List of 2000 box office number-one films in Australia explained

This is a list of films which placed number-one at the weekend box office in Australia during 2000. Amounts are in Australian dollars.

Seemingly improper dates are due to holiday weekends or other occasions. N/A denotes information that is not available from Urban Cinefile nor Movie Marshal.

Weekend End DateFilmBox OfficeNotes
1 Double Jeopardy $2,703,832
2 $1,762,631
3 Three Kings $1,304,758
4 American Beauty $1,944,345
5 $1,575,589
6 The Green Mile $2,257,160
7 $1,747,907
8 The Wog Boy $2,033,549
9 $1,678,718
10 The Beach $1,866,711
11 The Hurricane $1,568,327
12 Scream 3 $2,527,959
13 The Whole Nine Yards $1,312,665
14 Stuart Little $2,865,868
15 $3,004,233
16 $4,189,473
17 $2,152,764
18 Gladiator $5,927,458
19 $4,303,311
20 $3,311,644
21 $2,498,792
22 $6,395,638 Mission: Impossible 2 had a record opening (4-day) weekend for United International Pictures[1] [2]
23 $4,871,668
24 $2,077,716 [3]
25 Me, Myself & Irene $1,653,434
26 Gone in 60 Seconds $3,647,726
27 $2,312,064
28 X-Men $3,608,778
29 The Patriot $2,807,660
30 $1,852,896
31 Chopper $1,258,717
32 Shanghai Noon $1,599,104
33 $964,607
34 Road Trip $1,777,893
35 Scary Movie $2,672,930
36 $1,862,177
37 $1,057,848
38 Big Momma's House $1,031,484 Big Momma's House reached number one in its second week of release[4]
39 The Kid $1,041,810
40 Space Cowboys $1,135,346
41 The Dish $1,266,619 Preview grosses[5]
42 $2,995,500 The Dish had a record opening weekend (four-day) for an Australian film[6]
43 $2,552,609
44 What Lies Beneath $2,111,259
45 $1,620,659
46 $1,158,427
47 Charlie's Angels $4,045,389
48 $2,691,859
49 Chicken Run $2,031,541
50 $1,564,374
51 Vertical Limit N/A Vertical Limit grossed $6,162,186 for the week ended 27 December[7]
52 Meet the Parents $5,042,972

See also

Notes and References

  1. Screen International. June 9, 2000. 23. Oz kickstarts M:I2 roll-out. George. Sandy.
  2. Web site: Urban Cinefile. LAST WEEKEND’S MOST POPULAR FILMS (Thur-Sun): June 1 - June 4, 2000. https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20000608130000/http://www.urbancinefile.com.au/news_bums_on_seats.html. 8 June 2000.
  3. Web site: Urban Cinefile. LAST WEEKEND’S MOST POPULAR FILMS (Thur-Sun): June 15 - June 18, 2000. https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20000620193939/http://www.urbancinefile.com.au/news_bums_on_seats.asp. 20 June 2000.
  4. Screen International. 6 October 2000. 27. International box office: Australia.
  5. Web site: Urban Cinefile. LAST WEEKEND’S MOST POPULAR FILMS (Thur-Sun): October 12 - 15, 2000. https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20001018040856/http://www.urbancinefile.com.au/news_bums_on_seats.asp. 18 October 2000.
  6. Screen International. 27 October 2000. 23. Local film dishes up an Australian record. George. Sandy.
  7. Variety. 8 January 2001. 12. International Box Office.