Box Office Performance for Contemporary Fiction Movies in 2000

Rank	Movie	Genre	MPAA	2000 Gross	Tickets Sold	Inflation- Adjusted Gross
1	Meet the Parents	Comedy	PG-13	$161,325,490	29,930,518	$236,151,787
2	Scary Movie	Comedy	R	$156,997,084	29,127,474	$229,815,770
3	What Lies Beneath	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$155,370,362	28,825,670	$227,434,536
4	Nutty Professor II: The Klumps	Comedy	PG-13	$123,307,945	22,877,170	$180,500,871
5	Charlie's Angels	Adventure	PG-13	$122,802,761	22,783,444	$179,761,373
6	Big Momma's House	Comedy	PG-13	$117,559,438	21,810,656	$172,086,076
7	What Women Want	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$115,761,883	21,477,158	$169,454,777
8	Remember the Titans	Drama	PG	$113,746,040	21,103,161	$166,503,940
9	Gone in 60 Seconds	Action	PG-13	$101,643,008	18,857,701	$148,787,261
10	Me, Myself & Irene	Romantic Comedy	R	$90,567,722	16,802,917	$132,575,015
11	Scream 3	Horror	R	$89,138,076	16,537,676	$130,482,264
12	Shaft	Action	R	$70,327,868	13,047,842	$102,947,473
13	The Kid	Comedy	PG	$69,688,384	12,929,199	$102,011,380
14	Road Trip	Comedy	R	$68,525,609	12,713,471	$100,309,286
15	Bring it On	Comedy	PG-13	$68,353,550	12,681,549	$100,057,422
16	Rules of Engagement	Thriller/Suspense	R	$61,322,858	11,377,154	$89,765,745
17	Coyote Ugly	Drama	PG-13	$60,786,269	11,277,601	$88,980,272
18	Snow Day	Comedy	PG	$60,008,303	11,133,266	$87,841,469
19	American Beauty	Drama	R	$59,040,232	10,953,661	$86,424,385
20	The Whole Nine Yards	Comedy	R	$57,262,492	10,623,839	$83,822,090
21	Next Friday	Comedy	R	$57,176,582	10,607,900	$83,696,331
22	Romeo Must Die	Action	R	$55,973,336	10,384,663	$81,934,991
23	Vertical Limit	Action	PG-13	$51,880,114	9,625,253	$75,943,246
24	Miss Congeniality	Comedy	PG-13	$45,392,671	8,421,646	$66,446,787
25	The Replacements	Comedy	PG-13	$44,737,059	8,300,011	$65,487,087
26	The Family Man	Comedy	PG-13	$43,144,370	8,004,521	$63,155,671
27	The Beach	Drama	R	$39,778,599	7,380,074	$58,228,784
28	Autumn in New York	Drama	PG-13	$37,752,931	7,004,254	$55,263,564
29	Bedazzled	Comedy	PG-13	$37,519,291	6,960,907	$54,921,556
30	Keeping the Faith	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$37,036,404	6,871,318	$54,214,699
31	28 Days	Comedy	PG-13	$37,035,515	6,871,153	$54,213,397
32	Bounce	Drama	PG-13	$36,675,505	6,804,361	$53,686,408
33	Hanging Up	Comedy	PG-13	$36,037,909	6,686,068	$52,753,077
34	Dude, Where's My Car?	Comedy	PG-13	$35,631,910	6,610,744	$52,158,770
35	The Skulls	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$35,007,180	6,494,839	$51,244,280
36	Where the Heart Is	Drama	PG-13	$33,771,174	6,265,524	$49,434,984
37	Pay it Forward	Drama	PG-13	$32,966,043	6,116,149	$48,256,416
38	Return to Me	Romantic Comedy	PG	$32,662,299	6,059,796	$47,811,790
39	The Art of War	Thriller/Suspense	R	$30,199,105	5,602,802	$44,206,108
40	Any Given Sunday	Drama	R	$29,778,713	5,524,808	$43,590,735
41	Proof of Life	Action	R	$29,053,477	5,390,255	$42,529,112
42	The Watcher	Thriller/Suspense	R	$28,927,720	5,366,924	$42,345,030
43	High Fidelity	Comedy	R	$27,277,055	5,060,678	$39,928,749
44	Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2	Horror	R	$26,421,314	4,901,914	$38,676,101
45	Nurse Betty	Black Comedy	R	$25,167,270	4,669,252	$36,840,398
46	Reindeer Games	Action	R	$23,360,779	4,334,096	$34,196,017
47	Magnolia	Drama	R	$21,686,030	4,023,382	$31,744,484
48	Dracula 2000	Horror	R	$21,569,567	4,001,775	$31,574,005
49	Urban Legends: Final Cut	Horror	R	$21,468,807	3,983,081	$31,426,509
50	Boys and Girls	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$20,773,721	3,854,123	$30,409,030
51	Down to You	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$20,035,310	3,717,126	$29,328,124
52	Wonder Boys	Comedy	R	$19,284,952	3,577,913	$28,229,734
53	Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo	Comedy	R	$19,181,507	3,558,721	$28,078,309
54	The Contender	Drama	R	$17,804,273	3,303,205	$26,062,287
55	Center Stage	Drama	PG-13	$17,200,925	3,191,266	$25,179,089
56	Best in Show	Comedy	PG-13	$17,179,643	3,187,318	$25,147,939
57	Billy Elliot	Drama	PG-13	$17,095,205	3,171,652	$25,024,334
58	Small Time Crooks	Comedy	PG	$17,071,230	3,167,204	$24,989,240
59	Boiler Room	Drama	R	$16,963,963	3,147,303	$24,832,221
60	Lost Souls	Thriller/Suspense	R	$16,779,636	3,113,105	$24,562,398
61	Eye of the Beholder	Thriller/Suspense	R	$16,459,004	3,053,619	$24,093,054
62	Loser	Romantic Comedy	R	$15,464,026	2,869,022	$22,636,584
63	Drowning Mona	Comedy	PG-13	$15,427,192	2,862,188	$22,582,663
64	Bait	Action	R	$15,325,127	2,843,252	$22,433,258
65	The Next Best Thing	Drama	PG-13	$14,983,572	2,779,883	$21,933,277
66	Get Carter	Drama	R	$14,967,182	2,776,843	$21,909,291
67	Snow Falling on Cedars	Drama	PG-13	$14,235,248	2,641,048	$20,837,869
68	The Ladies Man	Comedy	R	$13,592,872	2,521,869	$19,897,546
69	Dr. T and the Women	Romantic Comedy	R	$13,065,561	2,424,037	$19,125,652
70	The Crew	Comedy	PG-13	$13,019,253	2,415,446	$19,057,869
71	Ready to Rumble	Comedy	PG-13	$12,372,410	2,295,438	$18,111,006
72	Saving Grace	Comedy	R	$12,115,757	2,247,821	$17,735,308
73	The Legend of Drunken Master	Action	R	$11,546,543	2,142,216	$16,902,084
74	Here on Earth	Drama	PG-13	$10,494,147	1,946,966	$15,361,562
75	Lucky Numbers	Comedy	R	$10,014,234	1,857,928	$14,659,052
76	3 Strikes	Comedy	R	$9,821,335	1,822,140	$14,376,685
77	The World is Not Enough	Action	PG-13	$9,053,635	1,679,710	$13,252,912
78	Whatever it Takes	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$8,735,529	1,620,692	$12,787,260
79	Play it to the Bone	Comedy	R	$8,423,838	1,562,864	$12,330,997
80	Screwed	Comedy	PG-13	$6,982,680	1,295,488	$10,221,400
81	I Dreamed of Africa	Drama	PG-13	$6,543,194	1,213,951	$9,578,073
82	What Planet Are You From?	Comedy	R	$6,291,602	1,167,273	$9,209,784
83	Croupier	Drama	Not Rated	$6,198,916	1,150,077	$9,074,108
84	Todo sobre mi madre	Drama	R	$6,131,119	1,137,499	$8,974,867
85	The Way of the Gun	Action	R	$6,047,856	1,122,051	$8,852,982
86	Where the Money Is	Comedy	PG-13	$5,658,940	1,049,896	$8,283,679
87	Finding Forrester	Drama	PG-13	$5,301,731	983,624	$7,760,793
88	Black and White	Drama	R	$5,241,315	972,415	$7,672,354
89	The In Crowd	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$5,217,498	967,996	$7,637,488
90	Gossip	Drama	R	$5,108,820	947,833	$7,478,402
91	Woman on Top	Romantic Comedy	R	$5,018,450	931,067	$7,346,119
92	The Virgin Suicides	Black Comedy	R	$4,859,475	901,572	$7,113,403
93	Duets	Drama	R	$4,734,235	878,337	$6,930,079
94	Held Up	Comedy	PG-13	$4,714,090	874,599	$6,900,586
95	The Tao of Steve	Romantic Comedy	R	$4,340,373	805,264	$6,353,533
96	East is East	Comedy	R	$4,170,647	773,775	$6,105,085
97	Dancer in the Dark	Musical	R	$4,157,491	771,334	$6,085,825
98	Whipped	Comedy	R	$4,142,507	768,554	$6,063,891
99	You Can Count on Me	Drama	R	$3,815,524	707,889	$5,585,244
100	Cyberworld 3D	Adventure	Not Rated	$3,640,193	675,360	$5,328,590
101	Price of Glory	Drama	PG-13	$3,434,515	637,201	$5,027,516
102	Ghost Dog: Way of the Samurai	Drama	R	$3,330,230	617,853	$4,874,860
103	The Big Kahuna	Drama	R	$3,150,107	584,435	$4,611,192
104	Beautiful	Drama	PG-13	$3,134,509	581,542	$4,588,366
105	Isn't She Great	Comedy	R	$2,954,405	548,127	$4,324,722
106	Requiem for a Dream	Drama	Open	$2,844,978	527,825	$4,164,539
107	Double Jeopardy	Action	R	$2,703,114	501,505	$3,956,874
108	The Bone Collector	Thriller/Suspense	R	$2,699,820	500,894	$3,952,054
109	God's Army	Drama	PG	$2,628,829	487,723	$3,848,134
110	But I'm a Cheerleader	Comedy	R	$2,199,853	408,136	$3,220,193
111	Bamboozled	Drama	R	$2,185,266	405,430	$3,198,843
112	La lengua de las mariposas	Drama	R	$2,086,098	387,031	$3,053,675
113	Bossa Nova	Romantic Comedy	R	$1,816,792	337,067	$2,659,459
114	The Color of Paradise	Drama	PG	$1,810,145	335,834	$2,649,730
115	La Vie Apr�s L'Amour	Comedy	Not Rated	$1,795,758	333,165	$2,628,672
116	The Broken Hearts Club: A Romantic Comedy	Comedy	R	$1,719,458	319,009	$2,516,981
117	Girl on the Bridge	Romantic Comedy	R	$1,713,995	317,995	$2,508,981
118	Holy Smoke	Drama	R	$1,697,329	314,903	$2,484,585
119	Dogma	Comedy	R	$1,668,162	309,492	$2,441,892
120	Gun Shy	Comedy	R	$1,631,839	302,753	$2,388,721
121	Hamlet	Drama	R	$1,568,749	291,048	$2,296,369
122	State and Main	Comedy	R	$1,542,365	286,153	$2,257,747
123	Girlfight	Drama	R	$1,523,941	282,735	$2,230,779
124	Jesus' Son	Drama	R	$1,282,084	237,863	$1,876,739
125	Cecil B. Demented	Black Comedy	R	$1,276,984	236,917	$1,869,275
126	Turn It Up	Drama	R	$1,244,676	230,923	$1,821,982
127	Trois	Thriller/Suspense	NC-17	$1,160,268	215,263	$1,698,425
128	Shower	Drama	PG-13	$1,153,271	213,965	$1,688,184
129	Groove	Comedy	R	$1,114,943	206,854	$1,632,078
130	Catfish in Black Bean Sauce	Comedy	PG-13	$1,107,583	205,488	$1,621,300
131	Mohabbatein	Musical	Not Rated	$1,070,000	198,516	$1,566,291
132	Chuck&Buck	Drama	R	$1,050,600	194,917	$1,537,895
133	What's Cooking	Drama	PG-13	$1,039,374	192,834	$1,521,460
134	Urbania	Drama	R	$1,027,119	190,560	$1,503,518
135	Time Code	Drama	R	$945,041	175,332	$1,383,369
136	Simpatico	Comedy	R	$894,910	166,032	$1,309,992
137	The Best Man	Romantic Comedy	R	$781,375	144,968	$1,143,798
138	New Waterford Girl	Comedy	Not Rated	$774,469	143,686	$1,133,683
139	Place Vendome	Drama	Not Rated	$742,632	137,780	$1,087,084
140	Taxi 2	Action	Not Rated	$727,386	134,951	$1,064,763
141	Fiza	Drama	Not Rated	$623,791	115,731	$913,118
142	Yi Ge Dou Bu Neng Shao	Drama	Not Rated	$589,114	109,298	$862,361
143	Phir Bhi Dil Hain Hindustani	Musical	Not Rated	$588,606	109,203	$861,612
144	Mifune	Drama	R	$585,016	108,537	$856,357
145	The Opportunists	Drama	R	$581,142	107,819	$850,692
146	Me, Myself & I	Romantic Comedy	R	$565,193	104,860	$827,345
147	Love and Sex	Romantic Comedy	Not Rated	$536,287	99,497	$785,031
148	Fight Club	Drama	R	$508,297	94,304	$744,059
149	Decalogue	Drama	Not Rated	$488,744	90,676	$715,434
150	Superstar	Comedy	PG-13	$478,167	88,714	$699,953
151	The Bachelor	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$464,545	86,186	$680,008
152	Blue Streak	Action	PG-13	$447,449	83,015	$654,988
153	Anywhere But Here	Drama	PG-13	$438,331	81,323	$641,638
154	Josh	Drama	Not Rated	$426,318	79,094	$624,052
155	Across The Sea of Time	Drama	G	$424,122	78,687	$620,840
156	Traffic	Drama	R	$371,664	68,954	$544,047
157	House on Haunted Hill	Horror	R	$356,258	66,096	$521,497
158	El Circulo Vicioso	Action	Not Rated	$205,265	38,083	$300,475
159	Bulandi	Drama	Not Rated	$203,548	37,764	$297,958
160	Chal Mere Bhai	Romantic Comedy	Not Rated	$199,227	36,962	$291,630
161	Yi Yi	Drama	Not Rated	$199,177	36,953	$291,559
162	The War Zone	Drama	R	$195,276	36,229	$285,847
163	Cleopatra's Second Husband	Drama	Not Rated	$174,098	32,300	$254,847
164	The Limey	Drama	R	$172,273	31,962	$252,180
165	La B�che	Comedy	Not Rated	$172,205	31,949	$252,078
166	Bringing Out The Dead	Black Comedy	R	$166,761	30,939	$244,109
167	The Silence	Drama	Not Rated	$163,592	30,351	$239,469
168	Laura Cadieux .. La Suite	Comedy	Not Rated	$135,853	25,205	$198,867
169	La ciudad	Drama	Not Rated	$113,778	21,109	$166,550
170	Runaway Bride	Romantic Comedy	PG	$95,162	17,655	$139,298
171	Music of the Heart	Drama	PG	$94,526	17,537	$138,367
172	The King of Masks	Drama	Not Rated	$92,040	17,076	$134,730
173	Flawless	Drama	R	$90,767	16,840	$132,868
174	Diamonds	Comedy	PG-13	$74,060	13,740	$108,409
175	Run Lola Run	Thriller/Suspense	R	$70,231	13,030	$102,807
176	Panic	Drama	R	$60,258	11,180	$88,210
177	Felicia's Journey	Drama	PG-13	$57,923	10,746	$84,786
178	Light It Up	Drama	R	$50,059	9,287	$73,274
179	The Gift	Thriller/Suspense	R	$43,475	8,066	$63,641
180	Snatch	Black Comedy	R	$37,662	6,987	$55,127
181	Burlesk King	Drama	Not Rated	$35,667	6,617	$52,208
182	Drive Me Crazy	Comedy	PG-13	$29,895	5,546	$43,758
183	Stigmata	Horror	R	$26,867	4,985	$39,332
184	The Thomas Crown Affair	Drama	R	$21,895	4,062	$32,049
185	2 M�nner, 2 Frauen - 4 Probleme!?	Comedy	Not Rated	$14,940	2,772	$21,871
186	Buddy Boy	Thriller/Suspense	R	$10,281	1,907	$15,046
187	Claire Dolan	Drama	Not Rated	$9,480	1,759	$13,879
188	Circus	Thriller/Suspense	R	$8,406	1,560	$12,308
189	Les convoyeurs attendent	Comedy	Not Rated	$5,518	1,024	$8,079
190	Brown's Requiem	Thriller/Suspense	R	$3,077	571	$4,505
191	Edge of Seventeen	Comedy	Not Rated	$2,403	446	$3,519
192	Chutney Popcorn	Comedy	Not Rated	$2,274	422	$3,330
193	Steam: The Turkish Bath	Drama	Not Rated	$2,218	412	$3,251
194	Le Chal Apne Sang	Drama		$1,030	191	$1,507
Total Gross of All Movies				$3,566,174,772
Total Tickets Sold					661,627,970
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices						$5,220,244,683

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.