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	$303,425,292
2	Cast Away	Drama	PG-13	$123,941,038	21,897,710	$157,225,558
3	Spy Kids	Adventure	PG	$112,692,062	19,910,258	$142,955,652
4	Legally Blonde	Comedy	PG-13	$96,493,426	17,048,308	$122,406,851
5	The Others	Horror	PG-13	$96,471,845	17,044,496	$122,379,481
6	America's Sweethearts	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$93,607,673	16,538,458	$118,746,128
7	Cats & Dogs	Comedy	PG	$93,375,151	16,497,377	$118,451,167
8	Save the Last Dance	Drama	PG-13	$91,038,276	16,084,501	$115,486,717
9	Training Day	Drama	R	$76,261,036	13,473,681	$96,741,030
10	The Score	Thriller/Suspense	R	$71,069,884	12,556,517	$90,155,792
11	Swordfish	Action	R	$69,772,969	12,327,380	$88,510,588
12	Shallow Hal	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$68,429,897	12,090,088	$86,806,832
13	What Women Want	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$67,043,240	11,845,095	$85,047,782
14	The Mexican	Action	R	$66,808,615	11,803,642	$84,750,150
15	Miss Congeniality	Comedy	PG-13	$61,414,996	10,850,706	$77,908,069
16	Spy Game	Action	R	$60,977,785	10,773,460	$77,353,443
17	The Wedding Planner	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$60,400,856	10,671,529	$76,621,578
18	Moulin Rouge	Musical	PG-13	$57,044,922	10,078,608	$72,364,405
19	Rat Race	Comedy	PG-13	$56,607,223	10,001,276	$71,809,162
20	A Knight's Tale	Adventure	PG-13	$56,083,966	9,908,828	$71,145,385
21	The Animal	Comedy	PG-13	$55,762,229	9,851,984	$70,737,245
22	Behind Enemy Lines	Action	PG-13	$51,023,475	9,014,748	$64,725,891
23	Serendipity	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$50,255,310	8,879,030	$63,751,435
24	Finding Forrester	Drama	PG-13	$46,466,892	8,209,698	$58,945,632
25	Zoolander	Comedy	PG-13	$45,128,129	7,973,168	$57,247,346
26	Domestic Disturbance	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$44,746,318	7,905,710	$56,762,998
27	The One	Action	PG-13	$43,905,746	7,757,199	$55,696,689
28	Thirteen Ghosts	Horror	R	$41,867,960	7,397,166	$53,111,652
29	Bandits	Comedy	PG-13	$41,402,323	7,314,898	$52,520,968
30	Heartbreakers	Comedy	PG-13	$40,334,024	7,126,153	$51,165,779
31	The Emperor's New Groove	Adventure	G	$38,476,895	6,798,038	$48,809,913
32	Evolution	Comedy	PG-13	$38,311,134	6,768,752	$48,599,639
33	Jeepers Creepers	Horror	R	$37,903,067	6,696,655	$48,081,983
34	Kiss of the Dragon	Action	R	$36,833,473	6,507,681	$46,725,150
35	See Spot Run	Comedy	PG	$33,357,476	5,893,547	$42,315,667
36	The Family Man	Comedy	PG-13	$32,619,715	5,763,201	$41,379,783
37	Driven	Action	PG-13	$32,616,869	5,762,698	$41,376,172
38	What's the Worst That Could Happen?	Comedy	PG-13	$32,267,774	5,701,020	$40,933,324
39	Not Another Teen Movie	Comedy	R	$32,017,512	5,656,804	$40,615,853
40	Black Knight	Comedy	PG-13	$31,588,772	5,581,055	$40,071,975
41	Snatch	Black Comedy	R	$30,055,445	5,310,149	$38,126,870
42	Baby Boy	Drama	R	$28,734,552	5,076,776	$36,451,252
43	The Brothers	Comedy	R	$27,457,409	4,851,132	$34,831,128
44	Joe Dirt	Comedy	PG-13	$27,087,695	4,785,812	$34,362,130
45	15 Minutes	Thriller/Suspense	R	$24,375,436	4,306,614	$30,921,489
46	Angel Eyes	Drama	R	$24,044,532	4,248,151	$30,501,724
47	Corky Romano	Comedy	PG-13	$23,658,960	4,180,028	$30,012,601
48	Heist	Action	R	$23,483,357	4,149,003	$29,789,842
49	Two Can Play That Game	Romantic Comedy	R	$22,235,901	3,928,604	$28,207,377
50	Kate and Leopold	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$22,103,269	3,905,171	$28,039,128
51	Joy Ride	Thriller/Suspense	R	$21,966,161	3,880,947	$27,865,199
52	Summer Catch	Comedy	PG-13	$19,693,891	3,479,486	$24,982,709
53	How High	Comedy	R	$19,676,445	3,476,404	$24,960,581
54	Saving Silverman	Comedy	R	$19,351,569	3,419,005	$24,548,456
55	The Majestic	Drama	PG	$18,913,608	3,341,627	$23,992,882
56	The Last Castle	Drama	R	$18,208,078	3,216,975	$23,097,881
57	The Glass House	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$17,951,431	3,171,631	$22,772,311
58	Max Keeble's Big Move	Comedy	PG	$17,046,109	3,011,680	$21,623,862
59	Rock Star	Drama	R	$16,991,902	3,002,103	$21,555,100
60	crazy/beautiful	Drama	PG-13	$16,929,123	2,991,011	$21,475,459
61	Vertical Limit	Action	PG-13	$16,593,246	2,931,669	$21,049,383
62	Amelie	Comedy	R	$16,306,950	2,881,087	$20,686,205
63	Joe Somebody	Comedy	PG	$15,985,861	2,824,357	$20,278,883
64	3000 Miles to Graceland	Drama	R	$15,738,632	2,780,677	$19,965,261
65	Life as a House	Drama	R	$15,652,637	2,765,484	$19,856,175
66	Iron Monkey	Action	PG-13	$14,681,661	2,593,933	$18,624,439
67	Freddy Got Fingered	Comedy	R	$14,249,005	2,517,492	$18,075,593
68	Osmosis Jones	Comedy	PG	$13,596,911	2,402,281	$17,248,378
69	Out Cold	Comedy	PG-13	$13,577,476	2,398,847	$17,223,721
70	Tomcats	Comedy	R	$13,558,739	2,395,537	$17,199,956
71	Sugar and Spice	Comedy	PG-13	$13,276,953	2,345,751	$16,842,492
72	American Outlaws	Western	PG-13	$13,264,986	2,343,637	$16,827,314
73	The Gift	Thriller/Suspense	R	$11,951,244	2,111,527	$15,160,764
74	Get Over It	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$11,560,259	2,042,449	$14,664,784
75	Dracula 2000	Horror	R	$11,430,810	2,019,578	$14,500,570
76	Dude, Where's My Car?	Comedy	PG-13	$11,097,464	1,960,683	$14,077,704
77	Antitrust	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$10,965,209	1,937,316	$13,909,929
78	The Royal Tenenbaums	Black Comedy	R	$10,790,201	1,906,396	$13,687,923
79	Head Over Heels	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$10,397,365	1,836,990	$13,189,588
80	The Wash	Comedy	R	$9,988,941	1,764,831	$12,671,487
81	John Carpenter's Ghosts of Mars	Action	R	$8,434,601	1,490,212	$10,699,722
82	Shadow of the Vampire	Drama	R	$8,128,846	1,436,192	$10,311,859
83	The Curse of the Jade Scorpion	Comedy	PG-13	$7,496,522	1,324,474	$9,509,723
84	Bones	Horror	R	$7,307,756	1,291,123	$9,270,263
85	Sexy Beast	Drama	R	$6,946,056	1,227,218	$8,811,425
86	The Man Who Wasn't There	Drama	R	$6,860,825	1,212,160	$8,703,309
87	Cyberworld 3D	Adventure	Not Rated	$6,822,390	1,205,369	$8,654,549
88	The Forsaken	Horror	R	$6,745,241	1,191,739	$8,556,686
89	Town & Country	Romantic Comedy	R	$6,705,484	1,184,714	$8,506,247
90	The Closet	Comedy	R	$6,671,454	1,178,702	$8,463,080
91	One Night at McCool's	Black Comedy	R	$6,276,532	1,108,928	$7,962,103
92	Mulholland Drive	Drama	R	$5,608,043	990,820	$7,114,088
93	Say It Isn't So	Comedy	R	$5,516,708	974,683	$6,998,224
94	Love's a Bitch	Drama	R	$5,383,834	951,207	$6,829,666
95	State and Main	Comedy	R	$5,378,327	950,234	$6,822,680
96	You Can Count on Me	Drama	R	$5,364,751	947,836	$6,805,462
97	Made	Comedy	R	$5,308,707	937,934	$6,734,366
98	Bubble Boy	Comedy	PG-13	$5,002,310	883,800	$6,345,684
99	Unbreakable	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$4,965,347	877,270	$6,298,799
100	Meet the Parents	Comedy	PG-13	$4,899,550	865,645	$6,215,331
101	Billy Elliot	Drama	PG-13	$4,899,415	865,621	$6,215,159
102	Bread and Tulips	Comedy	PG-13	$4,778,389	844,238	$6,061,629
103	Cirque du Soleil - Journey of Man	Musical	G	$4,455,979	787,275	$5,652,635
104	Tortilla Soup	Comedy	PG-13	$4,447,014	785,692	$5,641,269
105	On the Line	Romantic Comedy	PG	$4,356,743	769,743	$5,526,755
106	Glitter	Musical	PG-13	$4,273,372	755,013	$5,420,993
107	The Anniversary Party	Drama	R	$4,013,506	709,100	$5,091,338
108	With a Friend Like Harry	Thriller/Suspense	R	$3,818,452	674,638	$4,843,901
109	Haunted Castle	Adventure	PG	$3,317,618	586,152	$4,208,571
110	Pootie Tang	Comedy	PG-13	$3,293,258	581,848	$4,177,669
111	Soul Survivors	Horror	PG-13	$3,100,650	547,818	$3,933,333
112	Songcatcher	Drama	PG-13	$3,050,934	539,034	$3,870,264
113	Malena	Drama	R	$2,956,419	522,336	$3,750,372
114	Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham	Drama	Not Rated	$2,862,000	505,654	$3,630,596
115	In the Mood for Love	Drama	PG	$2,734,044	483,047	$3,468,277
116	T-Rex: Back to the Cretaceous	Adventure	Not Rated	$2,648,928	468,008	$3,360,297
117	Waking Life	Drama	R	$2,539,796	448,727	$3,221,860
118	Himalaya - l'enfance d'un chef	Drama	Not Rated	$2,356,686	416,376	$2,989,580
119	The Sidewalks of New York	Comedy	R	$2,322,406	410,319	$2,946,090
120	Gabriela	Drama	R	$2,308,115	407,794	$2,927,961
121	Innocence	Drama	R	$2,081,251	367,712	$2,640,172
122	Novocaine	Comedy	R	$1,973,973	348,758	$2,504,082
123	Carman: The Champion	Drama	PG-13	$1,743,863	308,103	$2,212,180
124	Under the Sand	Drama	Not Rated	$1,444,459	255,205	$1,832,372
125	Best in Show	Comedy	PG-13	$1,441,606	254,701	$1,828,753
126	Greenfingers	Comedy	R	$1,439,287	254,291	$1,825,809
127	Divided We Fall	Drama	PG-13	$1,320,112	233,235	$1,674,627
128	Nuit de Noces	Comedy	Not Rated	$1,238,180	218,760	$1,570,697
129	L.I.E.	Drama	Open	$1,132,337	200,060	$1,436,431
130	The Center of the World	Drama	Not Rated	$1,096,037	193,646	$1,390,378
131	The Debut	Comedy	R	$1,070,925	189,209	$1,358,521
132	Gladiator	Action	R	$1,060,814	187,423	$1,345,697
133	Extreme Days	Action	PG	$1,047,553	185,080	$1,328,874
134	All Over the Guy	Romantic Comedy	R	$1,006,969	177,910	$1,277,394
135	Liam	Drama	R	$1,006,408	177,811	$1,276,683
136	Together	Genre Unknown	R	$1,004,201	177,421	$1,273,883
137	American Desi	Romantic Comedy	Not Rated	$902,835	159,511	$1,145,289
138	The Closet	Comedy	R	$879,496	155,388	$1,115,686
139	The Princess and the Warrior	Drama	R	$871,058	153,897	$1,104,980
140	Brigham City	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$851,137	150,378	$1,079,714
141	Lagaan	Musical	PG	$835,767	147,662	$1,060,213
142	An American Rhapsody	Drama	PG-13	$798,483	141,075	$1,012,919
143	Va Savoir (Who Knows?)	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$786,732	138,999	$998,013
144	Chunhyang	Drama	R	$782,033	138,168	$992,046
145	Yi Yi	Drama	Not Rated	$765,319	135,215	$970,844
146	The Man Who Cried	Drama	R	$739,583	130,668	$938,196
147	Faithless	Drama	R	$734,597	129,787	$931,871
148	Panic	Drama	R	$706,749	124,867	$896,545
149	Asoka	Drama	R	$702,777	124,166	$891,512
150	The Business of Strangers	Drama	R	$696,184	123,001	$883,147
151	Happy Accidents	Romantic Comedy	R	$688,510	121,645	$873,411
152	The Legend of Rita	Drama	Not Rated	$666,565	117,768	$845,574
153	The Circle	Drama	Not Rated	$658,435	116,331	$835,257
154	Yaadein	Drama	Not Rated	$645,615	114,066	$818,994
155	February 15, 1839	Drama	Not Rated	$640,790	113,214	$812,877
156	Alien Adventure	Adventure	Not Rated	$640,110	113,094	$812,015
157	Blow Dry	Comedy	R	$637,769	112,680	$809,042
158	The Taste of Others	Romantic Comedy	R	$635,282	112,241	$805,890
159	My First Mister	Drama	R	$615,406	108,729	$780,674
160	Dinner Rush	Drama	R	$596,190	105,334	$756,298
161	Little Nicky	Comedy	PG-13	$594,247	104,991	$753,835
162	Almost Famous	Comedy	R	$589,553	104,161	$747,876
163	Bread and Roses	Drama	R	$536,465	94,782	$680,535
164	I'm the One That I Want	Concert/Performance	Not Rated	$525,911	92,917	$667,144
165	Gosford Park	Comedy	R	$524,385	92,648	$665,213
166	Big Eden	Drama	PG-13	$503,796	89,010	$639,092
167	Fat Girl	Drama	Not Rated	$492,177	86,957	$624,351
168	Brother	Thriller/Suspense	R	$447,750	79,108	$567,995
169	Donnie Darko	Drama	R	$420,618	74,314	$533,575
170	The Affair of the Necklace	Drama	R	$414,563	73,244	$525,892
171	Brotherhood of the Wolf	Action	R	$401,634	70,960	$509,493
172	The Devil's Backbone	Horror	R	$381,872	67,469	$484,427
173	The Adventures of Felix	Comedy		$357,208	63,111	$453,137
174	Across The Sea of Time	Drama	G	$339,068	59,906	$430,125
175	Space Cowboys	Adventure	PG-13	$274,158	48,438	$347,785
176	Wings of Courage	Drama	G	$257,707	45,531	$326,913
177	Blood: The Last Vampire	Horror		$248,400	43,887	$315,109
178	No Man's Land	Drama	R	$234,880	41,498	$297,956
179	The 6th Day	Action	PG-13	$226,067	39,941	$286,776
180	Monster's Ball	Drama	R	$217,552	38,437	$275,978
181	Catfish in Black Bean Sauce	Comedy	PG-13	$207,990	36,747	$263,843
182	Red Planet	Action	PG-13	$207,836	36,720	$263,650
183	The Fluffer	Drama	R	$161,632	28,557	$205,039
184	Boys to Men	Drama	Not Rated	$144,765	25,577	$183,643
185	About Adam	Comedy	R	$142,699	25,212	$181,022
186	A Time for Drunken Horses	Drama	Not Rated	$142,233	25,130	$180,433
187	Place Vendome	Drama	Not Rated	$142,191	25,122	$180,376
188	Season's Beatings	Comedy	Not Rated	$136,502	24,117	$173,160
189	Kandahar	Drama	Not Rated	$125,150	22,111	$158,757
190	Bounce	Drama	PG-13	$103,791	18,338	$131,667
191	Better than Sex	Romantic Comedy	R	$94,940	16,774	$120,437
192	ABCD	Drama	Not Rated	$83,372	14,730	$105,761
193	Best Man in Grass Creek	Romantic Comedy	PG	$81,760	14,445	$103,715
194	Decalogue	Drama	Not Rated	$75,575	13,352	$95,867
195	I Am Sam	Drama	PG-13	$67,418	11,911	$85,521
196	The Swamp	Comedy	Not Rated	$66,811	11,804	$84,753
197	Beautiful Creatures	Comedy	R	$55,381	9,785	$70,256
198	The Amati Girls	Drama	PG	$47,767	8,439	$60,592
199	Aberdeen	Drama	Not Rated	$43,821	7,742	$55,588
200	Simon Magus		Not Rated	$38,214	6,752	$48,479
201	The Basket	Drama	PG	$32,980	5,827	$41,838
202	Auggie Rose	Drama	R	$31,200	5,512	$39,576
203	The American Astronaut	Musical	Not Rated	$29,236	5,165	$37,085
204	Sunshine	Drama	R	$28,470	5,030	$36,115
205	Adanggaman	Drama	Not Rated	$27,760	4,905	$35,218
206	Cleopatra's Second Husband	Drama	Not Rated	$26,299	4,646	$33,358
207	The Broken Hearts Club: A Romantic Comedy	Comedy	R	$25,400	4,488	$32,224
208	Baran	Drama	PG	$21,702	3,834	$27,528
209	Forgive Me Father	Drama	R	$20,840	3,682	$26,437
210	Caf&eactute; Ole�	Romantic Comedy		$20,610	3,641	$26,142
211	Bangkok Dangerous	Action	R	$18,502	3,269	$23,471
212	The Annihilation of Fish	Drama	R	$18,335	3,239	$23,256
213	Born Romantic	Comedy	R	$14,597	2,579	$18,517
214	Amy	Comedy	PG-13	$7,880	1,392	$9,995
215	Trouble Every Day	Horror	Not Rated	$6,558	1,159	$8,322
216	Blue Moon	Comedy	PG-13	$5,968	1,054	$7,568
217	Burlesk King	Drama	Not Rated	$3,369	595	$4,272
218	Bad Blood	Drama	Not Rated	$2,075	367	$2,635
219	Blood, Friends and Money	Horror	Not Rated	$982	173	$1,242
220	Born in Absurdistan	Comedy	Not Rated	$976	172	$1,235
Total Gross of All Movies				$3,473,683,792
Total Tickets Sold					613,725,050
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices						$4,406,545,859

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.