Market Charts > 1999 > Sources > Based on Real Life Events
Box Office Performance for Based on Real Life Events Movies in 1999
Rank | Movie | Release Date |
Genre | MPAA Rating | 1999 Gross | Tickets Sold |
1 |
Patch Adams |
Dec 25, 1998 |
Comedy |
PG-13 |
$69,519,968 |
13,685,033 |
2 |
October Sky |
Feb 19, 1999 |
Drama |
PG |
$32,683,932 |
6,433,844 |
3 |
Mysteries of Egypt |
Jul 16, 1998 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$27,042,366 |
5,323,300 |
4 |
Man on the Moon |
Dec 22, 1999 |
Drama |
R |
$25,309,535 |
4,982,191 |
5 |
Summer of Sam |
Jul 2, 1999 |
Thriller/Suspense |
R |
$19,288,130 |
3,796,875 |
6 |
Everest |
Mar 6, 1998 |
Documentary |
PG-13 |
$18,064,450 |
3,555,994 |
7 |
Tea with Mussolini |
May 14, 1999 |
Drama |
PG |
$14,395,874 |
2,833,833 |
8 |
The Messenger: The Story of… |
Nov 12, 1999 |
Drama |
R |
$14,149,871 |
2,785,407 |
9 |
Elizabeth |
Nov 6, 1998 |
Drama |
R |
$13,502,610 |
2,657,994 |
10 |
Africa's Elephant Kingdom |
May 8, 1998 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$7,049,211 |
1,387,639 |
11 |
Buena Vista Social Club |
Jun 4, 1999 |
Documentary |
G |
$6,918,494 |
1,361,908 |
12 |
Extreme |
Mar 23, 1999 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$6,892,475 |
1,356,786 |
13 |
Island of the Sharks |
Apr 30, 1999 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$5,206,926 |
1,024,985 |
14 |
The Straight Story |
Oct 15, 1999 |
Drama |
G |
$4,375,944 |
861,406 |
15 |
Encounter in the Third Dime… |
Feb 26, 1999 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$4,269,548 |
840,462 |
16 |
Thrill Ride: The Science of… |
Jul 11, 1997 |
Documentary |
G |
$3,441,911 |
677,541 |
17 |
Fifty |
Oct 29, 1999 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$3,328,240 |
655,165 |
18 |
Wolves |
Feb 26, 1999 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$2,852,213 |
561,459 |
19 |
Boys Don't Cry |
Oct 8, 1999 |
Drama |
R |
$2,697,068 |
530,918 |
20 |
Siegfried & Roy: Masters of… |
Oct 1, 1999 |
Documentary |
PG |
$2,162,167 |
425,623 |
21 |
Wildfire: Feel The Heat |
Mar 12, 1999 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$1,850,683 |
364,307 |
22 |
Tumbleweeds |
Nov 24, 1999 |
Drama |
PG-13 |
$1,100,773 |
216,687 |
23 |
Mark Twain's America 3D |
Jul 3, 1998 |
Documentary |
G |
$671,617 |
132,208 |
24 |
Trekkies |
May 21, 1999 |
Documentary |
PG |
$617,172 |
121,490 |
25 |
The Hurricane |
Dec 29, 1999 |
Drama |
R |
$541,225 |
106,540 |
26 |
American Movie: The Making … |
Nov 5, 1999 |
Documentary |
R |
$459,537 |
90,460 |
27 |
Girl, Interrupted |
Dec 21, 1999 |
Drama |
R |
$434,810 |
85,592 |
28 |
The Last Days |
Feb 5, 1999 |
Documentary |
PG-13 |
$419,762 |
82,630 |
29 |
Dancemaker |
Mar 5, 1999 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$240,514 |
47,345 |
30 |
A Place Called Chiapas |
Apr 9, 1999 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$237,779 |
46,806 |
31 |
Jing ke ci qin wang |
Dec 17, 1999 |
Drama |
R |
$173,078 |
34,070 |
32 |
The Source |
Aug 25, 1999 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$167,773 |
33,026 |
33 |
Topsy Turvy |
Dec 17, 1999 |
Musical |
R |
$158,696 |
31,239 |
34 |
Stop Making Sense |
Oct 19, 1984 |
Concert/Perfor… |
Not Rated |
$148,443 |
29,221 |
35 |
Meeting People is Easy |
Mar 26, 1999 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$51,282 |
10,094 |
36 |
Mr. Death: The Rise and Fal… |
Dec 29, 1999 |
Documentary |
PG-13 |
$33,516 |
6,597 |
37 |
Genghis Blues |
Jul 9, 1999 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$32,606 |
6,418 |
38 |
Mein Liebster Feind |
Nov 5, 1999 |
Documentary |
PG-13 |
$31,460 |
6,192 |
39 |
Let it Come Down: The Life … |
Apr 28, 1999 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$26,336 |
5,184 |
40 |
Regret to Inform |
Jun 25, 1999 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$22,627 |
4,454 |
41 |
Marcello Mastroianni - I Re… |
Aug 13, 1999 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$9,829 |
1,934 |
42 |
Beyond the Mat |
Oct 22, 1999 |
Documentary |
R |
$9,532 |
1,876 |
43 |
The Last Cigarette |
Jun 9, 1999 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$5,674 |
1,116 |
44 |
Ayn Rand: A Sense of Life |
Feb 13, 1998 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$4,737 |
932 |
45 |
Five Wives, Three Secretari… |
Oct 8, 1999 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$4,450 |
875 |
46 |
And Baby Makes 2 |
Jun 25, 1999 |
Documentary |
Not Rated |
$4,058 |
798 |
47 |
Summerspell |
Jul 2, 1999 |
Drama |
Not Rated |
$603 |
118 |
Total Gross of All Movies | $290,609,505 | |
Total Tickets Sold | 57,206,572 |
Note: This chart ranks movies by the amount they earned during 1999.
It includes movies released in previous years that earned money during 1999.
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