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	$238,196,133
2	Scary Movie	Comedy	R	$157,019,771	29,131,683	$200,425,979
3	Erin Brockovich	Drama	R	$125,548,685	23,292,891	$160,255,090
4	The Patriot	Drama	R	$113,330,342	21,026,037	$144,659,135
5	Me, Myself & Irene	Romantic Comedy	R	$90,570,999	16,803,525	$115,608,252
6	Scream 3	Horror	R	$89,138,076	16,537,676	$113,779,211
7	Hollow Man	Horror	R	$73,209,340	13,582,438	$93,447,173
8	Shaft	Action	R	$70,327,868	13,047,842	$89,769,153
9	Road Trip	Comedy	R	$68,525,609	12,713,471	$87,468,680
10	Rules of Engagement	Thriller/Suspense	R	$61,322,858	11,377,154	$78,274,820
11	The Cell	Thriller/Suspense	R	$61,280,963	11,369,381	$78,221,341
12	The Green Mile	Drama	R	$60,119,360	11,153,870	$76,738,626
13	American Beauty	Drama	R	$59,040,232	10,953,661	$75,361,188
14	The Whole Nine Yards	Comedy	R	$57,262,492	10,623,839	$73,092,012
15	Next Friday	Comedy	R	$57,176,582	10,607,900	$72,982,352
16	Romeo Must Die	Action	R	$55,973,336	10,384,663	$71,446,481
17	Final Destination	Horror	R	$53,302,314	9,889,112	$68,037,091
18	The Hurricane	Drama	R	$50,158,016	9,305,754	$64,023,588
19	Men of Honor	Drama	R	$47,512,458	8,814,927	$60,646,698
20	The Talented Mr. Ripley	Drama	R	$41,520,486	7,703,244	$52,998,319
21	The Beach	Drama	R	$39,778,599	7,380,074	$50,774,909
22	Pitch Black	Horror	R	$39,235,088	7,279,237	$50,081,151
23	The Original Kings of Comedy	Concert/Performance	R	$38,168,022	7,081,266	$48,719,110
24	Almost Famous	Comedy	R	$31,932,799	5,924,453	$40,760,237
25	The Art of War	Thriller/Suspense	R	$30,199,105	5,602,802	$38,547,278
26	Any Given Sunday	Drama	R	$29,778,713	5,524,808	$38,010,679
27	Bless the Child	Thriller/Suspense	R	$29,374,178	5,449,755	$37,494,314
28	Proof of Life	Action	R	$29,053,477	5,390,255	$37,084,954
29	The Watcher	Thriller/Suspense	R	$28,946,615	5,370,429	$36,948,552
30	Girl, Interrupted	Drama	R	$28,436,380	5,275,766	$36,297,270
31	High Fidelity	Comedy	R	$27,277,055	5,060,678	$34,817,465
32	Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2	Horror	R	$26,421,314	4,901,914	$33,725,168
33	Nurse Betty	Black Comedy	R	$25,170,054	4,669,769	$32,128,011
34	Reindeer Games	Action	R	$23,360,779	4,334,096	$29,818,580
35	Magnolia	Drama	R	$21,686,030	4,023,382	$27,680,868
36	Dracula 2000	Horror	R	$21,569,567	4,001,775	$27,532,212
37	Urban Legends: Final Cut	Horror	R	$21,468,807	3,983,081	$27,403,597
38	Wonder Boys	Comedy	R	$19,284,952	3,577,913	$24,616,041
39	Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo	Comedy	R	$19,181,507	3,558,721	$24,484,000
40	The Ninth Gate	Thriller/Suspense	R	$18,653,746	3,460,806	$23,810,345
41	The Contender	Drama	R	$17,804,273	3,303,205	$22,726,050
42	Boiler Room	Drama	R	$16,963,963	3,147,303	$21,653,445
43	Lost Souls	Thriller/Suspense	R	$16,779,636	3,113,105	$21,418,162
44	Eye of the Beholder	Thriller/Suspense	R	$16,500,786	3,061,370	$21,062,226
45	Loser	Romantic Comedy	R	$15,464,026	2,869,022	$19,738,871
46	Bait	Action	R	$15,325,127	2,843,252	$19,561,574
47	American Psycho	Black Comedy	R	$15,070,285	2,795,971	$19,236,280
48	Get Carter	Drama	R	$14,967,182	2,776,843	$19,104,680
49	The Ladies Man	Comedy	R	$13,592,872	2,521,869	$17,350,459
50	Dr. T and the Women	Romantic Comedy	R	$13,065,561	2,424,037	$16,677,375
51	Angela's Ashes	Drama	R	$12,852,628	2,384,532	$16,405,580
52	Highlander: Endgame	Action	R	$12,801,190	2,374,989	$16,339,924
53	Saving Grace	Comedy	R	$12,178,602	2,259,481	$15,545,229
54	The Legend of Drunken Master	Action	R	$11,546,543	2,142,216	$14,738,446
55	Lucky Numbers	Comedy	R	$10,014,234	1,857,928	$12,782,545
56	3 Strikes	Comedy	R	$9,821,335	1,822,140	$12,536,323
57	Man on the Moon	Drama	R	$9,271,100	1,720,056	$11,833,985
58	The End of the Affair	Drama	R	$9,104,818	1,689,206	$11,621,737
59	Boys Don't Cry	Drama	R	$8,843,539	1,640,731	$11,288,229
60	Play it to the Bone	Comedy	R	$8,423,838	1,562,864	$10,752,504
61	Sleepy Hollow	Horror	R	$8,228,618	1,526,645	$10,503,318
62	What Planet Are You From?	Comedy	R	$6,291,602	1,167,273	$8,030,838
63	All About My Mother	Drama	R	$6,131,119	1,137,499	$7,825,993
64	The Way of the Gun	Action	R	$6,047,856	1,122,051	$7,719,711
65	Topsy Turvy	Musical	R	$6,043,061	1,121,162	$7,713,595
66	Black and White	Drama	R	$5,241,315	972,415	$6,690,215
67	Gossip	Drama	R	$5,108,820	947,833	$6,521,091
68	Sunshine	Drama	R	$5,067,511	940,169	$6,468,363
69	Woman on Top	Romantic Comedy	R	$5,018,450	931,067	$6,405,741
70	The Virgin Suicides	Black Comedy	R	$4,859,475	901,572	$6,202,815
71	Duets	Drama	R	$4,734,235	878,337	$6,042,959
72	Being John Malkovich	Black Comedy	R	$4,614,957	856,207	$5,890,704
73	The Tao of Steve	Romantic Comedy	R	$4,342,203	805,604	$5,542,556
74	East is East	Comedy	R	$4,170,647	773,775	$5,323,572
75	Dancer in the Dark	Musical	R	$4,157,491	771,334	$5,306,778
76	Whipped	Comedy	R	$4,142,507	768,554	$5,287,652
77	You Can Count on Me	Drama	R	$3,815,524	707,889	$4,870,276
78	End of Days	Action	R	$3,707,753	687,895	$4,732,718
79	Quills	Drama	R	$3,350,819	621,673	$4,277,110
80	Ghost Dog: Way of the Samurai	Drama	R	$3,330,230	617,853	$4,250,829
81	The Big Kahuna	Drama	R	$3,150,107	584,435	$4,020,913
82	Isn't She Great	Comedy	R	$2,954,405	548,127	$3,771,114
83	The Insider	Drama	R	$2,850,307	528,814	$3,638,240
84	Double Jeopardy	Action	R	$2,703,114	501,505	$3,450,354
85	The Bone Collector	Thriller/Suspense	R	$2,699,820	500,894	$3,446,151
86	But I'm a Cheerleader	Comedy	R	$2,205,627	409,207	$2,815,344
87	Bamboozled	Drama	R	$2,185,266	405,430	$2,789,358
88	Cradle Will Rock	Drama	R	$2,128,918	394,976	$2,717,435
89	Butterfly	Drama	R	$2,086,098	387,031	$2,662,773
90	Beyond the Mat	Documentary	R	$2,038,038	378,115	$2,601,431
91	Titus	Drama	R	$1,835,022	340,449	$2,342,289
92	Bossa Nova	Romantic Comedy	R	$1,816,792	337,067	$2,319,021
93	The Broken Hearts Club: A Romantic Comedy	Comedy	R	$1,719,458	319,009	$2,194,782
94	Girl on the Bridge	Romantic Comedy	R	$1,713,995	317,995	$2,187,806
95	Holy Smoke	Drama	R	$1,697,329	314,903	$2,166,533
96	Dogma	Comedy	R	$1,668,162	309,492	$2,129,305
97	Gun Shy	Comedy	R	$1,638,202	303,934	$2,091,066
98	Hamlet	Drama	R	$1,577,287	292,632	$2,013,308
99	State and Main	Comedy	R	$1,542,365	286,153	$1,968,733
100	Girlfight	Drama	R	$1,523,941	282,735	$1,945,217
101	Liberty Heights	Drama	R	$1,445,744	268,227	$1,845,402
102	Three Kings	Action	R	$1,428,932	265,108	$1,823,943
103	Jesus' Son	Drama	R	$1,282,084	237,863	$1,636,497
104	Cecil B. Demented	Black Comedy	R	$1,276,984	236,917	$1,629,989
105	Turn It Up	Drama	R	$1,244,676	230,923	$1,588,750
106	Backstage	Documentary	R	$1,184,727	219,801	$1,512,231
107	The Emperor and the Assassin	Drama	R	$1,155,357	214,352	$1,474,742
108	Groove	Comedy	R	$1,115,313	206,923	$1,423,630
109	Time Code	Drama	R	$1,057,750	196,243	$1,350,152
110	Chuck&Buck	Drama	R	$1,055,671	195,857	$1,347,496
111	Urbania	Drama	R	$1,032,075	191,480	$1,317,382
112	Two Family House	Drama	R	$1,015,122	188,334	$1,295,738
113	Simpatico	Comedy	R	$894,910	166,032	$1,142,300
114	The Other Conquest	Drama	R	$886,410	164,455	$1,131,450
115	The Yards	Drama	R	$882,710	163,768	$1,126,724
116	The Best Man	Romantic Comedy	R	$809,260	150,141	$1,032,970
117	Alice et Martin	Drama	R	$743,115	137,869	$948,539
118	American Movie: The Making of Northwestern	Documentary	R	$700,889	130,035	$894,641
119	The Third Miracle	Drama	R	$695,043	128,950	$887,176
120	Goya in Bordeaux	Drama	R	$692,786	128,532	$884,300
121	Joe Gould's Secret	Drama	R	$642,018	119,113	$819,497
122	The Filth and the Fury	Documentary	R	$612,192	113,579	$781,424
123	Mifune	Drama	R	$585,016	108,537	$746,735
124	The Opportunists	Drama	R	$581,142	107,819	$741,795
125	Me, Myself & I	Romantic Comedy	R	$565,193	104,860	$721,437
126	A Map of the World	Drama	R	$530,521	98,427	$677,178
127	Fight Club	Drama	R	$508,297	94,304	$648,812
128	The Five Senses		R	$497,091	92,225	$634,508
129	The Girl Next Door	Documentary	R	$496,774	92,166	$634,102
130	Malena	Drama	R	$472,626	87,686	$603,280
131	The Last September		R	$469,974	87,194	$599,895
132	Pariah		R	$441,496	81,910	$563,541
133	Sunshine		R	$441,130	81,842	$563,073
134	Luminarias	Comedy	R	$428,247	79,452	$546,630
135	Wonderland		R	$413,595	76,734	$527,930
136	Last Night	Drama	R	$383,631	71,175	$489,684
137	Santitos		R	$378,562	70,234	$483,210
138	Traffic	Drama	R	$371,664	68,954	$474,404
139	Solas		R	$367,939	68,263	$469,649
140	House on Haunted Hill	Horror	R	$356,258	66,096	$454,740
141	An Affair of Love	Drama	R	$347,808	64,528	$443,953
142	Under Suspicion		R	$328,709	60,985	$419,577
143	Grass		R	$313,039	58,078	$399,577
144	Solomon and Gaenor		R	$301,754	55,984	$385,170
145	Cotton Mary		R	$299,351	55,538	$382,101
146	Trixie		R	$291,022	53,993	$371,472
147	American Pimp	Documentary	R	$287,724	53,381	$367,261
148	Smiling Fish and Goat on Fire		R	$277,233	51,435	$353,873
149	Beautiful People	Comedy	R	$261,360	48,490	$333,611
150	Before Night Falls	Drama	R	$235,232	43,642	$300,257
151	The Tic Code	Drama	R	$203,849	37,820	$260,202
152	The War Zone	Drama	R	$195,276	36,229	$249,256
153	The Source		R	$194,584	36,101	$248,375
154	The Big Tease	Comedy	R	$185,577	34,430	$236,878
155	Onegin		R	$174,966	32,461	$223,332
156	The Limey	Drama	R	$172,273	31,962	$219,899
157	Knockout		R	$167,085	30,999	$213,273
158	Bringing Out The Dead	Black Comedy	R	$166,761	30,939	$212,860
159	Shadow of the Vampire	Drama	R	$150,171	27,861	$191,684
160	Promenons-nous Dans Les Bois		R	$145,320	26,961	$185,492
161	X		R	$142,544	26,446	$181,948
162	The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc	Drama	R	$139,999	25,974	$178,701
163	Ride With the Devil	Drama	R	$139,710	25,920	$178,330
164	Tigerland	Drama	R	$139,500	25,881	$178,061
165	Agnes Browne	Comedy	R	$134,104	24,880	$171,174
166	One Day in September		R	$119,028	22,083	$151,931
167	Fever Pitch	Romantic Comedy	R	$110,865	20,569	$141,515
168	Human Traffic		R	$104,257	19,343	$133,080
169	Boricua's Bond	Drama	R	$103,163	19,140	$131,683
170	Flawless	Drama	R	$90,767	16,840	$115,859
171	Stardom		R	$77,527	14,383	$98,955
172	Restaurant		R	$73,613	13,657	$93,960
173	Run Lola Run	Thriller/Suspense	R	$70,231	13,030	$89,646
174	Loving Jezebel		R	$69,470	12,889	$88,676
175	Rosetta		R	$64,679	12,000	$82,560
176	Panic	Drama	R	$60,258	11,180	$76,918
177	Once in the Life		R	$53,454	9,917	$68,229
178	An Everlasting Piece		R	$52,773	9,791	$67,362
179	Taboo		R	$51,347	9,526	$65,539
180	Light It Up	Drama	R	$50,059	9,287	$63,895
181	Pollock	Drama	R	$44,244	8,209	$56,478
182	Animal Factory	Drama	R	$43,805	8,127	$55,914
183	The Gift	Thriller/Suspense	R	$43,475	8,066	$55,494
184	Third World Cop		R	$42,327	7,853	$54,029
185	Just Looking		R	$39,852	7,394	$50,871
186	Shadow Hours		R	$38,530	7,148	$49,178
187	Snatch	Black Comedy	R	$37,662	6,987	$48,071
188	Committed		R	$31,844	5,908	$40,647
189	The Boondock Saints	Action	R	$30,471	5,653	$38,893
190	Stigmata	Horror	R	$26,867	4,985	$34,297
191	Crime and Punishment in Suburbia		R	$26,394	4,897	$33,691
192	Spring Forward		R	$26,131	4,848	$33,354
193	The Thomas Crown Affair	Drama	R	$21,895	4,062	$27,947
194	The Wisdom of Crocodiles		R	$21,404	3,971	$27,320
195	Bootmen	Comedy	R	$21,172	3,928	$27,025
196	A Room for Romeo Brass		R	$20,097	3,729	$25,656
197	Just One Time		R	$19,178	3,558	$24,479
198	Chunhyang	Drama	R	$16,187	3,003	$20,661
199	The Specials		R	$12,996	2,411	$16,588
200	Looking for an Echo		R	$12,565	2,331	$16,037
201	Soft Fruit		R	$11,132	2,065	$14,207
202	Buddy Boy	Thriller/Suspense	R	$10,281	1,907	$13,120
203	The Sculptress		R	$9,972	1,850	$12,728
204	Circus	Thriller/Suspense	R	$8,406	1,560	$10,733
205	The Claim	Western	R	$7,131	1,323	$9,102
206	Wildflowers		R	$5,365	995	$6,846
207	Babymother	Drama	R	$5,115	949	$6,529
208	Sunset Strip		R	$3,926	728	$5,009
209	Brown's Requiem	Thriller/Suspense	R	$3,077	571	$3,928
210	Poor White Trash		R	$2,800	519	$3,571
211	South of Heaven, West of Hell		R	$2,042	379	$2,608
212	Soft Toilet Seats		R	$880	163	$1,121
Total Gross of All Movies				$2,565,793,199
Total Tickets Sold					476,028,419
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices						$3,275,075,523

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.