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
editThe 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
edit- Chicken Run became the highest-grossing stop motion animated film ever.
- Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas's $55.1 million opening weekend became the highest debut for a Christmas-themed film. It had the highest opening weekend for a Jim Carrey film and a Ron Howard film, surpassing both Batman Forever and Ransom simultaneously.[5]
Events
editAward ceremonies
editAwards
edit2000 films
editBy country/region
edit- List of American films of 2000
- List of Argentine films of 2000
- List of Australian films of 2000
- List of Bangladeshi films of 2000
- List of British films of 2000
- List of Canadian films of 2000
- List of Chinese films of 2000
- List of French films of 2000
- List of Hong Kong films of 2000
- List of Indian films of 2000
- List of Japanese films of 2000
- List of Mexican films of 2000
- List of Pakistani films of 2000
- List of Russian films of 2000
- List of South Korean films of 2000
- List of Spanish films of 2000
By genre/medium
edit- List of action films of 2000
- List of animated feature films of 2000
- List of avant-garde films of 2000
- List of crime films of 2000
- List of comedy films of 2000
- List of drama films of 2000
- List of horror films of 2000
- List of science fiction films of 2000
- List of thriller films of 2000
- List of western films of 2000
Births
edit- January 7 – Marcus Scribner, American actor
- January 8 – Noah Cyrus, American actress and singer
- January 9 – Gordon Maeda, Japanese actor
- January 10 – Reneé Rapp, American actress and singer
- January 11 – Jamie Bick, German actress
- January 17 – Chani, South Korean actor
- January 19 – Asahi Ito, Japanese actor
- January 21 – Eito Konishi, Japanese actor
- January 26 – Ester Expósito, Spanish actress
- January 28 – Julia Lester, American actress
- January 30
- Markella Kavenagh, Australian actress
- Frida Argento, Swedish actress
- February 5
- Esmé Creed-Miles, English actress
- Jordan Nagai, American former child voice actor
- February 9 – Evan Roe, American actor
- February 10 – Yara Shahidi, American actress
- February 12 – Asuka Kawazu, Japanese actress
- February 22 – Celia Rose Gooding, American actress and singer
- February 23 – Christian Martyn, Canadian actor
- February 25
- Tucker Albrizzi, American actor
- Laura Ann Kesling, American actress
- February 27 – Tsuyoshi Furukawa, Japanese singer and actor
- February 28 – Jonathan Daviss, American actor
March 5 – Reiky de Valk, Dutch actor (d. 2023)
- March 6 – Jacob Bertrand, American actor
- March 21
- Lorenzo Zurzolo, Italian actor
- Jace Norman, American actor
- March 22
- Pawat Chittsawangdee, Thai actor
- Zoe Terakes, Australian actor
- March 27
- Halle Bailey, American actress
- Sophie Nélisse, Canadian actress
- March 31 – Ruby Cruz, American actress
- April 9 – Brenock O'Connor, English actor
- April 11
- Milly Alcock, Australian actress
- Morgan Lily, American actress and model
- April 13 – Suzanne Lindon, French actress and filmmaker
- April 16 – Bruna Carvalho, Brazilian actress
- April 20 – Abigail Duhon, American Christian musician and actress
- April 22 – Billy Price, English actor
- May 4 – Nicholas Hamilton, Australian actor
- May 7 – Maxwell Perry Cotton, American actor
- May 13 – Antonio Cipriano, American actor
- May 18 – Addison Holley, Canadian actress
- May 23 – Ella Rappich, Swedish actress born in South Africa
- May 30 – Jared S. Gilmore, American actor
- June 1 – Willow Shields, American actress
- June 2 - Lilimar Hernandez, American actress
- June 13 – Daniella Perkins, American actress
- June 14 – Thomaz Costa, Brazilian actor
- June 15 – Ouyang Nana, Taiwanese actress, singer and musician
- June 17 – Odessa A'zion, American actress
- June 21 - Natalie Alyn Lind, American actress
- June 22 - Sean Kaufman, American actor
- June 23
- Kim Hyunsoo, South Korean actress
- Earl Cave, English actor
- Caitlin Blackwood, Scottish actress
- June 25 – Iman Benson, American actress
- July 7 – Jamie Flatters, English actor and filmmaker
- July 8 – Benjamin Stockham, American actor
- July 9 – Courtney Grosbeck, American actress and model
- July 13
- Lucas Lynggaard Tønnesen, Danish actor
- Malia Pyles, American actress
- July 14 – Maia Reficco, American actress and singer
- July 15 – Julio Peña Fernández, Spanish actor
- July 16 – Jonathan Morgan Heit, American actor
- July 17 – Nico Liersch, German actor
- July 19 – Owen Joyner, American actor
- July 22 – Kaori Oinuma, Filipino-Japanese actress and model
- July 23 – Malte Gårdinger, Swedish actor
- July 25
- Meg Donnelly, American actress
- Preston Bailey, American Actor
- July 26 – Thomasin McKenzie, New Zealand actress
- July 29 – Lino Facioli, Brazilian actor
- July 31 – Kim Sae-ron, South Korean actress
- August 3 – Landry Bender, American actress
- August 9 – Kim Hyang-gi, South Korean actress
- August 16 – Lacey Dover, American actress
- August 20 – Fátima Ptacek, American actress and activist
- August 24 – Griffin Gluck, American actor
- August 29 – Minami Hamabe, Japanese actress
- August 31 – Mia Jenkins, English actress
- September 1 - Cassady McClincy, American actress
- September 3 – Ashley Boettcher, American actress
- September 4 – Ruby Stokes, English actress
- September 11 – Grayson Maxwell Gurnsey, Canadian actor
- September 12 – Becky Zhu Wu, Mexican actress
- September 13 – Siddharth Nigam, Indian actor
- September 14 – Ritvik Sahore, Indian actor
- September 15 – Mallika Singh, Indian actress
- September 22 – Michael Rainey Jr., American actor
- September 23 – Kalani Hilliker, American dancer and actress
- September 25 – Anna Lambe, Canadian Inuk actress from Iqaluit, Nunavut
- September 28 – Frankie Jonas, American actor
- October 6
- Klara Castanho, Brazilian actress
- Addison Rae, American social media personality and actress
- Isobelle Molloy, English actress
- October 10 – Aedin Mincks, American actor
- October 14 – Mekai Curtis, American actor
- October 18
- Sophie Thatcher, American actress
- Conor Sherry, American actor
- October 26 – Ellery Sprayberry, American actress and voice
- October 27 – Lucie Zhang, French actress
- October 31 – Willow Smith, American singer and actress
- November 7 – Dara Reneé, American actress
- November 8 – Jade Pettyjohn, American actress
- November 10 – Mackenzie Foy, American model and actress
- November 18 – Arabella Morton, Australian actress
- November 22 – Auliʻi Cravalho, American actress and singer
- November 28
- Jackson Yee, Chinese actor and singer
- Kaitlyn Bernard, Canadian actress
- December 9 – Jaren Lewison, American actor
- December 12
- Devyn Nekoda, Canadian actress
- Lucas Jade Zumann, American actor
- December 16
- Rachelle Henry, American actress and filmmaker
- Lance Lim, American actor
- December 18 – Korapat Kirdpan, Thai actor
- December 19 – Yuumi Kawai, Japanese actress
- December 28 – Larissa Manoela, Brazilian actress
- Thomas Weatherall, Australian actor
Deaths
edit| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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
edit- Malin Åkerman − The Skulls
- Jamie Bell − Billy Elliot
- John Cena − Ready to Rumble
- Michael Cera − Frequency
- Abbie Cornish – The Monkey's Mask
- Terry Crews − The 6th Day
- Paul Dano − The Newcomers
- David Denman – The Replacements
- Chris Evans − The Newcomers
- Fares Fares – Jalla! Jalla!
- Darcy Fehr – Desire
- Isla Fisher − Out of Depth
- Dolores Fonzi − Burnt Money
- Martin Freeman – The Low Down
- Gael García Bernal – Amores perros
- Rick Gonzalez – Mambo Café
- Topher Grace − Traffic
- Jon Hamm − Space Cowboys
- Jay Hernandez – Living the Life
- Óscar Jaenada − What You Never Knew
- Michelle Jenner – Faust: Love of the Damned
- John Krasinski – State and Main
- Clara Lago − Miserable Life
- Christine Lakin – Finding Kelly
- Rachelle Lefevre – Stardom
- Anson Mount – Boiler Room
- Rachel Nichols − Autumn in New York
- Aaron Paul – Whatever It Takes
- Josh Peck − Snow Day
- Lucy Punch – Greenfingers
- Dominic Purcell – Mission: Impossible 2
- Maggie Q – Model from Hell
- Kelly Reilly – Maybe Baby
- Michelle Rodriguez − Girlfight
- Zoe Saldana − Center Stage
- Bill Skarsgård – White Water Fury
- Hugo Silva − Miserable Life
- Jimmi Simpson – Loser
- Kasia Smutniak – At the Right Moment
- Kristen Stewart − The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas
- Juno Temple – Pandaemonium
- Kerry Washington − Our Song
- Sam Worthington − Bootmen
- Anton Yelchin – A Man Is Mostly Water
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b "2000 Worldwide Grosses". Box Office Mojo. Archived from the original on June 5, 2011. Retrieved April 10, 2007.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "2000 Worldwide Box Office". Box Office Mojo. IMDb. Retrieved March 7, 2020.
- ^ "Top 2000 Movies at the Worldwide Box Office". The Numbers. Retrieved June 15, 2023.
- ^ "Box Office: Grinch Steals Holiday Hearts". ABC. Retrieved November 13, 2010.
External links
edit- 2000 Domestic Grosses at Box Office Mojo
- 2000 Worldwide Grosses at Box Office Mojo
- Top 2000 Movies at the Domestic Box Office at The Numbers
- Top 2000 Movies at the International Box Office at The Numbers
- Top 2000 Movies at the Worldwide Box Office at The Numbers
- Top-US-Grossing Titles Released 2000-01-01 to 2000-12-31 at IMDb
- Most Popular Feature Films Released 2000-01-01 to 2000-12-31 at IMDb
- List of 2000 films at IMDb
- List of 2000 deaths at IMDb
- List of 2000 births at IMDb
