| Rank | Release
| Genre
| Budget
| Running Time
| Gross | Theaters | Total Gross | Release Date | Distributor
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | How the Grinch Stole Christmas | - | - | - | $255,327,115 | 3,256 | $260,745,620 | Nov 17 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 2 | Charlie's Angels | - | - | - | $122,954,626 | 3,037 | $125,305,545 | Nov 3 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 3 | What Women Want | - | - | - | $122,342,353 | 3,092 | $182,811,707 | Dec 15 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 4 | Cast Away | - | - | - | $119,481,347 | 3,061 | $233,632,142 | Dec 22 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 5 | Unbreakable | - | - | - | $90,706,008 | 2,708 | $95,011,339 | Nov 22 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 6 | Rugrats in Paris | - | - | - | $72,009,411 | 2,937 | $76,507,756 | Nov 17 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 7 | 102 Dalmatians | - | - | - | $59,545,056 | 2,704 | $66,957,026 | Nov 22 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 8 | Meet the Parents | - | - | - | $57,724,315 | 2,697 | $166,244,045 | Oct 6 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 9 | The Emperor's New Groove | - | - | - | $54,938,167 | 2,887 | $89,302,687 | Dec 15 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 10 | Vertical Limit | - | - | - | $54,265,020 | 2,602 | $69,243,859 | Dec 8 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 11 | Miss Congeniality | - | - | - | $52,355,250 | 2,668 | $106,807,667 | Dec 22 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 12 | Men of Honor | - | - | - | $47,627,399 | 2,188 | $48,818,921 | Nov 10 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 13 | The Family Man | - | - | - | $47,130,380 | 2,441 | $75,793,305 | Dec 22 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 14 | Little Nicky | - | - | - | $38,904,146 | 2,910 | $39,464,775 | Nov 10 | New Line Cinema | false |
| 15 | Dude, Where's My Car? | - | - | - | $37,553,425 | 2,100 | $46,729,800 | Dec 15 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 16 | Bounce | - | - | - | $36,719,874 | 2,028 | $36,805,288 | Nov 17 | Miramax | false |
| 17 | The 6th Day | - | - | - | $34,371,100 | 2,516 | $34,604,280 | Nov 17 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 18 | The Legend of Bagger Vance | - | - | - | $30,703,082 | 2,162 | $30,919,168 | Nov 3 | DreamWorks Distribution | false |
| 19 | Proof of Life | - | - | - | $29,927,429 | 2,705 | $32,598,931 | Dec 8 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 20 | Remember the Titans | - | - | - | $24,141,667 | 2,803 | $115,654,751 | Sep 29 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 21 | Dracula 2000 | - | - | - | $23,825,531 | 2,204 | $33,022,767 | Dec 22 | Miramax | false |
| 22 | Mysteries of Egypt | - | - | - | $21,739,493 | 27 | $40,593,486 | Aug 21 | IMAX | false |
| 23 | Red Planet | - | - | - | $17,304,379 | 2,703 | $17,480,890 | Nov 10 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 24 | Billy Elliot | - | - | - | $15,487,323 | 510 | $21,995,263 | Oct 13 | Focus Features | false |
| 25 | Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon | - | - | - | $15,087,711 | 2,027 | $128,078,872 | Dec 8 | Sony Pictures Classics | false |
| 26 | Dungeons & Dragons | - | - | - | $14,513,159 | 2,078 | $15,391,970 | Dec 8 | New Line Cinema | false |
| 27 | Pay It Forward | - | - | - | $12,126,582 | 2,130 | $33,519,628 | Oct 20 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 28 | Bedazzled | - | - | - | $11,415,958 | 2,571 | $37,886,980 | Oct 20 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 29 | All the Pretty Horses | - | - | - | $10,338,731 | 1,593 | $15,540,353 | Dec 25 | Miramax | false |
| 30 | Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2 | - | - | - | $9,648,956 | 3,320 | $26,437,094 | Oct 27 | Artisan Entertainment | false |
| 31 | Best in Show | - | - | - | $7,470,618 | 497 | $18,715,392 | Sep 29 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 32 | The Little Vampire | - | - | - | $7,102,573 | 2,009 | $13,572,400 | Oct 27 | New Line Cinema | false |
| 33 | Finding Forrester | - | - | - | $6,352,712 | 2,002 | $51,804,714 | Dec 22 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 34 | Chocolat | - | - | - | $4,903,754 | 1,928 | $71,509,363 | Dec 15 | Miramax | false |
| 35 | Lucky Numbers | - | - | - | $4,384,668 | 2,528 | $10,042,516 | Oct 27 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 36 | You Can Count on Me | - | - | - | $4,118,709 | 150 | $9,416,804 | Nov 10 | Paramount Classics | false |
| 37 | Quills | - | - | - | $3,669,069 | 223 | $7,065,332 | Nov 24 | - | false |
| 38 | Drunken Master II | - | - | - | $3,407,639 | 1,345 | $11,555,430 | Oct 20 | Miramax | false |
| 39 | The Contender | - | - | - | $3,066,815 | 1,639 | $17,872,723 | Oct 13 | DreamWorks Distribution | false |
| 40 | CyberWorld | - | - | - | $2,877,667 | 38 | $11,253,900 | Oct 6 | IMAX | false |
| 41 | Requiem for a Dream | - | - | - | $2,502,477 | 93 | $3,635,482 | Oct 6 | Artisan Entertainment | false |
| 42 | O Brother, Where Art Thou? | - | - | - | $2,412,212 | 847 | $45,512,588 | Dec 22 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 43 | Fantasia 2000 | - | - | - | $2,321,889 | 1,313 | $60,655,420 | Jan 1 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 44 | Almost Famous | - | - | - | $1,882,136 | 2,262 | $32,534,850 | Sep 15 | DreamWorks Distribution | false |
| 45 | The Exorcist 2000 Director's Cut | - | - | - | $1,813,474 | 1,708 | $39,671,011 | Sep 22 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 46 | State and Main | - | - | - | $1,735,985 | 462 | $6,944,471 | Dec 22 | Fine Line Features | false |
| 47 | Bring It On | - | - | - | $1,619,860 | 2,466 | $68,379,000 | Aug 25 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 48 | Dr. T & the Women | - | - | - | $1,588,051 | 1,489 | $13,113,041 | Oct 13 | Artisan Entertainment | false |
| 49 | Dancer in the Dark | - | - | - | $1,571,309 | 126 | $4,184,036 | Sep 22 | Fine Line Features | false |
| 50 | What Lies Beneath | - | - | - | $1,404,786 | 2,925 | $155,464,351 | Jul 21 | DreamWorks Distribution | false |
| 51 | The Ladies Man | - | - | - | $1,274,027 | 2,043 | $13,616,610 | Oct 13 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 52 | Michael Jordan to the Max | - | - | - | $1,150,863 | 56 | $18,650,521 | May 5 | IMAX | false |
| 53 | Lost Souls | - | - | - | $1,078,805 | 1,970 | $16,815,253 | Oct 13 | New Line Cinema | false |
| 54 | Cirque du Soleil: Journey of Man | - | - | - | $1,077,721 | 22 | $15,627,434 | May 5 | Sony Pictures Classics | false |
| 55 | What's Cooking? | - | - | - | $1,045,899 | 50 | $1,045,899 | Nov 17 | Lionsgate | false |
| 56 | Nurse Betty | - | - | - | $931,722 | 1,491 | $25,170,054 | Sep 8 | USA Films | false |
| 57 | The Broken Hearts Club: A Romantic Comedy | - | - | - | $904,518 | 62 | $1,746,585 | Sep 29 | Sony Pictures Classics | false |
| 58 | Nutty Professor II: The Klumps | - | - | - | $870,515 | 3,251 | $123,309,890 | Jul 28 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 59 | The Perfect Storm | - | - | - | $804,773 | 3,407 | $182,618,434 | Jun 30 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 60 | Scary Movie | - | - | - | $797,248 | 3,301 | $157,019,771 | Jul 7 | Miramax | false |
| 61 | Two Family House | - | - | - | $718,236 | 65 | $1,015,122 | Oct 6 | Lionsgate | false |
| 62 | A Hard Day's Night | - | - | - | $690,980 | 63 | $965,351 | Dec 1 | Miramax | false |
| 63 | Galapagos | - | - | - | $685,241 | 14 | $18,630,372 | Oct 29 | IMAX | false |
| 64 | Shadow of the Vampire | - | - | - | $640,655 | 513 | $8,293,784 | Dec 29 | Lionsgate | false |
| 65 | Wonder Boys | - | - | - | $633,706 | 1,509 | $19,393,557 | Feb 23 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 66 | Coyote Ugly | - | - | - | $631,385 | 2,664 | $60,786,269 | Aug 4 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 67 | Bamboozled | - | - | - | $624,150 | 243 | $2,274,979 | Oct 6 | New Line Cinema | false |
| 68 | T-Rex: Back to the Cretaceous | - | - | - | $612,904 | 38 | $53,354,743 | Oct 23 | IMAX | false |
| 69 | Space Cowboys | - | - | - | $585,060 | 2,835 | $90,464,773 | Aug 4 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 70 | Digimon: The Movie | - | - | - | $575,389 | 1,825 | $9,631,153 | Oct 6 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 71 | The Cell | - | - | - | $571,591 | 2,476 | $61,334,059 | Aug 18 | New Line Cinema | false |
| 72 | Catfish in Black Bean Sauce | - | - | - | $569,514 | 20 | $1,319,592 | Jun 9 | - | false |
| 73 | Malena | - | - | - | $564,082 | 117 | $3,448,233 | Dec 22 | Miramax | false |
| 74 | Traffic | - | - | - | $524,451 | 1,755 | $124,115,725 | Dec 27 | USA Films | false |
| 75 | A Time for Drunken Horses | - | - | - | $503,220 | 21 | $587,654 | Oct 27 | - | false |
| 76 | Aimee & Jaguar | - | - | - | $481,147 | 16 | $927,107 | Aug 11 | Zeitgeist Films | false |
| 77 | Rififi 2000 Re-release | - | - | - | $425,962 | 3 | $460,226 | Jul 21 | Rialto Pictures | false |
| 78 | Venus Beauty Institute | - | - | - | $419,694 | 17 | $465,080 | Oct 27 | Lot 47 Films | false |
| 79 | Thirteen Days | - | - | - | $400,170 | 2,034 | $34,592,089 | Dec 22 | New Line Cinema | false |
| 80 | The Yards | - | - | - | $384,729 | 146 | $889,352 | Oct 20 | Miramax | false |
| 81 | Dinosaur | - | - | - | $377,636 | 3,319 | $137,748,063 | May 19 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 82 | X-Men | - | - | - | $370,871 | 3,112 | $157,299,718 | Jul 14 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 83 | The Girl Next Door | - | - | - | $367,965 | 5 | $771,792 | Apr 14 | Indican Pictures | false |
| 84 | The Replacements | - | - | - | $365,114 | 2,754 | $44,737,059 | Aug 11 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 85 | Mohabbatein | - | - | - | $360,000 | 53 | $1,070,000 | Oct 27 | Yash Raj Films | false |
| 86 | Into the Arms of Strangers | - | - | - | $350,770 | 18 | $382,807 | Sep 15 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 87 | Place Vendôme | - | - | - | $332,105 | 15 | $895,788 | Sep 22 | Empire Pictures Inc. | false |
| 88 | Ran 2000 Re-release | - | - | - | $330,464 | 5 | $337,587 | Jun 30 | Wellspring Media | false |
| 89 | Get Carter | - | - | - | $321,232 | 2,315 | $14,967,182 | Oct 6 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 90 | Before Night Falls | - | - | - | $274,661 | 127 | $4,242,892 | Dec 22 | Fine Line Features | false |
| 91 | Extreme | - | - | - | $246,041 | 21 | $12,475,172 | Apr 2 | IMAX | false |
| 92 | Godzilla 2000 | - | - | - | $243,385 | 2,111 | $10,037,390 | Aug 18 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 93 | The Original Kings of Comedy | - | - | - | $224,185 | 1,082 | $38,182,790 | Aug 18 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 94 | Urbania | - | - | - | $209,157 | 43 | $1,032,075 | Sep 15 | Lionsgate | false |
| 95 | Boys Life 3 | - | - | - | $208,538 | 8 | $208,538 | Dec 8 | Strand Releasing | false |
| 96 | Gone in 60 Seconds | - | - | - | $205,351 | 3,089 | $101,648,571 | Jun 9 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 97 | Goya in Bordeaux | - | - | - | $197,330 | 22 | $635,361 | Sep 15 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 98 | The House of Mirth | - | - | - | $197,013 | 63 | $3,043,284 | Dec 22 | Sony Pictures Classics | false |
| 99 | Hollow Man | - | - | - | $193,216 | 2,956 | $73,209,340 | Aug 4 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 100 | The Kid | - | - | - | $191,867 | 2,343 | $69,691,949 | Jul 7 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 101 | The Log | - | - | - | $188,958 | 4 | $238,754 | Sep 29 | Empire Pictures Inc. | false |
| 102 | Urban Legends: Final Cut | - | - | - | $177,368 | 2,539 | $21,468,807 | Sep 22 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 103 | Solas | - | - | - | $171,215 | 14 | $277,596 | Sep 8 | IDP Distribution | false |
| 104 | One Day in September | - | - | - | $156,818 | 5 | $156,818 | Nov 17 | Sony Pictures Classics | false |
| 105 | Raju Chacha | - | - | - | $152,849 | 35 | $194,698 | Dec 29 | Eros Worldwide | false |
| 106 | The Girl on the Bridge | - | - | - | $147,619 | 48 | $1,708,839 | Jul 28 | Paramount Classics | false |
| 107 | Bait | - | - | - | $143,067 | 2,352 | $15,325,127 | Sep 15 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 108 | The Tao of Steve | - | - | - | $136,198 | 189 | $4,342,203 | Aug 4 | Sony Pictures Classics | false |
| 109 | Sunshine | - | - | - | $129,145 | 153 | $5,096,267 | Dec 17 | Paramount Classics | false |
| 110 | Mercy Streets | - | - | - | $119,301 | 173 | $173,599 | Oct 31 | Providence Entertainment | false |
| 111 | Spring Forward | - | - | - | $117,471 | 2 | $117,471 | Dec 8 | IFC Films | false |
| 112 | Kippur | - | - | - | $114,283 | 5 | $114,283 | Nov 3 | Kino International | false |
| 113 | The Nightmare Before Christmas 2000 Re-release | - | - | - | $110,551 | 72 | $376,586 | Oct 27 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 114 | Yi Yi | - | - | - | $105,658 | 15 | $1,136,776 | Oct 6 | WinStar Cinema | false |
| 115 | Sound and Fury | - | - | - | $100,713 | 6 | $114,882 | Oct 25 | Artistic License | false |
| 116 | Taboo | - | - | - | $98,192 | 3 | $114,425 | Oct 6 | New Yorker Films | false |
| 117 | MVP: Most Valuable Primate | - | - | - | $87,908 | 205 | $1,248,746 | Aug 11 | - | false |
| 118 | Girlfight | - | - | - | $87,613 | 253 | $1,565,852 | Sep 29 | Screen Gems | false |
| 119 | Kahin Pyaar Na Ho Jaaye | - | - | - | $87,000 | 30 | $87,000 | Nov 17 | Eros Worldwide | false |
| 120 | Left Luggage | - | - | - | $86,701 | 7 | $1,069,540 | Sep 22 | Castle Hill Productions | false |
| 121 | Blue Moon | - | - | - | $76,544 | 14 | $76,544 | Nov 3 | Castle Hill Productions | false |
| 122 | An Everlasting Piece | - | - | - | $61,067 | 8 | $75,228 | Dec 22 | DreamWorks Distribution | false |
| 123 | Autumn in New York | - | - | - | $53,124 | 2,282 | $37,761,915 | Aug 11 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false |
| 124 | Vatel | - | - | - | $51,080 | 2 | $51,080 | Dec 25 | Miramax | false |
| 125 | Waydowntown | - | - | - | $48,333 | 4 | $48,333 | Nov 24 | Odeon | false |
| 126 | The Crew | - | - | - | $48,117 | 1,515 | $13,023,075 | Aug 25 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 127 | Pollock | - | - | - | $44,244 | 280 | $8,598,593 | Dec 15 | Sony Pictures Classics | false |
| 128 | The Gift | - | - | - | $43,475 | 807 | $12,008,642 | Dec 22 | Paramount Classics | false |
| 129 | Panic | - | - | - | $42,328 | 11 | $779,137 | Dec 1 | Roxie Releasing | false |
| 130 | Snatch | - | - | - | $37,662 | 1,444 | $30,328,156 | Dec 8 | Screen Gems | false |
| 131 | The Art of War | - | - | - | $37,269 | 2,630 | $30,208,599 | Aug 25 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 132 | Kurukshetra | - | - | - | $36,890 | 18 | $36,890 | Nov 10 | Eros Worldwide | false |
| 133 | Bless the Child | - | - | - | $36,623 | 2,524 | $29,381,494 | Aug 11 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 134 | Animal Factory | - | - | - | $34,371 | 3 | $43,805 | Oct 20 | Silver Nitrate | false |
| 135 | Boesman and Lena | - | - | - | $32,625 | 8 | $32,625 | Nov 3 | Kino International | false |
| 136 | The Weekend | - | - | - | $32,050 | 4 | $32,050 | Nov 22 | Strand Releasing | false |
| 137 | Seong Chun-hyang | - | - | - | $22,611 | 16 | $798,977 | Dec 29 | Lot 47 Films | false |
| 138 | Dark Days | - | - | - | $20,035 | 6 | $309,648 | Sep 1 | Palm Pictures | false |
| 139 | Khiladi 420 | - | - | - | $18,838 | 12 | $26,731 | Dec 29 | Eros Worldwide | false |
| 140 | Once in the Life | - | - | - | $17,383 | 15 | $54,780 | Oct 27 | Lionsgate | false |
| 141 | Looking for an Echo | - | - | - | $13,465 | 7 | $13,465 | Nov 10 | Regent Releasing | false |
| 142 | A Room for Romeo Brass | - | - | - | $10,096 | 4 | $19,478 | Oct 27 | USA Films | false |
| 143 | The Claim | - | - | - | $9,504 | 29 | $669,258 | Dec 29 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false |
| 144 | Loving Jezebel | - | - | - | $8,283 | 74 | $72,190 | Oct 27 | Focus Features | false |
| 145 | Cleopatra's Second Husband | - | - | - | $7,116 | 1 | $175,058 | Sep 29 | Indican Pictures | false |
| 146 | Stardom | - | - | - | $3,886 | 10 | $10,886 | Oct 27 | Lionsgate | false |
