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	$226,164,286	40,029,077	$275,400,050
2	Hannibal	Horror	R	$165,092,266	29,219,870	$201,032,706
3	American Pie 2	Comedy	R	$145,096,820	25,680,853	$176,684,269
4	The Fast and the Furious	Action	PG-13	$144,512,310	25,577,400	$175,972,512
5	Ocean's Eleven	Comedy	PG-13	$136,996,174	24,247,110	$166,820,117
6	Lara Croft: Tomb Raider	Adventure	PG-13	$131,144,183	23,211,360	$159,694,157
7	Cast Away	Drama	PG-13	$123,942,702	21,936,761	$150,924,916
8	Traffic	Drama	R	$123,735,812	21,900,144	$150,672,991
9	The Princess Diaries	Comedy	G	$108,184,054	19,147,620	$131,735,626
10	Legally Blonde	Comedy	PG-13	$96,493,426	17,078,482	$117,499,956
11	America's Sweethearts	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$93,607,673	16,567,730	$113,985,982
12	Cats & Dogs	Comedy	PG	$93,375,151	16,526,575	$113,702,836
13	Save the Last Dance	Drama	PG-13	$91,038,276	16,112,969	$110,857,227
14	Training Day	Drama	R	$76,261,036	13,497,528	$92,862,993
15	Along Came a Spider	Thriller/Suspense	R	$74,058,698	13,107,734	$90,181,210
16	Bridget Jones's Diary	Romantic Comedy	R	$71,500,556	12,654,966	$87,066,166
17	Vanilla Sky	Thriller/Suspense	R	$71,395,769	12,636,419	$86,938,563
18	Scary Movie 2	Comedy	R	$71,277,420	12,615,473	$86,794,454
19	The Score	Thriller/Suspense	R	$71,069,884	12,578,741	$86,541,738
20	Swordfish	Action	R	$69,772,969	12,349,198	$84,962,482
21	Shallow Hal	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$68,429,897	12,111,486	$83,327,024
22	What Women Want	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$67,043,240	11,866,060	$81,638,493
23	The Mexican	Action	R	$66,808,615	11,824,534	$81,352,794
24	Spy Game	Action	R	$60,977,785	10,792,528	$74,252,593
25	Miss Congeniality	Comedy	PG-13	$60,424,996	10,694,690	$73,579,467
26	The Wedding Planner	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$60,400,856	10,690,417	$73,550,069
27	Rat Race	Comedy	PG-13	$56,607,223	10,018,978	$68,930,569
28	The Animal	Comedy	PG-13	$55,762,229	9,869,421	$67,901,616
29	Don't Say a Word	Thriller/Suspense	R	$54,924,196	9,721,097	$66,881,147
30	Exit Wounds	Action	R	$51,758,599	9,160,814	$63,026,400
31	Serendipity	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$50,255,310	8,894,745	$61,195,846
32	Finding Forrester	Drama	PG-13	$46,466,892	8,224,229	$56,582,696
33	Zoolander	Comedy	PG-13	$45,128,129	7,987,279	$54,952,480
34	Domestic Disturbance	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$44,746,318	7,919,702	$54,487,550
35	Bandits	Comedy	PG-13	$41,402,323	7,327,845	$50,415,574
36	Heartbreakers	Comedy	PG-13	$40,334,024	7,138,765	$49,114,703
37	Hardball	Drama	PG-13	$40,087,867	7,095,198	$48,814,962
38	Evolution	Comedy	PG-13	$38,311,134	6,780,732	$46,651,436
39	Jeepers Creepers	Horror	R	$37,904,175	6,708,704	$46,155,884
40	Kiss of the Dragon	Action	R	$36,833,473	6,519,199	$44,852,089
41	The Family Man	Comedy	PG-13	$32,619,705	5,773,399	$39,720,985
42	Driven	Action	PG-13	$32,616,869	5,772,897	$39,717,531
43	What's the Worst That Could Happen?	Comedy	PG-13	$32,267,774	5,711,110	$39,292,437
44	Not Another Teen Movie	Comedy	R	$32,017,512	5,666,816	$38,987,694
45	Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back	Comedy	R	$30,059,386	5,320,245	$36,603,286
46	Snatch	Black Comedy	R	$30,055,445	5,319,548	$36,598,490
47	Double Take	Action	PG-13	$29,823,162	5,278,436	$36,315,640
48	Baby Boy	Drama	R	$28,734,552	5,085,761	$34,990,036
49	The Brothers	Comedy	R	$27,457,409	4,859,718	$33,434,860
50	Someone Like You	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$27,338,033	4,838,590	$33,289,499
51	Joe Dirt	Comedy	PG-13	$27,087,695	4,794,282	$32,984,660
52	Crocodile Dundee in Los Angeles	Adventure	PG	$25,590,119	4,529,225	$31,161,068
53	Memento	Drama	R	$25,544,867	4,521,215	$31,105,959
54	Sweet November	Drama	PG-13	$25,288,103	4,475,770	$30,793,298
55	15 Minutes	Thriller/Suspense	R	$24,375,436	4,314,236	$29,681,944
56	Angel Eyes	Drama	R	$24,044,532	4,255,669	$29,279,003
57	Corky Romano	Comedy	PG-13	$23,658,960	4,187,427	$28,809,498
58	Heist	Action	R	$23,483,357	4,156,346	$28,595,660
59	Kingdom Come	Comedy	PG	$23,247,539	4,114,609	$28,308,510
60	Two Can Play That Game	Romantic Comedy	R	$22,235,901	3,935,558	$27,076,639
61	Joy Ride	Thriller/Suspense	R	$21,966,161	3,887,816	$26,748,174
62	Valentine	Horror	R	$20,384,136	3,607,812	$24,821,747
63	The Pledge	Drama	R	$19,719,930	3,490,253	$24,012,941
64	Summer Catch	Comedy	PG-13	$19,693,891	3,485,644	$23,981,231
65	How High	Comedy	R	$19,676,445	3,482,557	$23,959,992
66	Saving Silverman	Comedy	R	$19,351,569	3,425,056	$23,564,385
67	A Beautiful Mind	Drama	PG-13	$18,559,546	3,284,875	$22,599,940
68	The Last Castle	Drama	R	$18,208,078	3,222,669	$22,171,963
69	The Glass House	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$17,951,431	3,177,244	$21,859,439
70	Rock Star	Drama	R	$16,991,902	3,007,416	$20,691,022
71	crazy/beautiful	Drama	PG-13	$16,929,123	2,996,305	$20,614,578
72	Vertical Limit	Action	PG-13	$16,593,246	2,936,858	$20,205,583
73	Original Sin	Thriller/Suspense	R	$16,521,410	2,924,143	$20,118,104
74	Amelie	Comedy	R	$16,306,950	2,886,186	$19,856,960
75	O (Othello)	Drama	R	$16,017,403	2,834,939	$19,504,380
76	Joe Somebody	Comedy	PG	$15,985,861	2,829,356	$19,465,969
77	3000 Miles to Graceland	Drama	R	$15,738,632	2,785,599	$19,164,921
78	Life as a House	Drama	R	$15,652,637	2,770,378	$19,060,201
79	Josie and the Pussycats	Comedy	PG-13	$14,252,830	2,522,625	$17,355,660
80	Freddy Got Fingered	Comedy	R	$14,249,005	2,521,948	$17,351,002
81	Out Cold	Comedy	PG-13	$13,577,476	2,403,093	$16,533,280
82	Tomcats	Comedy	R	$13,558,739	2,399,777	$16,510,466
83	Sugar and Spice	Comedy	PG-13	$13,276,953	2,349,903	$16,167,333
84	The Gift	Thriller/Suspense	R	$11,965,167	2,117,729	$14,569,976
85	Get Over It	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$11,560,259	2,046,064	$14,076,920
86	Dracula 2000	Horror	R	$11,430,810	2,023,152	$13,919,286
87	Dude, Where's My Car?	Comedy	PG-13	$11,097,464	1,964,153	$13,513,373
88	Antitrust	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$10,965,209	1,940,745	$13,352,326
89	The Royal Tenenbaums	Black Comedy	R	$10,790,201	1,909,770	$13,139,218
90	Head Over Heels	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$10,397,365	1,840,242	$12,660,865
91	The Wash	Comedy	R	$9,988,941	1,767,954	$12,163,524
92	The Deep End	Thriller/Suspense	R	$8,823,109	1,561,612	$10,743,891
93	The Curse of the Jade Scorpion	Comedy	PG-13	$7,496,522	1,326,818	$9,128,508
94	Bones	Horror	R	$7,307,756	1,293,408	$8,898,647
95	Sexy Beast	Drama	R	$6,946,056	1,229,390	$8,458,203
96	Cyberworld 3D	Adventure	Not Rated	$6,822,390	1,207,503	$8,307,621
97	The Forsaken	Horror	R	$6,755,271	1,195,623	$8,225,886
98	Town & Country	Romantic Comedy	R	$6,712,451	1,188,044	$8,173,743
99	The Closet	Comedy	R	$6,671,454	1,180,788	$8,123,821
100	One Night at McCool's	Black Comedy	R	$6,276,532	1,110,891	$7,642,930
101	Ghost World	Comedy	R	$6,101,993	1,079,999	$7,430,393
102	Mulholland Drive	Drama	R	$5,608,043	992,574	$6,828,909
103	Say It Isn't So	Comedy	R	$5,516,708	976,408	$6,717,687
104	Love's a Bitch	Drama	R	$5,383,834	952,891	$6,555,890
105	State and Main	Comedy	R	$5,378,327	951,916	$6,549,182
106	You Can Count on Me	Drama	R	$5,364,751	949,513	$6,532,649
107	Made	Comedy	R	$5,308,707	939,594	$6,464,407
108	Bubble Boy	Comedy	PG-13	$5,002,310	885,365	$6,091,311
109	Billy Elliot	Drama	PG-13	$4,900,058	867,267	$5,966,797
110	Meet the Parents	Comedy	PG-13	$4,899,550	867,177	$5,966,178
111	Bread and Tulips	Comedy	PG-13	$4,778,389	845,733	$5,818,643
112	Tortilla Soup	Comedy	PG-13	$4,447,014	787,082	$5,415,124
113	On the Line	Romantic Comedy	PG	$4,356,743	771,105	$5,305,202
114	Glitter	Musical	PG-13	$4,273,372	756,349	$5,203,681
115	Left Behind	Drama	PG-13	$4,221,341	747,140	$5,140,323
116	The Anniversary Party	Drama	R	$4,013,506	710,355	$4,887,242
117	With a Friend Like Harry	Thriller/Suspense	R	$3,818,452	675,832	$4,649,724
118	Proof of Life	Action	R	$3,545,454	627,514	$4,317,296
119	Pootie Tang	Comedy	PG-13	$3,293,258	582,878	$4,010,201
120	Soul Survivors	Horror	PG-13	$3,100,650	548,788	$3,775,661
121	Hedwig and the Angry Inch	Musical	R	$3,067,312	542,887	$3,735,063
122	The Shipping News	Drama	R	$2,796,557	494,966	$3,405,366
123	In the Mood for Love	Drama	PG	$2,734,044	483,902	$3,329,246
124	Charlie's Angels	Adventure	PG-13	$2,502,784	442,971	$3,047,640
125	In the Bedroom	Drama	R	$2,381,395	421,486	$2,899,824
126	The Sidewalks of New York	Comedy	R	$2,322,406	411,045	$2,827,990
127	Gabriela	Drama	R	$2,308,115	408,516	$2,810,590
128	Escanaba in Da Moonlight	Comedy	PG-13	$2,276,406	402,904	$2,771,980
129	Innocence	Drama	R	$2,081,251	368,363	$2,534,337
130	Novocaine	Comedy	R	$1,973,973	349,376	$2,403,707
131	Remember the Titans	Drama	PG	$1,908,711	337,825	$2,324,236
132	Carman: The Champion	Drama	PG-13	$1,743,863	308,648	$2,123,498
133	Under the Sand	Drama	Not Rated	$1,444,459	255,656	$1,758,913
134	Best in Show	Comedy	PG-13	$1,441,606	255,152	$1,755,446
135	Greenfingers	Comedy	R	$1,439,287	254,741	$1,752,618
136	The Road Home	Drama	G	$1,280,090	226,565	$1,558,767
137	Nuit de Noces	Comedy	Not Rated	$1,238,180	219,147	$1,507,731
138	L.I.E.	Drama	Open	$1,130,329	200,058	$1,376,399
139	The Center of the World	Drama	Not Rated	$1,096,037	193,989	$1,334,644
140	The Debut	Comedy	R	$1,070,925	189,544	$1,304,063
141	Extreme Days	Action	PG	$1,047,553	185,408	$1,275,607
142	All Over the Guy	Romantic Comedy	R	$1,006,969	178,225	$1,226,188
143	Together	Genre Unknown	R	$1,004,201	177,735	$1,222,817
144	Yi Yi	Drama	Not Rated	$937,599	165,947	$1,141,715
145	American Desi	Romantic Comedy	Not Rated	$902,835	159,794	$1,099,383
146	The Closet	Comedy	R	$879,496	155,663	$1,070,961
147	The Princess and the Warrior	Drama	R	$871,058	154,170	$1,060,690
148	Requiem for a Dream	Drama	Open	$790,504	139,912	$962,595
149	Va Savoir (Who Knows?)	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$786,732	139,245	$958,006
150	Faithless	Drama	R	$734,597	130,017	$894,517
151	Panic	Drama	R	$718,879	127,235	$875,377
152	The Business of Strangers	Drama	R	$696,184	123,218	$847,740
153	The Caveman's Valentine	Drama	R	$687,081	121,607	$836,656
154	The Circle	Drama	Not Rated	$658,435	116,537	$801,775
155	Yaadein	Drama	Not Rated	$645,615	114,268	$786,164
156	The Taste of Others	Romantic Comedy	R	$635,282	112,439	$773,580
157	The Crimson Rivers	Drama	R	$632,548	111,955	$770,250
158	My First Mister	Drama	R	$615,406	108,921	$749,376
159	Dinner Rush	Drama	R	$596,190	105,520	$725,978
160	Pay it Forward	Drama	PG-13	$542,879	96,085	$661,065
161	Bully	Drama	R	$510,092	90,282	$621,140
162	Fat Girl	Drama	Not Rated	$492,177	87,111	$599,324
163	Intimacy	Drama	R	$448,008	79,293	$545,536
164	Bedazzled	Comedy	PG-13	$360,705	63,842	$439,233
165	Across The Sea of Time	Drama	G	$339,068	60,012	$412,883
166	Lantana	Drama	R	$316,038	55,936	$384,840
167	Monster's Ball	Drama	R	$217,552	38,505	$264,914
168	Catfish in Black Bean Sauce	Comedy	PG-13	$207,990	36,812	$253,267
169	The Fluffer	Drama	R	$161,632	28,607	$196,816
170	Place Vendome	Drama	Not Rated	$142,191	25,167	$173,149
171	Season's Beatings	Comedy		$136,502	24,160	$166,221
172	Kandahar	Drama	Not Rated	$125,150	22,150	$152,392
173	Sordid Lives	Comedy	R	$121,679	21,536	$148,168
174	Wonder Boys	Comedy	R	$104,502	18,496	$127,252
175	Bounce	Drama	PG-13	$103,791	18,370	$126,386
176	Decalogue	Drama	Not Rated	$75,575	13,376	$92,027
177	I Am Sam	Drama	PG-13	$67,418	11,932	$82,092
178	The Swamp	Comedy		$66,811	11,825	$81,356
179	Cleopatra's Second Husband	Drama		$26,299	4,655	$32,026
180	The Broken Hearts Club: A Romantic Comedy	Comedy	R	$25,400	4,496	$30,932
181	Forgive Me Father	Drama	R	$20,840	3,688	$25,373
182	Caf&eactute; Oleé	Romantic Comedy		$20,610	3,648	$25,098
183	Trouble Every Day	Horror	Not Rated	$6,558	1,161	$7,988
184	La chambre des magiciennes	Drama		$5,788	1,024	$7,045
185	Burlesk King	Drama		$3,369	596	$4,100
186	Taxi 2	Action	Not Rated	$2,458	435	$2,993
Total Gross of All Movies				$4,451,091,849
Total Tickets Sold					787,803,865
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices						$5,420,090,591

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.