2000 in film
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| February 9 |
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| November 19 |
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Top grossing films
Please note that following the tradition of the English language film industry, these are the top grossing films that were first released in the United States and Canada in 2000; because they may have made most of their income in a later year, they may not be the top-grossing films for calendar year. The top ten films of 2000 as of January 26, 2006 (U.S. and Canada), January 26, 2006 (UK) and January 26, 2006 (Australia) are as follows:
| 2000 Rank | Title | Studio | Box Office Gross U.S.A. |
| 1. | How the Grinch Stole Christmas! | Universal Pictures | $260,031,035 |
| 2. | Cast Away | 20th Century Fox | $233,630,478 |
| 3. | Mission: Impossible II | Paramount Pictures | $215,397,309 |
| 4. | Gladiator | DreamWorks | $187,670,866 |
| 5. | What Women Want | Paramount Pictures | $182,805,123 |
| 6. | The Perfect Storm | Warner Bros. Pictures | $182,618,434 |
| 7. | Meet the Parents | Universal Pictures | $166,225,040 |
| 8. | X-Men | 20th Century Fox | $157,299,717 |
| 9. | Scary Movie | Dimension Films | $156,997,084 |
| 10. | What Lies Beneath | DreamWorks | $155,370,362 |
In total, three films released in 2000 grossed more than $400 million, reaching international blockbuster motion picture status.
For a complete list of 2000's top-grossing films, follow these links:
- Worldwide: http://boxofficemojo.com/yearly/chart/?view2=worldwide&yr=2006&p=.htm
- U.S. & Canada: http://boxofficemojo.com/yearly/chart/?yr=2006&p=.htm
- United Kingdom: http://www.ukfilmcouncil.org.uk/statistics/boxoffice/
- Australia: http://www.moviemarshal.com/
Awards
- Best Picture: Gladiator
- Award for Directing: Steven Soderbergh - Traffic
- Best Actor: Russel Crowe - Gladiator
- Best Actress: Julia Roberts - Erin Brockovich
- Best Supporting Actor: Benicio Del Toro - Traffic
- Best Supporting Actress: Marcia Gay Harden - Pollock
- Best Foreign Language Film: Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (Wo hu cang long), directed by Ang Lee, Taiwan / Hong Kong / U.S.A. / China
- Drama
- Best Picture: Gladiator
- Best Actor: Tom Hanks - Cast Away
- Best Actress: Julia Roberts - Erin Brockovich
- <u>Musical or Comedy
- Best Picture: Almost Famous
- Best Actor: George Clooney - O Brother, Where Art Thou?
- Best Actress: Renée Zellweger - Nurse Betty
- <u>Other
- Best Director: Ang Lee - Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
- Best Foreign Language Film: Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, Taiwan / Hong Kong / U.S.A. / China
- Best Picture: Gladiator
- Best Actor: Jamie Bell
- Best Actress: Julia Roberts
PALM D'OR (Cannes Film Festival):
- Dancer in the Dark, directed by Lars von Trier, Denmark / Germany / Netherlands / U.S.A. / U.K. / France / Sweden / Finland / Iceland / Norway
GOLDEN LION (Venice Film Festival):
- The Circle (Dayereh), directed by Jafar Panahi, Iran / Switzerland / Italy
GOLDEN BEAR (Berlin Film Festival):
- Magnolia, directed by Paul Thomas Anderson, United States
Films released in 2000
- 101 Reykjavík
- The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle
- Almost Famous - Golden Globe Award for Best Picture (Musical or Comedy)
- American Psycho
- Amores perros
- Battlefield Earth
- Bedazzled
- Billy Elliot
- Cast Away
- Center Stage
- Charlie's Angels
- Chicken Run
- Chocolat
- The Circle - Golden Lion award
- Coyote Ugly
- Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon - Academy and Golden Globe Awards for Best Foreign Language Film
- Dancer in the Dark - Palm d'Or award
- Digimon: The Movie
- Dinosaur (Walt Disney)
- Dungeons & Dragons
- The Emperor's New Groove
- Erin Brockovich
- Escaflowne: The Movie
- Faat Kiné
- Final Destination
- For Love or Country: The Arturo Sandoval Story, starring Arturo Sandoval
- Gangster No. 1
- Ginger Snaps
- Girlfight
- Gladiator - Academy, Golden Globe (drama) and BAFTA Awards for Best Picture
- Godzilla vs. Megaguirus
- Gone in 60 Seconds
- Hanging Up
- Happy Times
- How the Grinch Stole Christmas!
- How to Kill Your Neighbor's Dog
- In the Mood for Love
- The Isle
- Italian for Beginners
- Maryam
- Me, Myself, and Irene
- Meet the Parents
- Memento
- The Million Dollar Hotel
- Miss Congeniality
- Mission: Impossible II
- The New Country
- The Next Best Thing
- Nurse Betty
- O Brother, Where Art Thou?
- Our Song
- The Patriot
- The Perfect Storm
- Pitch Black
- Pokémon 3: The Movie (japan. orig. release year)
- Pollock
- The Price of Milk
- Quills
- Relative Values
- Remember the Titans
- Requiem for a Dream
- Sade
- Scary Movie
- Scream 3
- Shanghai Noon
- Snatch
- The Road to El Dorado
- The Tao of Steve
- Thirteen Days
- Time of Favor
- Thomas and the Magic Railroad
- Titan A.E.
- Traffic
- You Can Count on Me
- U-571
- Unbreakable
- Up at the Villa
- What Lies Beneath
- What Women Want
- X-Men
Births
- August 30 - Talia Lanning, who later played one of the daughters of Peter Sellers in The Life and Death of Peter Sellers
Deaths
| Date | Name | Age | Cinematic Notability |
| January 10 | Sam Jaffe | 98 | producer, studio executive, talent agent |
| January 19 | Hedy Lamarr | 86 | actress |
| February 11 | Roger Vadim | 72 | French movie director |
| February 16 | Marceline Day | 81 | American actress |
| March 6 | John Colicos | 71 | Canadian actor |
| March 20 | Gene "Eugene" Andrusco | 38 | actor, singer |
| March 27 | Ian Dury | 57 | English musician and actor |
| May 21 | Sir John Gielgud | 96 | British actor |
| May 25 | Nicholas Clay | 53 | British actor |
| June 29 | Vittorio Gassmann | 78 | Italian actor |
| July 1 | Walter Matthau | 79 | American actor |
| August 5 | Sir Alec Guinness | 86 | British actor |
| August 12 | Loretta Young | 87 | actress |
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