Box Office Performance for Original Screenplay Movies in 1999

Rank	Movie	Genre	MPAA	1999 Gross	Tickets Sold	Inflation- Adjusted Gross
1	Star Wars Ep. I: The Phantom Menace	Adventure	PG	$430,443,350	84,732,943	$668,542,920
2	The Sixth Sense	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$276,386,495	54,406,790	$429,269,573
3	Toy Story 2	Adventure	G	$208,768,773	41,096,215	$324,249,136
4	Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me	Comedy	PG-13	$205,957,794	40,542,873	$319,883,268
5	The Matrix	Action	R	$171,383,253	33,736,861	$266,183,833
6	Big Daddy	Comedy	PG-13	$163,479,795	32,181,062	$253,908,579
7	Runaway Bride	Romantic Comedy	PG	$152,054,428	29,931,974	$236,163,275
8	The Blair Witch Project	Horror	R	$140,530,114	27,663,408	$218,264,289
9	Notting Hill	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$116,089,678	22,852,299	$180,304,639
10	Double Jeopardy	Action	R	$114,032,117	22,447,267	$177,108,937
11	Analyze This	Comedy	R	$106,823,373	21,028,223	$165,912,679
12	American Pie	Comedy	R	$101,736,215	20,026,814	$158,011,562
13	Shakespeare in Love	Romantic Comedy	R	$90,829,322	17,879,788	$141,071,527
14	Entrapment	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$87,704,396	17,264,645	$136,218,049
15	Deep Blue Sea	Action	R	$73,648,142	14,497,666	$114,386,585
16	American Beauty	Drama	R	$71,017,815	13,979,885	$110,301,293
17	Blue Streak	Action	PG-13	$67,760,741	13,338,729	$105,242,572
18	Bowfinger	Comedy	PG-13	$66,365,290	13,064,033	$103,075,220
19	Life	Comedy	R	$64,016,268	12,601,628	$99,426,845
20	She's All That	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$63,319,509	12,464,470	$98,344,668
21	End of Days	Action	R	$63,185,000	12,437,992	$98,135,757
22	Three Kings	Action	R	$59,223,104	11,658,091	$91,982,338
23	Never Been Kissed	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$55,469,238	10,919,141	$86,152,022
24	Forces of Nature	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$52,900,680	10,413,520	$82,162,673
25	Varsity Blues	Drama	R	$52,894,169	10,412,238	$82,152,558
26	Stigmata	Horror	R	$50,014,865	9,845,446	$77,680,569
27	Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo	Comedy	R	$46,353,560	9,124,717	$71,994,017
28	Life is Beautiful	Drama	PG-13	$46,188,407	9,092,206	$71,737,505
29	Any Given Sunday	Drama	R	$45,752,119	9,006,323	$71,059,888
30	Stepmom	Drama	PG-13	$41,012,827	8,073,391	$63,699,055
31	House on Haunted Hill	Horror	R	$40,489,824	7,970,438	$62,886,756
32	8MM	Thriller/Suspense	R	$36,283,501	7,142,421	$56,353,702
33	Instinct	Drama	R	$34,098,563	6,712,316	$52,960,173
34	Mickey Blue Eyes	Comedy	PG-13	$33,864,342	6,666,209	$52,596,389
35	The Best Man	Romantic Comedy	R	$33,293,520	6,553,843	$51,709,821
36	Lake Placid	Thriller/Suspense	R	$31,768,374	6,253,617	$49,341,038
37	Dogma	Comedy	R	$28,983,260	5,705,366	$45,015,338
38	The Other Sister	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$27,797,271	5,471,904	$43,173,323
39	Galaxy Quest	Comedy	PG	$27,311,918	5,376,362	$42,419,496
40	Baby Geniuses	Comedy	PG	$27,141,959	5,342,905	$42,155,520
41	The Story of Us	Romantic Comedy	R	$27,067,160	5,328,181	$42,039,348
42	Blast from the Past	Comedy	PG-13	$26,494,611	5,215,475	$41,150,098
43	A Bug's Life	Adventure	G	$26,372,677	5,191,472	$40,960,714
44	Saving Private Ryan	Drama	R	$25,746,307	5,068,171	$39,987,869
45	The Wood	Comedy	R	$25,047,631	4,930,636	$38,902,718
46	Arlington Road	Thriller/Suspense	R	$24,362,501	4,795,768	$37,838,610
47	T-Rex: Back to the Cretaceous	Adventure	Not Rated	$24,343,061	4,791,941	$37,808,414
48	EDtv	Comedy	PG-13	$22,421,087	4,413,600	$34,823,304
49	At First Sight	Drama	PG-13	$22,326,247	4,394,931	$34,676,006
50	Being John Malkovich	Black Comedy	R	$18,243,969	3,591,332	$28,335,609
51	Waking Ned Devine	Comedy	PG	$17,834,187	3,510,667	$27,699,163
52	Rushmore	Black Comedy	R	$17,052,387	3,356,769	$26,484,907
53	Go!	Black Comedy	R	$16,842,303	3,315,414	$26,158,616
54	The Corruptor	Action	R	$15,156,200	2,983,504	$23,539,847
55	Music of the Heart	Drama	PG	$14,755,057	2,904,539	$22,916,813
56	Enemy of the State	Action	R	$14,727,445	2,899,103	$22,873,923
57	The Faculty	Horror	R	$14,169,955	2,789,361	$22,008,058
58	In Too Deep	Drama	R	$14,003,141	2,756,524	$21,748,974
59	Hak hap	Action	R	$12,491,455	2,458,948	$19,401,100
60	The Omega Code	Action	PG-13	$12,276,200	2,416,575	$19,066,777
61	The Muse	Comedy	PG-13	$11,614,236	2,286,267	$18,038,647
62	The Waterboy	Comedy	PG-13	$11,449,338	2,253,807	$17,782,537
63	Chill Factor	Action	R	$11,227,940	2,210,224	$17,438,667
64	Cookie's Fortune	Comedy	PG-13	$10,919,177	2,149,444	$16,959,113
65	The Astronaut's Wife	Thriller/Suspense	R	$10,654,581	2,097,358	$16,548,155
66	Drop Dead Gorgeous	Comedy	PG-13	$10,561,238	2,078,984	$16,403,184
67	Three to Tango	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$10,544,143	2,075,619	$16,376,634
68	Universal Soldier II: The Return	Action	R	$10,431,220	2,053,390	$16,201,247
69	Bats	Horror	R	$10,149,779	1,997,988	$15,764,125
70	Brokedown Palace	Drama	PG-13	$10,114,315	1,991,007	$15,709,045
71	Le Violon rouge	Drama	R	$10,019,109	1,972,266	$15,561,179
72	Trippin'	Comedy	R	$9,016,377	1,774,877	$14,003,780
73	Teaching Mrs. Tingle	Comedy	PG-13	$8,910,377	1,754,011	$13,839,147
74	Mystery, Alaska	Comedy	R	$8,888,143	1,749,634	$13,804,612
75	Twin Dragons	Action	PG-13	$8,332,431	1,640,242	$12,941,509
76	Run Lola Run	Thriller/Suspense	R	$7,197,093	1,416,751	$11,178,165
77	200 Cigarettes	Romantic Comedy	R	$6,851,636	1,348,747	$10,641,614
78	Lost and Found	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$6,545,360	1,288,457	$10,165,926
79	Dick	Comedy	PG-13	$6,241,697	1,228,681	$9,694,293
80	Foolish	Comedy	R	$6,026,908	1,186,399	$9,360,688
81	Light It Up	Drama	R	$5,821,544	1,145,973	$9,041,727
82	Central do Brasil	Drama	R	$5,274,531	1,038,294	$8,192,140
83	A Walk on the Moon	Drama	R	$4,741,987	933,462	$7,365,015
84	Mumford	Comedy	R	$4,559,569	897,553	$7,081,693
85	Simply Irresistible	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$4,394,936	865,145	$6,825,994
86	Flawless	Drama	R	$4,394,718	865,102	$6,825,655
87	Detroit Rock City	Comedy	R	$4,193,025	825,399	$6,512,398
88	Idle Hands	Horror	R	$4,002,955	787,983	$6,217,186
89	Playing by Heart	Drama	R	$3,919,278	771,511	$6,087,222
90	Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels	Black Comedy	R	$3,714,067	731,116	$5,768,505
91	Rush Hour	Action	PG-13	$3,619,410	712,482	$5,621,483
92	Jack Frost	Comedy	PG	$3,391,985	667,714	$5,268,263
93	Jawbreaker	Black Comedy	R	$3,071,947	604,714	$4,771,193
94	The Limey	Drama	R	$3,020,829	594,651	$4,691,796
95	eXistenZ	Thriller/Suspense	R	$2,840,417	559,137	$4,411,591
96	Love Stinks	Comedy	R	$2,793,776	549,956	$4,339,153
97	Boys Don't Cry	Drama	R	$2,697,068	530,919	$4,188,951
98	Marius et Jeannette	Romantic Comedy	Not Rated	$2,552,768	502,513	$3,964,828
99	Mononoke-hime	Adventure	PG-13	$2,298,191	452,400	$3,569,436
100	Windhorse	Drama	Not Rated	$2,297,017	452,169	$3,567,613
101	Liberty Heights	Drama	R	$2,286,654	450,129	$3,551,518
102	Todo sobre mi madre	Drama	R	$2,133,411	419,963	$3,313,508
103	Down in the Delta	Drama	PG-13	$2,084,653	410,365	$3,237,780
104	Conte d'automne	Drama	PG	$2,082,061	409,855	$3,233,756
105	Ravenous	Horror	R	$2,060,953	405,699	$3,200,965
106	Trick	Comedy	R	$2,049,595	403,464	$3,183,331
107	Besieged	Drama	R	$2,032,621	400,122	$3,156,963
108	Three Seasons	Drama	PG-13	$2,019,237	397,488	$3,136,180
109	Better Than Chocolate	Romantic Comedy	R	$2,011,254	395,916	$3,123,777
110	Hum Saath-Saath Hain	Musical	Not Rated	$2,005,094	394,704	$3,114,215
111	Limbo	Drama	R	$1,997,807	393,269	$3,102,892
112	Taal	Musical	Not Rated	$1,980,398	389,842	$3,075,853
113	Happy, Texas	Comedy	PG-13	$1,943,649	382,608	$3,018,777
114	Goodbye, Lover	Comedy	R	$1,923,061	378,555	$2,986,799
115	There's Something About Mary	Romantic Comedy	R	$1,772,686	348,954	$2,753,247
116	The Dream Life of Angels	Drama	R	$1,734,831	341,502	$2,694,451
117	Pleasantville	Comedy	PG-13	$1,699,907	334,627	$2,640,207
118	Tango	Drama	PG-13	$1,687,311	332,148	$2,620,648
119	Romance	Drama	R	$1,585,642	312,134	$2,462,737
120	Antz	Adventure	PG	$1,432,193	281,928	$2,224,412
121	This is My Father	Drama	R	$1,083,268	213,242	$1,682,479
122	Meet Joe Black	Drama	PG-13	$1,064,265	209,501	$1,652,963
123	The King of Masks	Drama	Not Rated	$1,014,895	199,782	$1,576,280
124	Straight From The Heart	Musical	Not Rated	$1,007,446	198,316	$1,564,713
125	Xiu Xiu: The Sent Down Girl	Drama	R	$1,006,518	198,133	$1,563,269
126	Twin Falls Idaho	Drama	R	$985,341	193,965	$1,530,384
127	Bacheha-Ye aseman	Comedy	PG	$925,402	182,166	$1,437,290
128	The Castle	Comedy	R	$905,012	178,152	$1,405,619
129	Edge of Seventeen	Comedy	Not Rated	$868,348	170,935	$1,348,677
130	Sweet and Lowdown	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$867,523	170,772	$1,347,391
131	Wandafuru raifu	Drama	Not Rated	$783,102	154,154	$1,216,275
132	Cradle Will Rock	Drama	R	$771,052	151,782	$1,197,560
133	The Siege	Action	R	$768,568	151,293	$1,193,702
134	Magnolia	Drama	R	$764,945	150,580	$1,188,076
135	Wings of Courage	Drama	G	$752,935	148,216	$1,169,424
136	Body Shots	Drama	R	$699,964	137,788	$1,087,147
137	Guinevere	Drama	R	$614,202	120,906	$953,948
138	American History X	Drama	R	$598,075	117,731	$928,898
139	20 Dates	Comedy	R	$536,767	105,663	$833,681
140	Baadshah	Action	Not Rated	$535,021	105,319	$830,967
141	Across The Sea of Time	Drama	G	$505,005	99,410	$784,345
142	Festen	Comedy	R	$397,475	78,243	$617,337
143	Steam: The Turkish Bath	Drama	Not Rated	$391,450	77,057	$607,980
144	Crna macka, beli macor	Comedy	R	$348,660	68,634	$541,522
145	Home Fries	Black Comedy	PG-13	$347,576	68,420	$539,834
146	Living Out Loud	Drama	R	$251,396	49,487	$390,452
147	Beefcake	Drama	Not Rated	$212,816	41,893	$330,536
148	Urban Legend	Horror	R	$191,295	37,656	$297,106
149	Last Night	Drama	R	$158,900	31,280	$246,799
150	La ciudad	Drama	Not Rated	$125,296	24,665	$194,607
151	Belly	Drama	R	$125,123	24,631	$194,339
152	Sib	Drama		$116,758	22,984	$181,344
153	Happiness	Comedy	Not Rated	$110,829	21,817	$172,136
154	The 24 Hour Woman	Comedy	R	$109,148	21,486	$169,525
155	The Adventures of Sebastian Cole	Comedy	R	$100,041	19,693	$155,378
156	Sunshine	Drama	R	$97,677	19,228	$151,709
157	Friends and Lovers	Drama	R	$94,633	18,629	$146,983
158	I'll Be Home For Christmas	Comedy	PG	$92,092	18,128	$143,030
159	Ronin	Action	R	$88,492	17,420	$137,444
160	Among Giants	Romantic Comedy	R	$64,359	12,669	$99,958
161	Holy Smoke	Drama	R	$61,451	12,097	$95,445
162	Seul contre tous	Drama		$56,847	11,190	$88,289
163	Best Laid Plans	Thriller/Suspense	R	$25,651	5,049	$39,837
164	Bandits	Drama	R	$24,187	4,761	$37,564
165	Meishaonian zhi lian	Drama		$18,629	3,667	$28,933
166	2by4	Drama		$16,637	3,275	$25,840
167	Bedrooms and Hallways	Comedy	Not Rated	$16,459	3,240	$25,564
168	Blood, Guts, Bullets and Octane	Comedy	R	$13,674	2,692	$21,240
169	Broken Vessels	Drama	R	$13,493	2,656	$20,956
170	The Thief	Drama	R	$8,713	1,715	$13,531
171	Diamonds	Comedy	PG-13	$7,837	1,543	$12,174
172	The Silence	Drama	Not Rated	$6,042	1,189	$9,381
173	Giving It Up	Romantic Comedy	R	$5,000	984	$7,764
174	At Sachem Farm	Drama	PG	$5,000	984	$7,764
175	Play it to the Bone	Comedy	R	$3,366	663	$5,231
176	The Imposters	Comedy	R	$3,046	600	$4,734
Total Gross of All Movies				$4,316,692,786
Total Tickets Sold					849,742,679
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices						$6,704,469,737

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.