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This article is about 2000s decade in film.

Events

Thousands of full-length films were produced during the first decade of the 21st Century. Building on developments in the 1990s, computers are used to create effects that would have previously been more expensive, from the subtle erasing of surrounding islands in Cast Away (leaving Tom Hanks' character stranded with no other land in sight) to the vast battle scenes such as those in Gladiator, The Lord of the Rings trilogy, The Matrix and 300.

In addition, film genres not known for their popular appeal in North America became increasingly attractive to filmgoers: films in foreign languages like Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, The Passion of the Christ and Letters from Iwo Jima; and documentary films like An Inconvenient Truth, March of the Penguins, Super Size Me, and Fahrenheit 9/11, became very successful.

Also gaining popularity was the use of Computer-generated imagery (CGI) to produce films. These types of films were originally seen in the 1990s with the likes of Toy Story and its sequel Toy Story 2, but CGI films became more popular in 2001 with the release of Shrek. Other popular CGI films include Finding Nemo, The Incredibles, Monsters, Inc. and Ratatouille. In addition, Up became the second animated feature ever to receive an Oscar nomination for The Best Picture.

The 2000s also saw a resurgence of several genres. For example, Gladiator, Moulin Rouge!, and Spider-Man increased the popularity of the Epic, Musical, and comic book genres, respectively.

Highest-grossing films

See also: Lists of highest-grossing films

The list has more 2008 and 2007 films in the top 50 than any other year, each with eight. They are followed by 2009, 2005 and 2004, each with six. Figures are given in United States dollars (USD).

List of worldwide highest-grossing films

Rank	Title	Studios	Worldwide gross	Year	Ref.
1	Avatar	20th Century Fox	$2,713,395,000	2009
2	The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King	New Line Cinema	$1,119,110,941	2003
3	Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest	Walt Disney Pictures	$1,066,179,725	2006
4	The Dark Knight	Warner Bros.	$1,001,921,825	2008
5	Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone	Warner Bros.	$974,733,550	2001
6	Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End	Walt Disney Pictures	$960,996,492	2007
7	Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix	Warner Bros.	$938,212,738	2007
8	Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince	Warner Bros.	$929,359,401	2009
9	The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers	New Line Cinema	$925,282,504	2002
10	Shrek 2	DreamWorks Animation	$919,838,758	2004
11	Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire	Warner Bros.	$895,921,036	2005
12	Spider-Man 3	Sony Pictures/Columbia	$890,871,626	2007
13	Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs	20th Century Fox/Blue Sky	$887,566,024	2009
14	Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets	Warner Bros.	$878,643,482	2002
15	The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring	New Line Cinema	$870,761,744	2001
16	Finding Nemo	Disney/Pixar	$864,625,978	2003
17	Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith	20th Century Fox	$848,754,768	2005
18	Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen	DreamWorks/Paramount Pictures	$834,969,807	2009
19	Spider-Man	Columbia Pictures	$821,708,551	2002
20	Shrek the Third	DreamWorks Animation	$798,958,162	2007
21	Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban	Warner Bros.	$795,634,069	2004
22	Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull	Paramount Pictures	$786,636,033	2008
23	Spider-Man 2	Sony Pictures	$783,766,341	2004
24	The Da Vinci Code	Columbia	$758,239,851	2006
25	The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe	Walden Media/Disney	$745,011,272	2005
26	The Matrix Reloaded	Warner Bros.	$742,128,461	2003
27	2012	Sony Pictures/Columbia	$736,257,842	2009
28	Transformers	DreamWorks/Paramount Pictures	$709,709,780	2007
29	Up	Disney/Pixar	$683,004,164	2009
30	The Twilight Saga: New Moon	Summit Entertainment	$669,259,961	2009
31	Ice Age: The Meltdown	20th Century Fox/Blue Sky	$655,388,158	2006
32	Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl	Walt Disney Pictures	$654,264,015	2003
33	Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones	20th Century Fox	$649,398,328	2002
34	Kung Fu Panda	DreamWorks Animation	$631,744,560	2008
35	The Incredibles	Disney/Pixar	$631,442,092	2004
36	Hancock	Columbia Pictures	$624,386,746	2008
37	Ratatouille	Disney/Pixar	$623,707,397	2007
38	The Passion of the Christ	Icon Productions	$611,899,420	2004
39	Mamma Mia!	Universal Pictures	$609,841,637	2008
40	Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa	DreamWorks Animation	$603,900,344	2008
41	Casino Royale	Sony/MGM/Columbia	$594,239,066	2006
42	War of the Worlds	DreamWorks / Paramount	$591,745,540	2005
43	Quantum of Solace	MGM / Columbia	$586,090,727	2008
44	I Am Legend	Warner Bros.	$585,349,010	2007
45	Iron Man	Paramount	$585,133,287	2008
46	Night at the Museum	20th Century Fox	$574,480,450	2006
47	King Kong	Universal	$550,517,357	2005
48	Mission: Impossible II	Paramount	$546,388,105	2000
49	The Day After Tomorrow	20th Century Fox	$544,272,402	2004
50	Madagascar	DreamWorks SKG	$532,680,671	2005

Highest-grossing film per year

Year	Title	Studio(s)	Worldwide Gross	Ref.
2000	Mission: Impossible II	Paramount	$546,388,105
2001	Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (film)	Warner Bros.	$974,733,550
2002	The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers	New Line Cinema	$925,282,504
2003	The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King	New Line Cinema	$1,119,110,941
2004	Shrek 2	DreamWorks SKG	$919,838,758
2005	Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire	Warner Bros.	$895,921,036
2006	Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest	Disney	$1,066,179,725
2007	Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End	Disney	$960,996,492
2008	The Dark Knight	Warner Bros.	$1,001,842,429
2009	Avatar	20th Century Fox	$2,713,395,000

Most-acclaimed films of the decade

According to Metacritic, which analysed many of the notable 'best films of the decade' lists to compile the results, the top twenty films most often and most notably included in these lists are

1. There Will Be Blood
2. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
3. Mulholland Drive
4. No Country For Old Men
5. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
6. The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
7. Spirited Away
8. 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days
9. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
10. The Dark Knight
11. Amelie
12. Children of Men
13. Memento
14. Pan's Labyrinth
15. United 93
16. Wall-E
17. Almost Famous
18. Brokeback Mountain
19. Far from Heaven
20. Lost in Translation

As well as this, the ten films released in the 2000s which got the highest average critic scores according to Metacritic are

1. Pan's Labyrinth
2. 4 months, 3 weeks and 2 days
3. Ratatouille
4. Spirited Away
5. The Hurt Locker
6. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
7. Sideways
8. Wall-E
9. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
10. 35 Shots of Rum

List of films

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References

Highest-grossing films

See also

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