This is a list of films which have placed number one at the weekend box office in the United Kingdom during 1999.
# | Weekend End Date | Film | Box Office | Notes |
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1 | 3 January 1999 | Star Trek: Insurrection | £2,706,800 | |
2 | 10 January 1999 | £1,132,823 | ||
3 | 17 January 1999 | Meet Joe Black | £986,511 | |
4 | 24 January 1999 | Practical Magic | £1,001,536 | |
5 | 31 January 1999 | Shakespeare in Love | £1,819,385 | |
6 | 7 February 1999 | A Bug's Life | £4,204,678 | A Bug's Life set a record opening for an animated film, surpassing Toy Story 's £3.3 million [1] |
7 | 14 February 1999 | £4,107,566 | ||
8 | 21 February 1999 | £4,311,358 | ||
9 | 28 February 1999 | £2,220,635 | ||
10 | 7 March 1999 | £1,509,076 | ||
11 | 14 March 1999 | Patch Adams | £786,778 | |
12 | 21 March 1999 | Waking Ned | £911,901 | |
13 | 28 March 1999 | The Rugrats Movie | £1,971,685 | |
14 | 4 April 1999 | £1,403,862 | ||
15 | 11 April 1999 | £1,326,486 | ||
16 | 18 April 1999 | The Faculty | £822,777 | |
17 | 25 April 1999 | 8MM | £733,535 | |
18 | 2 May 1999 | The Waterboy | £887,245 | |
19 | 9 May 1999 | I Still Know What You Did Last Summer | £802,498 | |
20 | 16 May 1999 | Forces of Nature | £493,897 | |
21 | 23 May 1999 | She's All That | £1,200,565 | |
22 | 30 May 1999 | Notting Hill | £4,323,678 | |
23 | 6 June 1999 | £3,004,696 | ||
24 | 13 June 1999 | The Matrix | £3,384,948 | |
25 | 20 June 1999 | £2,275,576 | ||
26 | 27 June 1999 | The Mummy | £3,771,429 [2] | |
27 | 4 July 1999 | £2,535,195 [3] | ||
28 | 11 July 1999 | £1,278,869 [4] | ||
29 | 18 July 1999 | Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace | £9,528,131 [5] | The Phantom Menace beat the record opening of Men in Black [6] |
30 | 25 July 1999 | £5,104,514 | ||
31 | 1 August 1999 | Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me | £6,005,087 | |
32 | 8 August 1999 | £3,421,492 | ||
33 | 15 August 1999 | Wild Wild West | £2,487,176 | |
34 | 22 August 1999 | Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace | £1,420,885 | |
35 | 29 August 1999 | South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut | £1,496,581 | |
36 | 5 September 1999 | £813,613 | ||
37 | 12 September 1999 | Eyes Wide Shut | £1,189,672 | |
38 | 19 September 1999 | £881,889 | ||
39 | 26 September 1999 | The Haunting | £1,562,169 | |
40 | 3 October 1999 | Big Daddy | £1,360,121 | |
41 | 10 October 1999 | American Pie | £2,094,122 | |
42 | 17 October 1999 | Deep Blue Sea | £1,946,454 | |
43 | 24 October 1999 | Tarzan | £3,055,218 | |
44 | 31 October 1999 | The Blair Witch Project | £5,875,318 | |
45 | 7 November 1999 | £2,290,106 | ||
46 | 14 November 1999 | The Sixth Sense | £4,792,296 | |
47 | 21 November 1999 | £3,277,054 | ||
48 | 28 November 1999 | The World Is Not Enough | £6,273,584 | |
49 | 5 December 1999 | £3,842,119 | ||
50 | 12 December 1999 | £2,329,718 | ||
51 | 19 December 1999 | £1,389,490 | ||
52 | 26 December 1999 | £336,718 | ||
53 | 2 January 2000 | £797,142 [7] | ||
Rank | Title | Distributor | Domestic gross £m [8] |
---|---|---|---|
1. | Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace | Fox | £50.9 |
2. | Notting Hill | UIP | £30.7 |
3. | A Bug's Life | Buena Vista International (BVI) | £29.3 |
4. | Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me | Entertainment | £25.8 |
5. | The World Is Not Enough | UIP | £23.4 |
6. | The Sixth Sense | BVI | £20.6 |
7. | Shakespeare in Love | UIP | £20.4 |
8. | The Mummy | UIP | £17.4 |
9. | The Matrix | Warner Bros. | £17.3 |
10. | Tarzan | BVI | £16.9 |
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Includes previews of £337,517