Box Office Performance for Based on Real Life Events Movies in 2000

Rank	Movie	Genre	MPAA	2000 Gross	Tickets Sold	Inflation- Adjusted Gross
1	Erin Brockovich	Drama	R	$125,548,685	23,292,891	$160,255,090
2	Remember the Titans	Drama	PG	$113,746,040	21,103,161	$145,189,748
3	Coyote Ugly	Drama	PG-13	$60,786,269	11,277,601	$77,589,895
4	The Hurricane	Drama	R	$50,158,016	9,305,754	$64,023,588
5	Men of Honor	Drama	R	$47,512,458	8,814,927	$60,646,698
6	The Original Kings of Comedy	Concert/Performance	R	$38,168,022	7,081,266	$48,719,110
7	Girl, Interrupted	Drama	R	$28,436,380	5,275,766	$36,297,270
8	Michael Jordan to the MAX	Documentary	Not Rated	$14,348,353	2,662,032	$18,314,780
9	Mysteries of Egypt	Documentary	Not Rated	$13,340,620	2,475,069	$17,028,475
10	Everest	Documentary	Not Rated	$12,968,230	2,405,980	$16,553,142
11	Man on the Moon	Drama	R	$9,271,100	1,720,056	$11,833,985
12	Galapagos	Documentary	Not Rated	$7,763,963	1,440,438	$9,910,213
13	Topsy Turvy	Musical	R	$6,043,061	1,121,162	$7,713,595
14	Island of the Sharks	Documentary	Not Rated	$3,738,806	693,656	$4,772,353
15	Extreme	Documentary	Not Rated	$3,661,258	679,269	$4,673,371
16	Genghis Blues	Documentary	Not Rated	$3,566,568	661,701	$4,552,503
17	Ride (2000)	Documentary	Not Rated	$3,176,650	589,360	$4,054,797
18	Siegfried & Roy: Masters of the Impossible	Documentary	PG	$3,053,163	566,450	$3,897,176
19	Wolves	Documentary	Not Rated	$2,509,093	465,509	$3,202,702
20	Africa's Elephant Kingdom	Documentary	Not Rated	$2,197,561	407,711	$2,805,052
21	Beyond the Mat	Documentary	R	$2,038,038	378,115	$2,601,431
22	The Straight Story	Drama	G	$1,821,922	338,019	$2,325,571
23	The Life and Times of Hank Greenberg	Documentary	PG	$1,703,901	316,123	$2,174,926
24	Thrill Ride: The Science of Fun	Documentary	G	$1,499,329	278,169	$1,913,803
25	Backstage	Documentary	R	$1,184,727	219,801	$1,512,231
26	The Emperor and the Assassin	Drama	R	$1,155,357	214,352	$1,474,742
27	The Cup	Comedy	G	$1,067,773	198,103	$1,362,949
28	The Eyes of Tammy Faye	Documentary	PG-13	$1,029,591	191,019	$1,314,211
29	Encounter in the Third Dimension	Drama	Not Rated	$884,748	164,146	$1,129,324
30	Wildfire: Feel The Heat	Documentary	Not Rated	$865,458	160,567	$1,104,701
31	American Movie: The Making of Northwestern	Documentary	R	$700,889	130,035	$894,641
32	Goya in Bordeaux	Drama	R	$692,786	128,532	$884,300
33	Mark Twain's America 3D	Documentary	G	$656,572	121,813	$838,073
34	Joe Gould's Secret	Drama	R	$642,018	119,113	$819,497
35	The Filth and the Fury	Documentary	R	$612,192	113,579	$781,424
36	The Girl Next Door	Documentary	R	$496,774	92,166	$634,102
37	Bittersweet Motel	Documentary		$380,927	70,673	$486,230
38	Into the Arms of Strangers	Documentary	PG	$374,555	69,491	$478,098
39	Thirteen Days	Drama	PG-13	$336,772	62,481	$429,869
40	Tumbleweeds	Drama	PG-13	$322,535	59,840	$411,699
41	Sex: The Annabel Chong Story	Documentary		$233,076	43,242	$297,505
42	The Ballad of Ramblin' Jack	Documentary	PG-13	$211,568	39,252	$270,054
43	The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc	Drama	R	$139,999	25,974	$178,701
44	Better Living Through Circuitry	Documentary		$80,739	14,979	$103,056
45	Buena Vista Social Club	Documentary	G	$79,126	14,680	$100,998
46	My Best Fiend	Documentary	PG-13	$64,660	11,996	$82,532
47	Calle 54	Documentary		$60,232	11,175	$76,884
48	Barenaked in America	Documentary		$45,170	8,380	$57,654
49	Pollock	Drama	R	$44,244	8,209	$56,478
50	Benjamin Smoke	Documentary		$36,229	6,722	$46,247
51	The Children of Chabannes	Documentary		$33,413	6,199	$42,649
52	The Art of Amália	Documentary		$14,445	2,680	$18,438
53	Black Tar Heroin: The Dark End of the Street	Documentary		$6,851	1,271	$8,744
Total Gross of All Movies				$569,510,912
Total Tickets Sold					105,660,655
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices						$726,945,306

Note: This chart ranks movies by the amount they earned during 2000. It includes movies released in previous years that earned money during 2000. For example, a movie released over Thanksgiving in 1999 will most likely earn money in 1999 and 2000. Click on the individual movie to see its total gross over all the years in which it played.

Each box office year ends on the first Sunday of the following year. The next year starts the following day (Monday). For example, the "2004 box office year" ended on Sunday, January 2, 2005.

Inflation-adjusted figures are based ticket sale estimates, and may not be precise due to rounding errors.