Box Office Performance for Original Screenplay Movies in 1999

Rank	Movie	Genre	MPAA	1999 Gross	Tickets Sold	Inflation- Adjusted Gross
1	The Sixth Sense	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$276,386,495	54,621,837	$375,798,239
2	The Matrix	Action	R	$171,479,930	33,889,314	$233,158,480
3	Big Daddy	Comedy	PG-13	$163,479,795	32,308,260	$222,280,829
4	Runaway Bride	Romantic Comedy	PG	$152,054,428	30,050,282	$206,745,940
5	The Blair Witch Project	Horror	R	$140,539,099	27,774,525	$191,088,732
6	Notting Hill	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$116,089,678	22,942,624	$157,845,253
7	Double Jeopardy	Action	R	$114,032,117	22,535,992	$155,047,625
8	Analyze This	Comedy	R	$106,885,658	21,123,648	$145,330,698
9	American Pie	Comedy	R	$101,800,948	20,118,764	$138,417,096
10	Shakespeare in Love	Romantic Comedy	R	$90,906,118	17,965,636	$123,603,576
11	Entrapment	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$87,707,396	17,333,477	$119,254,322
12	Deep Blue Sea	Action	R	$73,648,228	14,554,986	$100,138,304
13	American Beauty	Drama	R	$71,017,815	14,035,141	$96,561,770
14	Blue Streak	Action	PG-13	$67,760,741	13,391,451	$92,133,183
15	Bowfinger	Comedy	PG-13	$66,458,769	13,134,144	$90,362,911
16	Life	Comedy	R	$64,062,587	12,660,590	$87,104,859
17	She's All That	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$63,465,522	12,542,593	$86,293,040
18	End of Days	Action	R	$63,181,290	12,486,421	$85,906,576
19	Three Kings	Action	R	$59,223,104	11,704,171	$80,524,696
20	Never Been Kissed	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$55,474,757	10,963,391	$75,428,130
21	Forces of Nature	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$52,957,800	10,465,968	$72,005,860
22	Varsity Blues	Drama	R	$52,894,169	10,453,393	$71,919,344
23	Stigmata	Horror	R	$50,014,865	9,884,361	$68,004,404
24	Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo	Comedy	R	$46,353,560	9,160,783	$63,026,187
25	Life Is Beautiful	Drama	PG-13	$46,188,407	9,128,144	$62,801,631
26	Any Given Sunday	Drama	R	$45,752,119	9,041,921	$62,208,416
27	Stepmom	Drama	PG-13	$41,119,824	8,126,447	$55,909,955
28	House on Haunted Hill	Horror	R	$40,489,824	8,001,942	$55,053,361
29	8MM	Thriller/Suspense	R	$36,443,442	7,202,261	$49,551,556
30	Instinct	Drama	R	$34,105,207	6,740,159	$46,372,294
31	Mickey Blue Eyes	Comedy	PG-13	$33,864,342	6,692,558	$46,044,799
32	The Best Man	Romantic Comedy	R	$33,293,520	6,579,747	$45,268,659
33	Lake Placid	Thriller/Suspense	R	$31,770,413	6,278,738	$43,197,717
34	Dogma	Comedy	R	$28,983,260	5,727,917	$39,408,069
35	The Other Sister	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$27,807,627	5,495,578	$37,809,577
36	Galaxy Quest	Comedy	PG	$27,311,918	5,397,612	$37,135,571
37	Baby Geniuses	Comedy	PG	$27,151,490	5,365,907	$36,917,440
38	The Story of Us	Romantic Comedy	R	$27,100,030	5,355,737	$36,847,471
39	Blast from the Past	Comedy	PG-13	$26,613,620	5,259,609	$36,186,110
40	A Bug's Life	Adventure	G	$26,378,119	5,213,067	$35,865,901
41	Saving Private Ryan	Drama	R	$25,961,901	5,130,810	$35,299,973
42	The Wood	Comedy	R	$25,059,640	4,952,498	$34,073,186
43	Arlington Road	Thriller/Suspense	R	$24,419,219	4,825,933	$33,202,419
44	T-Rex: Back to the Cretaceous	Adventure	Not Rated	$24,343,061	4,810,882	$33,098,868
45	EDtv	Comedy	PG-13	$22,508,689	4,448,358	$30,604,703
46	At First Sight	Drama	PG-13	$22,365,133	4,419,987	$30,409,511
47	Being John Malkovich	Black Comedy	R	$18,243,969	3,605,527	$24,806,026
48	Waking Ned Devine	Comedy	PG	$17,838,631	3,525,421	$24,254,896
49	Rushmore	Black Comedy	R	$17,061,553	3,371,848	$23,198,314
50	Go!	Black Comedy	R	$16,875,273	3,335,034	$22,945,034
51	The Corruptor	Action	R	$15,164,492	2,996,935	$20,618,913
52	Music of the Heart	Drama	PG	$14,755,057	2,916,019	$20,062,211
53	Enemy of the State	Action	R	$14,733,177	2,911,695	$20,032,462
54	The Faculty	Horror	R	$14,388,518	2,843,581	$19,563,837
55	In Too Deep	Drama	R	$14,026,509	2,772,037	$19,071,615
56	Black Mask	Action	R	$12,504,289	2,471,203	$17,001,877
57	The Omega Code	Action	PG-13	$12,276,200	2,426,126	$16,691,747
58	The Muse	Comedy	PG-13	$11,614,954	2,295,445	$15,792,662
59	The Waterboy	Comedy	PG-13	$11,453,732	2,263,583	$15,573,451
60	Chill Factor	Action	R	$11,263,966	2,226,080	$15,315,430
61	Cookie's Fortune	Comedy	PG-13	$10,920,544	2,158,210	$14,848,485
62	The Astronaut's Wife	Thriller/Suspense	R	$10,672,566	2,109,203	$14,511,317
63	Drop Dead Gorgeous	Comedy	PG-13	$10,571,408	2,089,211	$14,373,772
64	Three to Tango	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$10,570,375	2,089,007	$14,372,368
65	Bats	Horror	R	$10,155,691	2,007,054	$13,808,532
66	Brokedown Palace	Drama	PG-13	$10,115,014	1,999,015	$13,753,223
67	The Red Violin	Drama	R	$10,019,109	1,980,061	$13,622,820
68	Trippin'	Comedy	R	$9,017,070	1,782,030	$12,260,366
69	Teaching Mrs. Tingle	Comedy	PG-13	$8,959,883	1,770,728	$12,182,609
70	Mystery, Alaska	Comedy	R	$8,891,623	1,757,238	$12,089,797
71	Twin Dragons	Action	PG-13	$8,332,431	1,646,725	$11,329,468
72	Run Lola Run	Thriller/Suspense	R	$7,197,093	1,422,350	$9,785,768
73	200 Cigarettes	Romantic Comedy	R	$6,852,450	1,354,239	$9,317,164
74	Lost and Found	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$6,552,255	1,294,912	$8,908,995
75	Dick	Comedy	PG-13	$6,276,869	1,240,488	$8,534,557
76	Foolish	Comedy	R	$6,026,908	1,191,089	$8,194,692
77	Light It Up	Drama	R	$5,821,544	1,150,503	$7,915,461
78	Central Station	Drama	R	$5,274,531	1,042,397	$7,171,691
79	A Walk on the Moon	Drama	R	$4,741,987	937,152	$6,447,606
80	Mumford	Comedy	R	$4,559,569	901,101	$6,199,575
81	Simply Irresistible	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$4,398,989	869,365	$5,981,231
82	Flawless	Drama	R	$4,394,718	868,521	$5,975,424
83	Detroit Rock City	Comedy	R	$4,217,115	833,422	$5,733,943
84	Idle Hands	Horror	R	$4,023,741	795,206	$5,471,017
85	Playing by Heart	Drama	R	$3,956,212	781,860	$5,379,197
86	Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels	Black Comedy	R	$3,897,569	770,271	$5,299,464
87	Rush Hour	Action	PG-13	$3,652,588	721,855	$4,966,362
88	Jack Frost	Comedy	PG	$3,492,329	690,184	$4,748,466
89	Jawbreaker	Black Comedy	R	$3,076,820	608,067	$4,183,501
90	The Limey	Drama	R	$3,020,829	597,002	$4,107,374
91	eXistenZ	Thriller/Suspense	R	$2,840,417	561,347	$3,862,067
92	Love Stinks	Comedy	R	$2,793,776	552,130	$3,798,654
93	Boys Don't Cry	Drama	R	$2,697,068	533,017	$3,667,157
94	Marius et Jeannette	Romantic Comedy	Not Rated	$2,552,768	504,500	$3,470,960
95	Princess Mononoke	Adventure	PG-13	$2,374,107	469,191	$3,228,034
96	Windhorse	Drama	Not Rated	$2,297,017	453,956	$3,123,217
97	Liberty Heights	Drama	R	$2,286,654	451,908	$3,109,127
98	All About My Mother	Drama	R	$2,133,411	421,623	$2,900,766
99	Down in the Delta	Drama	PG-13	$2,094,571	413,947	$2,847,955
100	Autumn Tale	Drama	PG	$2,082,061	411,475	$2,830,948
101	Ravenous	Horror	R	$2,062,406	407,590	$2,804,219
102	Trick	Comedy	R	$2,049,595	405,058	$2,786,799
103	Three Seasons	Drama	PG-13	$2,046,492	404,445	$2,782,582
104	Happy, Texas	Comedy	PG-13	$2,039,192	403,002	$2,772,654
105	Besieged	Drama	R	$2,032,621	401,704	$2,763,724
106	Limbo	Drama	R	$2,016,687	398,555	$2,742,058
107	Better Than Chocolate	Romantic Comedy	R	$2,011,254	397,481	$2,734,669
108	Hum Saath-Saath Hain	Musical	Not Rated	$2,005,094	396,264	$2,726,296
109	Taal	Musical	Not Rated	$1,980,398	391,383	$2,692,715
110	Goodbye, Lover	Comedy	R	$1,940,299	383,458	$2,638,191
111	There's Something About Mary	Romantic Comedy	R	$1,773,529	350,500	$2,411,440
112	The Dream Life of Angels	Drama	R	$1,734,831	342,852	$2,358,822
113	Pleasantville	Comedy	PG-13	$1,716,303	339,190	$2,333,627
114	Tango	Drama	PG-13	$1,687,311	333,461	$2,294,212
115	Romance	Drama	R	$1,585,642	313,368	$2,155,972
116	Antz	Adventure	PG	$1,543,502	305,040	$2,098,675
117	Meet Joe Black	Drama	PG-13	$1,107,933	218,959	$1,506,438
118	This is My Father	Drama	R	$1,083,268	214,085	$1,472,905
119	The King of Masks	Drama	Not Rated	$1,014,895	200,572	$1,379,935
120	The Castle	Comedy	R	$1,007,834	199,177	$1,370,338
121	Straight From The Heart	Musical	Not Rated	$1,007,446	199,100	$1,369,808
122	Xiu Xiu: The Sent Down Girl	Drama	R	$1,006,518	198,917	$1,368,549
123	The Children of Heaven	Comedy	PG	$925,402	182,886	$1,258,256
124	Edge of Seventeen	Comedy	Not Rated	$868,348	171,610	$1,180,677
125	Sweet and Lowdown	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$867,523	171,447	$1,179,555
126	After Life	Drama	Not Rated	$783,102	154,763	$1,064,769
127	Cradle Will Rock	Drama	R	$771,052	152,382	$1,048,388
128	The Siege	Action	R	$770,371	152,247	$1,047,459
129	Magnolia	Drama	R	$764,945	151,175	$1,040,084
130	Wings of Courage	Drama	G	$752,935	148,801	$1,023,751
131	Body Shots	Drama	R	$699,964	138,333	$951,731
132	Guinevere	Drama	R	$668,099	132,035	$908,401
133	American History X	Drama	R	$605,698	119,703	$823,557
134	20 Dates	Comedy	R	$541,636	107,043	$736,456
135	Baadshah	Action		$535,021	105,735	$727,457
136	Across The Sea of Time	Drama	G	$505,005	99,803	$686,645
137	Home Fries	Black Comedy	PG-13	$418,239	82,656	$568,673
138	The Celebration	Comedy	R	$397,475	78,552	$540,438
139	Steam: The Turkish Bath	Drama	Not Rated	$391,450	77,362	$532,251
140	Black Cat, White Cat	Comedy	R	$348,660	68,905	$474,066
141	Urban Legend	Horror	R	$259,365	51,258	$352,655
142	Living Out Loud	Drama	R	$254,507	50,298	$346,050
143	Beefcake	Drama		$212,816	42,058	$289,359
144	Last Night	Drama	R	$158,900	31,403	$216,053
145	Very Bad Things	Black Comedy	R	$147,688	29,187	$200,807
146	Belly	Drama	R	$134,344	26,550	$182,664
147	The City	Drama		$125,296	24,762	$170,363
148	The Apple	Drama		$116,758	23,075	$158,756
149	Happiness	Comedy	Not Rated	$110,829	21,903	$150,693
150	The 24 Hour Woman	Comedy	R	$109,148	21,571	$148,408
151	Friends and Lovers	Drama	R	$100,111	19,785	$136,121
152	The Adventures of Sebastian Cole	Comedy	R	$100,041	19,771	$136,024
153	I'll Be Home For Christmas	Comedy	PG	$92,752	18,330	$126,110
154	Ronin	Action	R	$89,783	17,744	$122,079
155	Among Giants	Romantic Comedy	R	$64,359	12,719	$87,507
156	Holy Smoke	Drama	R	$61,451	12,144	$83,551
157	I Stand Alone	Drama		$56,847	11,235	$77,297
158	Celebrity	Comedy	R	$46,164	9,123	$62,766
159	Best Laid Plans	Thriller/Suspense	R	$25,651	5,069	$34,875
160	Bandits	Drama	R	$24,187	4,780	$32,886
161	Beauty	Drama		$18,629	3,682	$25,332
162	2by4	Drama		$16,637	3,288	$22,621
163	Bedrooms and Hallways	Comedy		$16,459	3,253	$22,381
164	Broken Vessels	Drama	R	$15,030	2,970	$20,434
165	Blood, Guts, Bullets and Octane	Comedy	R	$13,674	2,702	$18,590
166	The Thief	Drama	R	$8,713	1,722	$11,847
167	The Silence	Drama	Not Rated	$6,042	1,194	$8,215
168	Play it to the Bone	Comedy	R	$3,366	665	$4,575
169	The Imposters	Comedy	R	$3,046	602	$4,142
Total Gross of All Movies				$3,463,378,242
Total Tickets Sold					684,462,100
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices						$4,709,099,248

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.