List of 2000 box office number-one films in the United Kingdom explained

This is a list of films which have placed number one at the weekend box office in the United Kingdom during 2000.

Weekend End DateFilmBox OfficeNotesRefs
1 Sleepy Hollow £2,848,933 [1]
2 £1,739,653 [2]
3 £1,170,710 [3]
4 Double Jeopardy £1,287,911 [4]
5 American Beauty £2,836,678 American Beauty reached number one in its second weekend of release and had a record weekend for an 18-certificate film beating Alien Resurrection £2.7 million. [5]
6 Toy Story 2£7,758,936 Toy Story 2, in its second week of release, had a record three-day weekend, beating s 3-day opening, excluding previews.[6] [7] [8]
7 £6,521,187 [9]
8 £6,301,601 [10]
9 £2,755,664 [11]
10 £1,622,052 [12]
11 £1,037,594 [13]
12 £732,926 [14]
13 Lake Placid £931,472 [15] [16]
14 Erin Brockovich £1,609,930 [17]
15 £2,833,721 [18]
16 Kevin & Perry Go Large £2,404,517 [19]
17 Scream 3 £2,449,937 [20]
18 Kevin & Perry Go Large £923,483 Kevin & Perry Go Large returned to number one in its third week of release [21]
19 Gladiator £3,555,446 [22]
20 £3,459,104 [23]
21 £2,987,696 [24]
22 £2,073,765 [25]
23 £1,401,766 [26]
24 £613,491 [27]
25 £976,300 [28]
26 Chicken Run £3,848,755 [29]
27 £4,621,948 [30]
28 Chicken Run £2,573,372 Chicken Run returned to number one in its third week of release[31]
29 Stuart Little £1,694,498 Stuart Little reached number one in its fourth week of release[32]
30 The Perfect Storm £2,181,194 [33]
31 Gone in 60 Seconds £1,715,147 [34]
32 £1,021,267 [35]
33 X-Men £4,749,241 [36]
34 £2,026,544 [37]
35 Snatch £3,180,002 Snatch beat American Beauty record weekend for an 18-certificate film[38] [39]
36 Scary Movie £3,191,096 [40]
37 £1,460,710 [41]
38 Me, Myself & Irene £1,292,512 [42]
39 Hollow Man £1,634,386 [43]
40 £1,780,521 [44] [45]
41 Dinosaur £2,128,218 [46]
42 What Lies Beneath £2,258,893 [47]
43 Dinosaur £2,173,178 Dinosaur returned to number one in its third week of release[48]
44 What Lies Beneath £1,341,518 What Lies Beneath returned to number one in its third week of release[49]
45 Bedazzled £1,112,178 [50]
46 What Lies Beneath £811,997 What Lies Beneath returned to number one in its fifth week of release[51]
47 Charlie's Angels £3,182,114 [52] [53]
48 How the Grinch Stole Christmas £3,063,799 [54]
49 £2,547,769 [55]
50 Meet the Parents £2,261,785
51 How the Grinch Stole Christmas £1,588,377
52 Unbreakable £2,002,862 [56]

Highest grossing films

RankTitleDistributorDomestic gross £m[57]
1. Toy Story 2 £43.1
2. Gladiator £30.7
3. Chicken RunPathé£29.2
4. American BeautyUIP£21.1
5. Stuart Little £17.7
6. UIP £17.1
7. Billy Elliot UIP £16.5
8. X-Men £14.8
9. The Beach Fox £13.2
10. What Lies Beneath Fox £13.1

See also

Notes and References

  1. Screen International. 14 January 2000. 46. International box office: UK/Ireland.
  2. Screen International. 21 January 2000. 36. International box office: UK/Ireland.
  3. Screen International. 28 January 2000. 30. International box office: UK/Ireland.
  4. Screen International. 4 February 2000. 38. International box office: UK/Ireland.
  5. Screen International. 11 February 2000. 34. International box office: UK/Ireland. Total gross includes previews of £287,834.
  6. Variety. 18 November 2001. 'Harry' works magic overseas. Groves. Don. 9 May 2021.
  7. Screen International. 18 February 2000. 44. International box office: UK/Ireland.
  8. Web site: Toy Story 2 propels UK to all-time high. Screen International. Scott. Mary. 14 February 2000. 21 January 2024.
  9. Screen International. 25 February 2000. 39. International box office: UK/Ireland.
  10. Screen International. 3 March 2000. 26. International box office: UK/Ireland.
  11. Screen International. 10 March 2000. 38. International box office: UK/Ireland.
  12. Screen International. 17 March 2000. 26. International box office: UK/Ireland.
  13. Screen International. 24 March 2000. 26. International box office: UK/Ireland.
  14. Screen International. 31 March 2000. 34. International box office: UK/Ireland.
  15. Web site: Weekend Box Office United Kingdom Archive March 2000. https://web.archive.org/web/20000929040849/http://www.boxofficemojo.com/uk0300.html. September 29, 2000. Box Office Mojo.
  16. Screen International. 7 April 2000. 26. International box office: UK/Ireland.
  17. Screen International. 14 April 2000. 38. International box office: UK/Ireland.
  18. Screen International. 21 April 2000. 22. International box office: UK/Ireland.
  19. Screen International. 28 April 2000. 24. International box office: UK/Ireland. Includes previews of £376,254.
  20. Screen International. 5 May 2000. 56. International box office: UK/Ireland. Includes previews of £713,033.
  21. Screen International. 12 May 2000. 40. International box office: UK/Ireland.
  22. Screen International. 19 May 2000. 26. International box office: UK/Ireland.
  23. Screen International. 26 May 2000. 22. International box office: UK/Ireland.
  24. Screen International. 2 June 2000. 22. International box office: UK/Ireland.
  25. Screen International. 9 June 2000. 22. International box office: UK/Ireland.
  26. Screen International. 16 June 2000. 22. International box office: UK/Ireland.
  27. Screen International. 23 June 2000. 44. International box office: UK/Ireland.
  28. Screen International. 30 June 2000. 22. International box office: UK/Ireland.
  29. Screen International. 7 July 2000. 22. International box office: UK/Ireland.
  30. Screen International. 14 July 2000. 26. International box office: UK/Ireland. Includes previews of £479,411.
  31. Screen International. 21 July 2000. 22. International box office: UK/Ireland.
  32. Screen International. 28 July 2000. 38. International box office: UK/Ireland. Includes previews of £300,144.
  33. Screen International. 4 August 2000. 22. International box office: UK/Ireland. Includes previews of £261,149.
  34. Screen International. 11 August 2000. 22. International box office: UK/Ireland. Includes previews of £150,137.
  35. Screen International. 18 August 2000. 22. International box office: UK/Ireland.
  36. Screen International. 25 August 2000. 46. International box office: UK/Ireland. Includes previews of £620,008.
  37. Screen International. 1 September 2000. 30. International box office: UK/Ireland.
  38. Screen International. 8 September 2000. 38. International box office: UK/Ireland. Includes previews of £542,638.
  39. Screen International. 8 September 2000. 39. Scott. Mary. Snatch steals top spot. 24 April 2024.
  40. Screen International. 15 September 2000. 30. International box office: UK/Ireland. Includes previews of £303,645.
  41. Screen International. 22 September 2000. 38. International box office: UK/Ireland.
  42. Screen International. 29 September 2000. 30. International box office: UK/Ireland. Includes previews of £86,846.
  43. Screen International. 6 October 2000. 26. International box office: UK/Ireland.
  44. Web site: United Kingdom Archive October 2000. https://web.archive.org/web/20010127044100/http://www.boxofficemojo.com/wkuk1000.html. January 27, 2001. Box Office Mojo.
  45. Screen International. 13 October 2000. 26. International box office: UK/Ireland.
  46. Screen International. 20 October 2000. 54. International box office: UK/Ireland.
  47. Screen International. 27 October 2000. 22. International box office: UK/Ireland. Includes previews of £142,394.
  48. Screen International. 3 November 2000. 22. International box office: UK/Ireland.
  49. Screen International. 10 November 2000. 30. International box office: UK/Ireland.
  50. Screen International. 17 November 2000. 22. International box office: UK/Ireland.
  51. Screen International. 24 November 2000. 38. International box office: UK/Ireland.
  52. Web site: United Kingdom Archive November 2000. https://web.archive.org/web/20010123223100/http://www.boxofficemojo.com/wkuk1100.html. January 23, 2001. Box Office Mojo.
  53. Screen International. 1 December 2000. 30. International box office: UK/Ireland.
  54. Screen International. 8 December 2000. 46. International box office: UK/Ireland.
  55. Screen International. 15 December 2000. 30. International box office: UK/Ireland.
  56. Screen International. 5 January 2001. 42. International box office: UK/Ireland.
  57. Variety. 32. U.K.'s Top 10 in 2000. February 19, 2001. AFM 2001: Film Market Preview.