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Sci-Fi box office · May 1999

Sci-Fi Box Office, May 1999: Top-Grossing Releases

Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999) is the highest-grossing sci-fi movie released in May 1999, with $1B worldwide, ahead of The Thirteenth Floor (1999) at $18.6M. 2 sci-fi films released in May 1999 report a worldwide gross, $1.1B in all, 47% of it from the US & Canada. 1 film crossed $1 billion.

May 1999 releases with a gross
2
combined worldwide
$1.1B
film crossed $100M
1
earned in the US & Canada
47%
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Every Sci-Fi Release of May 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 May 1999.

  1. 1 Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999) movie poster
    Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999) May 19, 1999 · English · Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi $1B worldwide
    May 19, 1999 US and Canada: $487.6M Rest of the world: $558.9M Worldwide: $1B
  2. 2 The Thirteenth Floor (1999) movie poster
    The Thirteenth Floor (1999) May 28, 1999 · English · Sci-Fi, Mystery, Thriller $18.6M worldwide
    May 28, 1999 US and Canada: $11.9M Rest of the world: $6.6M Worldwide: $18.6M
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Sci-Fi Box Office in 1999, Month by Month

The months of 1999 with their totals: May leads with $1.1B, led by Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999).

FAQ

Sci-Fi Box Office May 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 2 films as the chart.

What is the highest-grossing sci-fi movie in May 1999?

Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999) leads with $1B worldwide, $487.6M of it in the US & Canada. Next come The Thirteenth Floor (1999) at $18.6M.

How much did sci-fi movies released in May 1999 earn?

2 sci-fi films released in May 1999 report a worldwide gross, $1.1B in all, or $532.5M per film on average.

How many sci-fi movies released in May 1999 made $1 billion?

1 film crossed $1 billion worldwide: Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999). 1 crossed $100 million.

How much of the May 1999 Sci-Fi box office came from the US and Canada?

$499.5M of the $1.1B total, or 47%, was earned in the US & Canada (the domestic market); the rest came from other countries. 0 films of the 2 report no domestic figure.

How is the May 1999 sci-fi 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 May 1999. 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 May 1999 sci-fi 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.