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	$267,320,861
2	Erin Brockovich	Drama	R	$125,548,685	23,292,891	$183,780,910
3	Remember the Titans	Drama	PG	$113,746,040	21,103,161	$166,503,940
4	The Patriot	Drama	R	$113,330,342	21,026,037	$165,895,432
5	Cast Away	Drama	PG-13	$109,689,440	20,350,545	$160,565,800
6	Coyote Ugly	Drama	PG-13	$60,786,269	11,277,601	$88,980,272
7	The Green Mile	Drama	R	$60,119,360	11,153,870	$88,004,034
8	American Beauty	Drama	R	$59,040,232	10,953,661	$86,424,385
9	The Cider House Rules	Drama	PG-13	$53,345,693	9,897,160	$78,088,592
10	The Hurricane	Drama	R	$50,216,906	9,316,680	$73,508,605
11	Men of Honor	Drama	R	$47,512,458	8,814,927	$69,549,774
12	Frequency	Drama	PG-13	$44,983,704	8,345,771	$65,848,133
13	The Talented Mr. Ripley	Drama	R	$41,520,486	7,703,244	$60,778,595
14	The Beach	Drama	R	$39,778,599	7,380,074	$58,228,784
15	Autumn in New York	Drama	PG-13	$37,752,931	7,004,254	$55,263,564
16	Bounce	Drama	PG-13	$36,675,505	6,804,361	$53,686,408
17	My Dog Skip	Drama	PG	$34,099,640	6,326,464	$49,915,801
18	Where the Heart Is	Drama	PG-13	$33,771,174	6,265,524	$49,434,984
19	Pay it Forward	Drama	PG-13	$32,966,043	6,116,149	$48,256,416
20	The Legend of Bagger Vance	Drama	PG-13	$30,695,227	5,694,847	$44,932,343
21	Any Given Sunday	Drama	R	$29,778,713	5,524,808	$43,590,735
22	Girl, Interrupted	Drama	R	$28,436,380	5,275,766	$41,625,794
23	Love and Basketball	Drama	PG-13	$27,441,122	5,091,117	$40,168,913
24	Magnolia	Drama	R	$21,686,030	4,023,382	$31,744,484
25	Bicentennial Man	Drama	PG	$18,772,822	3,482,898	$27,480,065
26	The Contender	Drama	R	$17,804,273	3,303,205	$26,062,287
27	Center Stage	Drama	PG-13	$17,200,925	3,191,266	$25,179,089
28	Billy Elliot	Drama	PG-13	$17,095,205	3,171,652	$25,024,334
29	Boiler Room	Drama	R	$16,963,963	3,147,303	$24,832,221
30	The Next Best Thing	Drama	PG-13	$14,983,572	2,779,883	$21,933,277
31	Get Carter	Drama	R	$14,967,182	2,776,843	$21,909,291
32	Anna and the King	Drama	PG-13	$14,518,346	2,693,571	$21,252,275
33	Snow Falling on Cedars	Drama	PG-13	$14,235,248	2,641,048	$20,837,869
34	Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon	Drama	PG-13	$13,450,791	2,495,509	$19,689,566
35	Angela's Ashes	Drama	R	$12,852,628	2,384,532	$18,813,957
36	Here on Earth	Drama	PG-13	$10,494,147	1,946,966	$15,361,562
37	Man on the Moon	Drama	R	$9,988,635	1,853,179	$14,621,582
38	The End of the Affair	Drama	R	$9,104,818	1,689,206	$13,327,835
39	Boys Don't Cry	Drama	R	$8,836,877	1,639,495	$12,935,616
40	I Dreamed of Africa	Drama	PG-13	$6,543,194	1,213,951	$9,578,073
41	Croupier	Drama	Not Rated	$6,198,916	1,150,077	$9,074,108
42	Todo sobre mi madre	Drama	R	$6,131,119	1,137,499	$8,974,867
43	Finding Forrester	Drama	PG-13	$5,301,731	983,624	$7,760,793
44	Black and White	Drama	R	$5,241,315	972,415	$7,672,354
45	Gossip	Drama	R	$5,108,820	947,833	$7,478,402
46	Sunshine	Drama	R	$5,067,511	940,169	$7,417,933
47	Duets	Drama	R	$4,734,235	878,337	$6,930,079
48	Chocolat	Drama	PG-13	$4,248,984	788,309	$6,219,758
49	You Can Count on Me	Drama	R	$3,815,524	707,889	$5,585,244
50	Price of Glory	Drama	PG-13	$3,434,515	637,201	$5,027,516
51	Quills	Drama	R	$3,350,819	621,673	$4,905,000
52	Ghost Dog: Way of the Samurai	Drama	R	$3,330,230	617,853	$4,874,860
53	The Big Kahuna	Drama	R	$3,150,107	584,435	$4,611,192
54	Beautiful	Drama	PG-13	$3,134,509	581,542	$4,588,366
55	Up at the Villa	Drama	PG-13	$2,927,319	543,102	$4,285,075
56	The Insider	Drama	R	$2,850,307	528,814	$4,172,342
57	Requiem for a Dream	Drama	Open	$2,844,978	527,825	$4,164,539
58	God's Army	Drama	PG	$2,628,829	487,723	$3,848,134
59	East-West	Drama	PG-13	$2,319,726	430,376	$3,395,667
60	Mansfield Park	Drama	PG-13	$2,292,491	425,323	$3,355,798
61	Bamboozled	Drama	R	$2,185,266	405,430	$3,198,843
62	Cradle Will Rock	Drama	R	$2,128,918	394,976	$3,116,361
63	La lengua de las mariposas	Drama	R	$2,086,098	387,031	$3,053,675
64	Titus	Drama	R	$1,835,022	340,449	$2,686,143
65	The Straight Story	Drama	G	$1,821,922	338,019	$2,666,970
66	The Color of Paradise	Drama	PG	$1,810,145	335,834	$2,649,730
67	Holy Smoke	Drama	R	$1,697,329	314,903	$2,484,585
68	Hamlet	Drama	R	$1,568,749	291,048	$2,296,369
69	Girlfight	Drama	R	$1,523,941	282,735	$2,230,779
70	Liberty Heights	Drama	R	$1,445,744	268,227	$2,116,311
71	Jesus' Son	Drama	R	$1,282,084	237,863	$1,876,739
72	Turn It Up	Drama	R	$1,244,676	230,923	$1,821,982
73	Jing ke ci qin wang	Drama	R	$1,155,357	214,352	$1,691,237
74	Shower	Drama	PG-13	$1,153,271	213,965	$1,688,184
75	Chuck&Buck	Drama	R	$1,050,600	194,917	$1,537,895
76	What's Cooking	Drama	PG-13	$1,039,374	192,834	$1,521,460
77	Urbania	Drama	R	$1,027,119	190,560	$1,503,518
78	Two Family House	Drama	R	$1,015,055	188,322	$1,485,861
79	Time Code	Drama	R	$945,041	175,332	$1,383,369
80	La otra conquista	Drama	R	$886,410	164,455	$1,297,550
81	Encounter in the Third Dimension	Drama	Not Rated	$884,748	164,146	$1,295,112
82	The Yards	Drama	R	$882,710	163,768	$1,292,130
83	Aim�e & Jaguar	Drama	Not Rated	$881,306	163,508	$1,290,078
84	Passion of Mind	Drama	PG-13	$769,009	142,673	$1,125,690
85	Alice et Martin	Drama	R	$743,115	137,869	$1,087,786
86	Place Vendome	Drama	Not Rated	$742,632	137,780	$1,087,084
87	Kadosh	Drama	Not Rated	$735,864	136,524	$1,077,174
88	The Third Miracle	Drama	R	$695,043	128,950	$1,017,416
89	Goya in Bordeaux	Drama	R	$692,786	128,532	$1,014,117
90	Joe Gould's Secret	Drama	R	$641,117	118,946	$938,484
91	Fiza	Drama	Not Rated	$623,791	115,731	$913,118
92	Refugee	Drama	Not Rated	$590,000	109,462	$863,655
93	Yi Ge Dou Bu Neng Shao	Drama	Not Rated	$589,114	109,298	$862,361
94	Mifune	Drama	R	$585,016	108,537	$856,357
95	The Opportunists	Drama	R	$581,142	107,819	$850,692
96	The Basket	Drama	PG	$576,062	106,876	$843,252
97	A Time for Drunken Horses	Drama	Not Rated	$557,926	103,511	$816,702
98	A Map of the World	Drama	R	$530,521	98,427	$776,589
99	Fight Club	Drama	R	$508,297	94,304	$744,059
100	Decalogue	Drama	Not Rated	$488,744	90,676	$715,434
101	Malena	Drama	R	$472,626	87,686	$691,843
102	Sunshine	Drama	R	$441,130	81,842	$645,733
103	Anywhere But Here	Drama	PG-13	$438,331	81,323	$641,638
104	Josh	Drama	Not Rated	$426,318	79,094	$624,052
105	Across The Sea of Time	Drama	G	$424,122	78,687	$620,840
106	8½ Women	Drama		$417,517	77,461	$611,167
107	Traffic	Drama	R	$371,664	68,954	$544,047
108	Une Liaison pornographique	Drama	R	$347,808	64,528	$509,126
109	Thirteen Days	Drama	PG-13	$336,772	62,481	$492,975
110	Beau Travail	Drama	Not Rated	$257,169	47,712	$376,448
111	Tumbleweeds	Drama	PG-13	$249,475	46,285	$365,189
112	Before Night Falls	Drama	R	$235,232	43,642	$344,335
113	The Tic Code	Drama	R	$203,849	37,820	$298,400
114	Bulandi	Drama	Not Rated	$203,548	37,764	$297,958
115	Yi Yi	Drama	Not Rated	$199,177	36,953	$291,559
116	The War Zone	Drama	R	$195,276	36,229	$285,847
117	Left Luggage	Drama	Not Rated	$175,216	32,508	$256,488
118	Cleopatra's Second Husband	Drama	Not Rated	$174,098	32,300	$254,847
119	The Limey	Drama	R	$172,273	31,962	$252,180
120	Mercy Streets	Drama	PG-13	$171,988	31,909	$251,762
121	The House of Mirth	Drama	PG	$169,059	31,365	$247,470
122	The Silence	Drama	Not Rated	$163,592	30,351	$239,469
123	Shadow of the Vampire	Drama	R	$150,171	27,861	$219,823
124	Un pont entre deux rives	Drama		$148,093	27,476	$216,786
125	Baise-moi	Drama	Not Rated	$143,569	26,636	$210,158
126	The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc	Drama	R	$139,999	25,974	$204,935
127	Tigerland	Drama	R	$139,500	25,881	$204,201
128	Hum to Mohabbt Karega	Drama	Not Rated	$118,662	22,015	$173,698
129	La ciudad	Drama	Not Rated	$113,778	21,109	$166,550
130	Boricua's Bond	Drama	R	$103,163	19,140	$151,015
131	Boys Life 3	Drama	Not Rated	$97,118	18,018	$142,162
132	Music of the Heart	Drama	PG	$94,526	17,537	$138,367
133	The King of Masks	Drama	Not Rated	$92,040	17,076	$134,730
134	Flawless	Drama	R	$90,767	16,840	$132,868
135	Beefcake	Drama	Not Rated	$63,180	11,722	$92,487
136	Titanic Town	Drama	Not Rated	$60,523	11,229	$88,597
137	Panic	Drama	R	$60,258	11,180	$88,210
138	Felicia's Journey	Drama	PG-13	$57,923	10,746	$84,786
139	Earth	Drama	Not Rated	$53,360	9,900	$78,111
140	Light It Up	Drama	R	$50,059	9,287	$73,274
141	Pollock	Drama	R	$44,244	8,209	$64,769
142	Animal Factory	Drama	R	$43,805	8,127	$64,122
143	Burlesk King	Drama	Not Rated	$35,667	6,617	$52,208
144	Himalaya - l'enfance d'un chef	Drama	Not Rated	$32,789	6,083	$47,995
145	Last Night	Drama	R	$32,360	6,004	$47,372
146	Boesman and Lena	Drama	Not Rated	$32,148	5,964	$47,056
147	Wings of Courage	Drama	G	$24,346	4,517	$35,639
148	The Thomas Crown Affair	Drama	R	$21,895	4,062	$32,049
149	Wandafuru raifu	Drama	Not Rated	$18,883	3,503	$27,639
150	Chunhyang	Drama	R	$16,187	3,003	$23,694
151	The Autumn Heart	Drama	Not Rated	$13,354	2,478	$19,551
152	Claire Dolan	Drama	Not Rated	$9,480	1,759	$13,879
153	Babymother	Drama	R	$5,115	949	$7,488
154	Steam: The Turkish Bath	Drama	Not Rated	$2,218	412	$3,251
155	Le Chal Apne Sang	Drama		$1,030	191	$1,507
Total Gross of All Movies				$1,762,021,538
Total Tickets Sold					326,905,664
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices						$2,579,285,689

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.