1999 in film

See also: 1998 in film, other events of 1999, 2000 in film, list of 'years in film'.

Table of contents

1 Events 2 Top Grossing Films of the Year 3 Births 4 Deaths 5 Other Movies Released

Events

• April 7 - Star Wars fans begin lining up at movie theaters in Westwood and Hollywood to buy tickets for Star Wars, Episode I - The Phantom Menace, a film that will not be opening for another six weeks.
• May 3 - A Durham, North Carolina woman named Jennifer Briggs changes her name to Obi-Wan Kenobi Briggs in honor of the Star Wars character. Ms. Briggs wins $1000 from a local radio station for changing her name.

Top Grossing Films of the Year

1. Star Wars, Episode I - The Phantom Menace: $431,088,297
2. The Sixth Sense, starring Bruce Willis and Haley Joel Osment: $293,506,292
3. Toy Story 2: $245,852,179
4. Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me, starring Mike Myers: $206,040,086
5. The Matrix: $171,479,930
6. Tarzan: $171,091,819
7. Big Daddy: $163,479,795
8. The Mummy: $155,385,488
9. Runaway Bride, starring Richard Gere and Julia Roberts: $152,257,509
10. The Blair Witch Project: $140,539,099
11. Stuart Little: $140,035,367
12. The Green Mile: $136,801,374
13. American Beauty: $130,096,601
14. The World Is Not Enough: $126,943,684
15. Double Jeopardy: $116,741,558

21 movies in 1999 grossed over $100 million.

Births

Deaths

• February 20 - Gene Siskel, film critic, Siskel and Ebert

Other Movies Released

• American Beauty
• American Pie
• An Extremely Goofy Movie, starring Jason Marsden
• Being John Malkovich
• Big Daddy, starring Adam Sandler
• Bowfinger, starring Eddie Murphy and Steve Martin
• Dudley Do-Right
• Galaxy Quest
• The Haunting
• Radiohead: Meeting People Is Easy (DVD Release)
• ''The Omega Code
• Tarzan
• The World Is Not Enough
• Trick
• Entrapment