Box Office Performance for Documentary Movies in 1999

Rank	Movie	Genre	MPAA	1999 Gross	Tickets Sold	Inflation- Adjusted Gross
1	Everest	Documentary	Not Rated	$18,064,450	3,555,994	$25,532,037
2	Africa's Elephant Kingdom	Documentary	Not Rated	$7,049,211	1,387,640	$9,963,255
3	Buena Vista Social Club	Documentary	G	$6,918,494	1,361,908	$9,778,499
4	Extreme	Documentary	Not Rated	$6,892,475	1,356,786	$9,741,723
5	Island of the Sharks	Documentary	Not Rated	$5,206,926	1,024,985	$7,359,392
6	Thrill Ride: The Science of Fun	Documentary	G	$3,441,911	677,542	$4,864,752
7	Fifty	Documentary	Not Rated	$3,328,240	655,165	$4,704,085
8	Wolves	Documentary	Not Rated	$2,852,213	561,459	$4,031,276
9	Siegfried & Roy: Masters of the Impossible	Documentary	PG	$2,162,167	425,623	$3,055,973
10	Wildfire: Feel The Heat	Documentary	Not Rated	$1,512,930	297,821	$2,138,355
11	Galapagos	Documentary	Not Rated	$806,245	158,710	$1,139,538
12	Mark Twain's America 3D	Documentary	G	$671,617	132,208	$949,253
13	Trekkies	Documentary	PG	$617,172	121,491	$872,305
14	American Movie: The Making of Northwestern	Documentary	R	$459,537	90,460	$649,503
15	Get Bruce	Documentary	R	$43,155	8,495	$60,994
16	Genghis Blues	Documentary	Not Rated	$32,606	6,419	$46,088
17	My Best Fiend	Documentary	PG-13	$31,298	6,161	$44,236
18	42: Forty Two Up	Documentary	Not Rated	$14,576	2,869	$20,599
19	Beyond the Mat	Documentary	R	$9,532	1,876	$13,470
20	Ayn Rand: A Sense of Life	Documentary	Not Rated	$4,737	932	$6,692
21	And Baby Makes 2	Documentary		$4,058	799	$5,737
Total Gross of All Movies				$60,123,550
Total Tickets Sold					11,835,343
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices						$84,977,763

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.