List of 1999 box office number-one films in the United States
Appearance
This is a list of films which have placed number one at the weekend box office in the United States during 1999.[1]
Number-one films
[edit]# | Weekend end date | Film | Box office | Notes | Ref |
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1 | January 3, 1999 | Patch Adams | $19,050,675 | [2] | |
2 | January 10, 1999 | A Civil Action | $15,163,484 | A Civil Action reached #1 its third weekend of limited release. | [3] |
3 | January 17, 1999 | Varsity Blues | $15,204,148 | [4] | |
4 | January 24, 1999 | $10,574,508 | [5] | ||
5 | January 31, 1999 | She's All That | $16,065,430 | She's All That broke Spice World's record ($10.5 million) for the highest Super Bowl weekend debut. | [6] |
6 | February 7, 1999 | Payback | $21,221,526 | [7] | |
7 | February 14, 1999 | Message in a Bottle | $18,852,976 | [8][9] | |
8 | February 21, 1999 | Payback | $10,268,237 | Payback reclaimed number 1 in its third weekend of release. | [10] |
9 | February 28, 1999 | 8mm | $14,252,888 | [11] | |
10 | March 7, 1999 | Analyze This | $18,383,507 | [12] | |
11 | March 14, 1999 | $15,567,669 | [13] | ||
12 | March 21, 1999 | Forces of Nature | $13,510,728 | [14] | |
13 | March 28, 1999 | $9,439,629 | [15] | ||
14 | April 4, 1999 | The Matrix | $27,788,331 | The Matrix broke Lost in Space's record ($20.2 million) for the highest weekend debut in April and Indecent Proposal's record ($18.4 mil) for the highest Easter weekend debut. | [16] |
15 | April 11, 1999 | $22,563,331 | [17] | ||
16 | April 18, 1999 | Life | $20,414,775 | [18] | |
17 | April 25, 1999 | The Matrix | $12,642,717 | The Matrix reclaimed number 1 in its fourth weekend of release. | [19] |
18 | May 2, 1999 | Entrapment | $20,145,595 | [20] | |
19 | May 9, 1999 | The Mummy | $43,369,635 | The Mummy sets the record for a non-holiday May opening. | [21][22] |
20 | May 16, 1999 | $24,856,320 | [23] | ||
21 | May 23, 1999 | Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace | $64,820,970 | Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace's $28.5 million opening day gross broke The Lost World: Jurassic Park's record ($26.1 million) for the highest single-day tally of all-time and Independence Day's record ($17.4 million) for the highest-grossing Wednesday of all-time. It also broke Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom's record ($33.9 million) for the highest weekend debut for a prequel and Star Wars (Special Edition)'s record ($35.9 million) for the highest weekend debut for a PG-rated film. It had the highest weekend debut of 1999. | [24][22] |
22 | May 30, 1999 | $51,399,863 | Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace broke Jurassic Park's record ($38.5 million) for the highest second weekend gross. | [25] | |
23 | June 6, 1999 | $32,891,653 | [26] | ||
24 | June 13, 1999 | Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me | $54,917,604 | Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me broke Batman Forever's record ($52.8 million) for the highest weekend debut in June, Mission: Impossible's record ($45.4 million) for the highest weekend debut for a spy film and Ace Ventura: When Nature Callss record ($37.8 million) for the highest weekend debut for a comedy. It was the first sequel to gross more in its opening weekend than the original grossed in its entire run. | [27][22] |
25 | June 20, 1999 | Tarzan | $34,221,968 | [28] | |
26 | June 27, 1999 | Big Daddy | $41,536,370 | [29][22] | |
27 | July 4, 1999 | Wild Wild West | $27,687,484 | [30] | |
28 | July 11, 1999 | American Pie | $18,709,680 | [31] | |
29 | July 18, 1999 | Eyes Wide Shut | $21,706,163 | [32] | |
30 | July 25, 1999 | The Haunting | $33,435,140 | [33] | |
31 | August 1, 1999 | Runaway Bride | $35,055,556 | [34] | |
32 | August 8, 1999 | The Sixth Sense | $26,681,262 | The Sixth Sense broke The Fugitive's record ($23.8 million) for the highest weekend debut in August. | [35][22] |
33 | August 15, 1999 | $25,764,991 | [36] | ||
34 | August 22, 1999 | $23,950,008 | [37] | ||
35 | August 29, 1999 | $20,099,149 | The Sixth Sense became the first film since Saving Private Ryan to top the box office for four consecutive weekends. | [38] | |
36 | September 5, 1999 | $22,896,967 | The Sixth Sense broke The Fugitive's record ($17.2 million) for the highest Labor Day weekend ever. It was only the second film after Titanic to gross more than $20 million for five weekends. It was also the first film since Titanic to top the box office for five consecutive weekends. | [39][40][22] | |
37 | September 12, 1999 | Stigmata | $18,309,666 | [41] | |
38 | September 19, 1999 | Blue Streak | $19,208,806 | [42] | |
39 | September 26, 1999 | Double Jeopardy | $23,162,542 | [43] | |
40 | October 3, 1999 | $17,018,808 | [44] | ||
41 | October 10, 1999 | $13,541,285 | [45][46] | ||
42 | October 17, 1999 | Fight Club | $11,035,485 | [47] | |
43 | October 24, 1999 | The Best Man | $9,031,660 | [48] | |
44 | October 31, 1999 | House on Haunted Hill | $15,946,032 | [49] | |
45 | November 7, 1999 | The Bone Collector | $16,712,020 | [50] | |
46 | November 14, 1999 | Pokémon: The First Movie | $31,036,678 | Pokémon: The First Movie broke Mortal Kombat's record ($23.2 million) for the highest weekend debut for a video game adaptation and The Rugrats Movie's record ($27.3 million) for the highest weekend debut for a non-Disney animated film. | [51] |
47 | November 21, 1999 | The World Is Not Enough | $35,519,007 | [52] | |
48 | November 28, 1999 | Toy Story 2 | $57,388,839 | Toy Story 2 broke The Waterboy's record ($39.4 million) for the highest weekend debut in November and for the holiday season. It also broke 101 Dalmatians' record ($33.5 million) for the highest Thanksgiving weekend debut, and The Lion King's records ($40.9 million) for the highest weekend debut for an animated film and a G-rated film. | [53] |
49 | December 5, 1999 | $27,760,276 | [54] | ||
50 | December 12, 1999 | $18,249,880 | [55] | ||
51 | December 19, 1999 | Stuart Little | $15,018,223 | [56] | |
52 | December 26, 1999 | Any Given Sunday | $13,584,625 | [57] | |
53 | January 2, 2000 | Stuart Little | $16,022,757 | Stuart Little reclaimed the number 1 spot in its third weekend of release. | [58] |
Highest-grossing films
[edit]Calendar Gross
[edit]Highest-grossing films of 1999 by Calendar Gross[59]
In-Year Release
[edit]Rank | Title | Distributor | Domestic gross |
---|---|---|---|
1. | Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace | 20th Century Fox | $431,088,295 |
2. | The Sixth Sense | Disney | $293,506,292 |
3. | Toy Story 2 | $245,852,179 | |
4. | Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me | New Line Cinema | $206,040,086 |
5. | The Matrix | Warner Bros. | $171,479,930 |
6. | Tarzan | Disney | $171,091,819 |
7. | Big Daddy | Columbia | $163,479,795 |
8. | The Mummy | Universal | $155,385,488 |
9. | Runaway Bride | Paramount | $152,257,509 |
10. | The Blair Witch Project | Artisan | $140,539,099 |
G | Toy Story 2 |
PG | Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace |
PG-13 | The Sixth Sense |
R | The Matrix |
See also
[edit]- List of American films — American films by year
- Lists of box office number-one films
References
[edit]- ^ "Domestic Box Office Weekends For 1999". Box Office Mojo.
- ^ "Domestic 1999 Weekend 1". Box Office Mojo.
- ^ "Domestic 1999 Weekend 2". Box Office Mojo.
- ^ "Domestic 1999 Weekend 3 (Martin Luther King Jr. weekend)". Box Office Mojo.
- ^ "Domestic 1999 Weekend 4". Box Office Mojo.
- ^ "Domestic 1999 Weekend 5". Box Office Mojo.
- ^ "Domestic 1999 Weekend 6". Box Office Mojo.
- ^ "Domestic 1999 Weekend 7 (Presidents' Day weekend)". Box Office Mojo.
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- ^ "Domestic 1999 Weekend 19". Box Office Mojo.
- ^ a b c d e f "Variety's Summer Cup: Milestones". Daily Variety. September 8, 1999. p. A1.
- ^ "Domestic 1999 Weekend 20". Box Office Mojo.
- ^ "Domestic 1999 Weekend 21". Box Office Mojo.
- ^ "Domestic 1999 Weekend 22 (Memorial Day weekend)". Box Office Mojo.
- ^ "Domestic 1999 Weekend 23". Box Office Mojo.
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- ^ "Domestic 1999 Weekend 36 (Labor Day weekend)". Box Office Mojo.
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- ^ "Domestic 1999 Weekend 39". Box Office Mojo.
- ^ "Domestic 1999 Weekend 40". Box Office Mojo.
- ^ "Domestic 1999 Weekend 41". Box Office Mojo.
- ^ "Domestic 1999 Weekend 41 (Indigenous Peoples' Day Weekend)". Box Office Mojo.
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- ^ "Domestic 1999 Weekend 47". Box Office Mojo.
- ^ "Domestic 1999 Weekend 48 (Thanksgiving 3-Day weekend)". Box Office Mojo.
- ^ "Domestic 1999 Weekend 49 (Post-Thanksgiving)". Box Office Mojo.
- ^ "Domestic 1999 Weekend 50". Box Office Mojo.
- ^ "Domestic 1999 Weekend 51". Box Office Mojo.
- ^ "Domestic 1999 Weekend 52". Box Office Mojo.
- ^ "Domestic 1999 Weekend 53". Box Office Mojo.
- ^ "Domestic Box Office For 1999". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved February 16, 2020.
- ^ "Domestic Box Office For 1999 (In-year release)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved February 16, 2020.