List of 1999 box office number-one films in the United States explained

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

	Weekend end date	Film	Box office	Notes
1		Patch Adams	$19,050,675		^[2]
2		A Civil Action	$15,163,484	A Civil Action reached #1 its third weekend of limited release.	^[3]
3		Varsity Blues	$15,204,148		^[4]
4			$10,574,508		^[5]
5		She's All That	$16,065,430	She's All That broke Spice Worlds record ($10.5 million) for the highest Super Bowl weekend debut.	^[6]
6		Payback	$21,221,526		^[7]
7		Message in a Bottle	$18,852,976		^[8] ^[9]
8		Payback	$10,268,237	Payback reclaimed number 1 in its third weekend of release.	^[10]
9		8mm	$14,252,888		^[11]
10		Analyze This	$18,383,507		^[12]
11			$15,567,669		^[13]
12		Forces of Nature	$13,510,728		^[14]
13			$9,439,629		^[15]
14		The Matrix	$27,788,331	The Matrix broke Lost in Spaces record ($20.2 million) for the highest weekend debut in April and Indecent Proposals record ($18.4 mil) for the highest Easter weekend debut.	^[16]
15			$22,563,331		^[17]
16		Life	$20,414,775		^[18]
17		The Matrix	$12,642,717	The Matrix reclaimed number 1 in its fourth weekend of release.	^[19]
18		Entrapment	$20,145,595		^[20]
19		The Mummy	$43,369,635	The Mummy sets the record for a non-holiday May opening.	^[21] ^[22]
20			$24,856,320		^[23]
21			$64,820,970	Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menaces $28.5 million opening day gross broke s record ($26.1 million) for the highest single-day tally of all-time and Independence Days record ($17.4 million) for the highest-grossing Wednesday of all-time. It also broke Indiana Jones and the Temple of Dooms 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			$51,399,863	Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace broke Jurassic Parks record ($38.5 million) for the highest second weekend gross.	^[25]
23			$32,891,653		^[26]
24			$54,917,604	Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me broke Batman Forevers record ($52.8 million) for the highest weekend debut in June, Mission: Impossibles record ($45.4 million) for the highest weekend debut for a spy film and s 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]
25		Tarzan	$34,221,968		^[28]
26		Big Daddy	$41,536,370		^[29]
27		Wild Wild West	$27,687,484		^[30]
28		American Pie	$18,709,680		^[31]
29		Eyes Wide Shut	$21,706,163		^[32]
30		The Haunting	$33,435,140		^[33]
31		Runaway Bride	$35,055,556		^[34]
32		The Sixth Sense	$26,681,262	The Sixth Sense broke The Fugitives record ($23.8 million) for the highest weekend debut in August.	^[35]
33			$25,764,991		^[36]
34			$23,950,008		^[37]
35			$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			$22,896,967	The Sixth Sense broke The Fugitives 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]
37		Stigmata	$18,309,666		^[41]
38		Blue Streak	$19,208,806		^[42]
39		Double Jeopardy	$23,162,542		^[43]
40			$17,018,808		^[44]
41			$13,541,285		^[45] ^[46]
42		Fight Club	$11,035,485		^[47]
43		The Best Man	$9,031,660		^[48]
44		House on Haunted Hill	$15,946,032		^[49]
45		The Bone Collector	$16,712,020		^[50]
46			$31,036,678	Pokémon: The First Movie broke Mortal Kombats record ($23.2 million) for the highest weekend debut for a video game adaptation and The Rugrats Movies record ($27.3 million) for the highest weekend debut for a non-Disney animated film.	^[51]
47		The World Is Not Enough	$35,519,007		^[52]
48		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 Kings records ($40.9 million) for the highest weekend debut for an animated film and a G-rated film. || ^[53] |-| 49 || || $27,760,276 || || ^[54] |-| 50 || || $18,249,880 || || ^[55] |-| 51 || || Stuart Little || $15,018,223 || || ^[56] |-| 52 || || Any Given Sunday || $13,584,625 || || ^[57] |-| 53 || || Stuart Little || $16,022,757 || Stuart Little reclaimed the number 1 spot in its third weekend of release. || ^[58] |- |} Highest-grossing films Calendar Gross Highest-grossing films of 1999 by Calendar Gross^[59] Rank Title Studio(s) Actor(s) Director(s) Gross 1. 20th Century Fox Liam Neeson, Ewan McGregor, Natalie Portman, Jake Lloyd, Ian McDiarmid, Anthony Daniels, Kenny Baker, Pernilla August and Frank Oz George Lucas $430,281,928 2. The Sixth Sense Walt Disney Studios Bruce Willis, Toni Collette, Olivia Williams and Haley Joel Osment M. Night Shyamalan $276,113,671 3. New Line Cinema Mike Myers, Heather Graham, Michael York, Robert Wagner, Seth Green and Elizabeth Hurley Jay Roach $206,041,479 4. Toy Story 2 Walt Disney Studios voices of Tom Hanks, Tim Allen, Joan Cusack, Kelsey Grammer, Don Rickles, Wallace Shawn, John Ratzenberger, Jim Varney, Annie Potts, Estelle Harris and Wayne Knight John Lasseter $199,843,054 5. The Matrix Warner Bros. Pictures Keanu Reeves, Laurence Fishburne, Carrie-Anne Moss, Hugo Weaving and Joe Pantoliano The Wachowskis $171,479,930 6. Tarzan Walt Disney Studios voices of Tony Goldwyn, Minnie Driver, Glenn Close, Alex D. Linz, Rosie O'Donnell, Brian Blessed, Nigel Hawthorne, Lance Henriksen, Wayne Knight and Taylor Dempsey Kevin Lima and Chris Buck $170,867,780 7. Big Daddy Columbia Pictures Adam Sandler, Joey Lauren Adams, Jon Stewart, Rob Schneider, Cole Sprouse, Dylan Sprouse and Leslie Mann Dennis Dugan $163,479,795 8. The Mummy Universal Pictures Brendan Fraser, Rachel Weisz, John Hannah, Arnold Vosloo, Jonathan Hyde and Kevin J. O'Connor Stephen Sommers $155,385,488 9. Runaway Bride Paramount Pictures Julia Roberts, Richard Gere, Joan Cusack, Héctor Elizondo, Rita Wilson and Paul Dooley Garry Marshall $152,005,535 10. The Blair Witch Project Artisan Heather Donahue, Michael C. Williams and Joshua Leonard Daniel Myrick and Eduardo Sánchez $140,539,099 In-Year Release Highest-grossing films of 1999 by In-year release^[60] Rank Title Distributor Domestic gross 1. $431,088,295 2. The Sixth Sense $293,506,292 3. Toy Story 2 $245,852,179 4. $206,040,086 5. The Matrix $171,479,930 6. Tarzan $171,091,819 7. Big Daddy $163,479,795 8. The Mummy $155,385,488 9. Runaway Bride $152,257,509 10. The Blair Witch Project $140,539,099 Highest-grossing films by MPAA rating of 1999 G Toy Story 2 PG PG-13 The Sixth Sense R The Matrix See also List of American films — American films by year Lists of box office number-one films Chronology ]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Domestic Box Office Weekends For 1999. .
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3. Web site: Domestic 1999 Weekend 2. Box Office Mojo.
4. Web site: Domestic 1999 Weekend 3 (Martin Luther King Jr. weekend). Box Office Mojo.
5. Web site: Domestic 1999 Weekend 4. Box Office Mojo.
6. Web site: Domestic 1999 Weekend 5. Box Office Mojo.
7. Web site: Domestic 1999 Weekend 6. Box Office Mojo.
8. Web site: Domestic 1999 Weekend 7 (Presidents' Day weekend). Box Office Mojo.
9. Web site: Domestic 1999 Weekend 7. Box Office Mojo.
10. Web site: Domestic 1999 Weekend 8. Box Office Mojo.
11. Web site: Domestic 1999 Weekend 9. Box Office Mojo.
12. Web site: Domestic 1999 Weekend 10. Box Office Mojo.
13. Web site: Domestic 1999 Weekend 11. Box Office Mojo.
14. Web site: Domestic 1999 Weekend 12. Box Office Mojo.
15. Web site: Domestic 1999 Weekend 13. Box Office Mojo.
16. Web site: Domestic 1999 Weekend 14. Box Office Mojo.
17. Web site: Domestic 1999 Weekend 15. Box Office Mojo.
18. Web site: Domestic 1999 Weekend 16. Box Office Mojo.
19. Web site: Domestic 1999 Weekend 17. Box Office Mojo.
20. Web site: Domestic 1999 Weekend 18. Box Office Mojo.
21. Web site: Domestic 1999 Weekend 19. Box Office Mojo.
22. Daily Variety. September 8, 1999. A1. Variety's Summer Cup: Milestones.
23. Web site: Domestic 1999 Weekend 20. Box Office Mojo.
24. Web site: Domestic 1999 Weekend 21. Box Office Mojo.
25. Web site: Domestic 1999 Weekend 22 (Memorial Day weekend). Box Office Mojo.
26. Web site: Domestic 1999 Weekend 23. Box Office Mojo.
27. Web site: Domestic 1999 Weekend 24. Box Office Mojo.
28. Web site: Domestic 1999 Weekend 25. Box Office Mojo.
29. Web site: Domestic 1999 Weekend 26. Box Office Mojo.
30. Web site: Domestic 1999 Weekend 27. Box Office Mojo.
31. Web site: Domestic 1999 Weekend 28. Box Office Mojo.
32. Web site: Domestic 1999 Weekend 29. Box Office Mojo.
33. Web site: Domestic 1999 Weekend 30. Box Office Mojo.
34. Web site: Domestic 1999 Weekend 31. Box Office Mojo.
35. Web site: Domestic 1999 Weekend 32. Box Office Mojo.
36. Web site: Domestic 1999 Weekend 33. Box Office Mojo.
37. Web site: Domestic 1999 Weekend 34. Box Office Mojo.
38. Web site: Domestic 1999 Weekend 35. Box Office Mojo.
39. Web site: Domestic 1999 Weekend 36. Box Office Mojo.
40. Web site: Domestic 1999 Weekend 36 (Labor Day weekend). Box Office Mojo.
41. Web site: Domestic 1999 Weekend 37. Box Office Mojo.
42. Web site: Domestic 1999 Weekend 38. Box Office Mojo.
43. Web site: Domestic 1999 Weekend 39. Box Office Mojo.
44. Web site: Domestic 1999 Weekend 40. Box Office Mojo.
45. Web site: Domestic 1999 Weekend 41. Box Office Mojo.
46. Web site: Domestic 1999 Weekend 41 (Indigenous Peoples' Day Weekend). Box Office Mojo.
47. Web site: Domestic 1999 Weekend 42. Box Office Mojo.
48. Web site: Domestic 1999 Weekend 43. Box Office Mojo.
49. Web site: Domestic 1999 Weekend 44. Box Office Mojo.
50. Web site: Domestic 1999 Weekend 45. Box Office Mojo.
51. Web site: Domestic 1999 Weekend 46. Box Office Mojo.
52. Web site: Domestic 1999 Weekend 47. Box Office Mojo.
53. Web site: Domestic 1999 Weekend 48 (Thanksgiving 3-Day weekend). Box Office Mojo.
54. Web site: Domestic 1999 Weekend 49 (Post-Thanksgiving). Box Office Mojo.
55. Web site: Domestic 1999 Weekend 50. Box Office Mojo.
56. Web site: Domestic 1999 Weekend 51. Box Office Mojo.
57. Web site: Domestic 1999 Weekend 52. Box Office Mojo.
58. Web site: Domestic 1999 Weekend 53. Box Office Mojo.
59. Web site: Domestic Box Office For 1999. Box Office Mojo. February 16, 2020.
60. Web site: Domestic Box Office For 1999 (In-year release). Box Office Mojo. February 16, 2020.