Box Office Performance for Adventure Movies in 2001
| Rank | Movie | Genre | MPAA | 2001 Gross | Tickets Sold | Inflation- Adjusted Gross |
| 1 |
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
|
Adventure
|
PG
|
$291,594,218 |
51,609,596 |
$355,074,020 |
| 2 |
Shrek
|
Adventure
|
PG
|
$267,655,011 |
47,372,568 |
$325,923,268 |
| 3 |
Monsters, Inc.
|
Adventure
|
G
|
$239,190,413 |
42,334,586 |
$291,261,952 |
| 4 |
The Mummy Returns
|
Adventure
|
PG-13
|
$202,007,640 |
35,753,565 |
$245,984,527 |
| 5 |
Planet of the Apes
|
Adventure
|
PG-13
|
$179,774,963 |
31,818,578 |
$218,911,817 |
| 6 |
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
|
Adventure
|
PG-13
|
$174,119,499 |
30,817,610 |
$212,025,157 |
| 7 |
Lara Croft: Tomb Raider
|
Adventure
|
PG-13
|
$131,144,183 |
23,211,360 |
$159,694,157 |
| 8 |
Spy Kids
|
Adventure
|
PG
|
$112,692,062 |
19,945,498 |
$137,225,026 |
| 9 |
Atlantis: The Lost Empire
|
Adventure
|
PG
|
$84,052,762 |
14,876,595 |
$102,350,974 |
| 10 |
A Knight's Tale
|
Adventure
|
PG-13
|
$56,083,966 |
9,926,366 |
$68,293,398 |
| 11 |
Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius
|
Adventure
|
G
|
$49,464,274 |
8,754,739 |
$60,232,604 |
| 12 |
The Emperor's New Groove
|
Adventure
|
G
|
$38,484,289 |
6,811,379 |
$46,862,288 |
| 13 |
Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within
|
Adventure
|
PG-13
|
$32,131,830 |
5,687,050 |
$39,126,904 |
| 14 |
The Musketeer
|
Adventure
|
PG-13
|
$27,053,815 |
4,788,286 |
$32,943,408 |
| 15 |
Crocodile Dundee in Los Angeles
|
Adventure
|
PG
|
$25,590,119 |
4,529,225 |
$31,161,068 |
| 16 |
Pokemon 3: The Movie
|
Adventure
|
G
|
$17,052,128 |
3,018,076 |
$20,764,363 |
| 17 |
Cyberworld 3D
|
Adventure
|
Not Rated
|
$6,822,390 |
1,207,503 |
$8,307,621 |
| 18 |
Rugrats in Paris
|
Adventure
|
G
|
$5,295,739 |
937,299 |
$6,448,617 |
| 19 |
Haunted Castle
|
Adventure
|
PG
|
$3,317,618 |
587,189 |
$4,039,860 |
| 20 |
T-Rex: Back to the Cretaceous
|
Adventure
|
Not Rated
|
$2,648,928 |
468,837 |
$3,225,599 |
| 21 |
Charlie's Angels
|
Adventure
|
PG-13
|
$2,502,784 |
442,971 |
$3,047,640 |
| 22 |
Dungeons and Dragons
|
Adventure
|
PG-13
|
$934,493 |
165,397 |
$1,137,931 |
| 23 |
Alien Adventure
|
Adventure
|
Not Rated
|
$640,110 |
113,294 |
$779,463 |
| 24 |
Space Cowboys
|
Adventure
|
PG-13
|
$274,158 |
48,524 |
$333,845 |
| Total Gross of All Movies | $1,950,527,392 |
| Total Tickets Sold | 345,226,091 |
| Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices | $2,375,155,506 |
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.
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