Daily Domestic Box Office Tuesday, February 16, 1999
| Rank | Prev | Title | Gross | Daily Change |
Weekly Change |
Theaters | Theater Average |
Total Gross | Days in Release |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | (2) | Message in a Bottle | $1,209,881 | -42% | 2,538 | $477 | $20,062,857 | 5 | |
| 2 | (3) | Payback | $1,077,119 | -48% | -24% | 2,751 | $392 | $45,131,203 | 12 |
| 3 | (6) | Shakespeare in Love | $660,929 | -43% | +62% | 1,956 | $338 | $47,324,051 | 68 |
| 4 | (1) | My Favorite Martian | $606,788 | -74% | 2,275 | $267 | $11,787,831 | 5 | |
| 5 | (4) | She's All That | $578,187 | -60% | +12% | 2,654 | $218 | $43,228,118 | 19 |
| 6 | (5) | Blast from the Past | $577,278 | -58% | 2,542 | $227 | $9,737,541 | 5 | |
| 7 | (7) | Saving Private Ryan | $302,379 | -49% | -18% | 1,140 | $265 | $200,219,277 | 208 |
| 8 | (8) | Rushmore | $246,699 | -54% | +49% | 563 | $438 | $6,521,179 | 68 |
| 9 | (9) | Life Is Beautiful | $227,090 | -51% | +91% | 644 | $353 | $21,861,894 | 117 |
| 10 | (11) | Patch Adams | $224,290 | -49% | -25% | 2,110 | $106 | $127,229,720 | 54 |
| 11 | (12) | Varsity Blues | $175,042 | -43% | -16% | 2,036 | $86 | $48,365,992 | 33 |
| 12 | (14) | The Thin Red Line | $149,364 | -42% | -26% | 1,306 | $114 | $33,181,376 | 56 |
| 13 | (10) | The Prince of Egypt | $119,606 | -73% | +26% | 1,408 | $85 | $95,474,387 | 61 |
| 14 | (18) | Stepmom | $104,497 | -41% | -46% | 1,564 | $67 | $89,263,191 | 54 |
| 15 | (15) | A Civil Action | $103,155 | -47% | -47% | 1,403 | $74 | $54,193,007 | 54 |
| 16 | (16) | Waking Ned Devine | $97,759 | -47% | -7% | 482 | $203 | $20,355,107 | 89 |
| 17 | (19) | Elizabeth | $87,557 | -50% | +26% | 483 | $181 | $22,761,359 | 103 |
| 18 | (20) | A Simple Plan | $82,988 | -49% | -22% | 675 | $123 | $13,800,143 | 68 |
| 19 | (13) | A Bug’s Life | $75,946 | -71% | +38% | 979 | $78 | $157,343,743 | 89 |
| 20 | (17) | Simply Irresistible | $70,897 | -60% | -44% | 1,352 | $52 | $3,784,467 | 12 |
| Reporting movies: 20 | $6,777,451 | total box office | |||||||
| Rank | Title | Daily | Theaters | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Message in a Bottle | $1,209,881 | 2,538 | $20,062,857 |
| 2 | Payback | $1,077,119 | 2,751 | $45,131,203 |
| 3 | Shakespeare in Love | $660,929 | 1,956 | $47,324,051 |
| 4 | My Favorite Martian | $606,788 | 2,275 | $11,787,831 |
| 5 | She's All That | $578,187 | 2,654 | $43,228,118 |
| 6 | Blast from the Past | $577,278 | 2,542 | $9,737,541 |
| 7 | Saving Private Ryan | $302,379 | 1,140 | $200,219,277 |
| 8 | Rushmore | $246,699 | 563 | $6,521,179 |
| 9 | Life Is Beautiful | $227,090 | 644 | $21,861,894 |
| 10 | Patch Adams | $224,290 | 2,110 | $127,229,720 |
| 11 | Varsity Blues | $175,042 | 2,036 | $48,365,992 |
| 12 | The Thin Red Line | $149,364 | 1,306 | $33,181,376 |
| 13 | The Prince of Egypt | $119,606 | 1,408 | $95,474,387 |
| 14 | Stepmom | $104,497 | 1,564 | $89,263,191 |
| 15 | A Civil Action | $103,155 | 1,403 | $54,193,007 |
| 16 | Waking Ned Devine | $97,759 | 482 | $20,355,107 |
| 17 | Elizabeth | $87,557 | 483 | $22,761,359 |
| 18 | A Simple Plan | $82,988 | 675 | $13,800,143 |
| 19 | A Bug’s Life | $75,946 | 979 | $157,343,743 |
| 20 | Simply Irresistible | $70,897 | 1,352 | $3,784,467 |
| Reporting: 20 | $6,777,451 | total | ||