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	$370,884,828
2	Rules of Engagement	Thriller/Suspense	R	$61,322,858	11,377,154	$89,765,745
3	Stuart Little	Comedy	PG	$60,612,097	11,245,287	$88,725,314
4	The Green Mile	Drama	R	$60,119,360	11,153,870	$88,004,034
5	102 Dalmatians	Comedy	G	$58,335,959	10,822,998	$85,393,454
6	The Cider House Rules	Drama	PG-13	$53,345,693	9,897,160	$78,088,592
7	The Talented Mr. Ripley	Drama	R	$41,520,486	7,703,244	$60,778,595
8	The Beach	Drama	R	$39,778,599	7,380,074	$58,228,784
9	Where the Heart Is	Drama	PG-13	$33,771,174	6,265,524	$49,434,984
10	Pay it Forward	Drama	PG-13	$32,966,043	6,116,149	$48,256,416
11	The Legend of Bagger Vance	Drama	PG-13	$30,695,227	5,694,847	$44,932,343
12	Bless the Child	Thriller/Suspense	R	$29,374,178	5,449,755	$42,998,567
13	High Fidelity	Comedy	R	$27,277,055	5,060,678	$39,928,749
14	Battlefield Earth: A Saga of the Year 3000	Action	PG-13	$21,471,685	3,983,615	$31,430,722
15	Wonder Boys	Comedy	R	$19,284,952	3,577,913	$28,229,734
16	Bicentennial Man	Drama	PG	$18,772,822	3,482,898	$27,480,065
17	Thomas and the Magic Railroad	Adventure	G	$15,911,332	2,952,010	$23,291,359
18	American Psycho	Black Comedy	R	$15,047,419	2,791,729	$22,026,742
19	Anna and the King	Drama	PG-13	$14,518,346	2,693,571	$21,252,275
20	Snow Falling on Cedars	Drama	PG-13	$14,235,248	2,641,048	$20,837,869
21	The Little Vampire	Comedy	PG	$13,555,988	2,515,026	$19,843,555
22	Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon	Drama	PG-13	$13,450,791	2,495,509	$19,689,566
23	Angela's Ashes	Drama	R	$12,852,628	2,384,532	$18,813,957
24	The End of the Affair	Drama	R	$9,104,818	1,689,206	$13,327,835
25	The World is Not Enough	Action	PG-13	$9,053,635	1,679,710	$13,252,912
26	All the Pretty Horses	Western	PG-13	$9,037,022	1,676,627	$13,228,587
27	Whatever it Takes	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$8,735,529	1,620,692	$12,787,260
28	Sleepy Hollow	Horror	R	$8,228,618	1,526,645	$12,045,229
29	I Dreamed of Africa	Drama	PG-13	$6,543,194	1,213,951	$9,578,073
30	The Virgin Suicides	Black Comedy	R	$4,859,475	901,572	$7,113,403
31	Chocolat	Drama	PG-13	$4,248,984	788,309	$6,219,758
32	Up at the Villa	Drama	PG-13	$2,927,319	543,102	$4,285,075
33	The Insider	Drama	R	$2,850,307	528,814	$4,172,342
34	Requiem for a Dream	Drama	Open	$2,844,978	527,825	$4,164,539
35	The Bone Collector	Thriller/Suspense	R	$2,699,820	500,894	$3,952,054
36	Mansfield Park	Drama	PG-13	$2,292,491	425,323	$3,355,798
37	Bossa Nova	Romantic Comedy	R	$1,816,792	337,067	$2,659,459
38	Jesus' Son	Drama	R	$1,282,084	237,863	$1,876,739
39	Aim�e & Jaguar	Drama	Not Rated	$881,306	163,508	$1,290,078
40	The Third Miracle	Drama	R	$695,043	128,950	$1,017,416
41	Fight Club	Drama	R	$508,297	94,304	$744,059
42	Anywhere But Here	Drama	PG-13	$438,331	81,323	$641,638
43	Beau Travail	Drama	Not Rated	$257,169	47,712	$376,448
44	Before Night Falls	Drama	R	$235,232	43,642	$344,335
45	The War Zone	Drama	R	$195,276	36,229	$285,847
46	Tarzan	Adventure	G	$180,353	33,461	$264,007
47	Left Luggage	Drama	Not Rated	$175,216	32,508	$256,488
48	The House of Mirth	Drama	PG	$169,059	31,365	$247,470
49	Bringing Out The Dead	Black Comedy	R	$166,761	30,939	$244,109
50	Un pont entre deux rives	Drama		$148,093	27,476	$216,786
51	Baise-moi	Drama	Not Rated	$143,569	26,636	$210,158
52	Ride With the Devil	Western	R	$139,710	25,920	$204,509
53	Laura Cadieux .. La Suite	Comedy	Not Rated	$135,853	25,205	$198,867
54	Agnes Browne	Comedy	R	$134,104	24,880	$196,303
55	Felicia's Journey	Drama	PG-13	$57,923	10,746	$84,786
56	Earth	Drama	Not Rated	$53,360	9,900	$78,111
57	Animal Factory	Drama	R	$43,805	8,127	$64,122
58	Drive Me Crazy	Comedy	PG-13	$29,895	5,546	$43,758
59	The Claim	Western	R	$7,131	1,323	$10,438
60	Brown's Requiem	Thriller/Suspense	R	$3,077	571	$4,505
Total Gross of All Movies				$1,022,911,024
Total Tickets Sold					189,779,411
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices						$1,497,359,553

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.