The year 2000 in film involved some significant events.The top grosser worldwide was Mission: Impossible 2.[1] Domestically in North America, Gladiator won the Academy Awards for Best Picture and Best Actor (Russell Crowe).[2] Dinosaur was the most expensive film of 2000 and a box-office success.[1]

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Highest-grossing films

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The top 10 films released in 2000 by worldwide gross are as follows:[3][4]

Highest-grossing films of 2000
RankTitleDistributorWorldwide gross
1Mission: Impossible 2Paramount$546,388,108
2GladiatorDreamWorks / Universal$465,380,802
3Cast Away20th Century Fox / DreamWorks$429,632,142
4What Women WantParamount$374,111,707
5DinosaurBuena Vista$349,822,765
6How the Grinch Stole ChristmasUniversal$346,524,444
7Meet the ParentsUniversal / DreamWorks$330,444,045
8The Perfect StormWarner Bros.$328,711,434
9X-Men20th Century Fox$296,339,528
10What Lies BeneathDreamWorks / 20th Century Fox$291,420,351

2000 box office records

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Events

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Award ceremonies

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DateEventHostLocationSource
January 2357th Golden Globe AwardsHollywood Foreign Press AssociationBeverly Hills, California, U.S.
January 295th Lumières AwardsAcadémie des LumièresParis, France
January 2914th Goya AwardsAcademia de las Artes y las Ciencias Cinematográficas de EspañaMadrid, Spain
February 1345th Filmfare AwardsThe Times GroupMumbai, India
February 1925th César AwardsFrench Academy of Cinema Arts and TechniquesParis, France
March 2Producers Guild of America Awards 1999Producers Guild of AmericaBeverly Hills, California, U.S.
March 219th London Film Critics Circle AwardsThe Critics' CircleLondon, UK
March 126th Screen Actors Guild AwardsSAG-AFTRALos Angeles, California, U.S.
March 1152nd Directors Guild of America AwardsDirectors Guild of AmericaLos Angeles, California, U.S.
March 5Writers Guild of America Awards 1999Writers Guild of America, East & Writers Guild of America, WestManhattan, New York, U.S. & Los Angeles, California, U.S.
March 2515th Independent Spirit AwardsIndependent Spirit AwardsSanta Monica, California, U.S.
March 2520th Golden Raspberry AwardsGolden Raspberry AwardsHollywood, California, U.S.
March 2672nd Academy AwardsAcademy of Motion Picture Arts and SciencesHollywood, California, U.S.
April 953rd British Academy Film AwardsBritish Academy of Film and Television ArtsLondon, England, U.K.
April 1513th Kids' Choice AwardsHollywood BowlLos Angeles, U.S.
April 1945th David di DonatelloAccademia del Cinema ItalianoRome, Italy
June 32000 MTV Movie AwardsSony Pictures StudiosCulver City, California, U.S.
June 626th Saturn AwardsAcademy of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror FilmsBurbank, California, U.S.
November 1128th Annie AwardsASIFA-HollywoodLos Angeles, California, U.S.

Awards

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Category/Organization58th Golden Globe Awards
January 16, 2001
6th Critics' Choice Awards
January 22, 2001
54th BAFTA Awards
February 19, 2001
Producers, Directors, Screen Actors, and Writers Guild Awards73rd Academy Awards
March 25, 2001
DramaMusical or Comedy
Best FilmGladiatorAlmost FamousGladiator
Best DirectorAng Lee
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
Steven Soderbergh
Erin Brockovich and Traffic
Ang Lee
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
Steven Soderbergh
Traffic
Best ActorTom Hanks
Cast Away
George Clooney
O Brother, Where Art Thou?
Russell Crowe
Gladiator
Jamie Bell
Billy Elliot
Benicio del Toro
Traffic
Russell Crowe
Gladiator
Best ActressJulia Roberts
Erin Brockovich
Renée Zellweger
Nurse Betty
Julia Roberts
Erin Brockovich
Best Supporting ActorBenicio del Toro
Traffic
Joaquin Phoenix
Gladiator and Quills
Benicio del Toro
Traffic
Albert Finney
Erin Brockovich
Benicio del Toro
Traffic
Best Supporting ActressKate Hudson
Almost Famous
Frances McDormand
Almost Famous and Wonder Boys
Julie Walters
Billy Elliot
Judi Dench
Chocolat
Marcia Gay Harden
Pollock
Best Screenplay, AdaptedStephen Gaghan
Traffic
Stephen Gaghan
Traffic
Best Screenplay, OriginalCameron Crowe
Almost Famous
Kenneth Lonergan
You Can Count on Me
Cameron Crowe
Almost Famous
Best Animated FilmChicken Run
Best Original ScoreGladiator
Hans Zimmer and Lisa Gerrard
Gladiator
The Road to El Dorado
Hans Zimmer
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
Tan Dun
N/ACrouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
Tan Dun
Best Original Song"Things Have Changed"
Wonder Boys
"My Funny Friend and Me"
The Emperor's New Groove
N/AN/A"Things Have Changed"
Wonder Boys
Best Foreign Language FilmCrouching Tiger, Hidden DragonN/ACrouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon

2000 films

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By country/region

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By genre/medium

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Births

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March 5 – Reiky de Valk, Dutch actor (d. 2023)

Deaths

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MonthDateNameAgeCountryProfessionNotable films
January1George Carl83USActor, ComedianFunny Bones
5Vic Schoen83USComposer, Arranger
7Klaus Wennemann59GermanyActor
9Marguerite Churchill89USActress
10Arthur Batanides83USActor
11Helena Carter79USActress
12Marc Davis86USAnimator
15Fran Ryan83USActress
18Nancy Coleman87USActress
18Frances Drake87USActress
18Jester Hairston98USActor
19Hedy Lamarr85AustriaActress
19Alan North79USActor
24Jeffrey Boam53USScreenwriter
25Tom Pedigo53USSet Decorator
28Tony Doyle58IrelandActor
28Joy Shelton77UKActress
28Kenneth Waller72UKActor
31Ralph Manza78USActor
February1James N. Harrell81USActor
3Bonnie Cashin84USCostume Designer
5Todd Karns79USActor
8Sidney Hayers78UKDirector
10George Jackson42USProducer, Director
10Jim Varney50USActor
11Roger Vadim72FranceDirector, Screenwriter
12John London58USKey Grip
16Marceline Day91USActress
16Lila Kedrova81RussiaActress
17Miles White85USCostume Designer
20Otello Martelli97ItalyCinematographer
22John Kellogg83USActor
23Ofra Haza42IsraelSinger, Actress
23Joseph V. Perry69USActor
24Rosalind Keith83USActress
27George Duning92USComposer
March7Charles Gray71UKActor
10Judith Barrett91USActress
11Richard Collier80USActor
13Rex Everhart79USActor
15Wally Rose88USActor, Stuntman
25Jim Cash59USScreenwriter
25Helen Martin90USActress
29John Baskcomb84UKActor
April??Maurice Carter85–86UKArt Director
2Greta Gynt83NorwayActress
8Claire Trevor90USActress
10Arnold Johnson78USActor
10Peter Jones79UKActor
11Douglas Green79USSecond Unit Director
12Carmen Dillon91UKArt Director
12Christopher Pettiet24USActor
13Peter Archer56AustraliaActorEnter the Dragon
21Susan Stephen68UKActress
25David Merrick88USProducer
May1Steve Reeves74USActor
3Lewis Allen94UKDirector
7Douglas Fairbanks Jr.90USActor
10Bart the Bear23USActor
10Craig Stevens81USActor
11David Bretherton76USFilm Editor
11René Muñoz62CubaActor, Screenwriter
13Paul Bartel61USActor, Director
20Edward Bernds94USDirector
21John Gielgud96UKActor
25Nicholas Clay53UKActor
25Francis Lederer100Austria-HungaryActor
26William McCaughey70USSound Engineer
26Samuel A. Taylor87USScreenwriter
28Robert Fryer79USProducer
29Aubrey Richards79UKActor
30Doris Hare95UKActress
30Bill Thomas78USCostume Designer
31Walter Sparrow73UKActor
June10Terry Forrestal52UKStuntman
10J. Watson Webb Jr.84USFilm Editor
11Elizabeth Lawrence77USActress
13John Bramall76UKSound Engineer
18Nancy Marchand71USActress
19Anton Gorchev60BulgariaActor
24David Tomlinson83UKActor
27David Neal68UKActor
28Nils Poppe92SwedenActor
28Michael Ripper87UKActor
29John Abineri72UKActor
29Vittorio Gassman77ItalyActor
July1Walter Matthau79USActor
3Harold Nicholas79USDancer, Actor
3Kemal Sunal55TurkeyActor
10Justin Pierce25UKActor
14Meredith MacRae56USActress
18Roberto Contreras71USActor
19James B. Clark92USDirector, Film Editor
22Eric Christmas84UKActor
27Don Weis78USDirector
30Nan Leslie74USActress
30Max Showalter83USActor
August5Alec Guinness86UKActor
8Jess Barker88USActor
8John F. Warren91USCinematographer
9Lewis Wilson80USActor
10Joan Marsh86USActress
11Eddie Powell73UKStuntman
12Loretta Young87USActress
15Robert Swink82USFilm Editor
22Toru Tanaka70USActor
24Patricia Owens75CanadaActress
25Jack Nitzsche63USComposer
29Rose Hobart94USActress
30Joseph H. Lewis93USDirector
September2Ishaq Bux83IndiaActor
2Jean Speegle Howard73USActress
3Edward Anhalt86USScreenwriter
3Walt Stanchfield81USAnimator
7Gian Luigi Polidoro73ItalyDirector
10Mary Colquhoun59UKCasting Director
12Juan Ibáñez83MexicoDirector
12Gary Olsen55AustraliaActor, Key Grip
14Beah Richards80USActress
19Ann Doran89USActress
19Gloria Talbott69USActress
26Richard Mulligan67USActor
October2Richard Liberty68USActor
6Richard Farnsworth80USActor
9David Dukes55USActor
10Emile Kuri93MexicoSet Decorator
11Sam O'Steen76USFilm Editor
12Gordon Stulberg76CanadaStudio Executive
13Jean Peters73USActress
15Vincent Canby76USFilm CriticNone; critiqued films for The New York Times
17Walter Shenson81UKProducer, Director
18Julie London74USActress, Singer
18Sidney Salkow89USDirector
18Gwen Verdon75USActress, Dancer
21Mort Briskin86USProducer, Screenwriter
22Anthony Chinn69GuyanaActor
24Pasquale Cajano79ItalyActor
26Muriel Evans90USActress
28Anthony Lee39USActor
30Steve Allen78USActor
30Elizabeth Bradley83UKActress
31Ring Lardner Jr.85USScreenwriter
November1Allan Surtees75UKActor
3Leonardo Benvenuti77ItalyScreenwriter
11Rayford Barnes80USActor
22Christian Marquand73FranceActor, Director
26Carlo Simi76ItalyCostume Designer, Production Designer
27Anne Barton76USActress
27George Wells91USScreenwriter
29Margaret Early80USActress
December4Chet Douglas64USActor
6Werner Klemperer80GermanyActor
10Marie Windsor80USActress
11Don Devlin70USProducer, Screenwriter
11David Lewis84USActor
11N. Richard Nash87USScreenwriter
12George Montgomery84USActor
14Uldis Pūcītis63LatviaActor, Director
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16Margo Moore69USActress
20Richard Hazard79USComposer, Orchestrator
22Stuart Lancaster80USActor
23Billy Barty76USActor
23Noor Jehan75PakistanSinger, Actress
26Leo Gordon78USActor, Screenwriter
26Jason Robards77USActor
30Julius J. Epstein91USScreenwriter

Film debuts

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b "2000 Worldwide Grosses". Box Office Mojo. Archived from the original on June 5, 2011. Retrieved April 10, 2007.
  2. ^ Rickey, Carrie. "Oscar triumphs for Roberts, 'Gladiator' The Roman epic and its star, Russell Crowe, both won awards. Julia Roberts took best-actress honors, for "Erin Brockovich."". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Archived from the original on March 3, 2016. Retrieved June 17, 2014.
  3. ^ "2000 Worldwide Box Office". Box Office Mojo. IMDb. Retrieved March 7, 2020.
  4. ^ "Top 2000 Movies at the Worldwide Box Office". The Numbers. Retrieved June 15, 2023.
  5. ^ "Box Office: Grinch Steals Holiday Hearts". ABC. Retrieved November 13, 2010.
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