Giving It Up	Romantic Comedy	R	$5,000	984	$7,764
168	Play it to the Bone	Comedy	R	$3,366	663	$5,231
169	How Stella Got Her Groove Back	Drama	R	$3,321	654	$5,160
Total Gross of All Movies				$3,854,669,419
Total Tickets Sold					758,793,195
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices						$5,986,878,309

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.