Box Office Performance for Contemporary Fiction Movies in 2000

Rank	Movie	Genre	MPAA	2000 Gross	Tickets Sold	Inflation- Adjusted Gross
1	Mission: Impossible 2	Action	PG-13	$215,409,889	39,964,729	$274,957,336
2	Meet the Parents	Comedy	PG-13	$161,325,490	29,930,518	$205,921,964
3	Scary Movie	Comedy	R	$157,019,771	29,131,683	$200,425,979
4	What Lies Beneath	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$155,464,351	28,843,108	$198,440,583
5	Nutty Professor II: The Klumps	Comedy	PG-13	$123,307,945	22,877,170	$157,394,930
6	Charlie's Angels	Adventure	PG-13	$122,802,761	22,783,444	$156,750,095
7	Big Momma's House	Comedy	PG-13	$117,559,438	21,810,656	$150,057,313
8	What Women Want	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$115,761,883	21,477,158	$147,762,847
9	Remember the Titans	Drama	PG	$113,746,040	21,103,161	$145,189,748
10	Cast Away	Drama	PG-13	$109,689,440	20,350,545	$140,011,750
11	Gone in 60 Seconds	Action	PG-13	$101,643,008	18,857,701	$129,740,983
12	Me, Myself & Irene	Romantic Comedy	R	$90,570,999	16,803,525	$115,608,252
13	Scream 3	Horror	R	$89,138,076	16,537,676	$113,779,211
14	Shaft	Action	R	$70,327,868	13,047,842	$89,769,153
15	The Kid	Comedy	PG	$69,688,384	12,929,199	$88,952,889
16	Road Trip	Comedy	R	$68,525,609	12,713,471	$87,468,680
17	Bring it On	Comedy	PG-13	$68,353,550	12,681,549	$87,249,057
18	Rules of Engagement	Thriller/Suspense	R	$61,322,858	11,377,154	$78,274,820
19	Coyote Ugly	Drama	PG-13	$60,786,269	11,277,601	$77,589,895
20	Snow Day	Comedy	PG	$60,008,303	11,133,266	$76,596,870
21	American Beauty	Drama	R	$59,040,232	10,953,661	$75,361,188
22	The Whole Nine Yards	Comedy	R	$57,262,492	10,623,839	$73,092,012
23	Next Friday	Comedy	R	$57,176,582	10,607,900	$72,982,352
24	Romeo Must Die	Action	R	$55,973,336	10,384,663	$71,446,481
25	Vertical Limit	Action	PG-13	$51,880,114	9,625,253	$66,221,741
26	Miss Congeniality	Comedy	PG-13	$46,382,671	8,605,319	$59,204,595
27	The Replacements	Comedy	PG-13	$44,737,059	8,300,011	$57,104,076
28	The Family Man	Comedy	PG-13	$43,144,380	8,004,523	$55,071,118
29	The Beach	Drama	R	$39,778,599	7,380,074	$50,774,909
30	Autumn in New York	Drama	PG-13	$37,752,931	7,004,254	$48,189,268
31	Bedazzled	Comedy	PG-13	$37,519,291	6,960,907	$47,891,040
32	Keeping the Faith	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$37,036,404	6,871,318	$47,274,668
33	28 Days	Comedy	PG-13	$37,035,515	6,871,153	$47,273,533
34	Bounce	Drama	PG-13	$36,675,505	6,804,361	$46,814,004
35	Hanging Up	Comedy	PG-13	$36,037,909	6,686,068	$46,000,148
36	Dude, Where's My Car?	Comedy	PG-13	$35,631,910	6,610,744	$45,481,919
37	The Skulls	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$35,007,180	6,494,839	$44,684,492
38	Where the Heart Is	Drama	PG-13	$33,771,174	6,265,524	$43,106,805
39	Pay it Forward	Drama	PG-13	$32,966,043	6,116,149	$42,079,105
40	Return to Me	Romantic Comedy	PG	$32,662,299	6,059,796	$41,691,396
41	The Art of War	Thriller/Suspense	R	$30,199,105	5,602,802	$38,547,278
42	Any Given Sunday	Drama	R	$29,778,713	5,524,808	$38,010,679
43	Proof of Life	Action	R	$29,053,477	5,390,255	$37,084,954
44	The Watcher	Thriller/Suspense	R	$28,946,615	5,370,429	$36,948,552
45	High Fidelity	Comedy	R	$27,277,055	5,060,678	$34,817,465
46	Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2	Horror	R	$26,421,314	4,901,914	$33,725,168
47	Nurse Betty	Black Comedy	R	$25,170,054	4,669,769	$32,128,011
48	Reindeer Games	Action	R	$23,360,779	4,334,096	$29,818,580
49	Boys and Girls	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$21,799,652	4,044,462	$27,825,899
50	Magnolia	Drama	R	$21,686,030	4,023,382	$27,680,868
51	Dracula 2000	Horror	R	$21,569,567	4,001,775	$27,532,212
52	Urban Legends: Final Cut	Horror	R	$21,468,807	3,983,081	$27,403,597
53	Down to You	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$20,035,310	3,717,126	$25,573,827
54	Wonder Boys	Comedy	R	$19,284,952	3,577,913	$24,616,041
55	Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo	Comedy	R	$19,181,507	3,558,721	$24,484,000
56	The Contender	Drama	R	$17,804,273	3,303,205	$22,726,050
57	Small Time Crooks	Comedy	PG	$17,266,359	3,203,406	$22,039,433
58	Center Stage	Drama	PG-13	$17,200,925	3,191,266	$21,955,910
59	Best in Show	Comedy	PG-13	$17,179,643	3,187,318	$21,928,748
60	The Sixth Sense	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$17,119,797	3,176,215	$21,852,359
61	Billy Elliot	Drama	PG-13	$17,095,205	3,171,652	$21,820,966
62	Boiler Room	Drama	R	$16,963,963	3,147,303	$21,653,445
63	Lost Souls	Thriller/Suspense	R	$16,779,636	3,113,105	$21,418,162
64	Eye of the Beholder	Thriller/Suspense	R	$16,500,786	3,061,370	$21,062,226
65	Loser	Romantic Comedy	R	$15,464,026	2,869,022	$19,738,871
66	Drowning Mona	Comedy	PG-13	$15,427,192	2,862,188	$19,691,853
67	Bait	Action	R	$15,325,127	2,843,252	$19,561,574
68	The Next Best Thing	Drama	PG-13	$14,983,572	2,779,883	$19,125,595
69	Get Carter	Drama	R	$14,967,182	2,776,843	$19,104,680
70	Snow Falling on Cedars	Drama	PG-13	$14,235,248	2,641,048	$18,170,410
71	The Ladies Man	Comedy	R	$13,592,872	2,521,869	$17,350,459
72	Dr. T and the Women	Romantic Comedy	R	$13,065,561	2,424,037	$16,677,375
73	The Crew	Comedy	PG-13	$13,019,253	2,415,446	$16,618,268
74	Ready to Rumble	Comedy	PG-13	$12,372,410	2,295,438	$15,792,613
75	Saving Grace	Comedy	R	$12,178,602	2,259,481	$15,545,229
76	The Legend of Drunken Master	Action	R	$11,546,543	2,142,216	$14,738,446
77	Here on Earth	Drama	PG-13	$10,494,147	1,946,966	$13,395,126
78	Lucky Numbers	Comedy	R	$10,014,234	1,857,928	$12,782,545
79	3 Strikes	Comedy	R	$9,821,335	1,822,140	$12,536,323
80	The World is Not Enough	Action	PG-13	$9,053,635	1,679,710	$11,556,405
81	Whatever it Takes	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$8,735,529	1,620,692	$11,150,361
82	Play it to the Bone	Comedy	R	$8,423,838	1,562,864	$10,752,504
83	Screwed	Comedy	PG-13	$6,982,680	1,295,488	$8,912,957
84	I Dreamed of Africa	Drama	PG-13	$6,543,194	1,213,951	$8,351,983
85	What Planet Are You From?	Comedy	R	$6,291,602	1,167,273	$8,030,838
86	Croupier	Drama	Not Rated	$6,198,916	1,150,077	$7,912,530
87	All About My Mother	Drama	R	$6,131,119	1,137,499	$7,825,993
88	The Way of the Gun	Action	R	$6,047,856	1,122,051	$7,719,711
89	Where the Money Is	Comedy	PG-13	$5,658,940	1,049,896	$7,223,284
90	Finding Forrester	Drama	PG-13	$5,301,731	983,624	$6,767,333
91	Black and White	Drama	R	$5,241,315	972,415	$6,690,215
92	The In Crowd	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$5,217,498	967,996	$6,659,812
93	Gossip	Drama	R	$5,108,820	947,833	$6,521,091
94	Woman on Top	Romantic Comedy	R	$5,018,450	931,067	$6,405,741
95	The Virgin Suicides	Black Comedy	R	$4,859,475	901,572	$6,202,815
96	Duets	Drama	R	$4,734,235	878,337	$6,042,959
97	Held Up	Comedy	PG-13	$4,714,090	874,599	$6,017,241
98	The Tao of Steve	Romantic Comedy	R	$4,342,203	805,604	$5,542,556
99	East is East	Comedy	R	$4,170,647	773,775	$5,323,572
100	Dancer in the Dark	Musical	R	$4,157,491	771,334	$5,306,778
101	Whipped	Comedy	R	$4,142,507	768,554	$5,287,652
102	You Can Count on Me	Drama	R	$3,815,524	707,889	$4,870,276
103	Cyberworld 3D	Adventure	Not Rated	$3,640,193	675,360	$4,646,477
104	Price of Glory	Drama	PG-13	$3,434,515	637,201	$4,383,943
105	Ghost Dog: Way of the Samurai	Drama	R	$3,330,230	617,853	$4,250,829
106	The Big Kahuna	Drama	R	$3,150,107	584,435	$4,020,913
107	Beautiful	Drama	PG-13	$3,134,509	581,542	$4,001,009
108	Isn't She Great	Comedy	R	$2,954,405	548,127	$3,771,114
109	Requiem for a Dream	Drama	Open	$2,844,978	527,825	$3,631,436
110	Double Jeopardy	Action	R	$2,703,114	501,505	$3,450,354
111	The Bone Collector	Thriller/Suspense	R	$2,699,820	500,894	$3,446,151
112	God's Army	Drama	PG	$2,637,726	489,374	$3,366,893
113	But I'm a Cheerleader	Comedy	R	$2,205,627	409,207	$2,815,344
114	Bamboozled	Drama	R	$2,185,266	405,430	$2,789,358
115	Butterfly	Drama	R	$2,086,098	387,031	$2,662,773
116	Bossa Nova	Romantic Comedy	R	$1,816,792	337,067	$2,319,021
117	The Color of Paradise	Drama	PG	$1,810,145	335,834	$2,310,538
118	La Vie Après L'Amour	Comedy	Not Rated	$1,795,758	333,165	$2,292,175
119	The Silence	Drama	Not Rated	$1,759,565	326,450	$2,245,976
120	The Broken Hearts Club: A Romantic Comedy	Comedy	R	$1,719,458	319,009	$2,194,782
121	Girl on the Bridge	Romantic Comedy	R	$1,713,995	317,995	$2,187,806
122	Holy Smoke	Drama	R	$1,697,329	314,903	$2,166,533
123	Blood Simple	Thriller/Suspense		$1,690,913	313,713	$2,158,345
124	Dogma	Comedy	R	$1,668,162	309,492	$2,129,305
125	Gun Shy	Comedy	R	$1,638,202	303,934	$2,091,066
126	Hamlet	Drama	R	$1,577,287	292,632	$2,013,308
127	State and Main	Comedy	R	$1,542,365	286,153	$1,968,733
128	Girlfight	Drama	R	$1,523,941	282,735	$1,945,217
129	Jesus' Son	Drama	R	$1,282,084	237,863	$1,636,497
130	Cecil B. Demented	Black Comedy	R	$1,276,984	236,917	$1,629,989
131	Turn It Up	Drama	R	$1,244,676	230,923	$1,588,750
132	Trois	Thriller/Suspense	NC-17	$1,161,843	215,555	$1,483,018
133	Shower	Drama	PG-13	$1,157,764	214,799	$1,477,817
134	Groove	Comedy	R	$1,115,313	206,923	$1,423,630
135	Catfish in Black Bean Sauce	Comedy	PG-13	$1,107,583	205,488	$1,413,757
136	Mohabbatein	Musical	Not Rated	$1,070,000	198,516	$1,365,790
137	Time Code	Drama	R	$1,057,750	196,243	$1,350,152
138	Chuck&Buck	Drama	R	$1,055,671	195,857	$1,347,496
139	What's Cooking	Drama	PG-13	$1,045,899	194,044	$1,335,023
140	Urbania	Drama	R	$1,032,075	191,480	$1,317,382
141	The Best Man	Romantic Comedy	R	$809,260	150,141	$1,032,970
142	New Waterford Girl	Comedy	Not Rated	$774,469	143,686	$988,560
143	Place Vendome	Drama	Not Rated	$742,632	137,780	$947,926
144	Taxi 2	Action	Not Rated	$727,386	134,951	$928,463
145	Fiza	Drama	Not Rated	$623,791	115,731	$796,229
146	Phir Bhi Dil Hain Hindustani	Musical	Not Rated	$588,606	109,203	$751,317
147	Mifune	Drama	R	$585,016	108,537	$746,735
148	The Opportunists	Drama	R	$581,142	107,819	$741,795
149	Me, Myself & I	Romantic Comedy	R	$565,193	104,860	$721,437
150	Fight Club	Drama	R	$508,297	94,304	$648,812
151	Decalogue	Drama	Not Rated	$488,744	90,676	$623,851
152	Superstar	Comedy	PG-13	$478,167	88,714	$610,352
153	The Bachelor	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$464,545	86,186	$592,960
154	Blue Streak	Action	PG-13	$447,449	83,015	$571,143
155	Anywhere But Here	Drama	PG-13	$438,331	81,323	$559,502
156	Josh	Drama	Not Rated	$426,318	79,094	$544,167
157	Across The Sea of Time	Drama	G	$424,122	78,687	$541,367
158	Traffic	Drama	R	$371,664	68,954	$474,404
159	House on Haunted Hill	Horror	R	$356,258	66,096	$454,740
160	The Omega Code	Action	PG-13	$334,352	62,032	$426,780
161	El Circulo Vicioso	Action		$205,265	38,083	$262,011
162	Bulandi	Drama		$203,548	37,764	$259,816
163	Runaway Bride	Romantic Comedy	PG	$203,081	37,677	$259,218
164	Chal Mere Bhai	Romantic Comedy		$199,227	36,962	$254,299
165	Yi Yi	Drama	Not Rated	$199,177	36,953	$254,237
166	The War Zone	Drama	R	$195,276	36,229	$249,256
167	This is Spinal Tap	Comedy		$179,355	33,276	$228,939
168	Cleopatra's Second Husband	Drama		$174,098	32,300	$222,224
169	The Limey	Drama	R	$172,273	31,962	$219,899
170	Season's Beatings	Comedy		$172,205	31,949	$219,809
171	Bringing Out The Dead	Black Comedy	R	$166,761	30,939	$212,860
172	Laura Cadieux .. La Suite	Comedy	Not Rated	$135,853	25,205	$173,410
173	The City	Drama		$113,778	21,109	$145,230
174	Music of the Heart	Drama	PG	$94,526	17,537	$120,655
175	The King of Masks	Drama	Not Rated	$92,040	17,076	$117,483
176	Flawless	Drama	R	$90,767	16,840	$115,859
177	Run Lola Run	Thriller/Suspense	R	$70,231	13,030	$89,646
178	Felicia's Journey	Drama	PG-13	$62,366	11,571	$79,608
179	Panic	Drama	R	$60,258	11,180	$76,918
180	Light It Up	Drama	R	$50,059	9,287	$63,895
181	The Gift	Thriller/Suspense	R	$43,475	8,066	$55,494
182	Snatch	Black Comedy	R	$37,662	6,987	$48,071
183	Burlesk King	Drama		$35,667	6,617	$45,525
184	Drive Me Crazy	Comedy	PG-13	$29,895	5,546	$38,156
185	Stigmata	Horror	R	$26,867	4,985	$34,297
186	The Thomas Crown Affair	Drama	R	$21,895	4,062	$27,947
187	Two Women, Two Men	Comedy		$14,940	2,772	$19,071
188	Buddy Boy	Thriller/Suspense	R	$10,281	1,907	$13,120
189	Claire Dolan	Drama		$9,480	1,759	$12,102
190	Circus	Thriller/Suspense	R	$8,406	1,560	$10,733
191	The Carriers Are Waiting	Comedy		$5,518	1,024	$7,045
192	Brown's Requiem	Thriller/Suspense	R	$3,077	571	$3,928
193	Edge of Seventeen	Comedy	Not Rated	$2,403	446	$3,068
194	Chutney Popcorn	Comedy		$2,274	422	$2,903
195	Steam: The Turkish Bath	Drama	Not Rated	$2,218	412	$2,835
196	Le Chal Apne Sang	Drama		$1,030	191	$1,314
Total Gross of All Movies				$3,912,864,797
Total Tickets Sold					725,948,939
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices						$4,994,528,700

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.