Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999) is the highest-grossing English-language movie released in 1999, with $1B worldwide, ahead of The Sixth Sense (1999) at $672.8M and Toy Story 2 (1999) at $497.4M. 262 English-language films released in 1999 report a worldwide gross, $12.9B in all, 53% of it from the US & Canada. 1 film crossed $1 billion and 36 crossed $100 million. That is up 29% on 1998, whose releases took $10B. By genre, Comedy leads with $5.2B across 122 English releases.

1999 releases with a gross

262

combined worldwide

$12.9B

films crossed $100M

36

vs 1998

+29%

#1 of 262

#1 English-language movie of 1999

Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999)

1999 · Action, Adventure

$1B worldwide · 8% of the chart's total

$487.6M US & Canada · 47% $558.9M elsewhere · 53%