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Overview of the events of 2000 in film From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The year 2000 in film involved some significant events. The top grosser worldwide was Mission: Impossible 2.[1] Domestically in North America, Gladiator won the Academy Awards for Best Picture and Best Actor (Russell Crowe).[2] Dinosaur was the most expensive film of 2000 and a box-office success.[1]
The top 10 films released in 2000 by worldwide gross are as follows:[3][4]
Rank | Title | Distributor | Worldwide gross |
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1 | Mission: Impossible 2 | Paramount | $546,388,108 |
2 | Gladiator | DreamWorks / Universal | $465,380,802 |
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 |
March 5 – Reiky de Valk, Dutch actor (d. 2023)
Month | Date | Name | Age | Country | Profession | Notable films |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |