2000 in film

Template:Short description Template:Use mdy dates Template:Year nav topic5 Template:Yearsinfilm The year 2000 in film involved some significant events. The top grosser worldwide was Mission: Impossible 2.<ref name=BOM>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Domestically in North America, Gladiator won the Academy Awards for Best Picture and Best Actor (Russell Crowe).<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Dinosaur was the most expensive film of 2000 and a box-office success.<ref name=BOM/>

Highest-grossing filmsEdit

Template:See also The top 10 films released in 2000 by worldwide gross are as follows:<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

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 recordsEdit

Chicken Run became the highest-grossing stop motion animated film ever.
Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole ChristmasTemplate:'s $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.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

EventsEdit

Award ceremoniesEdit

Date	Event	Host	Location
January 23	57th Golden Globe Awards	Hollywood Foreign Press Association	Beverly Hills, California, U.S.
January 29	5th Lumière 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.

AwardsEdit

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
Category/Organization	Drama	Musical or Comedy	6th Critics' Choice Awards January 22, 2001	54th BAFTA Awards February 19, 2001		73rd Academy Awards March 25, 2001
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	Stephen Gaghan Traffic		Cameron Crowe Almost Famous		Kenneth Lonergan You Can Count on Me	Cameron Crowe Almost Famous
Best Animated Film	Template:N/a	Template:N/a	Chicken Run	Template:N/a	Template:N/a	Template:N/a
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 filmsEdit

By country/regionEdit

By genre/mediumEdit

BirthsEdit

January 1
- Ice Spice, American rapper and actress
- Ben Wang, American actor
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
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 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
- 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 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 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
- Klara Castanho, Brazilian actress
- Addison Rae, American social media personality and actress
- Isobelle Molloy, English actress
October 10 – Aedin Mincks, American 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 18 – Arabella Morton, Australian 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

DeathsEdit

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	Template:Hlist
	7	Klaus Wennemann	59	Germany	Actor	Template:Hlist
	9	Marguerite Churchill	89	US	Actress	Template:Hlist
	10	Arthur Batanides	83	US	Actor	Template:Hlist
	11	Helena Carter	79	US	Actress	Template:Hlist
	12	Marc Davis	86	US	Animator	Template:Hlist
	15	Fran Ryan	83	US	Actress	Template:Hlist
	18	Nancy Coleman	87	US	Actress	Template:Hlist
	18	Frances Drake	87	US	Actress	Template:Hlist
	18	Jester Hairston	98	US	Actor	Template:Hlist
	19	Hedy Lamarr	85	Austria	Actress	Template:Hlist
	19	Alan North	79	US	Actor	Template:Hlist
	24	Jeffrey Boam	53	US	Screenwriter	Template:Hlist
	25	Tom Pedigo	53	US	Set Decorator	Template:Hlist
	28	Tony Doyle	58	Ireland	Actor	Template:Hlist
	28	Joy Shelton	77	UK	Actress	Template:Hlist
	28	Kenneth Waller	72	UK	Actor	Template:Hlist
	31	Ralph Manza	78	US	Actor	Template:Hlist
February	1	James N. Harrell	81	US	Actor	Template:Hlist
	3	Bonnie Cashin	84	US	Costume Designer	Template:Hlist
	5	Todd Karns	79	US	Actor	Template:Hlist
	8	Sidney Hayers	78	UK	Director	Template:Hlist
	10	George Jackson	42	US	Producer, Director	Template:Hlist
	10	Jim Varney	50	US	Actor	Template:Hlist
	11	Roger Vadim	72	France	Director, Screenwriter	Template:Hlist
	12	John London	58	US	Key Grip	Template:Hlist
	16	Marceline Day	91	US	Actress	Template:Hlist
	16	Lila Kedrova	81	Russia	Actress	Template:Hlist
	17	Miles White	85	US	Costume Designer	Template:Hlist
	20	Otello Martelli	97	Italy	Cinematographer	Template:Hlist
	22	John Kellogg	83	US	Actor	Template:Hlist
	23	Ofra Haza	42	Israel	Singer, Actress	Template:Hlist
	23	Joseph V. Perry	69	US	Actor	Template:Hlist
	24	Rosalind Keith	83	US	Actress	Template:Hlist
	27	George Duning	92	US	Composer	Template:Hlist
March	7	Charles Gray	71	UK	Actor	Template:Hlist
	10	Judith Barrett	91	US	Actress	Template:Hlist
	11	Richard Collier	80	US	Actor	Template:Hlist
	13	Rex Everhart	79	US	Actor	Template:Hlist
	15	Wally Rose	88	US	Actor, Stuntman	Template:Hlist
	25	Jim Cash	59	US	Screenwriter	Template:Hlist
	25	Helen Martin	90	US	Actress	Template:Hlist
	29	John Baskcomb	84	UK	Actor	Template:Hlist
April	??	Maurice Carter	85–86	UK	Art Director	Template:Hlist
	2	Greta Gynt	83	Norway	Actress	Template:Hlist
	8	Claire Trevor	90	US	Actress	Template:Hlist
	10	Arnold Johnson	78	US	Actor	Template:Hlist
	10	Peter Jones	79	UK	Actor	Template:Hlist
	11	Douglas Green	79	US	Second Unit Director	Template:Hlist
	12	Carmen Dillon	91	UK	Art Director	Template:Hlist
	12	Christopher Pettiet	24	US	Actor	Template:Hlist
	13	Peter Archer	56	Australia	Actor	Enter the Dragon
	21	Susan Stephen	68	UK	Actress	Template:Hlist
	25	David Merrick	88	US	Producer	Template:Hlist
May	1	Steve Reeves	74	US	Actor	Template:Hlist
	3	Lewis Allen	94	UK	Director	Template:Hlist
	7	Douglas Fairbanks Jr.	90	US	Actor	Template:Hlist
	10	Bart the Bear	23	US	Actor	Template:Hlist
	10	Craig Stevens	81	US	Actor	Template:Hlist
	11	David Bretherton	76	US	Film Editor	Template:Hlist
	11	René Muñoz	62	Cuba	Actor, Screenwriter	Template:Hlist
	13	Paul Bartel	61	US	Actor, Director	Template:Hlist
	20	Edward Bernds	94	US	Director	Template:Hlist
	21	John Gielgud	96	UK	Actor	Template:Hlist
	25	Nicholas Clay	53	UK	Actor	Template:Hlist
	25	Francis Lederer	100	Austria-Hungary	Actor	Template:Hlist
	26	William McCaughey	70	US	Sound Engineer	Template:Hlist
	26	Samuel A. Taylor	87	US	Screenwriter	Template:Hlist
	28	Robert Fryer	79	US	Producer	Template:Hlist
	29	Aubrey Richards	79	UK	Actor	Template:Hlist
	30	Doris Hare	95	UK	Actress	Template:Hlist
	30	Bill Thomas	78	US	Costume Designer	Template:Hlist
	31	Walter Sparrow	73	UK	Actor	Template:Hlist
June	10	Terry Forrestal	52	UK	Stuntman	Template:Hlist
	10	J. Watson Webb Jr.	84	US	Film Editor	Template:Hlist
	11	Elizabeth Lawrence	77	US	Actress	Template:Hlist
	13	John Bramall	76	UK	Sound Engineer	Template:Hlist
	18	Nancy Marchand	71	US	Actress	Template:Hlist
	19	Anton Gorchev	60	Bulgaria	Actor	Template:Hlist
	24	David Tomlinson	83	UK	Actor	Template:Hlist
	27	David Neal	68	UK	Actor	Template:Hlist
	28	Nils Poppe	92	Sweden	Actor	Template:Hlist
	28	Michael Ripper	87	UK	Actor	Template:Hlist
	29	John Abineri	72	UK	Actor	Template:Hlist
	29	Vittorio Gassman	77	Italy	Actor	Template:Hlist
July	1	Walter Matthau	79	US	Actor	Template:Hlist
	3	Harold Nicholas	79	US	Dancer, Actor	Template:Hlist
	3	Kemal Sunal	55	Turkey	Actor	Template:Hlist
	10	Justin Pierce	25	UK	Actor	Template:Hlist
	14	Meredith MacRae	56	US	Actress	Template:Hlist
	18	Roberto Contreras	71	US	Actor	Template:Hlist
	19	James B. Clark	92	US	Director, Film Editor	Template:Hlist
	22	Eric Christmas	84	UK	Actor	Template:Hlist
	27	Don Weis	78	US	Director	Template:Hlist
	30	Nan Leslie	74	US	Actress	Template:Hlist
	30	Max Showalter	83	US	Actor	Template:Hlist
August	5	Alec Guinness	86	UK	Actor	Template:Hlist
	8	Jess Barker	88	US	Actor	Template:Hlist
	8	John F. Warren	91	US	Cinematographer	Template:Hlist
	9	Lewis Wilson	80	US	Actor	Template:Hlist
	10	Joan Marsh	86	US	Actress	Template:Hlist
	11	Eddie Powell	73	UK	Stuntman	Template:Hlist
	12	Loretta Young	87	US	Actress	Template:Hlist
	15	Robert Swink	82	US	Film Editor	Template:Hlist
	22	Toru Tanaka	70	US	Actor	Template:Hlist
	24	Patricia Owens	75	Canada	Actress	Template:Hlist
	25	Jack Nitzsche	63	US	Composer	Template:Hlist
	29	Rose Hobart	94	US	Actress	Template:Hlist
	30	Joseph H. Lewis	93	US	Director	Template:Hlist
September	2	Ishaq Bux	83	India	Actor	Template:Hlist
	2	Jean Speegle Howard	73	US	Actress	Template:Hlist
	3	Edward Anhalt	86	US	Screenwriter	Template:Hlist
	3	Walt Stanchfield	81	US	Animator	Template:Hlist
	7	Gian Luigi Polidoro	73	Italy	Director	Template:Hlist
	10	Mary Colquhoun	59	UK	Casting Director	Template:Hlist
	12	Juan Ibáñez	83	Mexico	Director	Template:Hlist
	12	Gary Olsen	55	Australia	Actor, Key Grip	Template:Hlist
	14	Beah Richards	80	US	Actress	Template:Hlist
	19	Ann Doran	89	US	Actress	Template:Hlist
	19	Gloria Talbott	69	US	Actress	Template:Hlist
	26	Richard Mulligan	67	US	Actor	Template:Hlist
October	2	Richard Liberty	68	US	Actor	Template:Hlist
	6	Richard Farnsworth	80	US	Actor	Template:Hlist
	9	David Dukes	55	US	Actor	Template:Hlist
	10	Emile Kuri	93	Mexico	Set Decorator	Template:Hlist
	11	Sam O'Steen	76	US	Film Editor	Template:Hlist
	12	Gordon Stulberg	76	Canada	Studio Executive
	13	Jean Peters	73	US	Actress	Template:Hlist
	15	Vincent Canby	76	US	Film Critic	None; critiqued films for The New York Times
	17	Walter Shenson	81	UK	Producer, Director	Template:Hlist
	18	Julie London	74	US	Actress, Singer	Template:Hlist
	18	Sidney Salkow	89	US	Director	Template:Hlist
	18	Gwen Verdon	75	US	Actress, Dancer	Template:Hlist
	21	Mort Briskin	86	US	Producer, Screenwriter	Template:Hlist
	22	Anthony Chinn	69	Guyana	Actor	Template:Hlist
	24	Pasquale Cajano	79	Italy	Actor	Template:Hlist
	26	Muriel Evans	90	US	Actress	Template:Hlist
	28	Anthony Lee	39	US	Actor	Template:Hlist
	30	Steve Allen	78	US	Actor	Template:Hlist
	30	Elizabeth Bradley	83	UK	Actress	Template:Hlist
	31	Ring Lardner Jr.	85	US	Screenwriter	Template:Hlist
November	1	Allan Surtees	75	UK	Actor	Template:Hlist
	3	Leonardo Benvenuti	77	Italy	Screenwriter	Template:Hlist
	11	Rayford Barnes	80	US	Actor	Template:Hlist
	22	Christian Marquand	73	France	Actor, Director	Template:Hlist
	26	Carlo Simi	76	Italy	Costume Designer, Production Designer	Template:Hlist
	27	Anne Barton	76	US	Actress	Template:Hlist
	27	George Wells	91	US	Screenwriter	Template:Hlist
	29	Margaret Early	80	US	Actress	Template:Hlist
December	4	Chet Douglas	64	US	Actor	Template:Hlist
	6	Werner Klemperer	80	Germany	Actor	Template:Hlist
	10	Marie Windsor	80	US	Actress	Template:Hlist
	11	Don Devlin	70	US	Producer, Screenwriter	Template:Hlist
	11	David Lewis	84	US	Actor	Template:Hlist
	11	N. Richard Nash	87	US	Screenwriter	Template:Hlist
	12	George Montgomery	84	US	Actor	Template:Hlist
	14	Uldis Pūcītis	63	Latvia	Actor, Director	Template:Hlist
	16	Margo Moore	69	US	Actress	Template:Hlist
	20	Richard Hazard	79	US	Composer, Orchestrator	Template:Hlist
	22	Stuart Lancaster	80	US	Actor	Template:Hlist
	23	Billy Barty	76	US	Actor	Template:Hlist
	23	Noor Jehan	75	Pakistan	Singer, Actress	Template:Hlist
	26	Leo Gordon	78	US	Actor, Screenwriter	Template:Hlist
	26	Jason Robards	77	US	Actor	Template:Hlist
	30	Julius J. Epstein	91	US	Screenwriter	Template:Hlist