Box Office Performance for Original Screenplay Movies in 2001

Rank	Movie	Genre	MPAA	2001 Gross	Tickets Sold	Inflation- Adjusted Gross
1	Monsters, Inc.	Adventure	G	$239,190,413	42,259,790	$333,429,743
2	Rush Hour 2	Action	PG-13	$226,138,454	39,953,790	$315,235,403
3	American Pie 2	Comedy	R	$145,096,820	25,635,481	$202,263,945
4	Cast Away	Drama	PG-13	$123,941,038	21,897,710	$172,772,932
5	Spy Kids	Adventure	PG	$112,692,062	19,910,258	$157,091,936
6	Legally Blonde	Comedy	PG-13	$96,493,426	17,048,308	$134,511,150
7	The Others	Horror	PG-13	$96,471,845	17,044,496	$134,481,073
8	America's Sweethearts	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$93,607,673	16,538,458	$130,488,434
9	Cats & Dogs	Comedy	PG	$93,375,151	16,497,377	$130,164,305
10	Save the Last Dance	Drama	PG-13	$91,038,276	16,084,501	$126,906,713
11	Training Day	Drama	R	$76,261,036	13,473,681	$106,307,343
12	Scary Movie 2	Comedy	R	$71,277,420	12,593,184	$99,360,222
13	The Score	Thriller/Suspense	R	$71,069,884	12,556,517	$99,070,919
14	Swordfish	Action	R	$69,772,969	12,327,380	$97,263,028
15	Shallow Hal	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$68,429,897	12,090,088	$95,390,794
16	What Women Want	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$67,043,240	11,845,095	$93,457,800
17	The Mexican	Action	R	$66,808,615	11,803,642	$93,130,735
18	Miss Congeniality	Comedy	PG-13	$61,414,996	10,850,706	$85,612,070
19	Spy Game	Action	R	$60,977,785	10,773,460	$85,002,599
20	The Wedding Planner	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$60,400,856	10,671,529	$84,198,364
21	Moulin Rouge	Musical	PG-13	$57,044,922	10,078,608	$79,520,217
22	Rat Race	Comedy	PG-13	$56,607,223	10,001,276	$78,910,068
23	A Knight's Tale	Adventure	PG-13	$56,083,966	9,908,828	$78,180,653
24	The Animal	Comedy	PG-13	$55,762,229	9,851,984	$77,732,154
25	Behind Enemy Lines	Action	PG-13	$51,023,475	9,014,748	$71,126,362
26	Serendipity	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$50,255,310	8,879,030	$70,055,547
27	Finding Forrester	Drama	PG-13	$46,466,892	8,209,698	$64,774,517
28	Zoolander	Comedy	PG-13	$45,128,129	7,973,168	$62,908,296
29	Domestic Disturbance	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$44,746,318	7,905,710	$62,376,052
30	The One	Action	PG-13	$43,905,746	7,757,199	$61,204,300
31	Thirteen Ghosts	Horror	R	$41,867,960	7,397,166	$58,363,640
32	Bandits	Comedy	PG-13	$41,402,323	7,314,898	$57,714,545
33	Heartbreakers	Comedy	PG-13	$40,334,024	7,126,153	$56,225,347
34	The Emperor's New Groove	Adventure	G	$38,476,895	6,798,038	$53,636,520
35	Evolution	Comedy	PG-13	$38,311,134	6,768,752	$53,405,453
36	Jeepers Creepers	Horror	R	$37,903,067	6,696,655	$52,836,608
37	Kiss of the Dragon	Action	R	$36,833,473	6,507,681	$51,345,603
38	See Spot Run	Comedy	PG	$33,357,476	5,893,547	$46,500,086
39	The Family Man	Comedy	PG-13	$32,619,715	5,763,201	$45,471,656
40	Driven	Action	PG-13	$32,616,869	5,762,698	$45,467,687
41	What's the Worst That Could Happen?	Comedy	PG-13	$32,267,774	5,701,020	$44,981,048
42	Not Another Teen Movie	Comedy	R	$32,017,512	5,656,804	$44,632,184
43	Black Knight	Comedy	PG-13	$31,588,772	5,581,055	$44,034,524
44	Snatch	Black Comedy	R	$30,055,445	5,310,149	$41,897,076
45	Baby Boy	Drama	R	$28,734,552	5,076,776	$40,055,763
46	The Brothers	Comedy	R	$27,457,409	4,851,132	$38,275,431
47	Joe Dirt	Comedy	PG-13	$27,087,695	4,785,812	$37,760,057
48	Crocodile Dundee in Los Angeles	Adventure	PG	$25,590,119	4,521,222	$35,672,442
49	15 Minutes	Thriller/Suspense	R	$24,375,436	4,306,614	$33,979,184
50	Angel Eyes	Drama	R	$24,044,532	4,248,151	$33,517,911
51	Corky Romano	Comedy	PG-13	$23,658,960	4,180,028	$32,980,421
52	Heist	Action	R	$23,483,357	4,149,003	$32,735,634
53	Two Can Play That Game	Romantic Comedy	R	$22,235,901	3,928,604	$30,996,686
54	Kate and Leopold	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$22,103,269	3,905,171	$30,811,799
55	Joy Ride	Thriller/Suspense	R	$21,966,161	3,880,947	$30,620,672
56	Summer Catch	Comedy	PG-13	$19,693,891	3,479,486	$27,453,145
57	How High	Comedy	R	$19,676,445	3,476,404	$27,428,828
58	Saving Silverman	Comedy	R	$19,351,569	3,419,005	$26,975,949
59	The Majestic	Drama	PG	$18,913,608	3,341,627	$26,365,437
60	The Last Castle	Drama	R	$18,208,078	3,216,975	$25,381,933
61	The Glass House	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$17,951,431	3,171,631	$25,024,169
62	Max Keeble's Big Move	Comedy	PG	$17,046,109	3,011,680	$23,762,155
63	Rock Star	Drama	R	$16,991,902	3,002,103	$23,686,593
64	crazy/beautiful	Drama	PG-13	$16,929,123	2,991,011	$23,599,077
65	Vertical Limit	Action	PG-13	$16,593,246	2,931,669	$23,130,868
66	Le Fabuleux destin d'Am�lie Poulain	Comedy	R	$16,306,950	2,881,087	$22,731,776
67	Joe Somebody	Comedy	PG	$15,985,861	2,824,357	$22,284,177
68	3000 Miles to Graceland	Drama	R	$15,738,632	2,780,677	$21,939,542
69	Life as a House	Drama	R	$15,652,637	2,765,484	$21,819,669
70	Iron Monkey	Action	PG-13	$14,681,661	2,593,933	$20,466,131
71	Freddy Got Fingered	Comedy	R	$14,249,005	2,517,492	$19,863,012
72	Osmosis Jones	Comedy	PG	$13,596,911	2,402,281	$18,953,997
73	Out Cold	Comedy	PG-13	$13,577,476	2,398,847	$18,926,903
74	Tomcats	Comedy	R	$13,558,739	2,395,537	$18,900,787
75	Sugar and Spice	Comedy	PG-13	$13,276,953	2,345,751	$18,507,975
76	American Outlaws	Western	PG-13	$13,264,986	2,343,637	$18,491,296
77	The Gift	Thriller/Suspense	R	$11,951,244	2,111,527	$16,659,948
78	Get Over It	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$11,560,259	2,042,449	$16,114,923
79	Dracula 2000	Horror	R	$11,430,810	2,019,578	$15,934,470
80	Dude, Where's My Car?	Comedy	PG-13	$11,097,464	1,960,683	$15,469,789
81	Antitrust	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$10,965,209	1,937,316	$15,285,423
82	The Royal Tenenbaums	Black Comedy	R	$10,790,201	1,906,396	$15,041,464
83	Head Over Heels	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$10,397,365	1,836,990	$14,493,851
84	The Wash	Comedy	R	$9,988,941	1,764,831	$13,924,517
85	John Carpenter's Ghosts of Mars	Action	R	$8,434,601	1,490,212	$11,757,773
86	Shadow of the Vampire	Drama	R	$8,128,846	1,436,192	$11,331,555
87	The Curse of the Jade Scorpion	Comedy	PG-13	$7,496,522	1,324,474	$10,450,100
88	Bones	Horror	R	$7,307,756	1,291,123	$10,186,960
89	Sexy Beast	Drama	R	$6,946,056	1,227,218	$9,682,750
90	The Man Who Wasn't There	Drama	R	$6,860,825	1,212,160	$9,563,942
91	Cyberworld 3D	Adventure	Not Rated	$6,822,390	1,205,369	$9,510,361
92	The Forsaken	Horror	R	$6,745,241	1,191,739	$9,402,821
93	Town & Country	Romantic Comedy	R	$6,705,484	1,184,714	$9,347,393
94	The Closet	Comedy	R	$6,671,454	1,178,702	$9,299,959
95	One Night at McCool's	Black Comedy	R	$6,276,532	1,108,928	$8,749,442
96	Megiddo: Omega Code 2	Action	PG-13	$6,047,691	1,068,497	$8,430,441
97	Mulholland Drive	Drama	R	$5,608,043	990,820	$7,817,570
98	Say It Isn't So	Comedy	R	$5,516,708	974,683	$7,690,249
99	Amores Perros	Drama	R	$5,383,834	951,207	$7,505,023
100	State and Main	Comedy	R	$5,378,327	950,234	$7,497,346
101	You Can Count on Me	Drama	R	$5,364,751	947,836	$7,478,426
102	Made	Comedy	R	$5,308,707	937,934	$7,400,299
103	Bubble Boy	Comedy	PG-13	$5,002,310	883,800	$6,973,182
104	Unbreakable	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$4,965,347	877,270	$6,921,660
105	Meet the Parents	Comedy	PG-13	$4,899,550	865,645	$6,829,939
106	Billy Elliot	Drama	PG-13	$4,899,415	865,621	$6,829,750
107	Pane e tulipani	Comedy	PG-13	$4,778,389	844,238	$6,661,038
108	Cirque du Soleil - Journey of Man	Musical	G	$4,455,979	787,275	$6,211,600
109	Tortilla Soup	Comedy	PG-13	$4,447,014	785,692	$6,199,110
110	On the Line	Romantic Comedy	PG	$4,356,743	769,743	$6,073,272
111	Glitter	Musical	PG-13	$4,273,372	755,013	$5,957,053
112	The Anniversary Party	Drama	R	$4,013,506	709,100	$5,594,799
113	With a Friend Like Harry	Thriller/Suspense	R	$3,818,452	674,638	$5,322,894
114	Haunted Castle	Adventure	PG	$3,317,618	586,152	$4,624,739
115	Pootie Tang	Comedy	PG-13	$3,293,258	581,848	$4,590,781
116	Soul Survivors	Horror	PG-13	$3,100,650	547,818	$4,322,284
117	Songcatcher	Drama	PG-13	$3,050,934	539,034	$4,252,978
118	Malena	Drama	R	$2,956,419	522,336	$4,121,231
119	Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham	Drama	Not Rated	$2,862,000	505,654	$3,989,610
120	In the Mood for Love	Drama	PG	$2,734,044	483,047	$3,811,241
121	T-Rex: Back to the Cretaceous	Adventure	Not Rated	$2,648,928	468,008	$3,692,583
122	Waking Life	Drama	R	$2,539,796	448,727	$3,540,456
123	Himalaya - l'enfance d'un chef	Drama	Not Rated	$2,356,686	416,376	$3,285,207
124	The Sidewalks of New York	Comedy	R	$2,322,406	410,319	$3,237,417
125	Gabriela	Drama	R	$2,308,115	407,794	$3,217,495
126	Innocence	Drama	R	$2,081,251	367,712	$2,901,248
127	Novocaine	Comedy	R	$1,973,973	348,758	$2,751,701
128	Carman: The Champion	Drama	PG-13	$1,743,863	308,103	$2,430,933
129	Under the Sand	Drama	Not Rated	$1,444,459	255,205	$2,013,567
130	Best in Show	Comedy	PG-13	$1,441,606	254,701	$2,009,591
131	Greenfingers	Comedy	R	$1,439,287	254,291	$2,006,356
132	Divided We Fall	Drama	PG-13	$1,320,112	233,235	$1,840,224
133	Nuit de Noces	Comedy	Not Rated	$1,238,180	218,760	$1,726,016
134	L.I.E.	Drama	Open	$1,132,337	200,060	$1,578,473
135	The Center of the World	Drama	Not Rated	$1,096,037	193,646	$1,527,867
136	The Debut	Comedy	R	$1,070,925	189,209	$1,492,859
137	Gladiator	Action	R	$1,060,814	187,423	$1,478,767
138	Extreme Days	Action	PG	$1,047,553	185,080	$1,460,281
139	All Over the Guy	Romantic Comedy	R	$1,006,969	177,910	$1,403,710
140	Liam	Drama	R	$1,006,408	177,811	$1,402,929
141	Together	Genre Unknown	R	$1,004,201	177,421	$1,399,852
142	Les Boys III	Comedy		$995,000	175,795	$1,387,023
143	American Desi	Romantic Comedy	Not Rated	$902,835	159,511	$1,258,542
144	The Closet	Comedy	R	$879,496	155,388	$1,226,011
145	Der Krieger und die Kaiserin	Drama	R	$871,058	153,897	$1,214,247
146	Brigham City	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$851,137	150,378	$1,186,482
147	Lagaan	Musical	PG	$835,767	147,662	$1,165,053
148	An American Rhapsody	Drama	PG-13	$798,483	141,075	$1,113,082
149	Va Savoir (Who Knows?)	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$786,732	138,999	$1,096,702
150	Chunhyang	Drama	R	$782,033	138,168	$1,090,146
151	Yi Yi	Drama	Not Rated	$765,319	135,215	$1,066,846
152	The Man Who Cried	Drama	R	$739,583	130,668	$1,030,971
153	Faithless	Drama	R	$734,597	129,787	$1,024,019
154	Panic	Drama	R	$706,749	124,867	$985,201
155	Asoka	Drama	R	$702,777	124,166	$979,670
156	The Business of Strangers	Drama	R	$696,184	123,001	$970,478
157	Happy Accidents	Romantic Comedy	R	$688,510	121,645	$959,779
158	The Legend of Rita	Drama	Not Rated	$666,565	117,768	$929,190
159	Dayereh	Drama	Not Rated	$658,435	116,331	$917,852
160	Yaadein	Drama	Not Rated	$645,615	114,066	$899,981
161	15 f�vrier 1839	Drama	Not Rated	$640,790	113,214	$893,258
162	Alien Adventure	Adventure	Not Rated	$640,110	113,094	$892,312
163	Blow Dry	Comedy	R	$637,769	112,680	$889,045
164	The Taste of Others	Romantic Comedy	R	$635,282	112,241	$885,581
165	My First Mister	Drama	R	$615,406	108,729	$857,872
166	Dinner Rush	Drama	R	$596,190	105,334	$831,085
167	Little Nicky	Comedy	PG-13	$594,247	104,991	$828,379
168	Almost Famous	Comedy	R	$589,553	104,161	$821,830
169	Bread and Roses	Drama	R	$536,465	94,782	$747,830
170	I'm the One That I Want	Concert/Performance	Not Rated	$525,911	92,917	$733,115
171	Gosford Park	Comedy	R	$524,385	92,648	$730,993
172	Big Eden	Drama	PG-13	$503,796	89,010	$702,289
173	Fat Girl	Drama	Not Rated	$492,177	86,957	$686,091
174	Brother	Thriller/Suspense	R	$447,750	79,108	$624,162
175	Donnie Darko	Drama	R	$420,618	74,314	$586,337
176	The Affair of the Necklace	Drama	R	$414,563	73,244	$577,895
177	Le pacte des loups	Action	R	$401,634	70,960	$559,874
178	The Devil's Backbone	Horror	R	$381,872	67,469	$532,330
179	Dr�le de F�lix	Comedy		$357,208	63,111	$497,946
180	Across The Sea of Time	Drama	G	$339,068	59,906	$472,658
181	Space Cowboys	Adventure	PG-13	$274,158	48,438	$382,176
182	Wings of Courage	Drama	G	$257,707	45,531	$359,240
183	No Man's Land	Drama	R	$234,880	41,498	$327,419
184	The 6th Day	Action	PG-13	$226,067	39,941	$315,134
185	Monster's Ball	Drama	R	$217,552	38,437	$303,268
186	Catfish in Black Bean Sauce	Comedy	PG-13	$207,990	36,747	$289,934
187	Red Planet	Action	PG-13	$207,836	36,720	$289,721
188	The Fluffer	Drama	R	$161,632	28,557	$225,315
189	Company Man	Comedy	PG-13	$146,028	25,800	$203,562
190	Boys to Men	Drama	Not Rated	$144,765	25,577	$201,803
191	About Adam	Comedy	R	$142,699	25,212	$198,923
192	A Time for Drunken Horses	Drama	Not Rated	$142,233	25,130	$198,276
193	Place Vendome	Drama	Not Rated	$142,191	25,122	$198,213
194	La B�che	Comedy	Not Rated	$136,502	24,117	$190,283
195	Kandahar	Drama	Not Rated	$125,150	22,111	$174,456
196	Bounce	Drama	PG-13	$103,791	18,338	$144,687
197	Better than Sex	Romantic Comedy	R	$94,940	16,774	$132,347
198	ABCD	Drama	Not Rated	$83,372	14,730	$116,220
199	Best Man in Grass Creek	Romantic Comedy	PG	$81,760	14,445	$113,971
200	Decalogue	Drama	Not Rated	$75,575	13,352	$105,347
201	I Am Sam	Drama	PG-13	$67,418	11,911	$93,978
202	La Ci�naga	Comedy	Not Rated	$66,811	11,804	$93,134
203	Beautiful Creatures	Comedy	R	$55,381	9,785	$77,204
204	The Amati Girls	Drama	PG	$47,767	8,439	$66,584
205	Aberdeen	Drama	Not Rated	$43,821	7,742	$61,084
206	Simon Magus		Not Rated	$38,214	6,752	$53,273
207	The Basket	Drama	PG	$32,980	5,827	$45,975
208	Auggie Rose	Drama	R	$31,200	5,512	$43,490
209	The American Astronaut	Musical	Not Rated	$29,236	5,165	$40,752
210	Sunshine	Drama	R	$28,470	5,030	$39,687
211	Adanggaman	Drama	Not Rated	$27,760	4,905	$38,700
212	Cleopatra's Second Husband	Drama	Not Rated	$26,299	4,646	$36,657
213	The Broken Hearts Club: A Romantic Comedy	Comedy	R	$25,400	4,488	$35,410
214	Baran	Drama	PG	$21,702	3,834	$30,250
215	Forgive Me Father	Drama	R	$20,840	3,682	$29,051
216	Caf&eactute; Ole�	Romantic Comedy		$20,610	3,641	$28,727
217	Bangkok Dangerous	Action	R	$18,502	3,269	$25,792
218	The Annihilation of Fish	Drama	R	$18,335	3,239	$25,556
219	Born Romantic	Comedy	R	$14,597	2,579	$20,348
220	Amy	Comedy	PG-13	$7,880	1,392	$10,983
221	Trouble Every Day	Horror	Not Rated	$6,558	1,159	$9,145
222	Blue Moon	Comedy	PG-13	$5,968	1,054	$8,316
223	Burlesk King	Drama	Not Rated	$3,369	595	$4,695
224	Mauvais sang	Drama	Not Rated	$2,075	367	$2,896
225	Blood, Friends and Money	Horror	Not Rated	$982	173	$1,365
226	Geboren in Absurdistan	Comedy	Not Rated	$976	172	$1,357
Total Gross of All Movies				$3,948,726,924
Total Tickets Sold					697,654,932
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices						$5,504,497,413

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.