Domestic Box Office For February 1999
Wide releases are those released in at least 600 theaters.
| Rank | Release | Gross | Max Th | Opening | % of Total | Open Th | Open | Close | Distributor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Payback | $81,526,121 | 2,855 | $21,221,526 | 26% | 2,729 | Feb 5 | - | Paramount Pictures |
| 2 | Life Is Beautiful | $57,247,384 | 1,136 | $118,920 | 0.2% | 6 | Feb 12 | - | Miramax |
| 3 | Message in a Bottle | $52,880,016 | 2,545 | $16,751,560 | 31.7% | 2,538 | Feb 12 | - | Warner Bros. |
| 4 | My Favorite Martian | $36,850,101 | 2,349 | $8,828,586 | 24% | 2,275 | Feb 12 | - | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 5 | 8MM | $36,663,315 | 2,370 | $14,252,888 | 38.9% | 2,370 | Feb 26 | - | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 6 | October Sky | $32,570,685 | 1,702 | $5,905,250 | 18.1% | 1,495 | Feb 19 | - | Universal Pictures |
| 7 | Elizabeth | $30,082,699 | 624 | $275,131 | 0.9% | 9 | Feb 19 | - | Gramercy Pictures (I) |
| 8 | The Other Sister | $27,807,627 | 1,863 | $6,624,445 | 23.8% | 1,343 | Feb 26 | - | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 9 | Blast from the Past | $26,511,114 | 2,544 | $7,771,066 | 29.3% | 2,542 | Feb 12 | - | New Line Cinema |
| 10 | Rushmore | $17,105,219 | 830 | $43,666 | 0.3% | 2 | Feb 19 | - | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 11 | Office Space | $10,827,810 | 1,740 | $4,231,727 | 39.1% | 1,740 | Feb 19 | - | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 12 | 200 Cigarettes | $6,852,450 | 978 | $3,244,277 | 47.3% | 976 | Feb 26 | - | Paramount Pictures |
| 13 | Simply Irresistible | $4,398,989 | 1,359 | $2,232,686 | 50.8% | 1,359 | Feb 5 | - | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 14 | Jawbreaker | $3,117,085 | 801 | $1,603,425 | 51.4% | 801 | Feb 19 | - | Sony Pictures Releasing |
