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	$102,705,852	20,297,599	$139,647,481
2	The Green Mile	Drama	R	$76,682,014	15,154,548	$104,263,290
3	American Beauty	Drama	R	$71,017,815	14,035,141	$96,561,770
4	The Thomas Crown Affair	Drama	R	$69,282,369	13,692,168	$94,202,116
5	A Civil Action	Drama	PG-13	$56,483,516	11,162,750	$76,799,720
6	Eyes Wide Shut	Drama	R	$55,691,208	11,006,168	$75,722,436
7	Varsity Blues	Drama	R	$52,894,169	10,453,393	$71,919,344
8	Message in a Bottle	Drama	PG-13	$52,880,016	10,450,596	$71,900,100
9	Life Is Beautiful	Drama	PG-13	$46,188,407	9,128,144	$62,801,631
10	Any Given Sunday	Drama	R	$45,752,119	9,041,921	$62,208,416
11	Stepmom	Drama	PG-13	$41,119,824	8,126,447	$55,909,955
12	The Talented Mr. Ripley	Drama	R	$39,771,649	7,860,010	$54,076,869
13	Bicentennial Man	Drama	PG	$39,610,696	7,828,201	$53,858,023
14	Cruel Intentions	Drama	R	$38,230,075	7,555,351	$51,980,815
15	You've Got Mail	Drama	PG	$37,882,878	7,486,735	$51,508,737
16	Fight Club	Drama	R	$36,515,098	7,216,423	$49,648,990
17	The Thin Red Line	Drama	R	$35,380,053	6,992,105	$48,105,682
18	For Love of the Game	Drama	PG-13	$35,188,640	6,954,277	$47,845,426
19	Instinct	Drama	R	$34,105,207	6,740,159	$46,372,294
20	October Sky	Drama	PG	$32,683,932	6,459,275	$44,439,812
21	Random Hearts	Drama	R	$31,054,924	6,137,337	$42,224,879
22	The Insider	Drama	R	$26,114,890	5,161,045	$35,507,990
23	Saving Private Ryan	Drama	R	$25,961,901	5,130,810	$35,299,973
24	Man on the Moon	Drama	R	$25,309,535	5,001,884	$34,412,962
25	Anna and the King	Drama	PG-13	$24,732,782	4,887,902	$33,628,766
26	Caligula	Drama		$23,400,000	4,624,506	$31,816,601
27	At First Sight	Drama	PG-13	$22,365,133	4,419,987	$30,409,511
28	Summer of Sam	Drama	R	$19,288,130	3,811,883	$26,225,755
29	Anywhere But Here	Drama	PG-13	$18,215,284	3,599,858	$24,767,023
30	True Crime	Drama	R	$16,676,845	3,295,819	$22,675,235
31	Music of the Heart	Drama	PG	$14,755,057	2,916,019	$20,062,211
32	Tea with Mussolini	Drama	PG	$14,395,874	2,845,034	$19,573,834
33	The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc	Drama	R	$14,131,298	2,792,747	$19,214,099
34	In Too Deep	Drama	R	$14,026,509	2,772,037	$19,071,615
35	A Simple Plan	Drama	R	$13,800,283	2,727,329	$18,764,024
36	Elizabeth	Drama	R	$13,572,319	2,682,276	$18,454,059
37	The Deep End of the Ocean	Drama	PG-13	$13,508,635	2,669,691	$18,367,474
38	Brokedown Palace	Drama	PG-13	$10,115,014	1,999,015	$13,753,223
39	The Red Violin	Drama	R	$10,019,109	1,980,061	$13,622,820
40	Affliction	Drama	R	$6,330,054	1,250,999	$8,606,873
41	Light It Up	Drama	R	$5,821,544	1,150,503	$7,915,461
42	Central Station	Drama	R	$5,274,531	1,042,397	$7,171,691
43	Jakob the Liar	Drama	PG-13	$4,956,401	979,526	$6,739,139
44	Hilary and Jackie	Drama	R	$4,874,838	963,407	$6,628,240
45	A Walk on the Moon	Drama	R	$4,741,987	937,152	$6,447,606
46	Gods and Monsters	Drama	R	$4,528,870	895,034	$6,157,834
47	Flawless	Drama	R	$4,394,718	868,521	$5,975,424
48	The Straight Story	Drama	G	$4,375,944	864,811	$5,949,900
49	Encounter in the Third Dimension	Drama	Not Rated	$4,269,548	843,784	$5,805,234
50	The Cider House Rules	Drama	PG-13	$4,201,516	830,339	$5,712,732
51	Gloria	Drama	R	$4,167,493	823,615	$5,666,471
52	The Winslow Boy	Drama	G	$4,058,350	802,045	$5,518,070
53	Playing by Heart	Drama	R	$3,956,212	781,860	$5,379,197
54	The School of Flesh	Drama	R	$3,359,031	663,840	$4,567,219
55	The Limey	Drama	R	$3,020,829	597,002	$4,107,374
56	Boys Don't Cry	Drama	R	$2,697,068	533,017	$3,667,157
57	Mansfield Park	Drama	PG-13	$2,472,250	488,587	$3,361,479
58	Windhorse	Drama	Not Rated	$2,297,017	453,956	$3,123,217
59	Liberty Heights	Drama	R	$2,286,654	451,908	$3,109,127
60	A Dog of Flanders	Drama	PG	$2,165,637	427,992	$2,944,585
61	All About My Mother	Drama	R	$2,133,411	421,623	$2,900,766
62	Down in the Delta	Drama	PG-13	$2,094,571	413,947	$2,847,955
63	Autumn Tale	Drama	PG	$2,082,061	411,475	$2,830,948
64	Three Seasons	Drama	PG-13	$2,046,492	404,445	$2,782,582
65	Besieged	Drama	R	$2,032,621	401,704	$2,763,724
66	Limbo	Drama	R	$2,016,687	398,555	$2,742,058
67	Crazy in Alabama	Drama	PG-13	$1,954,202	386,206	$2,657,097
68	The Dream Life of Angels	Drama	R	$1,734,831	342,852	$2,358,822
69	Tango	Drama	PG-13	$1,687,311	333,461	$2,294,212
70	Romance	Drama	R	$1,585,642	313,368	$2,155,972
71	The End of the Affair	Drama	R	$1,555,329	307,377	$2,114,754
72	Hideous Kinky	Drama	R	$1,368,627	270,480	$1,860,902
73	Dancing at Lughnasa	Drama	PG	$1,170,543	231,333	$1,591,571
74	Cabaret Balkan	Drama	R	$1,152,411	227,749	$1,566,913
75	Meet Joe Black	Drama	PG-13	$1,107,933	218,959	$1,506,438
76	This is My Father	Drama	R	$1,083,268	214,085	$1,472,905
77	The General	Drama	R	$1,079,241	213,289	$1,467,428
78	Another Day in Paradise	Drama	R	$1,036,818	204,905	$1,409,746
79	Tumbleweeds	Drama	PG-13	$1,027,713	203,105	$1,397,362
80	The King of Masks	Drama	Not Rated	$1,014,895	200,572	$1,379,935
81	Xiu Xiu: The Sent Down Girl	Drama	R	$1,006,518	198,917	$1,368,549
82	Twin Falls Idaho	Drama	R	$985,341	194,731	$1,339,749
83	Illuminata	Drama	R	$836,641	165,344	$1,137,567
84	After Life	Drama	Not Rated	$783,102	154,763	$1,064,769
85	Cradle Will Rock	Drama	R	$771,052	152,382	$1,048,388
86	Magnolia	Drama	R	$764,945	151,175	$1,040,084
87	Felicia's Journey	Drama	PG-13	$761,929	150,579	$1,035,984
88	Wings of Courage	Drama	G	$752,935	148,801	$1,023,751
89	Body Shots	Drama	R	$699,964	138,333	$951,731
90	Guinevere	Drama	R	$668,099	132,035	$908,401
91	My Life So Far	Drama	PG-13	$635,620	125,617	$864,245
92	American History X	Drama	R	$605,698	119,703	$823,557
93	The Hurricane	Drama	R	$541,225	106,961	$735,892
94	Across The Sea of Time	Drama	G	$505,005	99,803	$686,645
95	Ride With the Devil	Western	R	$491,069	97,049	$667,697
96	Girl, Interrupted	Drama	R	$434,810	85,931	$591,205
97	Steam: The Turkish Bath	Drama	Not Rated	$391,450	77,362	$532,251
98	Living Out Loud	Drama	R	$254,507	50,298	$346,050
99	Beefcake	Drama		$212,816	42,058	$289,359
100	Angela's Ashes	Drama	R	$186,032	36,765	$252,943
101	The Emperor and the Assassin	Drama	R	$173,078	34,205	$235,330
102	Mast	Drama		$158,928	31,409	$216,094
103	Last Night	Drama	R	$158,900	31,403	$216,053
104	Snow Falling on Cedars	Drama	PG-13	$143,105	28,282	$194,580
105	The Acid House	Drama		$142,783	28,218	$194,140
106	Belly	Drama	R	$134,344	26,550	$182,664
107	The City	Drama		$125,296	24,762	$170,363
108	The Apple	Drama		$116,758	23,075	$158,756
109	Beloved	Drama	R	$105,966	20,942	$144,081
110	Titus	Drama	R	$86,328	17,061	$117,380
111	Holy Smoke	Drama	R	$61,451	12,144	$83,551
112	The War Zone	Drama	R	$57,291	11,322	$77,895
113	I Stand Alone	Drama		$56,847	11,235	$77,297
114	The Gambler	Drama	R	$51,773	10,232	$70,396
115	The Grandfather	Drama	PG	$50,037	9,889	$68,036
116	The Third Miracle	Drama	R	$41,549	8,211	$56,492
117	Ever After: A Cinderella Story	Drama	PG	$31,167	6,159	$42,374
118	Beyond the Clouds	Drama		$30,890	6,105	$42,002
119	Bandits	Drama	R	$24,187	4,780	$32,886
120	Beauty	Drama		$18,629	3,682	$25,332
121	2by4	Drama		$16,637	3,288	$22,621
122	Broken Vessels	Drama	R	$15,030	2,970	$20,434
123	A Map of the World	Drama	R	$14,017	2,770	$19,058
124	The Thief	Drama	R	$8,713	1,722	$11,847
125	The Silence	Drama	Not Rated	$6,042	1,194	$8,215
126	How Stella Got Her Groove Back	Drama	R	$3,915	774	$5,325
127	The Boys	Drama	R	$2,930	579	$3,984
Total Gross of All Movies				$1,480,849,507
Total Tickets Sold					292,658,006
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices						$2,013,487,081

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.