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	20,250,356	$145,397,556
2	The Others	Horror	PG-13	$96,471,845	17,044,496	$122,379,481
3	Chocolat	Drama	PG-13	$67,060,776	11,848,194	$85,070,033
4	Moulin Rouge	Musical	PG-13	$57,044,922	10,078,608	$72,364,405
5	A Knight's Tale	Adventure	PG-13	$56,083,966	9,908,828	$71,145,385
6	Enemy at the Gates	Drama	R	$51,396,781	9,080,703	$65,199,448
7	Behind Enemy Lines	Action	PG-13	$51,023,475	9,014,748	$64,725,891
8	O Brother, Where Art Thou	Comedy	PG-13	$43,569,988	7,697,878	$55,270,764
9	From Hell	Thriller/Suspense	R	$31,507,144	5,566,633	$39,968,425
10	The Musketeer	Adventure	PG-13	$27,053,815	4,779,826	$34,319,151
11	Captain Corelli's Mandolin	Drama	R	$25,528,495	4,510,335	$32,384,205
12	The Majestic	Drama	PG	$18,913,608	3,341,627	$23,992,882
13	Iron Monkey	Action	PG-13	$14,681,661	2,593,933	$18,624,439
14	Tailor of Panama	Thriller/Suspense	R	$13,491,653	2,383,684	$17,114,851
15	American Outlaws	Western	PG-13	$13,264,986	2,343,637	$16,827,314
16	Shadow of the Vampire	Drama	R	$8,128,846	1,436,192	$10,311,859
17	The Man Who Wasn't There	Drama	R	$6,860,825	1,212,160	$8,703,309
18	All the Pretty Horses	Western	PG-13	$6,490,103	1,146,661	$8,233,026
19	Apocalypse Now Redux	Drama	R	$4,615,959	815,540	$5,855,577
20	Quills	Drama	R	$3,710,057	655,487	$4,706,397
21	Songcatcher	Drama	PG-13	$3,050,934	539,034	$3,870,264
22	The Golden Bowl	Drama	R	$3,037,579	536,675	$3,853,327
23	Malena	Drama	R	$2,956,419	522,336	$3,750,372
24	The House of Mirth	Drama	PG	$2,872,744	507,552	$3,644,223
25	Himalaya - l'enfance d'un chef	Drama	Not Rated	$2,356,686	416,376	$2,989,580
26	China: The Panda Adventure	Drama	Not Rated	$1,716,261	303,226	$2,177,163
27	Divided We Fall	Drama	PG-13	$1,320,112	233,235	$1,674,627
28	Gladiator	Action	R	$1,060,814	187,423	$1,345,697
29	The Luzhin Defence	Drama	PG-13	$1,051,811	185,832	$1,334,274
30	Liam	Drama	R	$1,006,408	177,811	$1,276,683
31	Left Luggage	Drama	Not Rated	$937,992	165,723	$1,189,891
32	Lagaan	Musical	PG	$835,767	147,662	$1,060,213
33	Chunhyang	Drama	R	$782,033	138,168	$992,046
34	The Man Who Cried	Drama	R	$739,583	130,668	$938,196
35	The Legend of Rita	Drama	Not Rated	$666,565	117,768	$845,574
36	February 15, 1839	Drama	Not Rated	$640,790	113,214	$812,877
37	Texas Rangers	Western	PG-13	$623,374	110,137	$790,784
38	The Claim	Western	R	$614,892	108,638	$780,021
39	Gosford Park	Comedy	R	$524,385	92,648	$665,213
40	Brotherhood of the Wolf	Action	R	$401,634	70,960	$509,493
41	The Devil's Backbone	Horror	R	$381,872	67,469	$484,427
42	Wings of Courage	Drama	G	$257,707	45,531	$326,913
43	No Man's Land	Drama	R	$234,880	41,498	$297,956
44	Burnt Money	Drama	Not Rated	$192,168	33,952	$243,775
45	A Time for Drunken Horses	Drama	Not Rated	$142,233	25,130	$180,433
46	Charlotte Gray	Drama	PG-13	$72,806	12,863	$92,356
47	Sunshine	Drama	R	$28,470	5,030	$36,115
Total Gross of All Movies				$740,022,841
Total Tickets Sold					130,746,085
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices						$938,756,890

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.