#1 of 6 1999 · Drama, Comedy
$34.6M worldwide · 46% of the chart's total
The Best Man (1999) is the highest-grossing English-language movie released in week 43 of 1999 (Oct 17–23), with $34.6M worldwide, ahead of Bringing Out the Dead (1999) at $16.8M and Three to Tango (1999) at $10.6M. 6 English-language films released that week report a worldwide gross, $74.9M in all, 99% of it from the US & Canada. That is down 5% on Week 42, 1999, whose releases took $78.5M. By genre, Drama leads with $54.1M across 4 English releases.
#1 of 6 1999 · Drama, Comedy
$34.6M worldwide · 46% of the chart's total
The Best Man (1999) leads with $34.6M, 46% of the total. The top 5 together took $74.1M, 99% of what all 6 films earned. Each bar splits a film's gross into the US & Canada and the rest of the world.
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Number 5 US & Canada (domestic) Rest of the world
Lifetime worldwide grosses in US dollars, not adjusted for inflation; domestic means the US & Canada. Films are grouped by their release date in week 43 of 1999 (Oct 17–23).
Oct 22, 1999 US and Canada: $34.1M Rest of the world: $471K Worldwide: $34.6M
Oct 22, 1999 US and Canada: $16.8M Rest of the world: $1.3K Worldwide: $16.8M
Oct 22, 1999 US and Canada: $10.6M Rest of the world: Worldwide: $10.6M
Oct 22, 1999 US and Canada: $10.2M Rest of the world: Worldwide: $10.2M
Oct 22, 1999 US and Canada: $2M Rest of the world: Worldwide: $2M
Oct 22, 1999 US and Canada: $752.1K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $752.1K Of the top 6, Three to Tango (1999) earned the biggest share at home (100% in the US & Canada), while The Best Man (1999) made 1% of its gross abroad. Across all 6 films, $74.4M (99%) came from the US & Canada.
Week 43 releases took $74.9M. The biggest of these 9 weeks is week 38 (Sep 12–18) with $522.3M, led by American Beauty (1999).
Of these 10 years, Week 43, 1995 earned the most: $301.5M from 9 films, led by Get Shorty (1995). Week 43, 1999 took $74.9M.
| Week | Films | Worldwide | Change | Biggest film |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Week 43, 1990 Oct 21–27 2 films | 2 | $13.7M | – | Graveyard Shift (1990) $11.6M |
| Week 43, 1991 Oct 20–26 3 films · +220% | 3 | $43.7M | +220% | Curly Sue (1991) $33.7M |
| Week 43, 1992 Oct 18–24 4 films · −28% | 4 | $31.3M | −28% | Pure Country (1992) $15.2M |
| Week 43, 1993 Oct 17–23 3 films · +337% | 3 | $136.9M | +337% | The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993) $107.8M |
| Week 43, 1994 Oct 16–22 4 films · −90% | 4 | $13.2M | −90% | The Puppet Masters (1994) $8.6M |
| Week 43, 1995 Oct 22–28 9 films · +2190% | 9 | $301.5M | +2190% | Get Shorty (1995) $115.1M |
| Week 43, 1996 Oct 20–26 3 films · −88% | 3 | $36.9M | −88% | High School High (1996) $21.3M |
| Week 43, 1997 Oct 19–25 4 films · −50% | 4 | $18.4M | −50% | Gattaca (1997) $12.5M |
| Week 43, 1998 Oct 18–24 7 films · +873% | 7 | $179M | +873% | T-Rex: Back to the Cretaceous (1998) $104.4M |
| Week 43, 1999 Oct 17–23 6 films · −58% | 6 | $74.9M | −58% | The Best Man (1999) $34.6M |
53 weeks of 1999 with reported grosses; the biggest is week 21 (May 16–22) with $1B, led by Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999).
The chart's numbers in short: the #1 film, the total, the billion-dollar hits and the US & Canada share, answered from the same 6 films as the chart.
The Best Man (1999) leads with $34.6M worldwide, $34.1M of it in the US & Canada. Next come Bringing Out the Dead (1999) at $16.8M and Three to Tango (1999) at $10.6M.
6 English-language films released in week 43 of 1999 (Oct 17–23) report a worldwide gross, $74.9M in all, or $12.5M per film on average. Week 42, 1999 releases took $78.5M.
None. The biggest, The Best Man (1999), earned $34.6M.
Films are ranked by lifetime worldwide gross in US dollars, not adjusted for inflation, and grouped by their release date in week 43 of 1999 (Oct 17–23). 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, and so are films whose stored language is most likely wrong.
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.