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.

Number-one films †This implies the highest-grossing movie of the year. Weekend end date Film Box office Notes 1 Patch Adams $19,050,675 2 A Civil Action $15,163,484 A Civil Action reached #1 its third weekend of limited release. 3 Varsity Blues $15,204,148 4 $10,574,508 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 Payback $21,221,526 7 Message in a Bottle $18,852,976 8 Payback $10,268,237 Payback reclaimed number 1 in its third weekend of release. 9 8mm $14,252,888 10 Analyze This $18,383,507 11 $15,567,669 12 Forces of Nature $13,510,728 13 $9,439,629 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. || |- | 15 || || $22,563,331 || || |- | 16 || || Life || $20,414,775 || || |- | 17 || || The Matrix || $12,642,717 || The Matrix reclaimed number 1 in its fourth weekend of release. || |- | 18 || || Entrapment || $20,145,595 || || |- | 19 || || rowspan="2" | The Mummy || $43,369,635 || The Mummy sets the record for a non-holiday May opening.|| |- | 20 || || $24,856,320 || || |- | 21 || || rowspan="3" style="background-color:#FFFF99" | Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace † || $64,820,970 || Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menaces $28.5 million opening day gross broke The Lost World: Jurassic Parks 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. || |- | 22 || || $51,399,863 || Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace broke Jurassic Parks record ($38.5 million) for the highest second weekend gross. || |- | 23 || || $32,891,653 || || |- | 24 || || 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: Impossibles 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.|| |- | 25 || || Tarzan || $34,221,968 || || |- | 26 || || Big Daddy || $41,536,370 || || |- | 27 || || Wild Wild West || $27,687,484 || || |- | 28 || || American Pie || $18,709,680 || || |- | 29 || || Eyes Wide Shut || $21,706,163 || || |- | 30 || || The Haunting || $33,435,140 || || |- | 31 || || Runaway Bride || $35,055,556 || || |- | 32 || || rowspan="5" | The Sixth Sense || $26,681,262 || The Sixth Sense broke The Fugitives record ($23.8 million) for the highest weekend debut in August. || |- | 33 || || $25,764,991 || || |- | 34 || || $23,950,008 || || |- | 35 || || $20,099,149 || The Sixth Sense became the first film since Saving Private Ryan to top the box office for four consecutive weekends. || |- | 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. || |- | 37 || || Stigmata || $18,309,666 || || |- | 38 || || Blue Streak || $19,208,806 || || |- | 39 || || rowspan="3" | Double Jeopardy || $23,162,542 || || |- | 40 || || $17,018,808 || || |- | 41 || || $13,541,285 || || |- | 42 || || Fight Club || $11,035,485 || || |- | 43 || || The Best Man || $9,031,660 || || |- | 44 || || House on Haunted Hill || $15,946,032 || || |- | 45 || || The Bone Collector || $16,712,020 || || |- | 46 || || Pokémon: The First Movie || $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. || |- | 47 || || The World Is Not Enough || $35,519,007 || || |- | 48 || || rowspan="3" | 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. || |- | 49 || || $27,760,276 || || |- | 50 || || $18,249,880 || || |- | 51 || || Stuart Little || $15,018,223 || || |- | 52 || || Any Given Sunday || $13,584,625 || || |- | 53 || || Stuart Little || $16,022,757 || Stuart Little'' reclaimed the number 1 spot in its third weekend of release.

Highest-grossing films

Calendar Gross Highest-grossing films of 1999 by Calendar Gross Rank Title Studio(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, 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 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

+ Highest-grossing films by MPAA rating of 1999 G Toy Story 2 PG Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace 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

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