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	$145,123,754
2	The Green Mile	Drama	R	$76,682,014	15,094,885	$108,381,274
3	American Beauty	Drama	R	$71,017,815	13,979,885	$100,375,574
4	The Thomas Crown Affair	Drama	R	$69,282,369	13,638,262	$97,922,721
5	A Civil Action	Drama	PG-13	$56,476,436	11,117,409	$79,822,997
6	Eyes Wide Shut	Drama	R	$55,637,680	10,952,299	$78,637,507
7	Varsity Blues	Drama	R	$52,894,169	10,412,238	$74,759,869
8	Message in a Bottle	Drama	PG-13	$52,799,004	10,393,505	$74,625,366
9	Life Is Beautiful	Drama	PG-13	$46,188,407	9,092,206	$65,282,039
10	Any Given Sunday	Drama	R	$45,752,119	9,006,323	$64,665,399
11	Stepmom	Drama	PG-13	$41,012,827	8,073,391	$57,966,947
12	The Talented Mr. Ripley	Drama	R	$39,771,649	7,829,065	$56,212,687
13	Bicentennial Man	Drama	PG	$39,447,953	7,765,345	$55,755,177
14	Cruel Intentions	Drama	R	$38,201,895	7,520,058	$53,994,016
15	You've Got Mail	Drama	PG	$37,792,542	7,439,477	$53,415,445
16	Fight Club	Drama	R	$36,515,098	7,188,011	$51,609,919
17	The Thin Red Line	Drama	R	$35,365,325	6,961,678	$49,984,848
18	For Love of the Game	Drama	PG-13	$35,168,395	6,922,912	$49,706,508
19	Instinct	Drama	R	$34,098,563	6,712,316	$48,194,429
20	October Sky	Drama	PG	$32,570,685	6,411,552	$46,034,943
21	Random Hearts	Drama	R	$31,054,924	6,113,174	$43,892,589
22	The Insider	Drama	R	$26,114,890	5,140,726	$36,910,413
23	Saving Private Ryan	Drama	R	$25,746,307	5,068,171	$36,389,468
24	Anna and the King	Drama	PG-13	$24,732,782	4,868,658	$34,956,964
25	Man on the Moon	Drama	R	$24,592,000	4,840,945	$34,757,985
26	At First Sight	Drama	PG-13	$22,326,247	4,394,931	$31,555,605
27	Summer of Sam	Drama	R	$19,283,782	3,796,020	$27,255,424
28	Anywhere But Here	Drama	PG-13	$18,215,284	3,585,686	$25,745,225
29	True Crime	Drama	R	$16,635,339	3,274,673	$23,512,152
30	Music of the Heart	Drama	PG	$14,755,057	2,904,539	$20,854,590
31	Tea with Mussolini	Drama	PG	$14,388,329	2,832,348	$20,336,259
32	The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc	Drama	R	$14,131,298	2,781,752	$19,972,979
33	In Too Deep	Drama	R	$14,003,141	2,756,524	$19,791,842
34	A Simple Plan	Drama	R	$13,795,773	2,715,703	$19,498,748
35	Elizabeth	Drama	R	$13,502,610	2,657,994	$19,084,397
36	The Deep End of the Ocean	Drama	PG-13	$13,432,982	2,644,288	$18,985,988
37	Brokedown Palace	Drama	PG-13	$10,114,315	1,991,007	$14,295,430
38	The Red Violin	Drama	R	$10,019,109	1,972,266	$14,160,870
39	Affliction	Drama	R	$6,238,175	1,227,987	$8,816,947
40	Light It Up	Drama	R	$5,821,544	1,145,973	$8,228,086
41	Central Station	Drama	R	$5,274,531	1,038,294	$7,454,951
42	Jakob the Liar	Drama	PG-13	$4,956,401	975,669	$7,005,303
43	A Walk on the Moon	Drama	R	$4,741,987	933,462	$6,702,257
44	Hilary and Jackie	Drama	R	$4,739,909	933,053	$6,699,321
45	Gods and Monsters	Drama	R	$4,467,274	879,385	$6,313,984
46	Flawless	Drama	R	$4,394,718	865,102	$6,211,432
47	The Straight Story	Drama	G	$4,375,944	861,406	$6,184,895
48	Encounter in the Third Dimension	Drama	Not Rated	$4,269,548	840,462	$6,034,517
49	The Cider House Rules	Drama	PG-13	$4,201,516	827,070	$5,938,363
50	Gloria	Drama	R	$4,155,234	817,959	$5,872,946
51	The Winslow Boy	Drama	G	$4,058,350	798,888	$5,736,016
52	Playing by Heart	Drama	R	$3,919,278	771,511	$5,539,449
53	The School of Flesh	Drama	R	$3,359,031	661,227	$4,747,610
54	The Limey	Drama	R	$3,020,829	594,651	$4,269,594
55	Boys Don't Cry	Drama	R	$2,697,068	530,919	$3,811,998
56	Mansfield Park	Drama	PG-13	$2,472,250	486,663	$3,494,240
57	Windhorse	Drama	Not Rated	$2,297,017	452,169	$3,246,573
58	Liberty Heights	Drama	R	$2,286,654	450,129	$3,231,926
59	A Dog of Flanders	Drama	PG	$2,148,212	422,876	$3,036,250
60	All About My Mother	Drama	R	$2,133,411	419,963	$3,015,334
61	Down in the Delta	Drama	PG-13	$2,084,653	410,365	$2,946,421
62	Autumn Tale	Drama	PG	$2,082,061	409,855	$2,942,759
63	Besieged	Drama	R	$2,032,621	400,122	$2,872,876
64	Three Seasons	Drama	PG-13	$2,019,237	397,488	$2,853,964
65	Limbo	Drama	R	$1,997,807	393,269	$2,823,671
66	Crazy in Alabama	Drama	PG-13	$1,954,202	384,685	$2,762,038
67	The Dream Life of Angels	Drama	R	$1,734,831	341,502	$2,451,984
68	Tango	Drama	PG-13	$1,687,311	332,148	$2,384,823
69	Romance	Drama	R	$1,585,642	312,134	$2,241,122
70	The End of the Affair	Drama	R	$1,555,329	306,167	$2,198,279
71	Hideous Kinky	Drama	R	$1,262,786	248,580	$1,784,804
72	Dancing at Lughnasa	Drama	PG	$1,170,543	230,422	$1,654,430
73	This is My Father	Drama	R	$1,083,268	213,242	$1,531,078
74	Meet Joe Black	Drama	PG-13	$1,064,265	209,501	$1,504,217
75	The General	Drama	R	$1,034,645	203,670	$1,462,351
76	Tumbleweeds	Drama	PG-13	$1,027,713	202,306	$1,452,557
77	The King of Masks	Drama	Not Rated	$1,014,895	199,782	$1,434,435
78	Xiu Xiu: The Sent Down Girl	Drama	R	$1,006,518	198,133	$1,422,595
79	Another Day in Paradise	Drama	R	$1,005,485	197,930	$1,421,137
80	Twin Falls Idaho	Drama	R	$985,341	193,965	$1,392,669
81	Illuminata	Drama	R	$836,641	164,693	$1,182,496
82	After Life	Drama	Not Rated	$783,102	154,154	$1,106,826
83	Cradle Will Rock	Drama	R	$771,052	151,782	$1,089,795
84	Magnolia	Drama	R	$764,945	150,580	$1,081,164
85	Felicia's Journey	Drama	PG-13	$761,929	149,986	$1,076,899
86	Wings of Courage	Drama	G	$752,935	148,216	$1,064,191
87	Body Shots	Drama	R	$699,964	137,788	$989,318
88	My Life So Far	Drama	PG-13	$616,310	121,321	$871,085
89	Guinevere	Drama	R	$614,202	120,906	$868,105
90	American History X	Drama	R	$598,075	117,731	$845,309
91	Across The Sea of Time	Drama	G	$505,005	99,410	$713,764
92	Earth	Drama	Not Rated	$475,612	93,624	$672,220
93	The Hurricane	Drama	R	$452,000	88,976	$638,848
94	Girl, Interrupted	Drama	R	$434,810	85,593	$614,558
95	Steam: The Turkish Bath	Drama	Not Rated	$391,450	77,057	$553,269
96	Living Out Loud	Drama	R	$251,396	49,487	$355,317
97	Beefcake	Drama	Not Rated	$212,816	41,893	$300,792
98	Angela's Ashes	Drama	R	$186,032	36,620	$262,932
99	The Emperor and the Assassin	Drama	R	$173,078	34,070	$244,623
100	Mast	Drama		$158,928	31,285	$224,626
101	Last Night	Drama	R	$158,900	31,280	$224,590
102	Snow Falling on Cedars	Drama	PG-13	$143,105	28,170	$202,261
103	The Acid House	Drama		$142,783	28,107	$201,808
104	The City	Drama	Not Rated	$125,296	24,665	$177,095
105	Belly	Drama	R	$125,123	24,631	$176,851
106	The Apple	Drama		$116,758	22,984	$165,025
107	Cabaret Balkan	Drama	R	$108,103	21,280	$152,790
108	Sunshine	Drama	R	$97,677	19,228	$138,057
109	Beloved	Drama	R	$96,526	19,001	$136,427
110	Friends and Lovers	Drama	R	$94,633	18,629	$133,756
111	Titus	Drama	R	$86,328	16,994	$122,017
112	Holy Smoke	Drama	R	$61,451	12,097	$86,856
113	The War Zone	Drama	R	$57,291	11,278	$80,976
114	I Stand Alone	Drama		$56,847	11,190	$80,344
115	The Grandfather	Drama	PG	$50,037	9,850	$70,723
116	The Third Miracle	Drama	R	$41,549	8,179	$58,725
117	Beyond the Clouds	Drama		$30,890	6,081	$43,662
118	Ever After: A Cinderella Story	Drama	PG	$28,807	5,671	$40,718
119	Bandits	Drama	R	$24,187	4,761	$34,184
120	Beauty	Drama		$18,629	3,667	$26,329
121	2by4	Drama		$16,637	3,275	$23,515
122	A Map of the World	Drama	R	$14,017	2,759	$19,810
123	Broken Vessels	Drama	R	$13,493	2,656	$19,070
124	The Gambler	Drama	R	$9,133	1,798	$12,910
125	The Thief	Drama	R	$8,713	1,715	$12,314
126	The Silence	Drama	Not Rated	$6,042	1,189	$8,537
127	At Sachem Farm	Drama	PG	$5,000	984	$7,065
128	How Stella Got Her Groove Back	Drama	R	$3,321	654	$4,696
129	The Boys	Drama	R	$2,930	577	$4,143
Total Gross of All Movies				$1,453,799,725
Total Tickets Sold					286,181,050
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices						$2,054,779,939

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.