US Movie Market Summary for 2001
Total Box Office Gross: $8,128,011,511
Tickets sold: 1,436,044,430
Average ticket price:$5.66
Top Grossing Movies of 2001
| Rank | Movie | Release
Date | Distributor | Genre | MPAA | 2001 Gross | Tickets Sold | Inflation-
Adjusted
Gross |
|---|
| 1 |
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
|
11/16/2001
|
Warner Bros.
|
Adventure
|
PG
|
$291,594,218 |
51,518,413 |
$406,480,279 |
| 2 |
Shrek
|
5/18/2001
|
Dreamworks SKG
|
Adventure
|
PG
|
$267,652,016 |
47,288,342 |
$373,105,018 |
| 3 |
Monsters, Inc.
|
11/2/2001
|
Walt Disney Pictures
|
Adventure
|
G
|
$239,190,413 |
42,259,790 |
$333,429,743 |
| 4 |
Rush Hour 2
|
8/3/2001
|
New Line
|
Action
|
PG-13
|
$226,138,454 |
39,953,790 |
$315,235,403 |
| 5 |
The Mummy Returns
|
5/4/2001
|
Universal
|
Adventure
|
PG-13
|
$202,007,640 |
35,690,396 |
$281,597,224 |
| 6 |
Pearl Harbor
|
5/25/2001
|
Walt Disney Pictures
|
Action
|
PG-13
|
$198,539,855 |
35,077,713 |
$276,763,156 |
| 7 |
Jurassic Park 3
|
7/18/2001
|
Universal
|
Action
|
PG-13
|
$181,166,115 |
32,008,148 |
$252,544,288 |
| 8 |
Planet of the Apes
|
7/27/2001
|
20th Century Fox
|
Adventure
|
PG-13
|
$179,774,963 |
31,762,361 |
$250,605,028 |
| 9 |
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
|
12/19/2001
|
Warner Bros.
|
Adventure
|
PG-13
|
$174,119,499 |
30,763,162 |
$242,721,348 |
| 10 |
Hannibal
|
2/9/2001
|
MGM
|
Horror
|
R
|
$165,091,986 |
29,168,195 |
$230,137,059 |
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Market Share for Each Distributor in 2001
| Rank | Distributor | Movies | 2001 Gross | Tickets | Share |
|---|
| 1 |
Warner Bros.
|
32 |
$1,379,268,510 |
243,687,015 |
17.00% |
| 2 |
Universal
|
16 |
$924,208,333 |
163,287,693 |
11.39% |
| 3 |
Paramount Pictures
|
18 |
$891,714,493 |
157,546,730 |
10.99% |
| 4 |
Walt Disney Pictures
|
19 |
$886,015,360 |
156,539,815 |
10.92% |
| 5 |
20th Century Fox
|
20 |
$855,517,878 |
151,151,569 |
10.55% |
| 6 |
Sony Pictures
|
27 |
$718,312,883 |
126,910,402 |
8.85% |
| 7 |
MGM
|
13 |
$447,978,561 |
79,148,155 |
5.52% |
| 8 |
Miramax
|
32 |
$424,374,379 |
74,977,807 |
5.23% |
| 9 |
New Line
|
12 |
$405,730,718 |
71,683,872 |
5.00% |
| 10 |
Dreamworks SKG
|
8 |
$400,149,037 |
70,697,710 |
4.93% |
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Market Share for Each Genre in 2001
| Rank | Genre | Movies | 2001 Gross | Tickets | Share |
|---|
| 1 |
Adventure
|
24 |
$1,950,517,003 |
344,614,310 |
24.04% |
| 2 |
Comedy
|
92 |
$1,857,766,623 |
328,227,320 |
22.90% |
| 3 |
Drama
|
141 |
$1,478,391,113 |
261,199,839 |
18.22% |
| 4 |
Action
|
28 |
$1,269,922,233 |
224,367,885 |
15.65% |
| 5 |
Romantic Comedy
|
22 |
$520,172,779 |
91,903,317 |
6.41% |
| 6 |
Thriller/Suspense
|
21 |
$483,913,181 |
85,497,029 |
5.96% |
| 7 |
Horror
|
13 |
$390,803,639 |
69,046,580 |
4.82% |
| 8 |
Musical
|
7 |
$69,746,339 |
12,322,674 |
.86% |
| 9 |
Black Comedy
|
3 |
$47,122,178 |
8,325,473 |
.58% |
| 10 |
Western
|
4 |
$20,993,355 |
3,709,073 |
.26% |
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Market Share for Each MPAARating in 2001
| Rank | MPAARating | Movies | 2001 Gross | Tickets | Share |
|---|
| 1 |
PG-13
|
124 |
$4,152,598,769 |
733,674,694 |
51.10% |
| 2 |
R
|
210 |
$2,267,978,010 |
400,702,826 |
27.91% |
| 3 |
PG
|
31 |
$1,135,100,343 |
200,547,765 |
13.97% |
| 4 |
G
|
17 |
$511,688,711 |
90,404,365 |
6.30% |
| 5 |
Not Rated
|
199 |
$57,239,794 |
10,113,034 |
.70% |
| 6 |
Open
|
2 |
$1,896,637 |
335,095 |
.02% |
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Market Share for Each Source in 2001
| Rank | Source | Movies | 2001 Gross | Tickets | Share |
|---|
| 1 |
Original Screenplay
|
226 |
$3,948,726,924 |
697,654,932 |
48.67% |
| 2 |
Based on Book/Short Story
|
68 |
$2,195,069,313 |
387,821,431 |
27.06% |
| 3 |
Remake
|
10 |
$827,436,557 |
146,190,205 |
10.20% |
| 4 |
Based on Real Life Events
|
34 |
$396,561,645 |
70,063,895 |
4.89% |
| 5 |
Based on TV
|
7 |
$249,000,328 |
43,992,991 |
3.07% |
| 6 |
Based on Magazine Article
|
3 |
$166,617,310 |
29,437,687 |
2.05% |
| 7 |
Based on Game
|
3 |
$164,210,506 |
29,012,457 |
2.02% |
| 8 |
Based on Play
|
6 |
$45,689,122 |
8,072,283 |
.56% |
| 9 |
Traditional/Legend/Fairytale
|
1 |
$43,569,988 |
7,697,878 |
.54% |
| 10 |
Based on Comic/Graphic Novel
|
4 |
$43,038,239 |
7,603,929 |
.53% |
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Market Share for Each ProductionMethod in 2001
| Rank | ProductionMethod | Movies | 2001 Gross | Tickets | Share |
|---|
| 1 |
Live Action
|
361 |
$6,638,008,166 |
1,172,792,959 |
81.81% |
| 2 |
Animation/Live Action
|
5 |
$739,093,432 |
130,581,878 |
9.11% |
| 3 |
Digital Animation
|
5 |
$589,078,643 |
104,077,499 |
7.26% |
| 4 |
Hand Animation
|
4 |
$144,877,524 |
25,596,735 |
1.79% |
| 5 |
Rotoscoping
|
1 |
$2,539,796 |
448,727 |
.03% |
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Market Share for Each CreativeType in 2001
| Rank | CreativeType | Movies | 2001 Gross | Tickets | Share |
|---|
| 1 |
Contemporary Fiction
|
187 |
$4,087,378,525 |
722,151,680 |
59.74% |
| 2 |
Historical Fiction
|
48 |
$740,168,869 |
130,771,885 |
10.82% |
| 3 |
Fantasy
|
16 |
$646,578,158 |
114,236,424 |
9.45% |
| 4 |
Science Fiction
|
13 |
$579,030,693 |
102,302,243 |
8.46% |
| 5 |
Kids Fiction
|
13 |
$560,876,210 |
99,094,736 |
8.20% |
| 6 |
Dramatization
|
19 |
$197,588,459 |
34,909,621 |
2.89% |
| 7 |
Factual
|
23 |
$24,917,114 |
4,402,318 |
.36% |
| 8 |
Super Hero
|
1 |
$4,965,347 |
877,270 |
.07% |
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