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2000 in film

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

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Highest-grossing films

The top 10 films released in 2000 by worldwide gross are as follows:

RankTitleDistributorWorldwide gross12345678910
*Mission: Impossible 2*Paramount$546,388,108
*Gladiator*DreamWorks / Universal$465,516,248
*Cast Away*[20th Century Fox](20th-century-fox) / DreamWorks$429,632,142
*What Women Want*Paramount$374,111,707
*Dinosaur*Buena Vista$349,822,765
*How the Grinch Stole Christmas*Universal$346,524,444
*Meet the Parents*Universal / DreamWorks$330,444,045
*The Perfect Storm*Warner Bros.$328,711,434
*X-Men*[20th Century Fox](20th-century-fox)$296,339,528
*What Lies Beneath*DreamWorks / [20th Century Fox](20th-century-fox)$291,420,351

2000 box office records

  • Chicken Run became the highest-grossing stop motion animated film ever.
  • Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmass $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.

Events

Award ceremonies

DateEventHostLocationSource
January 23[57th Golden Globe Awards](57th-golden-globe-awards)Hollywood Foreign Press AssociationBeverly Hills, California, U.S.
January 29[5th Lumière Awards](5th-lumiere-awards)Académie des LumièresParis, France
January 29[14th Goya Awards](14th-goya-awards)Academia de las Artes y las Ciencias Cinematográficas de EspañaMadrid, Spain
February 13[45th Filmfare Awards](45th-filmfare-awards)The Times GroupMumbai, India
February 19[25th César Awards](25th-cesar-awards)French 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 12[6th Screen Actors Guild Awards](6th-screen-actors-guild-awards)SAG-AFTRALos Angeles, California, U.S.
March 11[52nd Directors Guild of America Awards](52nd-directors-guild-of-america-awards)Directors 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 25[15th Independent Spirit Awards](15th-independent-spirit-awards)Independent Spirit AwardsSanta Monica, California, U.S.
March 25[20th Golden Raspberry Awards](20th-golden-raspberry-awards)Golden Raspberry AwardsHollywood, California, U.S.
March 26[72nd Academy Awards](72nd-academy-awards)Academy of Motion Picture Arts and SciencesHollywood, California, U.S.
April 9[53rd British Academy Film Awards](53rd-british-academy-film-awards)British Academy of Film and Television ArtsLondon, England, U.K.
April 15[13th Kids' Choice Awards](2000-kids-choice-awards)Hollywood BowlLos Angeles, U.S.
April 1945th David di DonatelloAccademia del Cinema ItalianoRome, Italy
June 3[2000 MTV Movie Awards](2000-mtv-movie-awards)Sony Pictures StudiosCulver City, California, U.S.
June 6[26th Saturn Awards](26th-saturn-awards)Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror FilmsBurbank, California, U.S.
November 11[28th Annie Awards](28th-annie-awards)ASIFA-HollywoodLos Angeles, California, U.S.

Awards

Category/Organization[58th Golden Globe Awards](58th-golden-globe-awards)
January 16, 2001[6th Critics' Choice Awards](6th-critics-choice-awards)
January 22, 2001[54th BAFTA Awards](54th-british-academy-film-awards)
February 19, 2001Producers, [Directors](53rd-directors-guild-of-america-awards), [Screen Actors](7th-screen-actors-guild-awards), and Writers Guild Awards[73rd Academy Awards](73rd-academy-awards)
March 25, 2001DramaMusical or Comedy
Best Film*Gladiator**Almost Famous**Gladiator*
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 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

By country/region

  • 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 Assamese films of the 2000s
    • List of Bengali films of 2000
    • List of Hindi films of 2000
    • List of Kannada films of 2000
    • List of Malayalam films of 2000
    • List of Marathi films of 2000
    • List of Punjabi films of 2000
    • List of Tamil films of 2000
    • List of Telugu 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

  • 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

  • January 1
    • Ice Spice, American rapper and actress
  • 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 26 – Ester Expósito, Spanish actress
  • January 28 – Julia Lester, American actress
  • January 30 - Markella Kavenagh, Australian 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
  • 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 16 - Fernando Lindez, Spanish 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
    • Arthur Chen, American-born Chinese 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 5 - Chase Infiniti, American actress
  • 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 9 - Hazel Moore, 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
    • Sophie Nyweide, American actress (d. 2025)
    • 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 (d. 2025)
  • August 3 – Landry Bender, American actress
  • August 9 – Kim Hyang-gi, South Korean actress
  • August 13 – Anthony Keyvan, American actor
  • August 20 – Fátima Ptacek, American actress and activist
  • August 22 - Thomas Weatherall, Australian actor
  • August 24 – Griffin Gluck, American actor
  • August 28 - Marissa Bode, American actress
  • 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 9 – Charles Vandervaart, Canadian actor
  • 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 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 12 - Mia Threapleton, British actress
  • October 16 – David Rawle, Irish 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 13 – Sydney Agudong, American actress and singer
  • November 18 – Arabella Morton, Australian actress
  • November 21 - Isabel May, American actress
  • November 22 – Auliʻi Cravalho, American actress and singer
  • November 28
    • Jackson Yee, Chinese actor and singer
    • Kaitlyn Bernard, Canadian actress
  • December 9
    • Spike Fearn, English actor
    • 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
  • Khobe Clarke, Canadian actor

Deaths

MonthDateNameAgeCountryProfessionNotable films
**January***1*George Carl83USActor, Comedian*Funny Bones*
*5*Vic Schoen83USComposer, Arranger
*7*Klaus Wennemann59GermanyActor
*9*Marguerite Churchill89USActress
*10*Arthur Batanides83USActor
*11*Helena Carter79USActress
*12*Marc Davis86USAnimator
*15*Fran Ryan83USActress
*18*Nancy Coleman87USActress
*18*Frances Drake87USActress
*18*Jester Hairston98USActor
*19*Hedy Lamarr85AustriaActress
*19*Alan North79USActor
*24*Jeffrey Boam53USScreenwriter
*25*Tom Pedigo53USSet Decorator
*28*Tony Doyle58IrelandActor
*28*Joy Shelton77UKActress
*28*Kenneth Waller72UKActor
*31*Ralph Manza78USActor
**February***1*James N. Harrell81USActor
*3*Bonnie Cashin84USCostume Designer
*5*Todd Karns79USActor
*8*Sidney Hayers78UKDirector
*10*George Jackson42USProducer, Director
*10*Jim Varney50USActor
*11*Roger Vadim72FranceDirector, Screenwriter
*12*John London58USKey Grip
*16*Marceline Day91USActress
*16*Lila Kedrova81RussiaActress
*17*Miles White85USCostume Designer
*20*Otello Martelli97ItalyCinematographer
*22*John Kellogg83USActor
*23*Ofra Haza42IsraelSinger, Actress
*23*Joseph V. Perry69USActor
*24*Rosalind Keith83USActress
*27*George Duning92USComposer
**March***7*Charles Gray71UKActor
*10*Judith Barrett91USActress
*11*Richard Collier80USActor
*13*Rex Everhart79USActor
*15*Wally Rose88USActor, Stuntman
*25*Jim Cash59USScreenwriter
*25*Helen Martin90USActress
*29*John Baskcomb84UKActor
**April***??*Maurice Carter85–86UKArt Director
*2*Greta Gynt83NorwayActress
*8*Claire Trevor90USActress
*10*Arnold Johnson78USActor
*10*Peter Jones79UKActor
*11*Douglas Green79USSecond Unit Director
*12*Carmen Dillon91UKArt Director
*12*Christopher Pettiet24USActor
*13*Peter Archer56AustraliaActor*Enter the Dragon*
*21*Susan Stephen68UKActress
*25*David Merrick88USProducer
**May***1*Steve Reeves74USActor
*3*Lewis Allen94UKDirector
*7*Douglas Fairbanks Jr.90USActor
*10*Bart the Bear23USActor
*10*Craig Stevens81USActor
*11*David Bretherton76USFilm Editor
*11*René Muñoz62CubaActor, Screenwriter
*13*Paul Bartel61USActor, Director
*20*Edward Bernds94USDirector
*21*John Gielgud96UKActor
*25*Nicholas Clay53UKActor
*25*Francis Lederer100Austria-HungaryActor
*26*William McCaughey70USSound Engineer
*26*Samuel A. Taylor87USScreenwriter
*28*Robert Fryer79USProducer
*29*Aubrey Richards79UKActor
*30*Doris Hare95UKActress
*30*Bill Thomas78USCostume Designer
*31*Walter Sparrow73UKActor
**June***10*Terry Forrestal52UKStuntman
*10*J. Watson Webb Jr.84USFilm Editor
*11*Elizabeth Lawrence77USActress
*13*John Bramall76UKSound Engineer
*18*Nancy Marchand71USActress
*19*Anton Gorchev60BulgariaActor
*24*David Tomlinson83UKActor
*27*David Neal68UKActor
*28*Nils Poppe92SwedenActor
*28*Michael Ripper87UKActor
*29*John Abineri72UKActor
*29*Vittorio Gassman77ItalyActor
**July***1*Walter Matthau79USActor
*3*Harold Nicholas79USDancer, Actor
*3*Kemal Sunal55TurkeyActor
*10*Justin Pierce25UKActor
*14*Meredith MacRae56USActress
*18*Roberto Contreras71USActor
*19*James B. Clark92USDirector, Film Editor
*22*Eric Christmas84UKActor
*27*Don Weis78USDirector
*30*Nan Leslie74USActress
*30*Max Showalter83USActor
**August***5*Alec Guinness86UKActor
*8*Jess Barker88USActor
*8*John F. Warren91USCinematographer
*9*Lewis Wilson80USActor
*10*Joan Marsh86USActress
*11*Eddie Powell73UKStuntman
*12*Loretta Young87USActress
*15*Robert Swink82USFilm Editor
*22*Toru Tanaka70USActor
*24*Patricia Owens75CanadaActress
*25*Jack Nitzsche63USComposer
*29*Rose Hobart94USActress
*30*Joseph H. Lewis93USDirector
**September***2*Ishaq Bux83IndiaActor
*2*Jean Speegle Howard73USActress
*3*Edward Anhalt86USScreenwriter
*3*Walt Stanchfield81USAnimator
*7*Gian Luigi Polidoro73ItalyDirector
*10*Mary Colquhoun59UKCasting Director
*12*Juan Ibáñez83MexicoDirector
*12*Gary Olsen55AustraliaActor, Key Grip
*14*Beah Richards80USActress
*19*Ann Doran89USActress
*19*Gloria Talbott69USActress
*26*Richard Mulligan67USActor
**October***2*Richard Liberty68USActor
*6*Richard Farnsworth80USActor
*9*David Dukes55USActor
*10*Emile Kuri93MexicoSet Decorator
*11*Sam O'Steen76USFilm Editor
*12*Gordon Stulberg76CanadaStudio Executive
*13*Jean Peters73USActress
*15*Vincent Canby76USFilm CriticNone; critiqued films for *The New York Times*
*17*Walter Shenson81UKProducer, Director
*18*Julie London74USActress, Singer
*18*Sidney Salkow89USDirector
*18*Gwen Verdon75USActress, Dancer
*21*Mort Briskin86USProducer, Screenwriter
*22*Anthony Chinn69GuyanaActor
*24*Pasquale Cajano79ItalyActor
*26*Muriel Evans90USActress
*28*Anthony Lee39USActor
*30*Steve Allen78USActor
*30*Elizabeth Bradley83UKActress
*31*Ring Lardner Jr.85USScreenwriter
**November***1*Allan Surtees75UKActor
*3*Leonardo Benvenuti77ItalyScreenwriter
*11*Rayford Barnes80USActor
*22*Christian Marquand73FranceActor, Director
*26*Carlo Simi76ItalyCostume Designer, Production Designer
*27*Anne Barton76USActress
*27*George Wells91USScreenwriter
*29*Margaret Early80USActress
**December***4*Chet Douglas64USActor
*6*Werner Klemperer80GermanyActor
*10*Marie Windsor80USActress
*11*Don Devlin70USProducer, Screenwriter
*11*David Lewis84USActor
*11*N. Richard Nash87USScreenwriter
*12*George Montgomery84USActor
*14*Uldis Pūcītis63LatviaActor, Director
*16*Margo Moore69USActress
*20*Richard Hazard79USComposer, Orchestrator
*22*Stuart Lancaster80USActor
*23*Billy Barty76USActor
*23*Noor Jehan75PakistanSinger, Actress
*26*Leo Gordon78USActor, Screenwriter
*26*Jason Robards77USActor
*30*Julius J. Epstein91USScreenwriter

Film debuts

  • Malin Åkerman − The Skulls
  • Jamie Bell − Billy Elliot
  • Roger Casamajor − The Sea
  • 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 Saldaña − 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
  • Aaliyah – Romeo Must Die

References

References

  1. "2000 Worldwide Grosses". [[Box Office Mojo]].
  2. "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.
  3. "2000 Worldwide Box Office". [[IMDb]].
  4. "Top 2000 Movies at the Worldwide Box Office".
  5. "Box Office: Grinch Steals Holiday Hearts". [[American Broadcasting Company.
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