# 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 | January 3, 1999 | Patch Adams | $19,050,675 | |
| 2 | January 10, 1999 | A Civil Action | $15,163,484 | A Civil Action reached #1 its third weekend of limited release. |
| 3 | January 17, 1999 | Varsity Blues | $15,204,148 | |
| 4 | January 24, 1999 | Varsity Blues | $10,574,508 | |
| 5 | January 31, 1999 | She's All That | $16,065,430 | She's All That broke Spice World's record ($10.5 million) for the highest Super Bowl weekend debut. |
| 6 | February 7, 1999 | Payback | $21,221,526 | |
| 7 | February 14, 1999 | Message in a Bottle | $18,852,976 | |
| 8 | February 21, 1999 | Payback | $10,268,237 | Payback reclaimed number 1 in its third weekend of release. |
| 9 | February 28, 1999 | 8mm | $14,252,888 | |
| 10 | March 7, 1999 | Analyze This | $18,383,507 | |
| 11 | March 14, 1999 | Analyze This | $15,567,669 | |
| 12 | March 21, 1999 | Forces of Nature | $13,510,728 | |
| 13 | March 28, 1999 | Forces of Nature | $9,439,629 | |
| 14 | April 4, 1999 | The Matrix | $27,788,331 | The Matrix broke Lost in Space's record ($20.2 million) for the highest weekend debut in April and Indecent Proposal's record ($18.4 mil) for the highest Easter weekend debut. |
| 15 | April 11, 1999 | The Matrix | $22,563,331 | |
| 16 | April 18, 1999 | Life | $20,414,775 | |
| 17 | April 25, 1999 | The Matrix | $12,642,717 | The Matrix reclaimed number 1 in its fourth weekend of release. |
| 18 | May 2, 1999 | Entrapment | $20,145,595 | |
| 19 | May 9, 1999 | The Mummy | $43,369,635 | The Mummy sets the record for a non-holiday May opening. |
| 20 | May 16, 1999 | The Mummy | $24,856,320 | |
| 21 | May 23, 1999 | Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace † | $64,820,970 | Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace's $28.5 million opening day gross broke The Lost World: Jurassic Park's record ($26.1 million) for the highest single-day tally of all-time and Independence Day's record ($17.4 million) for the highest-grossing Wednesday of all-time. It also broke Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom's 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 | May 30, 1999 | Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace † | $51,399,863 | Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace broke Jurassic Park's record ($38.5 million) for the highest second weekend gross. |
| 23 | June 6, 1999 | Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace † | $32,891,653 | |
| 24 | June 13, 1999 | 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: Impossible's 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 | June 20, 1999 | Tarzan | $34,221,968 | |
| 26 | June 27, 1999 | Big Daddy | $41,536,370 | |
| 27 | July 4, 1999 | Wild Wild West | $27,687,484 | |
| 28 | July 11, 1999 | American Pie | $18,709,680 | |
| 29 | July 18, 1999 | Eyes Wide Shut | $21,706,163 | |
| 30 | July 25, 1999 | The Haunting | $33,435,140 | |
| 31 | August 1, 1999 | Runaway Bride | $35,055,556 | |
| 32 | August 8, 1999 | The Sixth Sense | $26,681,262 | The Sixth Sense broke The Fugitive's record ($23.8 million) for the highest weekend debut in August. |
| 33 | August 15, 1999 | The Sixth Sense | $25,764,991 | |
| 34 | August 22, 1999 | The Sixth Sense | $23,950,008 | |
| 35 | August 29, 1999 | The Sixth Sense | $20,099,149 | The Sixth Sense became the first film since Saving Private Ryan to top the box office for four consecutive weekends. |
| 36 | September 5, 1999 | The Sixth Sense | $22,896,967 | The 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. It was also the first film since Titanic to top the box office for five consecutive weekends. |
| 37 | September 12, 1999 | Stigmata | $18,309,666 | |
| 38 | September 19, 1999 | Blue Streak | $19,208,806 | |
| 39 | September 26, 1999 | Double Jeopardy | $23,162,542 | |
| 40 | October 3, 1999 | Double Jeopardy | $17,018,808 | |
| 41 | October 10, 1999 | Double Jeopardy | $13,541,285 | |
| 42 | October 17, 1999 | Fight Club | $11,035,485 | |
| 43 | October 24, 1999 | The Best Man | $9,031,660 | |
| 44 | October 31, 1999 | House on Haunted Hill | $15,946,032 | |
| 45 | November 7, 1999 | The Bone Collector | $16,712,020 | |
| 46 | November 14, 1999 | Pokémon: The First Movie | $31,036,678 | Pokémon: The First Movie broke Mortal Kombat's record ($23.2 million) for the highest weekend debut for a video game adaptation and The Rugrats Movie's record ($27.3 million) for the highest weekend debut for a non-Disney animated film. |
| 47 | November 21, 1999 | The World Is Not Enough | $35,519,007 | |
| 48 | November 28, 1999 | 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 | December 5, 1999 | Toy Story 2 | $27,760,276 | |
| 50 | December 12, 1999 | Toy Story 2 | $18,249,880 | |
| 51 | December 19, 1999 | Stuart Little | $15,018,223 | |
| 52 | December 26, 1999 | Any Given Sunday | $13,584,625 | |
| 53 | January 2, 2000 | 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 | Disney | $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 |