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	51,518,413	$406,480,279
2	Shrek	Adventure	PG	$267,652,016	47,288,342	$373,105,018
3	Monsters, Inc.	Adventure	G	$239,190,413	42,259,790	$333,429,743
4	The Mummy Returns	Adventure	PG-13	$202,007,640	35,690,396	$281,597,224
5	Planet of the Apes	Adventure	PG-13	$179,774,963	31,762,361	$250,605,028
6	The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring	Adventure	PG-13	$174,119,499	30,763,162	$242,721,348
7	Lara Croft: Tomb Raider	Adventure	PG-13	$131,144,183	23,170,350	$182,814,062
8	Spy Kids	Adventure	PG	$112,692,062	19,910,258	$157,091,936
9	Atlantis: The Lost Empire	Adventure	PG	$84,052,762	14,850,311	$117,168,954
10	A Knight's Tale	Adventure	PG-13	$56,083,966	9,908,828	$78,180,653
11	Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius	Adventure	G	$49,464,274	8,739,271	$68,952,848
12	The Emperor's New Groove	Adventure	G	$38,476,895	6,798,038	$53,636,520
13	Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within	Adventure	PG-13	$32,131,830	5,677,002	$44,791,546
14	The Musketeer	Adventure	PG-13	$27,053,815	4,779,826	$37,712,827
15	Crocodile Dundee in Los Angeles	Adventure	PG	$25,590,119	4,521,222	$35,672,442
16	Pokemon 3: The Movie	Adventure	G	$17,052,128	3,012,743	$23,770,542
17	Cyberworld 3D	Adventure	Not Rated	$6,822,390	1,205,369	$9,510,361
18	Rugrats in Paris	Adventure	G	$5,295,739	935,643	$7,382,223
19	Haunted Castle	Adventure	PG	$3,317,618	586,152	$4,624,739
20	T-Rex: Back to the Cretaceous	Adventure	Not Rated	$2,648,928	468,008	$3,692,583
21	Charlie's Angels	Adventure	PG-13	$2,502,784	442,188	$3,488,863
22	Dungeons and Dragons	Adventure	PG-13	$934,493	165,105	$1,302,678
23	Alien Adventure	Adventure	Not Rated	$640,110	113,094	$892,312
24	Space Cowboys	Adventure	PG-13	$274,158	48,438	$382,176
Total Gross of All Movies				$1,950,517,003
Total Tickets Sold					344,614,310
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices						$2,719,006,906

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.