Box Office Performance for Historical Fiction Movies in 2000

Rank	Movie	Genre	MPAA	2000 Gross	Tickets Sold	Inflation- Adjusted Gross
1	Gladiator	Action	R	$186,610,052	34,621,531	$238,196,133
2	The Patriot	Drama	R	$113,330,342	21,026,037	$144,659,135
3	U-571	Action	PG-13	$77,086,030	14,301,675	$98,395,524
4	Shanghai Noon	Western	PG-13	$56,932,305	10,562,580	$72,670,550
5	The Cider House Rules	Drama	PG-13	$53,345,693	9,897,160	$68,092,461
6	The Talented Mr. Ripley	Drama	R	$41,520,486	7,703,244	$52,998,319
7	The Legend of Bagger Vance	Drama	PG-13	$30,695,227	5,694,847	$39,180,547
8	Love and Basketball	Drama	PG-13	$27,441,122	5,091,117	$35,026,885
9	American Psycho	Black Comedy	R	$15,070,285	2,795,971	$19,236,280
10	Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon	Drama	PG-13	$13,450,791	2,495,509	$17,169,102
11	Angela's Ashes	Drama	R	$12,852,628	2,384,532	$16,405,580
12	The End of the Affair	Drama	R	$9,104,818	1,689,206	$11,621,737
13	Sleepy Hollow	Horror	R	$8,228,618	1,526,645	$10,503,318
14	All the Pretty Horses	Western	PG-13	$7,640,564	1,417,544	$9,752,703
15	Sunshine	Drama	R	$5,067,511	940,169	$6,468,363
16	Chocolat	Drama	PG-13	$4,248,984	788,309	$5,423,566
17	Quills	Drama	R	$3,350,819	621,673	$4,277,110
18	Sweet and Lowdown	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$3,329,098	617,643	$4,249,384
19	Up at the Villa	Drama	PG-13	$2,927,319	543,102	$3,736,542
20	East-West	Drama	PG-13	$2,319,726	430,376	$2,960,987
21	Mansfield Park	Drama	PG-13	$2,292,491	425,323	$2,926,222
22	O Brother, Where Art Thou	Comedy	PG-13	$1,936,631	359,301	$2,471,991
23	Titus	Drama	R	$1,835,022	340,449	$2,342,289
24	Liberty Heights	Drama	R	$1,445,744	268,227	$1,845,402
25	Three Kings	Action	R	$1,428,932	265,108	$1,823,943
26	Two Family House	Drama	R	$1,015,122	188,334	$1,295,738
27	The Other Conquest	Drama	R	$886,410	164,455	$1,131,450
28	Refugee	Drama	Not Rated	$590,000	109,462	$753,099
29	A Time for Drunken Horses	Drama	Not Rated	$557,926	103,511	$712,156
30	Malena	Drama	R	$472,626	87,686	$603,280
31	Love's Labour's Lost	Romantic Comedy		$284,291	52,744	$362,879
32	Tarzan	Adventure	G	$186,995	34,693	$238,688
33	Left Luggage	Drama	Not Rated	$175,216	32,508	$223,655
34	The House of Mirth	Drama	PG	$169,059	31,365	$215,791
35	Shadow of the Vampire	Drama	R	$150,171	27,861	$191,684
36	Ride With the Devil	Western	R	$139,710	25,920	$178,330
37	Himalaya - l'enfance d'un chef	Drama	Not Rated	$32,789	6,083	$41,851
38	Wings of Courage	Drama	G	$24,346	4,517	$31,077
39	Chunhyang	Drama	R	$16,187	3,003	$20,661
40	The Claim	Western	R	$7,131	1,323	$9,102
Total Gross of All Movies				$688,199,217
Total Tickets Sold					127,680,743
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices						$878,443,512

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.