Box Office Performance for R Movies in 2001

Rank	Movie	Genre	MPAA	2001 Gross	Tickets Sold	Inflation- Adjusted Gross
1	Hannibal	Horror	R	$165,092,266	29,219,870	$201,032,706
2	American Pie 2	Comedy	R	$145,096,820	25,680,853	$176,684,269
3	Traffic	Drama	R	$123,735,812	21,900,144	$150,672,991
4	Training Day	Drama	R	$76,261,036	13,497,528	$92,862,993
5	Along Came a Spider	Thriller/Suspense	R	$74,058,698	13,107,734	$90,181,210
6	Bridget Jones's Diary	Romantic Comedy	R	$71,500,556	12,654,966	$87,066,166
7	Vanilla Sky	Thriller/Suspense	R	$71,395,769	12,636,419	$86,938,563
8	Scary Movie 2	Comedy	R	$71,277,420	12,615,473	$86,794,454
9	The Score	Thriller/Suspense	R	$71,069,884	12,578,741	$86,541,738
10	Swordfish	Action	R	$69,772,969	12,349,198	$84,962,482
11	The Mexican	Action	R	$66,808,615	11,824,534	$81,352,794
12	Spy Game	Action	R	$60,977,785	10,792,528	$74,252,593
13	Don't Say a Word	Thriller/Suspense	R	$54,924,196	9,721,097	$66,881,147
14	Blow	Drama	R	$52,964,509	9,374,249	$64,494,833
15	Exit Wounds	Action	R	$51,758,599	9,160,814	$63,026,400
16	Enemy at the Gates	Drama	R	$51,396,781	9,096,775	$62,585,812
17	Thirteen Ghosts	Horror	R	$41,867,960	7,410,258	$50,982,575
18	Ali	Drama	R	$40,051,763	7,088,808	$48,770,999
19	Jeepers Creepers	Horror	R	$37,904,175	6,708,704	$46,155,884
20	Kiss of the Dragon	Action	R	$36,833,473	6,519,199	$44,852,089
21	Not Another Teen Movie	Comedy	R	$32,017,512	5,666,816	$38,987,694
22	From Hell	Thriller/Suspense	R	$31,507,144	5,576,486	$38,366,224
23	Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back	Comedy	R	$30,059,386	5,320,245	$36,603,286
24	Snatch	Black Comedy	R	$30,055,445	5,319,548	$36,598,490
25	Baby Boy	Drama	R	$28,734,552	5,085,761	$34,990,036
26	The Brothers	Comedy	R	$27,457,409	4,859,718	$33,434,860
27	Memento	Drama	R	$25,544,867	4,521,215	$31,105,959
28	Captain Corelli's Mandolin	Drama	R	$25,528,495	4,518,318	$31,086,028
29	15 Minutes	Thriller/Suspense	R	$24,375,436	4,314,236	$29,681,944
30	Angel Eyes	Drama	R	$24,044,532	4,255,669	$29,279,003
31	Heist	Action	R	$23,483,357	4,156,346	$28,595,660
32	Two Can Play That Game	Romantic Comedy	R	$22,235,901	3,935,558	$27,076,639
33	Joy Ride	Thriller/Suspense	R	$21,966,161	3,887,816	$26,748,174
34	Valentine	Horror	R	$20,384,136	3,607,812	$24,821,747
35	The Pledge	Drama	R	$19,719,930	3,490,253	$24,012,941
36	How High	Comedy	R	$19,676,445	3,482,557	$23,959,992
37	Saving Silverman	Comedy	R	$19,351,569	3,425,056	$23,564,385
38	The Last Castle	Drama	R	$18,208,078	3,222,669	$22,171,963
39	Rock Star	Drama	R	$16,991,902	3,007,416	$20,691,022
40	Original Sin	Thriller/Suspense	R	$16,521,410	2,924,143	$20,118,104
41	Amelie	Comedy	R	$16,306,950	2,886,186	$19,856,960
42	O (Othello)	Drama	R	$16,017,403	2,834,939	$19,504,380
43	3000 Miles to Graceland	Drama	R	$15,738,632	2,785,599	$19,164,921
44	Life as a House	Drama	R	$15,652,637	2,770,378	$19,060,201
45	Freddy Got Fingered	Comedy	R	$14,249,005	2,521,948	$17,351,002
46	Tomcats	Comedy	R	$13,558,739	2,399,777	$16,510,466
47	Tailor of Panama	Thriller/Suspense	R	$13,491,653	2,387,903	$16,428,773
48	The Gift	Thriller/Suspense	R	$11,965,167	2,117,729	$14,569,976
49	Dracula 2000	Horror	R	$11,430,810	2,023,152	$13,919,286
50	The Royal Tenenbaums	Black Comedy	R	$10,790,201	1,909,770	$13,139,218
51	The Wash	Comedy	R	$9,988,941	1,767,954	$12,163,524
52	The Deep End	Thriller/Suspense	R	$8,823,109	1,561,612	$10,743,891
53	Pollock	Drama	R	$8,552,670	1,513,747	$10,414,579
54	John Carpenter's Ghosts of Mars	Action	R	$8,434,601	1,492,850	$10,270,808
55	Shadow of the Vampire	Drama	R	$8,128,846	1,438,734	$9,898,490
56	Bones	Horror	R	$7,307,756	1,293,408	$8,898,647
57	Sexy Beast	Drama	R	$6,946,056	1,229,390	$8,458,203
58	The Man Who Wasn't There	Drama	R	$6,860,825	1,214,305	$8,354,418
59	The Forsaken	Horror	R	$6,755,271	1,195,623	$8,225,886
60	Town & Country	Romantic Comedy	R	$6,712,451	1,188,044	$8,173,743
61	The Closet	Comedy	R	$6,671,454	1,180,788	$8,123,821
62	One Night at McCool's	Black Comedy	R	$6,276,532	1,110,891	$7,642,930
63	Ghost World	Comedy	R	$6,101,993	1,079,999	$7,430,393
64	Mulholland Drive	Drama	R	$5,608,043	992,574	$6,828,909
65	Say It Isn't So	Comedy	R	$5,516,708	976,408	$6,717,687
66	Love's a Bitch	Drama	R	$5,383,834	952,891	$6,555,890
67	State and Main	Comedy	R	$5,378,327	951,916	$6,549,182
68	You Can Count on Me	Drama	R	$5,364,751	949,513	$6,532,649
69	Made	Comedy	R	$5,308,707	939,594	$6,464,407
70	Apocalypse Now Redux	Drama	R	$4,615,959	816,984	$5,620,850
71	The Anniversary Party	Drama	R	$4,013,506	710,355	$4,887,242
72	Before Night Falls	Drama	R	$3,986,585	705,590	$4,854,459
73	With a Friend Like Harry	Thriller/Suspense	R	$3,818,452	675,832	$4,649,724
74	Quills	Drama	R	$3,710,057	656,647	$4,517,731
75	Proof of Life	Action	R	$3,545,454	627,514	$4,317,296
76	Hedwig and the Angry Inch	Musical	R	$3,067,312	542,887	$3,735,063
77	The Widow of St. Pierre	Drama	R	$3,058,380	541,306	$3,724,185
78	The Golden Bowl	Drama	R	$3,037,579	537,625	$3,698,860
79	Malena	Drama	R	$2,956,419	523,260	$3,600,029
80	The Shipping News	Drama	R	$2,796,557	494,966	$3,405,366
81	Waking Life	Drama	R	$2,539,796	449,521	$3,092,704
82	In the Bedroom	Drama	R	$2,381,395	421,486	$2,899,824
83	The Sidewalks of New York	Comedy	R	$2,322,406	411,045	$2,827,990
84	Gabriela	Drama	R	$2,308,115	408,516	$2,810,590
85	Innocence	Drama	R	$2,081,251	368,363	$2,534,337
86	Novocaine	Comedy	R	$1,973,973	349,376	$2,403,707
87	Greenfingers	Comedy	R	$1,439,287	254,741	$1,752,618
88	Men of Honor	Drama	R	$1,302,451	230,522	$1,585,991
89	Startup.com	Documentary	R	$1,280,975	226,721	$1,559,840
90	Gladiator	Action	R	$1,073,753	190,045	$1,307,510
91	The Debut	Comedy	R	$1,070,925	189,544	$1,304,063
92	Liam	Drama	R	$1,016,021	179,827	$1,237,210
93	All Over the Guy	Romantic Comedy	R	$1,006,969	178,225	$1,226,188
94	Together	Genre Unknown	R	$1,004,201	177,735	$1,222,817
95	The Closet	Comedy	R	$879,496	155,663	$1,070,961
96	The Princess and the Warrior	Drama	R	$871,058	154,170	$1,060,690
97	Chunhyang	Drama	R	$782,033	138,413	$952,281
98	The Man Who Cried	Drama	R	$747,092	132,229	$909,736
99	Faithless	Drama	R	$734,597	130,017	$894,517
100	Panic	Drama	R	$718,879	127,235	$875,377
101	Asoka	Drama	R	$702,777	124,385	$855,769
102	The Business of Strangers	Drama	R	$696,184	123,218	$847,740
103	Happy Accidents	Romantic Comedy	R	$688,523	121,862	$838,411
104	The Caveman's Valentine	Drama	R	$687,081	121,607	$836,656
105	Blow Dry	Comedy	R	$637,769	112,879	$776,608
106	The Taste of Others	Romantic Comedy	R	$635,282	112,439	$773,580
107	My First Mister	Drama	R	$615,406	108,921	$749,376
108	The Claim	Drama	R	$614,892	108,830	$748,750
109	Dinner Rush	Drama	R	$596,190	105,520	$725,978
110	Almost Famous	Comedy	R	$589,553	104,346	$717,900
111	The Crimson Rivers	Drama	R	$563,232	99,687	$685,847
112	Bread and Roses	Drama	R	$536,465	94,950	$653,256
113	Gosford Park	Comedy	R	$524,385	92,812	$638,547
114	Bully	Drama	R	$510,092	90,282	$621,140
115	Tape		R	$490,475	86,810	$597,253
116	Brother	Thriller/Suspense	R	$450,594	79,751	$548,687
117	Intimacy		R	$448,008	79,293	$545,536
118	Donnie Darko	Drama	R	$420,618	74,446	$512,188
119	Bride of the Wind	Drama	R	$419,414	74,233	$510,723
120	The Affair of the Necklace	Drama	R	$414,563	73,374	$504,813
121	Brotherhood of the Wolf	Action	R	$401,634	71,086	$489,072
122	The Devil's Backbone	Horror	R	$381,872	67,588	$465,005
123	Session 9		R	$378,176	66,934	$460,506
124	Lantana	Drama	R	$316,038	55,936	$384,840
125	Lost and Delirious		R	$302,365	53,516	$368,190
126	Wet Hot American Summer		R	$292,102	51,699	$355,689
127	Black Hawk Down	Action	R	$274,347	48,557	$334,072
128	Our Song		R	$254,199	44,991	$309,538
129	Haiku Tunnel		R	$251,058	44,435	$305,713
130	One Week		R	$237,406	42,019	$289,091
131	No Man's Land	Drama	R	$234,880	41,572	$286,015
132	Chopper	Drama	R	$234,259	41,462	$285,259
133	High Heels and Low Lifes		R	$226,792	40,140	$276,163
134	Monster's Ball	Drama	R	$217,552	38,505	$264,914
135	Series 7: The Contenders	Drama	R	$171,478	30,350	$208,808
136	Porn Star: The Legend of Ron Jeremy		R	$163,815	28,994	$199,479
137	The Fluffer	Drama	R	$161,632	28,607	$196,816
138	Punks		R	$159,675	28,261	$194,436
139	About Adam	Comedy	R	$151,559	26,825	$184,556
140	Russian Doll		R	$123,026	21,775	$149,812
141	Sordid Lives	Comedy	R	$121,679	21,536	$148,168
142	Audition	Horror	R	$110,776	19,606	$134,889
143	Wonder Boys	Comedy	R	$104,502	18,496	$127,252
144	The King is Alive		R	$103,505	18,319	$126,035
145	Better than Sex	Romantic Comedy	R	$94,940	16,804	$115,612
146	Happenstance		R	$82,337	14,573	$100,262
147	Taboo		R	$80,480	14,244	$97,999
148	Spring Forward		R	$76,222	13,491	$92,818
149	Under Hellgate Bridge		R	$68,566	12,136	$83,496
150	Dancing at the Blue Iguana		R	$60,103	10,638	$73,189
151	Beautiful Creatures	Comedy	R	$55,381	9,802	$67,438
152	Iris	Drama	R	$54,732	9,687	$66,647
153	The Independent		R	$54,409	9,630	$66,254
154	The Million Dollar Hotel		R	$52,526	9,297	$63,963
155	Thomas Est Amoureux		R	$49,941	8,839	$60,812
156	The Monkey's Mask		R	$49,007	8,674	$59,677
157	Jackpot	Drama	R	$44,452	7,868	$54,132
158	One Day in September		R	$36,130	6,395	$43,998
159	Pavilion of Women		R	$35,938	6,361	$43,764
160	Auggie Rose	Drama	R	$31,200	5,522	$37,991
161	Sunshine	Drama	R	$28,470	5,039	$34,668
162	King of the Jungle		R	$27,161	4,807	$33,072
163	Goya in Bordeaux	Drama	R	$26,969	4,773	$32,838
164	Maze		R	$26,918	4,764	$32,776
165	The Broken Hearts Club: A Romantic Comedy	Comedy	R	$25,400	4,496	$30,932
166	Nora		R	$25,120	4,446	$30,588
167	South of Heaven, West of Hell		R	$24,315	4,304	$29,612
168	Spriggan		R	$23,453	4,151	$28,559
169	Shadow Glories		R	$22,915	4,056	$27,905
170	An Everlasting Piece		R	$22,305	3,948	$27,162
171	Forgive Me Father	Drama	R	$20,840	3,688	$25,373
172	Akira	Action	R	$19,585	3,466	$23,846
173	Maybe Baby		R	$19,147	3,389	$23,316
174	The Simian Line		R	$18,601	3,292	$22,649
175	Bangkok Dangerous	Action	R	$18,502	3,275	$22,532
176	The Annihilation of Fish	Drama	R	$18,335	3,245	$22,326
177	Speedway Junky		R	$17,127	3,031	$20,853
178	The Girl Next Door	Documentary	R	$16,221	2,871	$19,752
179	Born Romantic	Comedy	R	$14,597	2,584	$17,778
180	Ed Gein		R	$11,821	2,092	$14,393
181	Two Ninas		R	$10,976	1,943	$13,368
182	Extreme Force		R	$9,549	1,690	$11,627
183	Kill Me Later		R	$5,700	1,009	$6,942
184	Under Suspicion		R	$5,536	980	$6,742
185	Lakeboat		R	$5,159	913	$6,281
186	Final		R	$4,742	839	$5,772
187	Just One Time		R	$4,196	743	$5,112
188	Fever		R	$4,068	720	$4,954
189	No One Sleeps		R	$3,486	617	$4,245
190	Strictly Sinatra		R	$1,232	218	$1,500
191	Love, Honour and Obey		R	$1,143	202	$1,390
192	Poor White Trash		R	$566	100	$688
193	Sorority Girls' Revenge		R	$348	62	$427
194	Luminarias	Comedy	R	$288	51	$351
Total Gross of All Movies				$2,266,102,743
Total Tickets Sold					401,080,131
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices						$2,759,431,301

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.