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	$323,407,809
2	The Perfect Storm	Drama	PG-13	$182,618,434	33,880,971	$233,101,080
3	Rules of Engagement	Thriller/Suspense	R	$61,322,858	11,377,154	$78,274,820
4	Stuart Little	Comedy	PG	$60,612,097	11,245,287	$77,367,575
5	The Green Mile	Drama	R	$60,119,360	11,153,870	$76,738,626
6	The Cider House Rules	Drama	PG-13	$53,345,693	9,897,160	$68,092,461
7	The Talented Mr. Ripley	Drama	R	$41,520,486	7,703,244	$52,998,319
8	The Beach	Drama	R	$39,778,599	7,380,074	$50,774,909
9	Where the Heart Is	Drama	PG-13	$33,771,174	6,265,524	$43,106,805
10	Pay it Forward	Drama	PG-13	$32,966,043	6,116,149	$42,079,105
11	The Legend of Bagger Vance	Drama	PG-13	$30,695,227	5,694,847	$39,180,547
12	Bless the Child	Thriller/Suspense	R	$29,374,178	5,449,755	$37,494,314
13	High Fidelity	Comedy	R	$27,277,055	5,060,678	$34,817,465
14	Battlefield Earth: A Saga of the Year 3000	Action	PG-13	$21,471,685	3,983,615	$27,407,271
15	Wonder Boys	Comedy	R	$19,284,952	3,577,913	$24,616,041
16	Bicentennial Man	Drama	PG	$18,610,080	3,452,705	$23,754,610
17	Thomas and the Magic Railroad	Adventure	G	$15,911,332	2,952,010	$20,309,829
18	American Psycho	Black Comedy	R	$15,070,285	2,795,971	$19,236,280
19	Anna and the King	Drama	PG-13	$14,518,346	2,693,571	$18,531,768
20	Snow Falling on Cedars	Drama	PG-13	$14,235,248	2,641,048	$18,170,410
21	The Little Vampire	Comedy	PG	$13,555,988	2,515,026	$17,303,379
22	Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon	Drama	PG-13	$13,450,791	2,495,509	$17,169,102
23	Angela's Ashes	Drama	R	$12,852,628	2,384,532	$16,405,580
24	The End of the Affair	Drama	R	$9,104,818	1,689,206	$11,621,737
25	Whatever it Takes	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$8,735,529	1,620,692	$11,150,361
26	Sleepy Hollow	Horror	R	$8,228,618	1,526,645	$10,503,318
27	All the Pretty Horses	Western	PG-13	$7,640,564	1,417,544	$9,752,703
28	I Dreamed of Africa	Drama	PG-13	$6,543,194	1,213,951	$8,351,983
29	The Virgin Suicides	Black Comedy	R	$4,859,475	901,572	$6,202,815
30	Chocolat	Drama	PG-13	$4,248,984	788,309	$5,423,566
31	Up at the Villa	Drama	PG-13	$2,927,319	543,102	$3,736,542
32	The Insider	Drama	R	$2,850,307	528,814	$3,638,240
33	Requiem for a Dream	Drama	Open	$2,844,978	527,825	$3,631,436
34	The Bone Collector	Thriller/Suspense	R	$2,699,820	500,894	$3,446,151
35	Mansfield Park	Drama	PG-13	$2,292,491	425,323	$2,926,222
36	Bossa Nova	Romantic Comedy	R	$1,816,792	337,067	$2,319,021
37	Jesus' Son	Drama	R	$1,282,084	237,863	$1,636,497
38	Aimee & Jaguar	Drama	Not Rated	$881,306	163,508	$1,124,935
39	The Third Miracle	Drama	R	$695,043	128,950	$887,176
40	Fight Club	Drama	R	$508,297	94,304	$648,812
41	Anywhere But Here	Drama	PG-13	$438,331	81,323	$559,502
42	Beau Travail	Drama		$257,169	47,712	$328,259
43	Before Night Falls	Drama	R	$235,232	43,642	$300,257
44	The War Zone	Drama	R	$195,276	36,229	$249,256
45	Tarzan	Adventure	G	$186,995	34,693	$238,688
46	Left Luggage	Drama	Not Rated	$175,216	32,508	$223,655
47	The House of Mirth	Drama	PG	$169,059	31,365	$215,791
48	Bringing Out The Dead	Black Comedy	R	$166,761	30,939	$212,860
49	The Bridge	Drama		$148,093	27,476	$189,035
50	Rape Me	Drama		$143,569	26,636	$183,256
51	Ride With the Devil	Western	R	$139,710	25,920	$178,330
52	Agnes Browne	Comedy	R	$134,104	24,880	$171,174
53	Felicia's Journey	Drama	PG-13	$62,366	11,571	$79,608
54	Animal Factory	Drama	R	$43,805	8,127	$55,914
55	Drive Me Crazy	Comedy	PG-13	$29,895	5,546	$38,156
56	The Claim	Drama	R	$7,131	1,323	$9,102
57	Brown's Requiem	Thriller/Suspense	R	$3,077	571	$3,928
Total Gross of All Movies				$1,136,425,402
Total Tickets Sold					210,839,592
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices						$1,450,576,393

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.