Box Office Performance for Contemporary Fiction Movies in 2001

Rank	Movie	Genre	MPAA	2001 Gross	Tickets Sold	Inflation- Adjusted Gross
1	Hannibal	Horror	R	$165,091,986	29,168,195	$230,137,059
2	American Pie 2	Comedy	R	$145,096,820	25,635,481	$202,263,945
3	The Fast and the Furious	Action	PG-13	$144,512,310	25,532,210	$201,449,137
4	Ocean's Eleven	Comedy	PG-13	$136,996,174	24,204,271	$190,971,698
5	Lara Croft: Tomb Raider	Adventure	PG-13	$131,144,183	23,170,350	$182,814,062
6	Traffic	Drama	R	$123,735,812	21,861,451	$172,486,848
7	The Princess Diaries	Comedy	G	$108,184,054	19,113,790	$150,807,803
8	Legally Blonde	Comedy	PG-13	$96,493,426	17,048,308	$134,511,150
9	America's Sweethearts	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$93,607,673	16,538,458	$130,488,434
10	Cats & Dogs	Comedy	PG	$93,375,151	16,497,377	$130,164,305
11	Save the Last Dance	Drama	PG-13	$91,038,276	16,084,501	$126,906,713
12	Training Day	Drama	R	$76,261,036	13,473,681	$106,307,343
13	Along Came a Spider	Thriller/Suspense	R	$74,058,698	13,084,576	$103,237,305
14	Bridget Jones's Diary	Romantic Comedy	R	$71,500,556	12,632,607	$99,671,269
15	Vanilla Sky	Thriller/Suspense	R	$71,395,769	12,614,093	$99,525,194
16	Scary Movie 2	Comedy	R	$71,277,420	12,593,184	$99,360,222
17	The Score	Thriller/Suspense	R	$71,069,884	12,556,517	$99,070,919
18	Swordfish	Action	R	$69,772,969	12,327,380	$97,263,028
19	Shallow Hal	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$68,429,897	12,090,088	$95,390,794
20	What Women Want	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$67,043,240	11,845,095	$93,457,800
21	The Mexican	Action	R	$66,808,615	11,803,642	$93,130,735
22	Miss Congeniality	Comedy	PG-13	$61,414,996	10,850,706	$85,612,070
23	Spy Game	Action	R	$60,977,785	10,773,460	$85,002,599
24	The Wedding Planner	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$60,400,856	10,671,529	$84,198,364
25	Rat Race	Comedy	PG-13	$56,607,223	10,001,276	$78,910,068
26	The Animal	Comedy	PG-13	$55,762,229	9,851,984	$77,732,154
27	Don't Say a Word	Thriller/Suspense	R	$54,924,196	9,703,922	$76,563,945
28	Exit Wounds	Action	R	$51,758,599	9,144,629	$72,151,123
29	Serendipity	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$50,255,310	8,879,030	$70,055,547
30	Finding Forrester	Drama	PG-13	$46,466,892	8,209,698	$64,774,517
31	Zoolander	Comedy	PG-13	$45,128,129	7,973,168	$62,908,296
32	Domestic Disturbance	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$44,746,318	7,905,710	$62,376,052
33	Bandits	Comedy	PG-13	$41,402,323	7,314,898	$57,714,545
34	Heartbreakers	Comedy	PG-13	$40,334,024	7,126,153	$56,225,347
35	Hardball	Drama	PG-13	$40,087,867	7,082,662	$55,882,203
36	Evolution	Comedy	PG-13	$38,311,134	6,768,752	$53,405,453
37	Jeepers Creepers	Horror	R	$37,903,067	6,696,655	$52,836,608
38	Kiss of the Dragon	Action	R	$36,833,473	6,507,681	$51,345,603
39	The Family Man	Comedy	PG-13	$32,619,715	5,763,201	$45,471,656
40	Driven	Action	PG-13	$32,616,869	5,762,698	$45,467,687
41	What's the Worst That Could Happen?	Comedy	PG-13	$32,267,774	5,701,020	$44,981,048
42	Not Another Teen Movie	Comedy	R	$32,017,512	5,656,804	$44,632,184
43	Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back	Comedy	R	$30,059,386	5,310,846	$41,902,575
44	Snatch	Black Comedy	R	$30,055,445	5,310,149	$41,897,076
45	Double Take	Action	PG-13	$29,823,162	5,269,110	$41,573,278
46	Baby Boy	Drama	R	$28,734,552	5,076,776	$40,055,763
47	The Brothers	Comedy	R	$27,457,409	4,851,132	$38,275,431
48	Someone Like You	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$27,338,033	4,830,041	$38,109,023
49	Joe Dirt	Comedy	PG-13	$27,087,695	4,785,812	$37,760,057
50	Crocodile Dundee in Los Angeles	Adventure	PG	$25,590,119	4,521,222	$35,672,442
51	Memento	Drama	R	$25,530,884	4,510,757	$35,589,873
52	Sweet November	Drama	PG-13	$25,178,165	4,448,439	$35,098,184
53	15 Minutes	Thriller/Suspense	R	$24,375,436	4,306,614	$33,979,184
54	Angel Eyes	Drama	R	$24,044,532	4,248,151	$33,517,911
55	Corky Romano	Comedy	PG-13	$23,658,960	4,180,028	$32,980,421
56	Heist	Action	R	$23,483,357	4,149,003	$32,735,634
57	Kingdom Come	Comedy	PG	$23,247,539	4,107,339	$32,406,905
58	Two Can Play That Game	Romantic Comedy	R	$22,235,901	3,928,604	$30,996,686
59	Joy Ride	Thriller/Suspense	R	$21,966,161	3,880,947	$30,620,672
60	Valentine	Horror	R	$20,384,136	3,601,437	$28,415,338
61	The Pledge	Drama	R	$19,719,930	3,484,087	$27,489,446
62	Summer Catch	Comedy	PG-13	$19,693,891	3,479,486	$27,453,145
63	How High	Comedy	R	$19,676,445	3,476,404	$27,428,828
64	Saving Silverman	Comedy	R	$19,351,569	3,419,005	$26,975,949
65	The Last Castle	Drama	R	$18,208,078	3,216,975	$25,381,933
66	The Glass House	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$17,951,431	3,171,631	$25,024,169
67	Rock Star	Drama	R	$16,991,902	3,002,103	$23,686,593
68	crazy/beautiful	Drama	PG-13	$16,929,123	2,991,011	$23,599,077
69	Vertical Limit	Action	PG-13	$16,593,246	2,931,669	$23,130,868
70	Original Sin	Thriller/Suspense	R	$16,521,410	2,918,977	$23,030,729
71	Le Fabuleux destin d'Am�lie Poulain	Comedy	R	$16,306,950	2,881,087	$22,731,776
72	O (Othello)	Drama	R	$16,017,403	2,829,930	$22,328,148
73	Joe Somebody	Comedy	PG	$15,985,861	2,824,357	$22,284,177
74	3000 Miles to Graceland	Drama	R	$15,738,632	2,780,677	$21,939,542
75	Life as a House	Drama	R	$15,652,637	2,765,484	$21,819,669
76	Josie and the Pussycats	Comedy	PG-13	$14,252,830	2,518,168	$19,868,346
77	Freddy Got Fingered	Comedy	R	$14,249,005	2,517,492	$19,863,012
78	Out Cold	Comedy	PG-13	$13,577,476	2,398,847	$18,926,903
79	Tomcats	Comedy	R	$13,558,739	2,395,537	$18,900,787
80	Sugar and Spice	Comedy	PG-13	$13,276,953	2,345,751	$18,507,975
81	The Gift	Thriller/Suspense	R	$11,951,244	2,111,527	$16,659,948
82	Get Over It	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$11,560,259	2,042,449	$16,114,923
83	Dracula 2000	Horror	R	$11,430,810	2,019,578	$15,934,470
84	Dude, Where's My Car?	Comedy	PG-13	$11,097,464	1,960,683	$15,469,789
85	Antitrust	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$10,965,209	1,937,316	$15,285,423
86	The Royal Tenenbaums	Black Comedy	R	$10,790,201	1,906,396	$15,041,464
87	Head Over Heels	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$10,397,365	1,836,990	$14,493,851
88	The Wash	Comedy	R	$9,988,941	1,764,831	$13,924,517
89	The Deep End	Thriller/Suspense	R	$8,823,109	1,558,853	$12,299,350
90	The Curse of the Jade Scorpion	Comedy	PG-13	$7,496,522	1,324,474	$10,450,100
91	Bones	Horror	R	$7,307,756	1,291,123	$10,186,960
92	Sexy Beast	Drama	R	$6,946,056	1,227,218	$9,682,750
93	Cyberworld 3D	Adventure	Not Rated	$6,822,390	1,205,369	$9,510,361
94	The Forsaken	Horror	R	$6,745,241	1,191,739	$9,402,821
95	Town & Country	Romantic Comedy	R	$6,705,484	1,184,714	$9,347,393
96	The Closet	Comedy	R	$6,671,454	1,178,702	$9,299,959
97	One Night at McCool's	Black Comedy	R	$6,276,532	1,108,928	$8,749,442
98	Ghost World	Comedy	R	$6,101,993	1,078,091	$8,506,138
99	Mulholland Drive	Drama	R	$5,608,043	990,820	$7,817,570
100	Say It Isn't So	Comedy	R	$5,516,708	974,683	$7,690,249
101	Amores Perros	Drama	R	$5,383,834	951,207	$7,505,023
102	State and Main	Comedy	R	$5,378,327	950,234	$7,497,346
103	You Can Count on Me	Drama	R	$5,364,751	947,836	$7,478,426
104	Made	Comedy	R	$5,308,707	937,934	$7,400,299
105	Bubble Boy	Comedy	PG-13	$5,002,310	883,800	$6,973,182
106	Meet the Parents	Comedy	PG-13	$4,899,550	865,645	$6,829,939
107	Billy Elliot	Drama	PG-13	$4,899,415	865,621	$6,829,750
108	Pane e tulipani	Comedy	PG-13	$4,778,389	844,238	$6,661,038
109	Tortilla Soup	Comedy	PG-13	$4,447,014	785,692	$6,199,110
110	On the Line	Romantic Comedy	PG	$4,356,743	769,743	$6,073,272
111	Glitter	Musical	PG-13	$4,273,372	755,013	$5,957,053
112	Left Behind	Drama	PG-13	$4,221,341	745,820	$5,884,520
113	The Anniversary Party	Drama	R	$4,013,506	709,100	$5,594,799
114	With a Friend Like Harry	Thriller/Suspense	R	$3,818,452	674,638	$5,322,894
115	Proof of Life	Action	R	$3,545,454	626,405	$4,942,335
116	Pootie Tang	Comedy	PG-13	$3,293,258	581,848	$4,590,781
117	Soul Survivors	Horror	PG-13	$3,100,650	547,818	$4,322,284
118	Hedwig and the Angry Inch	Musical	R	$3,029,081	535,173	$4,222,515
119	Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham	Drama	Not Rated	$2,862,000	505,654	$3,989,610
120	The Shipping News	Drama	R	$2,796,557	494,091	$3,898,378
121	In the Mood for Love	Drama	PG	$2,734,044	483,047	$3,811,241
122	Charlie's Angels	Adventure	PG-13	$2,502,784	442,188	$3,488,863
123	In the Bedroom	Drama	R	$2,381,395	420,741	$3,319,646
124	The Sidewalks of New York	Comedy	R	$2,322,406	410,319	$3,237,417
125	Gabriela	Drama	R	$2,308,115	407,794	$3,217,495
126	Escanaba in Da Moonlight	Comedy	PG-13	$2,276,406	402,192	$3,173,295
127	Innocence	Drama	R	$2,081,251	367,712	$2,901,248
128	Novocaine	Comedy	R	$1,973,973	348,758	$2,751,701
129	Remember the Titans	Drama	PG	$1,902,545	336,139	$2,652,137
130	Carman: The Champion	Drama	PG-13	$1,743,863	308,103	$2,430,933
131	Under the Sand	Drama	Not Rated	$1,444,459	255,205	$2,013,567
132	Best in Show	Comedy	PG-13	$1,441,606	254,701	$2,009,591
133	Greenfingers	Comedy	R	$1,439,287	254,291	$2,006,356
134	The Road Home	Drama	G	$1,280,090	226,164	$1,784,434
135	Nuit de Noces	Comedy	Not Rated	$1,238,180	218,760	$1,726,016
136	L.I.E.	Drama	Open	$1,132,337	200,060	$1,578,473
137	The Center of the World	Drama	Not Rated	$1,096,037	193,646	$1,527,867
138	The Debut	Comedy	R	$1,070,925	189,209	$1,492,859
139	Extreme Days	Action	PG	$1,047,553	185,080	$1,460,281
140	All Over the Guy	Romantic Comedy	R	$1,006,969	177,910	$1,403,710
141	Together	Genre Unknown	R	$1,004,201	177,421	$1,399,852
142	Les Boys III	Comedy		$995,000	175,795	$1,387,023
143	American Desi	Romantic Comedy	Not Rated	$902,835	159,511	$1,258,542
144	The Closet	Comedy	R	$879,496	155,388	$1,226,011
145	Der Krieger und die Kaiserin	Drama	R	$871,058	153,897	$1,214,247
146	Va Savoir (Who Knows?)	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$786,732	138,999	$1,096,702
147	Yi Yi	Drama	Not Rated	$765,319	135,215	$1,066,846
148	Requiem for a Dream	Drama	Open	$764,300	135,035	$1,065,426
149	Faithless	Drama	R	$734,597	129,787	$1,024,019
150	Panic	Drama	R	$706,749	124,867	$985,201
151	The Business of Strangers	Drama	R	$696,184	123,001	$970,478
152	The Caveman's Valentine	Drama	R	$687,081	121,392	$957,783
153	Dayereh	Drama	Not Rated	$658,435	116,331	$917,852
154	Yaadein	Drama	Not Rated	$645,615	114,066	$899,981
155	The Taste of Others	Romantic Comedy	R	$635,282	112,241	$885,581
156	Les Rivi�res Pourpres	Drama	R	$632,548	111,758	$881,771
157	My First Mister	Drama	R	$615,406	108,729	$857,872
158	Dinner Rush	Drama	R	$596,190	105,334	$831,085
159	Pay it Forward	Drama	PG-13	$542,879	95,915	$756,769
160	Our Lady of the Assassins	Drama	R	$515,409	91,062	$718,479
161	Bully	Drama	R	$510,092	90,122	$711,063
162	Fat Girl	Drama	Not Rated	$492,177	86,957	$686,091
163	Intimacy	Drama	R	$448,008	79,153	$624,517
164	Bedazzled	Comedy	PG-13	$360,705	63,729	$502,822
165	Across The Sea of Time	Drama	G	$339,068	59,906	$472,658
166	Lantana	Drama	R	$316,038	55,837	$440,554
167	Monster's Ball	Drama	R	$217,552	38,437	$303,268
168	Catfish in Black Bean Sauce	Comedy	PG-13	$207,990	36,747	$289,934
169	The Fluffer	Drama	R	$161,632	28,557	$225,315
170	Place Vendome	Drama	Not Rated	$142,191	25,122	$198,213
171	La B�che	Comedy	Not Rated	$136,502	24,117	$190,283
172	Kandahar	Drama	Not Rated	$125,150	22,111	$174,456
173	Sordid Lives	Comedy	R	$121,679	21,498	$169,619
174	Wonder Boys	Comedy	R	$104,502	18,463	$145,673
175	Bounce	Drama	PG-13	$103,791	18,338	$144,687
176	Decalogue	Drama	Not Rated	$75,575	13,352	$105,347
177	I Am Sam	Drama	PG-13	$67,418	11,911	$93,978
178	La Ci�naga	Comedy	Not Rated	$66,811	11,804	$93,134
179	Cleopatra's Second Husband	Drama	Not Rated	$26,299	4,646	$36,657
180	The Broken Hearts Club: A Romantic Comedy	Comedy	R	$25,400	4,488	$35,410
181	Forgive Me Father	Drama	R	$20,840	3,682	$29,051
182	Caf&eactute; Ole�	Romantic Comedy		$20,610	3,641	$28,727
183	Trouble Every Day	Horror	Not Rated	$6,558	1,159	$9,145
184	La chambre des magiciennes	Drama	Not Rated	$5,788	1,023	$8,071
185	Burlesk King	Drama	Not Rated	$3,369	595	$4,695
186	Taxi 2	Action	Not Rated	$2,458	434	$3,424
187	Protection	Thriller/Suspense	Not Rated	$666	118	$931
Total Gross of All Movies				$4,087,378,525
Total Tickets Sold					722,151,680
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices						$5,697,776,755

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.