2000 in film

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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]

Rank Title Distributor Worldwide gross
1 Mission: Impossible 2 Paramount $546,388,108
2 Gladiator DreamWorks / Universal $465,380,802
3 Cast Away 20th Century Fox / DreamWorks $429,632,142
4 What Women Want Paramount $374,111,707
5 Dinosaur Buena Vista $349,822,765
6 How the Grinch Stole Christmas Universal $346,524,444
7 Meet the Parents Universal / DreamWorks $330,444,045
8 The Perfect Storm Warner Bros. $328,711,434
9 X-Men 20th Century Fox $296,339,528
10 What Lies Beneath DreamWorks / 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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Date Event Host Location Source
January 23 57th Golden Globe Awards Hollywood Foreign Press Association Beverly Hills, California, U.S.
January 29 5th Lumières Awards Académie des Lumières Paris, France
January 29 14th Goya Awards Academia de las Artes y las Ciencias Cinematográficas de España Madrid, Spain
February 13 45th Filmfare Awards The Times Group Mumbai, India
February 19 25th César Awards French Academy of Cinema Arts and Techniques Paris, France
March 2 Producers Guild of America Awards 1999 Producers Guild of America Beverly Hills, California, U.S.
March 2 19th London Film Critics Circle Awards The Critics' Circle London, UK
March 12 6th Screen Actors Guild Awards SAG-AFTRA Los Angeles, California, U.S.
March 11 52nd Directors Guild of America Awards Directors Guild of America Los Angeles, California, U.S.
March 5 Writers Guild of America Awards 1999 Writers Guild of America, East & Writers Guild of America, West Manhattan, New York, U.S. & Los Angeles, California, U.S.
March 25 15th Independent Spirit Awards Independent Spirit Awards Santa Monica, California, U.S.
March 25 20th Golden Raspberry Awards Golden Raspberry Awards Hollywood, California, U.S.
March 26 72nd Academy Awards Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Hollywood, California, U.S.
April 9 53rd British Academy Film Awards British Academy of Film and Television Arts London, England, U.K.
April 15 13th Kids' Choice Awards Hollywood Bowl Los Angeles, U.S.
April 19 45th David di Donatello Accademia del Cinema Italiano Rome, Italy
June 3 2000 MTV Movie Awards Sony Pictures Studios Culver City, California, U.S.
June 6 26th Saturn Awards Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films Burbank, California, U.S.
November 11 28th Annie Awards ASIFA-Hollywood Los Angeles, California, U.S.

Awards

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Category/Organization 58th 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 Awards 73rd Academy Awards
March 25, 2001
Drama Musical or Comedy
Best Film Gladiator Almost Famous Gladiator
Best Director Ang Lee
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
Steven Soderbergh
Erin Brockovich and Traffic
Ang Lee
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
Steven Soderbergh
Traffic
Best Actor Tom 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 Actress Julia Roberts
Erin Brockovich
Renée Zellweger
Nurse Betty
Julia Roberts
Erin Brockovich
Best Supporting Actor Benicio del Toro
Traffic
Joaquin Phoenix
Gladiator and Quills
Benicio del Toro
Traffic
Albert Finney
Erin Brockovich
Benicio del Toro
Traffic
Best Supporting Actress Kate Hudson
Almost Famous
Frances McDormand
Almost Famous and Wonder Boys
Julie Walters
Billy Elliot
Judi Dench
Chocolat
Marcia Gay Harden
Pollock
Best Screenplay, Adapted Stephen Gaghan
Traffic
Stephen Gaghan
Traffic
Best Screenplay, Original Cameron Crowe
Almost Famous
Kenneth Lonergan
You Can Count on Me
Cameron Crowe
Almost Famous
Best Animated Film Chicken Run
Best Original Score Gladiator
Hans Zimmer and Lisa Gerrard
Gladiator
The Road to El Dorado
Hans Zimmer
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
Tan Dun
N/A Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
Tan Dun
Best Original Song "Things Have Changed"
Wonder Boys
"My Funny Friend and Me"
The Emperor's New Groove
N/A N/A "Things Have Changed"
Wonder Boys
Best Foreign Language Film Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon N/A Crouching 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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Month Date Name Age Country Profession Notable films
January 1 George Carl 83 US Actor, Comedian Funny Bones
5 Vic Schoen 83 US Composer, Arranger
7 Klaus Wennemann 59 Germany Actor
9 Marguerite Churchill 89 US Actress
10 Arthur Batanides 83 US Actor
11 Helena Carter 79 US Actress
12 Marc Davis 86 US Animator
15 Fran Ryan 83 US Actress
18 Nancy Coleman 87 US Actress
18 Frances Drake 87 US Actress
18 Jester Hairston 98 US Actor
19 Hedy Lamarr 85 Austria Actress
19 Alan North 79 US Actor
24 Jeffrey Boam 53 US Screenwriter
25 Tom Pedigo 53 US Set Decorator
28 Tony Doyle 58 Ireland Actor
28 Joy Shelton 77 UK Actress
28 Kenneth Waller 72 UK Actor
31 Ralph Manza 78 US Actor
February 1 James N. Harrell 81 US Actor
3 Bonnie Cashin 84 US Costume Designer
5 Todd Karns 79 US Actor
8 Sidney Hayers 78 UK Director
10 George Jackson 42 US Producer, Director
10 Jim Varney 50 US Actor
11 Roger Vadim 72 France Director, Screenwriter
12 John London 58 US Key Grip
16 Marceline Day 91 US Actress
16 Lila Kedrova 81 Russia Actress
17 Miles White 85 US Costume Designer
20 Otello Martelli 97 Italy Cinematographer
22 John Kellogg 83 US Actor
23 Ofra Haza 42 Israel Singer, Actress
23 Joseph V. Perry 69 US Actor
24 Rosalind Keith 83 US Actress
27 George Duning 92 US Composer
March 7 Charles Gray 71 UK Actor
10 Judith Barrett 91 US Actress
11 Richard Collier 80 US Actor
13 Rex Everhart 79 US Actor
15 Wally Rose 88 US Actor, Stuntman
25 Jim Cash 59 US Screenwriter
25 Helen Martin 90 US Actress
29 John Baskcomb 84 UK Actor
April ?? Maurice Carter 85–86 UK Art Director
2 Greta Gynt 83 Norway Actress
8 Claire Trevor 90 US Actress
10 Arnold Johnson 78 US Actor
10 Peter Jones 79 UK Actor
11 Douglas Green 79 US Second Unit Director
12 Carmen Dillon 91 UK Art Director
12 Christopher Pettiet 24 US Actor
13 Peter Archer 56 Australia Actor Enter the Dragon
21 Susan Stephen 68 UK Actress
25 David Merrick 88 US Producer
May 1 Steve Reeves 74 US Actor
3 Lewis Allen 94 UK Director
7 Douglas Fairbanks Jr. 90 US Actor
10 Bart the Bear 23 US Actor
10 Craig Stevens 81 US Actor
11 David Bretherton 76 US Film Editor
11 René Muñoz 62 Cuba Actor, Screenwriter
13 Paul Bartel 61 US Actor, Director
20 Edward Bernds 94 US Director
21 John Gielgud 96 UK Actor
25 Nicholas Clay 53 UK Actor
25 Francis Lederer 100 Austria-Hungary Actor
26 William McCaughey 70 US Sound Engineer
26 Samuel A. Taylor 87 US Screenwriter
28 Robert Fryer 79 US Producer
29 Aubrey Richards 79 UK Actor
30 Doris Hare 95 UK Actress
30 Bill Thomas 78 US Costume Designer
31 Walter Sparrow 73 UK Actor
June 10 Terry Forrestal 52 UK Stuntman
10 J. Watson Webb Jr. 84 US Film Editor
11 Elizabeth Lawrence 77 US Actress
13 John Bramall 76 UK Sound Engineer
18 Nancy Marchand 71 US Actress
19 Anton Gorchev 60 Bulgaria Actor
24 David Tomlinson 83 UK Actor
27 David Neal 68 UK Actor
28 Nils Poppe 92 Sweden Actor
28 Michael Ripper 87 UK Actor
29 John Abineri 72 UK Actor
29 Vittorio Gassman 77 Italy Actor
July 1 Walter Matthau 79 US Actor
3 Harold Nicholas 79 US Dancer, Actor
3 Kemal Sunal 55 Turkey Actor
10 Justin Pierce 25 UK Actor
14 Meredith MacRae 56 US Actress
18 Roberto Contreras 71 US Actor
19 James B. Clark 92 US Director, Film Editor
22 Eric Christmas 84 UK Actor
27 Don Weis 78 US Director
30 Nan Leslie 74 US Actress
30 Max Showalter 83 US Actor
August 5 Alec Guinness 86 UK Actor
8 Jess Barker 88 US Actor
8 John F. Warren 91 US Cinematographer
9 Lewis Wilson 80 US Actor
10 Joan Marsh 86 US Actress
11 Eddie Powell 73 UK Stuntman
12 Loretta Young 87 US Actress
15 Robert Swink 82 US Film Editor
22 Toru Tanaka 70 US Actor
24 Patricia Owens 75 Canada Actress
25 Jack Nitzsche 63 US Composer
29 Rose Hobart 94 US Actress
30 Joseph H. Lewis 93 US Director
September 2 Ishaq Bux 83 India Actor
2 Jean Speegle Howard 73 US Actress
3 Edward Anhalt 86 US Screenwriter
3 Walt Stanchfield 81 US Animator
7 Gian Luigi Polidoro 73 Italy Director
10 Mary Colquhoun 59 UK Casting Director
12 Juan Ibáñez 83 Mexico Director
12 Gary Olsen 55 Australia Actor, Key Grip
14 Beah Richards 80 US Actress
19 Ann Doran 89 US Actress
19 Gloria Talbott 69 US Actress
26 Richard Mulligan 67 US Actor
October 2 Richard Liberty 68 US Actor
6 Richard Farnsworth 80 US Actor
9 David Dukes 55 US Actor
10 Emile Kuri 93 Mexico Set Decorator
11 Sam O'Steen 76 US Film Editor
12 Gordon Stulberg 76 Canada Studio Executive
13 Jean Peters 73 US Actress
15 Vincent Canby 76 US Film Critic None; critiqued films for The New York Times
17 Walter Shenson 81 UK Producer, Director
18 Julie London 74 US Actress, Singer
18 Sidney Salkow 89 US Director
18 Gwen Verdon 75 US Actress, Dancer
21 Mort Briskin 86 US Producer, Screenwriter
22 Anthony Chinn 69 Guyana Actor
24 Pasquale Cajano 79 Italy Actor
26 Muriel Evans 90 US Actress
28 Anthony Lee 39 US Actor
30 Steve Allen 78 US Actor
30 Elizabeth Bradley 83 UK Actress
31 Ring Lardner Jr. 85 US Screenwriter
November 1 Allan Surtees 75 UK Actor
3 Leonardo Benvenuti 77 Italy Screenwriter
11 Rayford Barnes 80 US Actor
22 Christian Marquand 73 France Actor, Director
26 Carlo Simi 76 Italy Costume Designer, Production Designer
27 Anne Barton 76 US Actress
27 George Wells 91 US Screenwriter
29 Margaret Early 80 US Actress
December 4 Chet Douglas 64 US Actor
6 Werner Klemperer 80 Germany Actor
10 Marie Windsor 80 US Actress
11 Don Devlin 70 US Producer, Screenwriter
11 David Lewis 84 US Actor
11 N. Richard Nash 87 US Screenwriter
12 George Montgomery 84 US Actor
14 Uldis Pūcītis 63 Latvia Actor, Director
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16 Margo Moore 69 US Actress
20 Richard Hazard 79 US Composer, Orchestrator
22 Stuart Lancaster 80 US Actor
23 Billy Barty 76 US Actor
23 Noor Jehan 75 Pakistan Singer, Actress
26 Leo Gordon 78 US Actor, Screenwriter
26 Jason Robards 77 US Actor
30 Julius J. Epstein 91 US Screenwriter

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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