2000 in film
Overview of the events of 2000 in film
The year 2000 in film involved some significant events.
The top grosser worldwide was Mission: Impossible 2 [ 1] Gladiator Russell Crowe ).[ 2] Dinosaur [ 1]
Highest-grossing films
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
$465,516,248
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
Date
Event
Host
Location
Source
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 19
45th 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 Films
Burbank, California, U.S.
November 11
28th Annie Awards
ASIFA-Hollywood
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Awards
Category/Organization
58th Golden Globe Awards 6th Critics' Choice Awards 54th BAFTA Awards Producers , Directors , Screen Actors , and Writers Guild Awards 73rd Academy Awards
Drama
Musical or Comedy
Best Film
Gladiator Almost Famous Gladiator
Best Director
Ang Lee Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon Steven Soderbergh Erin Brockovich 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 Quills Benicio del Toro Traffic Albert Finney Erin Brockovich Benicio del Toro Traffic
Best Supporting Actress
Kate Hudson Almost Famous Frances McDormand Almost Famous 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
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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
Births
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
February 5
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
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
March 22
March 27
March 31 – Ruby Cruz , American actress
April 9 – Brenock O'Connor , English actor
April 11
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
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
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
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
October 10 – Aedin Mincks , American actor
October 14 – Mekai Curtis, American actor
October 18
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
December 9 – Jaren Lewison , American actor
December 12
December 16
December 18 – Korapat Kirdpan , Thai actor
December 19 – Yuumi Kawai , Japanese actress
December 28 – Larissa Manoela , Brazilian actress
Thomas Weatherall , Australian actor
Deaths
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
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
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
Purva bridējs Elpojiet dziļi Gaisma tuneļa galā
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
See also
References
^ 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 .
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