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$100 Million U.S. Boxoffice Movies from 1990 to 2000 2000 (19 Movies) Title Gross (million) Director Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas $253.4 Ron Howard Mission: Impossible 2 $215.4 John Woo Gladiator $186.6 Ridley Scott The Perfect Storm $182.6 Wolfgang Petersen Meet the Parents $161.3 Jay Roach X-Men $157.3 Bryan Singer Scary Movie $157.0 Keenen Ivory Wayans What Lies Beneath $155.4 Robert Zemeckis Dinosaur $137.7 Eric Leighton and Ralph Zondag Erin Brockovich $125.5 Steven Soderbergh Nutty Professor II: The Klumps $123.3 Peter Segal Charlie's Angels $122.8 Joseph McGinty Nichol Big Mamma's House $117.6 Raja Gosnell What Women Want $115.8 Nancy Meyers Remember the Titans $113.7 Boaz Yakin The Patriot $113.3 Roland Emmerich Cast Away $109.7 Robert Zemeckis Chicken Run $106.8 Peter Lord and Nick Park Gone in 60 Seconds $101.6 Dominic Sena 1999 (21 Movies) Title Gross (million) Director "Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace" $431 George Lucas "The Sixth Sense" $293.5 M. Night Shyamalan "Toy Story 2" $245.4 John Lasseter and Ash Brannon "Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me" $205.9 Jay Roach "The Matrix" $171.4 Andy and Larry Wachowski "Tarzan" $171 Chris Buck and Kevin Lima "Big Daddy" $163.5 Dennis Dugan "The Mummy" $155.2 Stephen Sommers "Runaway Bride" $152.1 Garry Marshall "The Blair Witch Project" $140.5 Dan Myrick and Eduardo Sanchez "Stuart Little" $140 Rob Minkoff "The Green Mile" $136.8 Frank Darabont "American Beauty" $130 Sam Mendes "The World Is Not Enough" $126.9 Michael Apted "Double Jeopardy" $116.7 Bruce Beresford "Notting Hill" $116.1 Roger Michell "Wild Wild West" $113.8 Barry Sonnenfeld "Analyze This" $106.8 Harold Ramis "The General's Daughter" $102.7 Simon West "American Pie" $101.7 Paul Weitz and Chris Weitz "Sleepy Hollow" $101 Tim Burton 1998 (18 Movies) Title Gross (million) Director "Saving Private Ryan" $216.2 Steven Spielberg "Armageddon" $201.6 Michael Bay "There's Something About Mary" $176.4 Bobby and Peter Farrelly "A Bug's Life" $162.7 John Lasseter and Andrew Stanton "The Waterboy" $161.5 Frank Coraci "Doctor Dolittle" $144.1 Betty Thomas "Rush Hour" $141.2 Brett Ratner "Deep Impact" $140.4 Mimi Leder "Godzilla" $136.1 Roland Emmerich "Patch Adams" $135 Tom Shadyac "Lethal Weapon 4" $130.4 Richard Donner "The Truman Show" $125.6 Peter Weir "Mulan" $120.6 Tony Bancroft and Barry Cook "You've Got Mail" $115.7 Nora Ephron "Enemy of the State" $111.5 Tony Scott "The Prince of Egypt" $101.3 Brenda Chapman and Steve Hickner "The Rugrats Movie" $100.4 Igor Kovalyov and Norton Virg "Shakespeare in Love" $100.2 John Madden 1997 (16 Movies) Title Gross (million) Director "Titanic" $600.7 James Cameron "Men in Black" $250.1 Barry Sonnenfeld "The Lost World: Jurassic Park" $229.1 Steven Spielberg "Liar Liar" $181.4 Tom Shadyac "Air Force One" $172.6 Wolfgang Petersen "As Good as It Gets" $147.6 James L. Brooks "Good Will Hunting" $138.3 Gus Van Sant "Star Wars" (re-release) $138.2 George Lucas "My Best Friend's Wedding" $126.8 P.J. Hogan "Tomorrow Never Dies" $125.3 Roger Spottiswoode "Face/Off" $112.2 John Woo "Batman and Robin" $107.3 Joel Schumacher "George of the Jungle" $105.3 Sam Weisman "Scream 2" $101.3 Wes Craven "Con Air" $101.1 Simon West "Contact" $100.9 Robert Zemeckis 1996 (15 Movies) Title Gross (million) Director "Independence Day" $306 Roland Emmerich "Twister" $241.6 Jan de Bont "Mission: Impossible" $181 Brian De Palma "Jerry Maguire" $153.6 Cameron Crowe "Ransom" $136.4 Ron Howard "101 Dalmatians" $136.2 Stephen Herek "The Rock" $134 Michael Bay "The Nutty Professor" $128.8 Tom Shadyac "The Birdcage" $124 Mike Nichols "A Time to Kill" $108.7 Joel Schumacher "The First Wives Club" $105.4 Hugh Wilson "Phenomenon" $104.6 Jon Turteltaub "Scream" $103 Wes Craven "Eraser" $101.3 Chuck Russell "The Hunchback of Notre Dame" $101.1 Gary Trousdale and Kirk Wise 1995 (10 Movies) Title Gross (million) Director "Toy Story" $191.8 John Lasseter "Batman Forever" $184 Joel Schumacher "Apollo 13" $172 Ron Howard "Pocahontas" $141.6 Mike Gabriel and Eric Goldberg "Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls" $108.3 Steve Oedekerk "Goldeneye" $106.4 Martin Campbell "Jumanji" $100.4 Joe Johnston "Casper" $100.3 Brad Silberling "Seven" $100.1 David Fincher "Die Hard With a Vengeance" $100 John McTiernan 1994 (12 Movies) Title Gross (million) Director "Forrest Gump" $329.7 Robert Zemeckis "The Lion King" $312.9 Roger Allers and Rob Minkoff "True Lies" $146.3 James Cameron "The Santa Clause" $144.8 Mike Gabriel and Eric Goldberg "The Flintstones" $130.5 Brian Levan "Dumb and Dumber" $127.2 Peter Farrelly "Clear and Present Danger" $122 Phillip Noyce "Speed" $121.2 Jan de Bont "The Mask" $119.9 Chuck Russell "Pulp Fiction" $107.9 Quentin Tarantino "Interview With The Vampire" $105.2 Neil Jordan "Maverick" $101.6 Richard Donner 1993 (8 Movies) Title Gross (million) Director "Jurassic Park" $356.8 Steven Spielberg "Mrs. Doubtfire" $219.2 Chris Columbus "The Fugitive" $183.7 Andrew Davis "The Firm" $158.3 Sydney Pollack "Sleepless in Seattle" $126.6 Nora Ephron "Indecent Proposal" $106.6 Adrian Lyn "In the Line of Fire" $102.2 Wolfgang Petersen "The Pelican Brief" $100.7 Alan J. Pakula 1992 (11 Movies) Title Gross (million) Director "Aladdin" $217.4 Ron Clements and John Musker "Home Alone 2: Lost in New York" $172.7 Chris Columbus "Batman Returns" $162.8 Tim Burton "Lethal Weapon 3" $144.7 Richard Donner "A Few Good Men" $141.3 Rob Reiner "Sister Act" $139.6 Emile Ardolino "The Bodyguard" $121.9 Mick Jackson "Wayne's World" $121.7 Penelope Spheeris "Basic Instinct" $117.7 Paul Verhoeven "A League of Their Own" $107.5 Penny Marshall "Unforgiven" $101.2 Clint Eastwood 1991 (8 Movies) Title Gross (million) Director "Terminator 2: Judgment Day" $204.4 James Cameron "Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves" $165.5 Kevin Reynolds "Beauty and the Beast" $144.8 Gary Trousdale and Kirk Wise "The Silence of the Lambs" $130.7 Jonathan Demme "City Slickers" $123.5 Ron Underwood "Hook" $119.7 Steven Spielberg "The Addams Family" $113.4 Barry Sonnenfeld "Sleeping With the Enemy" $101.6 Joseph Ruben 1990 (9 Movies) Title Gross (million) Director "Home Alone" $285 Chris Columbus "Ghost" $217.6 Jerry Zucker "Dances With Wolves" $184.2 Kevin Costner "Pretty Woman" $178.4 Garry Marshall "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" $135.3 Steve Barron "The Hunt for Red October" $120.7 John McTiernan "Total Recall" $119.4 Paul Verhoeven "Die Hard 2: Die Harder" $117.4 Renny Harlin "Dick Tracy" $103.7 Warren Beatty Notes: Data shown is from multiple sources including Exhibitor Relations. Gross dollars reflect only U.S. box office from only the year of release .

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