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	42,334,586	$291,261,952
2	Cast Away	Drama	PG-13	$123,942,702	21,936,761	$150,924,916
3	Spy Kids	Adventure	PG	$112,692,062	19,945,498	$137,225,026
4	The Others	Horror	PG-13	$96,522,687	17,083,661	$117,535,588
5	Legally Blonde	Comedy	PG-13	$96,493,426	17,078,482	$117,499,956
6	America's Sweethearts	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$93,607,673	16,567,730	$113,985,982
7	Cats & Dogs	Comedy	PG	$93,375,151	16,526,575	$113,702,836
8	Save the Last Dance	Drama	PG-13	$91,038,276	16,112,969	$110,857,227
9	Training Day	Drama	R	$76,261,036	13,497,528	$92,862,993
10	The Score	Thriller/Suspense	R	$71,069,884	12,578,741	$86,541,738
11	Swordfish	Action	R	$69,772,969	12,349,198	$84,962,482
12	Shallow Hal	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$68,429,897	12,111,486	$83,327,024
13	What Women Want	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$67,043,240	11,866,060	$81,638,493
14	The Mexican	Action	R	$66,808,615	11,824,534	$81,352,794
15	Spy Game	Action	R	$60,977,785	10,792,528	$74,252,593
16	Miss Congeniality	Comedy	PG-13	$60,424,996	10,694,690	$73,579,467
17	The Wedding Planner	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$60,400,856	10,690,417	$73,550,069
18	Moulin Rouge	Musical	PG-13	$57,044,922	10,096,446	$69,463,548
19	Rat Race	Comedy	PG-13	$56,607,223	10,018,978	$68,930,569
20	A Knight's Tale	Adventure	PG-13	$56,083,966	9,926,366	$68,293,398
21	The Animal	Comedy	PG-13	$55,762,229	9,869,421	$67,901,616
22	Behind Enemy Lines	Action	PG-13	$51,023,475	9,030,704	$62,131,244
23	Serendipity	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$50,255,310	8,894,745	$61,195,846
24	Finding Forrester	Drama	PG-13	$46,466,892	8,224,229	$56,582,696
25	Zoolander	Comedy	PG-13	$45,128,129	7,987,279	$54,952,480
26	Domestic Disturbance	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$44,746,318	7,919,702	$54,487,550
27	The One	Action	PG-13	$43,905,746	7,770,928	$53,463,985
28	Thirteen Ghosts	Horror	R	$41,867,960	7,410,258	$50,982,575
29	Bandits	Comedy	PG-13	$41,402,323	7,327,845	$50,415,574
30	Heartbreakers	Comedy	PG-13	$40,334,024	7,138,765	$49,114,703
31	The Emperor's New Groove	Adventure	G	$38,484,289	6,811,379	$46,862,288
32	Evolution	Comedy	PG-13	$38,311,134	6,780,732	$46,651,436
33	Jeepers Creepers	Horror	R	$37,904,175	6,708,704	$46,155,884
34	Kiss of the Dragon	Action	R	$36,833,473	6,519,199	$44,852,089
35	See Spot Run	Comedy	PG	$33,357,476	5,903,978	$40,619,369
36	The Family Man	Comedy	PG-13	$32,619,705	5,773,399	$39,720,985
37	Driven	Action	PG-13	$32,616,869	5,772,897	$39,717,531
38	What's the Worst That Could Happen?	Comedy	PG-13	$32,267,774	5,711,110	$39,292,437
39	Not Another Teen Movie	Comedy	R	$32,017,512	5,666,816	$38,987,694
40	Black Knight	Comedy	PG-13	$31,588,772	5,590,933	$38,465,619
41	Snatch	Black Comedy	R	$30,055,445	5,319,548	$36,598,490
42	Baby Boy	Drama	R	$28,734,552	5,085,761	$34,990,036
43	The Brothers	Comedy	R	$27,457,409	4,859,718	$33,434,860
44	Joe Dirt	Comedy	PG-13	$27,087,695	4,794,282	$32,984,660
45	15 Minutes	Thriller/Suspense	R	$24,375,436	4,314,236	$29,681,944
46	Angel Eyes	Drama	R	$24,044,532	4,255,669	$29,279,003
47	Corky Romano	Comedy	PG-13	$23,658,960	4,187,427	$28,809,498
48	Heist	Action	R	$23,483,357	4,156,346	$28,595,660
49	Two Can Play That Game	Romantic Comedy	R	$22,235,901	3,935,558	$27,076,639
50	Kate and Leopold	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$22,103,269	3,912,083	$26,915,131
51	Joy Ride	Thriller/Suspense	R	$21,966,161	3,887,816	$26,748,174
52	Summer Catch	Comedy	PG-13	$19,693,891	3,485,644	$23,981,231
53	How High	Comedy	R	$19,676,445	3,482,557	$23,959,992
54	Saving Silverman	Comedy	R	$19,351,569	3,425,056	$23,564,385
55	The Majestic	Drama	PG	$18,913,608	3,347,541	$23,031,082
56	The Last Castle	Drama	R	$18,208,078	3,222,669	$22,171,963
57	The Glass House	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$17,951,431	3,177,244	$21,859,439
58	Max Keeble's Big Move	Comedy	PG	$17,046,109	3,017,010	$20,757,029
59	Rock Star	Drama	R	$16,991,902	3,007,416	$20,691,022
60	crazy/beautiful	Drama	PG-13	$16,929,123	2,996,305	$20,614,578
61	Vertical Limit	Action	PG-13	$16,593,246	2,936,858	$20,205,583
62	Amelie	Comedy	R	$16,306,950	2,886,186	$19,856,960
63	Joe Somebody	Comedy	PG	$15,985,861	2,829,356	$19,465,969
64	3000 Miles to Graceland	Drama	R	$15,738,632	2,785,599	$19,164,921
65	Life as a House	Drama	R	$15,652,637	2,770,378	$19,060,201
66	Iron Monkey	Action	PG-13	$14,681,661	2,598,524	$17,877,845
67	Freddy Got Fingered	Comedy	R	$14,249,005	2,521,948	$17,351,002
68	Osmosis Jones	Comedy	PG	$13,596,911	2,406,533	$16,556,947
69	Out Cold	Comedy	PG-13	$13,577,476	2,403,093	$16,533,280
70	Tomcats	Comedy	R	$13,558,739	2,399,777	$16,510,466
71	Sugar and Spice	Comedy	PG-13	$13,276,953	2,349,903	$16,167,333
72	American Outlaws	Western	PG-13	$13,264,986	2,347,785	$16,152,761
73	The Gift	Thriller/Suspense	R	$11,965,167	2,117,729	$14,569,976
74	Get Over It	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$11,560,259	2,046,064	$14,076,920
75	Dracula 2000	Horror	R	$11,430,810	2,023,152	$13,919,286
76	Dude, Where's My Car?	Comedy	PG-13	$11,097,464	1,964,153	$13,513,373
77	Antitrust	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$10,965,209	1,940,745	$13,352,326
78	The Royal Tenenbaums	Black Comedy	R	$10,790,201	1,909,770	$13,139,218
79	Head Over Heels	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$10,397,365	1,840,242	$12,660,865
80	The Wash	Comedy	R	$9,988,941	1,767,954	$12,163,524
81	John Carpenter's Ghosts of Mars	Action	R	$8,434,601	1,492,850	$10,270,808
82	Shadow of the Vampire	Drama	R	$8,128,846	1,438,734	$9,898,490
83	The Curse of the Jade Scorpion	Comedy	PG-13	$7,496,522	1,326,818	$9,128,508
84	Bones	Horror	R	$7,307,756	1,293,408	$8,898,647
85	Sexy Beast	Drama	R	$6,946,056	1,229,390	$8,458,203
86	The Man Who Wasn't There	Drama	R	$6,860,825	1,214,305	$8,354,418
87	Cyberworld 3D	Adventure	Not Rated	$6,822,390	1,207,503	$8,307,621
88	The Forsaken	Horror	R	$6,755,271	1,195,623	$8,225,886
89	Town & Country	Romantic Comedy	R	$6,712,451	1,188,044	$8,173,743
90	The Closet	Comedy	R	$6,671,454	1,180,788	$8,123,821
91	One Night at McCool's	Black Comedy	R	$6,276,532	1,110,891	$7,642,930
92	Mulholland Drive	Drama	R	$5,608,043	992,574	$6,828,909
93	Say It Isn't So	Comedy	R	$5,516,708	976,408	$6,717,687
94	Love's a Bitch	Drama	R	$5,383,834	952,891	$6,555,890
95	State and Main	Comedy	R	$5,378,327	951,916	$6,549,182
96	You Can Count on Me	Drama	R	$5,364,751	949,513	$6,532,649
97	Made	Comedy	R	$5,308,707	939,594	$6,464,407
98	Bubble Boy	Comedy	PG-13	$5,002,310	885,365	$6,091,311
99	Unbreakable	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$4,965,347	878,822	$6,046,295
100	Billy Elliot	Drama	PG-13	$4,900,058	867,267	$5,966,797
101	Meet the Parents	Comedy	PG-13	$4,899,550	867,177	$5,966,178
102	Bread and Tulips	Comedy	PG-13	$4,778,389	845,733	$5,818,643
103	Cirque du Soleil - Journey of Man	Musical	G	$4,455,979	788,669	$5,426,043
104	Tortilla Soup	Comedy	PG-13	$4,447,014	787,082	$5,415,124
105	On the Line	Romantic Comedy	PG	$4,356,743	771,105	$5,305,202
106	Glitter	Musical	PG-13	$4,273,372	756,349	$5,203,681
107	The Anniversary Party	Drama	R	$4,013,506	710,355	$4,887,242
108	With a Friend Like Harry	Thriller/Suspense	R	$3,818,452	675,832	$4,649,724
109	Haunted Castle	Adventure	PG	$3,317,618	587,189	$4,039,860
110	Pootie Tang	Comedy	PG-13	$3,293,258	582,878	$4,010,201
111	Soul Survivors	Horror	PG-13	$3,100,650	548,788	$3,775,661
112	Songcatcher	Drama	PG-13	$3,050,934	539,988	$3,715,117
113	Malena	Drama	R	$2,956,419	523,260	$3,600,029
114	In the Mood for Love	Drama	PG	$2,734,044	483,902	$3,329,246
115	T-Rex: Back to the Cretaceous	Adventure	Not Rated	$2,648,928	468,837	$3,225,599
116	Waking Life	Drama	R	$2,539,796	449,521	$3,092,704
117	Himalaya - l'enfance d'un chef	Drama	Not Rated	$2,356,686	417,113	$2,869,737
118	The Sidewalks of New York	Comedy	R	$2,322,406	411,045	$2,827,990
119	Gabriela	Drama	R	$2,308,115	408,516	$2,810,590
120	Innocence	Drama	R	$2,081,251	368,363	$2,534,337
121	Novocaine	Comedy	R	$1,973,973	349,376	$2,403,707
122	Carman: The Champion	Drama	PG-13	$1,743,863	308,648	$2,123,498
123	Under the Sand	Drama	Not Rated	$1,444,459	255,656	$1,758,913
124	Best in Show	Comedy	PG-13	$1,441,606	255,152	$1,755,446
125	Greenfingers	Comedy	R	$1,439,287	254,741	$1,752,618
126	Divided We Fall	Drama	PG-13	$1,320,112	233,648	$1,607,498
127	Nuit de Noces	Comedy	Not Rated	$1,238,180	219,147	$1,507,731
128	L.I.E.	Drama	Open	$1,130,329	200,058	$1,376,399
129	The Center of the World	Drama	Not Rated	$1,096,037	193,989	$1,334,644
130	Gladiator	Action	R	$1,073,753	190,045	$1,307,510
131	The Debut	Comedy	R	$1,070,925	189,544	$1,304,063
132	Extreme Days	Action	PG	$1,047,553	185,408	$1,275,607
133	Liam	Drama	R	$1,016,021	179,827	$1,237,210
134	All Over the Guy	Romantic Comedy	R	$1,006,969	178,225	$1,226,188
135	Together	Genre Unknown	R	$1,004,201	177,735	$1,222,817
136	Yi Yi	Drama	Not Rated	$937,599	165,947	$1,141,715
137	American Desi	Romantic Comedy	Not Rated	$902,835	159,794	$1,099,383
138	The Closet	Comedy	R	$879,496	155,663	$1,070,961
139	The Princess and the Warrior	Drama	R	$871,058	154,170	$1,060,690
140	Brigham City	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$852,206	150,833	$1,037,731
141	Lagaan	Musical	PG	$835,767	147,923	$1,017,710
142	An American Rhapsody	Drama	PG-13	$798,483	141,324	$972,309
143	Va Savoir (Who Knows?)	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$786,732	139,245	$958,006
144	Chunhyang	Drama	R	$782,033	138,413	$952,281
145	The Man Who Cried	Drama	R	$747,092	132,229	$909,736
146	Faithless	Drama	R	$734,597	130,017	$894,517
147	Panic	Drama	R	$718,879	127,235	$875,377
148	Asoka	Drama	R	$702,777	124,385	$855,769
149	The Business of Strangers	Drama	R	$696,184	123,218	$847,740
150	Happy Accidents	Romantic Comedy	R	$688,523	121,862	$838,411
151	The Circle	Drama	Not Rated	$658,435	116,537	$801,775
152	Yaadein	Drama	Not Rated	$645,615	114,268	$786,164
153	February 15, 1839	Drama	Not Rated	$640,790	113,414	$780,288
154	Alien Adventure	Adventure	Not Rated	$640,110	113,294	$779,463
155	Blow Dry	Comedy	R	$637,769	112,879	$776,608
156	The Taste of Others	Romantic Comedy	R	$635,282	112,439	$773,580
157	My First Mister	Drama	R	$615,406	108,921	$749,376
158	Dinner Rush	Drama	R	$596,190	105,520	$725,978
159	Little Nicky	Comedy	PG-13	$594,247	105,176	$723,611
160	Almost Famous	Comedy	R	$589,553	104,346	$717,900
161	Bread and Roses	Drama	R	$536,465	94,950	$653,256
162	I'm the One That I Want	Concert/Performance	Not Rated	$531,272	94,030	$646,926
163	Gosford Park	Comedy	R	$524,385	92,812	$638,547
164	Big Eden	Drama	PG-13	$503,796	89,167	$613,469
165	Fat Girl	Drama	Not Rated	$492,177	87,111	$599,324
166	Brother	Thriller/Suspense	R	$450,594	79,751	$548,687
167	Donnie Darko	Drama	R	$420,618	74,446	$512,188
168	The Affair of the Necklace	Drama	R	$414,563	73,374	$504,813
169	Brotherhood of the Wolf	Action	R	$401,634	71,086	$489,072
170	The Devil's Backbone	Horror	R	$381,872	67,588	$465,005
171	The Adventures of Felix	Comedy		$357,208	63,223	$434,974
172	Across The Sea of Time	Drama	G	$339,068	60,012	$412,883
173	Space Cowboys	Adventure	PG-13	$274,158	48,524	$333,845
174	Wings of Courage	Drama	G	$257,707	45,612	$313,811
175	The 6th Day	Action	PG-13	$226,067	40,012	$275,283
176	Monster's Ball	Drama	R	$217,552	38,505	$264,914
177	Red Planet	Action	PG-13	$215,481	38,138	$262,389
178	Catfish in Black Bean Sauce	Comedy	PG-13	$207,990	36,812	$253,267
179	About Adam	Comedy	R	$151,559	26,825	$184,556
180	Boys to Men	Drama		$144,765	25,622	$176,279
181	A Time for Drunken Horses	Drama	Not Rated	$143,542	25,406	$174,793
182	Place Vendome	Drama	Not Rated	$142,191	25,167	$173,149
183	Season's Beatings	Comedy		$136,502	24,160	$166,221
184	Kandahar	Drama	Not Rated	$125,150	22,150	$152,392
185	Bounce	Drama	PG-13	$103,791	18,370	$126,386
186	Better than Sex	Romantic Comedy	R	$94,940	16,804	$115,612
187	ABCD	Drama		$83,372	14,756	$101,521
188	Best Man in Grass Creek	Romantic Comedy	PG	$81,760	14,471	$99,560
189	Decalogue	Drama	Not Rated	$75,575	13,376	$92,027
190	The Legend of Rita	Drama	Not Rated	$72,149	12,770	$87,858
191	I Am Sam	Drama	PG-13	$67,418	11,932	$82,092
192	The Swamp	Comedy		$66,811	11,825	$81,356
193	Beautiful Creatures	Comedy	R	$55,381	9,802	$67,438
194	The Amati Girls	Drama	PG	$47,767	8,454	$58,164
195	Aberdeen	Drama		$43,821	7,756	$53,361
196	Simon Magus			$38,214	6,764	$46,536
197	The Basket	Drama	PG	$32,980	5,837	$40,159
198	Auggie Rose	Drama	R	$31,200	5,522	$37,991
199	The American Astronaut	Musical		$29,236	5,175	$35,604
200	Sunshine	Drama	R	$28,470	5,039	$34,668
201	Adanggaman	Drama		$27,760	4,913	$33,801
202	Cleopatra's Second Husband	Drama		$26,299	4,655	$32,026
203	The Broken Hearts Club: A Romantic Comedy	Comedy	R	$25,400	4,496	$30,932
204	Baran	Drama	PG	$21,702	3,841	$26,426
205	Forgive Me Father	Drama	R	$20,840	3,688	$25,373
206	Caf&eactute; Oleé	Romantic Comedy		$20,610	3,648	$25,098
207	Bangkok Dangerous	Action	R	$18,502	3,275	$22,532
208	The Annihilation of Fish	Drama	R	$18,335	3,245	$22,326
209	Born Romantic	Comedy	R	$14,597	2,584	$17,778
210	Amy	Comedy	PG-13	$7,880	1,395	$9,598
211	Trouble Every Day	Horror	Not Rated	$6,558	1,161	$7,988
212	Blue Moon	Comedy	PG-13	$5,968	1,056	$7,265
213	Burlesk King	Drama		$3,369	596	$4,100
214	Bad Blood	Drama		$2,075	367	$2,525
215	Blood, Friends and Money	Horror		$982	174	$1,197
216	Born in Absurdistan	Comedy		$976	173	$1,190
Total Gross of All Movies				$3,468,924,589
Total Tickets Sold					613,968,952
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices						$4,224,106,390

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.