List of 1999 box office number-one films in the United Kingdom

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
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
27 4 July 1999 £2,535,195
28 11 July 1999 £1,278,869
29 18 July 1999 Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace £9,528,131[2] The Phantom Menace beat the record opening of Men in Black[3]
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[4]

Highest grossing films

Rank Title Distributor Domestic gross £m[5]
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

References

  1. ^ Scott, Mary (12 February 1999). "A Bug's Life Animates Record". Screen International. p. 43.
  2. ^ "UK weekend box office reports: 2001" (xls). British Film Institute. Retrieved 16 January 2021.
  3. ^ Groves, Don (26 July 1999). "B.O. bakes, shakes". Variety. p. 8. Retrieved 16 January 2021.
  4. ^ "International box office: UK/Ireland". Screen International. 7 January 2000. p. 50.
  5. ^ "Top 10 Films 1999". Screen International. 28 January 2000. p. 18.

See also

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