Box Office Performance for Based on Book/Short Story 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	$369,902,205
2	Shrek	Adventure	PG	$267,652,016	47,288,342	$339,530,296
3	The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring	Adventure	PG-13	$174,119,499	30,763,162	$220,879,503
4	Hannibal	Horror	R	$165,091,986	29,168,195	$209,427,640
5	Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon	Drama	PG-13	$114,617,017	20,250,356	$145,397,556
6	The Princess Diaries	Comedy	G	$108,184,054	19,113,790	$137,237,012
7	Atlantis: The Lost Empire	Adventure	PG	$84,052,762	14,850,311	$106,625,233
8	Artificial Intelligence: AI	Drama	PG-13	$78,616,689	13,889,874	$99,729,295
9	Along Came a Spider	Thriller/Suspense	R	$74,058,698	13,084,576	$93,947,256
10	Bridget Jones's Diary	Romantic Comedy	R	$71,500,556	12,632,607	$90,702,118
11	Chocolat	Drama	PG-13	$67,060,776	11,848,194	$85,070,033
12	Don't Say a Word	Thriller/Suspense	R	$54,924,196	9,703,922	$69,674,160
13	Blow	Drama	R	$52,964,509	9,357,687	$67,188,193
14	Exit Wounds	Action	R	$51,758,599	9,144,629	$65,658,436
15	K-PAX	Drama	PG-13	$50,315,140	8,889,601	$63,827,335
16	Hardball	Drama	PG-13	$40,087,867	7,082,662	$50,853,513
17	Someone Like You	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$27,338,033	4,830,041	$34,679,694
18	The Musketeer	Adventure	PG-13	$27,053,815	4,779,826	$34,319,151
19	Memento	Drama	R	$25,530,884	4,510,757	$32,387,235
20	Captain Corelli's Mandolin	Drama	R	$25,528,495	4,510,335	$32,384,205
21	Hearts in Atlantis	Drama	PG-13	$24,185,781	4,273,106	$30,680,901
22	Valentine	Horror	R	$20,384,136	3,601,437	$25,858,318
23	The Pledge	Drama	R	$19,719,930	3,484,087	$25,015,745
24	A Beautiful Mind	Drama	PG-13	$18,559,546	3,279,072	$23,543,737
25	Original Sin	Thriller/Suspense	R	$16,521,410	2,918,977	$20,958,255
26	Tailor of Panama	Thriller/Suspense	R	$13,491,653	2,383,684	$17,114,851
27	The Deep End	Thriller/Suspense	R	$8,823,109	1,558,853	$11,192,565
28	How the Grinch Stole Christmas	Comedy	PG	$6,663,580	1,177,311	$8,453,093
29	All the Pretty Horses	Western	PG-13	$6,490,103	1,146,661	$8,233,026
30	Apocalypse Now Redux	Drama	R	$4,615,959	815,540	$5,855,577
31	Left Behind	Drama	PG-13	$4,221,341	745,820	$5,354,988
32	Before Night Falls	Drama	R	$3,986,585	704,344	$5,057,190
33	The Golden Bowl	Drama	R	$3,037,579	536,675	$3,853,327
34	The House of Mirth	Drama	PG	$2,872,744	507,552	$3,644,223
35	The Shipping News	Drama	R	$2,796,557	494,091	$3,547,573
36	In the Bedroom	Drama	R	$2,381,395	420,741	$3,020,920
37	China: The Panda Adventure	Drama	Not Rated	$1,716,261	303,226	$2,177,163
38	The Road Home	Drama	G	$1,280,090	226,164	$1,623,858
39	The Luzhin Defence	Drama	PG-13	$1,051,811	185,832	$1,334,274
40	Left Luggage	Drama	Not Rated	$937,992	165,723	$1,189,891
41	Requiem for a Dream	Drama	Open	$764,300	135,035	$969,551
42	The Caveman's Valentine	Drama	R	$687,081	121,392	$871,595
43	Focus	Drama	PG-13	$667,728	117,973	$847,046
44	The Crimson Rivers	Drama	R	$632,548	111,758	$802,422
45	Texas Rangers	Western	PG-13	$623,374	110,137	$790,784
46	The Claim	Western	R	$614,892	108,638	$780,021
47	Pay it Forward	Drama	PG-13	$542,879	95,915	$688,670
48	The Other Side of Heaven	Drama	PG	$522,125	92,248	$662,341
49	Our Lady of the Assassins	Drama	R	$515,409	91,062	$653,825
50	Bully	Drama	R	$510,092	90,122	$647,076
51	Intimacy	Drama	R	$448,008	79,153	$568,319
52	Black Hawk Down	Action	R	$274,347	48,471	$348,022
53	Chopper	Drama	R	$234,259	41,389	$297,173
54	Burnt Money	Drama	Not Rated	$192,168	33,952	$243,775
55	Rape Me	Drama	Not Rated	$127,857	22,590	$162,196
56	Audition	Horror	R	$110,776	19,572	$140,527
57	101 Reykjav�k	Comedy	Not Rated	$109,277	19,307	$138,624
58	Wonder Boys	Comedy	R	$104,502	18,463	$132,564
59	The Blue Angel	Musical		$77,982	13,778	$98,926
60	Charlotte Gray	Drama	PG-13	$72,806	12,863	$92,356
61	Iris	Drama	R	$54,732	9,670	$69,431
62	A Matter of Taste	Thriller/Suspense	Not Rated	$48,602	8,587	$61,655
63	Aimee & Jaguar	Drama	Not Rated	$45,801	8,092	$58,101
64	Behind the Sun	Drama	PG-13	$35,625	6,294	$45,191
65	The Body	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$33,565	5,930	$42,577
66	Beau Travail	Drama	Not Rated	$13,250	2,341	$16,808
67	La chambre des magiciennes	Drama	Not Rated	$5,788	1,023	$7,345
Total Gross of All Movies				$2,023,857,144
Total Tickets Sold					357,571,931
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices						$2,567,366,465

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.