Box Office Performance for Historical Fiction Movies in 2000

Rank	Movie	Genre	MPAA	2000 Gross	Tickets Sold	Inflation- Adjusted Gross
1	Gladiator	Action	R	$186,610,052	34,621,531	$248,582,593
2	The Patriot	Drama	R	$113,330,342	21,026,037	$150,966,946
3	U-571	Action	PG-13	$77,086,030	14,301,675	$102,686,027
4	Shanghai Noon	Western	PG-13	$56,932,305	10,562,580	$75,839,324
5	The Cider House Rules	Drama	PG-13	$53,345,693	9,897,160	$71,061,609
6	The Talented Mr. Ripley	Drama	R	$41,520,486	7,703,244	$55,309,292
7	The Legend of Bagger Vance	Drama	PG-13	$30,695,227	5,694,847	$40,889,001
8	Love and Basketball	Drama	PG-13	$27,441,122	5,091,117	$36,554,220
9	American Psycho	Black Comedy	R	$15,047,419	2,791,729	$20,044,614
10	Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon	Drama	PG-13	$13,450,791	2,495,509	$17,917,755
11	Angela's Ashes	Drama	R	$12,852,628	2,384,532	$17,120,940
12	The End of the Affair	Drama	R	$9,104,818	1,689,206	$12,128,499
13	All the Pretty Horses	Western	PG-13	$9,037,022	1,676,627	$12,038,182
14	Sleepy Hollow	Horror	R	$8,228,618	1,526,645	$10,961,311
15	Sunshine	Drama	R	$5,067,511	940,169	$6,750,413
16	Chocolat	Drama	PG-13	$4,248,984	788,309	$5,660,059
17	Quills	Drama	R	$3,350,819	621,673	$4,463,612
18	Sweet and Lowdown	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$3,329,098	617,643	$4,434,677
19	Up at the Villa	Drama	PG-13	$2,927,319	543,102	$3,899,472
20	East-West	Drama	PG-13	$2,319,726	430,376	$3,090,100
21	Mansfield Park	Drama	PG-13	$2,292,491	425,323	$3,053,819
22	O Brother, Where Art Thou	Comedy	PG-13	$1,936,631	359,301	$2,579,781
23	Titus	Drama	R	$1,835,022	340,449	$2,444,424
24	Liberty Heights	Drama	R	$1,445,744	268,227	$1,925,870
25	Three Kings	Action	R	$1,428,932	265,108	$1,903,475
26	Two Family House	Drama	R	$1,015,055	188,322	$1,352,152
27	The Other Conquest	Drama	R	$886,410	164,455	$1,180,787
28	Refugee	Drama	Not Rated	$590,000	109,462	$785,937
29	A Time for Drunken Horses	Drama	Not Rated	$557,926	103,511	$743,209
30	Malena	Drama	R	$472,626	87,686	$629,585
31	Sunshine	Drama	R	$441,130	81,842	$587,626
32	Love's Labour's Lost	Romantic Comedy	PG	$284,291	52,744	$378,702
33	Tarzan	Adventure	G	$180,353	33,461	$240,250
34	Left Luggage	Drama	Not Rated	$175,216	32,508	$233,407
35	The House of Mirth	Drama	PG	$169,059	31,365	$225,201
36	Shadow of the Vampire	Drama	R	$150,171	27,861	$200,042
37	Ride With the Devil	Western	R	$139,710	25,920	$186,106
38	Earth	Drama	Not Rated	$53,360	9,900	$71,082
39	Himalaya - l'enfance d'un chef	Drama	Not Rated	$32,789	6,083	$43,676
40	Wings of Courage	Drama	G	$24,346	4,517	$32,432
41	Chunhyang	Drama	R	$16,187	3,003	$21,562
42	The Claim	Western	R	$7,131	1,323	$9,499
Total Gross of All Movies				$690,060,590
Total Tickets Sold					128,026,082
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices						$919,227,269

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.