Box Office Performance for Contemporary Fiction Movies in 2000

Rank	Movie	Genre	MPAA	2000 Gross	Tickets Sold	Inflation- Adjusted Gross
1	Mission: Impossible 2	Action	PG-13	$215,397,307	39,962,395	$286,929,996
2	Meet the Parents	Comedy	PG-13	$161,325,490	29,930,518	$214,901,119
3	Scary Movie	Comedy	R	$156,997,084	29,127,474	$209,135,263
4	What Lies Beneath	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$155,370,362	28,825,670	$206,968,311
5	Nutty Professor II: The Klumps	Comedy	PG-13	$123,307,945	22,877,170	$164,258,081
6	Charlie's Angels	Adventure	PG-13	$122,802,761	22,783,444	$163,585,128
7	Big Momma's House	Comedy	PG-13	$117,559,438	21,810,656	$156,600,510
8	What Women Want	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$115,761,883	21,477,158	$154,205,994
9	Remember the Titans	Drama	PG	$113,746,040	21,103,161	$151,520,696
10	Cast Away	Drama	PG-13	$109,689,440	20,350,545	$146,116,913
11	Gone in 60 Seconds	Action	PG-13	$101,643,008	18,857,701	$135,398,293
12	Me, Myself & Irene	Romantic Comedy	R	$90,567,722	16,802,917	$120,644,944
13	Scream 3	Horror	R	$89,138,076	16,537,676	$118,740,514
14	Shaft	Action	R	$70,327,868	13,047,842	$93,683,506
15	The Kid	Comedy	PG	$69,688,384	12,929,199	$92,831,649
16	Road Trip	Comedy	R	$68,525,609	12,713,471	$91,282,722
17	Bring it On	Comedy	PG-13	$68,353,550	12,681,549	$91,053,522
18	Rules of Engagement	Thriller/Suspense	R	$61,322,858	11,377,154	$81,687,966
19	Coyote Ugly	Drama	PG-13	$60,786,269	11,277,601	$80,973,175
20	Snow Day	Comedy	PG	$60,008,303	11,133,266	$79,936,850
21	American Beauty	Drama	R	$59,040,232	10,953,661	$78,647,286
22	The Whole Nine Yards	Comedy	R	$57,262,492	10,623,839	$76,279,164
23	Next Friday	Comedy	R	$57,176,582	10,607,900	$76,164,722
24	Romeo Must Die	Action	R	$55,973,336	10,384,663	$74,561,880
25	Vertical Limit	Action	PG-13	$51,880,114	9,625,253	$69,109,317
26	Miss Congeniality	Comedy	PG-13	$45,392,671	8,421,646	$60,467,418
27	The Replacements	Comedy	PG-13	$44,737,059	8,300,011	$59,594,079
28	The Family Man	Comedy	PG-13	$43,144,370	8,004,521	$57,472,461
29	The Beach	Drama	R	$39,778,599	7,380,074	$52,988,931
30	Autumn in New York	Drama	PG-13	$37,752,931	7,004,254	$50,290,544
31	Bedazzled	Comedy	PG-13	$37,519,291	6,960,907	$49,979,312
32	Keeping the Faith	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$37,036,404	6,871,318	$49,336,063
33	28 Days	Comedy	PG-13	$37,035,515	6,871,153	$49,334,879
34	Bounce	Drama	PG-13	$36,675,505	6,804,361	$48,855,312
35	Hanging Up	Comedy	PG-13	$36,037,909	6,686,068	$48,005,968
36	Dude, Where's My Car?	Comedy	PG-13	$35,631,910	6,610,744	$47,465,142
37	The Skulls	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$35,007,180	6,494,839	$46,632,944
38	Where the Heart Is	Drama	PG-13	$33,771,174	6,265,524	$44,986,462
39	Pay it Forward	Drama	PG-13	$32,966,043	6,116,149	$43,913,950
40	Return to Me	Romantic Comedy	PG	$32,662,299	6,059,796	$43,509,335
41	The Art of War	Thriller/Suspense	R	$30,199,105	5,602,802	$40,228,118
42	Any Given Sunday	Drama	R	$29,778,713	5,524,808	$39,668,121
43	Proof of Life	Action	R	$29,053,477	5,390,255	$38,702,031
44	The Watcher	Thriller/Suspense	R	$28,927,720	5,366,924	$38,534,514
45	High Fidelity	Comedy	R	$27,277,055	5,060,678	$36,335,668
46	Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2	Horror	R	$26,421,314	4,901,914	$35,195,743
47	Nurse Betty	Black Comedy	R	$25,167,270	4,669,252	$33,525,229
48	Reindeer Games	Action	R	$23,360,779	4,334,096	$31,118,809
49	Magnolia	Drama	R	$21,686,030	4,023,382	$28,887,883
50	Dracula 2000	Horror	R	$21,569,567	4,001,775	$28,732,745
51	Urban Legends: Final Cut	Horror	R	$21,468,807	3,983,081	$28,598,522
52	Boys and Girls	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$20,773,721	3,854,123	$27,672,603
53	Down to You	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$20,035,310	3,717,126	$26,688,965
54	Wonder Boys	Comedy	R	$19,284,952	3,577,913	$25,689,415
55	Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo	Comedy	R	$19,181,507	3,558,721	$25,551,617
56	The Contender	Drama	R	$17,804,273	3,303,205	$23,717,012
57	Center Stage	Drama	PG-13	$17,200,925	3,191,266	$22,913,290
58	Best in Show	Comedy	PG-13	$17,179,643	3,187,318	$22,884,943
59	The Sixth Sense	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$17,115,180	3,175,358	$22,799,070
60	Billy Elliot	Drama	PG-13	$17,095,205	3,171,652	$22,772,461
61	Small Time Crooks	Comedy	PG	$17,071,230	3,167,204	$22,740,525
62	Boiler Room	Drama	R	$16,963,963	3,147,303	$22,597,636
63	Lost Souls	Thriller/Suspense	R	$16,779,636	3,113,105	$22,352,094
64	Eye of the Beholder	Thriller/Suspense	R	$16,459,004	3,053,619	$21,924,984
65	Loser	Romantic Comedy	R	$15,464,026	2,869,022	$20,599,578
66	Drowning Mona	Comedy	PG-13	$15,427,192	2,862,188	$20,550,510
67	Bait	Action	R	$15,325,127	2,843,252	$20,414,549
68	The Next Best Thing	Drama	PG-13	$14,983,572	2,779,883	$19,959,560
69	Get Carter	Drama	R	$14,967,182	2,776,843	$19,937,733
70	Snow Falling on Cedars	Drama	PG-13	$14,235,248	2,641,048	$18,962,725
71	The Ladies Man	Comedy	R	$13,592,872	2,521,869	$18,107,019
72	Dr. T and the Women	Romantic Comedy	R	$13,065,561	2,424,037	$17,404,586
73	The Crew	Comedy	PG-13	$13,019,253	2,415,446	$17,342,902
74	Ready to Rumble	Comedy	PG-13	$12,372,410	2,295,438	$16,481,245
75	Saving Grace	Comedy	R	$12,115,757	2,247,821	$16,139,355
76	The Legend of Drunken Master	Action	R	$11,546,543	2,142,216	$15,381,111
77	Here on Earth	Drama	PG-13	$10,494,147	1,946,966	$13,979,216
78	Lucky Numbers	Comedy	R	$10,014,234	1,857,928	$13,339,923
79	3 Strikes	Comedy	R	$9,821,335	1,822,140	$13,082,965
80	The World is Not Enough	Action	PG-13	$9,053,635	1,679,710	$12,060,318
81	Whatever it Takes	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$8,735,529	1,620,692	$11,636,569
82	Play it to the Bone	Comedy	R	$8,423,838	1,562,864	$11,221,364
83	Screwed	Comedy	PG-13	$6,982,680	1,295,488	$9,301,604
84	I Dreamed of Africa	Drama	PG-13	$6,543,194	1,213,951	$8,716,168
85	What Planet Are You From?	Comedy	R	$6,291,602	1,167,273	$8,381,020
86	Croupier	Drama	Not Rated	$6,198,916	1,150,077	$8,257,553
87	All About My Mother	Drama	R	$6,131,119	1,137,499	$8,167,243
88	The Way of the Gun	Action	R	$6,047,856	1,122,051	$8,056,326
89	Where the Money Is	Comedy	PG-13	$5,658,940	1,049,896	$7,538,253
90	Finding Forrester	Drama	PG-13	$5,301,731	983,624	$7,062,420
91	Black and White	Drama	R	$5,241,315	972,415	$6,981,940
92	The In Crowd	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$5,217,498	967,996	$6,950,211
93	Gossip	Drama	R	$5,108,820	947,833	$6,805,441
94	Woman on Top	Romantic Comedy	R	$5,018,450	931,067	$6,685,061
95	The Virgin Suicides	Black Comedy	R	$4,859,475	901,572	$6,473,287
96	Duets	Drama	R	$4,734,235	878,337	$6,306,460
97	Held Up	Comedy	PG-13	$4,714,090	874,599	$6,279,621
98	The Tao of Steve	Romantic Comedy	R	$4,340,373	805,264	$5,781,796
99	East is East	Comedy	R	$4,170,647	773,775	$5,555,705
100	Dancer in the Dark	Musical	R	$4,157,491	771,334	$5,538,178
101	Whipped	Comedy	R	$4,142,507	768,554	$5,518,218
102	You Can Count on Me	Drama	R	$3,815,524	707,889	$5,082,643
103	Cyberworld 3D	Adventure	Not Rated	$3,640,193	675,360	$4,849,085
104	Price of Glory	Drama	PG-13	$3,434,515	637,201	$4,575,103
105	Ghost Dog: Way of the Samurai	Drama	R	$3,330,230	617,853	$4,436,185
106	The Big Kahuna	Drama	R	$3,150,107	584,435	$4,196,243
107	Beautiful	Drama	PG-13	$3,134,509	581,542	$4,175,472
108	Isn't She Great	Comedy	R	$2,954,405	548,127	$3,935,552
109	Requiem for a Dream	Drama	Open	$2,844,978	527,825	$3,789,784
110	Double Jeopardy	Action	R	$2,703,114	501,505	$3,600,806
111	The Bone Collector	Thriller/Suspense	R	$2,699,820	500,894	$3,596,419
112	God's Army	Drama	PG	$2,628,829	487,723	$3,501,851
113	But I'm a Cheerleader	Comedy	R	$2,199,853	408,136	$2,930,416
114	Bamboozled	Drama	R	$2,185,266	405,430	$2,910,987
115	Butterfly	Drama	R	$2,086,098	387,031	$2,778,883
116	Bossa Nova	Romantic Comedy	R	$1,816,792	337,067	$2,420,141
117	The Color of Paradise	Drama	PG	$1,810,145	335,834	$2,411,288
118	La Vie Apr�s L'Amour	Comedy	Not Rated	$1,795,758	333,165	$2,392,125
119	The Broken Hearts Club: A Romantic Comedy	Comedy	R	$1,719,458	319,009	$2,290,485
120	Girl on the Bridge	Romantic Comedy	R	$1,713,995	317,995	$2,283,204
121	Holy Smoke	Drama	R	$1,697,329	314,903	$2,261,004
122	Dogma	Comedy	R	$1,668,162	309,492	$2,222,153
123	Gun Shy	Comedy	R	$1,631,839	302,753	$2,173,767
124	Hamlet	Drama	R	$1,568,749	291,048	$2,089,725
125	State and Main	Comedy	R	$1,542,365	286,153	$2,054,579
126	Girlfight	Drama	R	$1,523,941	282,735	$2,030,037
127	Jesus' Son	Drama	R	$1,282,084	237,863	$1,707,856
128	Cecil B. Demented	Black Comedy	R	$1,276,984	236,917	$1,701,064
129	Turn It Up	Drama	R	$1,244,676	230,923	$1,658,027
130	Trois	Thriller/Suspense	NC-17	$1,160,268	215,263	$1,545,588
131	Shower	Drama	PG-13	$1,153,271	213,965	$1,536,269
132	Groove	Comedy	R	$1,114,943	206,854	$1,485,212
133	Catfish in Black Bean Sauce	Comedy	PG-13	$1,107,583	205,488	$1,475,404
134	Mohabbatein	Musical	Not Rated	$1,070,000	198,516	$1,425,345
135	Chuck&Buck	Drama	R	$1,050,600	194,917	$1,399,504
136	What's Cooking	Drama	PG-13	$1,039,374	192,834	$1,384,548
137	Urbania	Drama	R	$1,027,119	190,560	$1,368,221
138	Time Code	Drama	R	$945,041	175,332	$1,258,884
139	Simpatico	Comedy	R	$894,910	166,032	$1,192,110
140	The Best Man	Romantic Comedy	R	$781,375	144,968	$1,040,870
141	New Waterford Girl	Comedy	Not Rated	$774,469	143,686	$1,031,665
142	Place Vendome	Drama	Not Rated	$742,632	137,780	$989,260
143	Taxi 2	Action	Not Rated	$727,386	134,951	$968,948
144	Fiza	Drama	Not Rated	$623,791	115,731	$830,949
145	Not One Less	Drama	Not Rated	$589,114	109,298	$784,760
146	Phir Bhi Dil Hain Hindustani	Musical	Not Rated	$588,606	109,203	$784,078
147	Mifune	Drama	R	$585,016	108,537	$779,296
148	The Opportunists	Drama	R	$581,142	107,819	$774,140
149	Me, Myself & I	Romantic Comedy	R	$565,193	104,860	$752,895
150	Love and Sex	Romantic Comedy	Not Rated	$536,287	99,497	$714,388
151	Fight Club	Drama	R	$508,297	94,304	$677,103
152	Decalogue	Drama	Not Rated	$488,744	90,676	$651,054
153	Superstar	Comedy	PG-13	$478,167	88,714	$636,967
154	The Bachelor	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$464,545	86,186	$618,815
155	Blue Streak	Action	PG-13	$447,449	83,015	$596,048
156	Anywhere But Here	Drama	PG-13	$438,331	81,323	$583,899
157	Josh	Drama	Not Rated	$426,318	79,094	$567,895
158	Across The Sea of Time	Drama	G	$424,122	78,687	$564,973
159	Traffic	Drama	R	$371,664	68,954	$495,090
160	House on Haunted Hill	Horror	R	$356,258	66,096	$474,569
161	El Circulo Vicioso	Action	Not Rated	$205,265	38,083	$273,436
162	Bulandi	Drama	Not Rated	$203,548	37,764	$271,146
163	Chal Mere Bhai	Romantic Comedy	Not Rated	$199,227	36,962	$265,387
164	Yi Yi	Drama	Not Rated	$199,177	36,953	$265,323
165	The War Zone	Drama	R	$195,276	36,229	$260,124
166	Cleopatra's Second Husband	Drama	Not Rated	$174,098	32,300	$231,914
167	The Limey	Drama	R	$172,273	31,962	$229,487
168	Season's Beatings	Comedy	Not Rated	$172,205	31,949	$229,394
169	Bringing Out The Dead	Black Comedy	R	$166,761	30,939	$222,142
170	The Silence	Drama	Not Rated	$163,592	30,351	$217,920
171	Laura Cadieux .. La Suite	Comedy	Not Rated	$135,853	25,205	$180,972
172	The City	Drama	Not Rated	$113,778	21,109	$151,563
173	Runaway Bride	Romantic Comedy	PG	$95,162	17,655	$126,763
174	Music of the Heart	Drama	PG	$94,526	17,537	$125,916
175	The King of Masks	Drama	Not Rated	$92,040	17,076	$122,606
176	Flawless	Drama	R	$90,767	16,840	$120,911
177	Run Lola Run	Thriller/Suspense	R	$70,231	13,030	$93,555
178	Panic	Drama	R	$60,258	11,180	$80,272
179	Felicia's Journey	Drama	PG-13	$57,923	10,746	$77,156
180	Light It Up	Drama	R	$50,059	9,287	$66,681
181	The Gift	Thriller/Suspense	R	$43,475	8,066	$57,914
182	Snatch	Black Comedy	R	$37,662	6,987	$50,167
183	Burlesk King	Drama	Not Rated	$35,667	6,617	$47,510
184	Drive Me Crazy	Comedy	PG-13	$29,895	5,546	$39,820
185	Stigmata	Horror	R	$26,867	4,985	$35,792
186	The Thomas Crown Affair	Drama	R	$21,895	4,062	$29,165
187	Two Women, Two Men	Comedy	Not Rated	$14,940	2,772	$19,903
188	Buddy Boy	Thriller/Suspense	R	$10,281	1,907	$13,692
189	Claire Dolan	Drama	Not Rated	$9,480	1,759	$12,630
190	Circus	Thriller/Suspense	R	$8,406	1,560	$11,201
191	The Carriers Are Waiting	Comedy	Not Rated	$5,518	1,024	$7,352
192	Brown's Requiem	Thriller/Suspense	R	$3,077	571	$4,100
193	Edge of Seventeen	Comedy	Not Rated	$2,403	446	$3,202
194	Chutney Popcorn	Comedy	Not Rated	$2,274	422	$3,030
195	Steam: The Turkish Bath	Drama	Not Rated	$2,218	412	$2,958
196	Le Chal Apne Sang	Drama		$1,030	191	$1,371
Total Gross of All Movies				$3,908,302,639
Total Tickets Sold					725,102,528
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices						$5,206,236,151

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.