BUSINESS MEMO: RECORD MOVIE YEAR

Record box office receipts, the best attendance in four decades, had one of the most diverse lineups in a long time. Even that clairvoyant kid from "The Sixth Sense" could not have foreseen the year Hollywood had.

The movie industry is putting the wraps on its second straight record-breaking year.

Ticket sales in the United States totaled $7.5 billion, up from $6.95 billion in 1998. Taking inflation into account, the movie business in 1999 fell well below Hollywood's golden years in the 1930s and 1940s. But 1999 ticket sales of roughly $1.5 billion were the highest in 40 years.