Box Office Performance for Based on Real Life Events Movies in 2000

Rank	Movie	Genre	MPAA	2000 Gross	Tickets Sold	Inflation- Adjusted Gross
1	Erin Brockovich	Drama	R	$125,548,685	23,292,891	$167,242,957
2	Remember the Titans	Drama	PG	$113,746,040	21,103,161	$151,520,696
3	Coyote Ugly	Drama	PG-13	$60,786,269	11,277,601	$80,973,175
4	Dolphins	Documentary	Not Rated	$54,000,000	10,018,553	$71,933,211
5	The Hurricane	Drama	R	$50,216,906	9,316,680	$66,893,762
6	Men of Honor	Drama	R	$47,512,458	8,814,927	$63,291,176
7	The Original Kings of Comedy	Concert/Performance	R	$38,168,022	7,081,266	$50,843,490
8	Girl, Interrupted	Drama	R	$28,436,380	5,275,766	$37,880,000
9	Michael Jordan to the MAX	Documentary	Not Rated	$14,348,353	2,662,032	$19,113,390
10	Man on the Moon	Drama	R	$9,988,635	1,853,179	$13,305,825
11	Galapagos	Documentary	Not Rated	$7,763,963	1,440,438	$10,342,345
12	Topsy Turvy	Musical	R	$6,043,061	1,121,162	$8,049,943
13	Island of the Sharks	Documentary	Not Rated	$3,738,806	693,656	$4,980,450
14	Extreme	Documentary	Not Rated	$3,661,258	679,269	$4,877,151
15	Genghis Blues	Documentary	Not Rated	$3,566,568	661,701	$4,751,013
16	Ride (2000)	Documentary	Not Rated	$3,176,650	589,360	$4,231,605
17	Siegfried & Roy: Masters of the Impossible	Documentary	PG	$3,053,163	566,450	$4,067,111
18	Wolves	Documentary	Not Rated	$2,509,093	465,509	$3,342,355
19	Everest	Documentary	Not Rated	$2,237,051	415,037	$2,979,966
20	Africa's Elephant Kingdom	Documentary	Not Rated	$2,197,561	407,711	$2,927,365
21	Beyond the Mat	Documentary	R	$2,038,038	378,115	$2,714,866
22	The Straight Story	Drama	G	$1,821,922	338,019	$2,426,976
23	The Life and Times of Hank Greenberg	Documentary	PG	$1,703,901	316,123	$2,269,763
24	Thrill Ride: The Science of Fun	Documentary	G	$1,499,329	278,169	$1,997,253
25	Backstage	Documentary	R	$1,184,727	219,801	$1,578,171
26	The Emperor and the Assassin	Drama	R	$1,155,357	214,352	$1,539,047
27	The Cup	Comedy	G	$1,067,773	198,103	$1,422,380
28	The Eyes of Tammy Faye	Documentary	PG-13	$1,025,234	190,210	$1,365,708
29	Encounter in the Third Dimension	Drama	Not Rated	$884,748	164,146	$1,178,568
30	American Movie: The Making of Northwestern	Documentary	R	$700,889	130,035	$933,651
31	Goya in Bordeaux	Drama	R	$692,786	128,532	$922,860
32	Mark Twain's America 3D	Documentary	G	$656,572	121,813	$874,617
33	Joe Gould's Secret	Drama	R	$641,117	118,946	$854,032
34	The Filth and the Fury	Documentary	R	$606,643	112,550	$808,109
35	Wildfire: Feel The Heat	Documentary	Not Rated	$527,705	97,904	$702,951
36	The Girl Next Door	Documentary	R	$496,774	92,166	$661,752
37	Bittersweet Motel	Documentary	Not Rated	$380,927	70,673	$507,432
38	Into the Arms of Strangers	Documentary	PG	$374,555	69,491	$498,945
39	Thirteen Days	Drama	PG-13	$336,772	62,481	$448,614
40	Tumbleweeds	Drama	PG-13	$249,475	46,285	$332,326
41	Sex: The Annabel Chong Story	Documentary	Not Rated	$233,076	43,242	$310,478
42	The Ballad of Ramblin' Jack	Documentary	PG-13	$211,568	39,252	$281,829
43	The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc	Drama	R	$139,999	25,974	$186,493
44	Better Living Through Circuitry	Documentary	Not Rated	$80,739	14,979	$107,549
45	Buena Vista Social Club	Documentary	G	$79,126	14,680	$105,402
46	My Best Fiend	Documentary	PG-13	$64,660	11,996	$86,131
47	Calle 54	Documentary	G	$60,232	11,175	$80,237
48	Barenaked in America	Documentary	Not Rated	$45,170	8,380	$60,168
49	Pollock	Drama	R	$44,244	8,209	$58,941
50	Benjamin Smoke	Documentary	Not Rated	$36,229	6,722	$48,264
51	The Children of Chabannes	Documentary	Not Rated	$33,413	6,199	$44,509
52	The Art of Am�lia	Documentary	Not Rated	$14,445	2,680	$19,242
53	Black Tar Heroin: The Dark End of the Street	Documentary	Not Rated	$6,851	1,271	$9,126
Total Gross of All Movies				$599,793,918
Total Tickets Sold					111,279,022
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices						$798,983,378

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.