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	$157,225,558
2	Traffic	Drama	R	$123,735,812	21,861,451	$156,965,218
3	Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon	Drama	PG-13	$114,617,017	20,250,356	$145,397,556
4	Save the Last Dance	Drama	PG-13	$91,038,276	16,084,501	$115,486,717
5	Artificial Intelligence: AI	Drama	PG-13	$78,616,689	13,889,874	$99,729,295
6	Training Day	Drama	R	$76,261,036	13,473,681	$96,741,030
7	Chocolat	Drama	PG-13	$67,060,776	11,848,194	$85,070,033
8	Blow	Drama	R	$52,964,509	9,357,687	$67,188,193
9	Enemy at the Gates	Drama	R	$51,396,781	9,080,703	$65,199,448
10	K-PAX	Drama	PG-13	$50,315,140	8,889,601	$63,827,335
11	Finding Forrester	Drama	PG-13	$46,466,892	8,209,698	$58,945,632
12	Hardball	Drama	PG-13	$40,087,867	7,082,662	$50,853,513
13	Ali	Drama	R	$40,051,763	7,076,283	$50,807,712
14	Thirteen Days	Drama	PG-13	$34,229,974	6,047,699	$43,422,479
15	Riding in Cars with Boys	Drama	PG-13	$29,781,453	5,261,741	$37,779,300
16	Baby Boy	Drama	R	$28,734,552	5,076,776	$36,451,252
17	Memento	Drama	R	$25,530,884	4,510,757	$32,387,235
18	Captain Corelli's Mandolin	Drama	R	$25,528,495	4,510,335	$32,384,205
19	Sweet November	Drama	PG-13	$25,178,165	4,448,439	$31,939,792
20	Hearts in Atlantis	Drama	PG-13	$24,185,781	4,273,106	$30,680,901
21	Angel Eyes	Drama	R	$24,044,532	4,248,151	$30,501,724
22	The Pledge	Drama	R	$19,719,930	3,484,087	$25,015,745
23	The Majestic	Drama	PG	$18,913,608	3,341,627	$23,992,882
24	A Beautiful Mind	Drama	PG-13	$18,559,546	3,279,072	$23,543,737
25	The Last Castle	Drama	R	$18,208,078	3,216,975	$23,097,881
26	Rock Star	Drama	R	$16,991,902	3,002,103	$21,555,100
27	crazy/beautiful	Drama	PG-13	$16,929,123	2,991,011	$21,475,459
28	O (Othello)	Drama	R	$16,017,403	2,829,930	$20,318,897
29	3000 Miles to Graceland	Drama	R	$15,738,632	2,780,677	$19,965,261
30	Life as a House	Drama	R	$15,652,637	2,765,484	$19,856,175
31	Pollock	Drama	R	$8,552,670	1,511,072	$10,849,497
32	Shadow of the Vampire	Drama	R	$8,128,846	1,436,192	$10,311,859
33	Sexy Beast	Drama	R	$6,946,056	1,227,218	$8,811,425
34	The Man Who Wasn't There	Drama	R	$6,860,825	1,212,160	$8,703,309
35	Mulholland Drive	Drama	R	$5,608,043	990,820	$7,114,088
36	Love's a Bitch	Drama	R	$5,383,834	951,207	$6,829,666
37	You Can Count on Me	Drama	R	$5,364,751	947,836	$6,805,462
38	Billy Elliot	Drama	PG-13	$4,899,415	865,621	$6,215,159
39	Apocalypse Now Redux	Drama	R	$4,615,959	815,540	$5,855,577
40	Left Behind	Drama	PG-13	$4,221,341	745,820	$5,354,988
41	The Anniversary Party	Drama	R	$4,013,506	709,100	$5,091,338
42	Before Night Falls	Drama	R	$3,986,585	704,344	$5,057,190
43	Quills	Drama	R	$3,710,057	655,487	$4,706,397
44	The Widow of St. Pierre	Drama	R	$3,058,380	540,350	$3,879,713
45	Songcatcher	Drama	PG-13	$3,050,934	539,034	$3,870,264
46	The Golden Bowl	Drama	R	$3,037,579	536,675	$3,853,327
47	Malena	Drama	R	$2,956,419	522,336	$3,750,372
48	The House of Mirth	Drama	PG	$2,872,744	507,552	$3,644,223
49	Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham	Drama	Not Rated	$2,862,000	505,654	$3,630,596
50	The Shipping News	Drama	R	$2,796,557	494,091	$3,547,573
51	In the Mood for Love	Drama	PG	$2,734,044	483,047	$3,468,277
52	Waking Life	Drama	R	$2,539,796	448,727	$3,221,860
53	In the Bedroom	Drama	R	$2,381,395	420,741	$3,020,920
54	Himalaya - l'enfance d'un chef	Drama	Not Rated	$2,356,686	416,376	$2,989,580
55	Gabriela	Drama	R	$2,308,115	407,794	$2,927,961
56	Innocence	Drama	R	$2,081,251	367,712	$2,640,172
57	Remember the Titans	Drama	PG	$1,902,545	336,139	$2,413,478
58	Carman: The Champion	Drama	PG-13	$1,743,863	308,103	$2,212,180
59	China: The Panda Adventure	Drama	Not Rated	$1,716,261	303,226	$2,177,163
60	Under the Sand	Drama	Not Rated	$1,444,459	255,205	$1,832,372
61	Divided We Fall	Drama	PG-13	$1,320,112	233,235	$1,674,627
62	Men of Honor	Drama	R	$1,302,451	230,115	$1,652,226
63	The Road Home	Drama	G	$1,280,090	226,164	$1,623,858
64	L.I.E.	Drama	Open	$1,132,337	200,060	$1,436,431
65	The Center of the World	Drama	Not Rated	$1,096,037	193,646	$1,390,378
66	The Luzhin Defence	Drama	PG-13	$1,051,811	185,832	$1,334,274
67	Liam	Drama	R	$1,006,408	177,811	$1,276,683
68	Encounter in the Third Dimension	Drama	Not Rated	$986,047	174,213	$1,250,849
69	Left Luggage	Drama	Not Rated	$937,992	165,723	$1,189,891
70	The Princess and the Warrior	Drama	R	$871,058	153,897	$1,104,980
71	An American Rhapsody	Drama	PG-13	$798,483	141,075	$1,012,919
72	Chunhyang	Drama	R	$782,033	138,168	$992,046
73	Yi Yi	Drama	Not Rated	$765,319	135,215	$970,844
74	Requiem for a Dream	Drama	Open	$764,300	135,035	$969,551
75	The Man Who Cried	Drama	R	$739,583	130,668	$938,196
76	Faithless	Drama	R	$734,597	129,787	$931,871
77	Panic	Drama	R	$706,749	124,867	$896,545
78	Asoka	Drama	R	$702,777	124,166	$891,512
79	The Business of Strangers	Drama	R	$696,184	123,001	$883,147
80	The Caveman's Valentine	Drama	R	$687,081	121,392	$871,595
81	Lumumba	Drama	Not Rated	$684,121	120,869	$867,839
82	Focus	Drama	PG-13	$667,728	117,973	$847,046
83	The Legend of Rita	Drama	Not Rated	$666,565	117,768	$845,574
84	The Circle	Drama	Not Rated	$658,435	116,331	$835,257
85	Yaadein	Drama	Not Rated	$645,615	114,066	$818,994
86	February 15, 1839	Drama	Not Rated	$640,790	113,214	$812,877
87	The Crimson Rivers	Drama	R	$632,548	111,758	$802,422
88	My First Mister	Drama	R	$615,406	108,729	$780,674
89	Dinner Rush	Drama	R	$596,190	105,334	$756,298
90	Pay it Forward	Drama	PG-13	$542,879	95,915	$688,670
91	Bread and Roses	Drama	R	$536,465	94,782	$680,535
92	The Other Side of Heaven	Drama	PG	$522,125	92,248	$662,341
93	Our Lady of the Assassins	Drama	R	$515,409	91,062	$653,825
94	Bully	Drama	R	$510,092	90,122	$647,076
95	Big Eden	Drama	PG-13	$503,796	89,010	$639,092
96	Fat Girl	Drama	Not Rated	$492,177	86,957	$624,351
97	Intimacy	Drama	R	$448,008	79,153	$568,319
98	Donnie Darko	Drama	R	$420,618	74,314	$533,575
99	Bride of the Wind	Drama	R	$419,414	74,101	$532,045
100	The Affair of the Necklace	Drama	R	$414,563	73,244	$525,892
101	Nico and Dani	Drama	R	$368,641	65,131	$467,641
102	Across The Sea of Time	Drama	G	$339,068	59,906	$430,125
103	Lantana	Drama	R	$316,038	55,837	$400,910
104	Wings of Courage	Drama	G	$257,707	45,531	$326,913
105	No Man's Land	Drama	R	$234,880	41,498	$297,956
106	Chopper	Drama	R	$234,259	41,389	$297,173
107	Monster's Ball	Drama	R	$217,552	38,437	$275,978
108	Burnt Money	Drama	Not Rated	$192,168	33,952	$243,775
109	Series 7: The Contenders	Drama	R	$171,478	30,296	$217,525
110	The Fluffer	Drama	R	$161,632	28,557	$205,039
111	Boys to Men	Drama	Not Rated	$144,765	25,577	$183,643
112	A Time for Drunken Horses	Drama	Not Rated	$142,233	25,130	$180,433
113	Place Vendome	Drama	Not Rated	$142,191	25,122	$180,376
114	Rape Me	Drama	Not Rated	$127,857	22,590	$162,196
115	Kandahar	Drama	Not Rated	$125,150	22,111	$158,757
116	Boys Life 3	Drama	Not Rated	$110,958	19,604	$140,757
117	Bounce	Drama	PG-13	$103,791	18,338	$131,667
118	ABCD	Drama	Not Rated	$83,372	14,730	$105,761
119	Decalogue	Drama	Not Rated	$75,575	13,352	$95,867
120	Charlotte Gray	Drama	PG-13	$72,806	12,863	$92,356
121	I Am Sam	Drama	PG-13	$67,418	11,911	$85,521
122	Iris	Drama	R	$54,732	9,670	$69,431
123	The Amati Girls	Drama	PG	$47,767	8,439	$60,592
124	Eureka	Drama	Not Rated	$46,635	8,239	$59,156
125	Aimee & Jaguar	Drama	Not Rated	$45,801	8,092	$58,101
126	Aberdeen	Drama	Not Rated	$43,821	7,742	$55,588
127	Jackpot	Drama	R	$43,719	7,724	$55,458
128	Behind the Sun	Drama	PG-13	$35,625	6,294	$45,191
129	The Basket	Drama	PG	$32,980	5,827	$41,838
130	Auggie Rose	Drama	R	$31,200	5,512	$39,576
131	Sunshine	Drama	R	$28,470	5,030	$36,115
132	Adanggaman	Drama	Not Rated	$27,760	4,905	$35,218
133	Cleopatra's Second Husband	Drama	Not Rated	$26,299	4,646	$33,358
134	Goya in Bordeaux	Drama	R	$23,806	4,206	$30,199
135	Baran	Drama	PG	$21,702	3,834	$27,528
136	Forgive Me Father	Drama	R	$20,840	3,682	$26,437
137	The Annihilation of Fish	Drama	R	$18,335	3,239	$23,256
138	Beau Travail	Drama	Not Rated	$13,250	2,341	$16,808
139	La chambre des magiciennes	Drama	Not Rated	$5,788	1,023	$7,345
140	Burlesk King	Drama	Not Rated	$3,369	595	$4,272
141	Bad Blood	Drama	Not Rated	$2,075	367	$2,635
Total Gross of All Movies				$1,478,391,113
Total Tickets Sold					261,199,839
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices						$1,875,414,844

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.