Box Office Performance for Original Screenplay Movies in 1999

Rank	Movie	Genre	MPAA	1999 Gross	Tickets Sold	Inflation- Adjusted Gross
1	The Sixth Sense	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$276,386,495	54,406,790	$390,640,752
2	The Matrix	Action	R	$171,383,253	33,736,861	$242,230,662
3	Big Daddy	Comedy	PG-13	$163,479,795	32,181,062	$231,060,025
4	Runaway Bride	Romantic Comedy	PG	$152,054,428	29,931,974	$214,911,573
5	The Blair Witch Project	Horror	R	$140,530,114	27,663,408	$198,623,269
6	Notting Hill	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$116,089,678	22,852,299	$164,079,507
7	Double Jeopardy	Action	R	$114,032,117	22,447,267	$161,171,377
8	Analyze This	Comedy	R	$106,823,373	21,028,223	$150,982,641
9	American Pie	Comedy	R	$101,736,215	20,026,814	$143,792,525
10	Shakespeare in Love	Romantic Comedy	R	$90,829,322	17,879,788	$128,376,878
11	Entrapment	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$87,704,396	17,264,645	$123,960,151
12	Deep Blue Sea	Action	R	$73,648,142	14,497,666	$104,093,242
13	American Beauty	Drama	R	$71,017,815	13,979,885	$100,375,574
14	Blue Streak	Action	PG-13	$67,760,741	13,338,729	$95,772,074
15	Bowfinger	Comedy	PG-13	$66,365,290	13,064,033	$93,799,757
16	Life	Comedy	R	$64,016,268	12,601,628	$90,479,689
17	She's All That	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$63,319,509	12,464,470	$89,494,895
18	End of Days	Action	R	$63,185,000	12,437,992	$89,304,783
19	Three Kings	Action	R	$59,223,104	11,658,091	$83,705,093
20	Never Been Kissed	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$55,469,238	10,919,141	$78,399,432
21	Forces of Nature	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$52,900,680	10,413,520	$74,769,074
22	Varsity Blues	Drama	R	$52,894,169	10,412,238	$74,759,869
23	Stigmata	Horror	R	$50,014,865	9,845,446	$70,690,302
24	Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo	Comedy	R	$46,353,560	9,124,717	$65,515,468
25	Life Is Beautiful	Drama	PG-13	$46,188,407	9,092,206	$65,282,039
26	Any Given Sunday	Drama	R	$45,752,119	9,006,323	$64,665,399
27	Stepmom	Drama	PG-13	$41,012,827	8,073,391	$57,966,947
28	House on Haunted Hill	Horror	R	$40,489,824	7,970,438	$57,227,745
29	8MM	Thriller/Suspense	R	$36,283,501	7,142,421	$51,282,583
30	Instinct	Drama	R	$34,098,563	6,712,316	$48,194,429
31	Mickey Blue Eyes	Comedy	PG-13	$33,864,342	6,666,209	$47,863,381
32	The Best Man	Romantic Comedy	R	$33,293,520	6,553,843	$47,056,593
33	Lake Placid	Thriller/Suspense	R	$31,768,374	6,253,617	$44,900,970
34	Dogma	Comedy	R	$28,983,260	5,705,366	$40,964,528
35	The Other Sister	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$27,797,271	5,471,904	$39,288,271
36	Galaxy Quest	Comedy	PG	$27,311,918	5,376,362	$38,602,279
37	Baby Geniuses	Comedy	PG	$27,141,959	5,342,905	$38,362,058
38	The Story of Us	Romantic Comedy	R	$27,067,160	5,328,181	$38,256,340
39	Blast from the Past	Comedy	PG-13	$26,494,611	5,215,475	$37,447,111
40	A Bug's Life	Adventure	G	$26,372,677	5,191,472	$37,274,769
41	Saving Private Ryan	Drama	R	$25,746,307	5,068,171	$36,389,468
42	The Wood	Comedy	R	$25,047,631	4,930,636	$35,401,966
43	Arlington Road	Thriller/Suspense	R	$24,362,501	4,795,768	$34,433,614
44	T-Rex: Back to the Cretaceous	Adventure	Not Rated	$24,343,061	4,791,941	$34,406,136
45	EDtv	Comedy	PG-13	$22,421,087	4,413,600	$31,689,648
46	At First Sight	Drama	PG-13	$22,326,247	4,394,931	$31,555,605
47	Being John Malkovich	Black Comedy	R	$18,243,969	3,591,332	$25,785,764
48	Waking Ned Devine	Comedy	PG	$17,834,187	3,510,667	$25,206,589
49	Rushmore	Black Comedy	R	$17,052,387	3,356,769	$24,101,601
50	Go!	Black Comedy	R	$16,842,303	3,315,414	$23,804,673
51	The Corruptor	Action	R	$15,156,200	2,983,504	$21,421,559
52	Music of the Heart	Drama	PG	$14,755,057	2,904,539	$20,854,590
53	Enemy of the State	Action	R	$14,727,445	2,899,103	$20,815,560
54	The Faculty	Horror	R	$14,169,955	2,789,361	$20,027,612
55	In Too Deep	Drama	R	$14,003,141	2,756,524	$19,791,842
56	Black Mask	Action	R	$12,491,455	2,458,948	$17,655,247
57	The Omega Code	Action	PG-13	$12,276,200	2,416,575	$17,351,009
58	The Muse	Comedy	PG-13	$11,614,236	2,286,267	$16,415,397
59	The Waterboy	Comedy	PG-13	$11,449,338	2,253,807	$16,182,334
60	Chill Factor	Action	R	$11,227,940	2,210,224	$15,869,408
61	Cookie's Fortune	Comedy	PG-13	$10,919,177	2,149,444	$15,433,008
62	The Astronaut's Wife	Thriller/Suspense	R	$10,654,581	2,097,358	$15,059,030
63	Drop Dead Gorgeous	Comedy	PG-13	$10,561,238	2,078,984	$14,927,105
64	Three to Tango	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$10,544,143	2,075,619	$14,902,944
65	Bats	Horror	R	$10,149,779	1,997,988	$14,345,554
66	Brokedown Palace	Drama	PG-13	$10,114,315	1,991,007	$14,295,430
67	The Red Violin	Drama	R	$10,019,109	1,972,266	$14,160,870
68	Trippin'	Comedy	R	$9,016,377	1,774,877	$12,743,617
69	Teaching Mrs. Tingle	Comedy	PG-13	$8,910,377	1,754,011	$12,593,799
70	Mystery, Alaska	Comedy	R	$8,888,143	1,749,634	$12,562,372
71	Twin Dragons	Action	PG-13	$8,332,431	1,640,242	$11,776,938
72	Run Lola Run	Thriller/Suspense	R	$7,197,093	1,416,751	$10,172,272
73	200 Cigarettes	Romantic Comedy	R	$6,851,636	1,348,747	$9,684,003
74	Lost and Found	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$6,545,360	1,288,457	$9,251,121
75	Dick	Comedy	PG-13	$6,241,697	1,228,681	$8,821,930
76	Foolish	Comedy	R	$6,026,908	1,186,399	$8,518,345
77	Light It Up	Drama	R	$5,821,544	1,145,973	$8,228,086
78	Central Station	Drama	R	$5,274,531	1,038,294	$7,454,951
79	A Walk on the Moon	Drama	R	$4,741,987	933,462	$6,702,257
80	Mumford	Comedy	R	$4,559,569	897,553	$6,444,431
81	Simply Irresistible	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$4,394,936	865,145	$6,211,741
82	Flawless	Drama	R	$4,394,718	865,102	$6,211,432
83	Detroit Rock City	Comedy	R	$4,193,025	825,399	$5,926,365
84	Idle Hands	Horror	R	$4,002,955	787,983	$5,657,718
85	Playing by Heart	Drama	R	$3,919,278	771,511	$5,539,449
86	Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels	Black Comedy	R	$3,714,067	731,116	$5,249,413
87	Rush Hour	Action	PG-13	$3,619,410	712,482	$5,115,621
88	Jack Frost	Comedy	PG	$3,391,985	667,714	$4,794,187
89	Jawbreaker	Black Comedy	R	$3,071,947	604,714	$4,341,847
90	The Limey	Drama	R	$3,020,829	594,651	$4,269,594
91	eXistenZ	Thriller/Suspense	R	$2,840,417	559,137	$4,014,604
92	Love Stinks	Comedy	R	$2,793,776	549,956	$3,948,684
93	Boys Don't Cry	Drama	R	$2,697,068	530,919	$3,811,998
94	Marius et Jeannette	Romantic Comedy	Not Rated	$2,552,768	502,513	$3,608,043
95	Princess Mononoke	Adventure	PG-13	$2,298,191	452,400	$3,248,232
96	Windhorse	Drama	Not Rated	$2,297,017	452,169	$3,246,573
97	Liberty Heights	Drama	R	$2,286,654	450,129	$3,231,926
98	All About My Mother	Drama	R	$2,133,411	419,963	$3,015,334
99	Down in the Delta	Drama	PG-13	$2,084,653	410,365	$2,946,421
100	Autumn Tale	Drama	PG	$2,082,061	409,855	$2,942,759
101	Ravenous	Horror	R	$2,060,953	405,699	$2,912,919
102	Trick	Comedy	R	$2,049,595	403,464	$2,896,872
103	Besieged	Drama	R	$2,032,621	400,122	$2,872,876
104	Three Seasons	Drama	PG-13	$2,019,237	397,488	$2,853,964
105	Better Than Chocolate	Romantic Comedy	R	$2,011,254	395,916	$2,842,677
106	Hum Saath-Saath Hain	Musical	Not Rated	$2,005,094	394,704	$2,833,975
107	Limbo	Drama	R	$1,997,807	393,269	$2,823,671
108	Taal	Musical	Not Rated	$1,980,398	389,842	$2,799,066
109	Happy, Texas	Comedy	PG-13	$1,943,649	382,608	$2,747,125
110	Goodbye, Lover	Comedy	R	$1,923,061	378,555	$2,718,025
111	There's Something About Mary	Romantic Comedy	R	$1,772,686	348,954	$2,505,490
112	The Dream Life of Angels	Drama	R	$1,734,831	341,502	$2,451,984
113	Pleasantville	Comedy	PG-13	$1,699,907	334,627	$2,402,622
114	Tango	Drama	PG-13	$1,687,311	332,148	$2,384,823
115	Romance	Drama	R	$1,585,642	312,134	$2,241,122
116	Antz	Adventure	PG	$1,432,193	281,928	$2,024,243
117	This is My Father	Drama	R	$1,083,268	213,242	$1,531,078
118	Meet Joe Black	Drama	PG-13	$1,064,265	209,501	$1,504,217
119	The King of Masks	Drama	Not Rated	$1,014,895	199,782	$1,434,435
120	Straight From The Heart	Musical	Not Rated	$1,007,446	198,316	$1,423,909
121	Xiu Xiu: The Sent Down Girl	Drama	R	$1,006,518	198,133	$1,422,595
122	Twin Falls Idaho	Drama	R	$985,341	193,965	$1,392,669
123	The Children of Heaven	Comedy	PG	$925,402	182,166	$1,307,952
124	The Castle	Comedy	R	$905,012	178,152	$1,279,131
125	Edge of Seventeen	Comedy	Not Rated	$868,348	170,935	$1,227,313
126	Sweet and Lowdown	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$867,523	170,772	$1,226,143
127	After Life	Drama	Not Rated	$783,102	154,154	$1,106,826
128	Cradle Will Rock	Drama	R	$771,052	151,782	$1,089,795
129	The Siege	Action	R	$768,568	151,293	$1,086,284
130	Magnolia	Drama	R	$764,945	150,580	$1,081,164
131	Wings of Courage	Drama	G	$752,935	148,216	$1,064,191
132	Body Shots	Drama	R	$699,964	137,788	$989,318
133	Guinevere	Drama	R	$614,202	120,906	$868,105
134	American History X	Drama	R	$598,075	117,731	$845,309
135	20 Dates	Comedy	R	$536,767	105,663	$758,660
136	Baadshah	Action	Not Rated	$535,021	105,319	$756,190
137	Across The Sea of Time	Drama	G	$505,005	99,410	$713,764
138	The Celebration	Comedy	R	$397,475	78,243	$561,785
139	Steam: The Turkish Bath	Drama	Not Rated	$391,450	77,057	$553,269
140	Black Cat, White Cat	Comedy	R	$348,660	68,634	$492,792
141	Home Fries	Black Comedy	PG-13	$347,576	68,420	$491,256
142	Living Out Loud	Drama	R	$251,396	49,487	$355,317
143	Beefcake	Drama	Not Rated	$212,816	41,893	$300,792
144	Urban Legend	Horror	R	$191,295	37,656	$270,370
145	Last Night	Drama	R	$158,900	31,280	$224,590
146	The City	Drama	Not Rated	$125,296	24,665	$177,095
147	Belly	Drama	R	$125,123	24,631	$176,851
148	The Apple	Drama		$116,758	22,984	$165,025
149	Happiness	Comedy	Not Rated	$110,829	21,817	$156,646
150	The 24 Hour Woman	Comedy	R	$109,148	21,486	$154,269
151	The Adventures of Sebastian Cole	Comedy	R	$100,041	19,693	$141,396
152	Sunshine	Drama	R	$97,677	19,228	$138,057
153	Friends and Lovers	Drama	R	$94,633	18,629	$133,756
154	I'll Be Home For Christmas	Comedy	PG	$92,092	18,128	$130,159
155	Ronin	Action	R	$88,492	17,420	$125,076
156	Among Giants	Romantic Comedy	R	$64,359	12,669	$90,963
157	Holy Smoke	Drama	R	$61,451	12,097	$86,856
158	I Stand Alone	Drama		$56,847	11,190	$80,344
159	Best Laid Plans	Thriller/Suspense	R	$25,651	5,049	$36,252
160	Bandits	Drama	R	$24,187	4,761	$34,184
161	Beauty	Drama		$18,629	3,667	$26,329
162	2by4	Drama		$16,637	3,275	$23,515
163	Bedrooms and Hallways	Comedy	Not Rated	$16,459	3,240	$23,263
164	Blood, Guts, Bullets and Octane	Comedy	R	$13,674	2,692	$19,329
165	Broken Vessels	Drama	R	$13,493	2,656	$19,070
166	The Thief	Drama	R	$8,713	1,715	$12,314
167	The Silence	Drama	Not Rated	$6,042	1,189	$8,537
168	Giving It Up	Romantic Comedy	R	$5,000	984	$7,065
169	At Sachem Farm	Drama	PG	$5,000	984	$7,065
170	Play it to the Bone	Comedy	R	$3,366	663	$4,760
171	The Imposters	Comedy	R	$3,046	600	$4,308
Total Gross of All Movies				$3,461,083,812
Total Tickets Sold					681,315,715
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices						$4,891,846,834

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.