| Top 50 Highest Grossing Releases of 1999 | |||||||
| (projected final grosses for films still in release) | |||||||
| # | Title | Gross ($M) | Release Date | 1st Wk % | Distributor | ||
| Opening | Final | ||||||
| 1 | Star Wars Episode I | 64.8 | 431.1 | May 19 | 15.03 | Fox | |
| 2 | The Sixth Sense | 26.7 | 295.0 | Aug 6 | 9.04 | Buena Vista | |
| 3 | Toy Story 2 | 57.4 | 245.0 | Nov 19 | 23.42 | Buena Vista | |
| 4 | Austin Powers : The Spy Who Shagged Me | 57.4 | 205.5 | Jun 11 | 27.95 | New Line | |
| 5 | The Matrix | 27.8 | 171.4 | Mar 31 | 16.21 | Warner Bros. | |
| 6 | Tarzan | 34.2 | 171.1 | Jun 18 | 20.00 | Buena Vista | |
| 7 | Big Daddy | 41.5 | 163.5 | Jun 25 | 25.41 | Sony | |
| 8 | The Mummy | 43.4 | 155.3 | May 7 | 27.93 | Universal | |
| 9 | Runaway Bride | 35.1 | 152.2 | Jul 30 | 23.04 | Paramount | |
| 10 | Stuart Little | 15.0 | 141.0 | Dec 17 | 10.65 | Sony | |
| 11 | The Blair Witch Project | 29.2 | 140.5 | Jul 14 | 20.78 | Artisan | |
| 12 | The Green Mile | 18.0 | 137.0 | Dec 10 | 13.15 | Warner Bros. | |
| 13 | American Beauty | 5.9 | 135.0 | Sep 15 | 4.40 | DreamWorks | |
| 14 | The World Is Not Enough | 35.5 | 126.9 | Nov 19 | 27.99 | MGM/UA | |
| 15 | Double Jeopardy | 23.2 | 116.7 | Sep 24 | 19.84 | Paramount | |
| 16 | Notting Hill | * | 27.7 | 116.1 | May 28 | 23.85 | Universal |
| 17 | Wild Wild West | 27.7 | 113.8 | Jun 30 | 24.33 | Warner Bros. | |
| 18 | Analyze This | 18.4 | 106.8 | Mar 5 | 17.21 | Warner Bros. | |
| 19 | The General's Daughter | 22.3 | 102.7 | Jun 18 | 21.74 | Paramount | |
| 20 | American Pie | 18.7 | 101.8 | Jul 9 | 18.38 | Universal | |
| 21 | Sleepy Hollow | 30.1 | 101.0 | Nov 19 | 29.76 | Paramount | |
| 22 | Shakespeare in Love | 2.6 | 100.3 | Dec 98 | 2.60 | Miramax | |
| 23 | Inspector Gadget | 21.9 | 97.3 | Jul 23 | 22.50 | Buena Vista | |
| 24 | The Haunting | 33.4 | 91.2 | Jul 23 | 36.67 | DreamWorks | |
| 25 | Entrapment | 20.1 | 87.7 | Apr 30 | 22.97 | Fox | |
| 26 | Pokémon : The First Movie | 31.0 | 85.7 | Nov 10 | 36.22 | Warner Bros. | |
| 27 | The Talented Mr. Ripley | # | 12.7 | 82.0 | Dec 25 | 15.53 | Paramount |
| 28 | Payback | 21.2 | 81.5 | Feb 5 | 26.03 | Paramount | |
| 29 | Any Given Sunday | 13.6 | 75.5 | Dec 22 | 17.98 | Warner Bros. | |
| 30 | Deep Blue Sea | 19.1 | 73.6 | Jul 28 | 25.94 | Warner Bros. | |
| 31 | Galaxy Quest | # | 7.0 | 70.3 | Dec 25 | 9.98 | DreamWorks |
| 32 | The Thomas Crown Affair | 14.6 | 69.3 | Aug 6 | 21.07 | MGM/UA | |
| 33 | Blue Streak | 19.2 | 68.0 | Sep 17 | 28.25 | Sony | |
| 34 | End of Days | 20.5 | 66.9 | Nov 24 | 30.68 | Universal | |
| 35 | The Bone Collector | 16.7 | 66.5 | Nov 5 | 25.12 | Universal | |
| 36 | Bowfinger | 18.1 | 66.5 | Aug 13 | 27.18 | Universal | |
| 37 | Deuce Bigalow : Male Gigolo | 12.2 | 65.5 | Dec 10 | 18.66 | Buena Vista | |
| 38 | Life | 20.4 | 64.0 | Apr 16 | 31.88 | Universal | |
| 39 | She's All That | 16.1 | 63.4 | Jan 29 | 25.35 | Miramax | |
| 40 | Three Kings | 15.8 | 60.7 | Oct 1 | 26.13 | Warner Bros. | |
| 41 | Bicentennial Man | 8.2 | 57.5 | Dec 17 | 14.32 | Buena Vista | |
| 42 | A Civil Action | 15.2 | 56.7 | Dec 98 | 26.74 | Buena Vista | |
| 43 | Eyes Wide Shut | 21.7 | 55.7 | Jul 16 | 39.00 | Warner Bros. | |
| 44 | Never Been Kissed | 11.8 | 55.5 | Apr 9 | 21.34 | Fox | |
| 45 | Forces of Nature | 13.5 | 52.9 | Mar 19 | 25.54 | DreamWorks | |
| 46 | Varsity Blues | 15.2 | 52.9 | Jan 15 | 28.74 | Paramount | |
| 47 | Message in a Bottle | 16.8 | 52.8 | Feb 12 | 31.71 | Warner Bros. | |
| 48 | South Park | 11.3 | 52.0 | Jun 30 | 21.78 | Paramount | |
| 49 | Stigmata | 18.3 | 50.0 | Sep 10 | 36.62 | MGM/UA | |
| 50 | The House on Haunted Hill | 15.9 | 40.9 | Oct 29 | 38.99 | Warner Bros. | |
| (still in release) | |||||||
| * - 4 day opening weekend | |||||||
| # - 2 day opening weekend | |||||||
(NOTES: Austin Powers 2 opening includes Thursday night sneak previews. A Civil Action and Shakespeare in Love debuted in December 1998 but opened wide in 1999. Final grosses are projected for films still in release.)
Last Updated : April 4, 2000