This is a list of films which have placed number one at the weekend box office in the United Kingdom during 2001.

# Weekend End Date Film Box Office Notes Refs
1 7 January 2001 Unbreakable £2,211,667 [1]
2 14 January 2001 Cast Away £2,807,312 [2]
3 21 January 2001 £2,402,289 [3]
4 28 January 2001 £1,838,033 [4]
5 4 February 2001 What Women Want £3,375,075 [5]
6 11 February 2001 £2,512,404 [6]
7 18 February 2001 Hannibal £6,402,540 Hannibal set an opening weekend record for UIP and for an 18 certificate film. The weekend gross included £800,000 of previews. [7][8][9]
8 25 February 2001 £3,574,408 [10]
9 4 March 2001 £2,026,933 [11][12]
10 11 March 2001 £1,208,717 [12]
11 18 March 2001 Enemy at the Gates £1,033,164 [13][12]
12 25 March 2001 Miss Congeniality £1,873,246 [14][12]
13 1 April 2001 £1,527,576 [15]
14 8 April 2001 Rugrats in Paris: The Movie £1,511,553 [16]
15 15 April 2001 Bridget Jones's Diary £5,720,292 [17]
16 22 April 2001 £4,260,089 [18]
17 29 April 2001 £3,506,182 [19]
18 6 May 2001 £2,771,790 [20]
19 13 May 2001 £1,374,350 [21]
20 20 May 2001 The Mummy Returns £5,929,146 [22]
21 27 May 2001 £3,063,383 [23]
22 3 June 2001 Pearl Harbor £3,075,147 [24]
23 10 June 2001 £2,061,916
24 17 June 2001 £1,448,209
25 24 June 2001 Evolution £1,910,285
26 1 July 2001 Shrek £4,686,210
27 8 July 2001 Lara Croft: Tomb Raider £3,846,592 [25]
28 15 July 2001 Shrek £2,804,798 Shrek returned to number one in its third week of release [26]
29 22 July 2001 Jurassic Park III £4,762,155 [27]
30 29 July 2001 £1,802,580 [28]
31 5 August 2001 Cats & Dogs £3,707,358 [28]
32 12 August 2001 £2,813,072 [28]
33 19 August 2001 Planet of the Apes £5,445,983 [28]
34 26 August 2001 £2,364,945 [28]
35 2 September 2001 A Knight's Tale £1,678,264 [28]
36 9 September 2001 Moulin Rouge! £2,403,378 [28]
37 16 September 2001 £1,859,732 [28]
38 23 September 2001 Artificial Intelligence: A.I. £2,285,786 [28]
39 30 September 2001 £1,556,911 [28]
40 7 October 2001 Moulin Rouge! £1,072,657 Moulin Rouge! returned to number one in its fifth week of release [28]
41 14 October 2001 American Pie 2 £5,508,709 [28]
42 21 October 2001 £2,823,776 [28]
43 28 October 2001 £1,626,438 [28]
44 4 November 2001 The Others £2,259,538 [28]
45 11 November 2001 £1,687,041 [28]
46 18 November 2001 Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone £16,335,627 Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone set the record opening weekend beating Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace's £9.5 million. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone opening included £6,735,259 from previews [28]
47 25 November 2001 £8,362,749 [28]
48 2 December 2001 £5,809,759 [28]
49 9 December 2001 £3,345,310 [28]
50 16 December 2001 £2,391,251 [28]
51 23 December 2001 The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring £11,058,045 The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring opening figures included £3,755,170 from previews [28]
52 30 December 2001 £7,825,995 [28]

See also

References

  1. ^ "British 2001 Weekend 1". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 27 January 2024.
  2. ^ "British 2001 Weekend 2". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 27 January 2024.
  3. ^ "British 2001 Weekend 3". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 27 January 2024.
  4. ^ "British 2001 Weekend 4". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 27 January 2024.
  5. ^ "British 2001 Weekend 5". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 27 January 2024.
  6. ^ "British 2001 Weekend 6". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 27 January 2024.
  7. ^ Groves, Don (26 February 2001). "German exhibs: B.O. cannibalized". Variety. p. 9.
  8. ^ Groves, Don (19 February 2001). "'Hannibal' appeals to all tastes o'seas". Variety. p. 12.
  9. ^ "British 2001 Weekend 7". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 27 January 2024.
  10. ^ "British 2001 Weekend 8". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 27 January 2024.
  11. ^ "British 2001 Weekend 9". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 27 January 2024.
  12. ^ a b c d "United Kingdom". Box Office Mojo. Archived from the original on April 5, 2001.
  13. ^ "British 2001 Weekend 11". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 27 January 2024.
  14. ^ "British 2001 Weekend 12". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 27 January 2024.
  15. ^ "British 2001 Weekend 13". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 27 January 2024.
  16. ^ "British 2001 Weekend 14". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 27 January 2024.
  17. ^ "British 2001 Weekend 15". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 27 January 2024.
  18. ^ "British 2001 Weekend 16". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 27 January 2024.
  19. ^ "British 2001 Weekend 17". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 27 January 2024.
  20. ^ "British 2001 Weekend 18". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 27 January 2024.
  21. ^ "British 2001 Weekend 19". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 27 January 2024.
  22. ^ "British 2001 Weekend 20". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 27 January 2024.
  23. ^ "British 2001 Weekend 21". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 27 January 2024.
  24. ^ "British 2001 Weekend 21". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 27 January 2024.
  25. ^ "British 2001 Weekend 27". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 27 January 2024.
  26. ^ "British 2001 Weekend 28". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 27 January 2024.
  27. ^ "British 2001 Weekend 29". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 27 January 2024.
  28. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w "UK weekend box office reports: 2001" (xls). British Film Institute. Retrieved 16 January 2021.

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