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	$273,163,880
2	Meet the Parents	Comedy	PG-13	$161,325,490	29,930,518	$236,151,787
3	Scary Movie	Comedy	R	$156,997,084	29,127,474	$229,815,770
4	What Lies Beneath	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$155,370,362	28,825,670	$227,434,536
5	Dinosaur	Adventure	PG	$137,748,063	25,556,227	$201,638,631
6	Big Momma's House	Comedy	PG-13	$117,559,438	21,810,656	$172,086,076
7	What Women Want	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$115,761,883	21,477,158	$169,454,777
8	The Patriot	Drama	R	$113,330,342	21,026,037	$165,895,432
9	Cast Away	Drama	PG-13	$109,689,440	20,350,545	$160,565,800
10	Chicken Run	Adventure	G	$106,793,915	19,813,342	$156,327,268
11	Me, Myself & Irene	Romantic Comedy	R	$90,567,722	16,802,917	$132,575,015
12	Space Cowboys	Adventure	PG-13	$90,179,885	16,730,962	$132,007,290
13	Unbreakable	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$90,033,796	16,703,858	$131,793,440
14	Scream 3	Horror	R	$89,138,076	16,537,676	$130,482,264
15	U-571	Action	PG-13	$77,086,030	14,301,675	$112,840,216
16	Hollow Man	Horror	R	$73,209,340	13,582,438	$107,165,436
17	The Kid	Comedy	PG	$69,688,384	12,929,199	$102,011,380
18	Road Trip	Comedy	R	$68,525,609	12,713,471	$100,309,286
19	Bring it On	Comedy	PG-13	$68,353,550	12,681,549	$100,057,422
20	The Cell	Thriller/Suspense	R	$61,280,963	11,369,381	$89,704,416
21	Mission to Mars	Adventure	PG	$60,874,615	11,293,992	$89,109,597
22	Snow Day	Comedy	PG	$60,008,303	11,133,266	$87,841,469
23	American Beauty	Drama	R	$59,040,232	10,953,661	$86,424,385
24	The Whole Nine Yards	Comedy	R	$57,262,492	10,623,839	$83,822,090
25	Next Friday	Comedy	R	$57,176,582	10,607,900	$83,696,331
26	Shanghai Noon	Western	PG-13	$56,932,305	10,562,580	$83,338,756
27	Romeo Must Die	Action	R	$55,973,336	10,384,663	$81,934,991
28	Final Destination	Horror	R	$53,302,314	9,889,112	$78,025,094
29	Vertical Limit	Action	PG-13	$51,880,114	9,625,253	$75,943,246
30	The Emperor's New Groove	Adventure	G	$50,812,284	9,427,140	$74,380,135
31	The Road to El Dorado	Adventure	PG	$50,802,661	9,425,355	$74,366,051
32	Miss Congeniality	Comedy	PG-13	$45,392,671	8,421,646	$66,446,787
33	Frequency	Drama	PG-13	$44,983,704	8,345,771	$65,848,133
34	The Replacements	Comedy	PG-13	$44,737,059	8,300,011	$65,487,087
35	Galaxy Quest	Comedy	PG	$44,111,808	8,184,009	$64,571,831
36	The Family Man	Comedy	PG-13	$43,144,370	8,004,521	$63,155,671
37	Pitch Black	Horror	R	$39,235,088	7,279,237	$57,433,180
38	Little Nicky	Comedy	PG-13	$38,848,624	7,207,537	$56,867,467
39	Autumn in New York	Drama	PG-13	$37,752,931	7,004,254	$55,263,564
40	Toy Story 2	Adventure	G	$37,054,624	6,874,698	$54,241,367
41	Keeping the Faith	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$37,036,404	6,871,318	$54,214,699
42	28 Days	Comedy	PG-13	$37,035,515	6,871,153	$54,213,397
43	Bounce	Drama	PG-13	$36,675,505	6,804,361	$53,686,408
44	Hanging Up	Comedy	PG-13	$36,037,909	6,686,068	$52,753,077
45	Dude, Where's My Car?	Comedy	PG-13	$35,631,910	6,610,744	$52,158,770
46	The Skulls	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$35,007,180	6,494,839	$51,244,280
47	The 6th Day	Action	PG-13	$34,317,634	6,366,908	$50,234,904
48	My Dog Skip	Drama	PG	$34,099,640	6,326,464	$49,915,801
49	Return to Me	Romantic Comedy	PG	$32,662,299	6,059,796	$47,811,790
50	Almost Famous	Comedy	R	$31,932,799	5,924,453	$46,743,934
51	The Art of War	Thriller/Suspense	R	$30,199,105	5,602,802	$44,206,108
52	Any Given Sunday	Drama	R	$29,778,713	5,524,808	$43,590,735
53	The Watcher	Thriller/Suspense	R	$28,927,720	5,366,924	$42,345,030
54	Love and Basketball	Drama	PG-13	$27,441,122	5,091,117	$40,168,913
55	Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2	Horror	R	$26,421,314	4,901,914	$38,676,101
56	Nurse Betty	Black Comedy	R	$25,167,270	4,669,252	$36,840,398
57	Reindeer Games	Action	R	$23,360,779	4,334,096	$34,196,017
58	Titan A.E.	Adventure	PG	$22,751,979	4,221,146	$33,304,842
59	Magnolia	Drama	R	$21,686,030	4,023,382	$31,744,484
60	Dracula 2000	Horror	R	$21,569,567	4,001,775	$31,574,005
61	Urban Legends: Final Cut	Horror	R	$21,468,807	3,983,081	$31,426,509
62	Boys and Girls	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$20,773,721	3,854,123	$30,409,030
63	Down to You	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$20,035,310	3,717,126	$29,328,124
64	Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo	Comedy	R	$19,181,507	3,558,721	$28,078,309
65	The Ninth Gate	Thriller/Suspense	R	$18,653,746	3,460,806	$27,305,759
66	The Contender	Drama	R	$17,804,273	3,303,205	$26,062,287
67	Red Planet	Action	PG-13	$17,265,409	3,203,230	$25,273,485
68	Center Stage	Drama	PG-13	$17,200,925	3,191,266	$25,179,089
69	Best in Show	Comedy	PG-13	$17,179,643	3,187,318	$25,147,939
70	The Sixth Sense	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$17,115,180	3,175,358	$25,053,575
71	Billy Elliot	Drama	PG-13	$17,095,205	3,171,652	$25,024,334
72	Small Time Crooks	Comedy	PG	$17,071,230	3,167,204	$24,989,240
73	Boiler Room	Drama	R	$16,963,963	3,147,303	$24,832,221
74	Lost Souls	Thriller/Suspense	R	$16,779,636	3,113,105	$24,562,398
75	Eye of the Beholder	Thriller/Suspense	R	$16,459,004	3,053,619	$24,093,054
76	Loser	Romantic Comedy	R	$15,464,026	2,869,022	$22,636,584
77	Drowning Mona	Comedy	PG-13	$15,427,192	2,862,188	$22,582,663
78	Bait	Action	R	$15,325,127	2,843,252	$22,433,258
79	The Next Best Thing	Drama	PG-13	$14,983,572	2,779,883	$21,933,277
80	Supernova	Action	PG-13	$14,218,868	2,638,009	$20,813,891
81	The Ladies Man	Comedy	R	$13,592,872	2,521,869	$19,897,546
82	Dr. T and the Women	Romantic Comedy	R	$13,065,561	2,424,037	$19,125,652
83	The Crew	Comedy	PG-13	$13,019,253	2,415,446	$19,057,869
84	Highlander: Endgame	Action	R	$12,801,190	2,374,989	$18,738,663
85	Ready to Rumble	Comedy	PG-13	$12,372,410	2,295,438	$18,111,006
86	Saving Grace	Comedy	R	$12,115,757	2,247,821	$17,735,308
87	The Legend of Drunken Master	Action	R	$11,546,543	2,142,216	$16,902,084
88	Here on Earth	Drama	PG-13	$10,494,147	1,946,966	$15,361,562
89	Lucky Numbers	Comedy	R	$10,014,234	1,857,928	$14,659,052
90	3 Strikes	Comedy	R	$9,821,335	1,822,140	$14,376,685
91	Boys Don't Cry	Drama	R	$8,836,877	1,639,495	$12,935,616
92	Cirque du Soleil - Journey of Man	Musical	G	$8,533,892	1,583,282	$12,492,095
93	Play it to the Bone	Comedy	R	$8,423,838	1,562,864	$12,330,997
94	T-Rex: Back to the Cretaceous	Adventure	Not Rated	$8,214,699	1,524,063	$12,024,857
95	Screwed	Comedy	PG-13	$6,982,680	1,295,488	$10,221,400
96	What Planet Are You From?	Comedy	R	$6,291,602	1,167,273	$9,209,784
97	Croupier	Drama	Not Rated	$6,198,916	1,150,077	$9,074,108
98	Todo sobre mi madre	Drama	R	$6,131,119	1,137,499	$8,974,867
99	The Way of the Gun	Action	R	$6,047,856	1,122,051	$8,852,982
100	Where the Money Is	Comedy	PG-13	$5,658,940	1,049,896	$8,283,679
101	Finding Forrester	Drama	PG-13	$5,301,731	983,624	$7,760,793
102	Black and White	Drama	R	$5,241,315	972,415	$7,672,354
103	The In Crowd	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$5,217,498	967,996	$7,637,488
104	Gossip	Drama	R	$5,108,820	947,833	$7,478,402
105	Sunshine	Drama	R	$5,067,511	940,169	$7,417,933
106	Woman on Top	Romantic Comedy	R	$5,018,450	931,067	$7,346,119
107	The Nightmare Before Christmas	Musical	PG	$4,756,084	882,390	$6,962,057
108	Duets	Drama	R	$4,734,235	878,337	$6,930,079
109	Held Up	Comedy	PG-13	$4,714,090	874,599	$6,900,586
110	Being John Malkovich	Black Comedy	R	$4,614,957	856,207	$6,755,473
111	The Tao of Steve	Romantic Comedy	R	$4,340,373	805,264	$6,353,533
112	Dancer in the Dark	Musical	R	$4,157,491	771,334	$6,085,825
113	Whipped	Comedy	R	$4,142,507	768,554	$6,063,891
114	You Can Count on Me	Drama	R	$3,815,524	707,889	$5,585,244
115	End of Days	Action	R	$3,677,068	682,202	$5,382,574
116	Cyberworld 3D	Adventure	Not Rated	$3,640,193	675,360	$5,328,590
117	Price of Glory	Drama	PG-13	$3,434,515	637,201	$5,027,516
118	Ghost Dog: Way of the Samurai	Drama	R	$3,330,230	617,853	$4,874,860
119	Sweet and Lowdown	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$3,329,098	617,643	$4,873,203
120	Alien Adventure	Adventure	Not Rated	$3,272,750	607,189	$4,790,721
121	Beautiful	Drama	PG-13	$3,134,509	581,542	$4,588,366
122	Double Jeopardy	Action	R	$2,703,114	501,505	$3,956,874
123	God's Army	Drama	PG	$2,628,829	487,723	$3,848,134
124	East-West	Drama	PG-13	$2,319,726	430,376	$3,395,667
125	But I'm a Cheerleader	Comedy	R	$2,199,853	408,136	$3,220,193
126	Bamboozled	Drama	R	$2,185,266	405,430	$3,198,843
127	Cradle Will Rock	Drama	R	$2,128,918	394,976	$3,116,361
128	La lengua de las mariposas	Drama	R	$2,086,098	387,031	$3,053,675
129	The Color of Paradise	Drama	PG	$1,810,145	335,834	$2,649,730
130	La Vie Apr�s L'Amour	Comedy	Not Rated	$1,795,758	333,165	$2,628,672
131	The Broken Hearts Club: A Romantic Comedy	Comedy	R	$1,719,458	319,009	$2,516,981
132	Girl on the Bridge	Romantic Comedy	R	$1,713,995	317,995	$2,508,981
133	Holy Smoke	Drama	R	$1,697,329	314,903	$2,484,585
134	Dogma	Comedy	R	$1,668,162	309,492	$2,441,892
135	Gun Shy	Comedy	R	$1,631,839	302,753	$2,388,721
136	State and Main	Comedy	R	$1,542,365	286,153	$2,257,747
137	Girlfight	Drama	R	$1,523,941	282,735	$2,230,779
138	Liberty Heights	Drama	R	$1,445,744	268,227	$2,116,311
139	Three Kings	Action	R	$1,428,932	265,108	$2,091,702
140	Cecil B. Demented	Black Comedy	R	$1,276,984	236,917	$1,869,275
141	MVP: Most Valuable Primate	Comedy	PG	$1,246,237	231,213	$1,824,271
142	Turn It Up	Drama	R	$1,244,676	230,923	$1,821,982
143	Trois	Thriller/Suspense	NC-17	$1,160,268	215,263	$1,698,425
144	Shower	Drama	PG-13	$1,153,271	213,965	$1,688,184
145	Groove	Comedy	R	$1,114,943	206,854	$1,632,078
146	Catfish in Black Bean Sauce	Comedy	PG-13	$1,107,583	205,488	$1,621,300
147	Mohabbatein	Musical	Not Rated	$1,070,000	198,516	$1,566,291
148	Chuck&Buck	Drama	R	$1,050,600	194,917	$1,537,895
149	What's Cooking	Drama	PG-13	$1,039,374	192,834	$1,521,460
150	Two Family House	Drama	R	$1,015,055	188,322	$1,485,861
151	Time Code	Drama	R	$945,041	175,332	$1,383,369
152	La otra conquista	Drama	R	$886,410	164,455	$1,297,550
153	The Best Man	Romantic Comedy	R	$781,375	144,968	$1,143,798
154	New Waterford Girl	Comedy	Not Rated	$774,469	143,686	$1,133,683
155	Alice et Martin	Drama	R	$743,115	137,869	$1,087,786
156	Place Vendome	Drama	Not Rated	$742,632	137,780	$1,087,084
157	Kadosh	Drama	Not Rated	$735,864	136,524	$1,077,174
158	I'm the One That I Want	Concert/Performance	Not Rated	$679,695	126,103	$994,953
159	Fiza	Drama	Not Rated	$623,791	115,731	$913,118
160	Star Wars Ep. I: The Phantom Menace	Adventure	PG	$622,094	115,416	$910,632
161	Refugee	Drama	Not Rated	$590,000	109,462	$863,655
162	Yi Ge Dou Bu Neng Shao	Drama	Not Rated	$589,114	109,298	$862,361
163	Phir Bhi Dil Hain Hindustani	Musical	Not Rated	$588,606	109,203	$861,612
164	Mifune	Drama	R	$585,016	108,537	$856,357
165	The Opportunists	Drama	R	$581,142	107,819	$850,692
166	The Basket	Drama	PG	$576,062	106,876	$843,252
167	Me, Myself & I	Romantic Comedy	R	$565,193	104,860	$827,345
168	A Time for Drunken Horses	Drama	Not Rated	$557,926	103,511	$816,702
169	Love and Sex	Romantic Comedy	Not Rated	$536,287	99,497	$785,031
170	Decalogue	Drama	Not Rated	$488,744	90,676	$715,434
171	Malena	Drama	R	$472,626	87,686	$691,843
172	Blue Streak	Action	PG-13	$447,449	83,015	$654,988
173	Sunshine	Drama	R	$441,130	81,842	$645,733
174	Across The Sea of Time	Drama	G	$424,122	78,687	$620,840
175	8½ Women	Drama		$417,517	77,461	$611,167
176	House on Haunted Hill	Horror	R	$356,258	66,096	$521,497
177	Une Liaison pornographique	Drama	R	$347,808	64,528	$509,126
178	The Omega Code	Action	PG-13	$334,352	62,032	$489,432
179	Beautiful People	Comedy	R	$261,360	48,490	$382,586
180	Bulandi	Drama	Not Rated	$203,548	37,764	$297,958
181	Chal Mere Bhai	Romantic Comedy	Not Rated	$199,227	36,962	$291,630
182	Yi Yi	Drama	Not Rated	$199,177	36,953	$291,559
183	The Big Tease	Comedy	R	$185,577	34,430	$271,653
184	Cleopatra's Second Husband	Drama	Not Rated	$174,098	32,300	$254,847
185	The Limey	Drama	R	$172,273	31,962	$252,180
186	La B�che	Comedy	Not Rated	$172,205	31,949	$252,078
187	The Silence	Drama	Not Rated	$163,592	30,351	$239,469
188	Shadow of the Vampire	Drama	R	$150,171	27,861	$219,823
189	Bedrooms and Hallways	Comedy	Not Rated	$119,590	22,187	$175,055
190	La ciudad	Drama	Not Rated	$113,778	21,109	$166,550
191	Boricua's Bond	Drama	R	$103,163	19,140	$151,015
192	Runaway Bride	Romantic Comedy	PG	$95,162	17,655	$139,298
193	Music of the Heart	Drama	PG	$94,526	17,537	$138,367
194	The King of Masks	Drama	Not Rated	$92,040	17,076	$134,730
195	Flawless	Drama	R	$90,767	16,840	$132,868
196	Adorenarin doraibu	Comedy	Not Rated	$77,313	14,344	$113,174
197	Diamonds	Comedy	PG-13	$74,060	13,740	$108,409
198	Run Lola Run	Thriller/Suspense	R	$70,231	13,030	$102,807
199	Blue Moon	Comedy	PG-13	$70,128	13,011	$102,657
200	Beefcake	Drama	Not Rated	$63,180	11,722	$92,487
201	Titanic Town	Drama	Not Rated	$60,523	11,229	$88,597
202	Panic	Drama	R	$60,258	11,180	$88,210
203	Light It Up	Drama	R	$50,059	9,287	$73,274
204	La Bouteille	Comedy	Not Rated	$43,993	8,162	$64,398
205	The Gift	Thriller/Suspense	R	$43,475	8,066	$63,641
206	Snatch	Black Comedy	R	$37,662	6,987	$55,127
207	Burlesk King	Drama	Not Rated	$35,667	6,617	$52,208
208	Himalaya - l'enfance d'un chef	Drama	Not Rated	$32,789	6,083	$47,995
209	Last Night	Drama	R	$32,360	6,004	$47,372
210	The Boondock Saints	Action	R	$30,471	5,653	$44,602
211	Stigmata	Horror	R	$26,867	4,985	$39,332
212	Wings of Courage	Drama	G	$24,346	4,517	$35,639
213	Bootmen	Comedy	R	$21,172	3,928	$30,992
214	Wandafuru raifu	Drama	Not Rated	$18,883	3,503	$27,639
215	Chunhyang	Drama	R	$16,187	3,003	$23,694
216	2 M�nner, 2 Frauen - 4 Probleme!?	Comedy	Not Rated	$14,940	2,772	$21,871
217	30 Days	Comedy	Not Rated	$13,753	2,552	$20,135
218	The Autumn Heart	Drama	Not Rated	$13,354	2,478	$19,551
219	Buddy Boy	Thriller/Suspense	R	$10,281	1,907	$15,046
220	Anatomie	Horror	Not Rated	$9,598	1,781	$14,052
221	Claire Dolan	Drama	Not Rated	$9,480	1,759	$13,879
222	Circus	Thriller/Suspense	R	$8,406	1,560	$12,308
223	Aïe	Comedy	Not Rated	$8,289	1,538	$12,135
224	Les convoyeurs attendent	Comedy	Not Rated	$5,518	1,024	$8,079
225	Babymother	Drama	R	$5,115	949	$7,488
226	Blood, Friends and Money	Horror	Not Rated	$3,631	674	$5,318
227	Edge of Seventeen	Comedy	Not Rated	$2,403	446	$3,519
228	Chutney Popcorn	Comedy	Not Rated	$2,274	422	$3,330
229	Steam: The Turkish Bath	Drama	Not Rated	$2,218	412	$3,251
230	Le Chal Apne Sang	Drama		$1,030	191	$1,507
Total Gross of All Movies				$4,429,727,418
Total Tickets Sold					821,841,821
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices						$6,484,331,968

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.