Box Office Performance for R Movies in 1999

Rank	Movie	Genre	MPAA	1999 Gross	Tickets Sold	Inflation- Adjusted Gross
1	The Matrix	Action	R	$171,383,253	33,736,861	$266,183,833
2	The Blair Witch Project	Horror	R	$140,530,114	27,663,408	$218,264,289
3	Double Jeopardy	Action	R	$114,032,117	22,447,267	$177,108,937
4	Analyze This	Comedy	R	$106,823,373	21,028,223	$165,912,679
5	The General's Daughter	Drama	R	$102,678,089	20,212,222	$159,474,432
6	American Pie	Comedy	R	$101,736,215	20,026,814	$158,011,562
7	Sleepy Hollow	Horror	R	$92,839,722	18,275,536	$144,193,979
8	Shakespeare in Love	Romantic Comedy	R	$90,829,322	17,879,788	$141,071,527
9	Payback	Action	R	$81,517,441	16,046,740	$126,608,779
10	The Green Mile	Drama	R	$76,682,014	15,094,885	$119,098,643
11	Deep Blue Sea	Action	R	$73,648,142	14,497,666	$114,386,585
12	American Beauty	Drama	R	$71,017,815	13,979,885	$110,301,293
13	The Thomas Crown Affair	Drama	R	$69,282,369	13,638,262	$107,605,887
14	Life	Comedy	R	$64,016,268	12,601,628	$99,426,845
15	The Bone Collector	Thriller/Suspense	R	$63,788,270	12,556,746	$99,072,726
16	End of Days	Action	R	$63,185,000	12,437,992	$98,135,757
17	Three Kings	Action	R	$59,223,104	11,658,091	$91,982,338
18	Eyes Wide Shut	Drama	R	$55,637,680	10,952,299	$86,413,639
19	Varsity Blues	Drama	R	$52,894,169	10,412,238	$82,152,558
20	South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut	Comedy	R	$52,008,288	10,237,852	$80,776,652
21	Stigmata	Horror	R	$50,014,865	9,845,446	$77,680,569
22	Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo	Comedy	R	$46,353,560	9,124,717	$71,994,017
23	Any Given Sunday	Drama	R	$45,752,119	9,006,323	$71,059,888
24	House on Haunted Hill	Horror	R	$40,489,824	7,970,438	$62,886,756
25	The Talented Mr. Ripley	Drama	R	$39,771,649	7,829,065	$61,771,323
26	Cruel Intentions	Drama	R	$38,201,895	7,520,058	$59,333,258
27	Fight Club	Drama	R	$36,515,098	7,188,011	$56,713,407
28	8MM	Thriller/Suspense	R	$36,283,501	7,142,421	$56,353,702
29	The Thin Red Line	Drama	R	$35,365,325	6,961,678	$54,927,639
30	Instinct	Drama	R	$34,098,563	6,712,316	$52,960,173
31	The Best Man	Romantic Comedy	R	$33,293,520	6,553,843	$51,709,821
32	The 13th Warrior	Action	R	$32,694,788	6,435,982	$50,779,898
33	Lake Placid	Thriller/Suspense	R	$31,768,374	6,253,617	$49,341,038
34	Random Hearts	Drama	R	$31,054,924	6,113,174	$48,232,943
35	Dogma	Comedy	R	$28,983,260	5,705,366	$45,015,338
36	The Story of Us	Romantic Comedy	R	$27,067,160	5,328,181	$42,039,348
37	The Insider	Drama	R	$26,114,890	5,140,726	$40,560,328
38	Saving Private Ryan	Drama	R	$25,746,307	5,068,171	$39,987,869
39	The Wood	Comedy	R	$25,047,631	4,930,636	$38,902,718
40	Man on the Moon	Drama	R	$24,592,000	4,840,945	$38,195,056
41	Arlington Road	Thriller/Suspense	R	$24,362,501	4,795,768	$37,838,610
42	A Stir of Echoes	Thriller/Suspense	R	$21,133,087	4,160,056	$32,822,842
43	Summer of Sam	Drama	R	$19,283,782	3,796,020	$29,950,598
44	Being John Malkovich	Black Comedy	R	$18,243,969	3,591,332	$28,335,609
45	The Rage: Carrie 2	Horror	R	$17,757,087	3,495,490	$27,579,416
46	Rushmore	Black Comedy	R	$17,052,387	3,356,769	$26,484,907
47	Go!	Black Comedy	R	$16,842,303	3,315,414	$26,158,616
48	True Crime	Drama	R	$16,635,339	3,274,673	$25,837,170
49	Bringing Out The Dead	Black Comedy	R	$16,473,449	3,242,805	$25,585,731
50	The Corruptor	Action	R	$15,156,200	2,983,504	$23,539,847
51	Election	Black Comedy	R	$14,879,556	2,929,046	$23,110,173
52	Enemy of the State	Action	R	$14,727,445	2,899,103	$22,873,923
53	The Faculty	Horror	R	$14,169,955	2,789,361	$22,008,058
54	The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc	Drama	R	$14,131,298	2,781,752	$21,948,023
55	Virus	Action	R	$14,010,690	2,758,010	$21,760,699
56	In Too Deep	Drama	R	$14,003,141	2,756,524	$21,748,974
57	A Simple Plan	Drama	R	$13,795,773	2,715,703	$21,426,897
58	Elizabeth	Drama	R	$13,502,610	2,657,994	$20,971,573
59	The Mod Squad	Action	R	$13,260,050	2,610,246	$20,594,841
60	Hak hap	Action	R	$12,491,455	2,458,948	$19,401,100
61	In Dreams	Horror	R	$11,927,682	2,347,969	$18,525,475
62	The Thirteenth Floor	Thriller/Suspense	R	$11,802,224	2,323,272	$18,330,616
63	Chill Factor	Action	R	$11,227,940	2,210,224	$17,438,667
64	Office Space	Black Comedy	R	$10,824,921	2,130,890	$16,812,722
65	The Astronaut's Wife	Thriller/Suspense	R	$10,654,581	2,097,358	$16,548,155
66	Universal Soldier II: The Return	Action	R	$10,431,220	2,053,390	$16,201,247
67	Bats	Horror	R	$10,149,779	1,997,988	$15,764,125
68	Le Violon rouge	Drama	R	$10,019,109	1,972,266	$15,561,179
69	Trippin'	Comedy	R	$9,016,377	1,774,877	$14,003,780
70	Mystery, Alaska	Comedy	R	$8,888,143	1,749,634	$13,804,612
71	Pushing Tin	Comedy	R	$8,406,264	1,654,776	$13,056,183
72	Outside Providence	Comedy	R	$7,292,175	1,435,468	$11,325,843
73	Run Lola Run	Thriller/Suspense	R	$7,197,093	1,416,751	$11,178,165
74	200 Cigarettes	Romantic Comedy	R	$6,851,636	1,348,747	$10,641,614
75	Affliction	Drama	R	$6,238,175	1,227,987	$9,688,817
76	Foolish	Comedy	R	$6,026,908	1,186,399	$9,360,688
77	Light It Up	Drama	R	$5,821,544	1,145,973	$9,041,727
78	Central do Brasil	Drama	R	$5,274,531	1,038,294	$8,192,140
79	A Walk on the Moon	Drama	R	$4,741,987	933,462	$7,365,015
80	Hilary and Jackie	Drama	R	$4,739,909	933,053	$7,361,788
81	Mumford	Comedy	R	$4,559,569	897,553	$7,081,693
82	Gods and Monsters	Drama	R	$4,467,274	879,385	$6,938,348
83	Flawless	Drama	R	$4,394,718	865,102	$6,825,655
84	Detroit Rock City	Comedy	R	$4,193,025	825,399	$6,512,398
85	Gloria	Drama	R	$4,155,234	817,959	$6,453,697
86	Idle Hands	Horror	R	$4,002,955	787,983	$6,217,186
87	Playing by Heart	Drama	R	$3,919,278	771,511	$6,087,222
88	Little Voice	Musical	R	$3,714,954	731,290	$5,769,878
89	Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels	Black Comedy	R	$3,714,067	731,116	$5,768,505
90	The School of Flesh	Drama	R	$3,359,031	661,227	$5,217,081
91	Jawbreaker	Black Comedy	R	$3,071,947	604,714	$4,771,193
92	The Limey	Drama	R	$3,020,829	594,651	$4,691,796
93	eXistenZ	Thriller/Suspense	R	$2,840,417	559,137	$4,411,591
94	Love Stinks	Comedy	R	$2,793,776	549,956	$4,339,153
95	Boys Don't Cry	Drama	R	$2,697,068	530,919	$4,188,951
96	Liberty Heights	Drama	R	$2,286,654	450,129	$3,551,518
97	Todo sobre mi madre	Drama	R	$2,133,411	419,963	$3,313,508
98	Ravenous	Horror	R	$2,060,953	405,699	$3,200,965
99	Trick	Comedy	R	$2,049,595	403,464	$3,183,331
100	Besieged	Drama	R	$2,032,621	400,122	$3,156,963
101	Better Than Chocolate	Romantic Comedy	R	$2,011,254	395,916	$3,123,777
102	Limbo	Drama	R	$1,997,807	393,269	$3,102,892
103	Goodbye, Lover	Comedy	R	$1,923,061	378,555	$2,986,799
104	There's Something About Mary	Romantic Comedy	R	$1,772,686	348,954	$2,753,247
105	The Dream Life of Angels	Drama	R	$1,734,831	341,502	$2,694,451
106	Romance	Drama	R	$1,585,642	312,134	$2,462,737
107	The End of the Affair	Drama	R	$1,555,329	306,167	$2,415,658
108	Hurlyburly	Comedy	R	$1,333,030	262,407	$2,070,391
109	Hideous Kinky	Drama	R	$1,262,786	248,580	$1,961,296
110	Get Real	Comedy	R	$1,152,411	226,853	$1,789,870
111	This is My Father	Drama	R	$1,083,268	213,242	$1,682,479
112	The General	Drama	R	$1,034,645	203,670	$1,606,956
113	Xiu Xiu: The Sent Down Girl	Drama	R	$1,006,518	198,133	$1,563,269
114	Another Day in Paradise	Drama	R	$1,005,485	197,930	$1,561,668
115	Twin Falls Idaho	Drama	R	$985,341	193,965	$1,530,384
116	The Castle	Comedy	R	$905,012	178,152	$1,405,619
117	Illuminata	Drama	R	$836,641	164,693	$1,299,428
118	I Still Know What You Did Last Summer	Horror	R	$821,108	161,635	$1,275,300
119	Cradle Will Rock	Drama	R	$771,052	151,782	$1,197,560
120	The Siege	Action	R	$768,568	151,293	$1,193,702
121	Magnolia	Drama	R	$764,945	150,580	$1,188,076
122	Body Shots	Drama	R	$699,964	137,788	$1,087,147
123	Guinevere	Drama	R	$614,202	120,906	$953,948
124	Psycho	Horror	R	$603,955	118,889	$938,034
125	American History X	Drama	R	$598,075	117,731	$928,898
126	20 Dates	Comedy	R	$536,767	105,663	$833,681
127	Jerry Springer: Ringmaster	Comedy	R	$495,181	97,477	$769,094
128	Ride With the Devil	Western	R	$491,069	96,667	$762,703
129	The Harmonists		R	$479,828	94,454	$745,242
130	Still Crazy		R	$477,903	94,075	$742,252
131	Plunkett & Macleane		R	$476,432	93,786	$739,972
132	American Movie: The Making of Northwestern	Documentary	R	$459,537	90,460	$713,729
133	Lucie Aubrac		R	$458,557	90,267	$712,207
134	The Hurricane	Drama	R	$452,000	88,976	$702,021
135	Girl, Interrupted	Drama	R	$434,810	85,593	$675,329
136	Just the Ticket		R	$426,839	84,023	$662,941
137	My Son the Fanatic		R	$408,339	80,382	$634,214
138	Festen	Comedy	R	$397,475	78,243	$617,337
139	Crna macka, beli macor	Comedy	R	$348,660	68,634	$541,522
140	My Name is Joe		R	$346,696	68,247	$538,469
141	Vampires	Horror	R	$326,377	64,247	$506,909
142	Metroland		R	$299,463	58,949	$465,108
143	SLC Punk!		R	$295,597	58,188	$459,103
144	Splendor		R	$284,119	55,929	$441,280
145	Living Out Loud	Drama	R	$251,396	49,487	$390,452
146	Dog Park		R	$242,093	47,656	$376,006
147	Rosetta		R	$196,796	38,739	$305,651
148	Urban Legend	Horror	R	$191,295	37,656	$297,106
149	Angela's Ashes	Drama	R	$186,032	36,620	$288,932
150	Sugar Town	Comedy	R	$177,840	35,008	$276,213
151	Breakfast of Champions	Comedy	R	$175,370	34,522	$272,379
152	Jing ke ci qin wang	Drama	R	$173,078	34,070	$268,812
153	The Source		R	$167,773	33,026	$260,575
154	Last Night	Drama	R	$158,900	31,280	$246,799
155	Topsy Turvy	Musical	R	$158,696	31,239	$246,476
156	The Hi-Lo Country		R	$140,085	27,576	$217,575
157	Belly	Drama	R	$125,123	24,631	$194,339
158	The 24 Hour Woman	Comedy	R	$109,148	21,486	$169,525
159	Bure baruta	Drama	R	$108,103	21,280	$167,899
160	Unconditional Love		R	$100,466	19,777	$156,041
161	The Adventures of Sebastian Cole	Comedy	R	$100,041	19,693	$155,378
162	Desert Blue		R	$99,147	19,517	$153,989
163	Sunshine	Drama	R	$97,677	19,228	$151,709
164	Beloved	Drama	R	$96,526	19,001	$149,918
165	Friends and Lovers	Drama	R	$94,633	18,629	$146,983
166	Ronin	Action	R	$88,492	17,420	$137,444
167	Titus	Drama	R	$86,328	16,994	$134,083
168	Julien Donkey-Boy		R	$80,226	15,793	$124,607
169	Among Giants	Romantic Comedy	R	$64,359	12,669	$99,958
170	Holy Smoke	Drama	R	$61,451	12,097	$95,445
171	Joe the King		R	$59,014	11,617	$91,658
172	The War Zone	Drama	R	$57,291	11,278	$88,983
173	Six Ways to Sunday		R	$50,334	9,908	$78,174
174	Just a Little Harmless Sex		R	$46,231	9,101	$71,807
175	The Ogre		R	$45,666	8,989	$70,923
176	Following		R	$44,705	8,800	$69,432
177	Virtual Sexuality		R	$43,865	8,635	$68,130
178	Get Bruce	Documentary	R	$43,155	8,495	$67,026
179	The Third Miracle	Drama	R	$41,549	8,179	$64,532
180	B. Monkey	Thriller/Suspense	R	$34,524	6,796	$53,620
181	The Velocity of Gary		R	$34,145	6,721	$53,029
182	Man of the Century		R	$33,031	6,502	$51,301
183	Free Enterprise		R	$30,193	5,944	$46,898
184	Eight Days a Week		R	$26,347	5,186	$40,918
185	Best Laid Plans	Thriller/Suspense	R	$25,651	5,049	$39,837
186	The Theory of Flight		R	$25,068	4,935	$38,937
187	Bandits	Drama	R	$24,187	4,761	$37,564
188	All the Little Animals	Thriller/Suspense	R	$23,349	4,596	$36,262
189	New Rose Hotel		R	$20,416	4,019	$31,710
190	Hard		R	$19,596	3,857	$30,432
191	Shattered Image		R	$14,168	2,789	$22,005
192	A Map of the World	Drama	R	$14,017	2,759	$21,769
193	Blood, Guts, Bullets and Octane	Comedy	R	$13,674	2,692	$21,240
194	Broken Vessels	Drama	R	$13,493	2,656	$20,956
195	Miss Julie		R	$13,107	2,580	$20,356
196	I'm Losing You		R	$12,688	2,498	$19,709
197	Clubland		R	$12,598	2,480	$19,567
198	Frogs for Snakes		R	$12,191	2,400	$18,936
199	Beyond the Mat	Documentary	R	$9,532	1,876	$14,802
200	The Gambler	Drama	R	$9,133	1,798	$14,186
201	Onegin		R	$8,855	1,743	$13,752
202	The Thief	Drama	R	$8,713	1,715	$13,531
203	Dreaming of Joseph Lees		R	$7,680	1,512	$11,930
204	Simpatico	Comedy	R	$7,234	1,424	$11,235
205	Raising the Stakes		R	$7,090	1,396	$11,014
206	Agnes Browne	Comedy	R	$6,322	1,244	$9,815
207	The Suburbands		R	$5,797	1,141	$9,002
208	Sparkler		R	$5,494	1,081	$8,529
209	Harvest		R	$5,000	984	$7,764
210	Giving It Up	Romantic Comedy	R	$5,000	984	$7,764
211	The Mating Habits of the Earthbound Human		R	$4,634	912	$7,196
212	Suits		R	$3,676	724	$5,712
213	Play it to the Bone	Comedy	R	$3,366	663	$5,231
214	How Stella Got Her Groove Back	Drama	R	$3,321	654	$5,160
215	Tinseltown		R	$3,169	624	$4,923
216	The Imposters	Comedy	R	$3,046	600	$4,734
217	The Boys	Drama	R	$2,930	577	$4,553
218	Fever Pitch	Romantic Comedy	R	$2,519	496	$3,913
219	Hard Core Logo		R	$2,472	487	$3,842
220	Terror Firmer		R	$1,434	282	$2,225
221	The Last Big Thing		R	$254	50	$395
Total Gross of All Movies				$2,989,078,932
Total Tickets Sold					588,401,361
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices						$4,642,486,738

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.