Box Office Performance for Factual Movies in 1999

Rank	Movie	Genre	MPAA	1999 Gross	Tickets Sold	Inflation- Adjusted Gross
1	Everest	Documentary	PG-13	$18,064,450	3,555,994	$28,056,793
2	Africa's Elephant Kingdom	Documentary	Not Rated	$7,049,211	1,387,640	$10,948,480
3	Buena Vista Social Club	Documentary	G	$6,918,494	1,361,908	$10,745,454
4	Extreme	Documentary	Not Rated	$6,892,475	1,356,786	$10,705,042
5	Island of the Sharks	Documentary	Not Rated	$5,206,926	1,024,985	$8,087,132
6	Encounter in the Third Dimension	Drama	Not Rated	$4,269,548	840,462	$6,631,245
7	Thrill Ride: The Science of Fun	Documentary	G	$3,441,911	677,542	$5,345,806
8	Fifty	Documentary	Not Rated	$3,328,240	655,165	$5,169,252
9	Elvis Gratton 2	Comedy	Not Rated	$3,316,272	652,809	$5,150,663
10	Wolves	Documentary	Not Rated	$2,852,213	561,459	$4,429,912
11	Siegfried & Roy: Masters of the Impossible	Documentary	PG	$2,162,167	425,623	$3,358,165
12	Wildfire: Feel The Heat	Documentary	Not Rated	$1,512,930	297,821	$2,349,808
13	Galapagos	Documentary	Not Rated	$806,245	158,710	$1,252,222
14	Mark Twain's America 3D	Documentary	G	$671,617	132,208	$1,043,121
15	Trekkies	Documentary	PG	$617,172	121,491	$958,564
16	American Movie: The Making of Northwestern	Documentary	R	$459,537	90,460	$713,729
17	Stop Making Sense	Concert/Performance		$172,216	33,901	$267,479
18	Get Bruce	Documentary	R	$43,155	8,495	$67,026
19	Genghis Blues	Documentary	Not Rated	$32,606	6,419	$50,646
20	Mein Liebster Feind	Documentary	PG-13	$31,298	6,161	$48,610
21	42: Forty Two Up	Documentary	Not Rated	$14,576	2,869	$22,636
22	Beyond the Mat	Documentary	R	$9,532	1,876	$14,802
23	Ayn Rand: A Sense of Life	Documentary	Not Rated	$4,737	932	$7,353
24	And Baby Makes 2	Documentary		$4,058	799	$6,304
Total Gross of All Movies				$67,881,586
Total Tickets Sold					13,362,515
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices						$105,430,243

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.