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	$243,265,372
2	Erin Brockovich	Drama	R	$125,548,685	23,292,891	$167,242,957
3	Remember the Titans	Drama	PG	$113,746,040	21,103,161	$151,520,696
4	The Patriot	Drama	R	$113,330,342	21,026,037	$150,966,946
5	Cast Away	Drama	PG-13	$109,689,440	20,350,545	$146,116,913
6	Coyote Ugly	Drama	PG-13	$60,786,269	11,277,601	$80,973,175
7	The Green Mile	Drama	R	$60,119,360	11,153,870	$80,084,787
8	American Beauty	Drama	R	$59,040,232	10,953,661	$78,647,286
9	The Cider House Rules	Drama	PG-13	$53,345,693	9,897,160	$71,061,609
10	The Hurricane	Drama	R	$50,216,906	9,316,680	$66,893,762
11	Men of Honor	Drama	R	$47,512,458	8,814,927	$63,291,176
12	Frequency	Drama	PG-13	$44,983,704	8,345,771	$59,922,636
13	The Talented Mr. Ripley	Drama	R	$41,520,486	7,703,244	$55,309,292
14	The Beach	Drama	R	$39,778,599	7,380,074	$52,988,931
15	Autumn in New York	Drama	PG-13	$37,752,931	7,004,254	$50,290,544
16	Bounce	Drama	PG-13	$36,675,505	6,804,361	$48,855,312
17	My Dog Skip	Drama	PG	$34,099,640	6,326,464	$45,424,012
18	Where the Heart Is	Drama	PG-13	$33,771,174	6,265,524	$44,986,462
19	Pay it Forward	Drama	PG-13	$32,966,043	6,116,149	$43,913,950
20	The Legend of Bagger Vance	Drama	PG-13	$30,695,227	5,694,847	$40,889,001
21	Any Given Sunday	Drama	R	$29,778,713	5,524,808	$39,668,121
22	Girl, Interrupted	Drama	R	$28,436,380	5,275,766	$37,880,000
23	Love and Basketball	Drama	PG-13	$27,441,122	5,091,117	$36,554,220
24	Magnolia	Drama	R	$21,686,030	4,023,382	$28,887,883
25	Bicentennial Man	Drama	PG	$18,772,822	3,482,898	$25,007,208
26	The Contender	Drama	R	$17,804,273	3,303,205	$23,717,012
27	Center Stage	Drama	PG-13	$17,200,925	3,191,266	$22,913,290
28	Billy Elliot	Drama	PG-13	$17,095,205	3,171,652	$22,772,461
29	Boiler Room	Drama	R	$16,963,963	3,147,303	$22,597,636
30	The Next Best Thing	Drama	PG-13	$14,983,572	2,779,883	$19,959,560
31	Get Carter	Drama	R	$14,967,182	2,776,843	$19,937,733
32	Anna and the King	Drama	PG-13	$14,518,346	2,693,571	$19,339,840
33	Snow Falling on Cedars	Drama	PG-13	$14,235,248	2,641,048	$18,962,725
34	Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon	Drama	PG-13	$13,450,791	2,495,509	$17,917,755
35	Angela's Ashes	Drama	R	$12,852,628	2,384,532	$17,120,940
36	Here on Earth	Drama	PG-13	$10,494,147	1,946,966	$13,979,216
37	Man on the Moon	Drama	R	$9,988,635	1,853,179	$13,305,825
38	The End of the Affair	Drama	R	$9,104,818	1,689,206	$12,128,499
39	Boys Don't Cry	Drama	R	$8,836,877	1,639,495	$11,771,574
40	I Dreamed of Africa	Drama	PG-13	$6,543,194	1,213,951	$8,716,168
41	Croupier	Drama	Not Rated	$6,198,916	1,150,077	$8,257,553
42	All About My Mother	Drama	R	$6,131,119	1,137,499	$8,167,243
43	Finding Forrester	Drama	PG-13	$5,301,731	983,624	$7,062,420
44	Black and White	Drama	R	$5,241,315	972,415	$6,981,940
45	Gossip	Drama	R	$5,108,820	947,833	$6,805,441
46	Sunshine	Drama	R	$5,067,511	940,169	$6,750,413
47	Duets	Drama	R	$4,734,235	878,337	$6,306,460
48	Chocolat	Drama	PG-13	$4,248,984	788,309	$5,660,059
49	You Can Count on Me	Drama	R	$3,815,524	707,889	$5,082,643
50	Price of Glory	Drama	PG-13	$3,434,515	637,201	$4,575,103
51	Quills	Drama	R	$3,350,819	621,673	$4,463,612
52	Ghost Dog: Way of the Samurai	Drama	R	$3,330,230	617,853	$4,436,185
53	The Big Kahuna	Drama	R	$3,150,107	584,435	$4,196,243
54	Beautiful	Drama	PG-13	$3,134,509	581,542	$4,175,472
55	Up at the Villa	Drama	PG-13	$2,927,319	543,102	$3,899,472
56	The Insider	Drama	R	$2,850,307	528,814	$3,796,885
57	Requiem for a Dream	Drama	Open	$2,844,978	527,825	$3,789,784
58	God's Army	Drama	PG	$2,628,829	487,723	$3,501,851
59	East-West	Drama	PG-13	$2,319,726	430,376	$3,090,100
60	Mansfield Park	Drama	PG-13	$2,292,491	425,323	$3,053,819
61	Bamboozled	Drama	R	$2,185,266	405,430	$2,910,987
62	Cradle Will Rock	Drama	R	$2,128,918	394,976	$2,835,928
63	Butterfly	Drama	R	$2,086,098	387,031	$2,778,883
64	Titus	Drama	R	$1,835,022	340,449	$2,444,424
65	The Straight Story	Drama	G	$1,821,922	338,019	$2,426,976
66	The Color of Paradise	Drama	PG	$1,810,145	335,834	$2,411,288
67	Holy Smoke	Drama	R	$1,697,329	314,903	$2,261,004
68	Hamlet	Drama	R	$1,568,749	291,048	$2,089,725
69	Girlfight	Drama	R	$1,523,941	282,735	$2,030,037
70	Liberty Heights	Drama	R	$1,445,744	268,227	$1,925,870
71	Jesus' Son	Drama	R	$1,282,084	237,863	$1,707,856
72	Turn It Up	Drama	R	$1,244,676	230,923	$1,658,027
73	The Emperor and the Assassin	Drama	R	$1,155,357	214,352	$1,539,047
74	Shower	Drama	PG-13	$1,153,271	213,965	$1,536,269
75	Chuck&Buck	Drama	R	$1,050,600	194,917	$1,399,504
76	What's Cooking	Drama	PG-13	$1,039,374	192,834	$1,384,548
77	Urbania	Drama	R	$1,027,119	190,560	$1,368,221
78	Two Family House	Drama	R	$1,015,055	188,322	$1,352,152
79	Time Code	Drama	R	$945,041	175,332	$1,258,884
80	The Other Conquest	Drama	R	$886,410	164,455	$1,180,787
81	Encounter in the Third Dimension	Drama	Not Rated	$884,748	164,146	$1,178,568
82	The Yards	Drama	R	$882,710	163,768	$1,175,854
83	Aimee & Jaguar	Drama	Not Rated	$881,306	163,508	$1,173,987
84	Passion of Mind	Drama	PG-13	$769,009	142,673	$1,024,392
85	Alice et Martin	Drama	R	$743,115	137,869	$989,899
86	Place Vendome	Drama	Not Rated	$742,632	137,780	$989,260
87	Kadosh	Drama	Not Rated	$735,864	136,524	$980,242
88	The Third Miracle	Drama	R	$695,043	128,950	$925,861
89	Goya in Bordeaux	Drama	R	$692,786	128,532	$922,860
90	Joe Gould's Secret	Drama	R	$641,117	118,946	$854,032
91	Fiza	Drama	Not Rated	$623,791	115,731	$830,949
92	Refugee	Drama	Not Rated	$590,000	109,462	$785,937
93	Not One Less	Drama	Not Rated	$589,114	109,298	$784,760
94	Mifune	Drama	R	$585,016	108,537	$779,296
95	The Opportunists	Drama	R	$581,142	107,819	$774,140
96	The Basket	Drama	PG	$576,062	106,876	$767,370
97	A Time for Drunken Horses	Drama	Not Rated	$557,926	103,511	$743,209
98	A Map of the World	Drama	R	$530,521	98,427	$706,706
99	Fight Club	Drama	R	$508,297	94,304	$677,103
100	Decalogue	Drama	Not Rated	$488,744	90,676	$651,054
101	Malena	Drama	R	$472,626	87,686	$629,585
102	Sunshine	Drama	R	$441,130	81,842	$587,626
103	Anywhere But Here	Drama	PG-13	$438,331	81,323	$583,899
104	Josh	Drama	Not Rated	$426,318	79,094	$567,895
105	Across The Sea of Time	Drama	G	$424,122	78,687	$564,973
106	8½ Women	Drama		$417,517	77,461	$556,170
107	Traffic	Drama	R	$371,664	68,954	$495,090
108	An Affair of Love	Drama	R	$347,808	64,528	$463,311
109	Thirteen Days	Drama	PG-13	$336,772	62,481	$448,614
110	Beau Travail	Drama	Not Rated	$257,169	47,712	$342,572
111	Tumbleweeds	Drama	PG-13	$249,475	46,285	$332,326
112	Before Night Falls	Drama	R	$235,232	43,642	$313,350
113	The Tic Code	Drama	R	$203,849	37,820	$271,548
114	Bulandi	Drama	Not Rated	$203,548	37,764	$271,146
115	Yi Yi	Drama	Not Rated	$199,177	36,953	$265,323
116	The War Zone	Drama	R	$195,276	36,229	$260,124
117	Left Luggage	Drama	Not Rated	$175,216	32,508	$233,407
118	Cleopatra's Second Husband	Drama	Not Rated	$174,098	32,300	$231,914
119	The Limey	Drama	R	$172,273	31,962	$229,487
120	Mercy Streets	Drama	PG-13	$171,988	31,909	$229,107
121	The House of Mirth	Drama	PG	$169,059	31,365	$225,201
122	The Silence	Drama	Not Rated	$163,592	30,351	$217,920
123	Shadow of the Vampire	Drama	R	$150,171	27,861	$200,042
124	The Bridge	Drama		$148,093	27,476	$197,278
125	Rape Me	Drama	Not Rated	$143,569	26,636	$191,246
126	The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc	Drama	R	$139,999	25,974	$186,493
127	Tigerland	Drama	R	$139,500	25,881	$185,826
128	Hum to Mohabbt Karega	Drama	Not Rated	$118,662	22,015	$158,068
129	The City	Drama	Not Rated	$113,778	21,109	$151,563
130	Boricua's Bond	Drama	R	$103,163	19,140	$137,425
131	Boys Life 3	Drama	Not Rated	$97,118	18,018	$129,369
132	Music of the Heart	Drama	PG	$94,526	17,537	$125,916
133	The King of Masks	Drama	Not Rated	$92,040	17,076	$122,606
134	Flawless	Drama	R	$90,767	16,840	$120,911
135	Beefcake	Drama	Not Rated	$63,180	11,722	$84,164
136	Panic	Drama	R	$60,258	11,180	$80,272
137	Felicia's Journey	Drama	PG-13	$57,923	10,746	$77,156
138	Earth	Drama	Not Rated	$53,360	9,900	$71,082
139	Light It Up	Drama	R	$50,059	9,287	$66,681
140	Pollock	Drama	R	$44,244	8,209	$58,941
141	Animal Factory	Drama	R	$43,805	8,127	$58,352
142	Burlesk King	Drama	Not Rated	$35,667	6,617	$47,510
143	Himalaya - l'enfance d'un chef	Drama	Not Rated	$32,789	6,083	$43,676
144	Last Night	Drama	R	$32,360	6,004	$43,109
145	Boesman and Lena	Drama	Not Rated	$32,148	5,964	$42,822
146	Wings of Courage	Drama	G	$24,346	4,517	$32,432
147	The Thomas Crown Affair	Drama	R	$21,895	4,062	$29,165
148	After Life	Drama	Not Rated	$18,883	3,503	$25,152
149	Chunhyang	Drama	R	$16,187	3,003	$21,562
150	The Autumn Heart	Drama	Not Rated	$13,354	2,478	$17,792
151	Claire Dolan	Drama	Not Rated	$9,480	1,759	$12,630
152	Babymother	Drama	R	$5,115	949	$6,814
153	Steam: The Turkish Bath	Drama	Not Rated	$2,218	412	$2,958
154	Le Chal Apne Sang	Drama		$1,030	191	$1,371
Total Gross of All Movies				$1,761,961,015
Total Tickets Sold					326,894,435
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices						$2,347,102,043

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.