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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

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

Highest-grossing films of 2000
RankTitleDistributorWorldwide 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

Events

Award ceremonies

DateEventHostLocationSource
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 1945th 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 FilmsBurbank, California, U.S.
November 11 28th Annie Awards ASIFA-Hollywood Los Angeles, California, U.S.

Awards

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
DramaMusical 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/AN/A"Things Have Changed"
Wonder Boys
Best Foreign Language Film Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon N/A Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon

2000 films

By country/region

By genre/medium

Births

Deaths

MonthDateNameAgeCountryProfessionNotable films
January 1 George Carl 83USActor, Comedian Funny Bones
5 Vic Schoen 83USComposer, Arranger
7 Klaus Wennemann 59GermanyActor
9 Marguerite Churchill 89USActress
10 Arthur Batanides 83USActor
11 Helena Carter 79USActress
12 Marc Davis 86USAnimator
15 Fran Ryan 83USActress
18 Nancy Coleman 87USActress
18 Frances Drake 87USActress
18 Jester Hairston 98USActor
19 Hedy Lamarr 85AustriaActress
19 Alan North 79USActor
24 Jeffrey Boam 53USScreenwriter
25 Tom Pedigo 53USSet Decorator
28 Tony Doyle 58IrelandActor
28 Joy Shelton 77UKActress
28 Kenneth Waller 72UKActor
31 Ralph Manza 78USActor
February 1 James N. Harrell 81USActor
3 Bonnie Cashin 84USCostume Designer
5 Todd Karns 79USActor
8 Sidney Hayers 78UKDirector
10 George Jackson 42USProducer, Director
10 Jim Varney 50USActor
11 Roger Vadim 72FranceDirector, Screenwriter
12 John London 58USKey Grip
16 Marceline Day 91USActress
16 Lila Kedrova 81RussiaActress
17 Miles White 85USCostume Designer
20 Otello Martelli 97ItalyCinematographer
22 John Kellogg 83USActor
23 Ofra Haza 42IsraelSinger, Actress
23 Joseph V. Perry 69USActor
24 Rosalind Keith 83USActress
27 George Duning 92USComposer
March 7 Charles Gray 71UKActor
10 Judith Barrett 91USActress
11 Richard Collier 80USActor
13 Rex Everhart 79USActor
15 Wally Rose 88USActor, Stuntman
25 Jim Cash 59USScreenwriter
25 Helen Martin 90USActress
29 John Baskcomb 84UKActor
April ?? Maurice Carter 85–86UKArt Director
2 Greta Gynt 83NorwayActress
8 Claire Trevor 90USActress
10 Arnold Johnson 78USActor
10 Peter Jones 79UKActor
11Douglas Green79USSecond Unit Director
12 Carmen Dillon 91UKArt Director
12 Christopher Pettiet 24USActor
13 Peter Archer 56AustraliaActor Enter the Dragon
21 Susan Stephen 68UKActress
25 David Merrick 88USProducer
May 1 Steve Reeves 74USActor
3 Lewis Allen 94UKDirector
7 Douglas Fairbanks Jr. 90USActor
10 Bart the Bear 23USActor
10 Craig Stevens 81USActor
11 David Bretherton 76USFilm Editor
11 René Muñoz 62CubaActor, Screenwriter
13 Paul Bartel 61USActor, Director
20 Edward Bernds 94USDirector
21 John Gielgud 96UKActor
25 Nicholas Clay 53UKActor
25 Francis Lederer 100Austria-HungaryActor
26 William McCaughey 70USSound Engineer
26 Samuel A. Taylor 87USScreenwriter
28 Robert Fryer 79USProducer
29 Aubrey Richards 79UKActor
30 Doris Hare 95UKActress
30 Bill Thomas 78USCostume Designer
31 Walter Sparrow 73UKActor
June 10 Terry Forrestal 52UKStuntman
10 J. Watson Webb Jr. 84USFilm Editor
11 Elizabeth Lawrence 77USActress
13 John Bramall 76UKSound Engineer
18 Nancy Marchand 71USActress
19 Anton Gorchev 60BulgariaActor
24 David Tomlinson 83UKActor
27 David Neal 68UKActor
28 Nils Poppe 92SwedenActor
28 Michael Ripper 87UKActor
29 John Abineri 72UKActor
29 Vittorio Gassman 77ItalyActor
July 1 Walter Matthau 79USActor
3 Harold Nicholas 79USDancer, Actor
3 Kemal Sunal 55TurkeyActor
10 Justin Pierce 25UKActor
14 Meredith MacRae 56USActress
18 Roberto Contreras 71USActor
19 James B. Clark 92USDirector, Film Editor
22 Eric Christmas 84UKActor
27 Don Weis 78USDirector
30 Nan Leslie 74USActress
30 Max Showalter 83USActor
August 5 Alec Guinness 86UKActor
8 Jess Barker 88USActor
8 John F. Warren 91USCinematographer
9 Lewis Wilson 80USActor
10 Joan Marsh 86USActress
11 Eddie Powell 73UKStuntman
12 Loretta Young 87USActress
15 Robert Swink 82USFilm Editor
22 Toru Tanaka 70USActor
24 Patricia Owens 75CanadaActress
25 Jack Nitzsche 63USComposer
29 Rose Hobart 94USActress
30 Joseph H. Lewis 93USDirector
September 2 Ishaq Bux 83IndiaActor
2 Jean Speegle Howard 73USActress
3 Edward Anhalt 86USScreenwriter
3 Walt Stanchfield 81USAnimator
7 Gian Luigi Polidoro 73ItalyDirector
10Mary Colquhoun59UKCasting Director
12 Juan Ibáñez 83MexicoDirector
12 Gary Olsen 55AustraliaActor, Key Grip
14 Beah Richards 80USActress
19 Ann Doran 89USActress
19 Gloria Talbott 69USActress
26 Richard Mulligan 67USActor
October 2 Richard Liberty 68USActor
6 Richard Farnsworth 80USActor
9 David Dukes 55USActor
10 Emile Kuri 93MexicoSet Decorator
11 Sam O'Steen 76USFilm Editor
12 Gordon Stulberg 76CanadaStudio Executive
13 Jean Peters 73USActress
15 Vincent Canby 76USFilm CriticNone; critiqued films for The New York Times
17 Walter Shenson 81UKProducer, Director
18 Julie London 74USActress, Singer
18 Sidney Salkow 89USDirector
18 Gwen Verdon 75USActress, Dancer
21Mort Briskin86USProducer, Screenwriter
22 Anthony Chinn 69GuyanaActor
24Pasquale Cajano79ItalyActor
26 Muriel Evans 90USActress
28 Anthony Lee 39USActor
30 Steve Allen 78USActor
30 Elizabeth Bradley 83UKActress
31 Ring Lardner Jr. 85USScreenwriter
November 1 Allan Surtees 75UKActor
3 Leonardo Benvenuti 77ItalyScreenwriter
11 Rayford Barnes 80USActor
22 Christian Marquand 73FranceActor, Director
26 Carlo Simi 76ItalyCostume Designer, Production Designer
27 Anne Barton 76USActress
27 George Wells 91USScreenwriter
29 Margaret Early 80USActress
December 4Chet Douglas64USActor
6 Werner Klemperer 80GermanyActor
10 Marie Windsor 80USActress
11Don Devlin70USProducer, Screenwriter
11 David Lewis 84USActor
11 N. Richard Nash 87USScreenwriter
12 George Montgomery 84USActor
14 Uldis Pūcītis 63LatviaActor, Director
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16 Margo Moore 69USActress
20 Richard Hazard 79USComposer, Orchestrator
22 Stuart Lancaster 80USActor
23 Billy Barty 76USActor
23 Noor Jehan 75PakistanSinger, Actress
26 Leo Gordon 78USActor, Screenwriter
26 Jason Robards 77USActor
30 Julius J. Epstein 91USScreenwriter

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