Serendipity (film) at Bloomingdale's, enjoying champagne on their anniversary at the same spot where they first met. "Serendipity" was shot in New Jersey, New York City, Ontario, and San Francisco, California in the spring of 2001. Following the 9/11 attacks, images of the World Trade Center towers were digitally removed from all skyline shots of New York City. "Serendipity" premiered at the 2001 Toronto International Film Festival. The film opened at #2 at the U.S. box office earning $13,309,241 in its opening weekend, behind "Training Day". With an estimated budget of $28 million, this was the first of Chelsom's films to turn
2000 in film 2000 in film The year 2000 in film involved some significant events. The top grosser worldwide was "". Domestically in North America, "Gladiator" won the Academy Awards for Best Picture and Best Actor (Russell Crowe). "Dinosaur" was the most expensive film of 2000 and a box-office success. 2000 saw the releases of the first installment of popular film series "X-Men", "Final Destination", "Scary Movie", and "Meet the Parents". Among the films based on TV shows are "", "Traffic", "The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle", "Charlie's Angels" and "" Among the movies based on books (and TV shows) is "Thomas and