#1 of 13 1999 · Drama, Mystery
$286.8M worldwide · 58% of the chart's total
The Green Mile (1999) is the highest-grossing English-language movie released in week 50 of 1999 (Dec 5–11), with $286.8M worldwide, ahead of Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo (1999) at $92.9M and The Cider House Rules (1999) at $88.5M. 13 English-language films released that week report a worldwide gross, $493.2M in all, 58% of it from the US & Canada. One film crossed $100 million; none reached $1 billion. That is 27.7 times the total of Week 49, 1999, whose releases took $17.8M. By genre, Drama leads with $379.1M across 10 English releases.
#1 of 13 1999 · Drama, Mystery
$286.8M worldwide · 58% of the chart's total
The Green Mile (1999) leads with $286.8M, 58% of the total. The top 5 together took $492.4M, almost all of what the 13 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 50 of 1999 (Dec 5–11).
Dec 10, 1999 US and Canada: $136.8M Rest of the world: $150M Worldwide: $286.8M
Dec 10, 1999 US and Canada: $65.5M Rest of the world: $27.4M Worldwide: $92.9M
Dec 10, 1999 US and Canada: $57.5M Rest of the world: $31M Worldwide: $88.5M
Dec 10, 1999 US and Canada: $21.1M Rest of the world: Worldwide: $21.1M
Dec 10, 1999 US and Canada: $2.9M Rest of the world: $83.5K Worldwide: $3M
Dec 10, 1999 US and Canada: $254.4K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $254.4K
Dec 10, 1999 US and Canada: $88.4K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $88.4K
Dec 10, 1999 US and Canada: $88.4K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $88.4K
Dec 10, 1999 US and Canada: $88.4K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $88.4K
Dec 10, 1999 US and Canada: $88.4K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $88.4K
Dec 10, 1999 US and Canada: $88.4K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $88.4K
Dec 10, 1999 US and Canada: $88.4K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $88.4K
Dec 10, 1999 US and Canada: $43.9K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $43.9K Of the top 10, Stir of Echoes (1999) earned the biggest share at home (100% in the US & Canada), while The Green Mile (1999) made 52% of its gross abroad. Across all 13 films, $284.8M (58%) came from the US & Canada.
1 of 13 films crossed $100M and took $286.8M between them, 58% of the total. 9 films, 69% of the list, earned under $10M.
Week 50 releases took $493.2M. The biggest of these 9 weeks is week 48 (Nov 21–27) with $711.3M, led by Toy Story 2 (1999).
Of these 10 years, Week 50, 1999 earned the most: $493.2M from 13 films, led by The Green Mile (1999).
| Week | Films | Worldwide | Change | Biggest film |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Week 50, 1990 Dec 9–15 2 films | 2 | $45.1M | – | Mermaids (1990) $35.4M |
| Week 50, 1991 Dec 8–14 4 films · +705% | 4 | $362.6M | +705% | Hook (1991) $300.9M |
| Week 50, 1992 Dec 6–12 2 films · −64% | 2 | $129M | −64% | Forever Young (1992) $128M |
| Week 50, 1993 Dec 5–11 5 films · +1% | 5 | $130.6M | +1% | Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit (1993) $57.3M |
| Week 50, 1994 Dec 4–10 4 films · +86% | 4 | $243M | +86% | Disclosure (1994) $214M |
| Week 50, 1995 Dec 10–16 4 films · +64% | 4 | $398.1M | +64% | Jumanji (1995) $262.8M |
| Week 50, 1996 Dec 8–14 4 films · −6% | 4 | $375.3M | −6% | Jerry Maguire (1996) $273.6M |
| Week 50, 1997 Dec 7–13 4 films · −39% | 4 | $227.3M | −39% | Scream 2 (1997) $172.4M |
| Week 50, 1998 Dec 6–12 4 films · +92% | 4 | $435.4M | +92% | Shakespeare in Love (1998) $289.3M |
| Week 50, 1999 Dec 5–11 13 films · +13% | 13 | $493.2M | +13% | The Green Mile (1999) $286.8M |
Drama took $379.1M across 10 films, 77% of the total, ahead of Mystery ($308.5M) and Crime ($286.8M). A film counts once for each of its genres.
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 13 films as the chart.
The Green Mile (1999) leads with $286.8M worldwide, $136.8M of it in the US & Canada. Next come Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo (1999) at $92.9M and The Cider House Rules (1999) at $88.5M.
13 English-language films released in week 50 of 1999 (Dec 5–11) report a worldwide gross, $493.2M in all, or $37.9M per film on average. Week 49, 1999 releases took $17.8M.
None. 1 film crossed $100 million, led by The Green Mile (1999) with $286.8M.
Films are ranked by lifetime worldwide gross in US dollars, not adjusted for inflation, and grouped by their release date in week 50 of 1999 (Dec 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, 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.