Looking back at a full year summary of 1999 films released in 1000 or more theaters, here is how each month stacked up financially in terms of their opening gross income and cumulative gross income and how the films stood up to each other on average each month:

MONTH	# OF FILMS	3-DAY OPENING		DOMESTIC GROSS
JANUARY	6 films	$49,968,372 (avg per film: $8,328,062)		$168,412,576 (avg per film: $28,068,763)
FEBRUARY	11 films	$94,673,728 (avg per film: $8,606,703)		$341,959,083 (avg per film: $31,087,189)
MARCH	16 films	$139,321,483 (avg per film: $8,707,593)		$578,942,290 (avg per film: $36,183,893)
APRIL	9 films	$76,544,999 (avg per film: $8,505,000)		$279,998,506 (avg per film: $31,110,945)
MAY	6 films	$142,049,513 (avg per film: $23,647,919)		$742,936,211 (avg per film: $123,822,702)
JUNE	7 films	$202,421,755 (avg per film: $28,917,394)		$842,568,496 (avg per film: $120,366,928)
JULY	13 films	$220,515,984 (avg per film: $16,962,768)		$840,733,686 (avg per film: $64,671,822)
AUGUST	16 films	$123,340,533 (avg per film: $7,708,783)		$622,951,072 (avg per film: $38,934,442)
SEPTEMBER	10 films	$91,942,518 (avg per film: $9,194,252)		$321,939,795 (avg per film: $32,193,980)
OCTOBER	15 films	$116,643,523 (avg per film: $7,776,235)		$354,172,712 (avg per film: $23,611,514)
NOVEMBER	12 films	$228,479,918 (avg per film: $19,039,993)		$811,500,151 (avg per film: $67,625,013)
DECEMBER	9 films	$99,568,810 (avg per film: $11,063,201)		$712,811,087 (avg per film: $79,201,232)

Statistics Source Exhibitor Relations Co.