Box Office Performance for R 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	Scary Movie	Comedy	R	$156,997,084	29,127,474	$209,135,263
3	Erin Brockovich	Drama	R	$125,548,685	23,292,891	$167,242,957
4	The Patriot	Drama	R	$113,330,342	21,026,037	$150,966,946
5	Me, Myself & Irene	Romantic Comedy	R	$90,567,722	16,802,917	$120,644,944
6	Scream 3	Horror	R	$89,138,076	16,537,676	$118,740,514
7	Hollow Man	Horror	R	$73,209,340	13,582,438	$97,521,905
8	Shaft	Action	R	$70,327,868	13,047,842	$93,683,506
9	Road Trip	Comedy	R	$68,525,609	12,713,471	$91,282,722
10	Rules of Engagement	Thriller/Suspense	R	$61,322,858	11,377,154	$81,687,966
11	The Cell	Thriller/Suspense	R	$61,280,963	11,369,381	$81,632,156
12	The Green Mile	Drama	R	$60,119,360	11,153,870	$80,084,787
13	American Beauty	Drama	R	$59,040,232	10,953,661	$78,647,286
14	The Whole Nine Yards	Comedy	R	$57,262,492	10,623,839	$76,279,164
15	Next Friday	Comedy	R	$57,176,582	10,607,900	$76,164,722
16	Romeo Must Die	Action	R	$55,973,336	10,384,663	$74,561,880
17	Final Destination	Horror	R	$53,302,314	9,889,112	$71,003,824
18	Final Destination	Horror	R	$53,302,314	9,889,112	$71,003,824
19	The Hurricane	Drama	R	$50,216,906	9,316,680	$66,893,762
20	Men of Honor	Drama	R	$47,512,458	8,814,927	$63,291,176
21	The Talented Mr. Ripley	Drama	R	$41,520,486	7,703,244	$55,309,292
22	The Beach	Drama	R	$39,778,599	7,380,074	$52,988,931
23	Pitch Black	Horror	R	$39,235,088	7,279,237	$52,264,922
24	The Original Kings of Comedy	Concert/Performance	R	$38,168,022	7,081,266	$50,843,490
25	Almost Famous	Comedy	R	$31,932,799	5,924,453	$42,537,573
26	The Art of War	Thriller/Suspense	R	$30,199,105	5,602,802	$40,228,118
27	Any Given Sunday	Drama	R	$29,778,713	5,524,808	$39,668,121
28	Bless the Child	Thriller/Suspense	R	$29,374,178	5,449,755	$39,129,241
29	Proof of Life	Action	R	$29,053,477	5,390,255	$38,702,031
30	The Watcher	Thriller/Suspense	R	$28,927,720	5,366,924	$38,534,514
31	Girl, Interrupted	Drama	R	$28,436,380	5,275,766	$37,880,000
32	High Fidelity	Comedy	R	$27,277,055	5,060,678	$36,335,668
33	Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2	Horror	R	$26,421,314	4,901,914	$35,195,743
34	Nurse Betty	Black Comedy	R	$25,167,270	4,669,252	$33,525,229
35	Reindeer Games	Action	R	$23,360,779	4,334,096	$31,118,809
36	Magnolia	Drama	R	$21,686,030	4,023,382	$28,887,883
37	Dracula 2000	Horror	R	$21,569,567	4,001,775	$28,732,745
38	Urban Legends: Final Cut	Horror	R	$21,468,807	3,983,081	$28,598,522
39	Wonder Boys	Comedy	R	$19,284,952	3,577,913	$25,689,415
40	Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo	Comedy	R	$19,181,507	3,558,721	$25,551,617
41	The Ninth Gate	Thriller/Suspense	R	$18,653,746	3,460,806	$24,848,587
42	The Contender	Drama	R	$17,804,273	3,303,205	$23,717,012
43	Boiler Room	Drama	R	$16,963,963	3,147,303	$22,597,636
44	Lost Souls	Thriller/Suspense	R	$16,779,636	3,113,105	$22,352,094
45	Eye of the Beholder	Thriller/Suspense	R	$16,459,004	3,053,619	$21,924,984
46	Loser	Romantic Comedy	R	$15,464,026	2,869,022	$20,599,578
47	Bait	Action	R	$15,325,127	2,843,252	$20,414,549
48	American Psycho	Black Comedy	R	$15,047,419	2,791,729	$20,044,614
49	Get Carter	Drama	R	$14,967,182	2,776,843	$19,937,733
50	The Ladies Man	Comedy	R	$13,592,872	2,521,869	$18,107,019
51	Dr. T and the Women	Romantic Comedy	R	$13,065,561	2,424,037	$17,404,586
52	The Crew	Comedy	PG-13	$13,019,253	2,415,446	$17,342,902
53	The Crew	Comedy	PG-13	$13,019,253	2,415,446	$17,342,902
54	Angela's Ashes	Drama	R	$12,852,628	2,384,532	$17,120,940
55	Highlander: Endgame	Action	R	$12,801,190	2,374,989	$17,052,421
56	Saving Grace	Comedy	R	$12,115,757	2,247,821	$16,139,355
57	The Legend of Drunken Master	Action	R	$11,546,543	2,142,216	$15,381,111
58	Lucky Numbers	Comedy	R	$10,014,234	1,857,928	$13,339,923
59	Man on the Moon	Drama	R	$9,988,635	1,853,179	$13,305,825
60	3 Strikes	Comedy	R	$9,821,335	1,822,140	$13,082,965
61	The End of the Affair	Drama	R	$9,104,818	1,689,206	$12,128,499
62	Boys Don't Cry	Drama	R	$8,836,877	1,639,495	$11,771,574
63	Play it to the Bone	Comedy	R	$8,423,838	1,562,864	$11,221,364
64	Sleepy Hollow	Horror	R	$8,228,618	1,526,645	$10,961,311
65	What Planet Are You From?	Comedy	R	$6,291,602	1,167,273	$8,381,020
66	All About My Mother	Drama	R	$6,131,119	1,137,499	$8,167,243
67	The Way of the Gun	Action	R	$6,047,856	1,122,051	$8,056,326
68	Topsy Turvy	Musical	R	$6,043,061	1,121,162	$8,049,943
69	Black and White	Drama	R	$5,241,315	972,415	$6,981,940
70	Gossip	Drama	R	$5,108,820	947,833	$6,805,441
71	Sunshine	Drama	R	$5,067,511	940,169	$6,750,413
72	Woman on Top	Romantic Comedy	R	$5,018,450	931,067	$6,685,061
73	The Virgin Suicides	Black Comedy	R	$4,859,475	901,572	$6,473,287
74	Duets	Drama	R	$4,734,235	878,337	$6,306,460
75	Being John Malkovich	Black Comedy	R	$4,614,957	856,207	$6,147,566
76	The Tao of Steve	Romantic Comedy	R	$4,340,373	805,264	$5,781,796
77	East is East	Comedy	R	$4,170,647	773,775	$5,555,705
78	Dancer in the Dark	Musical	R	$4,157,491	771,334	$5,538,178
79	Whipped	Comedy	R	$4,142,507	768,554	$5,518,218
80	You Can Count on Me	Drama	R	$3,815,524	707,889	$5,082,643
81	End of Days	Action	R	$3,677,068	682,202	$4,898,210
82	Quills	Drama	R	$3,350,819	621,673	$4,463,612
83	Ghost Dog: Way of the Samurai	Drama	R	$3,330,230	617,853	$4,436,185
84	The Big Kahuna	Drama	R	$3,150,107	584,435	$4,196,243
85	Isn't She Great	Comedy	R	$2,954,405	548,127	$3,935,552
86	The Insider	Drama	R	$2,850,307	528,814	$3,796,885
87	Double Jeopardy	Action	R	$2,703,114	501,505	$3,600,806
88	The Bone Collector	Thriller/Suspense	R	$2,699,820	500,894	$3,596,419
89	But I'm a Cheerleader	Comedy	R	$2,199,853	408,136	$2,930,416
90	Bamboozled	Drama	R	$2,185,266	405,430	$2,910,987
91	Cradle Will Rock	Drama	R	$2,128,918	394,976	$2,835,928
92	Butterfly	Drama	R	$2,086,098	387,031	$2,778,883
93	Beyond the Mat	Documentary	R	$2,038,038	378,115	$2,714,866
94	Titus	Drama	R	$1,835,022	340,449	$2,444,424
95	Bossa Nova	Romantic Comedy	R	$1,816,792	337,067	$2,420,141
96	The Broken Hearts Club: A Romantic Comedy	Comedy	R	$1,719,458	319,009	$2,290,485
97	Girl on the Bridge	Romantic Comedy	R	$1,713,995	317,995	$2,283,204
98	Holy Smoke	Drama	R	$1,697,329	314,903	$2,261,004
99	Dogma	Comedy	R	$1,668,162	309,492	$2,222,153
100	Gun Shy	Comedy	R	$1,631,839	302,753	$2,173,767
101	Hamlet	Drama	R	$1,568,749	291,048	$2,089,725
102	State and Main	Comedy	R	$1,542,365	286,153	$2,054,579
103	Girlfight	Drama	R	$1,523,941	282,735	$2,030,037
104	Liberty Heights	Drama	R	$1,445,744	268,227	$1,925,870
105	Three Kings	Action	R	$1,428,932	265,108	$1,903,475
106	Jesus' Son	Drama	R	$1,282,084	237,863	$1,707,856
107	Cecil B. Demented	Black Comedy	R	$1,276,984	236,917	$1,701,064
108	Turn It Up	Drama	R	$1,244,676	230,923	$1,658,027
109	Backstage	Documentary	R	$1,184,727	219,801	$1,578,171
110	The Emperor and the Assassin	Drama	R	$1,155,357	214,352	$1,539,047
111	Groove	Comedy	R	$1,114,943	206,854	$1,485,212
112	Chuck&Buck	Drama	R	$1,050,600	194,917	$1,399,504
113	Urbania	Drama	R	$1,027,119	190,560	$1,368,221
114	Two Family House	Drama	R	$1,015,055	188,322	$1,352,152
115	Time Code	Drama	R	$945,041	175,332	$1,258,884
116	Simpatico	Comedy	R	$894,910	166,032	$1,192,110
117	The Other Conquest	Drama	R	$886,410	164,455	$1,180,787
118	The Yards	Drama	R	$882,710	163,768	$1,175,854
119	The Best Man	Romantic Comedy	R	$781,375	144,968	$1,040,870
120	Alice et Martin	Drama	R	$743,115	137,869	$989,899
121	American Movie: The Making of Northwestern	Documentary	R	$700,889	130,035	$933,651
122	The Third Miracle	Drama	R	$695,043	128,950	$925,861
123	Goya in Bordeaux	Drama	R	$692,786	128,532	$922,860
124	Joe Gould's Secret	Drama	R	$641,117	118,946	$854,032
125	The Filth and the Fury	Documentary	R	$606,643	112,550	$808,109
126	Mifune	Drama	R	$585,016	108,537	$779,296
127	The Opportunists	Drama	R	$581,142	107,819	$774,140
128	Me, Myself & I	Romantic Comedy	R	$565,193	104,860	$752,895
129	A Map of the World	Drama	R	$530,521	98,427	$706,706
130	Fight Club	Drama	R	$508,297	94,304	$677,103
131	The Five Senses		R	$497,091	92,225	$662,176
132	The Girl Next Door	Documentary	R	$496,774	92,166	$661,752
133	Venus Beauty Institute		R	$474,745	88,079	$632,407
134	Malena	Drama	R	$472,626	87,686	$629,585
135	The Last September		R	$469,974	87,194	$626,053
136	Pariah		R	$441,496	81,910	$588,114
137	Sunshine	Drama	R	$441,130	81,842	$587,626
138	Luminarias	Comedy	R	$428,247	79,452	$570,465
139	Wonderland		R	$413,595	76,734	$550,950
140	Santitos		R	$378,562	70,234	$504,280
141	Traffic	Drama	R	$371,664	68,954	$495,090
142	Solas		R	$367,939	68,263	$490,128
143	House on Haunted Hill	Horror	R	$356,258	66,096	$474,569
144	An Affair of Love	Drama	R	$347,808	64,528	$463,311
145	Under Suspicion		R	$328,709	60,985	$437,872
146	Grass		R	$313,039	58,078	$417,000
147	Solomon and Gaenor		R	$301,754	55,984	$401,965
148	Cotton Mary		R	$299,351	55,538	$398,763
149	Trixie		R	$291,022	53,993	$387,670
150	American Pimp	Documentary	R	$287,724	53,381	$383,276
151	Smiling Fish and Goat on Fire		R	$277,233	51,435	$369,303
152	Beautiful People	Comedy	R	$261,360	48,490	$348,158
153	Before Night Falls	Drama	R	$235,232	43,642	$313,350
154	Maelstrom		R	$214,433	39,783	$285,642
155	The Tic Code	Drama	R	$203,849	37,820	$271,548
156	The War Zone	Drama	R	$195,276	36,229	$260,124
157	The Source		R	$194,584	36,101	$259,205
158	The Big Tease	Comedy	R	$185,577	34,430	$247,207
159	Onegin		R	$174,966	32,461	$233,070
160	The Limey	Drama	R	$172,273	31,962	$229,487
161	Knockout		R	$167,085	30,999	$222,573
162	Bringing Out The Dead	Black Comedy	R	$166,761	30,939	$222,142
163	Shadow of the Vampire	Drama	R	$150,171	27,861	$200,042
164	Promenons-nous Dans Les Bois		R	$145,320	26,961	$193,580
165	Deterrence	Thriller/Suspense	R	$144,583	26,824	$192,596
166	X		R	$142,544	26,446	$189,882
167	The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc	Drama	R	$139,999	25,974	$186,493
168	Ride With the Devil	Western	R	$139,710	25,920	$186,106
169	Tigerland	Drama	R	$139,500	25,881	$185,826
170	Agnes Browne	Comedy	R	$134,104	24,880	$178,638
171	Raju Chacha		R	$123,989	23,004	$165,169
172	One Day in September		R	$119,028	22,083	$158,556
173	Fever Pitch	Romantic Comedy	R	$110,865	20,569	$147,685
174	Woman Chaser		R	$110,719	20,542	$147,492
175	Human Traffic		R	$104,257	19,343	$138,883
176	Boricua's Bond	Drama	R	$103,163	19,140	$137,425
177	Flawless	Drama	R	$90,767	16,840	$120,911
178	Stardom		R	$77,527	14,383	$103,270
179	Steal This Movie		R	$76,053	14,110	$101,310
180	Restaurant		R	$73,613	13,657	$98,057
181	Run Lola Run	Thriller/Suspense	R	$70,231	13,030	$93,555
182	Loving Jezebel		R	$69,470	12,889	$92,543
183	Rosetta		R	$64,679	12,000	$86,160
184	Panic	Drama	R	$60,258	11,180	$80,272
185	Once in the Life		R	$53,454	9,917	$71,204
186	An Everlasting Piece		R	$52,773	9,791	$70,299
187	Taboo		R	$51,347	9,526	$68,397
188	Light It Up	Drama	R	$50,059	9,287	$66,681
189	Pollock	Drama	R	$44,244	8,209	$58,941
190	Animal Factory	Drama	R	$43,805	8,127	$58,352
191	The Gift	Thriller/Suspense	R	$43,475	8,066	$57,914
192	Third World Cop		R	$42,327	7,853	$56,385
193	Just Looking		R	$39,852	7,394	$53,089
194	Shadow Hours		R	$38,530	7,148	$51,323
195	Snatch	Black Comedy	R	$37,662	6,987	$50,167
196	Last Night	Drama	R	$32,360	6,004	$43,109
197	Committed		R	$31,844	5,908	$42,419
198	Stigmata	Horror	R	$26,867	4,985	$35,792
199	Crime and Punishment in Suburbia		R	$26,394	4,897	$35,160
200	Spring Forward		R	$26,131	4,848	$34,809
201	The Boondock Saints	Action	R	$25,812	4,789	$34,385
202	The Boondock Saints	Action	R	$25,812	4,789	$34,385
203	The Thomas Crown Affair	Drama	R	$21,895	4,062	$29,165
204	The Wisdom of Crocodiles		R	$21,404	3,971	$28,512
205	Bootmen	Comedy	R	$21,172	3,928	$28,203
206	A Room for Romeo Brass		R	$20,097	3,729	$26,774
207	Just One Time		R	$19,178	3,558	$25,546
208	Chunhyang	Drama	R	$16,187	3,003	$21,562
209	The Specials		R	$12,996	2,411	$17,311
210	Looking for an Echo		R	$12,565	2,331	$16,737
211	Nowhere to Hide		R	$11,423	2,119	$15,214
212	Soft Fruit		R	$11,132	2,065	$14,827
213	Buddy Boy	Thriller/Suspense	R	$10,281	1,907	$13,692
214	The Sculptress		R	$9,972	1,850	$13,283
215	It's the Rage		R	$9,268	1,719	$12,342
216	Circus	Thriller/Suspense	R	$8,406	1,560	$11,201
217	The Idiots		R	$7,235	1,342	$9,636
218	The Claim	Western	R	$7,131	1,323	$9,499
219	Wildflowers		R	$5,365	995	$7,144
220	Babymother	Drama	R	$5,115	949	$6,814
221	Intern		R	$4,000	742	$5,328
222	Sunset Strip		R	$3,926	728	$5,227
223	Coming Soon		R	$3,742	694	$4,983
224	Dragon and the Hawk		R	$3,498	649	$4,660
225	Brown's Requiem	Thriller/Suspense	R	$3,077	571	$4,100
226	Poor White Trash		R	$2,800	519	$3,726
227	South of Heaven, West of Hell		R	$2,042	379	$2,721
228	Soft Toilet Seats		R	$880	163	$1,170
Total Gross of All Movies				$2,646,371,518
Total Tickets Sold					490,978,015
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices						$3,525,222,148

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.