Box Office Performance for Documentary Movies in 1999

Rank	Movie	Genre	MPAA	1999 Gross	Tickets Sold	Inflation- Adjusted Gross
1	Mysteries of Egypt	Documentary	Not Rated	$27,042,366	5,344,341	$36,769,066
2	Everest	Documentary	Not Rated	$18,064,450	3,570,049	$24,561,937
3	Africa's Elephant Kingdom	Documentary	Not Rated	$7,049,211	1,393,125	$9,584,700
4	Buena Vista Social Club	Documentary	G	$6,918,494	1,367,291	$9,406,962
5	Extreme	Documentary	Not Rated	$6,892,475	1,362,149	$9,371,585
6	Island of the Sharks	Documentary	Not Rated	$5,206,926	1,029,037	$7,079,775
7	Thrill Ride: The Science of Fun	Documentary	G	$3,441,911	680,220	$4,679,914
8	Fifty	Documentary	Not Rated	$3,328,240	657,755	$4,525,354
9	Wolves	Documentary	Not Rated	$2,852,213	563,678	$3,878,105
10	Siegfried & Roy: Masters of the Impossible	Documentary	PG	$2,162,167	427,306	$2,939,865
11	Wildfire: Feel The Heat	Documentary	Not Rated	$1,512,930	298,998	$2,057,106
12	Galapagos	Documentary	Not Rated	$806,245	159,337	$1,096,239
13	Mark Twain's America 3D	Documentary	G	$671,617	132,731	$913,189
14	Trekkies	Documentary	PG	$617,172	121,971	$839,160
15	American Movie: The Making of Northwestern	Documentary	R	$459,537	90,818	$624,828
16	Get Bruce	Documentary	R	$43,155	8,529	$58,680
17	Genghis Blues	Documentary	Not Rated	$32,606	6,444	$44,335
18	Mein Liebster Feind	Documentary	PG-13	$31,298	6,185	$42,553
19	42: Forty Two Up	Documentary		$14,576	2,881	$19,821
20	Beyond the Mat	Documentary	R	$9,532	1,884	$12,962
21	Ayn Rand: A Sense of Life	Documentary	Not Rated	$4,737	936	$6,440
22	And Baby Makes 2	Documentary		$4,058	802	$5,518
Total Gross of All Movies				$87,165,916
Total Tickets Sold					17,226,467
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices						$118,518,093

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.