Top Grossing Movies of 2000

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  1. Again in 2000 we have only put in films I saw in theaters in Manhattan and the Bronx through the letter H. All films seen in Queens or other Long Island cinemas are here, so 102 2000 films seen in theaters in 2000 or 2001.

    28 DAYS
    ADVENTURES OF ROCKY & BULLWINKLE
    ALMOST FAMOUS
    AMERICAN PSYCHO
    ART OF WAR
    AUTUMN IN NEW YORK
    BAIT
    BATTLEFIELD EARTH
    BEAUTIFUL
    BEDAZZLED
    BIG KAHUNA
    BIG MOMMA’S HOUSE
    BLESS THE CHILD
    BOILER ROOM
    BOUNCE
    BRING IT ON
    CAST AWAY
    CELL, THE
    CHARLIE’S ANGELS
    CHICKEN RUN
    CHOCALAT
    COYOTE UGLY
    CROUCHING TIGER, HIDDEN DRAGON (H.K.)
    CROUPIER (GER. – U.K.)
    DINOSAUR
    DISNEY’S THE KID
    DOWN TO YOU
    DR. SEUSS ‘HOW THE GRINCH STOLE CHRISTMAS’
    DR. T AND THE WOMEN
    DRACULA 2000
    DUDE, WHERE’S MY CAR
    DUNGEONS AND DRAGONS
    EMPEROR’S NEW GROOVE
    ERIN BROCKOVICH
    EYE OF THE BEHOLDER
    FAMILY MAN
    FINAL DESTINATION
    FINDING FORRESTER
    FLINTSTONES IN VIVA ROCK VEGAS
    FREQUENCY
    GET CARTER
    GLADIATOR
    GODZILLA (JAP.)
    GONE IN 60 SECONDS
    GOSSIP
    GUN SHY
    HANGING UP
    HELD UP
    HIGH FIDELITY
    HIGHLANDER: END GAME
    HOLLOW MAN
    I DREAMED OF AFRICA
    ISN’T SHE GREAT
    KEEPING THE FAITH
    LADIES MAN
    LEGEND OF BAGGER VANCE
    LITTLE NICKY
    LOSER
    LUCKY NUMBERS
    ME, MYSELF AND IRENE
    MEET THE PARENTS
    MEN OF HONOR
    MISSION IMPOSSIBLE II
    MISSION TO MARS
    NEXT BEST THING
    NUTTY PROFESSOR II: THE KLUMPS
    PAY IT FORWARD
    PITCH BLACK
    POLLACK
    PROOF OF LIFE
    QUILLS
    RETURN TO ME
    ROAD TRIP
    RULES OF ENGAGEMENT
    SAVING GRACE (U.K.)
    SCREWED
    SHANGHAI NOON
    SMALL TIME CROOKS
    SNATCH
    SPACE COWBOYS
    STATE AND MAIN
    THE BEACH
    THE CONTENDER
    THE CREW
    THE PATRIOT
    THE SKULLS
    THE WATCHER
    THOMAS AND THE MAGIC RAILROAD
    TITAN A.E.
    U-571
    UNBREAKABLE
    URBAN LEGENDS: THE FINAL CUT
    VERTICAL LIMIT
    WAY OF THE GUN
    WHAT LIES BENEATH
    WHAT WOMEN WANT
    WHATEVER IT TAKES
    WHERE THE HEART IS
    WHERE THE MONEY IS
    WHIPPED
    WHOLE NINE YARDS
    WONDER BOYS

    The following 18 2000 films I saw on videotape within a year of their release in 2000.

    ALL THE PRETTY HORSES
    BAMBOOZLED
    BEST IN SHOW
    BILLY ELLIOTT (U.K.)
    BUT I’M A CHEERLEADER
    DANCER IN THE DARK
    DUETS
    FANTASIA 2000
    HOUSE OF MIRTH
    MISS CONGENIALITY
    MY DOG SKIP
    O BROTHER WHERE ART THOU?
    SCARY MOVIE
    SHADOW OF THE VAMPIRE
    THE GIFT
    TRIXIE
    WHAT’S COOKING
    YOU CAN COUNT ON ME

    The following 113 2000 films I have seen since 2002. Key is title, studio, date seen and source (TV channel, DVD or tape)

    2001: A SPACE TRAVESTY (CAN-GER.) 2000 NEW SKY REL 4/12 2016 DVD
    587: THE GREAT TRAIN ROBBERY 2000 B SKY B 1/17 2015 DVD
    8 1/2 WOMEN (U.K.) 2000 LIONS GATE 7/29 2002 MAX
    BARTLEBY 2000 PARKER FILMS 8/3 2003 SUND
    BATTLE ROYALE (JAP.) 2000 11/11 2016 BLU RAY
    BEAT 2000 MILLENIUM 3/10 2017 SHO
    BEAUTIFUL JOE 2000 6/11 2003 MMAX
    BLOWBACK 2000 AMERICAN WORLD 10/21 2014 ACTN
    BORICUA’S BOND 2000 USA FILMS 11/24 2018 STZ
    BRUNO 2000 NEW ANGEL 1/26 2009 WAM
    BULLFIGHTER 2000 PHHAEDRA CINEMA 7/5 2012 DVD
    CAN’T BE HEAVEN 2000 UNAPIX ENT. 3/24 2014 EFAM
    CASPER’S HAUNTED CHRISTMAS 2000 UNIV STUDIO HOME ENT. 11/4 2018 STZ
    CASTLE ROCK 2000 TAG ENT. 11/29 2012 DVD
    CEMENT 2000 CARGO FILMS 1/10 2014 SUSP
    CENTER STAGE 2000 COL 7/2 2001 MMAX
    CHAIN OF COMMAND 2000 NEW CITY REL. 2/23 2011 MMAX
    CHAIN OF FOOLS 2000 WB 6/27 2014 DVD
    CLOSER YOU GET (U.K. – IRE.) 2000 FOX SEARCHLIGHT 10/6 2017 STZ
    COMING SOON 2000 UNAPIX 2/13 2018 EPIX
    COMMITTED 2000 MIRAMAX 3/12 2012 LOVE
    CONTAMINATED MAN 2000 10/30 2002 MMAX
    CORRS LIVE IN LONDON (MUSIC FILM) 2000 12/27 2010 DVD
    CRUEL INTENTIONS 2 2000 COL / TRI 2/17 2009 MMAX
    DEEP CORE 2000 ALLIANCE ATLANTIC/NEW CITY REL/PAR 6/7 2012 ACTN
    DEEPLY (AUSTRALIA) 2000 5/8 2013 LOVE
    DELTA FORCE ONE: THE LOST PATROL 2000 2/27 2013 ACTN
    DETERRENCE 2000 PAR CLASSICS 11/3 2016 EPIX
    DHADKAN (IND.) 2000 EROS 8/25 2002 TAPE
    ELITE, THE 2000 PM ENT. 2/18 2003 MMAX
    EPICENTER 2000 PM ENT. 9/13 2017 DVD
    EVERYTHING’S JAKE 2000 WB 4/17 2012 DRA
    FALCON DOWN 2000 UFO 7/20 2004 ACTN
    FALL, THE (CAN – HUNG. – U.K.) 2000 LE MONDE 2/26 2014 DVD
    FELICIA’S JOURNEY (CAN-U.K.) 2000 ARTISAN 2/3 2017 SHO
    GIRLFIGHT 2000 SCREEN GEMS 3/18 2002 MAX
    GIVING TREE 2000 ETERNITY PICTURES 7/9 2013 DVD
    GLORY GLORY 2000 PEAKVIEWING TRANSATLANTIC 5/23 2007 WEST
    GODZILLA VS. MEGAGUIRUS (JAP.) 2000 TOHO 3/28 2012 SUSP
    GREENFINGERS (U.K.) 2000 SAMUEL GOLDWYN 3/15 2003 TRUE
    HOTEL SPLENDIDE 2000 ONLY HERTS 3/23 2003 SUND
    I’M THE ONE THAT I WANT 2000 CHO/TAUSIG/V… 1/19 2003 TAPE
    INTERN 2000 YORK ENT. 8/17 2013 LOVE
    JACK FROST 2: REVENGE OF THE MUTANT KILLER SNOWMAN 2000 UNIFIC 2/21 2005 MAX
    JOE GOULD’S SECRET 2000 UNI 9/2 2006 SUND
    KEVIN AND PERRY GO LARGE (U.K.) 2000 PAR 12/24 2003 TAPE
    KILLJOY 2000 FULL MOON 3/5 2014 DVD
    LANTANA (AUSTRALIAN) 2000 LIONSGATE 1/5 2004 MMAX
    LAST PATROL 2000 10/15 2014 ACTN
    LEPRECHAUN IN THE HOOD 2000 TRIMARK 3/17 2018 SYFY
    LIFE BEFORE THIS (CAN.) 2000 ALLIANCE ATLANTIC 3/9 2014 DVD
    LORD STANLEY’S CUP: HOCKEY’S ULTIMATE PRIZE (DOC.) 2000 6/22 2016 DVD
    LOVE & RAGE (IRISH-U.K.-GER.) 2000 AVALANCHE/NEW CITY 7/26 2013 LOVE
    LOVE & SEX 2000 LIONS GATE 5/7 2018 STZ
    LOVE AND BASKETBALL 2000 NL 8/25 2008 LOVE
    LOVING JEZEBEL 2000 UNI FPCUS 2/1 2018 STZ
    LUZHIN DEFENSE (U.K. -FR.) 2000 SONY PICTURES CLASSICS 11/16 2016 HBO
    MALENA ( IT.) 2000 MIRAMAX 2/18 2003 TAPE
    MAMBO CAFÉ 2000 KUSHNER LOCKE 9/5 2014 DVD
    MILITIA 2000 CINETEL 7/8 2010 MAX
    MISTY’S SECRET 2000 SEDUCTION CINEMA 10/6 2003 DVD
    MOHABBATEIN (IND.) 2000 3/25 2005 TAPE
    MORE DOGS THAN BONES 2000 DEAL/DREAM ENT 10/4 2014 DVD
    MR. ACCIDENTAL (AUSTRALIAN) 2000 UA 10/13 2002 TAPE
    MVP: MOST VALUABLE PRIMATE 2000 KEYSTONE FAMILY 4/30 2009 WAM
    NEW BLOOD (U.K. – CAN) 2000 MERCURY HOME ENT 1/21 2014 BLACK
    NEWCOMERS, THE 2000 EDGEWOOD ENT 10/28 2013 EFAM
    NEXT FRIDAY 2000 NL 7/1 2001 BSTZ
    ONE OF THE HOLLYWOOD TEN 2000 ABBI FILS 2/11 2003 TRUE
    ORDINARY DECNT CRIMINAL 2000 ICON FILM DIST. 3/11 2014 DVD
    PANIC 2000 ARTISAN 8/28 2018 EPIX
    PASSION OF MIND 2000 PAR CLASSICS 10/26 2016 SHO
    PILGRIM 2000 PROMARK ENT. 4/27 2010 MMAX
    POLES APART 2000 LEAD DOG PRODS. 11/28 2001 SUND
    POOR WHITE TRASH 2000 XENON 4/25 2002 TAPE
    PREACHER’S KID 2000 GENER8XIN ENT. 5/25 2017 BOUNCE
    PRESTON TYLK 2000 NEW CITY REL. 4/1 2010 DRA
    PRICE OF GLORY 2000 NL 10/23 2002 ENC
    PROPHET’S GAME 2000 MOONSTONE ENT 8/14 2013 SUSP
    PSYCHO BEACH PARTY 2000 STAND 8/22 2001 MAX
    RAT (U.K.) 2000 UNI 1/11 2007 MAX
    RED TEAM 2000 REGENT 5/15 2012 ACTN
    RELATIVE VALUES 2000 FIRST LOOK 9/18 2005 LOVE
    REQUIEM FOR A DREAM 2000 12/21 2003 IFC
    ROCKER 2000 MAVERICK ENT. 3/14 2015 DVD
    SHE CREATURE 2000 12/16 2002 MMAX
    SHRIEK IF YOU KNOW WHAT I DID LAST FRIDAY THE 13TH 2000 6/2 2014 SUSP
    SINBAD BEYOND THE VEIL OF MISTS 2000 IMPROVISATION 1/19 2013 EFAM
    SMOKERS, THE 2000 10/19 2003 MMAX
    SONGCATCHER 2000 LIONSGATE 2/8 2011 HBO2
    SONIC IMPACT 2000 NEW CITY REL. 1/21 2017 BOUNCE
    SOUTH OF HEAVEN WEST OF HELL 2000 BLUE STEEL 5/10 2013 ENC
    SPANISH JUDGES 2000 CAROO FILMS 10/28 2016 EPIX
    SPY HIGH 2000 3/21 2010 MYST
    STEAL THIS MOVIE 2000 LIONS GATE 5/28 2013 DRA
    SUBSTITUTE 4: FAILURE IS NOT AN OPTION 2000 ARTISAN 11/20 2003 MMAX
    SUNSET STRIP 2000 FOX 2000 1/21 2013 MAX
    SUNSHINE 2000 PAR CLASSICS 9/26 2018 STZ
    TABLE ONE 2000 NEW LINE 9/3 2013 DVD
    TAO OF STEVE 2000 11/10 2002 MAX
    TERROR TRACK 2000 GIANT LEAP 2/24 2012 MAX
    TIGERLAND 2000 FOX 3/1 2002 MAX
    TIME AND TIDE (H.K.) 2000 TRI STAR 11/30 2009 ACTN
    TOKYO RAIDERS (H.K.) 2000 GOLDEN HARVEST 6/16 2010 ACTN
    TWO FAMILY HOISE 2000 LIONSGATE 1/18 2018 EPIX
    UNDER SUSPICION 2000 LIONS GATE 9/12 2001 MAX
    VATEL (FR-U.K.-BELG) 2000 MIRAMAX 3/21 2012 LOVE
    VELOCITY TRAP 2000 NEW CITY REL 11/21 2013 ACT
    WARREN MILLER’S RIDE (DOC.) 2000 WARREN MILLER ENT. 5/20 2012 EFAM
    WEIGHT OF WATER 2000 LIONSGATE 11/15 2004 THRMAX
    WOMAN ON TOP 2000 FOX SEARCHLIGHT 9/24 2001 MAX
    WOMAN WANTED 2000 PHOENICIAN 10/16 2006 DRA
    YARDS, THE 2000 MIRAMAX 12/1 2002 ENC

    1. Hey Dan. Thanks for these epic lists. My tally actually fell below 100 on this year…which surprised me. I see your totals remain “in the clouds”…..seeing more in theaters than I have in all modes of movies…theater, cable, dvd, vhs and internet.

      I am sure most of the readers here at UMR are very envious of the fact that you have spent so much time in Manhattan, the Bronx, Queens and Long Island. I can only guess how many options you had each and every week….especially if you had the option and time to travel different parts of New York City. One likes to sometimes imagine traveling in New York City is like how The Warriors had to get back home in The Warriors….lol.

      Going back to this 2000 list….I was surprised how many of these movies were unknown to me…I think about 15 in the Top 100 were that way. I guess you did not have that issue. That is still surprising me a week after putting this page together. As always…thanks for the comment and the visit.

      1. I worked 35 years in Manhattan and most of the cinemas I went there are now gone. 1987 was a bad year as they literally closed such big ones in the city as the Rivoli, Rko Warner, Loews Stare, Movieland etc. All torn down for skyscrapers. The Warner became a Marroit Marquis hotel. Loew’s Astor Plaza became MTV studios but not anymore. There was also the Criterion and the Embassy’s (2 of them) and all those 42nd street dives, all gone. I grew up in the Bronx which has I think 1.4 million people and now has just 2 theaters. There were 3 in my neighborhood where I grew up and they’re all gone. Every other Bronx theater I saw a film in except the Bay Plaza, gone too.

        1. Hey Dan. Thanks for sharing the memory of all these long lost movie theaters. The Bronx only has two theaters now?….that sounds so depressing. Do people in the Bronx not like movies? Goodness…there are more people living in the Bronx that the combined population of the 7 cities in my neck of the woods. I think Va. Beach, Norfolk, Chesapeake, Portsmouth, Newport News, Hampton and Suffolk have about 1.3 million people…..and we have about 50 theaters for those 7 cities. Good information….even though it is somewhat bittersweet.

  2. I have seen 12 of the highest grossing movies in the above stats chart. The following are my own Top 11 favourites among all of the movies listed:

    Gladiator
    What Women Want
    What Lies Beneath
    Unbreakable
    Rules of Engagement
    The Cell
    Men of honour
    Frequency
    13 Days
    American Psycho
    The Grinch

    I find these annual reviews most useful for not just giving us a comprehensive run-down of the movies marketplace in the year concerned but also for at times listing films that remind me of significant periods of my own life.

    For example 2000 was the last full year, and final Christmas, of my father’s life, as he died about 2 weeks before Christmas Day 2001. [After that there were no more heated arguments in the family about Brando and The Duke!]. The Grinch was released over here on 1 Dec 2000 and my father was beside himself in shaking his head and regularly laughing at the very notion that a film should be named after-and that there should actually be in it a character like – The Grinch! So this 2000 annual review is very definitely “Voted Up!” Once again Work Horse much appreciated.

    1. Hey Bob….thanks for the tally count and the comment on our latest yearly review. I have seen all of your favorite 11 movies. I am right there with you on American Psycho (though I admit the ending still confuses me), Men of Honor (the subject of that movie lived near me at one point in time), Unbreakable (one could argue Bruce’s last great movie) and Gladiator (though Kingdom of Heaven is the Ridley Scott movie from that time frame that I re-watch more).

      Thanks for sharing what the 2000 year meant to you and your dad. Glad our website allows you to get some Brando talk in. Good and funny story about your dad and The Grinch…..and now we have a horrible computer animated movie to go with the Ron Howard/Jim Carrey version. I like you miss “talking movies” with my dad.

      I will be sharing my Top 10 2000 when I get home for a pit stop sometime tomorrow night…WoC and I will be traveling about 5,000 miles in 10 days…it is fun….but tiring. I had to write 9 new UMR movie pages before leaving….now that was a challenge. Good stuff.

  3. A decent year for movies, but not a single great movie in my mind. Gladiator is good entertainment but not great. Castaway has a horrible ending. Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon is overrated. My personal favorite would be Shadow of a Vampire.

    1. Hey Taylor. Good comment on 2000 and the movies from that year. I agree with you that there is not a single great movie on this table. Lots of movies that are very very entertaining…..but as much as a like Gladiator, Space Cowboys and Time Crime (an awesome time travel movie from Spain…I think)…I do not think any are “all-time classic movies”. Wow….Shadow of a Vampire is your favorite movie from this massive list….now that is really really interesting. Thanks for the visit and the comment.

      1. Hey Taylor…I realized I mentioned Time Crimes in my comment….that movie is not in this yea…..there is a Timecode movie…and it is horrible. I am at a hotel and it will not allow me to fix errors on comments. Time Crimes is an excellent time travel movie….and I highly recommend…but it was not made in 2000….sorry for the confusion.

  4. Good year for movies. Gladiator, Erin Brockovich and Space Cowboys would be my favorites.

    1. Hey George G. Thanks for stopping by and commenting on our 2000 yearly review. I loved Gladiator and Space Cowboys as well. My wife loves Erin Brockovich….though I have not seen her re-watch that one in years. I thought it was a decent movie…but not one of my favorite Julia Roberts movies. Good stuff.

  5. I have seen 11 movies from 2000. Only two of them are from the top 10.

    The HIGHEST rated movie I have seen is Erin Brockovich.

    The highest rated movie I have NOT seen is Gladiator.

    The LOWEST rated movie I have seen is State and Main.

    Favourite 2000 Movies I I Have Seen:

    Best in Show
    Chocolat
    The Perfect Storm
    Space Cowboys
    Memento
    Billy Elliot

    Other 2000 Movies I Have Seen:

    Erin Brockovich
    O Brother, Where Art Thou?
    Miss Congeniality
    Pollock
    State and Main

    1. Hey Flora….thanks for the feedback on this 2000 yearly review….only 8 more to go and then we will have every year from 1927 to 2019. I especially appreciate your comment since I know this is hardly one of your favorite years.

      Tally count. Shockingly my tally feel under 100 on this one….as my current tally is 96. So your 11 is not too bad. Even more shocking is that many of these movies are unknown to me. I would have thought movies made in 2000 would all be known to me…I guess I was still working 90 hours a week back in 2000.

      I have seen all 11 of the ones that you have seen. I loved Memento and Space Cowboys. I thought State and Main was a decent little movie….then again I am always a sucker for movies about movies. Thanks again for your comment. Cogerson from Georgia

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