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#4,222 All-time worldwide
#77 1999 releases

Movie profile

The Best Man

1999 · 120 min · Universal Pictures

Drama Comedy
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $34.6M
Budget $9.0M
Gross minus budget $25.6M
ROI 3.84x

Domestic gross

$17.3M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$17.3M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$3.1M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where The Best Man ranks

Positioned across the all-time chart, release year, studio, franchise and genre indexes where enough mapped data exists.
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All-time worldwide #4,222 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1999 releases #77 Release-year chart position of 249 titles Ranked against movies released in 1999. Studio / company #201 Universal Pictures of 377 titles Position inside the mapped Universal Pictures movie set. Franchise #2 The Best Man of 2 titles Ranked against mapped movies from the same franchise. Primary genre #1,584 Drama of 5,859 titles Genre context based on the first mapped genre on this profile.

Nearby worldwide ranks

Comparable titles immediately around this movie by reported worldwide gross.

#4,219 R.A.I.D. Special Unit 2017 · $34.6M #4,220 Forbidden Empire 2014 · $34.6M #4,221 That Thing You Do! 1996 · $34.6M #4,223 Thirteen Days 2000 · $34.6M #4,224 Salmon Fishing in the Yemen 2012 · $34.6M #4,225 Jack Frost 1998 · $34.6M

Quick answer

How did The Best Man (1999) perform at the box office?

High confidence

The Best Man (1999) earned a reported $34.6M worldwide against a reported $9.0M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $25.6M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 3.84x. In this database it currently ranks #4,222 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #77 among 1999 releases.

Worldwide gross
$34,573,780
Budget
$9,000,000
Gross minus budget
$25,573,780
ROI
3.84x
Source: TMDb. Last updated: Jul 13, 2026. View source Gross-minus-budget is not studio net profit. It excludes marketing, distribution fees, revenue splits, tax incentives and later home/streaming revenue.

Synopsis

Story

After writing a soon-to-be bestselling novel, writer and committed bachelor Harper attempts to hide the fact that his saucy new book is loosely based on the lives and loves of his tight-knit group of friends. Harper is set to be best man at his friend Lance's wedding, and all his friends will be in attendance. When an advance copy of the book makes its way into the hands of his ex-flame, Jordan, Harper attempts to keep it under wraps.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Oct 22, 1999
Production
Universal Pictures, 40 Acres and a Mule Filmworks
Countries
US

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Why this movie matters

Released in 1999, The Best Man is positioned in this dataset as a Drama, Comedy title from Universal Pictures. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $34.6M, reported production budget is $9.0M, gross-minus-budget is $25.6M, ROI is 3.84x. For comparison, it currently sits #4,222 all-time in the current chart set and #77 among 1999 releases. Streaming availability should be checked against the selected United States region because provider rights can change.

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Data noteGross minus budget is not studio net profit. It excludes marketing, distribution fees, revenue splits, tax incentives and downstream revenue. Domestic, international and opening weekend figures marked as estimated are modelled estimates.