Box Office Game — October 13, 2026 Answer

Here is the Box Office Game answer for Tuesday, October 13, 2026 (day #1685 of the game): the weekend of November 5, 1999 — a 1999 box office chart. The clues the game gives you (distributor, last week’s rank, weeks in release and the grosses) are shown for all five films; the titles and posters stay blurred until you tap reveal.

Top 5 answer · Day #1685
The weekend to guessNovember 5, 1999Friday — top 5 at the US box office
1
Poster of the #1 movie
The Bone Collector
UniversalNew this weekendWeek 1 in release
Weekend$16,712,020Total$16,712,020
2
Poster of the #2 movie
House on Haunted Hill
Warner Bros.Last week #1Week 2 in release-51.6% vs last week
Weekend$7,711,699Total$27,984,396
3
Poster of the #3 movie
The Bachelor
New LineNew this weekendWeek 1 in release
Weekend$7,480,288Total$7,480,288
4
Poster of the #4 movie
The Insider
TouchstoneNew this weekendWeek 1 in release
Weekend$6,712,361Total$6,712,361
5
Poster of the #5 movie
The Best Man
UniversalLast week #2Week 3 in release-30.9% vs last week
Weekend$4,340,850Total$24,037,745

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About the five films

The Bone Collector poster

#1 The Bone Collector IMDb →

“Right now, this serial killer could be looking at his next victim.”

Lincoln Rhyme was the department's top homicide detective and leading expert in criminal forensics until an injury left him paralyzed, depressed, and incapable of working. But when a gruesome murder in Manhattan leaves detectives baffled, they call on Rhyme to help solve the mystery. Amelia Donaghy, a rookie cop whose quick thinking preserved a gruesome murder scene, is enlisted by Rhyme to be his on-the-scene forensics expert. With Amelia reluctantly acting as Rhyme's able-bodied go-between, the pair piece together cryptic clues the killer leaves behind at the scene of the crime, hoping to catch the grisly serial killer.

Director: Phillip Noyce · Starring: Denzel Washington, Angelina Jolie, Queen Latifah · Genre: Crime, Thriller, Drama, Mystery · Budget: $73,000,000 · Worldwide: $151,493,655 · Domestic total: $66,518,655
House on Haunted Hill poster

#2 House on Haunted Hill IMDb →

“Evil loves to party.”

An amusement park mogul offers a random group of diverse people $1 million to spend the night in a decrepit former mental institution.

Director: William Malone · Starring: Geoffrey Rush, Famke Janssen, Ali Larter · Genre: Horror · Budget: $37,000,000 · Worldwide: $40,846,082 · Domestic total: $40,846,082
The Bachelor poster

#3 The Bachelor IMDb →

“One thousand brides. One hundred million dollars. Jimmie Shannon is about to discover the true value of love.”

Jimmie is seeing his single friends get married one by one. He isn't too worried until his girlfriend Anne catches the bouquet at his friend Marco's wedding. Suddenly, his wild mustang days are numbered. He finally decides to propose to her, but he sticks his foot in his mouth and botches the proposal. Being insulted by the defeatist proposal, Anne leaves town on an assignment. After she's gone, he finds out that his recently-deceased grandfather's will stipulates that he gets nothing of a multi-million dollar fortune unless he's married by 6:05pm on his 30th birthday: tomorrow! Not being able to find Anne, Jimmie begins backtracking through his past girlfriends to find a wife.

Director: Gary Sinyor · Starring: Chris O'Donnell, Renée Zellweger, Artie Lange · Genre: Comedy, Romance · Budget: $51,000,000 · Worldwide: $36,911,617 · Domestic total: $21,760,240
The Insider poster

#4 The Insider IMDb →

“Two men driven to tell the truth … whatever the cost.”

A research chemist comes under personal and professional attack when he decides to appear in a 60 Minutes exposé on Big Tobacco.

Director: Michael Mann · Starring: Al Pacino, Russell Crowe, Christopher Plummer · Genre: Drama, Thriller · Budget: $90,000,000 · Worldwide: $60,300,000 · Domestic total: $29,089,912
The Best Man poster

#5 The Best Man IMDb →

“The flower arrangements have been ordered. The sleeping arrangements are still being worked out.”

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.

Director: Malcolm D. Lee · Starring: Taye Diggs, Morris Chestnut, Nia Long · Genre: Drama, Comedy · Budget: $9,000,000 · Worldwide: $34,573,780 · Domestic total: $34,102,780

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Box Office Game (boxofficega.me) hands you one weekend from box office history and asks you to name the five highest-grossing films from that weekend, in order. You start with only the weekend date and each film’s weekend gross; every clue you buy (distributor, last week’s rank, total gross, budget, director, cast and so on) costs points off your score. The page above lists exactly those clues for each slot so you can match your own guesses before revealing. This page is part of our complete daily archive, updated every morning.

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