The year 2000 in film involved some significant events. The top grosser worldwide was '' Mission: Impossible 2''. Domestically in North America, ''

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'' was the most expensive film of 2000 and a box-office success. __TOC__

Highest-grossing films

The top 10 films released in 2000 by worldwide gross are as follows:

2000 box office records

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'' became the highest-grossing stop motion animated film ever. * '' Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas''s $55.1 million opening weekend became the highest debut for a Christmas-themed film. It had the highest opening weekend for a

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film, surpassing both '' Batman Forever'' and ''

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Events

Award ceremonies

Awards

2000 films

By country/region

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List of Chinese films of 2000 The following is a list of mainland Chinese films first released in year 2000. Highest-grossing films Films released See also * Cinema of China * List of Chinese films of 2001 References External links IMDb list of Chinese films
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By genre/medium

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Births

*January 1 ** Ice Spice, American rapper and actress ** Ben Wang, American actor *January 7 – Marcus Scribner, American actor * January 8 –

Noah Cyrus Noah Lindsey Cyrus (born January 8, 2000) is an American singer and actress. As a child actress, she voiced the titular character in the English dub of the film ''Ponyo'' (2008), and appeared in minor roles on shows including ''Hannah Montana'' ...

, American actress and singer * January 9 – Gordon Maeda, Japanese actor * January 10 – Reneé Rapp, American actress and singer * January 11 –

Jamie Bick Jamie Bick (born January 11, 2000, Bergisch Gladbach, Germany) is a German actress. Life Bick was born on January 11, 2000, in Bergisch Gladbach, Germany. She began her career at the age of 2, appearing in advertising campaigns for Haribo a ...

, 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 Yara Sayeh Shahidi (born February 10, 2000) is an American actress and producer. She began her career as a child, appearing in the films ''Imagine That (film), Imagine That'' (2009), ''Butter (2011 film), Butter'' (2011), and ''Alex Cross (film ...

, 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 Morgan Lily is an American actress and fashion model. She started modeling internationally at the age of four years and appeared in more than 21 television commercials and many photoshoots before her role in '' Henry Poole Is Here'' as Millie St ...

, 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.

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) ** 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 Maia Reficco (born July 14, 2000) is an American and Argentine actress and singer. She is known for her roles as Kally Ponce in the Nickelodeon Latin America original series, '' Kally's Mashup'' and as Noa Olivar in the Max horror thriller seri ...

, 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 Meg Elizabeth Donnelly (born July 25, 2000) is an American actress. She played Taylor Otto in the American Broadcasting Company, ABC sitcom ''American Housewife'' (2016–2021), Addison Wells in the Disney Channel film series Zombies (franchise), ...

, American actress ** Preston Bailey, American actor * July 26 – Thomasin McKenzie, New Zealand actress * July 29 –

Lino Facioli Lino Schmidek Machado Facioli (born 29 July 2000) is a Brazilian-British actor. He is best known for portraying Robin Arryn in ''Game of Thrones'' and Naples in '' Get Him to the Greek''. Biography Facioli was born in Ribeirão Preto, São ...

, Brazilian actor * July 31 – Kim Sae-ron, South Korean actress (d.

) * 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 -

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, 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 Mallika Singh (born 15 September 2000) is an Indian television actress. She is known for portraying Radha in ''RadhaKrishn'', Lakshmi in '' Jai Kanhaiya Lal Ki,'' and Karuvaki in '' Pracchand Ashok.'' Career In 2016, Singh appeared in Zee TV ...

, Indian actress * September 22 – Michael Rainey Jr., American actor * September 23 – Kalani Hilliker, American dancer and actress * September 25 – Anna Lambe, Canadian

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actress from Iqaluit, Nunavut * September 28 –

Frankie Jonas Franklin Nathaniel Jonas (born September 28, 2000) is an American singer and actor. Jonas voiced Sōsuke in the English dub of the 2008 film ''Ponyo'' and was a recurring character in the Disney Channel series Jonas (TV series), ''Jonas''. He a ...

, 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 Willow Smith (born October 31, 2000), also known mononymously as Willow, is an American singer, actress and dancer. The daughter of Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith, she has received various accolades, including a Young Artist Award, an NAAC ...

, American singer and actress * November 7 – Dara Reneé, American actress * November 8 – Jade Pettyjohn, American actress * November 10 –

Mackenzie Foy Mackenzie Christine Foy (born November 10, 2000) is an American actress and model. She is known for portraying Renesmee Cullen in the 2012 film '' The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2'', which earned her a Young Artist Award nomination ...

, American model and actress * November 13 – Sydney Agudong, American actress and singer * November 18 – Arabella Morton, Australian actress * November 22 – Auliʻi Cravalho, American actress and singer * November 28 **

Jackson Yee Jackson Yee ( zh, s= 易烊千玺, t= 易烊千璽, p=Yì Yángqiānxǐ; born 28 November 2000) is a Chinese actor, singer, and member of the boy band TFBoys. He starred in television series '' The Longest Day in Chang'an'' (2019) and f ...

, 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

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