Box Office Performance for Historical Fiction Movies in 2001

Rank	Movie	Genre	MPAA	2001 Gross	Tickets Sold	Inflation- Adjusted Gross
1	Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon	Drama	PG-13	$114,617,017	20,286,198	$139,569,042
2	The Others	Horror	PG-13	$96,522,687	17,083,661	$117,535,588
3	Chocolat	Drama	PG-13	$67,060,776	11,869,164	$81,659,848
4	Moulin Rouge	Musical	PG-13	$57,044,922	10,096,446	$69,463,548
5	A Knight's Tale	Adventure	PG-13	$56,083,966	9,926,366	$68,293,398
6	Enemy at the Gates	Drama	R	$51,396,781	9,096,775	$62,585,812
7	Behind Enemy Lines	Action	PG-13	$51,023,475	9,030,704	$62,131,244
8	O Brother, Where Art Thou	Comedy	PG-13	$43,569,988	7,711,502	$53,055,134
9	From Hell	Thriller/Suspense	R	$31,507,144	5,576,486	$38,366,224
10	The Musketeer	Adventure	PG-13	$27,053,815	4,788,286	$32,943,408
11	Captain Corelli's Mandolin	Drama	R	$25,528,495	4,518,318	$31,086,028
12	The Majestic	Drama	PG	$18,913,608	3,347,541	$23,031,082
13	Iron Monkey	Action	PG-13	$14,681,661	2,598,524	$17,877,845
14	Tailor of Panama	Thriller/Suspense	R	$13,491,653	2,387,903	$16,428,773
15	American Outlaws	Western	PG-13	$13,264,986	2,347,785	$16,152,761
16	Shadow of the Vampire	Drama	R	$8,128,846	1,438,734	$9,898,490
17	All the Pretty Horses	Western	PG-13	$7,886,561	1,395,852	$9,603,462
18	The Man Who Wasn't There	Drama	R	$6,860,825	1,214,305	$8,354,418
19	Apocalypse Now Redux	Drama	R	$4,615,959	816,984	$5,620,850
20	Quills	Drama	R	$3,710,057	656,647	$4,517,731
21	Songcatcher	Drama	PG-13	$3,050,934	539,988	$3,715,117
22	The Golden Bowl	Drama	R	$3,037,579	537,625	$3,698,860
23	Malena	Drama	R	$2,956,419	523,260	$3,600,029
24	The House of Mirth	Drama	PG	$2,872,744	508,450	$3,498,136
25	Himalaya - l'enfance d'un chef	Drama	Not Rated	$2,356,686	417,113	$2,869,737
26	China: The Panda Adventure	Drama	Not Rated	$1,716,261	303,763	$2,089,889
27	Divided We Fall	Drama	PG-13	$1,320,112	233,648	$1,607,498
28	Gladiator	Action	R	$1,073,753	190,045	$1,307,510
29	The Luzhin Defence	Drama	PG-13	$1,051,811	186,161	$1,280,788
30	Liam	Drama	R	$1,016,021	179,827	$1,237,210
31	Left Luggage	Drama	Not Rated	$907,718	160,658	$1,105,327
32	Lagaan	Musical	PG	$835,767	147,923	$1,017,710
33	Chunhyang	Drama	R	$782,033	138,413	$952,281
34	The Man Who Cried	Drama	R	$747,092	132,229	$909,736
35	February 15, 1839	Drama	Not Rated	$640,790	113,414	$780,288
36	Texas Rangers	Western	PG-13	$623,374	110,332	$759,084
37	The Claim	Western	R	$614,892	108,830	$748,750
38	Gosford Park	Comedy	R	$524,385	92,812	$638,547
39	Brotherhood of the Wolf	Action	R	$401,634	71,086	$489,072
40	The Devil's Backbone	Horror	R	$381,872	67,588	$465,005
41	Wings of Courage	Drama	G	$257,707	45,612	$313,811
42	No Man's Land	Drama	R	$234,880	41,572	$286,015
43	Burnt Money	Drama		$192,168	34,012	$234,003
44	A Time for Drunken Horses	Drama	Not Rated	$143,542	25,406	$174,793
45	Charlotte Gray	Drama	PG-13	$72,806	12,886	$88,656
46	The Legend of Rita	Drama	Not Rated	$72,149	12,770	$87,858
47	Sunshine	Drama	R	$28,470	5,039	$34,668
Total Gross of All Movies				$740,876,821
Total Tickets Sold					131,128,643
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices						$902,165,064

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.