Domestic Box Office For October 2000
Limited releases are those released in fewer than 600 theaters.
| Rank | Release | Gross | Max Th | Opening | % of Total | Open Th | Open | Close | Distributor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Billy Elliot | $21,995,263 | 510 | $215,681 | 1% | 10 | Oct 13 | - | Focus Features |
| 2 | CyberWorld | $11,253,900 | 38 | $278,199 | 2.5% | 21 | Oct 6 | Oct 24 | IMAX |
| 3 | Requiem for a Dream | $3,635,482 | 93 | $64,770 | 1.8% | 2 | Oct 6 | - | Artisan Entertainment |
| 4 | Bamboozled | $2,274,979 | 243 | $190,720 | 8.4% | 17 | Oct 6 | - | New Line Cinema |
| 5 | Mohabbatein | $1,070,000 | 53 | $570,000 | 53.3% | 53 | Oct 27 | - | Yash Raj Films |
| 6 | Two Family House | $1,015,122 | 65 | - | - | - | Oct 6 | - | Lionsgate |
| 7 | The Yards | $889,352 | 146 | $57,339 | 6.4% | 8 | Oct 20 | - | Miramax |
| 8 | Taxi 2 | $626,164 | 54 | - | - | - | Oct 6 | - | Lionsgate |
| 9 | A Time for Drunken Horses | $587,654 | 21 | $42,188 | 7.2% | 16 | Oct 27 | - | - |
| 10 | Venus Beauty Institute | $465,080 | 17 | $32,150 | 6.9% | 5 | Oct 27 | - | Lot 47 Films |
| 11 | The Nightmare Before Christmas 2000 Re-release | $376,586 | 72 | $175,022 | 46.5% | 72 | Oct 27 | - | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 12 | Ratcatcher | $217,244 | 2 | $10,762 | 5% | 2 | Oct 13 | - | First Look International |
| 13 | Calle 54 | $187,308 | 12 | $8,702 | 4.6% | 1 | Oct 20 | Jun 7 | Miramax |
| 14 | Tigerland | $139,692 | 5 | $26,715 | 19.1% | 5 | Oct 6 | Jan 4 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 15 | Sound and Fury | $114,882 | 6 | $7,104 | 6.2% | 2 | Oct 25 | Mar 22 | Artistic License |
| 16 | Taboo | $114,425 | 3 | $9,947 | 8.7% | 2 | Oct 6 | Aug 2 | New Yorker Films |
| 17 | Loving Jezebel | $72,190 | 74 | $43,775 | 60.6% | 74 | Oct 27 | Nov 9 | Focus Features |
| 18 | All About Eve 2000 Re-release | $63,463 | 1 | $10,177 | 16% | 1 | Oct 6 | - | Fox Searchlight Pictures |
| 19 | Once in the Life | $54,780 | 15 | $28,358 | 51.8% | 15 | Oct 27 | Nov 16 | Lionsgate |
| 20 | Animal Factory | $43,805 | 3 | $5,746 | 13.1% | 1 | Oct 20 | Nov 30 | Silver Nitrate |
| 21 | Shikari | $40,712 | 20 | $40,712 | 100% | 20 | Oct 6 | - | Eros Worldwide |
| 22 | Bootmen | $31,288 | 11 | $13,133 | 42% | 11 | Oct 6 | - | Fox Searchlight Pictures |
| 23 | A Room for Romeo Brass | $19,478 | 4 | $6,713 | 34.5% | 3 | Oct 27 | Nov 16 | USA Films |
| 24 | Stardom | $10,886 | 10 | $6,982 | 64.1% | 10 | Oct 27 | - | Lionsgate |
