Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index 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 Star Wars, Episode I - The Phantom Menace: $431,088,297 The Sixth Sense, starring Bruce Willis and Haley Joel Osment: $293,506,292 Toy Story 2: $245,852,179 Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me, starring Mike Myers: $206,040,086 The Matrix: $171,479,930 Tarzan: $171,091,819 Big Daddy: $163,479,795 The Mummy: $155,385,488 Runaway Bride, starring Richard Gere and Julia Roberts: $152,257,509 The Blair Witch Project: $140,539,099 Stuart Little: $140,035,367 The Green Mile: $136,801,374 American Beauty: $130,096,601 The World Is Not Enough: $126,943,684 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 This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.