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

This is a list of films which have placed number one at the weekend box office in the United States during 1999.

# Weekend end date Film Box office[1] Notes
1January 3, 1999Patch Adams$19,050,675
2January 10, 1999A Civil Action$15,163,484A Civil Action reached #1 its third weekend of limited release.
3January 17, 1999Varsity Blues$15,204,148
4January 24, 1999Varsity Blues$10,574,508
5January 31, 1999She's All That$16,065,430
6February 7, 1999Payback$21,221,526
7February 14, 1999Message in a Bottle$18,852,976
8February 21, 1999Payback$10,268,237Payback reclaimed #1 in its third weekend of release.
9February 28, 19998mm$14,252,888
10March 7, 1999Analyze This$18,383,507
11March 14, 1999Analyze This$15,567,669
12March 21, 1999Forces of Nature$13,510,728
13March 28, 1999Forces of Nature$9,439,629
14April 4, 1999The Matrix$27,788,331The Matrix broke Lost in Space's record ($20.2 mil) for the highest weekend debut in April.
15April 11, 1999The Matrix$22,563,331
16April 18, 1999Life$20,414,775
17April 25, 1999The Matrix$12,642,717The Matrix reclaimed #1 in its fourth weekend of release.
18May 2, 1999Entrapment$20,145,595
19May 9, 1999The Mummy$43,369,635
20May 16, 1999The Mummy$24,856,320
21May 23, 1999Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace$64,820,970Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace's $28.5 million Wednesday gross broke Independence Day's record ($17.4 million) for the highest grossing Wednesday of all-time. It had the highest weekend debut in 1999.
22May 30, 1999Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace$51,399,863Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace broke Jurassic Park's record ($38.5 mil) for the highest second weekend gross.
23June 6, 1999Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace$32,891,653
24June 13, 1999Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me$54,917,604Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me broke Batman Forever's record ($52.8 mil) for the highest weekend in June.
25June 20, 1999Tarzan$34,221,968
26June 27, 1999Big Daddy$41,536,370
27July 4, 1999Wild Wild West$27,687,484
28July 11, 1999American Pie$18,709,680
29July 18, 1999Eyes Wide Shut$21,706,163
30July 25, 1999The Haunting$33,435,140
31August 1, 1999Runaway Bride$35,055,556Runaway Bride broke Scream 2's record ($32.9 million) for highest weekend debut for a film featuring a female protagonist.
32August 8, 1999The Sixth Sense$26,681,262The Sixth Sense broke The Fugitive's record ($23.8 mil) for the highest weekend debut in August.
33August 15, 1999The Sixth Sense$25,764,991
34August 22, 1999The Sixth Sense$23,950,008
35August 29, 1999The Sixth Sense$20,099,149
36September 5, 1999The Sixth Sense$22,896,967The Sixth Sense broke The Fugitive's record ($17.2 mil) for the highest Labor Day weekend ever.
37September 12, 1999Stigmata$18,309,666
38September 19, 1999Blue Streak$19,208,806
39September 26, 1999Double Jeopardy$23,162,542
40October 3, 1999Double Jeopardy$17,018,808
41October 10, 1999Double Jeopardy$13,541,285
42October 17, 1999Fight Club$11,035,485
43October 24, 1999The Best Man$9,031,660
44October 31, 1999House on Haunted Hill$15,946,032
45November 7, 1999The Bone Collector$16,712,020
46November 14, 1999Pokémon: The First Movie$31,036,678Pokémon: The First Movie broke Mortal Kombat's ($23 million) for the highest weekend debut of a video game adaptation.
47November 21, 1999The World Is Not Enough$35,519,007
48November 28, 1999Toy Story 2$57,388,839Toy Story 2 broke The Waterboy's record ($39.4 mil) for the highest weekend debut in November, 101 Dalmatians' record ($33.5 mil) for the highest Thanksgiving weekend debut, and The Lion King's record ($40.9 mil) for the highest weekend debut for an animated film.
49December 5, 1999Toy Story 2$27,760,276
50December 12, 1999Toy Story 2$18,249,880
51December 19, 1999Stuart Little$15,018,223
52December 26, 1999Any Given Sunday$13,584,625
53January 2, 2000Stuart Little$16,022,757Stuart Little reclaimed the #1 spot in its third weekend of release.

Highest-grossing films

Highest-grossing films of 1999[2]
RankTitleDistributorDomestic 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 $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 Entertainment $140,539,099

References

  1. Box Office Mojo Weekend Charts for 1999, weekend 1 to 53. Retrieved 2007-08-20
  2. "1999 DOMESTIC GROSSES". Box Office Mojo.

See also

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