Box Office Performance for Action Movies in 2001

Rank	Movie	Genre	MPAA	2001 Gross	Tickets Sold	Inflation- Adjusted Gross
1	Rush Hour 2	Action	PG-13	$226,138,454	39,953,790	$286,868,212
2	Pearl Harbor	Action	PG-13	$198,539,855	35,077,713	$251,857,979
3	Jurassic Park 3	Action	PG-13	$181,166,115	32,008,148	$229,818,503
4	The Fast and the Furious	Action	PG-13	$144,512,310	25,532,210	$183,321,268
5	Swordfish	Action	R	$69,772,969	12,327,380	$88,510,588
6	The Mexican	Action	R	$66,808,615	11,803,642	$84,750,150
7	Spy Game	Action	R	$60,977,785	10,773,460	$77,353,443
8	Exit Wounds	Action	R	$51,758,599	9,144,629	$65,658,436
9	Behind Enemy Lines	Action	PG-13	$51,023,475	9,014,748	$64,725,891
10	The One	Action	PG-13	$43,905,746	7,757,199	$55,696,689
11	Kiss of the Dragon	Action	R	$36,833,473	6,507,681	$46,725,150
12	Driven	Action	PG-13	$32,616,869	5,762,698	$41,376,172
13	Double Take	Action	PG-13	$29,823,162	5,269,110	$37,832,210
14	Heist	Action	R	$23,483,357	4,149,003	$29,789,842
15	Vertical Limit	Action	PG-13	$16,593,246	2,931,669	$21,049,383
16	Iron Monkey	Action	PG-13	$14,681,661	2,593,933	$18,624,439
17	John Carpenter's Ghosts of Mars	Action	R	$8,434,601	1,490,212	$10,699,722
18	Megiddo: Omega Code 2	Action	PG-13	$6,047,691	1,068,497	$7,671,808
19	Proof of Life	Action	R	$3,545,454	626,405	$4,497,588
20	Gladiator	Action	R	$1,060,814	187,423	$1,345,697
21	Extreme Days	Action	PG	$1,047,553	185,080	$1,328,874
22	Brotherhood of the Wolf	Action	R	$401,634	70,960	$509,493
23	Black Hawk Down	Action	R	$274,347	48,471	$348,022
24	The 6th Day	Action	PG-13	$226,067	39,941	$286,776
25	Red Planet	Action	PG-13	$207,836	36,720	$263,650
26	Akira	Action	R	$19,585	3,460	$24,843
27	Bangkok Dangerous	Action	R	$18,502	3,269	$23,471
28	Taxi 2	Action	Not Rated	$2,458	434	$3,116
Total Gross of All Movies				$1,269,922,233
Total Tickets Sold					224,367,885
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices						$1,610,961,414

Note: This chart ranks movies by the amount they earned during 2001. It includes movies released in previous years that earned money during 2001. For example, a movie released over Thanksgiving in 2000 will most likely earn money in 2000 and 2001. Click on the individual movie to see its total gross over all the years in which it played.

Each box office year ends on the first Sunday of the following year. The next year starts the following day (Monday). For example, the "2004 box office year" ended on Sunday, January 2, 2005.

Inflation-adjusted figures are based ticket sale estimates, and may not be precise due to rounding errors.