List of 2001 box office number-one films in the United States
Appearance
This is a list of films which have placed number one at the weekend box office in the United States during 2001.[1]
Number-one films
[edit]# | Weekend end date | Film | Gross | Notes | Ref |
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1 | January 7, 2001 | Cast Away | $22,220,725 | [2] | |
2 | January 14, 2001 | Save the Last Dance | $23,444,930 | Save the Last Dance broke Varsity Blues's record ($15.2 mil) for the highest Martin Luther King weekend debut. | [3][4] |
3 | January 21, 2001 | $15,366,047 | [5] | ||
4 | January 28, 2001 | The Wedding Planner | $13,510,293 | [6] | |
5 | February 4, 2001 | $10,605,542 | [7] | ||
6 | February 11, 2001 | Hannibal | $58,003,121 | Hannibal broke Scream 3's record ($34.7 mil) for the highest weekend debut in February, and Scary Movie's record ($42.3 mil) for the highest weekend debut for an R-rated film. | |
7 | February 18, 2001 | $29,707,947 | Hannibal broke Titanic's record ($28.2 mil) for the highest President's Day weekend ever. | [9][10] | |
8 | February 25, 2001 | $15,767,006 | [11] | ||
9 | March 4, 2001 | The Mexican | $20,108,829 | [12] | |
10 | March 11, 2001 | $12,244,750 | [13] | ||
11 | March 18, 2001 | Exit Wounds | $18,485,586 | [14] | |
12 | March 25, 2001 | Heartbreakers | $11,801,323 | [15] | |
13 | April 1, 2001 | Spy Kids | $26,546,881 | [16] | |
14 | April 8, 2001 | $17,079,114 | [17] | ||
15 | April 15, 2001 | $12,501,512 | [18] | ||
16 | April 22, 2001 | Bridget Jones's Diary | $10,184,136 | Bridget Jones's Diary reached #1 in its second weekend of release. | [19] |
17 | April 29, 2001 | Driven | $12,174,504 | [20] | |
18 | May 6, 2001 | The Mummy Returns | $68,139,035 | [21] | |
19 | May 13, 2001 | $33,741,755 | [22] | ||
20 | May 20, 2001 | Shrek | $42,347,760 | Shrek broke Chicken Run's record ($17.5 million) for the highest weekend debut for a DreamWorks Animation film. | [23] |
21 | May 27, 2001 | Pearl Harbor | $59,078,912 | [24][25] | |
22 | June 3, 2001 | $29,558,276 | [26] | ||
23 | June 10, 2001 | Swordfish | $18,145,632 | [27] | |
24 | June 17, 2001 | Lara Croft: Tomb Raider | $47,735,743 | Lara Croft: Tomb Raider broke Pokémon: The First Movie's record ($31 million) for the highest weekend debut of a video game adaptation and Scary Movie's record ($42.3 million) for highest weekend debut for a film featuring a female protagonist. | [28] |
25 | June 24, 2001 | The Fast and the Furious | $40,089,015 | [29] | |
26 | July 1, 2001 | A.I. Artificial Intelligence | $29,352,630 | [30] | |
27 | July 8, 2001 | Cats & Dogs | $21,707,617 | [31] | |
28 | July 15, 2001 | Legally Blonde | $20,377,426 | [32] | |
29 | July 22, 2001 | Jurassic Park III | $50,771,645 | [33] | |
30 | July 29, 2001 | Planet of the Apes | $68,532,960 | Planet of the Apes broke X-Men's record ($54.5 mil) for the highest weekend debut in July. | [34] |
31 | August 5, 2001 | Rush Hour 2 | $67,408,222 | Rush Hour 2 broke The Sixth Sense's record ($26.7 mil) for the highest weekend debut in August. | [35] |
32 | August 12, 2001 | American Pie 2 | $45,117,985 | American Pie 2 had a record opening for an R-rated comedy. It was the first time that four films had opened with more than $45 million in four consecutive weekends. | [36][37] |
33 | August 19, 2001 | $21,104,650 | [38] | ||
34 | August 26, 2001 | $12,517,475 | [39] | ||
35 | September 2, 2001 | Jeepers Creepers | $13,106,108 | Jeepers Creepers broke The Crow: City of Angels' record ($9.7 mil) for the highest Labor Day weekend debut. | [40][41] |
36 | September 9, 2001 | The Musketeer | $10,312,740 | [42] | |
37 | September 16, 2001 | Hardball | $9,386,342 | [43] | |
38 | September 23, 2001 | $8,058,338 | [44] | ||
39 | September 30, 2001 | Don't Say a Word | $17,090,474 | [45] | |
40 | October 7, 2001 | Training Day | $22,550,788 | [46] | |
41 | October 14, 2001 | $13,386,457 | [47] | ||
42 | October 21, 2001 | From Hell | $11,014,818 | [48] | |
43 | October 28, 2001 | K-PAX | $17,215,275 | [49] | |
44 | November 4, 2001 | Monsters, Inc. | $62,577,067 | Monsters, Inc. broke Toy Story 2's records ($57.4 mil) for the highest weekend debut in November, for an animated film, a G-rated film, and for the holiday season. It also broke How the Grinch Stole Christmas' record ($55 mil) for the highest weekend debut for a non-sequel, The Lion King's record ($40.8 mil) for the highest weekend debut for a non-sequel animated film, and Independence Day's record ($50.2 mil) for the highest weekend debut for an original film overall. | [50] |
45 | November 11, 2001 | $45,551,028 | [51] | ||
46 | November 18, 2001 | Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone | $90,294,621 | Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone's $32.3 million opening day gross broke Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace's record ($28.5 mil) for the highest single-day tally of all time. It also broke Monsters, Inc's records ($62.5 mil) for the highest weekend debut in November, for a non-sequel, and for the holiday season (which had been set 2 weeks earlier), The Lost World: Jurassic Park's record ($72.1 mil) for the highest weekend debut of all time, Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace's record ($64.8 mil) for the highest weekend debut for a PG-rated film, and Batman Forever's record ($52.7 mil) for the highest opening for a Warner Bros. film. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone had the highest weekend debut of 2001. | [52] |
47 | November 25, 2001 | $57,487,755 | Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone broke How the Grinch Stole Christmas' record ($52.1 mil) for the highest second weekend gross, and Toy Story 2's record ($57.39 mil) for the highest Thanksgiving weekend ever. | [53] | |
48 | December 2, 2001 | $23,642,327 | [54] | ||
49 | December 9, 2001 | Ocean's Eleven | $38,107,822 | Ocean's Eleven broke What Women Want's record ($33.6 million) for the highest weekend debut in December, and Titanic's second weekend grosses' record ($35.4 mil) for the highest weekend ever in December. | [55] |
50 | December 16, 2001 | Vanilla Sky | $25,015,518 | [56] | |
51 | December 23, 2001 | The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring | $47,211,490 | The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring broke Ocean's Eleven's record ($38.1 mil) for the highest weekend debut in December (which had been set 2 weeks earlier). | [57][58] |
52 | December 30, 2001 | $38,695,582 | [59][60] |
Highest-grossing films
[edit]Calendar Gross
[edit]Highest-grossing films of 2001 by Calendar Gross[61]
In-Year Release
[edit]Rank | Title | Distributor | Domestic gross |
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1. | Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone | Warner Bros. | $317,575,550 |
2. | The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring | New Line Cinema | $313,364,114 |
3. | Shrek | DreamWorks | $267,665,011 |
4. | Monsters, Inc. | Disney | $255,873,250 |
5. | Rush Hour 2 | New Line Cinema | $226,164,286 |
6. | The Mummy Returns | Universal | $202,019,785 |
7. | Pearl Harbor | Disney | $198,542,554 |
8. | Ocean's Eleven | Warner Bros. | $183,417,150 |
9. | Jurassic Park III | Universal | $181,171,875 |
10. | Planet of the Apes | 20th Century Fox | $180,011,740 |
G | Monsters, Inc. |
PG | Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone |
PG-13 | The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring |
R | Hannibal |
See also
[edit]- List of American films — American films by year
- Lists of box office number-one films
References
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- ^ "Domestic 2001 Weekend 2 (Martin Luther King Jr. weekend)". Box Office Mojo.
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- ^ "Domestic 2001 Weekend 6". Box Office Mojo.
- ^ "Domestic 2001 Weekend 7 (Presidents' Day weekend)". Box Office Mojo.
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- ^ "Domestic 2001 Weekend 34". Box Office Mojo.
- ^ "Domestic 2001 Weekend 35 (Labor Day weekend)". Box Office Mojo.
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- ^ "Domestic 2001 Weekend 46". Box Office Mojo.
- ^ "Domestic 2001 Weekend 47 (Thanksgiving 3-Day weekend)". Box Office Mojo.
- ^ "Domestic 2001 Weekend 48 (Post-Thanksgiving)". Box Office Mojo.
- ^ "Domestic 2001 Weekend 49". Box Office Mojo.
- ^ "Domestic 2001 Weekend 50". Box Office Mojo.
- ^ "Domestic 2001 Weekend 51 (Christmas long weekend)". Box Office Mojo.
- ^ "Domestic 2001 Weekend 51". Box Office Mojo.
- ^ "Domestic 2001 Weekend 52 (New Year's long weekend)". Box Office Mojo.
- ^ "Domestic 2001 Weekend 52". Box Office Mojo.
- ^ "Domestic Box Office For 2001". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved February 17, 2020.
- ^ "Domestic Box Office For 2001 (In-year release)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved February 17, 2020.