Box Office Performance for Dramatization Movies in 1999

Rank	Movie	Genre	MPAA	1999 Gross	Tickets Sold	Inflation- Adjusted Gross
1	The Thin Red Line	Drama	R	$35,380,053	6,992,105	$48,105,682
2	The Prince of Egypt	Adventure	PG	$35,061,945	6,929,238	$47,673,157
3	October Sky	Drama	PG	$32,683,932	6,459,275	$44,439,812
4	The Insider	Drama	R	$26,114,890	5,161,045	$35,507,990
5	Man on the Moon	Drama	R	$25,309,535	5,001,884	$34,412,962
6	Anna and the King	Drama	PG-13	$24,732,782	4,887,902	$33,628,766
7	Tea with Mussolini	Drama	PG	$14,395,874	2,845,034	$19,573,834
8	The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc	Drama	R	$14,131,298	2,792,747	$19,214,099
9	Elizabeth	Drama	R	$13,572,319	2,682,276	$18,454,059
10	The King and I	Musical	G	$12,064,440	2,384,277	$16,403,826
11	Hilary and Jackie	Drama	R	$4,874,838	963,407	$6,628,240
12	The Straight Story	Drama	G	$4,375,944	864,811	$5,949,900
13	Boys Don't Cry	Drama	R	$2,697,068	533,017	$3,667,157
14	The General	Drama	R	$1,079,241	213,289	$1,467,428
15	Tumbleweeds	Drama	PG-13	$1,027,713	203,105	$1,397,362
16	Cradle Will Rock	Drama	R	$771,052	152,382	$1,048,388
17	My Life So Far	Drama	PG-13	$635,620	125,617	$864,245
18	The Hurricane	Drama	R	$541,225	106,961	$735,892
19	Girl, Interrupted	Drama	R	$434,810	85,931	$591,205
20	The Emperor and the Assassin	Drama	R	$173,078	34,205	$235,330
21	Topsy Turvy	Musical	R	$158,696	31,363	$215,777
Total Gross of All Movies				$250,216,353
Total Tickets Sold					49,449,871
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices						$340,215,112

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.