Box Office Performance for Drama Movies in 2001

Rank	Movie	Genre	MPAA	2001 Gross	Tickets Sold	Inflation- Adjusted Gross
1	Cast Away	Drama	PG-13	$123,941,038	21,897,710	$172,772,932
2	Traffic	Drama	R	$123,735,812	21,861,451	$172,486,848
3	Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon	Drama	PG-13	$114,617,017	20,250,356	$159,775,309
4	Save the Last Dance	Drama	PG-13	$91,038,276	16,084,501	$126,906,713
5	Artificial Intelligence: AI	Drama	PG-13	$78,616,689	13,889,874	$109,591,106
6	Training Day	Drama	R	$76,261,036	13,473,681	$106,307,343
7	Chocolat	Drama	PG-13	$67,060,776	11,848,194	$93,482,251
8	Blow	Drama	R	$52,964,509	9,357,687	$73,832,150
9	Enemy at the Gates	Drama	R	$51,396,781	9,080,703	$71,646,747
10	K-PAX	Drama	PG-13	$50,315,140	8,889,601	$70,138,952
11	Finding Forrester	Drama	PG-13	$46,466,892	8,209,698	$64,774,517
12	Hardball	Drama	PG-13	$40,087,867	7,082,662	$55,882,203
13	Ali	Drama	R	$40,051,763	7,076,283	$55,831,873
14	Thirteen Days	Drama	PG-13	$34,229,974	6,047,699	$47,716,345
15	Riding in Cars with Boys	Drama	PG-13	$29,781,453	5,261,741	$41,515,136
16	Baby Boy	Drama	R	$28,734,552	5,076,776	$40,055,763
17	Memento	Drama	R	$25,530,884	4,510,757	$35,589,873
18	Captain Corelli's Mandolin	Drama	R	$25,528,495	4,510,335	$35,586,543
19	Sweet November	Drama	PG-13	$25,178,165	4,448,439	$35,098,184
20	Hearts in Atlantis	Drama	PG-13	$24,185,781	4,273,106	$33,714,806
21	Angel Eyes	Drama	R	$24,044,532	4,248,151	$33,517,911
22	The Pledge	Drama	R	$19,719,930	3,484,087	$27,489,446
23	The Majestic	Drama	PG	$18,913,608	3,341,627	$26,365,437
24	A Beautiful Mind	Drama	PG-13	$18,559,546	3,279,072	$25,871,878
25	The Last Castle	Drama	R	$18,208,078	3,216,975	$25,381,933
26	Rock Star	Drama	R	$16,991,902	3,002,103	$23,686,593
27	crazy/beautiful	Drama	PG-13	$16,929,123	2,991,011	$23,599,077
28	O (Othello)	Drama	R	$16,017,403	2,829,930	$22,328,148
29	3000 Miles to Graceland	Drama	R	$15,738,632	2,780,677	$21,939,542
30	Life as a House	Drama	R	$15,652,637	2,765,484	$21,819,669
31	Pollock	Drama	R	$8,552,670	1,511,072	$11,922,358
32	Shadow of the Vampire	Drama	R	$8,128,846	1,436,192	$11,331,555
33	Sexy Beast	Drama	R	$6,946,056	1,227,218	$9,682,750
34	The Man Who Wasn't There	Drama	R	$6,860,825	1,212,160	$9,563,942
35	Mulholland Drive	Drama	R	$5,608,043	990,820	$7,817,570
36	Amores Perros	Drama	R	$5,383,834	951,207	$7,505,023
37	You Can Count on Me	Drama	R	$5,364,751	947,836	$7,478,426
38	Billy Elliot	Drama	PG-13	$4,899,415	865,621	$6,829,750
39	Apocalypse Now Redux	Drama	R	$4,615,959	815,540	$6,434,611
40	Left Behind	Drama	PG-13	$4,221,341	745,820	$5,884,520
41	The Anniversary Party	Drama	R	$4,013,506	709,100	$5,594,799
42	Before Night Falls	Drama	R	$3,986,585	704,344	$5,557,274
43	Quills	Drama	R	$3,710,057	655,487	$5,171,792
44	The Widow of St. Pierre	Drama	R	$3,058,380	540,350	$4,263,362
45	Songcatcher	Drama	PG-13	$3,050,934	539,034	$4,252,978
46	The Golden Bowl	Drama	R	$3,037,579	536,675	$4,234,366
47	Malena	Drama	R	$2,956,419	522,336	$4,121,231
48	The House of Mirth	Drama	PG	$2,872,744	507,552	$4,004,585
49	Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham	Drama	Not Rated	$2,862,000	505,654	$3,989,610
50	The Shipping News	Drama	R	$2,796,557	494,091	$3,898,378
51	In the Mood for Love	Drama	PG	$2,734,044	483,047	$3,811,241
52	Waking Life	Drama	R	$2,539,796	448,727	$3,540,456
53	In the Bedroom	Drama	R	$2,381,395	420,741	$3,319,646
54	Himalaya - l'enfance d'un chef	Drama	Not Rated	$2,356,686	416,376	$3,285,207
55	Gabriela	Drama	R	$2,308,115	407,794	$3,217,495
56	Innocence	Drama	R	$2,081,251	367,712	$2,901,248
57	Remember the Titans	Drama	PG	$1,902,545	336,139	$2,652,137
58	Carman: The Champion	Drama	PG-13	$1,743,863	308,103	$2,430,933
59	China: The Panda Adventure	Drama	Not Rated	$1,716,261	303,226	$2,392,453
60	Under the Sand	Drama	Not Rated	$1,444,459	255,205	$2,013,567
61	Divided We Fall	Drama	PG-13	$1,320,112	233,235	$1,840,224
62	Men of Honor	Drama	R	$1,302,451	230,115	$1,815,607
63	The Road Home	Drama	G	$1,280,090	226,164	$1,784,434
64	L.I.E.	Drama	Open	$1,132,337	200,060	$1,578,473
65	The Center of the World	Drama	Not Rated	$1,096,037	193,646	$1,527,867
66	The Luzhin Defence	Drama	PG-13	$1,051,811	185,832	$1,466,214
67	Liam	Drama	R	$1,006,408	177,811	$1,402,929
68	Encounter in the Third Dimension	Drama	Not Rated	$986,047	174,213	$1,374,541
69	Left Luggage	Drama	Not Rated	$937,992	165,723	$1,307,554
70	Der Krieger und die Kaiserin	Drama	R	$871,058	153,897	$1,214,247
71	An American Rhapsody	Drama	PG-13	$798,483	141,075	$1,113,082
72	Chunhyang	Drama	R	$782,033	138,168	$1,090,146
73	Yi Yi	Drama	Not Rated	$765,319	135,215	$1,066,846
74	Requiem for a Dream	Drama	Open	$764,300	135,035	$1,065,426
75	The Man Who Cried	Drama	R	$739,583	130,668	$1,030,971
76	Faithless	Drama	R	$734,597	129,787	$1,024,019
77	Panic	Drama	R	$706,749	124,867	$985,201
78	Asoka	Drama	R	$702,777	124,166	$979,670
79	The Business of Strangers	Drama	R	$696,184	123,001	$970,478
80	The Caveman's Valentine	Drama	R	$687,081	121,392	$957,783
81	Lumumba	Drama	Not Rated	$684,121	120,869	$953,656
82	Focus	Drama	PG-13	$667,728	117,973	$930,807
83	The Legend of Rita	Drama	Not Rated	$666,565	117,768	$929,190
84	Dayereh	Drama	Not Rated	$658,435	116,331	$917,852
85	Yaadein	Drama	Not Rated	$645,615	114,066	$899,981
86	15 f�vrier 1839	Drama	Not Rated	$640,790	113,214	$893,258
87	Les Rivi�res Pourpres	Drama	R	$632,548	111,758	$881,771
88	My First Mister	Drama	R	$615,406	108,729	$857,872
89	Dinner Rush	Drama	R	$596,190	105,334	$831,085
90	Pay it Forward	Drama	PG-13	$542,879	95,915	$756,769
91	Bread and Roses	Drama	R	$536,465	94,782	$747,830
92	The Other Side of Heaven	Drama	PG	$522,125	92,248	$727,837
93	Our Lady of the Assassins	Drama	R	$515,409	91,062	$718,479
94	Bully	Drama	R	$510,092	90,122	$711,063
95	Big Eden	Drama	PG-13	$503,796	89,010	$702,289
96	Fat Girl	Drama	Not Rated	$492,177	86,957	$686,091
97	Intimacy	Drama	R	$448,008	79,153	$624,517
98	Donnie Darko	Drama	R	$420,618	74,314	$586,337
99	Bride of the Wind	Drama	R	$419,414	74,101	$584,657
100	The Affair of the Necklace	Drama	R	$414,563	73,244	$577,895
101	Nico and Dani	Drama	R	$368,641	65,131	$513,884
102	Across The Sea of Time	Drama	G	$339,068	59,906	$472,658
103	Lantana	Drama	R	$316,038	55,837	$440,554
104	Wings of Courage	Drama	G	$257,707	45,531	$359,240
105	No Man's Land	Drama	R	$234,880	41,498	$327,419
106	Chopper	Drama	R	$234,259	41,389	$326,559
107	Monster's Ball	Drama	R	$217,552	38,437	$303,268
108	Plata quemada	Drama	Not Rated	$192,168	33,952	$267,881
109	Series 7: The Contenders	Drama	R	$171,478	30,296	$239,035
110	The Fluffer	Drama	R	$161,632	28,557	$225,315
111	Boys to Men	Drama	Not Rated	$144,765	25,577	$201,803
112	A Time for Drunken Horses	Drama	Not Rated	$142,233	25,130	$198,276
113	Place Vendome	Drama	Not Rated	$142,191	25,122	$198,213
114	Baise-moi	Drama	Not Rated	$127,857	22,590	$178,235
115	Kandahar	Drama	Not Rated	$125,150	22,111	$174,456
116	Boys Life 3	Drama	Not Rated	$110,958	19,604	$154,676
117	Bounce	Drama	PG-13	$103,791	18,338	$144,687
118	ABCD	Drama	Not Rated	$83,372	14,730	$116,220
119	Decalogue	Drama	Not Rated	$75,575	13,352	$105,347
120	Charlotte Gray	Drama	PG-13	$72,806	12,863	$101,489
121	I Am Sam	Drama	PG-13	$67,418	11,911	$93,978
122	Iris	Drama	R	$54,732	9,670	$76,296
123	The Amati Girls	Drama	PG	$47,767	8,439	$66,584
124	Eureka	Drama	Not Rated	$46,635	8,239	$65,006
125	Aim�e & Jaguar	Drama	Not Rated	$45,801	8,092	$63,846
126	Aberdeen	Drama	Not Rated	$43,821	7,742	$61,084
127	Jackpot	Drama	R	$43,719	7,724	$60,942
128	Abril Despedaçado	Drama	PG-13	$35,625	6,294	$49,660
129	The Basket	Drama	PG	$32,980	5,827	$45,975
130	Auggie Rose	Drama	R	$31,200	5,512	$43,490
131	Sunshine	Drama	R	$28,470	5,030	$39,687
132	Adanggaman	Drama	Not Rated	$27,760	4,905	$38,700
133	Cleopatra's Second Husband	Drama	Not Rated	$26,299	4,646	$36,657
134	Goya in Bordeaux	Drama	R	$23,806	4,206	$33,185
135	Baran	Drama	PG	$21,702	3,834	$30,250
136	Forgive Me Father	Drama	R	$20,840	3,682	$29,051
137	The Annihilation of Fish	Drama	R	$18,335	3,239	$25,556
138	Beau Travail	Drama	Not Rated	$13,250	2,341	$18,470
139	La chambre des magiciennes	Drama	Not Rated	$5,788	1,023	$8,071
140	Burlesk King	Drama	Not Rated	$3,369	595	$4,695
141	Mauvais sang	Drama	Not Rated	$2,075	367	$2,896
Total Gross of All Movies				$1,478,391,113
Total Tickets Sold					261,199,839
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices						$2,060,866,730

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.