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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]
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 |
March 5 – Reiky de Valk, Dutch actor (d. 2023)
| 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 |
2002 in film is an overview of events, including the highest-grossing films, award ceremonies, festivals, a list of country- and genre- specific lists of films released, notable deaths and film debuts. Paramount Pictures and Universal Pictures celebrated their 90th anniversaries in 2002.
2003 in film is an overview of events, including the highest-grossing films, award ceremonies, festivals, a list of country- and genre- specific lists of films released, notable deaths and film debuts.
This is a list of films released in 1995. The highly anticipated sequel Die Hard with a Vengeance was the year's biggest box-office hit, and Braveheart won the Academy Award for Best Picture.
The year 1996 involved many significant films. The major releases this year included Scream, Independence Day, Fargo, Trainspotting, The Rock, The English Patient, Twister, Space Jam, Mission: Impossible,Mars Attacks!, Jerry Maguire and a film version of the musical Evita.
The year 1997 in film involved many significant films, including Titanic, The Full Monty, Gattaca, Donnie Brasco, Good Will Hunting, L.A. Confidential, The Fifth Element, Nil by Mouth, The Spanish Prisoner, and the beginning of the film studio DreamWorks.
In 1998 there were many significant films which were released, including Shakespeare in Love, Saving Private Ryan, Armageddon, American History X, The Truman Show, Primary Colors, Rushmore, Rush Hour, There's Something About Mary, The Big Lebowski, and Terrence Malick's directorial return in The Thin Red Line.
The year 1999 in film included Stanley Kubrick's posthumous final film Eyes Wide Shut, Pedro Almodóvar's first Oscar-winning film All About My Mother, the science-fiction film The Matrix, the animated works The Iron Giant, Toy Story 2, Tarzan, and South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut, the Best Picture-winner American Beauty, and the well-received The Green Mile. Other noteworthy releases include M. Night Shyamalan's The Sixth Sense, David Fincher's Fight Club, Sofia Coppola's The Virgin Suicides, Paul Thomas Anderson's Magnolia and Spike Jonze and Charlie Kaufman's Being John Malkovich. The year also featured George Lucas' top-grossing Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace. Columbia Pictures and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer celebrated their 75th anniversaries in 1999.
This is a list of films released in 1994. The top worldwide grosser was The Lion King, becoming the highest-grossing animated film of all-time, although it was slightly overtaken at the North American domestic box office by Forrest Gump, which won the Academy Award for Best Picture. The year is considered to be one of the best years for cinema during the post Golden Age Hollywood era and setting the standard for the movies of the modern era.
The year 1990 in film involved many significant events as shown below. Universal Pictures celebrated its 75th anniversary in 1990, despite its actual 75th anniversary taking place in 1987.
The year 1989 involved many significant films.
The following is an overview of events in 1988 in film, including the highest-grossing films, award ceremonies and festivals, a list of films released and notable deaths.
The year 1993 in film involved many significant films, including the blockbuster hits Jurassic Park, The Fugitive, and The Firm.
The year 1992 in film involved many significant film releases.
The year 1991 in film involved numerous significant events. Important films released this year included The Silence of the Lambs, Beauty and the Beast, Thelma & Louise, JFK and Terminator 2: Judgment Day.
The following is an overview of events in 1984 in film, including the highest-grossing films, award ceremonies and festivals, a list of films released and notable deaths.
The following is an overview of events in 1982 in film, including the highest-grossing films, award ceremonies and festivals, a list of films released and notable deaths.
The year 1975 in film involved some significant events.
This page covers significant events of the year 1973 in film.
2005 in film is an overview of events, including the highest-grossing films, award ceremonies, festivals, a list of country-specific lists of films released, notable deaths and film debuts.
2004 in film is an overview of events, including the highest-grossing films, award ceremonies, festivals, a list of country-specific lists of films released, notable deaths and film debuts. Shrek 2 was the year's top-grossing film, and Million Dollar Baby won the Academy Award for Best Picture.
