Box Office Performance for Science Fiction 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	$608,382,531
2	The Matrix	Action	R	$171,383,253	33,736,861	$242,230,662
3	Bicentennial Man	Drama	PG	$39,447,953	7,765,345	$55,755,177
4	My Favorite Martian	Comedy	PG	$36,830,057	7,250,011	$52,055,079
5	Galaxy Quest	Comedy	PG	$27,311,918	5,376,362	$38,602,279
6	T-Rex: Back to the Cretaceous	Adventure	Not Rated	$24,343,061	4,791,941	$34,406,136
7	Mighty Joe Young	Adventure	PG	$22,480,009	4,425,199	$31,772,929
8	Virus	Action	R	$14,010,690	2,758,010	$19,802,512
9	Black Mask	Action	R	$12,491,455	2,458,948	$17,655,247
10	The Thirteenth Floor	Thriller/Suspense	R	$11,802,224	2,323,272	$16,681,093
11	Wing Commander	Action	PG-13	$11,576,087	2,278,757	$16,361,475
12	Star Trek: Insurrection	Adventure	PG	$11,533,571	2,270,388	$16,301,386
13	The Astronaut's Wife	Thriller/Suspense	R	$10,654,581	2,097,358	$15,059,030
14	Universal Soldier II: The Return	Action	R	$10,431,220	2,053,390	$14,743,340
15	Bats	Horror	R	$10,149,779	1,997,988	$14,345,554
16	eXistenZ	Thriller/Suspense	R	$2,840,417	559,137	$4,014,604
17	Last Night	Drama	R	$158,900	31,280	$224,590
Total Gross of All Movies				$847,888,525
Total Tickets Sold					166,907,190
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices						$1,198,393,624

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.