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Thursday, August 21, 2008

Box Office Performance for Strand Movies in 1999

RankMovieGenreMPAA1999 GrossTickets SoldInflation-
Adjusted
Gross
1 Edge of Seventeen Comedy Not Rated $868,348 171,610 $1,180,677
2 Steam: The Turkish Bath Drama Not Rated $391,450 77,362 $532,251
3 Head On     $364,394 72,015 $495,463
4 Beefcake Drama   $212,816 42,058 $289,359
5 Dry Cleaning     $142,363 28,135 $193,569
6 Show Me Love     $100,573 19,876 $136,747
7 I Stand Alone Drama   $56,847 11,235 $77,297
8 Love is the Devil     $22,048 4,357 $29,976
9 Sticky Fingers of Time Thriller/Suspense   $18,195 3,596 $24,740
10 2by4 Drama   $16,637 3,288 $22,621
11 Jeanne and the Perfect Guy     $13,936 2,754 $18,948
12 Sparkler   R $5,494 1,086 $7,472
13 Ayn Rand: A Sense of Life Documentary Not Rated $4,737 936 $6,440
14 Modulations     $4,604 910 $6,261
15 East Palace West Palace     $3,270 646 $4,444
Total Gross of All Movies$2,225,712
Total Tickets Sold439,864
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices$3,026,264

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.