US Movie Market Summary for 2000
Total Box Office Gross: $7,479,724,090
Tickets sold: 1,387,703,914
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 |
$337,509,894 |
| 2 |
Mission: Impossible 2
|
5/24/2000
|
Paramount Pictures
|
Action
|
PG-13
|
$215,397,307 |
39,962,395 |
$286,929,996 |
| 3 |
Gladiator
|
5/5/2000
|
Dreamworks SKG
|
Action
|
R
|
$186,610,052 |
34,621,531 |
$248,582,593 |
| 4 |
The Perfect Storm
|
6/30/2000
|
Warner Bros.
|
Drama
|
PG-13
|
$182,618,434 |
33,880,971 |
$243,265,372 |
| 5 |
Meet the Parents
|
10/6/2000
|
Universal
|
Comedy
|
PG-13
|
$161,325,490 |
29,930,518 |
$214,901,119 |
| 6 |
X-Men
|
7/14/2000
|
20th Century Fox
|
Action
|
PG-13
|
$157,299,717 |
29,183,621 |
$209,538,399 |
| 7 |
Scary Movie
|
7/7/2000
|
Miramax/Dimension
|
Comedy
|
R
|
$156,997,084 |
29,127,474 |
$209,135,263 |
| 8 |
What Lies Beneath
|
7/21/2000
|
Dreamworks SKG
|
Thriller/Suspense
|
PG-13
|
$155,370,362 |
28,825,670 |
$206,968,311 |
| 9 |
Dinosaur
|
5/19/2000
|
Buena Vista
|
Adventure
|
PG
|
$137,748,063 |
25,556,227 |
$183,493,710 |
| 10 |
Erin Brockovich
|
3/17/2000
|
Universal
|
Drama
|
R
|
$125,548,685 |
23,292,891 |
$167,242,957 |
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Market Share for Each Distributor in 2000
| Rank | Distributor | Movies | 2000 Gross | Tickets | Share |
|---|
| 1 |
Buena Vista
|
29 |
$1,111,384,297 |
206,193,748 |
14.90% |
| 2 |
Universal
|
20 |
$1,070,874,575 |
198,678,029 |
14.36% |
| 3 |
Warner Bros.
|
27 |
$850,479,541 |
157,788,412 |
11.40% |
| 4 |
Paramount Pictures
|
19 |
$785,486,684 |
145,730,368 |
10.53% |
| 5 |
Dreamworks SKG
|
12 |
$768,810,941 |
142,636,539 |
10.31% |
| 6 |
20th Century Fox
|
21 |
$730,350,096 |
135,500,942 |
9.79% |
| 7 |
Sony Pictures
|
29 |
$669,248,525 |
124,164,848 |
8.97% |
| 8 |
New Line
|
17 |
$373,949,533 |
69,378,392 |
5.01% |
| 9 |
Miramax
|
26 |
$307,929,884 |
57,129,848 |
4.13% |
| 10 |
Miramax/Dimension
|
2 |
$169,798,274 |
31,502,463 |
2.28% |
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Market Share for Each Genre in 2000
| Rank | Genre | Movies | 2000 Gross | Tickets | Share |
|---|
| 1 |
Comedy
|
80 |
$2,032,567,757 |
377,099,771 |
27.24% |
| 2 |
Drama
|
154 |
$1,761,961,015 |
326,894,435 |
23.62% |
| 3 |
Action
|
28 |
$1,130,266,403 |
209,696,921 |
15.15% |
| 4 |
Adventure
|
21 |
$897,690,313 |
166,547,368 |
12.03% |
| 5 |
Thriller/Suspense
|
21 |
$569,881,367 |
105,729,382 |
7.64% |
| 6 |
Romantic Comedy
|
23 |
$373,419,771 |
69,280,106 |
5.01% |
| 7 |
Horror
|
12 |
$332,969,478 |
61,775,414 |
4.46% |
| 8 |
Documentary
|
37 |
$112,946,062 |
20,954,744 |
1.51% |
| 9 |
Musical
|
9 |
$92,875,550 |
17,231,085 |
1.24% |
| 10 |
Western
|
4 |
$66,116,168 |
12,266,450 |
.89% |
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Market Share for Each MPAARating in 2000
| Rank | MPAARating | Movies | 2000 Gross | Tickets | Share |
|---|
| 1 |
PG-13
|
99 |
$3,149,088,893 |
584,246,548 |
42.10% |
| 2 |
R
|
223 |
$2,578,827,989 |
478,446,748 |
34.48% |
| 3 |
PG
|
34 |
$1,088,366,061 |
201,923,202 |
14.55% |
| 4 |
G
|
22 |
$512,825,999 |
95,143,971 |
6.86% |
| 5 |
Not Rated
|
231 |
$146,035,247 |
27,093,741 |
1.95% |
| 6 |
Open
|
1 |
$2,844,978 |
527,825 |
.04% |
| 7 |
NC-17
|
1 |
$1,160,268 |
215,263 |
.02% |
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Market Share for Each Source in 2000
| Rank | Source | Movies | 2000 Gross | Tickets | Share |
|---|
| 1 |
Original Screenplay
|
221 |
$4,184,905,489 |
776,420,314 |
56.13% |
| 2 |
Based on Book/Short Story
|
58 |
$1,138,004,011 |
211,132,469 |
15.26% |
| 3 |
Sequel
|
20 |
$808,359,853 |
149,973,999 |
10.84% |
| 4 |
Based on Real Life Events
|
53 |
$599,793,918 |
111,279,022 |
8.04% |
| 5 |
Based on TV
|
7 |
$232,141,215 |
43,068,871 |
3.11% |
| 6 |
Remake
|
7 |
$225,370,107 |
41,812,635 |
3.02% |
| 7 |
Based on Comic/Graphic Novel
|
1 |
$157,299,717 |
29,183,621 |
2.11% |
| 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
|
9 |
$16,030,953 |
2,974,202 |
.22% |
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Market Share for Each ProductionMethod in 2000
| Rank | ProductionMethod | Movies | 2000 Gross | Tickets | Share |
|---|
| 1 |
Live Action
|
379 |
$6,838,976,900 |
1,268,826,885 |
91.67% |
| 2 |
Hand Animation
|
9 |
$282,676,133 |
52,444,552 |
3.79% |
| 3 |
Digital Animation
|
4 |
$200,827,416 |
37,259,260 |
2.69% |
| 4 |
Stop-Motion Animation
|
2 |
$111,549,999 |
20,695,732 |
1.50% |
| 5 |
Animation/Live Action
|
3 |
$26,570,816 |
4,929,650 |
.36% |
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Market Share for Each CreativeType in 2000
| Rank | CreativeType | Movies | 2000 Gross | Tickets | Share |
|---|
| 1 |
Contemporary Fiction
|
196 |
$3,908,302,639 |
725,102,528 |
52.45% |
| 2 |
Kids Fiction
|
20 |
$1,095,655,958 |
203,275,689 |
14.70% |
| 3 |
Historical Fiction
|
42 |
$690,060,590 |
128,026,082 |
9.26% |
| 4 |
Science Fiction
|
18 |
$564,853,093 |
104,796,492 |
7.58% |
| 5 |
Dramatization
|
23 |
$517,897,789 |
96,084,936 |
6.95% |
| 6 |
Fantasy
|
15 |
$274,300,206 |
50,890,576 |
3.68% |
| 7 |
Super Hero
|
3 |
$247,346,509 |
45,889,890 |
3.32% |
| 8 |
Factual
|
40 |
$152,678,527 |
28,326,259 |
2.05% |
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