Box Office Performance for R Movies in 2001

Rank	Movie	Genre	MPAA	2001 Gross	Tickets Sold	Inflation- Adjusted Gross
1	Hannibal	Horror	R	$165,091,986	29,168,195	$209,427,640
2	American Pie 2	Comedy	R	$145,096,820	25,635,481	$184,062,754
3	Traffic	Drama	R	$123,735,812	21,861,451	$156,965,218
4	Training Day	Drama	R	$76,261,036	13,473,681	$96,741,030
5	Along Came a Spider	Thriller/Suspense	R	$74,058,698	13,084,576	$93,947,256
6	Bridget Jones's Diary	Romantic Comedy	R	$71,500,556	12,632,607	$90,702,118
7	Vanilla Sky	Thriller/Suspense	R	$71,395,769	12,614,093	$90,569,188
8	Scary Movie 2	Comedy	R	$71,277,420	12,593,184	$90,419,061
9	The Score	Thriller/Suspense	R	$71,069,884	12,556,517	$90,155,792
10	Swordfish	Action	R	$69,772,969	12,327,380	$88,510,588
11	The Mexican	Action	R	$66,808,615	11,803,642	$84,750,150
12	Spy Game	Action	R	$60,977,785	10,773,460	$77,353,443
13	Don't Say a Word	Thriller/Suspense	R	$54,924,196	9,703,922	$69,674,160
14	Blow	Drama	R	$52,964,509	9,357,687	$67,188,193
15	Exit Wounds	Action	R	$51,758,599	9,144,629	$65,658,436
16	Enemy at the Gates	Drama	R	$51,396,781	9,080,703	$65,199,448
17	Thirteen Ghosts	Horror	R	$41,867,960	7,397,166	$53,111,652
18	Ali	Drama	R	$40,051,763	7,076,283	$50,807,712
19	Jeepers Creepers	Horror	R	$37,903,067	6,696,655	$48,081,983
20	Kiss of the Dragon	Action	R	$36,833,473	6,507,681	$46,725,150
21	Not Another Teen Movie	Comedy	R	$32,017,512	5,656,804	$40,615,853
22	From Hell	Thriller/Suspense	R	$31,507,144	5,566,633	$39,968,425
23	Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back	Comedy	R	$30,059,386	5,310,846	$38,131,874
24	Snatch	Black Comedy	R	$30,055,445	5,310,149	$38,126,870
25	Baby Boy	Drama	R	$28,734,552	5,076,776	$36,451,252
26	The Brothers	Comedy	R	$27,457,409	4,851,132	$34,831,128
27	Memento	Drama	R	$25,530,884	4,510,757	$32,387,235
28	Captain Corelli's Mandolin	Drama	R	$25,528,495	4,510,335	$32,384,205
29	15 Minutes	Thriller/Suspense	R	$24,375,436	4,306,614	$30,921,489
30	Angel Eyes	Drama	R	$24,044,532	4,248,151	$30,501,724
31	Heist	Action	R	$23,483,357	4,149,003	$29,789,842
32	Two Can Play That Game	Romantic Comedy	R	$22,235,901	3,928,604	$28,207,377
33	Joy Ride	Thriller/Suspense	R	$21,966,161	3,880,947	$27,865,199
34	Valentine	Horror	R	$20,384,136	3,601,437	$25,858,318
35	The Pledge	Drama	R	$19,719,930	3,484,087	$25,015,745
36	How High	Comedy	R	$19,676,445	3,476,404	$24,960,581
37	Saving Silverman	Comedy	R	$19,351,569	3,419,005	$24,548,456
38	The Last Castle	Drama	R	$18,208,078	3,216,975	$23,097,881
39	Rock Star	Drama	R	$16,991,902	3,002,103	$21,555,100
40	Original Sin	Thriller/Suspense	R	$16,521,410	2,918,977	$20,958,255
41	Amelie	Comedy	R	$16,306,950	2,881,087	$20,686,205
42	O (Othello)	Drama	R	$16,017,403	2,829,930	$20,318,897
43	3000 Miles to Graceland	Drama	R	$15,738,632	2,780,677	$19,965,261
44	Life as a House	Drama	R	$15,652,637	2,765,484	$19,856,175
45	Freddy Got Fingered	Comedy	R	$14,249,005	2,517,492	$18,075,593
46	Tomcats	Comedy	R	$13,558,739	2,395,537	$17,199,956
47	Tailor of Panama	Thriller/Suspense	R	$13,491,653	2,383,684	$17,114,851
48	The Gift	Thriller/Suspense	R	$11,951,244	2,111,527	$15,160,764
49	Dracula 2000	Horror	R	$11,430,810	2,019,578	$14,500,570
50	The Royal Tenenbaums	Black Comedy	R	$10,790,201	1,906,396	$13,687,923
51	The Wash	Comedy	R	$9,988,941	1,764,831	$12,671,487
52	The Deep End	Thriller/Suspense	R	$8,823,109	1,558,853	$11,192,565
53	Pollock	Drama	R	$8,552,670	1,511,072	$10,849,497
54	John Carpenter's Ghosts of Mars	Action	R	$8,434,601	1,490,212	$10,699,722
55	Shadow of the Vampire	Drama	R	$8,128,846	1,436,192	$10,311,859
56	Bones	Horror	R	$7,307,756	1,291,123	$9,270,263
57	Sexy Beast	Drama	R	$6,946,056	1,227,218	$8,811,425
58	The Man Who Wasn't There	Drama	R	$6,860,825	1,212,160	$8,703,309
59	The Forsaken	Horror	R	$6,745,241	1,191,739	$8,556,686
60	Town & Country	Romantic Comedy	R	$6,705,484	1,184,714	$8,506,247
61	The Closet	Comedy	R	$6,671,454	1,178,702	$8,463,080
62	One Night at McCool's	Black Comedy	R	$6,276,532	1,108,928	$7,962,103
63	Ghost World	Comedy	R	$6,101,993	1,078,091	$7,740,693
64	Mulholland Drive	Drama	R	$5,608,043	990,820	$7,114,088
65	Say It Isn't So	Comedy	R	$5,516,708	974,683	$6,998,224
66	Love's a Bitch	Drama	R	$5,383,834	951,207	$6,829,666
67	State and Main	Comedy	R	$5,378,327	950,234	$6,822,680
68	You Can Count on Me	Drama	R	$5,364,751	947,836	$6,805,462
69	Made	Comedy	R	$5,308,707	937,934	$6,734,366
70	Apocalypse Now Redux	Drama	R	$4,615,959	815,540	$5,855,577
71	The Anniversary Party	Drama	R	$4,013,506	709,100	$5,091,338
72	Before Night Falls	Drama	R	$3,986,585	704,344	$5,057,190
73	With a Friend Like Harry	Thriller/Suspense	R	$3,818,452	674,638	$4,843,901
74	Quills	Drama	R	$3,710,057	655,487	$4,706,397
75	Proof of Life	Action	R	$3,545,454	626,405	$4,497,588
76	The Widow of St. Pierre	Drama	R	$3,058,380	540,350	$3,879,713
77	The Golden Bowl	Drama	R	$3,037,579	536,675	$3,853,327
78	Hedwig and the Angry Inch	Musical	R	$3,029,081	535,173	$3,842,542
79	Malena	Drama	R	$2,956,419	522,336	$3,750,372
80	The Shipping News	Drama	R	$2,796,557	494,091	$3,547,573
81	Waking Life	Drama	R	$2,539,796	448,727	$3,221,860
82	In the Bedroom	Drama	R	$2,381,395	420,741	$3,020,920
83	The Sidewalks of New York	Comedy	R	$2,322,406	410,319	$2,946,090
84	Gabriela	Drama	R	$2,308,115	407,794	$2,927,961
85	Innocence	Drama	R	$2,081,251	367,712	$2,640,172
86	Novocaine	Comedy	R	$1,973,973	348,758	$2,504,082
87	Greenfingers	Comedy	R	$1,439,287	254,291	$1,825,809
88	Men of Honor	Drama	R	$1,302,451	230,115	$1,652,226
89	Startup.com	Documentary	R	$1,280,975	226,321	$1,624,985
90	The Debut	Comedy	R	$1,070,925	189,209	$1,358,521
91	Gladiator	Action	R	$1,060,814	187,423	$1,345,697
92	All Over the Guy	Romantic Comedy	R	$1,006,969	177,910	$1,277,394
93	Liam	Drama	R	$1,006,408	177,811	$1,276,683
94	Together	Genre Unknown	R	$1,004,201	177,421	$1,273,883
95	The Closet	Comedy	R	$879,496	155,388	$1,115,686
96	The Princess and the Warrior	Drama	R	$871,058	153,897	$1,104,980
97	Chunhyang	Drama	R	$782,033	138,168	$992,046
98	The Man Who Cried	Drama	R	$739,583	130,668	$938,196
99	Faithless	Drama	R	$734,597	129,787	$931,871
100	Panic	Drama	R	$706,749	124,867	$896,545
101	Asoka	Drama	R	$702,777	124,166	$891,512
102	The Business of Strangers	Drama	R	$696,184	123,001	$883,147
103	Happy Accidents	Romantic Comedy	R	$688,510	121,645	$873,411
104	The Caveman's Valentine	Drama	R	$687,081	121,392	$871,595
105	Blow Dry	Comedy	R	$637,769	112,680	$809,042
106	The Taste of Others	Romantic Comedy	R	$635,282	112,241	$805,890
107	The Crimson Rivers	Drama	R	$632,548	111,758	$802,422
108	My First Mister	Drama	R	$615,406	108,729	$780,674
109	The Claim	Western	R	$614,892	108,638	$780,021
110	Dinner Rush	Drama	R	$596,190	105,334	$756,298
111	Almost Famous	Comedy	R	$589,553	104,161	$747,876
112	Bread and Roses	Drama	R	$536,465	94,782	$680,535
113	Gosford Park	Comedy	R	$524,385	92,648	$665,213
114	Our Lady of the Assassins	Drama	R	$515,409	91,062	$653,825
115	Bully	Drama	R	$510,092	90,122	$647,076
116	Tape		R	$490,475	86,656	$622,190
117	Intimacy	Drama	R	$448,008	79,153	$568,319
118	Brother	Thriller/Suspense	R	$447,750	79,108	$567,995
119	Donnie Darko	Drama	R	$420,618	74,314	$533,575
120	Bride of the Wind	Drama	R	$419,414	74,101	$532,045
121	The Affair of the Necklace	Drama	R	$414,563	73,244	$525,892
122	Brotherhood of the Wolf	Action	R	$401,634	70,960	$509,493
123	The Devil's Backbone	Horror	R	$381,872	67,469	$484,427
124	Session 9		R	$373,967	66,072	$474,397
125	Nico and Dani	Drama	R	$368,641	65,131	$467,641
126	Come Undone		R	$325,838	57,569	$413,345
127	Lantana	Drama	R	$316,038	55,837	$400,910
128	Lost and Delirious		R	$302,365	53,421	$383,563
129	Wet Hot American Summer		R	$292,102	51,608	$370,545
130	Black Hawk Down	Action	R	$274,347	48,471	$348,022
131	Our Song		R	$254,199	44,911	$322,461
132	Haiku Tunnel		R	$251,058	44,357	$318,483
133	One Week		R	$237,406	41,945	$301,165
134	No Man's Land	Drama	R	$234,880	41,498	$297,956
135	Chopper	Drama	R	$234,259	41,389	$297,173
136	High Heels and Low Lifes		R	$226,792	40,069	$287,695
137	Monster's Ball	Drama	R	$217,552	38,437	$275,978
138	Series 7: The Contenders	Drama	R	$171,478	30,296	$217,525
139	Porn Star: The Legend of Ron Jeremy		R	$163,815	28,943	$207,811
140	The Fluffer	Drama	R	$161,632	28,557	$205,039
141	Punks		R	$159,675	28,211	$202,555
142	Go Tigers		R	$151,692	26,801	$192,431
143	About Adam	Comedy	R	$142,699	25,212	$181,022
144	Maelstrom		R	$124,092	21,924	$157,414
145	Russian Doll		R	$123,026	21,736	$156,064
146	Sordid Lives	Comedy	R	$121,679	21,498	$154,356
147	Audition	Horror	R	$110,776	19,572	$140,527
148	Wonder Boys	Comedy	R	$104,502	18,463	$132,564
149	Second Skin		R	$104,043	18,382	$131,983
150	The King is Alive		R	$103,505	18,287	$131,301
151	Better than Sex	Romantic Comedy	R	$94,940	16,774	$120,437
152	Time and Tide		R	$88,868	15,701	$112,733
153	Happenstance		R	$82,337	14,547	$104,447
154	Taboo		R	$80,480	14,219	$102,092
155	Spring Forward		R	$76,216	13,466	$96,686
156	Everybody's Famous		R	$74,628	13,185	$94,668
157	Raju Chacha		R	$70,709	12,493	$89,700
158	Under Hellgate Bridge		R	$68,566	12,114	$86,979
159	Dancing at the Blue Iguana		R	$60,103	10,619	$76,244
160	Beautiful Creatures	Comedy	R	$55,381	9,785	$70,256
161	Iris	Drama	R	$54,732	9,670	$69,431
162	The Independent		R	$54,409	9,613	$69,021
163	The Million Dollar Hotel		R	$52,526	9,280	$66,630
164	Thomas Est Amoureux		R	$49,941	8,823	$63,349
165	The Monkey's Mask		R	$49,007	8,658	$62,164
166	Jackpot	Drama	R	$43,719	7,724	$55,458
167	Thomas in Love		R	$39,278	6,940	$49,829
168	One Day in September		R	$36,130	6,383	$45,830
169	Pavilion of Women		R	$35,938	6,349	$45,586
170	Auggie Rose	Drama	R	$31,200	5,512	$39,576
171	Sunshine	Drama	R	$28,470	5,030	$36,115
172	King of the Jungle		R	$27,161	4,799	$34,457
173	Maze		R	$26,918	4,756	$34,148
174	The Broken Hearts Club: A Romantic Comedy	Comedy	R	$25,400	4,488	$32,224
175	Pinero		R	$25,256	4,462	$32,037
176	Nora		R	$25,120	4,438	$31,865
177	South of Heaven, West of Hell		R	$24,315	4,296	$30,845
178	Goya in Bordeaux	Drama	R	$23,806	4,206	$30,199
179	Spriggan		R	$23,453	4,144	$29,754
180	Shadow Glories		R	$22,915	4,049	$29,072
181	An Everlasting Piece		R	$22,305	3,941	$28,296
182	Forgive Me Father	Drama	R	$20,840	3,682	$26,437
183	Let it Snow	Romantic Comedy	R	$20,555	3,632	$26,078
184	Akira	Action	R	$19,585	3,460	$24,843
185	Dark Blue World		R	$19,541	3,452	$24,785
186	Maybe Baby		R	$19,147	3,383	$24,290
187	The Simian Line		R	$18,601	3,286	$23,593
188	Bangkok Dangerous	Action	R	$18,502	3,269	$23,471
189	The Annihilation of Fish	Drama	R	$18,335	3,239	$23,256
190	Speedway Junky		R	$17,127	3,026	$21,727
191	The Girl Next Door	Documentary	R	$16,221	2,866	$20,578
192	Born Romantic	Comedy	R	$14,597	2,579	$18,517
193	Ed Gein		R	$11,821	2,089	$14,999
194	Two Ninas		R	$10,976	1,939	$13,922
195	Jails, Hospitals & Hip Hop		R	$10,791	1,907	$13,692
196	Nowhere to Hide		R	$10,584	1,870	$13,427
197	Extreme Force		R	$9,549	1,687	$12,113
198	Kill Me Later		R	$5,700	1,007	$7,230
199	Under Suspicion		R	$5,536	978	$7,022
200	Lakeboat		R	$5,159	911	$6,541
201	Final		R	$4,742	838	$6,017
202	Just One Time		R	$4,196	741	$5,320
203	Fever		R	$4,068	719	$5,162
204	No One Sleeps		R	$3,486	616	$4,423
205	Tell Me Something		R	$2,567	454	$3,260
206	Strictly Sinatra		R	$1,232	218	$1,565
207	Love, Honour and Obey		R	$1,143	202	$1,450
208	Poor White Trash		R	$566	100	$718
209	Sorority Girls' Revenge		R	$348	61	$438
210	Luminarias	Comedy	R	$288	51	$366
Total Gross of All Movies				$2,267,978,010
Total Tickets Sold					400,702,826
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices						$2,877,046,291

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.