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	$248,582,593
2	Meet the Parents	Comedy	PG-13	$161,325,490	29,930,518	$214,901,119
3	Scary Movie	Comedy	R	$156,997,084	29,127,474	$209,135,263
4	What Lies Beneath	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$155,370,362	28,825,670	$206,968,311
5	Dinosaur	Adventure	PG	$137,748,063	25,556,227	$183,493,710
6	Big Momma's House	Comedy	PG-13	$117,559,438	21,810,656	$156,600,510
7	What Women Want	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$115,761,883	21,477,158	$154,205,994
8	The Patriot	Drama	R	$113,330,342	21,026,037	$150,966,946
9	Cast Away	Drama	PG-13	$109,689,440	20,350,545	$146,116,913
10	Chicken Run	Adventure	G	$106,793,915	19,813,342	$142,259,796
11	Me, Myself & Irene	Romantic Comedy	R	$90,567,722	16,802,917	$120,644,944
12	Space Cowboys	Adventure	PG-13	$90,179,885	16,730,962	$120,128,307
13	Unbreakable	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$90,033,796	16,703,858	$119,933,700
14	U-571	Action	PG-13	$77,086,030	14,301,675	$102,686,027
15	Hollow Man	Horror	R	$73,209,340	13,582,438	$97,521,905
16	The Kid	Comedy	PG	$69,688,384	12,929,199	$92,831,649
17	Road Trip	Comedy	R	$68,525,609	12,713,471	$91,282,722
18	Bring it On	Comedy	PG-13	$68,353,550	12,681,549	$91,053,522
19	The Cell	Thriller/Suspense	R	$61,280,963	11,369,381	$81,632,156
20	Mission to Mars	Adventure	PG	$60,874,615	11,293,992	$81,090,863
21	Snow Day	Comedy	PG	$60,008,303	11,133,266	$79,936,850
22	American Beauty	Drama	R	$59,040,232	10,953,661	$78,647,286
23	The Whole Nine Yards	Comedy	R	$57,262,492	10,623,839	$76,279,164
24	Shanghai Noon	Western	PG-13	$56,932,305	10,562,580	$75,839,324
25	Romeo Must Die	Action	R	$55,973,336	10,384,663	$74,561,880
26	Final Destination	Horror	R	$53,302,314	9,889,112	$71,003,824
27	Vertical Limit	Action	PG-13	$51,880,114	9,625,253	$69,109,317
28	The Emperor's New Groove	Adventure	G	$50,812,284	9,427,140	$67,686,865
29	The Road to El Dorado	Adventure	PG	$50,802,661	9,425,355	$67,674,049
30	Miss Congeniality	Comedy	PG-13	$45,392,671	8,421,646	$60,467,418
31	Frequency	Drama	PG-13	$44,983,704	8,345,771	$59,922,636
32	The Replacements	Comedy	PG-13	$44,737,059	8,300,011	$59,594,079
33	Galaxy Quest	Comedy	PG	$44,111,808	8,184,009	$58,761,185
34	The Family Man	Comedy	PG-13	$43,144,370	8,004,521	$57,472,461
35	Pitch Black	Horror	R	$39,235,088	7,279,237	$52,264,922
36	Little Nicky	Comedy	PG-13	$38,848,624	7,207,537	$51,750,116
37	Autumn in New York	Drama	PG-13	$37,752,931	7,004,254	$50,290,544
38	Keeping the Faith	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$37,036,404	6,871,318	$49,336,063
39	28 Days	Comedy	PG-13	$37,035,515	6,871,153	$49,334,879
40	Bounce	Drama	PG-13	$36,675,505	6,804,361	$48,855,312
41	Hanging Up	Comedy	PG-13	$36,037,909	6,686,068	$48,005,968
42	Dude, Where's My Car?	Comedy	PG-13	$35,631,910	6,610,744	$47,465,142
43	The Skulls	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$35,007,180	6,494,839	$46,632,944
44	The 6th Day	Action	PG-13	$34,317,634	6,366,908	$45,714,399
45	My Dog Skip	Drama	PG	$34,099,640	6,326,464	$45,424,012
46	Return to Me	Romantic Comedy	PG	$32,662,299	6,059,796	$43,509,335
47	Almost Famous	Comedy	R	$31,932,799	5,924,453	$42,537,573
48	The Art of War	Thriller/Suspense	R	$30,199,105	5,602,802	$40,228,118
49	Any Given Sunday	Drama	R	$29,778,713	5,524,808	$39,668,121
50	The Watcher	Thriller/Suspense	R	$28,927,720	5,366,924	$38,534,514
51	Love and Basketball	Drama	PG-13	$27,441,122	5,091,117	$36,554,220
52	Nurse Betty	Black Comedy	R	$25,167,270	4,669,252	$33,525,229
53	Reindeer Games	Action	R	$23,360,779	4,334,096	$31,118,809
54	Titan A.E.	Adventure	PG	$22,751,979	4,221,146	$30,307,828
55	Magnolia	Drama	R	$21,686,030	4,023,382	$28,887,883
56	Dracula 2000	Horror	R	$21,569,567	4,001,775	$28,732,745
57	Boys and Girls	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$20,773,721	3,854,123	$27,672,603
58	Down to You	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$20,035,310	3,717,126	$26,688,965
59	Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo	Comedy	R	$19,181,507	3,558,721	$25,551,617
60	The Ninth Gate	Thriller/Suspense	R	$18,653,746	3,460,806	$24,848,587
61	The Contender	Drama	R	$17,804,273	3,303,205	$23,717,012
62	Red Planet	Action	PG-13	$17,265,409	3,203,230	$22,999,191
63	Center Stage	Drama	PG-13	$17,200,925	3,191,266	$22,913,290
64	Best in Show	Comedy	PG-13	$17,179,643	3,187,318	$22,884,943
65	The Sixth Sense	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$17,115,180	3,175,358	$22,799,070
66	Billy Elliot	Drama	PG-13	$17,095,205	3,171,652	$22,772,461
67	Small Time Crooks	Comedy	PG	$17,071,230	3,167,204	$22,740,525
68	Boiler Room	Drama	R	$16,963,963	3,147,303	$22,597,636
69	Lost Souls	Thriller/Suspense	R	$16,779,636	3,113,105	$22,352,094
70	Eye of the Beholder	Thriller/Suspense	R	$16,459,004	3,053,619	$21,924,984
71	Loser	Romantic Comedy	R	$15,464,026	2,869,022	$20,599,578
72	Drowning Mona	Comedy	PG-13	$15,427,192	2,862,188	$20,550,510
73	Bait	Action	R	$15,325,127	2,843,252	$20,414,549
74	The Next Best Thing	Drama	PG-13	$14,983,572	2,779,883	$19,959,560
75	Supernova	Action	PG-13	$14,218,868	2,638,009	$18,940,905
76	The Ladies Man	Comedy	R	$13,592,872	2,521,869	$18,107,019
77	Dr. T and the Women	Romantic Comedy	R	$13,065,561	2,424,037	$17,404,586
78	The Crew	Comedy	PG-13	$13,019,253	2,415,446	$17,342,902
79	Ready to Rumble	Comedy	PG-13	$12,372,410	2,295,438	$16,481,245
80	Saving Grace	Comedy	R	$12,115,757	2,247,821	$16,139,355
81	The Legend of Drunken Master	Action	R	$11,546,543	2,142,216	$15,381,111
82	Here on Earth	Drama	PG-13	$10,494,147	1,946,966	$13,979,216
83	Lucky Numbers	Comedy	R	$10,014,234	1,857,928	$13,339,923
84	3 Strikes	Comedy	R	$9,821,335	1,822,140	$13,082,965
85	Boys Don't Cry	Drama	R	$8,836,877	1,639,495	$11,771,574
86	Cirque du Soleil - Journey of Man	Musical	G	$8,533,892	1,583,282	$11,367,965
87	Play it to the Bone	Comedy	R	$8,423,838	1,562,864	$11,221,364
88	T-Rex: Back to the Cretaceous	Adventure	Not Rated	$8,214,699	1,524,063	$10,942,772
89	Screwed	Comedy	PG-13	$6,982,680	1,295,488	$9,301,604
90	What Planet Are You From?	Comedy	R	$6,291,602	1,167,273	$8,381,020
91	Croupier	Drama	Not Rated	$6,198,916	1,150,077	$8,257,553
92	All About My Mother	Drama	R	$6,131,119	1,137,499	$8,167,243
93	The Way of the Gun	Action	R	$6,047,856	1,122,051	$8,056,326
94	Where the Money Is	Comedy	PG-13	$5,658,940	1,049,896	$7,538,253
95	Finding Forrester	Drama	PG-13	$5,301,731	983,624	$7,062,420
96	Black and White	Drama	R	$5,241,315	972,415	$6,981,940
97	The In Crowd	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$5,217,498	967,996	$6,950,211
98	Gossip	Drama	R	$5,108,820	947,833	$6,805,441
99	Sunshine	Drama	R	$5,067,511	940,169	$6,750,413
100	Woman on Top	Romantic Comedy	R	$5,018,450	931,067	$6,685,061
101	The Nightmare Before Christmas	Musical	PG	$4,756,084	882,390	$6,335,560
102	Duets	Drama	R	$4,734,235	878,337	$6,306,460
103	Held Up	Comedy	PG-13	$4,714,090	874,599	$6,279,621
104	Being John Malkovich	Black Comedy	R	$4,614,957	856,207	$6,147,566
105	The Tao of Steve	Romantic Comedy	R	$4,340,373	805,264	$5,781,796
106	Dancer in the Dark	Musical	R	$4,157,491	771,334	$5,538,178
107	Whipped	Comedy	R	$4,142,507	768,554	$5,518,218
108	You Can Count on Me	Drama	R	$3,815,524	707,889	$5,082,643
109	End of Days	Action	R	$3,677,068	682,202	$4,898,210
110	Cyberworld 3D	Adventure	Not Rated	$3,640,193	675,360	$4,849,085
111	Price of Glory	Drama	PG-13	$3,434,515	637,201	$4,575,103
112	Ghost Dog: Way of the Samurai	Drama	R	$3,330,230	617,853	$4,436,185
113	Sweet and Lowdown	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$3,329,098	617,643	$4,434,677
114	Alien Adventure	Adventure	Not Rated	$3,272,750	607,189	$4,359,617
115	Beautiful	Drama	PG-13	$3,134,509	581,542	$4,175,472
116	Double Jeopardy	Action	R	$2,703,114	501,505	$3,600,806
117	God's Army	Drama	PG	$2,628,829	487,723	$3,501,851
118	East-West	Drama	PG-13	$2,319,726	430,376	$3,090,100
119	But I'm a Cheerleader	Comedy	R	$2,199,853	408,136	$2,930,416
120	Bamboozled	Drama	R	$2,185,266	405,430	$2,910,987
121	Cradle Will Rock	Drama	R	$2,128,918	394,976	$2,835,928
122	Butterfly	Drama	R	$2,086,098	387,031	$2,778,883
123	The Color of Paradise	Drama	PG	$1,810,145	335,834	$2,411,288
124	La Vie Apr�s L'Amour	Comedy	Not Rated	$1,795,758	333,165	$2,392,125
125	The Broken Hearts Club: A Romantic Comedy	Comedy	R	$1,719,458	319,009	$2,290,485
126	Girl on the Bridge	Romantic Comedy	R	$1,713,995	317,995	$2,283,204
127	Holy Smoke	Drama	R	$1,697,329	314,903	$2,261,004
128	Dogma	Comedy	R	$1,668,162	309,492	$2,222,153
129	Gun Shy	Comedy	R	$1,631,839	302,753	$2,173,767
130	State and Main	Comedy	R	$1,542,365	286,153	$2,054,579
131	Girlfight	Drama	R	$1,523,941	282,735	$2,030,037
132	Liberty Heights	Drama	R	$1,445,744	268,227	$1,925,870
133	Three Kings	Action	R	$1,428,932	265,108	$1,903,475
134	Cecil B. Demented	Black Comedy	R	$1,276,984	236,917	$1,701,064
135	MVP: Most Valuable Primate	Comedy	PG	$1,246,237	231,213	$1,660,109
136	Turn It Up	Drama	R	$1,244,676	230,923	$1,658,027
137	Trois	Thriller/Suspense	NC-17	$1,160,268	215,263	$1,545,588
138	Shower	Drama	PG-13	$1,153,271	213,965	$1,536,269
139	Groove	Comedy	R	$1,114,943	206,854	$1,485,212
140	Catfish in Black Bean Sauce	Comedy	PG-13	$1,107,583	205,488	$1,475,404
141	Mohabbatein	Musical	Not Rated	$1,070,000	198,516	$1,425,345
142	Chuck&Buck	Drama	R	$1,050,600	194,917	$1,399,504
143	What's Cooking	Drama	PG-13	$1,039,374	192,834	$1,384,548
144	Two Family House	Drama	R	$1,015,055	188,322	$1,352,152
145	Time Code	Drama	R	$945,041	175,332	$1,258,884
146	The Other Conquest	Drama	R	$886,410	164,455	$1,180,787
147	The Best Man	Romantic Comedy	R	$781,375	144,968	$1,040,870
148	New Waterford Girl	Comedy	Not Rated	$774,469	143,686	$1,031,665
149	Alice et Martin	Drama	R	$743,115	137,869	$989,899
150	Place Vendome	Drama	Not Rated	$742,632	137,780	$989,260
151	Kadosh	Drama	Not Rated	$735,864	136,524	$980,242
152	I'm the One That I Want	Concert/Performance	Not Rated	$679,695	126,103	$905,420
153	Fiza	Drama	Not Rated	$623,791	115,731	$830,949
154	Refugee	Drama	Not Rated	$590,000	109,462	$785,937
155	Not One Less	Drama	Not Rated	$589,114	109,298	$784,760
156	Phir Bhi Dil Hain Hindustani	Musical	Not Rated	$588,606	109,203	$784,078
157	Mifune	Drama	R	$585,016	108,537	$779,296
158	The Opportunists	Drama	R	$581,142	107,819	$774,140
159	The Basket	Drama	PG	$576,062	106,876	$767,370
160	Me, Myself & I	Romantic Comedy	R	$565,193	104,860	$752,895
161	A Time for Drunken Horses	Drama	Not Rated	$557,926	103,511	$743,209
162	Love and Sex	Romantic Comedy	Not Rated	$536,287	99,497	$714,388
163	Decalogue	Drama	Not Rated	$488,744	90,676	$651,054
164	Malena	Drama	R	$472,626	87,686	$629,585
165	Blue Streak	Action	PG-13	$447,449	83,015	$596,048
166	Sunshine	Drama	R	$441,130	81,842	$587,626
167	Across The Sea of Time	Drama	G	$424,122	78,687	$564,973
168	8½ Women	Drama		$417,517	77,461	$556,170
169	House on Haunted Hill	Horror	R	$356,258	66,096	$474,569
170	An Affair of Love	Drama	R	$347,808	64,528	$463,311
171	The Omega Code	Action	PG-13	$334,352	62,032	$445,390
172	Beautiful People	Comedy	R	$261,360	48,490	$348,158
173	Bulandi	Drama	Not Rated	$203,548	37,764	$271,146
174	Chal Mere Bhai	Romantic Comedy	Not Rated	$199,227	36,962	$265,387
175	Yi Yi	Drama	Not Rated	$199,177	36,953	$265,323
176	The Big Tease	Comedy	R	$185,577	34,430	$247,207
177	Cleopatra's Second Husband	Drama	Not Rated	$174,098	32,300	$231,914
178	The Limey	Drama	R	$172,273	31,962	$229,487
179	Season's Beatings	Comedy	Not Rated	$172,205	31,949	$229,394
180	The Silence	Drama	Not Rated	$163,592	30,351	$217,920
181	Shadow of the Vampire	Drama	R	$150,171	27,861	$200,042
182	Bedrooms and Hallways	Comedy	Not Rated	$119,590	22,187	$159,303
183	The City	Drama	Not Rated	$113,778	21,109	$151,563
184	Boricua's Bond	Drama	R	$103,163	19,140	$137,425
185	Runaway Bride	Romantic Comedy	PG	$95,162	17,655	$126,763
186	Music of the Heart	Drama	PG	$94,526	17,537	$125,916
187	The King of Masks	Drama	Not Rated	$92,040	17,076	$122,606
188	Flawless	Drama	R	$90,767	16,840	$120,911
189	Adrenaline Drive	Comedy	Not Rated	$77,313	14,344	$102,990
190	Run Lola Run	Thriller/Suspense	R	$70,231	13,030	$93,555
191	Blue Moon	Comedy	PG-13	$70,128	13,011	$93,419
192	Beefcake	Drama	Not Rated	$63,180	11,722	$84,164
193	Panic	Drama	R	$60,258	11,180	$80,272
194	Light It Up	Drama	R	$50,059	9,287	$66,681
195	The Bottle	Comedy	Not Rated	$43,993	8,162	$58,603
196	The Gift	Thriller/Suspense	R	$43,475	8,066	$57,914
197	Snatch	Black Comedy	R	$37,662	6,987	$50,167
198	Burlesk King	Drama	Not Rated	$35,667	6,617	$47,510
199	Himalaya - l'enfance d'un chef	Drama	Not Rated	$32,789	6,083	$43,676
200	Last Night	Drama	R	$32,360	6,004	$43,109
201	Stigmata	Horror	R	$26,867	4,985	$35,792
202	The Boondock Saints	Action	R	$25,812	4,789	$34,385
203	Wings of Courage	Drama	G	$24,346	4,517	$32,432
204	Bootmen	Comedy	R	$21,172	3,928	$28,203
205	After Life	Drama	Not Rated	$18,883	3,503	$25,152
206	Chunhyang	Drama	R	$16,187	3,003	$21,562
207	Two Women, Two Men	Comedy	Not Rated	$14,940	2,772	$19,903
208	30 Days	Comedy	Not Rated	$13,753	2,552	$18,323
209	The Autumn Heart	Drama	Not Rated	$13,354	2,478	$17,792
210	Buddy Boy	Thriller/Suspense	R	$10,281	1,907	$13,692
211	Anatomy	Horror	Not Rated	$9,598	1,781	$12,788
212	Claire Dolan	Drama	Not Rated	$9,480	1,759	$12,630
213	Circus	Thriller/Suspense	R	$8,406	1,560	$11,201
214	Ouch	Comedy	Not Rated	$8,289	1,538	$11,043
215	The Carriers Are Waiting	Comedy	Not Rated	$5,518	1,024	$7,352
216	Babymother	Drama	R	$5,115	949	$6,814
217	Blood, Friends and Money	Horror	Not Rated	$3,631	674	$4,839
218	Edge of Seventeen	Comedy	Not Rated	$2,403	446	$3,202
219	Chutney Popcorn	Comedy	Not Rated	$2,274	422	$3,030
220	Steam: The Turkish Bath	Drama	Not Rated	$2,218	412	$2,958
221	Le Chal Apne Sang	Drama		$1,030	191	$1,371
Total Gross of All Movies				$4,184,905,489
Total Tickets Sold					776,420,314
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices						$5,574,697,855

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.