Box Office Performance for Original Screenplay Movies in 2000

Rank	Movie	Genre	MPAA	2000 Gross	Tickets Sold	Inflation- Adjusted Gross
1	Gladiator	Action	R	$186,610,052	34,621,531	$238,196,133
2	Meet the Parents	Comedy	PG-13	$161,325,490	29,930,518	$205,921,964
3	Scary Movie	Comedy	R	$157,019,771	29,131,683	$200,425,979
4	What Lies Beneath	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$155,464,351	28,843,108	$198,440,583
5	Dinosaur	Adventure	PG	$137,748,063	25,556,227	$175,826,842
6	Big Momma's House	Comedy	PG-13	$117,559,438	21,810,656	$150,057,313
7	What Women Want	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$115,761,883	21,477,158	$147,762,847
8	The Patriot	Drama	R	$113,330,342	21,026,037	$144,659,135
9	Cast Away	Drama	PG-13	$109,689,440	20,350,545	$140,011,750
10	Chicken Run	Adventure	G	$106,793,915	19,813,342	$136,315,793
11	Me, Myself & Irene	Romantic Comedy	R	$90,570,999	16,803,525	$115,608,252
12	Space Cowboys	Adventure	PG-13	$90,179,885	16,730,962	$115,109,019
13	Unbreakable	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$90,033,796	16,703,858	$114,922,543
14	U-571	Action	PG-13	$77,086,030	14,301,675	$98,395,524
15	Hollow Man	Horror	R	$73,209,340	13,582,438	$93,447,173
16	The Kid	Comedy	PG	$69,688,384	12,929,199	$88,952,889
17	Road Trip	Comedy	R	$68,525,609	12,713,471	$87,468,680
18	Bring it On	Comedy	PG-13	$68,353,550	12,681,549	$87,249,057
19	The Cell	Thriller/Suspense	R	$61,280,963	11,369,381	$78,221,341
20	Mission to Mars	Adventure	PG	$60,874,615	11,293,992	$77,702,665
21	Snow Day	Comedy	PG	$60,008,303	11,133,266	$76,596,870
22	American Beauty	Drama	R	$59,040,232	10,953,661	$75,361,188
23	The Whole Nine Yards	Comedy	R	$57,262,492	10,623,839	$73,092,012
24	Shanghai Noon	Western	PG-13	$56,932,305	10,562,580	$72,670,550
25	Romeo Must Die	Action	R	$55,973,336	10,384,663	$71,446,481
26	Final Destination	Horror	R	$53,302,314	9,889,112	$68,037,091
27	Vertical Limit	Action	PG-13	$51,880,114	9,625,253	$66,221,741
28	The Emperor's New Groove	Adventure	G	$50,812,284	9,427,140	$64,858,723
29	The Road to El Dorado	Adventure	PG	$50,802,661	9,425,355	$64,846,442
30	Miss Congeniality	Comedy	PG-13	$46,382,671	8,605,319	$59,204,595
31	Frequency	Drama	PG-13	$44,983,704	8,345,771	$57,418,904
32	The Replacements	Comedy	PG-13	$44,737,059	8,300,011	$57,104,076
33	Galaxy Quest	Comedy	PG	$44,111,808	8,184,009	$56,305,982
34	The Family Man	Comedy	PG-13	$43,144,380	8,004,523	$55,071,118
35	Pitch Black	Horror	R	$39,235,088	7,279,237	$50,081,151
36	Little Nicky	Comedy	PG-13	$38,848,624	7,207,537	$49,587,855
37	Autumn in New York	Drama	PG-13	$37,752,931	7,004,254	$48,189,268
38	Keeping the Faith	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$37,036,404	6,871,318	$47,274,668
39	28 Days	Comedy	PG-13	$37,035,515	6,871,153	$47,273,533
40	Bounce	Drama	PG-13	$36,675,505	6,804,361	$46,814,004
41	Hanging Up	Comedy	PG-13	$36,037,909	6,686,068	$46,000,148
42	Dude, Where's My Car?	Comedy	PG-13	$35,631,910	6,610,744	$45,481,919
43	The Skulls	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$35,007,180	6,494,839	$44,684,492
44	The 6th Day	Action	PG-13	$34,317,634	6,366,908	$43,804,327
45	My Dog Skip	Drama	PG	$34,099,640	6,326,464	$43,526,072
46	Return to Me	Romantic Comedy	PG	$32,662,299	6,059,796	$41,691,396
47	Almost Famous	Comedy	R	$31,932,799	5,924,453	$40,760,237
48	The Art of War	Thriller/Suspense	R	$30,199,105	5,602,802	$38,547,278
49	Any Given Sunday	Drama	R	$29,778,713	5,524,808	$38,010,679
50	The Watcher	Thriller/Suspense	R	$28,946,615	5,370,429	$36,948,552
51	Love and Basketball	Drama	PG-13	$27,441,122	5,091,117	$35,026,885
52	Nurse Betty	Black Comedy	R	$25,170,054	4,669,769	$32,128,011
53	Reindeer Games	Action	R	$23,360,779	4,334,096	$29,818,580
54	Titan A.E.	Adventure	PG	$22,751,979	4,221,146	$29,041,484
55	Boys and Girls	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$21,799,652	4,044,462	$27,825,899
56	Magnolia	Drama	R	$21,686,030	4,023,382	$27,680,868
57	Dracula 2000	Horror	R	$21,569,567	4,001,775	$27,532,212
58	Down to You	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$20,035,310	3,717,126	$25,573,827
59	Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo	Comedy	R	$19,181,507	3,558,721	$24,484,000
60	The Ninth Gate	Thriller/Suspense	R	$18,653,746	3,460,806	$23,810,345
61	The Contender	Drama	R	$17,804,273	3,303,205	$22,726,050
62	Small Time Crooks	Comedy	PG	$17,266,359	3,203,406	$22,039,433
63	Red Planet	Action	PG-13	$17,265,409	3,203,230	$22,038,222
64	Center Stage	Drama	PG-13	$17,200,925	3,191,266	$21,955,910
65	Best in Show	Comedy	PG-13	$17,179,643	3,187,318	$21,928,748
66	The Sixth Sense	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$17,119,797	3,176,215	$21,852,359
67	Billy Elliot	Drama	PG-13	$17,095,205	3,171,652	$21,820,966
68	Boiler Room	Drama	R	$16,963,963	3,147,303	$21,653,445
69	Lost Souls	Thriller/Suspense	R	$16,779,636	3,113,105	$21,418,162
70	Eye of the Beholder	Thriller/Suspense	R	$16,500,786	3,061,370	$21,062,226
71	Loser	Romantic Comedy	R	$15,464,026	2,869,022	$19,738,871
72	Drowning Mona	Comedy	PG-13	$15,427,192	2,862,188	$19,691,853
73	Bait	Action	R	$15,325,127	2,843,252	$19,561,574
74	The Next Best Thing	Drama	PG-13	$14,983,572	2,779,883	$19,125,595
75	Supernova	Action	PG-13	$14,218,868	2,638,009	$18,149,502
76	The Ladies Man	Comedy	R	$13,592,872	2,521,869	$17,350,459
77	Dr. T and the Women	Romantic Comedy	R	$13,065,561	2,424,037	$16,677,375
78	The Crew	Comedy	PG-13	$13,019,253	2,415,446	$16,618,268
79	Ready to Rumble	Comedy	PG-13	$12,372,410	2,295,438	$15,792,613
80	Saving Grace	Comedy	R	$12,178,602	2,259,481	$15,545,229
81	The Legend of Drunken Master	Action	R	$11,546,543	2,142,216	$14,738,446
82	Here on Earth	Drama	PG-13	$10,494,147	1,946,966	$13,395,126
83	Lucky Numbers	Comedy	R	$10,014,234	1,857,928	$12,782,545
84	3 Strikes	Comedy	R	$9,821,335	1,822,140	$12,536,323
85	Boys Don't Cry	Drama	R	$8,843,539	1,640,731	$11,288,229
86	Cirque du Soleil - Journey of Man	Musical	G	$8,533,892	1,583,282	$10,892,980
87	Play it to the Bone	Comedy	R	$8,423,838	1,562,864	$10,752,504
88	T-Rex: Back to the Cretaceous	Adventure	Not Rated	$8,214,699	1,524,063	$10,485,553
89	Screwed	Comedy	PG-13	$6,982,680	1,295,488	$8,912,957
90	What Planet Are You From?	Comedy	R	$6,291,602	1,167,273	$8,030,838
91	Croupier	Drama	Not Rated	$6,198,916	1,150,077	$7,912,530
92	All About My Mother	Drama	R	$6,131,119	1,137,499	$7,825,993
93	The Way of the Gun	Action	R	$6,047,856	1,122,051	$7,719,711
94	Where the Money Is	Comedy	PG-13	$5,658,940	1,049,896	$7,223,284
95	Finding Forrester	Drama	PG-13	$5,301,731	983,624	$6,767,333
96	Black and White	Drama	R	$5,241,315	972,415	$6,690,215
97	The In Crowd	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$5,217,498	967,996	$6,659,812
98	Gossip	Drama	R	$5,108,820	947,833	$6,521,091
99	Sunshine	Drama	R	$5,067,511	940,169	$6,468,363
100	Woman on Top	Romantic Comedy	R	$5,018,450	931,067	$6,405,741
101	The Nightmare Before Christmas	Musical	PG	$4,756,084	882,390	$6,070,843
102	Duets	Drama	R	$4,734,235	878,337	$6,042,959
103	Held Up	Comedy	PG-13	$4,714,090	874,599	$6,017,241
104	Being John Malkovich	Black Comedy	R	$4,614,957	856,207	$5,890,704
105	The Tao of Steve	Romantic Comedy	R	$4,342,203	805,604	$5,542,556
106	Dancer in the Dark	Musical	R	$4,157,491	771,334	$5,306,778
107	Whipped	Comedy	R	$4,142,507	768,554	$5,287,652
108	You Can Count on Me	Drama	R	$3,815,524	707,889	$4,870,276
109	End of Days	Action	R	$3,707,753	687,895	$4,732,718
110	Cyberworld 3D	Adventure	Not Rated	$3,640,193	675,360	$4,646,477
111	Price of Glory	Drama	PG-13	$3,434,515	637,201	$4,383,943
112	Ghost Dog: Way of the Samurai	Drama	R	$3,330,230	617,853	$4,250,829
113	Sweet and Lowdown	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$3,329,098	617,643	$4,249,384
114	Alien Adventure	Adventure	Not Rated	$3,272,750	607,189	$4,177,460
115	Beautiful	Drama	PG-13	$3,134,509	581,542	$4,001,009
116	The Big Blue	Drama		$3,000,000	556,586	$3,829,312
117	Double Jeopardy	Action	R	$2,703,114	501,505	$3,450,354
118	God's Army	Drama	PG	$2,637,726	489,374	$3,366,893
119	East-West	Drama	PG-13	$2,319,726	430,376	$2,960,987
120	But I'm a Cheerleader	Comedy	R	$2,205,627	409,207	$2,815,344
121	Bamboozled	Drama	R	$2,185,266	405,430	$2,789,358
122	Cradle Will Rock	Drama	R	$2,128,918	394,976	$2,717,435
123	Butterfly	Drama	R	$2,086,098	387,031	$2,662,773
124	The Color of Paradise	Drama	PG	$1,810,145	335,834	$2,310,538
125	La Vie Après L'Amour	Comedy	Not Rated	$1,795,758	333,165	$2,292,175
126	The Silence	Drama	Not Rated	$1,759,565	326,450	$2,245,976
127	The Broken Hearts Club: A Romantic Comedy	Comedy	R	$1,719,458	319,009	$2,194,782
128	Girl on the Bridge	Romantic Comedy	R	$1,713,995	317,995	$2,187,806
129	Holy Smoke	Drama	R	$1,697,329	314,903	$2,166,533
130	Blood Simple	Thriller/Suspense		$1,690,913	313,713	$2,158,345
131	Dogma	Comedy	R	$1,668,162	309,492	$2,129,305
132	Gun Shy	Comedy	R	$1,638,202	303,934	$2,091,066
133	State and Main	Comedy	R	$1,542,365	286,153	$1,968,733
134	Girlfight	Drama	R	$1,523,941	282,735	$1,945,217
135	Liberty Heights	Drama	R	$1,445,744	268,227	$1,845,402
136	Three Kings	Action	R	$1,428,932	265,108	$1,823,943
137	Cecil B. Demented	Black Comedy	R	$1,276,984	236,917	$1,629,989
138	MVP: Most Valuable Primate	Comedy	PG	$1,248,746	231,678	$1,593,945
139	Turn It Up	Drama	R	$1,244,676	230,923	$1,588,750
140	Trois	Thriller/Suspense	NC-17	$1,161,843	215,555	$1,483,018
141	Shower	Drama	PG-13	$1,157,764	214,799	$1,477,817
142	Catfish in Black Bean Sauce	Comedy	PG-13	$1,107,583	205,488	$1,413,757
143	Mohabbatein	Musical	Not Rated	$1,070,000	198,516	$1,365,790
144	Time Code	Drama	R	$1,057,750	196,243	$1,350,152
145	Chuck&Buck	Drama	R	$1,055,671	195,857	$1,347,496
146	What's Cooking	Drama	PG-13	$1,045,899	194,044	$1,335,023
147	Two Family House	Drama	R	$1,015,122	188,334	$1,295,738
148	The Other Conquest	Drama	R	$886,410	164,455	$1,131,450
149	The Best Man	Romantic Comedy	R	$809,260	150,141	$1,032,970
150	New Waterford Girl	Comedy	Not Rated	$774,469	143,686	$988,560
151	Alice et Martin	Drama	R	$743,115	137,869	$948,539
152	Place Vendome	Drama	Not Rated	$742,632	137,780	$947,926
153	Kadosh	Drama	Not Rated	$736,812	136,700	$940,496
154	I'm the One That I Want	Concert/Performance	Not Rated	$679,695	126,103	$867,589
155	Fiza	Drama	Not Rated	$623,791	115,731	$796,229
156	Refugee	Drama	Not Rated	$590,000	109,462	$753,099
157	Phir Bhi Dil Hain Hindustani	Musical	Not Rated	$588,606	109,203	$751,317
158	Mifune	Drama	R	$585,016	108,537	$746,735
159	The Opportunists	Drama	R	$581,142	107,819	$741,795
160	The Basket	Drama	PG	$576,062	106,876	$735,307
161	A Time for Drunken Horses	Drama	Not Rated	$557,926	103,511	$712,156
162	Decalogue	Drama	Not Rated	$488,744	90,676	$623,851
163	Malena	Drama	R	$472,626	87,686	$603,280
164	Blue Streak	Action	PG-13	$447,449	83,015	$571,143
165	Across The Sea of Time	Drama	G	$424,122	78,687	$541,367
166	8½ Women	Drama		$417,517	77,461	$532,932
167	Last Night	Drama	R	$383,631	71,175	$489,684
168	House on Haunted Hill	Horror	R	$356,258	66,096	$454,740
169	An Affair of Love	Drama	R	$347,808	64,528	$443,953
170	The Omega Code	Action	PG-13	$334,352	62,032	$426,780
171	Beautiful People	Comedy	R	$261,360	48,490	$333,611
172	Bulandi	Drama		$203,548	37,764	$259,816
173	Runaway Bride	Romantic Comedy	PG	$203,081	37,677	$259,218
174	Chal Mere Bhai	Romantic Comedy		$199,227	36,962	$254,299
175	Yi Yi	Drama	Not Rated	$199,177	36,953	$254,237
176	The Big Tease	Comedy	R	$185,577	34,430	$236,878
177	This is Spinal Tap	Comedy		$179,355	33,276	$228,939
178	Cleopatra's Second Husband	Drama		$174,098	32,300	$222,224
179	The Limey	Drama	R	$172,273	31,962	$219,899
180	Season's Beatings	Comedy		$172,205	31,949	$219,809
181	Shadow of the Vampire	Drama	R	$150,171	27,861	$191,684
182	Bedrooms and Hallways	Comedy		$119,590	22,187	$152,647
183	The City	Drama		$113,778	21,109	$145,230
184	Boricua's Bond	Drama	R	$103,163	19,140	$131,683
185	Music of the Heart	Drama	PG	$94,526	17,537	$120,655
186	Flawless	Drama	R	$90,767	16,840	$115,859
187	Adrenaline Drive	Comedy		$77,313	14,344	$98,687
188	Run Lola Run	Thriller/Suspense	R	$70,231	13,030	$89,646
189	Blue Moon	Comedy	PG-13	$70,128	13,011	$89,516
190	Beefcake	Drama		$63,180	11,722	$80,647
191	Panic	Drama	R	$60,258	11,180	$76,918
192	Light It Up	Drama	R	$50,059	9,287	$63,895
193	The Bottle	Comedy		$43,993	8,162	$56,155
194	The Gift	Thriller/Suspense	R	$43,475	8,066	$55,494
195	Snatch	Black Comedy	R	$37,662	6,987	$48,071
196	Burlesk King	Drama		$35,667	6,617	$45,525
197	Himalaya - l'enfance d'un chef	Drama	Not Rated	$32,789	6,083	$41,851
198	The Boondock Saints	Action	R	$30,471	5,653	$38,893
199	Stigmata	Horror	R	$26,867	4,985	$34,297
200	Wings of Courage	Drama	G	$24,346	4,517	$31,077
201	Bootmen	Comedy	R	$21,172	3,928	$27,025
202	After Life	Drama	Not Rated	$18,883	3,503	$24,101
203	Chunhyang	Drama	R	$16,187	3,003	$20,661
204	Two Women, Two Men	Comedy		$14,940	2,772	$19,071
205	30 Days	Comedy		$13,753	2,552	$17,558
206	The Autumn Heart	Drama		$13,354	2,478	$17,049
207	Buddy Boy	Thriller/Suspense	R	$10,281	1,907	$13,120
208	Anatomy	Horror		$9,598	1,781	$12,253
209	Claire Dolan	Drama		$9,480	1,759	$12,102
210	Circus	Thriller/Suspense	R	$8,406	1,560	$10,733
211	Ouch	Comedy		$8,289	1,538	$10,581
212	The Carriers Are Waiting	Comedy		$5,518	1,024	$7,045
213	Babymother	Drama	R	$5,115	949	$6,529
214	Blood, Friends and Money	Horror		$3,631	674	$4,637
215	Edge of Seventeen	Comedy	Not Rated	$2,403	446	$3,068
216	Chutney Popcorn	Comedy		$2,274	422	$2,903
217	Steam: The Turkish Bath	Drama	Not Rated	$2,218	412	$2,835
218	Le Chal Apne Sang	Drama		$1,030	191	$1,314
Total Gross of All Movies				$4,191,180,811
Total Tickets Sold					777,584,564
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices						$5,349,781,800

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.