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

# Weekend end date Film Gross Notes Ref
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.

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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

Calendar Gross

Highest-grossing films of 2001 by Calendar Gross[61]

Rank Title Studio(s) Actor(s) Director(s) Gross
1. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone Warner Bros. Pictures Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, Emma Watson, John Cleese, Robbie Coltrane, Warwick Davis, Richard Griffiths, Richard Harris, Ian Hart, John Hurt, Alan Rickman, Fiona Shaw, Maggie Smith and Julie Walters Chris Columbus $288,516,414
2. Shrek DreamWorks Pictures voices of Mike Myers, Eddie Murphy, Cameron Diaz and John Lithgow Andrew Adamson and Vicky Jenson $267,665,011
3. Monsters, Inc. Walt Disney Pictures voices of John Goodman, Billy Crystal, Steve Buscemi, James Coburn, Jennifer Tilly and Mary Gibbs Pete Docter $237,466,244
4. Rush Hour 2 New Line Cinema Jackie Chan, Chris Tucker, John Lone, Alan King, Roselyn Sánchez, Harris Yulin and Zhang Ziyi Brett Ratner $226,164,286
5. The Mummy Returns Universal Pictures Brendan Fraser, Rachel Weisz, John Hannah, Arnold Vosloo, Oded Fehr, Patricia Velásquez, Freddie Boath, Alun Armstrong and The Rock Stephen Sommers $202,019,785
6. Pearl Harbor Walt Disney Studios Ben Affleck, Josh Hartnett, Kate Beckinsale, Cuba Gooding Jr., Tom Sizemore, Jon Voight, Colm Feore and Alec Baldwin Michael Bay $198,542,554
7. Jurassic Park III Universal Pictures Sam Neill, William H. Macy, Téa Leoni, Alessandro Nivola, Trevor Morgan and Michael Jeter Joe Johnston $181,171,875
8. Planet of the Apes 20th Century Fox Mark Wahlberg, Tim Roth, Helena Bonham Carter, Michael Clarke Duncan, Kris Kristofferson, Estella Warren and Paul Giamatti Tim Burton $179,737,919
9. Hannibal Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Anthony Hopkins, Julianne Moore, Ray Liotta, Frankie R. Faison, Giancarlo Giannini, Francesca Neri and Gary Oldman Ridley Scott $165,092,268
10. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring New Line Cinema Elijah Wood, Ian McKellen, Liv Tyler, Viggo Mortensen, Sean Astin, Cate Blanchett, John Rhys-Davies, Billy Boyd, Dominic Monaghan, Orlando Bloom, Christopher Lee, Hugo Weaving, Sean Bean, Ian Holm and Andy Serkis Peter Jackson $163,871,215

In-Year Release

Highest-grossing films of 2001 by In-year release[62]
Rank Title Distributor Domestic gross
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


Highest-grossing films by MPAA rating of 2001
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

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