Events

• April 17 - Star Wars fans begin lining up at movie theaters in Westwood and Hollywood to buy tickets for .
• November 18 - Toy Story 2, a sequel to the 1995 film Toy Story, is released in theaters across the United States. The movie is released in the United Kingdom in February 2000.

  Top grossing films

  Please note that following the tradition of the English language film industry, these are the top grossing films that were first released in the United States and Canada in 1999; because they may have made most of their income in a later year, they may not be the top-grossing films for calendar year. The top ten films of 1999 as of January 26, 2006 (U.S. and Canada), January 26, 2006 (UK) and January 26, 2006 (Australia) are as follows:
  

  1999 Rank	itle	tudio	orldwide Gross	.S/Canada Gross	.K. Gross	ustralia Gross
  1.		20th Century Fox	$924,317,558	$431,088,301	£50,734,924	$38,828,310
  2.	The Sixth Sense	Buena Vista	$672,806,292	$293,506,292	£25,407,279	$29,298,667
  3.	Toy Story 2	Disney/Pixar	$485,015,179	$245,852,179	£43,294,228	$20,131,422
  4.	The Matrix	Warner Bros.	$460,379,930	$171,479,930	£16,918,842	$23,160,219
  5.	Tarzan	Buena Vista	$448,191,819	$171,091,819	£17,694,331	$11,399,994
  6.	The Mummy	Universal Pictures	$415,933,406	$155,385,488	£17,362,781	$18,107,396
  7.	Notting Hill	Universal Pictures	$363,889,678	$116,089,678	£30,403,825	$20,831,399
  8.	The World Is Not Enough	MGM	$361,832,400	$126,943,684	£28,367,515	$14,168,737
  9.	American Beauty	DreamWorks	$356,296,601	$130,096,601	£21,261,601	$19,016,237
  10.		New Line Cinema	$312,016,858	$206,040,086	£25,635,589	$22,380,168

  In total 41 films gross more than $100,000,000 and 6 films grossed more than $400 million, reaching international blockbuster motion picture status, the first time that over five films released in one year reached IBMP status (Only 4 films released in 1990 made IBMP status).
      For a complete list of 1999's top-grossing films, follow these links:
  
  • Worldwide: http://boxofficemojo.com/yearly/chart/?view2=worldwide&yr=1999&p=.htm
  • U.S. & Canada: http://boxofficemojo.com/yearly/chart/?yr=1999&p=.htm
  • United Kingdom: http://www.ukfilmcouncil.org.uk/statistics/boxoffice/
  • Australia: http://www.moviemarshal.com.au/

Awards

Films released in 1999