US Movie Market Summary for 2000
Total Box Office Gross: $7,456,830,921
Tickets sold: 1,383,456,574
Average ticket price:$5.39
Top Grossing Movies of 2000
| Rank | Movie | Release
Date | Distributor | Genre | MPAA | 2000 Gross | Tickets Sold | Inflation-
Adjusted
Gross |
|---|
| 1 |
How the Grinch Stole Christmas
|
11/17/2000
|
Universal
|
Comedy
|
PG
|
$253,367,455 |
47,006,949 |
$323,407,809 |
| 2 |
Mission: Impossible 2
|
5/24/2000
|
Paramount Pictures
|
Action
|
PG-13
|
$215,409,889 |
39,964,729 |
$274,957,336 |
| 3 |
Gladiator
|
5/5/2000
|
Sony Pictures
|
Action
|
R
|
$186,610,052 |
34,621,531 |
$238,196,133 |
| 4 |
The Perfect Storm
|
6/30/2000
|
Warner Bros.
|
Drama
|
PG-13
|
$182,618,434 |
33,880,971 |
$233,101,080 |
| 5 |
Meet the Parents
|
10/6/2000
|
Universal
|
Comedy
|
PG-13
|
$161,325,490 |
29,930,518 |
$205,921,964 |
| 6 |
X-Men
|
7/14/2000
|
20th Century Fox
|
Action
|
PG-13
|
$157,299,717 |
29,183,621 |
$200,783,312 |
| 7 |
Scary Movie
|
7/7/2000
|
Miramax/Dimension
|
Comedy
|
R
|
$157,019,771 |
29,131,683 |
$200,425,979 |
| 8 |
What Lies Beneath
|
7/21/2000
|
Dreamworks SKG
|
Thriller/Suspense
|
PG-13
|
$155,464,351 |
28,843,108 |
$198,440,583 |
| 9 |
Dinosaur
|
5/19/2000
|
Buena Vista
|
Adventure
|
PG
|
$137,748,063 |
25,556,227 |
$175,826,842 |
| 10 |
Erin Brockovich
|
3/17/2000
|
Universal
|
Drama
|
R
|
$125,548,685 |
23,292,891 |
$160,255,090 |
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Market Share for Each Distributor in 2000
| Rank | Distributor | Movies | 2000 Gross | Tickets | Share |
|---|
| 1 |
Buena Vista
|
29 |
$1,111,185,627 |
206,156,890 |
14.94% |
| 2 |
Universal
|
21 |
$1,087,270,830 |
201,720,005 |
14.62% |
| 3 |
Sony Pictures
|
32 |
$869,382,721 |
161,295,497 |
11.69% |
| 4 |
Warner Bros.
|
27 |
$851,469,541 |
157,972,085 |
11.45% |
| 5 |
Paramount Pictures
|
19 |
$785,607,185 |
145,752,724 |
10.57% |
| 6 |
20th Century Fox
|
21 |
$730,376,226 |
135,505,790 |
9.82% |
| 7 |
Dreamworks SKG
|
11 |
$582,490,007 |
108,068,648 |
7.83% |
| 8 |
New Line
|
17 |
$373,949,533 |
69,378,392 |
5.03% |
| 9 |
Miramax
|
26 |
$307,567,895 |
57,062,688 |
4.14% |
| 10 |
Miramax/Dimension
|
2 |
$169,820,961 |
31,506,672 |
2.28% |
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Market Share for Each Genre in 2000
| Rank | Genre | Movies | 2000 Gross | Tickets | Share |
|---|
| 1 |
Comedy
|
81 |
$2,034,032,799 |
377,371,579 |
27.35% |
| 2 |
Drama
|
153 |
$1,765,267,224 |
327,507,833 |
23.74% |
| 3 |
Action
|
28 |
$1,130,314,329 |
209,705,812 |
15.20% |
| 4 |
Adventure
|
21 |
$897,666,106 |
166,542,877 |
12.07% |
| 5 |
Thriller/Suspense
|
22 |
$571,733,138 |
106,072,938 |
7.69% |
| 6 |
Romantic Comedy
|
21 |
$373,485,133 |
69,292,231 |
5.02% |
| 7 |
Horror
|
12 |
$332,969,478 |
61,775,414 |
4.48% |
| 8 |
Musical
|
9 |
$92,875,702 |
17,231,113 |
1.25% |
| 9 |
Documentary
|
37 |
$83,365,520 |
15,466,704 |
1.12% |
| 10 |
Western
|
3 |
$64,580,000 |
11,981,447 |
.87% |
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Market Share for Each MPAARating in 2000
| Rank | MPAARating | Movies | 2000 Gross | Tickets | Share |
|---|
| 1 |
PG-13
|
96 |
$3,160,024,792 |
586,275,473 |
42.51% |
| 2 |
R
|
211 |
$2,565,228,006 |
475,923,559 |
34.51% |
| 3 |
PG
|
33 |
$1,088,256,335 |
201,902,845 |
14.64% |
| 4 |
G
|
20 |
$512,617,428 |
95,105,275 |
6.90% |
| 5 |
Not Rated
|
40 |
$103,453,880 |
19,193,670 |
1.39% |
| 6 |
Open
|
1 |
$2,844,978 |
527,825 |
.04% |
| 7 |
NC-17
|
1 |
$1,161,843 |
215,555 |
.02% |
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Market Share for Each Source in 2000
| Rank | Source | Movies | 2000 Gross | Tickets | Share |
|---|
| 1 |
Original Screenplay
|
218 |
$4,191,180,811 |
777,584,564 |
56.42% |
| 2 |
Based on Book/Short Story
|
57 |
$1,136,425,402 |
210,839,592 |
15.30% |
| 3 |
Sequel
|
20 |
$808,341,738 |
149,970,638 |
10.88% |
| 4 |
Based on Real Life Events
|
52 |
$568,443,139 |
105,462,552 |
7.65% |
| 5 |
Based on TV
|
7 |
$232,141,215 |
43,068,871 |
3.13% |
| 6 |
Remake
|
7 |
$225,370,107 |
41,812,635 |
3.03% |
| 7 |
Based on Comic/Graphic Novel
|
1 |
$157,299,717 |
29,183,621 |
2.12% |
| 8 |
Spin-Off
|
1 |
$45,542,421 |
8,449,429 |
.61% |
| 9 |
Based on Magazine Article
|
2 |
$32,007,882 |
5,938,382 |
.43% |
| 10 |
Based on Play
|
8 |
$15,149,537 |
2,810,674 |
.20% |
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Market Share for Each ProductionMethod in 2000
| Rank | ProductionMethod | Movies | 2000 Gross | Tickets | Share |
|---|
| 1 |
Live Action
|
377 |
$6,814,622,150 |
1,264,308,379 |
91.64% |
| 2 |
Hand Animation
|
9 |
$282,682,927 |
52,445,812 |
3.80% |
| 3 |
Digital Animation
|
4 |
$200,773,714 |
37,249,297 |
2.70% |
| 4 |
Stop-Motion Animation
|
2 |
$111,549,999 |
20,695,732 |
1.50% |
| 5 |
Animation/Live Action
|
3 |
$26,593,669 |
4,933,890 |
.36% |
| 6 |
Rotoscoping
|
1 |
$70,815 |
13,138 |
.00% |
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Market Share for Each CreativeType in 2000
| Rank | CreativeType | Movies | 2000 Gross | Tickets | Share |
|---|
| 1 |
Contemporary Fiction
|
193 |
$3,911,092,251 |
725,620,080 |
52.71% |
| 2 |
Kids Fiction
|
20 |
$1,095,608,765 |
203,266,933 |
14.77% |
| 3 |
Historical Fiction
|
40 |
$688,199,217 |
127,680,743 |
9.28% |
| 4 |
Science Fiction
|
18 |
$565,064,475 |
104,835,710 |
7.62% |
| 5 |
Dramatization
|
21 |
$515,252,908 |
95,594,234 |
6.94% |
| 6 |
Fantasy
|
14 |
$273,996,691 |
50,834,265 |
3.69% |
| 7 |
Super Hero
|
3 |
$247,346,509 |
45,889,890 |
3.33% |
| 8 |
Factual
|
40 |
$123,097,985 |
22,838,219 |
1.66% |
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