Box Office Performance for Contemporary Fiction 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	Hannibal	Horror	R	$165,091,986	29,168,195	$209,427,640
3	American Pie 2	Comedy	R	$145,096,820	25,635,481	$184,062,754
4	The Fast and the Furious	Action	PG-13	$144,512,310	25,532,210	$183,321,268
5	Ocean's Eleven	Comedy	PG-13	$136,996,174	24,204,271	$173,786,666
6	Lara Croft: Tomb Raider	Adventure	PG-13	$131,144,183	23,170,350	$166,363,113
7	Cast Away	Drama	PG-13	$123,941,038	21,897,710	$157,225,558
8	Traffic	Drama	R	$123,735,812	21,861,451	$156,965,218
9	The Princess Diaries	Comedy	G	$108,184,054	19,113,790	$137,237,012
10	Legally Blonde	Comedy	PG-13	$96,493,426	17,048,308	$122,406,851
11	America's Sweethearts	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$93,607,673	16,538,458	$118,746,128
12	Cats & Dogs	Comedy	PG	$93,375,151	16,497,377	$118,451,167
13	Save the Last Dance	Drama	PG-13	$91,038,276	16,084,501	$115,486,717
14	Training Day	Drama	R	$76,261,036	13,473,681	$96,741,030
15	Along Came a Spider	Thriller/Suspense	R	$74,058,698	13,084,576	$93,947,256
16	Bridget Jones's Diary	Romantic Comedy	R	$71,500,556	12,632,607	$90,702,118
17	Vanilla Sky	Thriller/Suspense	R	$71,395,769	12,614,093	$90,569,188
18	Scary Movie 2	Comedy	R	$71,277,420	12,593,184	$90,419,061
19	The Score	Thriller/Suspense	R	$71,069,884	12,556,517	$90,155,792
20	Swordfish	Action	R	$69,772,969	12,327,380	$88,510,588
21	Shallow Hal	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$68,429,897	12,090,088	$86,806,832
22	What Women Want	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$67,043,240	11,845,095	$85,047,782
23	The Mexican	Action	R	$66,808,615	11,803,642	$84,750,150
24	Miss Congeniality	Comedy	PG-13	$61,414,996	10,850,706	$77,908,069
25	Spy Game	Action	R	$60,977,785	10,773,460	$77,353,443
26	The Wedding Planner	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$60,400,856	10,671,529	$76,621,578
27	Rat Race	Comedy	PG-13	$56,607,223	10,001,276	$71,809,162
28	The Animal	Comedy	PG-13	$55,762,229	9,851,984	$70,737,245
29	Don't Say a Word	Thriller/Suspense	R	$54,924,196	9,703,922	$69,674,160
30	Exit Wounds	Action	R	$51,758,599	9,144,629	$65,658,436
31	Serendipity	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$50,255,310	8,879,030	$63,751,435
32	Finding Forrester	Drama	PG-13	$46,466,892	8,209,698	$58,945,632
33	Zoolander	Comedy	PG-13	$45,128,129	7,973,168	$57,247,346
34	Domestic Disturbance	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$44,746,318	7,905,710	$56,762,998
35	Bandits	Comedy	PG-13	$41,402,323	7,314,898	$52,520,968
36	Heartbreakers	Comedy	PG-13	$40,334,024	7,126,153	$51,165,779
37	Hardball	Drama	PG-13	$40,087,867	7,082,662	$50,853,513
38	Evolution	Comedy	PG-13	$38,311,134	6,768,752	$48,599,639
39	Jeepers Creepers	Horror	R	$37,903,067	6,696,655	$48,081,983
40	Kiss of the Dragon	Action	R	$36,833,473	6,507,681	$46,725,150
41	The Family Man	Comedy	PG-13	$32,619,715	5,763,201	$41,379,783
42	Driven	Action	PG-13	$32,616,869	5,762,698	$41,376,172
43	What's the Worst That Could Happen?	Comedy	PG-13	$32,267,774	5,701,020	$40,933,324
44	Not Another Teen Movie	Comedy	R	$32,017,512	5,656,804	$40,615,853
45	Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back	Comedy	R	$30,059,386	5,310,846	$38,131,874
46	Snatch	Black Comedy	R	$30,055,445	5,310,149	$38,126,870
47	Double Take	Action	PG-13	$29,823,162	5,269,110	$37,832,210
48	Baby Boy	Drama	R	$28,734,552	5,076,776	$36,451,252
49	The Brothers	Comedy	R	$27,457,409	4,851,132	$34,831,128
50	Someone Like You	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$27,338,033	4,830,041	$34,679,694
51	Joe Dirt	Comedy	PG-13	$27,087,695	4,785,812	$34,362,130
52	Crocodile Dundee in Los Angeles	Adventure	PG	$25,590,119	4,521,222	$32,462,374
53	Memento	Drama	R	$25,530,884	4,510,757	$32,387,235
54	Sweet November	Drama	PG-13	$25,178,165	4,448,439	$31,939,792
55	15 Minutes	Thriller/Suspense	R	$24,375,436	4,306,614	$30,921,489
56	Angel Eyes	Drama	R	$24,044,532	4,248,151	$30,501,724
57	Corky Romano	Comedy	PG-13	$23,658,960	4,180,028	$30,012,601
58	Heist	Action	R	$23,483,357	4,149,003	$29,789,842
59	Kingdom Come	Comedy	PG	$23,247,539	4,107,339	$29,490,694
60	Two Can Play That Game	Romantic Comedy	R	$22,235,901	3,928,604	$28,207,377
61	Joy Ride	Thriller/Suspense	R	$21,966,161	3,880,947	$27,865,199
62	Valentine	Horror	R	$20,384,136	3,601,437	$25,858,318
63	The Pledge	Drama	R	$19,719,930	3,484,087	$25,015,745
64	Summer Catch	Comedy	PG-13	$19,693,891	3,479,486	$24,982,709
65	How High	Comedy	R	$19,676,445	3,476,404	$24,960,581
66	Saving Silverman	Comedy	R	$19,351,569	3,419,005	$24,548,456
67	A Beautiful Mind	Drama	PG-13	$18,559,546	3,279,072	$23,543,737
68	The Last Castle	Drama	R	$18,208,078	3,216,975	$23,097,881
69	The Glass House	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$17,951,431	3,171,631	$22,772,311
70	Rock Star	Drama	R	$16,991,902	3,002,103	$21,555,100
71	crazy/beautiful	Drama	PG-13	$16,929,123	2,991,011	$21,475,459
72	Vertical Limit	Action	PG-13	$16,593,246	2,931,669	$21,049,383
73	Original Sin	Thriller/Suspense	R	$16,521,410	2,918,977	$20,958,255
74	Amelie	Comedy	R	$16,306,950	2,881,087	$20,686,205
75	O (Othello)	Drama	R	$16,017,403	2,829,930	$20,318,897
76	Joe Somebody	Comedy	PG	$15,985,861	2,824,357	$20,278,883
77	3000 Miles to Graceland	Drama	R	$15,738,632	2,780,677	$19,965,261
78	Life as a House	Drama	R	$15,652,637	2,765,484	$19,856,175
79	Josie and the Pussycats	Comedy	PG-13	$14,252,830	2,518,168	$18,080,446
80	Freddy Got Fingered	Comedy	R	$14,249,005	2,517,492	$18,075,593
81	Out Cold	Comedy	PG-13	$13,577,476	2,398,847	$17,223,721
82	Tomcats	Comedy	R	$13,558,739	2,395,537	$17,199,956
83	Sugar and Spice	Comedy	PG-13	$13,276,953	2,345,751	$16,842,492
84	The Gift	Thriller/Suspense	R	$11,951,244	2,111,527	$15,160,764
85	Get Over It	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$11,560,259	2,042,449	$14,664,784
86	Dracula 2000	Horror	R	$11,430,810	2,019,578	$14,500,570
87	Dude, Where's My Car?	Comedy	PG-13	$11,097,464	1,960,683	$14,077,704
88	Antitrust	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$10,965,209	1,937,316	$13,909,929
89	The Royal Tenenbaums	Black Comedy	R	$10,790,201	1,906,396	$13,687,923
90	Head Over Heels	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$10,397,365	1,836,990	$13,189,588
91	The Wash	Comedy	R	$9,988,941	1,764,831	$12,671,487
92	The Deep End	Thriller/Suspense	R	$8,823,109	1,558,853	$11,192,565
93	The Curse of the Jade Scorpion	Comedy	PG-13	$7,496,522	1,324,474	$9,509,723
94	Bones	Horror	R	$7,307,756	1,291,123	$9,270,263
95	Sexy Beast	Drama	R	$6,946,056	1,227,218	$8,811,425
96	Cyberworld 3D	Adventure	Not Rated	$6,822,390	1,205,369	$8,654,549
97	The Forsaken	Horror	R	$6,745,241	1,191,739	$8,556,686
98	Town & Country	Romantic Comedy	R	$6,705,484	1,184,714	$8,506,247
99	The Closet	Comedy	R	$6,671,454	1,178,702	$8,463,080
100	One Night at McCool's	Black Comedy	R	$6,276,532	1,108,928	$7,962,103
101	Ghost World	Comedy	R	$6,101,993	1,078,091	$7,740,693
102	Mulholland Drive	Drama	R	$5,608,043	990,820	$7,114,088
103	Say It Isn't So	Comedy	R	$5,516,708	974,683	$6,998,224
104	Love's a Bitch	Drama	R	$5,383,834	951,207	$6,829,666
105	State and Main	Comedy	R	$5,378,327	950,234	$6,822,680
106	You Can Count on Me	Drama	R	$5,364,751	947,836	$6,805,462
107	Made	Comedy	R	$5,308,707	937,934	$6,734,366
108	Bubble Boy	Comedy	PG-13	$5,002,310	883,800	$6,345,684
109	Meet the Parents	Comedy	PG-13	$4,899,550	865,645	$6,215,331
110	Billy Elliot	Drama	PG-13	$4,899,415	865,621	$6,215,159
111	Bread and Tulips	Comedy	PG-13	$4,778,389	844,238	$6,061,629
112	Tortilla Soup	Comedy	PG-13	$4,447,014	785,692	$5,641,269
113	On the Line	Romantic Comedy	PG	$4,356,743	769,743	$5,526,755
114	Glitter	Musical	PG-13	$4,273,372	755,013	$5,420,993
115	Left Behind	Drama	PG-13	$4,221,341	745,820	$5,354,988
116	The Anniversary Party	Drama	R	$4,013,506	709,100	$5,091,338
117	With a Friend Like Harry	Thriller/Suspense	R	$3,818,452	674,638	$4,843,901
118	Proof of Life	Action	R	$3,545,454	626,405	$4,497,588
119	Pootie Tang	Comedy	PG-13	$3,293,258	581,848	$4,177,669
120	Soul Survivors	Horror	PG-13	$3,100,650	547,818	$3,933,333
121	Hedwig and the Angry Inch	Musical	R	$3,029,081	535,173	$3,842,542
122	Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham	Drama	Not Rated	$2,862,000	505,654	$3,630,596
123	The Shipping News	Drama	R	$2,796,557	494,091	$3,547,573
124	In the Mood for Love	Drama	PG	$2,734,044	483,047	$3,468,277
125	Charlie's Angels	Adventure	PG-13	$2,502,784	442,188	$3,174,910
126	In the Bedroom	Drama	R	$2,381,395	420,741	$3,020,920
127	The Sidewalks of New York	Comedy	R	$2,322,406	410,319	$2,946,090
128	Gabriela	Drama	R	$2,308,115	407,794	$2,927,961
129	Escanaba in Da Moonlight	Comedy	PG-13	$2,276,406	402,192	$2,887,739
130	Innocence	Drama	R	$2,081,251	367,712	$2,640,172
131	Novocaine	Comedy	R	$1,973,973	348,758	$2,504,082
132	Remember the Titans	Drama	PG	$1,902,545	336,139	$2,413,478
133	Carman: The Champion	Drama	PG-13	$1,743,863	308,103	$2,212,180
134	Under the Sand	Drama	Not Rated	$1,444,459	255,205	$1,832,372
135	Best in Show	Comedy	PG-13	$1,441,606	254,701	$1,828,753
136	Greenfingers	Comedy	R	$1,439,287	254,291	$1,825,809
137	The Road Home	Drama	G	$1,280,090	226,164	$1,623,858
138	Nuit de Noces	Comedy	Not Rated	$1,238,180	218,760	$1,570,697
139	L.I.E.	Drama	Open	$1,132,337	200,060	$1,436,431
140	The Center of the World	Drama	Not Rated	$1,096,037	193,646	$1,390,378
141	The Debut	Comedy	R	$1,070,925	189,209	$1,358,521
142	Extreme Days	Action	PG	$1,047,553	185,080	$1,328,874
143	All Over the Guy	Romantic Comedy	R	$1,006,969	177,910	$1,277,394
144	Together	Genre Unknown	R	$1,004,201	177,421	$1,273,883
145	Les Boys III	Comedy		$995,000	175,795	$1,262,208
146	American Desi	Romantic Comedy	Not Rated	$902,835	159,511	$1,145,289
147	The Closet	Comedy	R	$879,496	155,388	$1,115,686
148	The Princess and the Warrior	Drama	R	$871,058	153,897	$1,104,980
149	Va Savoir (Who Knows?)	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$786,732	138,999	$998,013
150	Yi Yi	Drama	Not Rated	$765,319	135,215	$970,844
151	Requiem for a Dream	Drama	Open	$764,300	135,035	$969,551
152	Faithless	Drama	R	$734,597	129,787	$931,871
153	Panic	Drama	R	$706,749	124,867	$896,545
154	The Business of Strangers	Drama	R	$696,184	123,001	$883,147
155	The Caveman's Valentine	Drama	R	$687,081	121,392	$871,595
156	The Circle	Drama	Not Rated	$658,435	116,331	$835,257
157	Yaadein	Drama	Not Rated	$645,615	114,066	$818,994
158	The Taste of Others	Romantic Comedy	R	$635,282	112,241	$805,890
159	The Crimson Rivers	Drama	R	$632,548	111,758	$802,422
160	My First Mister	Drama	R	$615,406	108,729	$780,674
161	Dinner Rush	Drama	R	$596,190	105,334	$756,298
162	Pay it Forward	Drama	PG-13	$542,879	95,915	$688,670
163	Our Lady of the Assassins	Drama	R	$515,409	91,062	$653,825
164	Bully	Drama	R	$510,092	90,122	$647,076
165	Fat Girl	Drama	Not Rated	$492,177	86,957	$624,351
166	Intimacy	Drama	R	$448,008	79,153	$568,319
167	Bedazzled	Comedy	PG-13	$360,705	63,729	$457,574
168	Across The Sea of Time	Drama	G	$339,068	59,906	$430,125
169	Lantana	Drama	R	$316,038	55,837	$400,910
170	Monster's Ball	Drama	R	$217,552	38,437	$275,978
171	Catfish in Black Bean Sauce	Comedy	PG-13	$207,990	36,747	$263,843
172	The Fluffer	Drama	R	$161,632	28,557	$205,039
173	Place Vendome	Drama	Not Rated	$142,191	25,122	$180,376
174	Season's Beatings	Comedy	Not Rated	$136,502	24,117	$173,160
175	Kandahar	Drama	Not Rated	$125,150	22,111	$158,757
176	Sordid Lives	Comedy	R	$121,679	21,498	$154,356
177	Wonder Boys	Comedy	R	$104,502	18,463	$132,564
178	Bounce	Drama	PG-13	$103,791	18,338	$131,667
179	Decalogue	Drama	Not Rated	$75,575	13,352	$95,867
180	I Am Sam	Drama	PG-13	$67,418	11,911	$85,521
181	The Swamp	Comedy	Not Rated	$66,811	11,804	$84,753
182	Cleopatra's Second Husband	Drama	Not Rated	$26,299	4,646	$33,358
183	The Broken Hearts Club: A Romantic Comedy	Comedy	R	$25,400	4,488	$32,224
184	Forgive Me Father	Drama	R	$20,840	3,682	$26,437
185	Caf&eactute; Ole�	Romantic Comedy		$20,610	3,641	$26,142
186	Trouble Every Day	Horror	Not Rated	$6,558	1,159	$8,322
187	La chambre des magiciennes	Drama	Not Rated	$5,788	1,023	$7,345
188	Burlesk King	Drama	Not Rated	$3,369	595	$4,272
189	Taxi 2	Action	Not Rated	$2,458	434	$3,116
Total Gross of All Movies				$4,456,016,897
Total Tickets Sold					787,282,134
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices						$5,652,685,722

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.