1999 Top-Grossing Movies Internationally
This chart ranks movies by their total cumulative international box office earnings for movies released in 1999. Each movie is ranked by its total gross across all years it played, not just earnings during 1999.
| Rank | Movie | Release Date | Biggest Territory | Genre | 1999 International Gross |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Star Wars Ep. I: The Phantom … | May 19, 1999 | United Kingdom | Adventure | $558,938,785 |
| 2 | The Sixth Sense | Jan 15, 1999 | Portugal | Thriller/Suspense | $379,300,000 |
| 3 | The Matrix | Mar 31, 1999 | Australia | Action | $291,977,574 |
| 4 | Tarzan | Jun 16, 1999 | Adventure | $277,100,000 | |
| 5 | Toy Story 2 | Nov 19, 1999 | Australia | Adventure | $265,506,097 |
| 6 | The Mummy | May 7, 1999 | United Kingdom | Adventure | $261,000,000 |
| 7 | Notting Hill | May 28, 1999 | Netherlands | Romantic Comedy | $247,623,489 |
| 8 | The World is Not Enough | Nov 19, 1999 | United Kingdom | Action | $234,800,000 |
| 9 | American Beauty | Sep 15, 1999 | Drama | $226,200,000 | |
| 10 | Princess Mononoke (もののけ姫) | Oct 29, 1999 | Japan | Action | $213,628,450 |
| 11 | Stuart Little | Dec 17, 1999 | New Zealand | Adventure | $158,800,000 |
| 12 | Runaway Bride | Jul 30, 1999 | Romantic Comedy | $157,880,669 | |
| 13 | The Green Mile | Dec 10, 1999 | Drama | $153,900,000 | |
| 14 | End of Days | Nov 24, 1999 | Action | $145,137,932 | |
| 15 | American Pie | Jul 9, 1999 | Comedy | $132,922,200 | |
| 16 | Entrapment | Apr 30, 1999 | Thriller/Suspense | $123,992,604 | |
| 17 | The Blair Witch Project | Jul 14, 1999 | Horror | $107,760,901 | |
| 18 | Wild Wild West | Jun 30, 1999 | Western | $107,423,654 | |
| 19 | Austin Powers: The Spy Who Sh… | Jun 10, 1999 | Comedy | $106,343,402 | |
| 20 | Sleepy Hollow | Nov 19, 1999 | Horror | $106,000,000 | |
| 21 | Deep Blue Sea | Jul 28, 1999 | Horror | $91,400,000 | |
| 22 | The Haunting | Jul 23, 1999 | Horror | $89,000,000 | |
| 23 | The Bone Collector | Nov 5, 1999 | Thriller/Suspense | $84,975,000 | |
| 24 | Payback | Feb 5, 1999 | Action | $80,100,000 | |
| 25 | Pokemon: The First Movie | Nov 10, 1999 | Australia | Adventure | $77,900,000 |
| 26 | Analyze This | Mar 5, 1999 | Comedy | $70,000,000 | |
| 27 | Big Daddy | Jun 25, 1999 | Comedy | $65,161,488 | |
| 28 | Fight Club | Oct 15, 1999 | United Kingdom | Drama | $63,790,845 |
| 29 | Double Jeopardy | Sep 24, 1999 | Action | $61,100,000 | |
| 30 | 8MM | Feb 26, 1999 | Thriller/Suspense | $59,955,384 | |
| 31 | Todo sobre mi madre | Apr 16, 1999 | Turkey | Drama | $59,600,000 |
| 32 | The Thomas Crown Affair | Aug 6, 1999 | Thriller/Suspense | $55,000,000 | |
| 33 | Blue Streak | Sep 17, 1999 | Action | $49,239,967 | |
| 34 | Eyes Wide Shut | Jul 16, 1999 | Russia (CIS) | Drama | $48,573,409 |
| 35 | The Talented Mr. Ripley | Dec 24, 1999 | United Kingdom | Thriller/Suspense | $47,499,995 |
| 36 | Three Kings | Oct 1, 1999 | Black Comedy | $47,100,000 | |
| 37 | The General’s Daughter | Jun 18, 1999 | Drama | $47,000,000 | |
| 38 | Forces of Nature | Mar 19, 1999 | Romantic Comedy | $41,000,000 | |
| 39 | Stigmata | Sep 10, 1999 | Horror | $39,400,000 | |
| 40 | Cruel Intentions | Mar 5, 1999 | Drama | $37,573,641 | |
| 41 | Encounter in the Third Dimens… | Feb 26, 1999 | Documentary | $32,906,421 | |
| 42 | Bowfinger | Aug 13, 1999 | Comedy | $32,241,000 | |
| 43 | Random Hearts | Oct 8, 1999 | Drama | $32,145,076 | |
| 44 | The Insider | Nov 5, 1999 | New Zealand | Drama | $31,300,000 |
| 45 | The Cider House Rules | Dec 10, 1999 | Drama | $31,000,000 | |
| 46 | Bicentennial Man | Dec 17, 1999 | Drama | $29,200,000 | |
| 47 | The 13th Warrior | Aug 27, 1999 | Action | $29,000,000 | |
| 48 | Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo | Dec 10, 1999 | Comedy | $27,400,000 | |
| 49 | Magnolia | Dec 17, 1999 | South Korea | Drama | $25,995,786 |
| 50 | Any Given Sunday | Dec 22, 1999 | Drama | $24,700,000 | |
| 51 | Lock, Stock and Two Smoking B… | Mar 5, 1999 | Black Comedy | $24,458,619 | |
| 52 | House on Haunted Hill | Oct 29, 1999 | Horror | $24,244,459 | |
| 53 | The Hurricane | Dec 29, 1999 | Drama | $23,257,000 | |
| 54 | 10 Things I Hate About You | Mar 31, 1999 | Australia | Romantic Comedy | $22,235,984 |
| 55 | The Legend of 1900 | Oct 29, 1999 | China | Musical | $21,383,845 |
| 56 | Mickey Blue Eyes | Aug 20, 1999 | Romantic Comedy | $20,000,000 | |
| 57 | Girl, Interrupted | Dec 21, 1999 | Drama | $19,437,559 | |
| 58 | Galaxy Quest | Dec 24, 1999 | Australia | Comedy | $19,100,000 |
| 59 | Virus | Jan 15, 1999 | Action | $16,616,000 | |
| 60 | The Bachelor | Nov 5, 1999 | Romantic Comedy | $15,151,377 | |
| 61 | Extreme | Mar 15, 1999 | Australia | Documentary | $13,499,624 |
| 62 | Dogma | Nov 12, 1999 | United Kingdom | Comedy | $13,297,443 |
| 63 | Man on the Moon | Dec 22, 1999 | Drama | $12,827,000 | |
| 64 | Buena Vista Social Club | Jun 4, 1999 | South Korea | Documentary | $12,811,570 |
| 65 | EDtv | Mar 26, 1999 | Comedy | $12,811,000 | |
| 66 | An Ideal Husband | Jun 18, 1999 | Romantic Comedy | $12,798,209 | |
| 67 | Cirque du Soleil - Journey of… | Dec 24, 1999 | Australia | Musical | $12,125,705 |
| 68 | Go! | Apr 9, 1999 | Black Comedy | $11,508,168 | |
| 69 | For Love of the Game | Sep 17, 1999 | Drama | $10,924,000 | |
| 70 | Being John Malkovich | Oct 29, 1999 | New Zealand | Black Comedy | $9,523,455 |
| 71 | Life | Apr 16, 1999 | United Kingdom | Comedy | $9,459,000 |
| 72 | Boys Don't Cry | Oct 8, 1999 | Drama | $9,200,393 | |
| 73 | A Midsummer Night's Dream | May 14, 1999 | Romantic Comedy | $8,939,655 | |
| 74 | Galapagos | Sep 10, 1999 | Australia | Documentary | $8,517,904 |
| 75 | The Iron Giant | Aug 4, 1999 | South Korea | Adventure | $8,174,612 |
| 76 | Human Traffic | Jun 4, 1999 | United Kingdom | Comedy | $5,318,483 |
| 77 | Drive Me Crazy | Oct 1, 1999 | Romantic Comedy | $4,748,072 | |
| 78 | Fever Pitch | Sep 24, 1999 | Romantic Comedy | $4,257,705 | |
| 79 | Tango | Feb 12, 1999 | Drama | $3,741,076 | |
| 80 | Mystery Men | Aug 6, 1999 | Comedy | $3,700,000 | |
| 81 | Hideous Kinky | Apr 16, 1999 | Drama | $3,607,472 | |
| 82 | The Limey | Oct 8, 1999 | Drama | $2,836,945 | |
| 83 | Election | Apr 23, 1999 | Black Comedy | $2,259,272 | |
| 84 | The Mod Squad | Mar 26, 1999 | Action | $2,155,311 | |
| 85 | Stir of Echoes | Sep 10, 1999 | United Kingdom | Horror | $1,926,292 |
| 86 | Holy Smoke | Dec 3, 1999 | Drama | $1,821,943 | |
| 87 | Detroit Rock City | Aug 13, 1999 | Comedy | $1,608,199 | |
| 88 | Topsy Turvy | Dec 17, 1999 | United Kingdom | Musical | $1,595,677 |
| 89 | The Source | Aug 25, 1999 | Documentary | $1,594,465 | |
| 90 | The Love Letter | May 21, 1999 | South Korea | Romantic Comedy | $1,575,733 |
| 91 | In Too Deep | Aug 25, 1999 | Thriller/Suspense | $1,444,720 | |
| 92 | Varsity Blues | Jan 15, 1999 | Drama | $1,400,000 | |
| 93 | Office Space | Feb 19, 1999 | New Zealand | Black Comedy | $1,351,895 |
| 94 | Felicia's Journey | Nov 12, 1999 | Drama | $1,145,973 | |
| 95 | Tea with Mussolini | Apr 2, 1999 | United Kingdom | Drama | $1,077,532 |
| 96 | Brokedown Palace | Aug 13, 1999 | Drama | $1,000,752 | |
| 97 | Titus | Dec 24, 1999 | Drama | $999,266 | |
| 98 | Unconditional Love | Feb 12, 1999 | Action | $986,797 | |
| 99 | Happy, Texas | Oct 1, 1999 | Comedy | $852,036 | |
| 100 | Gloria | Jan 22, 1999 | Drama | $800,000 |