2000 in film

Table of contents

1 Events
2 Top Grossing Films of the Year
3 Births
4 Deaths
5 Awards
6 Other Movies Released

Events

February 9 — The Million Dollar Hotel, a film co-written by U2 lead singer Bono, premieres at the 50th Berlinale (Berlin Film Festival). The film stars Mel Gibson and Milla Jovovich, and is directed by Wim Wenders.
November 18 — Michael Douglas marries Catherine Zeta-Jones.
The latest Joel and Ethan Coen film, O Brother, Where Art Thou was released to much criticial acclaim. The T-Bone Burnett produced soundtrack ignited an increased interest in traditional American folk and country music.
Martial arts extravaganza Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon marks the first major American crossover success of an Asian action film, and becomes the highest-grossing subtitled film ever.
Despite poor reviews, Ron Howard's fairy tale adventure based on the works of Dr. Seuss, The Grinch, became the top-grossing film of the year.
Former child star Gary Coleman is charged with assaulting a young female bus driver at a California shopping mall.

The Grinch, starring Jim Carrey: $260,044,825
Cast Away, starring Tom Hanks: $233,632,142
Mission: Impossible 2, starring Tom Cruise, directed by John Woo: $215,409,889
Gladiator, starring Russell Crowe, directed by Ridley Scott: $187,683,805
What Women Want, starring Mel Gibson: $182,811,707
The Perfect Storm: $182,618,434
Meet the Parents, starring Ben Stiller: $166,244,045
X-Men, directed by Bryan Singer: $157,299,717
Scary Movie: $157,019,771
What Lies Beneath, starring Harrison Ford and Michelle Pfeiffer: $155,464,351

22 movies in 2000 grossed over $100 million.