Box Office Game — September 2, 2026 Answer

Here is the Box Office Game answer for Wednesday, September 2, 2026 (day #1644 of the game): the weekend of July 23, 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 #1644
The weekend to guessJuly 23, 1999Friday — top 5 at the US box office
1
Poster of the #1 movie
The Haunting
DreamWorksNew this weekendWeek 1 in release
Weekend$33,435,140Total$33,435,140
2
Poster of the #2 movie
Inspector Gadget
Walt DisneyNew this weekendWeek 1 in release
Weekend$21,889,138Total$21,889,138
3
Poster of the #3 movie
American Pie
UniversalLast week #2Week 3 in release-25.4% vs last week
Weekend$10,111,875Total$64,510,470
4
Poster of the #4 movie
Eyes Wide Shut
Warner Bros.Last week #1Week 2 in release-53.6% vs last week
Weekend$10,075,471Total$40,272,213
5
Poster of the #5 movie
Big Daddy
Columbia PicturesLast week #4Week 5 in release-42.3% vs last week
Weekend$6,005,536Total$146,010,854

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About the five films

The Haunting poster

#1 The Haunting IMDb →

“Some houses are born bad.”

Dr. David Marrow invites three distinct individuals to the eerie and isolated Hill House to be subjects for a sleep disorder study. The unfortunate guests discover that Marrow is far more interested in the sinister mansion itself — and they soon see the true nature of its horror.

Director: Jan de Bont · Starring: Liam Neeson, Lili Taylor, Catherine Zeta-Jones · Genre: Horror, Thriller, Fantasy, Mystery · Budget: $80,000,000 · Worldwide: $177,311,151 · Domestic total: $91,411,151
Inspector Gadget poster

#2 Inspector Gadget IMDb →

“The greatest hero ever assembled.”

John Brown is a bumbling but well-intentioned security guard who is badly injured in an explosion planned by an evil mastermind. He is taken to a laboratory, where Brenda, a leading robotics surgeon, replaces his damaged limbs with state-of-the-art gadgets and tools. Named "Inspector Gadget" by the press, John -- along with his niece, Penny, and her trusty dog, Brain -- uses his new powers to discover who was behind the explosion.

Director: David Kellogg · Starring: Matthew Broderick, Rupert Everett, Joely Fisher · Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family · Budget: $75,000,000 · Worldwide: $134,403,112 · Domestic total: $97,403,112
American Pie poster

#3 American Pie IMDb →

“There's something about your first piece.”

At a high-school party, four friends find that losing their collective virginity isn't as easy as they had thought. But they still believe that they need to do so before college. To motivate themselves, they enter a pact to all "score" by their senior prom.

Director: Paul Weitz · Starring: Jason Biggs, Chris Klein, Thomas Ian Nicholas · Genre: Comedy, Romance · Budget: $11,000,000 · Worldwide: $235,483,004 · Domestic total: $102,561,004
Eyes Wide Shut poster

#4 Eyes Wide Shut IMDb →

“No dream is ever just a dream.”

After Dr. Bill Harford's wife, Alice, admits to having sexual fantasies about a man she met, Bill becomes obsessed with having a sexual encounter. He discovers an underground sexual group and attends one of their meetings -- and quickly discovers that he is in over his head.

Director: Stanley Kubrick · Starring: Tom Cruise, Nicole Kidman, Sydney Pollack · Genre: Drama, Thriller, Mystery · Budget: $65,000,000 · Worldwide: $162,100,000 · Domestic total: $55,691,208
Big Daddy poster

#5 Big Daddy IMDb →

“Nature called. Look who answered.”

A lazy law school grad adopts a kid to impress his girlfriend, but everything doesn't go as planned. Now he's forced to grow up while navigating the challenges of fatherhood.

Director: Dennis Dugan · Starring: Adam Sandler, Joey Lauren Adams, Jon Stewart · Genre: Comedy, Drama · Budget: $34,200,000 · Worldwide: $234,801,895 · Domestic total: $163,479,795

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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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