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Friday, July 25, 2008

Box Office Performance for Fox Searchlight Movies in 1999

RankMovieGenreMPAA1999 GrossTickets SoldInflation-
Adjusted
Gross
1 Waking Ned Devine Comedy PG $17,838,631 3,525,421 $24,254,896
2 A Midsummer Night's Dream Comedy PG-13 $16,071,990 3,176,283 $21,852,827
3 Boys Don't Cry Drama R $2,697,068 533,017 $3,667,157
4 20 Dates Comedy R $541,636 107,043 $736,456
5 Among Giants Romantic Comedy R $64,359 12,719 $87,507
6 White Boys     $36,025 7,120 $48,986
7 Dreaming of Joseph Lees   R $7,680 1,518 $10,444
8 The Imposters Comedy R $3,046 602 $4,142
Total Gross of All Movies$37,260,435
Total Tickets Sold7,363,723
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices$50,662,414

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.