Box Office Performance for Drama Movies in 2000

Rank	Movie	Genre	MPAA	2000 Gross	Tickets Sold	Inflation- Adjusted Gross
1	The Perfect Storm	Drama	PG-13	$182,618,434	33,880,971	$233,101,080
2	Erin Brockovich	Drama	R	$125,548,685	23,292,891	$160,255,090
3	Remember the Titans	Drama	PG	$113,746,040	21,103,161	$145,189,748
4	The Patriot	Drama	R	$113,330,342	21,026,037	$144,659,135
5	Cast Away	Drama	PG-13	$109,689,440	20,350,545	$140,011,750
6	Coyote Ugly	Drama	PG-13	$60,786,269	11,277,601	$77,589,895
7	The Green Mile	Drama	R	$60,119,360	11,153,870	$76,738,626
8	American Beauty	Drama	R	$59,040,232	10,953,661	$75,361,188
9	The Cider House Rules	Drama	PG-13	$53,345,693	9,897,160	$68,092,461
10	The Hurricane	Drama	R	$50,158,016	9,305,754	$64,023,588
11	Men of Honor	Drama	R	$47,512,458	8,814,927	$60,646,698
12	Frequency	Drama	PG-13	$44,983,704	8,345,771	$57,418,904
13	The Talented Mr. Ripley	Drama	R	$41,520,486	7,703,244	$52,998,319
14	The Beach	Drama	R	$39,778,599	7,380,074	$50,774,909
15	Autumn in New York	Drama	PG-13	$37,752,931	7,004,254	$48,189,268
16	Bounce	Drama	PG-13	$36,675,505	6,804,361	$46,814,004
17	My Dog Skip	Drama	PG	$34,099,640	6,326,464	$43,526,072
18	Where the Heart Is	Drama	PG-13	$33,771,174	6,265,524	$43,106,805
19	Pay it Forward	Drama	PG-13	$32,966,043	6,116,149	$42,079,105
20	The Legend of Bagger Vance	Drama	PG-13	$30,695,227	5,694,847	$39,180,547
21	Any Given Sunday	Drama	R	$29,778,713	5,524,808	$38,010,679
22	Girl, Interrupted	Drama	R	$28,436,380	5,275,766	$36,297,270
23	Love and Basketball	Drama	PG-13	$27,441,122	5,091,117	$35,026,885
24	Magnolia	Drama	R	$21,686,030	4,023,382	$27,680,868
25	Bicentennial Man	Drama	PG	$18,610,080	3,452,705	$23,754,610
26	The Contender	Drama	R	$17,804,273	3,303,205	$22,726,050
27	Center Stage	Drama	PG-13	$17,200,925	3,191,266	$21,955,910
28	Billy Elliot	Drama	PG-13	$17,095,205	3,171,652	$21,820,966
29	Boiler Room	Drama	R	$16,963,963	3,147,303	$21,653,445
30	The Next Best Thing	Drama	PG-13	$14,983,572	2,779,883	$19,125,595
31	Get Carter	Drama	R	$14,967,182	2,776,843	$19,104,680
32	Anna and the King	Drama	PG-13	$14,518,346	2,693,571	$18,531,768
33	Snow Falling on Cedars	Drama	PG-13	$14,235,248	2,641,048	$18,170,410
34	Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon	Drama	PG-13	$13,450,791	2,495,509	$17,169,102
35	Angela's Ashes	Drama	R	$12,852,628	2,384,532	$16,405,580
36	Here on Earth	Drama	PG-13	$10,494,147	1,946,966	$13,395,126
37	Man on the Moon	Drama	R	$9,271,100	1,720,056	$11,833,985
38	The End of the Affair	Drama	R	$9,104,818	1,689,206	$11,621,737
39	Boys Don't Cry	Drama	R	$8,843,539	1,640,731	$11,288,229
40	I Dreamed of Africa	Drama	PG-13	$6,543,194	1,213,951	$8,351,983
41	Croupier	Drama	Not Rated	$6,198,916	1,150,077	$7,912,530
42	All About My Mother	Drama	R	$6,131,119	1,137,499	$7,825,993
43	Finding Forrester	Drama	PG-13	$5,301,731	983,624	$6,767,333
44	Black and White	Drama	R	$5,241,315	972,415	$6,690,215
45	Gossip	Drama	R	$5,108,820	947,833	$6,521,091
46	Sunshine	Drama	R	$5,067,511	940,169	$6,468,363
47	Duets	Drama	R	$4,734,235	878,337	$6,042,959
48	Chocolat	Drama	PG-13	$4,248,984	788,309	$5,423,566
49	You Can Count on Me	Drama	R	$3,815,524	707,889	$4,870,276
50	Price of Glory	Drama	PG-13	$3,434,515	637,201	$4,383,943
51	Quills	Drama	R	$3,350,819	621,673	$4,277,110
52	Ghost Dog: Way of the Samurai	Drama	R	$3,330,230	617,853	$4,250,829
53	The Big Kahuna	Drama	R	$3,150,107	584,435	$4,020,913
54	Beautiful	Drama	PG-13	$3,134,509	581,542	$4,001,009
55	The Big Blue	Drama		$3,000,000	556,586	$3,829,312
56	Up at the Villa	Drama	PG-13	$2,927,319	543,102	$3,736,542
57	The Insider	Drama	R	$2,850,307	528,814	$3,638,240
58	Requiem for a Dream	Drama	Open	$2,844,978	527,825	$3,631,436
59	God's Army	Drama	PG	$2,637,726	489,374	$3,366,893
60	East-West	Drama	PG-13	$2,319,726	430,376	$2,960,987
61	Mansfield Park	Drama	PG-13	$2,292,491	425,323	$2,926,222
62	Bamboozled	Drama	R	$2,185,266	405,430	$2,789,358
63	Cradle Will Rock	Drama	R	$2,128,918	394,976	$2,717,435
64	Butterfly	Drama	R	$2,086,098	387,031	$2,662,773
65	Titus	Drama	R	$1,835,022	340,449	$2,342,289
66	The Straight Story	Drama	G	$1,821,922	338,019	$2,325,571
67	The Color of Paradise	Drama	PG	$1,810,145	335,834	$2,310,538
68	The Silence	Drama	Not Rated	$1,759,565	326,450	$2,245,976
69	Holy Smoke	Drama	R	$1,697,329	314,903	$2,166,533
70	Hamlet	Drama	R	$1,577,287	292,632	$2,013,308
71	Girlfight	Drama	R	$1,523,941	282,735	$1,945,217
72	Liberty Heights	Drama	R	$1,445,744	268,227	$1,845,402
73	Jesus' Son	Drama	R	$1,282,084	237,863	$1,636,497
74	Turn It Up	Drama	R	$1,244,676	230,923	$1,588,750
75	Shower	Drama	PG-13	$1,157,764	214,799	$1,477,817
76	The Emperor and the Assassin	Drama	R	$1,155,357	214,352	$1,474,742
77	Time Code	Drama	R	$1,057,750	196,243	$1,350,152
78	Chuck&Buck	Drama	R	$1,055,671	195,857	$1,347,496
79	What's Cooking	Drama	PG-13	$1,045,899	194,044	$1,335,023
80	Urbania	Drama	R	$1,032,075	191,480	$1,317,382
81	Two Family House	Drama	R	$1,015,122	188,334	$1,295,738
82	The Other Conquest	Drama	R	$886,410	164,455	$1,131,450
83	Encounter in the Third Dimension	Drama	Not Rated	$884,748	164,146	$1,129,324
84	The Yards	Drama	R	$882,710	163,768	$1,126,724
85	Aimee & Jaguar	Drama	Not Rated	$881,306	163,508	$1,124,935
86	Passion of Mind	Drama	PG-13	$769,009	142,673	$981,590
87	Alice et Martin	Drama	R	$743,115	137,869	$948,539
88	Place Vendome	Drama	Not Rated	$742,632	137,780	$947,926
89	Kadosh	Drama	Not Rated	$736,812	136,700	$940,496
90	The Third Miracle	Drama	R	$695,043	128,950	$887,176
91	Goya in Bordeaux	Drama	R	$692,786	128,532	$884,300
92	Joe Gould's Secret	Drama	R	$642,018	119,113	$819,497
93	Fiza	Drama	Not Rated	$623,791	115,731	$796,229
94	Refugee	Drama	Not Rated	$590,000	109,462	$753,099
95	Mifune	Drama	R	$585,016	108,537	$746,735
96	The Opportunists	Drama	R	$581,142	107,819	$741,795
97	The Basket	Drama	PG	$576,062	106,876	$735,307
98	A Time for Drunken Horses	Drama	Not Rated	$557,926	103,511	$712,156
99	A Map of the World	Drama	R	$530,521	98,427	$677,178
100	Fight Club	Drama	R	$508,297	94,304	$648,812
101	Decalogue	Drama	Not Rated	$488,744	90,676	$623,851
102	Malena	Drama	R	$472,626	87,686	$603,280
103	Anywhere But Here	Drama	PG-13	$438,331	81,323	$559,502
104	Josh	Drama	Not Rated	$426,318	79,094	$544,167
105	Across The Sea of Time	Drama	G	$424,122	78,687	$541,367
106	8½ Women	Drama		$417,517	77,461	$532,932
107	Last Night	Drama	R	$383,631	71,175	$489,684
108	Traffic	Drama	R	$371,664	68,954	$474,404
109	An Affair of Love	Drama	R	$347,808	64,528	$443,953
110	Thirteen Days	Drama	PG-13	$336,772	62,481	$429,869
111	Tumbleweeds	Drama	PG-13	$322,535	59,840	$411,699
112	Beau Travail	Drama		$257,169	47,712	$328,259
113	Before Night Falls	Drama	R	$235,232	43,642	$300,257
114	The Tic Code	Drama	R	$203,849	37,820	$260,202
115	Bulandi	Drama		$203,548	37,764	$259,816
116	Yi Yi	Drama	Not Rated	$199,177	36,953	$254,237
117	The War Zone	Drama	R	$195,276	36,229	$249,256
118	Left Luggage	Drama	Not Rated	$175,216	32,508	$223,655
119	Cleopatra's Second Husband	Drama		$174,098	32,300	$222,224
120	Mercy Streets	Drama	PG-13	$173,599	32,208	$221,591
121	The Limey	Drama	R	$172,273	31,962	$219,899
122	The House of Mirth	Drama	PG	$169,059	31,365	$215,791
123	Shadow of the Vampire	Drama	R	$150,171	27,861	$191,684
124	The Bridge	Drama		$148,093	27,476	$189,035
125	Rape Me	Drama		$143,569	26,636	$183,256
126	The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc	Drama	R	$139,999	25,974	$178,701
127	Ride With the Devil	Western	R	$139,710	25,920	$178,330
128	Tigerland	Drama	R	$139,500	25,881	$178,061
129	Hum to Mohabbt Karega	Drama		$121,807	22,599	$155,481
130	The City	Drama		$113,778	21,109	$145,230
131	Boricua's Bond	Drama	R	$103,163	19,140	$131,683
132	Boys Life 3	Drama		$97,118	18,018	$123,964
133	Music of the Heart	Drama	PG	$94,526	17,537	$120,655
134	The King of Masks	Drama	Not Rated	$92,040	17,076	$117,483
135	Flawless	Drama	R	$90,767	16,840	$115,859
136	Beefcake	Drama		$63,180	11,722	$80,647
137	Felicia's Journey	Drama	PG-13	$62,366	11,571	$79,608
138	Panic	Drama	R	$60,258	11,180	$76,918
139	Light It Up	Drama	R	$50,059	9,287	$63,895
140	Pollock	Drama	R	$44,244	8,209	$56,478
141	Animal Factory	Drama	R	$43,805	8,127	$55,914
142	Burlesk King	Drama		$35,667	6,617	$45,525
143	Himalaya - l'enfance d'un chef	Drama	Not Rated	$32,789	6,083	$41,851
144	Boesman and Lena	Drama		$32,148	5,964	$41,032
145	Wings of Courage	Drama	G	$24,346	4,517	$31,077
146	The Thomas Crown Affair	Drama	R	$21,895	4,062	$27,947
147	After Life	Drama	Not Rated	$18,883	3,503	$24,101
148	Chunhyang	Drama	R	$16,187	3,003	$20,661
149	The Autumn Heart	Drama		$13,354	2,478	$17,049
150	Claire Dolan	Drama		$9,480	1,759	$12,102
151	The Claim	Drama	R	$7,131	1,323	$9,102
152	Babymother	Drama	R	$5,115	949	$6,529
153	Steam: The Turkish Bath	Drama	Not Rated	$2,218	412	$2,835
154	Le Chal Apne Sang	Drama		$1,030	191	$1,314
Total Gross of All Movies				$1,765,274,355
Total Tickets Sold					327,509,156
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices						$2,253,262,993

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.