Box Office Performance for Based on Book/Short Story Movies in 2000

Rank	Movie	Genre	MPAA	2000 Gross	Tickets Sold	Inflation- Adjusted Gross
1	How the Grinch Stole Christmas	Comedy	PG	$253,367,455	47,006,949	$337,509,894
2	The Perfect Storm	Drama	PG-13	$182,618,434	33,880,971	$243,265,372
3	Rules of Engagement	Thriller/Suspense	R	$61,322,858	11,377,154	$81,687,966
4	Stuart Little	Comedy	PG	$60,612,097	11,245,287	$80,741,161
5	The Green Mile	Drama	R	$60,119,360	11,153,870	$80,084,787
6	The Cider House Rules	Drama	PG-13	$53,345,693	9,897,160	$71,061,609
7	The Talented Mr. Ripley	Drama	R	$41,520,486	7,703,244	$55,309,292
8	The Beach	Drama	R	$39,778,599	7,380,074	$52,988,931
9	Where the Heart Is	Drama	PG-13	$33,771,174	6,265,524	$44,986,462
10	Pay it Forward	Drama	PG-13	$32,966,043	6,116,149	$43,913,950
11	The Legend of Bagger Vance	Drama	PG-13	$30,695,227	5,694,847	$40,889,001
12	Bless the Child	Thriller/Suspense	R	$29,374,178	5,449,755	$39,129,241
13	High Fidelity	Comedy	R	$27,277,055	5,060,678	$36,335,668
14	Battlefield Earth: A Saga of the Year 3000	Action	PG-13	$21,471,685	3,983,615	$28,602,356
15	Wonder Boys	Comedy	R	$19,284,952	3,577,913	$25,689,415
16	Bicentennial Man	Drama	PG	$18,772,822	3,482,898	$25,007,208
17	Thomas and the Magic Railroad	Adventure	G	$15,911,332	2,952,010	$21,195,432
18	American Psycho	Black Comedy	R	$15,047,419	2,791,729	$20,044,614
19	Anna and the King	Drama	PG-13	$14,518,346	2,693,571	$19,339,840
20	Snow Falling on Cedars	Drama	PG-13	$14,235,248	2,641,048	$18,962,725
21	The Little Vampire	Comedy	PG	$13,555,988	2,515,026	$18,057,887
22	Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon	Drama	PG-13	$13,450,791	2,495,509	$17,917,755
23	Angela's Ashes	Drama	R	$12,852,628	2,384,532	$17,120,940
24	The End of the Affair	Drama	R	$9,104,818	1,689,206	$12,128,499
25	All the Pretty Horses	Western	PG-13	$9,037,022	1,676,627	$12,038,182
26	Whatever it Takes	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$8,735,529	1,620,692	$11,636,569
27	Sleepy Hollow	Horror	R	$8,228,618	1,526,645	$10,961,311
28	I Dreamed of Africa	Drama	PG-13	$6,543,194	1,213,951	$8,716,168
29	The Virgin Suicides	Black Comedy	R	$4,859,475	901,572	$6,473,287
30	Chocolat	Drama	PG-13	$4,248,984	788,309	$5,660,059
31	Up at the Villa	Drama	PG-13	$2,927,319	543,102	$3,899,472
32	The Insider	Drama	R	$2,850,307	528,814	$3,796,885
33	Requiem for a Dream	Drama	Open	$2,844,978	527,825	$3,789,784
34	The Bone Collector	Thriller/Suspense	R	$2,699,820	500,894	$3,596,419
35	Mansfield Park	Drama	PG-13	$2,292,491	425,323	$3,053,819
36	Bossa Nova	Romantic Comedy	R	$1,816,792	337,067	$2,420,141
37	Jesus' Son	Drama	R	$1,282,084	237,863	$1,707,856
38	Aimee & Jaguar	Drama	Not Rated	$881,306	163,508	$1,173,987
39	The Third Miracle	Drama	R	$695,043	128,950	$925,861
40	Fight Club	Drama	R	$508,297	94,304	$677,103
41	Anywhere But Here	Drama	PG-13	$438,331	81,323	$583,899
42	Beau Travail	Drama	Not Rated	$257,169	47,712	$342,572
43	Before Night Falls	Drama	R	$235,232	43,642	$313,350
44	The War Zone	Drama	R	$195,276	36,229	$260,124
45	Tarzan	Adventure	G	$180,353	33,461	$240,250
46	Left Luggage	Drama	Not Rated	$175,216	32,508	$233,407
47	The House of Mirth	Drama	PG	$169,059	31,365	$225,201
48	Bringing Out The Dead	Black Comedy	R	$166,761	30,939	$222,142
49	The Bridge	Drama		$148,093	27,476	$197,278
50	Rape Me	Drama	Not Rated	$143,569	26,636	$191,246
51	Ride With the Devil	Western	R	$139,710	25,920	$186,106
52	Agnes Browne	Comedy	R	$134,104	24,880	$178,638
53	Felicia's Journey	Drama	PG-13	$57,923	10,746	$77,156
54	Earth	Drama	Not Rated	$53,360	9,900	$71,082
55	Animal Factory	Drama	R	$43,805	8,127	$58,352
56	Drive Me Crazy	Comedy	PG-13	$29,895	5,546	$39,820
57	The Claim	Western	R	$7,131	1,323	$9,499
58	Brown's Requiem	Thriller/Suspense	R	$3,077	571	$4,100
Total Gross of All Movies				$1,138,004,011
Total Tickets Sold					211,132,469
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices						$1,515,931,127

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.