Box Office Performance for Drama Movies in 1999

Rank	Movie	Genre	MPAA	1999 Gross	Tickets Sold	Inflation- Adjusted Gross
1	The General's Daughter	Drama	R	$102,678,089	20,212,222	$159,474,432
2	The Green Mile	Drama	R	$76,682,014	15,094,885	$119,098,643
3	American Beauty	Drama	R	$71,017,815	13,979,885	$110,301,293
4	The Thomas Crown Affair	Drama	R	$69,282,369	13,638,262	$107,605,887
5	A Civil Action	Drama	PG-13	$56,476,436	11,117,409	$87,716,357
6	Eyes Wide Shut	Drama	R	$55,637,680	10,952,299	$86,413,639
7	Varsity Blues	Drama	R	$52,894,169	10,412,238	$82,152,558
8	Message in a Bottle	Drama	PG-13	$52,799,004	10,393,505	$82,004,754
9	Life is Beautiful	Drama	PG-13	$46,188,407	9,092,206	$71,737,505
10	Any Given Sunday	Drama	R	$45,752,119	9,006,323	$71,059,888
11	Stepmom	Drama	PG-13	$41,012,827	8,073,391	$63,699,055
12	The Talented Mr. Ripley	Drama	R	$39,771,649	7,829,065	$61,771,323
13	Bicentennial Man	Drama	PG	$39,447,953	7,765,345	$61,268,572
14	Cruel Intentions	Drama	R	$38,201,895	7,520,058	$59,333,258
15	You've Got Mail	Drama	PG	$37,792,542	7,439,477	$58,697,474
16	Fight Club	Drama	R	$36,515,098	7,188,011	$56,713,407
17	The Thin Red Line	Drama	R	$35,365,325	6,961,678	$54,927,639
18	For Love of the Game	Drama	PG-13	$35,168,395	6,922,912	$54,621,776
19	Instinct	Drama	R	$34,098,563	6,712,316	$52,960,173
20	October Sky	Drama	PG	$32,570,685	6,411,552	$50,587,145
21	Random Hearts	Drama	R	$31,054,924	6,113,174	$48,232,943
22	The Insider	Drama	R	$26,114,890	5,140,726	$40,560,328
23	Saving Private Ryan	Drama	R	$25,746,307	5,068,171	$39,987,869
24	Anna and the King	Drama	PG-13	$24,732,782	4,868,658	$38,413,712
25	Man on the Moon	Drama	R	$24,592,000	4,840,945	$38,195,056
26	At First Sight	Drama	PG-13	$22,326,247	4,394,931	$34,676,006
27	Summer of Sam	Drama	R	$19,283,782	3,796,020	$29,950,598
28	Anywhere But Here	Drama	PG-13	$18,215,284	3,585,686	$28,291,063
29	True Crime	Drama	R	$16,635,339	3,274,673	$25,837,170
30	Music of the Heart	Drama	PG	$14,755,057	2,904,539	$22,916,813
31	Tea with Mussolini	Drama	PG	$14,388,329	2,832,348	$22,347,226
32	The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc	Drama	R	$14,131,298	2,781,752	$21,948,023
33	In Too Deep	Drama	R	$14,003,141	2,756,524	$21,748,974
34	A Simple Plan	Drama	R	$13,795,773	2,715,703	$21,426,897
35	Elizabeth	Drama	R	$13,502,610	2,657,994	$20,971,573
36	The Deep End of the Ocean	Drama	PG-13	$13,432,982	2,644,288	$20,863,432
37	Brokedown Palace	Drama	PG-13	$10,114,315	1,991,007	$15,709,045
38	Le Violon rouge	Drama	R	$10,019,109	1,972,266	$15,561,179
39	Affliction	Drama	R	$6,238,175	1,227,987	$9,688,817
40	Light It Up	Drama	R	$5,821,544	1,145,973	$9,041,727
41	Central do Brasil	Drama	R	$5,274,531	1,038,294	$8,192,140
42	Jakob the Liar	Drama	PG-13	$4,956,401	975,669	$7,698,028
43	A Walk on the Moon	Drama	R	$4,741,987	933,462	$7,365,015
44	Hilary and Jackie	Drama	R	$4,739,909	933,053	$7,361,788
45	Gods and Monsters	Drama	R	$4,467,274	879,385	$6,938,348
46	Flawless	Drama	R	$4,394,718	865,102	$6,825,655
47	The Straight Story	Drama	G	$4,375,944	861,406	$6,796,493
48	Encounter in the Third Dimension	Drama	Not Rated	$4,269,548	840,462	$6,631,245
49	The Cider House Rules	Drama	PG-13	$4,201,516	827,070	$6,525,582
50	Gloria	Drama	R	$4,155,234	817,959	$6,453,697
51	The Winslow Boy	Drama	G	$4,058,350	798,888	$6,303,226
52	Playing by Heart	Drama	R	$3,919,278	771,511	$6,087,222
53	The School of Flesh	Drama	R	$3,359,031	661,227	$5,217,081
54	The Limey	Drama	R	$3,020,829	594,651	$4,691,796
55	Boys Don't Cry	Drama	R	$2,697,068	530,919	$4,188,951
56	Mansfield Park	Drama	PG-13	$2,472,250	486,663	$3,839,771
57	Windhorse	Drama	Not Rated	$2,297,017	452,169	$3,567,613
58	Liberty Heights	Drama	R	$2,286,654	450,129	$3,551,518
59	A Dog of Flanders	Drama	PG	$2,148,212	422,876	$3,336,492
60	Todo sobre mi madre	Drama	R	$2,133,411	419,963	$3,313,508
61	Down in the Delta	Drama	PG-13	$2,084,653	410,365	$3,237,780
62	Conte d'automne	Drama	PG	$2,082,061	409,855	$3,233,756
63	Besieged	Drama	R	$2,032,621	400,122	$3,156,963
64	Three Seasons	Drama	PG-13	$2,019,237	397,488	$3,136,180
65	Limbo	Drama	R	$1,997,807	393,269	$3,102,892
66	Crazy in Alabama	Drama	PG-13	$1,954,202	384,685	$3,035,165
67	The Dream Life of Angels	Drama	R	$1,734,831	341,502	$2,694,451
68	Tango	Drama	PG-13	$1,687,311	332,148	$2,620,648
69	Romance	Drama	R	$1,585,642	312,134	$2,462,737
70	The End of the Affair	Drama	R	$1,555,329	306,167	$2,415,658
71	Hideous Kinky	Drama	R	$1,262,786	248,580	$1,961,296
72	Dancing at Lughnasa	Drama	PG	$1,170,543	230,422	$1,818,030
73	This is My Father	Drama	R	$1,083,268	213,242	$1,682,479
74	Meet Joe Black	Drama	PG-13	$1,064,265	209,501	$1,652,963
75	The General	Drama	R	$1,034,645	203,670	$1,606,956
76	Tumbleweeds	Drama	PG-13	$1,027,713	202,306	$1,596,194
77	The King of Masks	Drama	Not Rated	$1,014,895	199,782	$1,576,280
78	Xiu Xiu: The Sent Down Girl	Drama	R	$1,006,518	198,133	$1,563,269
79	Another Day in Paradise	Drama	R	$1,005,485	197,930	$1,561,668
80	Twin Falls Idaho	Drama	R	$985,341	193,965	$1,530,384
81	Illuminata	Drama	R	$836,641	164,693	$1,299,428
82	Wandafuru raifu	Drama	Not Rated	$783,102	154,154	$1,216,275
83	Cradle Will Rock	Drama	R	$771,052	151,782	$1,197,560
84	Magnolia	Drama	R	$764,945	150,580	$1,188,076
85	Felicia's Journey	Drama	PG-13	$761,929	149,986	$1,183,390
86	Wings of Courage	Drama	G	$752,935	148,216	$1,169,424
87	Body Shots	Drama	R	$699,964	137,788	$1,087,147
88	My Life So Far	Drama	PG-13	$616,310	121,321	$957,223
89	Guinevere	Drama	R	$614,202	120,906	$953,948
90	American History X	Drama	R	$598,075	117,731	$928,898
91	Across The Sea of Time	Drama	G	$505,005	99,410	$784,345
92	Earth	Drama	Not Rated	$475,612	93,624	$738,693
93	The Hurricane	Drama	R	$452,000	88,976	$702,021
94	Girl, Interrupted	Drama	R	$434,810	85,593	$675,329
95	Steam: The Turkish Bath	Drama	Not Rated	$391,450	77,057	$607,980
96	Living Out Loud	Drama	R	$251,396	49,487	$390,452
97	Beefcake	Drama	Not Rated	$212,816	41,893	$330,536
98	Angela's Ashes	Drama	R	$186,032	36,620	$288,932
99	Jing ke ci qin wang	Drama	R	$173,078	34,070	$268,812
100	Mast	Drama		$158,928	31,285	$246,839
101	Last Night	Drama	R	$158,900	31,280	$246,799
102	Snow Falling on Cedars	Drama	PG-13	$143,105	28,170	$222,261
103	The Acid House	Drama		$142,783	28,107	$221,764
104	La ciudad	Drama	Not Rated	$125,296	24,665	$194,607
105	Belly	Drama	R	$125,123	24,631	$194,339
106	Sib	Drama		$116,758	22,984	$181,344
107	Bure baruta	Drama	R	$108,103	21,280	$167,899
108	Sunshine	Drama	R	$97,677	19,228	$151,709
109	Beloved	Drama	R	$96,526	19,001	$149,918
110	Friends and Lovers	Drama	R	$94,633	18,629	$146,983
111	Titus	Drama	R	$86,328	16,994	$134,083
112	Holy Smoke	Drama	R	$61,451	12,097	$95,445
113	The War Zone	Drama	R	$57,291	11,278	$88,983
114	Seul contre tous	Drama		$56,847	11,190	$88,289
115	El Abuelo	Drama	PG	$50,037	9,850	$77,717
116	The Third Miracle	Drama	R	$41,549	8,179	$64,532
117	Al di l� delle nuvole	Drama		$30,890	6,081	$47,979
118	Ever After: A Cinderella Story	Drama	PG	$28,807	5,671	$44,744
119	Bandits	Drama	R	$24,187	4,761	$37,564
120	Meishaonian zhi lian	Drama		$18,629	3,667	$28,933
121	2by4	Drama		$16,637	3,275	$25,840
122	A Map of the World	Drama	R	$14,017	2,759	$21,769
123	Broken Vessels	Drama	R	$13,493	2,656	$20,956
124	The Gambler	Drama	R	$9,133	1,798	$14,186
125	The Thief	Drama	R	$8,713	1,715	$13,531
126	The Silence	Drama	Not Rated	$6,042	1,189	$9,381
127	At Sachem Farm	Drama	PG	$5,000	984	$7,764
128	How Stella Got Her Groove Back	Drama	R	$3,321	654	$5,160
129	The Boys	Drama	R	$2,930	577	$4,553
Total Gross of All Movies				$1,453,799,725
Total Tickets Sold					286,181,050
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices						$2,257,968,485

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.