Most Popular Movies 2000
This chart shows the 2000 movie releases that have attracted the most interest on The Numbers web site over the past 24 hours. A share of 100 corresponds to 1 percent of the total views for all 2000 releases.
See also: Domestic Release Schedule for 2000 - Top 2000 Worldwide
| ← 1999 | Most Popular Overall | 2001 → |
| The Emperor's New Groove |
| Director: Mark Dindal |
| Lead Roles: David Spade as Kuzco/Kuzco Llama, John Goodman as Pacha |
| Initial Theatrical Release: December 15, 2000 (Wide) by Walt Disney |
| Keywords: Coming of Age, Talking Animals, Animal Lead, Voiceover/Narration, Non-Chronological, Prologue, Character's Journey Shown on Map, Mad Scientist, Family Adventure |
| Classification: Original Screenplay, Adventure, Hand Animation, Kids Fiction |
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Domestic BO: $89,630,573 |
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International BO: $80,000,000 |
Synopsis
Arrogant young Emperor Kuzco is transformed into a llama by his power-hungry advisor — the devious diva Yzma. Stranded in the jungle, Kuzco’s only chance to get back home and reclaim the high life rests with a good-hearted peasant named Pacha. Together, they must return Kuzco to the throne before Yzma tracks them down and finishes him off.
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| Remember the Titans |
| Director: Boaz Yakin |
| Lead Roles: Denzel Washington as Coach Boone |
| Initial Theatrical Release: September 29, 2000 (Wide) by Walt Disney |
| Keywords: Football, Inspirational Coach, Bigotry, Inspired by a True Story, Inspirational Sports, Sports Drama, 1970s, High School, Race Relations |
| Classification: Based on Real Life Events, Drama, Live Action, Dramatization |
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Domestic BO: $115,719,751 |
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International BO: $21,051,932 |
Synopsis
In Virginia, high school football is a way of life, an institution revered, each game celebrated more lavishly than Christmas, each playoff distinguished more grandly than any national holiday. And with such recognition, comes powerful emotions. In 1971 high school football was everything to the people of Alexandria. But when the local school board was forced to integrate an all black school with an all white school, the very foundation of football’s great tradition was put to the test.
| The Kid |
| Director: Jon Turteltaub |
| Lead Roles: Bruce Willis as Russ Duritz |
| Initial Theatrical Release: July 7, 2000 (Wide) by Walt Disney |
| Keywords: Comedy Drama, Mid-Life Crisis, Time Travel, Therapists / Therapy, Dysfunctional Family, Young Child Dealing with the Death of a Parent, Death of a Spouse or Fiancée / Fiancé, Set in Los Angeles |
| Classification: Original Screenplay, Comedy, Live Action, Contemporary Fiction |
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Domestic BO: $69,688,384 |
Synopsis
Successful, high-powered Russ Duritz has spent all of his incredibly empty life forgetting the child he used to be — until one day, he meets him face-to-face! Thinking this kid is a hallucination, Russ does everything he can to make him go away. But 8-year-old Rusty, who’s anything but happy that he grows up to be a loser without real meaning in his life, can’t leave — at least not yet.
| Dinosaur |
| Director: Ralph Zondag, Eric Leighton |
| Lead Roles: D.B. Sweeney as Aladar, Samuel E. Wright as Kron |
| Initial Theatrical Release: May 19, 2000 (Wide) by Walt Disney |
| Keywords: Family Adventure, Animal Lead, Dinosaurs, Talking Animals, Orphan, Unexpected Families, Adopted Family, Visual Effects |
| Classification: Original Screenplay, Adventure, Digital Animation, Kids Fiction |
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Domestic BO: $137,748,063 |
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International BO: $218,400,000 |
Synopsis
This is the story of Aladar, an iguanodon dinosaur raised by a family of lemurs. Their world is turned upside-down however, when meteors strike, turning their green world into a desert wasteland. Teaming up with a herd of other herbivores, the trek is on to find the “Nesting Ground” where water and vegetation is bountiful… but with carnivores behind them and nothing but desert around for miles, it doesn’t look promising!
| Final Destination |
| Director: James Wong |
| Lead Roles: Devon Sawa as Alex Browning, Ali Larter as Clear Rivers |
| Initial Theatrical Release: March 17, 2000 (Wide) by New Line |
| Keywords: Slasher Horror |
| Classification: Original Screenplay, Horror, Live Action, Contemporary Fiction |
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Domestic BO: $53,302,314 |
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International BO: $58,734,556 |
Synopsis
Alex Browning, is embarking on a trip to Paris. Alex experiences a premonition — he sees the plane explode moments after leaving the ground. Alex insists that everyone get off the plane and 7 people including Alex, are forced to disembark. All watch as the plane actually explodes in a fireball. He and the other survivors have briefly cheated death, but will not be able to evade their fate for very long. One by one, these fugitives from fate fall victim to the grim reaper.
| Shanghai Noon |
| Director: Tom Dey |
| Lead Roles: Jackie Chan as Chon Wang |
| Initial Theatrical Release: May 26, 2000 (Wide) by Walt Disney |
| Keywords: Genre Mashup, Royalty, Kidnap, Rescue, Cowboys, Martial Arts, 1880s, Culture Clash, Outtakes During Credits, Surprise Twist, Footage Shown in Reverse, Arranged Marriage, Double-Crossed |
| Classification: Original Screenplay, Western, Live Action, Historical Fiction |
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Domestic BO: $56,932,305 |
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International BO: $14,257,530 |
| Next Friday |
| Director: Steve Carr |
| Lead Roles: Ice Cube as Craig Jones |
| Initial Theatrical Release: January 12, 2000 (Wide) by New Line |
| Keywords: African Americans, Stoner Comedy, Revenge, Dysfunctional Family, Delayed Sequel, Narcotics, Money Troubles, Suburbs |
| Classification: Original Screenplay, Comedy, Live Action, Contemporary Fiction |
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Domestic BO: $57,176,582 |
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International BO: $2,498,725 |
| Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2 |
| Director: Joe Berlinger |
| Initial Theatrical Release: October 27, 2000 (Wide) by Artisan |
| Keywords: Supernatural Horror, Supernatural, Archival Footage of Previous Installment, Archive Footage, Gratuitous Cameos, Sequels Without Their Original Stars, Hallucinations, Witches, Possessed |
| Classification: Original Screenplay, Horror, Live Action, Contemporary Fiction |
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Domestic BO: $26,421,314 |
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International BO: $21,300,000 |
| Cecil B. Demented |
| Director: John Waters |
| Initial Theatrical Release: August 11, 2000 (Limited) by Artisan |
| Keywords: Film Noir |
| Classification: Original Screenplay, Black Comedy, Live Action, Contemporary Fiction |
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Domestic BO: $1,276,984 |
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International BO: $676,898 |
| X-Men |
| Director: Bryan Singer |
| Lead Roles: Patrick Stewart as Xavier, Hugh Jackman as Logan/Wolverine, Ian McKellen as Magneto |
| Initial Theatrical Release: July 14, 2000 (Wide) by 20th Century Fox |
| Keywords: Visual Effects, Marvel Comics, Mutants, Terrorism, 2000s, High School, Set in New York, 1940s, Nazis, Action Adventure |
| Classification: Based on Comic/Graphic Novel, Action, Live Action, Super Hero |
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Domestic BO: $157,299,717 |
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International BO: $139,572,650 |
| Urban Legends: Final Cut |
| Initial Theatrical Release: September 22, 2000 (Wide) by Sony Pictures |
| Keywords: Slasher Horror, Amateur Filmmakers, Testing an Urban Legend, Serial Killer, Unbelieving Police, Twins, Death of a Twin, Death of a Sibling, Dream Sequence, Nightmare |
| Classification: Original Screenplay, Horror, Live Action, Contemporary Fiction |
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Domestic BO: $21,468,807 |
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International BO: $17,105,555 |
| Siworae |
| Director: Hyun-seung Lee |
| Initial Theatrical Release: September 9, 2000 (Wide), released as Il Mare (South Korea) |
| Classification: Original Screenplay, Drama, Live Action, Historical Fiction |
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International BO: $8,076 |
| Gladiator |
| Director: Ridley Scott |
| Lead Roles: Russell Crowe as Maximus |
| Initial Theatrical Release: May 4, 2000 (Wide) (Australia) |
| Keywords: Revenge, Posthumous Release, Oscars Best Picture Winner, 2001 Oscars Best Picture Nominee, Action Adventure |
| Classification: Original Screenplay, Action, Live Action, Historical Fiction |
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Domestic BO: $187,683,805 |
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International BO: $263,999,794 |
| Cast Away |
| Director: Robert Zemeckis |
| Lead Roles: Tom Hanks as Chuck Noland |
| Initial Theatrical Release: December 22, 2000 (Wide) by 20th Century Fox |
| Keywords: Marooned, Extreme Weather, 2000s, Lone Survivor, Survival Adventure |
| Classification: Original Screenplay, Adventure, Live Action, Contemporary Fiction |
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Domestic BO: $233,632,142 |
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International BO: $193,598,374 |
Synopsis
Chuck Noland is a FedEx systems engineer whose personal and professional life are ruled by the clock. His fast-paced career takes him, often at a moment’s notice, to far-flung locales—and away from his girlfriend Kelly. Chuck’s manic existence abruptly ends when, after a plane crash, he becomes isolated on a remote island—cast away into the most desolate environment imaginable. Stripped of the conveniences of everyday life, he first must meet the basic needs of survival including water, food and shelter. Chuck, the consummate problem solver, eventually figures out how to sustain himself physically. Chuck begins his true journey, however, as he faces the emotional ordeal of isolation. After four years, Chuck returns to civilization as a profoundly changed man. He realizes that losing everything he ever had and thought important was the best thing that could ever have happened to him.
| The Watcher |
| Director: Joe Charbanic |
| Lead Roles: Keanu Reeves as Griffin |
| Initial Theatrical Release: September 8, 2000 (Wide) by Universal |
| Keywords: Serial Killer, Crime Thriller, FBI, Retirement, Out of Retirement, Kidnap, Rescue |
| Classification: Original Screenplay, Thriller/Suspense, Live Action, Contemporary Fiction |
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Domestic BO: $28,946,615 |
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International BO: $18,321,214 |
| Snatch |
| Director: Guy Ritchie |
| Lead Roles: Benicio del Toro as Franky Four Fingers, Dennis Farina as Cousin Avi, Vinnie Jones as Bullet Tooth Tony, Brad Pitt as Mickey O'Neil, Rade Sherbedgia as Boris the Blade, Jason Statham as Turkish |
| Initial Theatrical Release: September 1, 2000 (Wide) (United Kingdom) |
| Keywords: Organized Crime, Boxing, Voiceover/Narration, Film Noir, Bare Knuckle Fighting, Underground / Illegal Fighting, Throwing a Fight / Match, Crime Caper |
| Classification: Original Screenplay, Black Comedy, Live Action, Contemporary Fiction |
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Domestic BO: $30,093,107 |
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International BO: $53,500,000 |
Synopsis
Illegal boxing promoter Turkish convinces gangster Brick Top to offer bets on bare-knuckle boxer Mickey at his bookie business. When Mickey does not throw his first fight as agreed, an infuriated Brick Top demands another match. Meanwhile, gangster Frankie Four Fingers comes to place a bet for a friend with Brick Top’s bookies, as multiple criminals converge on a stolen diamond that Frankie has come to London to sell.
| O Brother, Where Art Thou? |
| Director: Joel Coen |
| Lead Roles: George Clooney as Everett Ulysses McGill, John Turturro as Pete, Tim Blake Nelson as Delmar |
| Initial Theatrical Release: December 22, 2000 (Limited) by Walt Disney |
| Keywords: Fugitive / On the Run, Extreme Weather, Crime Comedy, Corrupt Cops, Ku Klux Klan, Political, Political Campaign, Great Depression, 1930s, Set in Mississippi, Romance, Relationships Gone Wrong |
| Classification: Based on Folk Tale/Legend/Fairytale, Comedy, Live Action, Historical Fiction |
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Domestic BO: $45,506,619 |
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International BO: $30,257,195 |
| Pollock |
| Director: Ed Harris |
| Initial Theatrical Release: December 15, 2000 (Limited) by Sony Pictures Classics |
| Keywords: Biography, Artists, Biographical Drama, 1940s, 1950s, Addiction, Directing Yourself, Actors Making Their Directorial Debut |
| Classification: Based on Fiction Book/Short Story, Drama, Live Action, Dramatization |
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Domestic BO: $8,596,914 |
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International BO: $1,960,377 |
| American Tail: The Treasure of Manhattan Island |
| Director: Larry Latham |
| Video Release Date: February 15, 2000 by Universal Home Entertainment |
| Keywords: Direct-to-Video |
| Classification: Original Screenplay, Adventure, Hand Animation, Kids Fiction |
| Groove |
| Initial Theatrical Release: June 9, 2000 (Limited) by Sony Pictures Classics |
| Classification: Original Screenplay, Comedy, Live Action, Contemporary Fiction |
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Domestic BO: $1,115,313 |
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International BO: $52,211 |
| Unbreakable |
| Director: M. Night Shyamalan |
| Lead Roles: Bruce Willis as David Dunne, Samuel L. Jackson as Elijah Price |
| Initial Theatrical Release: November 22, 2000 (Wide) by Walt Disney |
| Keywords: Surprise Twist, Epilogue, Origin Story, Crime Thriller, Vigilante, Disaster, Good vs. Evil, Wheelchair User |
| Classification: Original Screenplay, Thriller/Suspense, Live Action, Super Hero |
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Domestic BO: $94,999,143 |
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International BO: $153,100,000 |
Synopsis
David Dunn, a man from a blue-collar neighborhood in Philadelphia emerges unharmed as the sole survivor of a devastating train accident. Enter Elijah Price, a mysterious stranger who offers a bizarre explanation as to why David escaped without a single scratch, an explanation that threatens to change David’s family and life forever.
| The Road to El Dorado |
| Director: Eric Bergeron, Don Paul |
| Lead Roles: Kevin Kline as Tulio (voice), Kenneth Branagh as Miguel (voice) |
| Initial Theatrical Release: March 31, 2000 (Wide) by Dreamworks SKG |
| Keywords: Chase Adventure, Road Trip, Gambling, Supernatural, Confidence Men, Set in South America, Human Sacrifice, 1500s |
| Classification: Original Screenplay, Adventure, Hand Animation, Kids Fiction |
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Domestic BO: $50,802,661 |
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International BO: $14,897,339 |
| The Perfect Storm |
| Director: Wolfgang Petersen |
| Lead Roles: George Clooney as Captain Billy Tyne, Diane Lane as Christina Cotter, William Fichtner as David "Sully" Sullivan |
| Initial Theatrical Release: June 30, 2000 (Wide) by Warner Bros. |
| Keywords: Visual Effects, Disaster, Extreme Weather, Biographical Drama |
| Classification: Based on Factual Book/Article, Drama, Live Action, Dramatization |
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Domestic BO: $182,618,434 |
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International BO: $146,093,000 |
| Gone in 60 Seconds |
| Director: Dominic Sena |
| Lead Roles: Nicolas Cage as Randall "Memphis" Raines, Angelina Jolie as Sara "Sway" Wayland |
| Initial Theatrical Release: June 9, 2000 (Wide) by Walt Disney |
| Keywords: Visual Effects, Heist, Car Chase, Action Thriller, Remake, Crime Boss, Kidnap, One Last Job |
| Classification: Based on Movie, Action, Live Action, Contemporary Fiction |
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Domestic BO: $101,643,008 |
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International BO: $131,000,000 |