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Article: The sky's the limit at movies' box office; Movies cash in at box office.(Scene)
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- The Boston Herald
- Article date:
- December 31, 1999
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What did a boy named Skywalker, another who sees dead people and a mysterious man with bad teeth do for Hollywood this year?
They give it some sizzling profits. With another record-setting box-office of $7.5 billion, an 8 percent increase over 1998, America's film industry scored phenomenally well in a well-oiled economy.
With two dozen films grossing more than $100 million, it's a spectacular century's end to one of a America's most visible, talked-about and exportable products.
If the year's Top 10 hits offer few surprises, they certainly demonstrate the eclectic tastes of moviegoers. Here are the hits, followed by North American box-office ...