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.[1]

Number-one films
# Weekend end date Film Box office Notes Ref
1January 3, 1999Patch Adams$19,050,675[2]
2January 10, 1999A Civil Action$15,163,484A Civil Action reached #1 its third weekend of limited release.[3]
3January 17, 1999Varsity Blues$15,204,148[4]
4January 24, 1999$10,574,508[5]
5January 31, 1999She's All That$16,065,430[6]
6February 7, 1999Payback$21,221,526[7]
7February 14, 1999Message in a Bottle$18,852,976[8]
8February 21, 1999Payback$10,268,237Payback reclaimed number 1 in its third weekend of release.[9]
9February 28, 19998mm$14,252,888[10]
10March 7, 1999Analyze This$18,383,507[11]
11March 14, 1999$15,567,669[12]
12March 21, 1999Forces of Nature$13,510,728[13]
13March 28, 1999$9,439,629[14]
14April 4, 1999The Matrix$27,788,331The Matrix broke Lost in Space's record ($20.2 million) for the highest weekend debut in April.[15]
15April 11, 1999$22,563,331[16]
16April 18, 1999Life$20,414,775[17]
17April 25, 1999The Matrix$12,642,717The Matrix reclaimed number 1 in its fourth weekend of release.[18]
18May 2, 1999Entrapment$20,145,595[19]
19May 9, 1999The Mummy$43,369,635The Mummy sets the record for a non-holiday May opening.[20][21]
20May 16, 1999$24,856,320[22]
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 The Lost World: Jurassic Park's record ($26.1 million) for the highest opening day of all-time. It also broke Independence Day's record ($50.2 million) for the largest opening weekend for 20th Century Fox. It had the highest weekend debut in 1999.[23][21]
22May 30, 1999$51,399,863Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace broke Jurassic Park's record ($38.5 million) for the highest second weekend gross.[24]
23June 6, 1999$32,891,653[25]
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 million) for the highest weekend in June and was also the biggest opening for a comedy. It was the first sequel to gross more in its opening weekend than the original grossed in its entire run.[26][21]
25June 20, 1999Tarzan$34,221,968[27]
26June 27, 1999Big Daddy$41,536,370Big Daddy was Adam Sandler's biggest opening weekend and set a record opening for a comedy that wasn't a sequel.[28][21]
27July 4, 1999Wild Wild West$27,687,484[29]
28July 11, 1999American Pie$18,709,680[30]
29July 18, 1999Eyes Wide Shut$21,706,163[31]
30July 25, 1999The Haunting$33,435,140[32]
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.[33]
32August 8, 1999The Sixth Sense$26,681,262The Sixth Sense broke The Fugitive's record ($23.8 million) for the highest weekend debut in August.[34][21]
33August 15, 1999$25,764,991[35]
34August 22, 1999$23,950,008[36]
35August 29, 1999$20,099,149[37]
36September 5, 1999$22,896,967The 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.[38][21]
37September 12, 1999Stigmata$18,309,666[39]
38September 19, 1999Blue Streak$19,208,806[40]
39September 26, 1999Double Jeopardy$23,162,542[41]
40October 3, 1999$17,018,808[42]
41October 10, 1999$13,541,285[43]
42October 17, 1999Fight Club$11,035,485[44]
43October 24, 1999The Best Man$9,031,660[45]
44October 31, 1999House on Haunted Hill$15,946,032[46]
45November 7, 1999The Bone Collector$16,712,020[47]
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.[48]
47November 21, 1999The World Is Not Enough$35,519,007[49]
48November 28, 1999Toy Story 2$57,388,839Toy Story 2 broke The Waterboy's record ($39.4 million) for the highest weekend debut in November, 101 Dalmatians' record ($33.5 million) for the highest Thanksgiving weekend debut, and The Lion King's record ($40.9 million) for the highest weekend debut for an animated film.[50]
49December 5, 1999$27,760,276[51]
50December 12, 1999$18,249,880[52]
51December 19, 1999Stuart Little$15,018,223[53]
52December 26, 1999Any Given Sunday$13,584,625[54]
53January 2, 2000Stuart Little$16,022,757Stuart Little reclaimed the number 1 spot in its third weekend of release.[55]

Highest-grossing films

Calendar Gross

Highest-grossing films of 1999 by Calendar Gross[56]

RankTitleStudio(s)Actor(s)Director(s)Gross
1. Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace 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. Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me 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 and Tim Allen 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[57]
Rank Title Distributor Domestic gross
1.Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom MenaceFox$431,088,295
2.The Sixth SenseDisney$293,506,292
3.Toy Story 2$245,852,179
4.Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged MeNew Line Cinema$206,040,086
5.The MatrixWarner Bros.$171,479,930
6.TarzanDisney$171,091,819
7.Big DaddyColumbia$163,479,795
8.The MummyUniversal$155,385,488
9.Runaway BrideParamount$152,257,509
10.The Blair Witch ProjectArtisan$140,539,099


Highest-grossing films by MPAA rating of 1999
GToy Story 2
PGStar Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace
PG-13The Sixth Sense
RThe Matrix

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See also
Preceded by
1998		 1999 Succeeded by
2000
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