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Comedy box office · Week 37 · Sep 5–11, 1999

Comedy Box Office, Week 37 of 1999: Comedy Releases of Sep 5–11

Love Stinks (1999) is the highest-grossing comedy movie released in week 37 of 1999 (Sep 5–11), with $2.9M worldwide, ahead of Black Cat, White Cat (1999) at $370.8K and But Forever in My Mind (1999) at $24.2K. 3 comedy films released that week report a worldwide gross, $3.3M in all, 99% of it from the US & Canada.

week 37 releases with a gross
3
combined worldwide
$3.3M
Love Stinks (1999), the #1
$2.9M
earned in the US & Canada
99%
Love Stinks (1999) movie poster #1 of 3
#1 comedy movie of Week 37, 1999

Love Stinks (1999)

1999 · Comedy

$2.9M worldwide · 88% of the chart's total

$2.9M US & Canada · 100% elsewhere · 0%
Top 3

What Were the Biggest Comedy Hits of Week 37 of 1999?

Love Stinks (1999) leads with $2.9M, 88% of the total. The top 3 together took $3.3M, almost all of what the 3 films earned. Each bar splits a film's gross into the US & Canada and the rest of the world.

  1. Love Stinks (1999) movie poster Number 1
    $2.9M Love Stinks (1999)
    $2.9M US & Canada · 100% elsewhere · 0%
  2. Black Cat, White Cat (1999) movie poster Number 2
    $370.8K Black Cat, White Cat (1999)
    $351.4K US & Canada · 95% $19.3K elsewhere · 5%
  3. But Forever in My Mind (1999) movie poster Number 3
    $24.2K But Forever in My Mind (1999)
    No US & Canada figure reported

US & Canada (domestic) Rest of the world

The chart

Every Comedy Release of Week 37 of 1999, Ranked by Worldwide Gross

Lifetime worldwide grosses in US dollars, not adjusted for inflation; domestic means the US & Canada. Films are grouped by their release date in week 37 of 1999 (Sep 5–11).

  1. 1 Love Stinks (1999) movie poster
    Love Stinks (1999) Sep 10, 1999 · English · Comedy $2.9M worldwide
    Sep 10, 1999 US and Canada: $2.9M Rest of the world: Worldwide: $2.9M
  2. 2 Black Cat, White Cat (1999) movie poster
    Black Cat, White Cat (1999) Sep 10, 1999 · Comedy, Romance, Music $370.8K worldwide
    Sep 10, 1999 US and Canada: $351.4K Rest of the world: $19.3K Worldwide: $370.8K
  3. 3 But Forever in My Mind (1999) movie poster
    But Forever in My Mind (1999) Sep 5, 1999 · Italian · Comedy, Drama $24.2K worldwide
    Sep 5, 1999 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $24.2K
Earlier years

How Does Week 37 of 1999 Compare With Earlier Years?

Of these 10 years, Week 37, 1992 earned the most: $105.2M from 2 films, led by Sneakers (1992). Week 37, 1999 took $3.3M.

Week Films Worldwide Change Biggest film
Week 37, 1990 Sep 9–15 4 films 4 $43M – Postcards from the Edge (1990) $39.1M
Week 37, 1991 Sep 8–14 6 films · −57% 6 $18.3M −57% The Commitments (1991) $14.9M
Week 37, 1992 Sep 6–12 2 films · +475% 2 $105.2M +475% Sneakers (1992) $105.2M
Week 37, 1993 Sep 5–11 3 films · −87% 3 $14.1M −87% Undercover Blues (1993) $12.3M
Week 37, 1994 Sep 4–10 5 films · +17% 5 $16.6M +17% Bullets Over Broadway (1994) $13.4M
Week 37, 1995 Sep 10–16 7 films · +44% 7 $23.9M +44% Unstrung Heroes (1995) $7.9M
Week 37, 1996 Sep 8–14 3 films · −87% 3 $3.2M −87% Feeling Minnesota (1996) $3.1M
Week 37, 1997 Sep 7–13 2 films · −26% 2 $2.3M −26% Hav Plenty (1997) $2.3M
Week 37, 1998 Sep 6–12 3 films · +760% 3 $20.2M +760% Simon Birch (1998) $18.3M
Week 37, 1999 Sep 5–11 3 films · −84% 3 $3.3M −84% Love Stinks (1999) $2.9M
FAQ

Comedy Box Office Week 37 of 1999: Questions & Answers

The chart's numbers in short: the #1 film, the total, the billion-dollar hits and the US & Canada share, answered from the same 3 films as the chart.

What is the highest-grossing comedy movie in week 37 of 1999 (Sep 5–11)?

Love Stinks (1999) leads with $2.9M worldwide, $2.9M of it in the US & Canada. Next come Black Cat, White Cat (1999) at $370.8K and But Forever in My Mind (1999) at $24.2K.

How much did comedy movies released in week 37 of 1999 (Sep 5–11) earn?

3 comedy films released in week 37 of 1999 (Sep 5–11) report a worldwide gross, $3.3M in all, or $1.1M per film on average.

How many comedy movies released in week 37 of 1999 (Sep 5–11) made $1 billion?

None. The biggest, Love Stinks (1999), earned $2.9M.

How much of the Week 37, 1999 Comedy box office came from the US and Canada?

$3.3M of the $3.3M total, or 99%, was earned in the US & Canada (the domestic market); the rest came from other countries. 1 film of the 3 report no domestic figure.

How is the week 37, 1999 comedy box office chart ranked and where do the numbers come from?

Films are ranked by lifetime worldwide gross in US dollars, not adjusted for inflation, and grouped by their release date in week 37 of 1999 (Sep 5–11). The figures are the reported box office grosses in our database. A gross that looks misattributed, such as one figure shared by two unrelated films or a blockbuster total on an obscure title, is left out rather than shown as a fact.

How often is the week 37, 1999 comedy box office chart updated?

Grosses change while films are in theaters and whenever a new figure is reported; this chart reads the latest numbers in our database, so an older film can still move after a re-release.