Week Domestic Box Office December 21, 2001
| Rank | Prev | Title | Daily Gross | Weekly Change |
Theaters | Theater Average |
Total Gross | Days in Release | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | (-) | The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring | $89,248,852 | 3,359 | $26,570 | $117,166,830 | 9 | ||
| 2 | (new) | Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius | $34,428,625 | 3,139 | $10,968 | $34,428,625 | 7 | ||
| 3 | (2) | Ocean's Eleven | $32,793,438 | -12% | 3,075 | $10,665 | $120,088,460 | 21 | |
| 4 | (1) | Vanilla Sky | $22,463,334 | -40% | 2,744 | $8,186 | $59,880,634 | 14 | |
| 5 | (new) | Ali | $20,161,625 | 2,446 | $8,243 | $20,162,000 | 3 | ||
| 6 | (4) | Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone | $19,957,631 | +15% | 3,311 | $6,028 | $280,615,458 | 42 | |
| 7 | (new) | How High | $14,471,700 | 1,266 | $11,431 | $14,471,700 | 7 | ||
| 8 | (new) | The Majestic | $13,491,126 | 2,361 | $5,714 | $13,491,126 | 7 | ||
| 9 | (new) | Joe Somebody | $10,909,119 | 2,506 | $4,353 | $10,909,119 | 7 | ||
| 10 | (new) | A Beautiful Mind | $10,779,051 | 524 | $20,571 | $10,779,051 | 7 | ||
| 11 | (5) | Monsters, Inc. | $10,539,357 | +21% | 2,097 | $5,026 | $233,086,512 | 56 | |
| 12 | (3) | Not Another Teen Movie | $9,466,298 | -48% | 2,365 | $4,003 | $27,521,552 | 14 | |
| 13 | (new) | Kate and Leopold | $7,677,448 | 2,449 | $3,135 | $7,677,000 | 3 | ||
| 14 | (6) | Behind Enemy Lines | $6,117,304 | -28% | 1,808 | $3,383 | $48,046,351 | 28 | |
| 15 | (11) | The Royal Tenenbaums | $4,627,844 | +290% | 40 | $115,696 | $5,814,422 | 14 | |
| 16 | (10) | Amelie | $1,675,594 | +40% | 250 | $6,702 | $14,613,788 | 56 | |
| 17 | (7) | Spy Game | $1,406,025 | -62% | 834 | $1,686 | $60,433,890 | 37 | |
| 18 | (22) | In the Bedroom | $820,567 | +185% | 58 | $14,148 | $1,520,166 | 35 | |
| 19 | (8) | Black Knight | $820,360 | -70% | 647 | $1,268 | $31,238,695 | 37 | |
| 20 | (9) | Shallow Hal | $569,568 | -72% | 549 | $1,037 | $68,095,048 | 49 | |
| 21 | (17) | Serendipity | $478,875 | +18% | 331 | $1,447 | $50,127,905 | 84 | |
| 22 | (14) | The Wash | $363,019 | -36% | 299 | $1,214 | $9,903,921 | 44 | |
| 23 | (39) | The Other Side of Heaven | $314,376 | +227% | 17 | $18,493 | $410,504 | 14 | |
| 24 | (28) | Shackleton's Antarctic Adventure | $273,318 | +64% | 19 | $14,385 | $6,240,092 | 322 | |
| 25 | (36) | The Endurance: Shackleton's Legendary Antarctic Expedition | $264,915 | +140% | 40 | $6,623 | $1,132,434 | 84 | |
| 26 | (16) | The Man Who Wasn't There | $245,932 | -41% | 143 | $1,720 | $6,767,943 | 58 | |
| 27 | (23) | The Business of Strangers | $235,514 | -5% | 60 | $3,925 | $589,680 | 21 | |
| 28 | (21) | Hardball | $201,293 | -33% | 202 | $997 | $39,990,643 | 105 | |
| 29 | (-) | Trembling Before G-D | $192,366 | 7 | $27,481 | $239,848 | 63 | ||
| 30 | (15) | Domestic Disturbance | $179,886 | -68% | 285 | $631 | $44,693,961 | 56 | |
| 31 | (29) | Novocaine | $175,792 | +22% | 171 | $1,028 | $1,901,374 | 42 | |
| 32 | (32) | Planet of the Apes | $164,802 | +29% | 287 | $574 | $179,710,523 | 154 | |
| 33 | (38) | Lantana | $157,869 | +61% | 8 | $19,734 | $256,150 | 14 | |
| 34 | (59) | Max Keeble's Big Move | $141,389 | +516% | 253 | $559 | $16,951,627 | 84 | |
| 35 | (25) | K-PAX | $115,460 | -51% | 132 | $875 | $50,230,615 | 63 | |
| 36 | (27) | Zoolander | $115,237 | -32% | 161 | $716 | $45,076,460 | 91 | |
| 37 | (31) | Mulholland Drive | $114,405 | -13% | 60 | $1,907 | $5,543,758 | 81 | |
| 38 | (12) | Out Cold | $107,723 | -88% | 155 | $695 | $13,543,492 | 37 | |
| 39 | (18) | Life as a House | $103,371 | -73% | 74 | $1,397 | $15,621,721 | 63 | |
| 40 | (65) | Corky Romano | $102,704 | +411% | 106 | $969 | $23,557,427 | 77 | |
| 41 | (13) | Thir13en Ghosts | $101,076 | -83% | 498 | $203 | $41,867,960 | 63 | |
| 42 | (45) | No Man's Land | $92,782 | +72% | 15 | $6,185 | $179,747 | 21 | |
| 43 | (24) | Sidewalks of New York | $92,695 | -61% | 82 | $1,130 | $2,297,936 | 37 | |
| 44 | (35) | The Princess Diaries | $82,209 | -26% | 116 | $709 | $108,140,109 | 147 | |
| 45 | (30) | Waking Life | $73,717 | -47% | 50 | $1,474 | $2,498,784 | 70 | |
| 46 | (20) | Training Day | $71,321 | -79% | 337 | $212 | $76,261,036 | 84 | |
| 47 | (52) | Kandahar | $63,183 | +92% | 4 | $15,796 | $96,021 | 14 | |
| 48 | (19) | Heist | $62,984 | -83% | 521 | $121 | $23,483,357 | 49 | |
| 49 | (33) | The Devil's Backbone | $54,663 | -55% | 35 | $1,562 | $310,873 | 37 | |
| 50 | (41) | Legally Blonde | $52,408 | -37% | 228 | $230 | $96,493,426 | 168 | |
| 51 | (34) | Bandits | $38,910 | -66% | 271 | $144 | $41,372,655 | 77 | |
| 52 | (50) | China: The Panda Adventure | $35,633 | +7% | 19 | $1,875 | $1,702,549 | 154 | |
| 53 | (77) | Dinner Rush | $29,832 | +218% | 5 | $5,966 | $561,348 | 91 | |
| 54 | (46) | Fat Girl | $26,464 | -38% | 6 | $4,411 | $487,127 | 77 | |
| 55 | (40) | Don’t Say a Word | $25,787 | -70% | 49 | $526 | $54,904,347 | 91 | |
| 56 | (61) | Galapagos | $25,674 | +21% | 8 | $3,209 | $12,012,357 | 791 | |
| 57 | (48) | Moulin Rouge | $23,332 | -36% | 12 | $1,944 | $57,025,959 | 224 | |
| 58 | (64) | Cirque du Soleil - Journey of Man | $23,104 | +14% | 7 | $3,301 | $12,971,632 | 602 | |
| 59 | (51) | Focus | $22,933 | -31% | 21 | $1,092 | $658,620 | 70 | |
| 60 | (42) | The Affair of the Necklace | $22,173 | -69% | 8 | $2,772 | $397,624 | 28 | |
| 61 | (60) | Cyberworld 3D | $20,909 | -8% | 9 | $2,323 | $10,450,570 | 448 | |
| 62 | (56) | T-Rex: Back to the Cretaceous | $20,682 | -16% | 8 | $2,585 | $38,069,934 | 1,162 | |
| 63 | (44) | From Hell | $20,188 | -69% | 48 | $421 | $31,496,996 | 70 | |
| 64 | (new) | Little Otek | $20,118 | 1 | $20,118 | $20,118 | 7 | ||
| 65 | (54) | Porn Star: The Legend of Ron Jeremy | $17,912 | -37% | 4 | $4,478 | $147,918 | 28 | |
| 66 | (97) | Happenstance | $17,589 | +567% | 6 | $2,932 | $77,277 | 56 | |
| 67 | (72) | Behind the Sun | $17,504 | +37% | 2 | $8,752 | $31,844 | 14 | |
| 68 | (63) | Second Skin | $13,602 | -34% | 2 | $6,801 | $93,501 | 35 | |
| 69 | (80) | Island of the Sharks | $12,864 | +64% | 4 | $3,216 | $10,568,747 | 973 | |
| 70 | (76) | Burnt Money | $11,924 | +13% | 4 | $2,981 | $186,007 | 70 | |
| 71 | (47) | Joy Ride | $11,749 | -70% | 24 | $490 | $21,960,690 | 84 | |
| 72 | (74) | Atlantis: The Lost Empire | $11,603 | +1% | 36 | $322 | $84,045,212 | 203 | |
| 73 | (69) | Monty Python and the Holy Grail | $9,206 | -42% | 11 | $837 | $3,183,854 | 9,729 | |
| 74 | (71) | Va Savoir (Who Knows?) | $9,053 | -38% | 13 | $696 | $779,147 | 91 | |
| 75 | (67) | Tuvalu | $8,740 | -54% | 2 | $4,370 | $90,938 | 378 | |
| 76 | (117) | Divided We Fall | $8,703 | 2 | $4,352 | $1,320,112 | 203 | ||
| 77 | (94) | Extreme | $7,250 | +116% | 6 | $1,208 | $11,805,814 | 1,011 | |
| 78 | (105) | An American Rhapsody | $5,398 | +218% | 5 | $1,080 | $792,300 | 140 | |
| 79 | (75) | All Access: Front Row. Backstage. Live! | $5,213 | -54% | 4 | $1,303 | $993,055 | 266 | |
| 80 | (84) | Gabriela | $5,206 | -21% | 4 | $1,302 | $2,304,723 | 287 | |
| 81 | (92) | Thrill Ride: The Science of Fun | $4,260 | +20% | 2 | $2,130 | $17,173,263 | 1,631 | |
| 82 | (89) | My First Mister | $4,229 | +14% | 5 | $846 | $614,755 | 77 | |
| 83 | (82) | Donnie Darko | $3,938 | -46% | 6 | $656 | $418,009 | 63 | |
| 84 | (85) | Eban and Charley | $3,882 | -40% | 1 | $3,882 | $10,400 | 14 | |
| 85 | (81) | Sexy Beast | $3,804 | -49% | 2 | $1,902 | $6,942,774 | 198 | |
| 86 | (78) | Together | $3,051 | -67% | 1 | $3,051 | $1,001,594 | 232 | |
| 87 | (110) | Across The Sea of Time | $2,748 | +156% | 2 | $1,374 | $15,801,915 | 2,261 | |
| 88 | (104) | Wings of Courage | $2,258 | +27% | 2 | $1,129 | $14,984,923 | 2,443 | |
| 89 | (107) | Life and Debt | $2,254 | +43% | 2 | $1,127 | $119,346 | 189 | |
| 90 | (101) | Princessa | $2,028 | -1% | 1 | $2,028 | $9,264 | 21 | |
| 91 | (86) | The Deep End | $1,946 | -58% | 3 | $649 | $8,822,403 | 142 | |
| 92 | (79) | Ghost World | $1,221 | -85% | 7 | $174 | $6,098,883 | 161 | |
| 93 | (87) | The Vertical Ray of the Sun | $1,096 | -73% | 2 | $548 | $455,887 | 175 | |
| 94 | (106) | The Town is Quiet | $826 | -48% | 1 | $826 | $38,433 | 63 | |
| 95 | (109) | Haiku Tunnel | $787 | -29% | 3 | $262 | $249,779 | 105 | |
| 96 | (116) | Mark Twain's America 3D | $341 | +194% | 1 | $341 | $2,136,859 | 1,274 | |
| 97 | (98) | Happy Accidents | $225 | -91% | 1 | $225 | $688,523 | 126 | |
| Reporting movies: 97 | $317,788,299 | total box office | |||||||
| Rank | Title | Daily | Theaters | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring | $89,248,852 | 3,359 | $117,166,830 |
| 2 | Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius | $34,428,625 | 3,139 | $34,428,625 |
| 3 | Ocean's Eleven | $32,793,438 | 3,075 | $120,088,460 |
| 4 | Vanilla Sky | $22,463,334 | 2,744 | $59,880,634 |
| 5 | Ali | $20,161,625 | 2,446 | $20,162,000 |
| 6 | Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone | $19,957,631 | 3,311 | $280,615,458 |
| 7 | How High | $14,471,700 | 1,266 | $14,471,700 |
| 8 | The Majestic | $13,491,126 | 2,361 | $13,491,126 |
| 9 | Joe Somebody | $10,909,119 | 2,506 | $10,909,119 |
| 10 | A Beautiful Mind | $10,779,051 | 524 | $10,779,051 |
| 11 | Monsters, Inc. | $10,539,357 | 2,097 | $233,086,512 |
| 12 | Not Another Teen Movie | $9,466,298 | 2,365 | $27,521,552 |
| 13 | Kate and Leopold | $7,677,448 | 2,449 | $7,677,000 |
| 14 | Behind Enemy Lines | $6,117,304 | 1,808 | $48,046,351 |
| 15 | The Royal Tenenbaums | $4,627,844 | 40 | $5,814,422 |
| 16 | Amelie | $1,675,594 | 250 | $14,613,788 |
| 17 | Spy Game | $1,406,025 | 834 | $60,433,890 |
| 18 | In the Bedroom | $820,567 | 58 | $1,520,166 |
| 19 | Black Knight | $820,360 | 647 | $31,238,695 |
| 20 | Shallow Hal | $569,568 | 549 | $68,095,048 |
| 21 | Serendipity | $478,875 | 331 | $50,127,905 |
| 22 | The Wash | $363,019 | 299 | $9,903,921 |
| 23 | The Other Side of Heaven | $314,376 | 17 | $410,504 |
| 24 | Shackleton's Antarctic Adventure | $273,318 | 19 | $6,240,092 |
| 25 | The Endurance: Shackleton's Legendary Antarctic Expedition | $264,915 | 40 | $1,132,434 |
| 26 | The Man Who Wasn't There | $245,932 | 143 | $6,767,943 |
| 27 | The Business of Strangers | $235,514 | 60 | $589,680 |
| 28 | Hardball | $201,293 | 202 | $39,990,643 |
| 29 | Trembling Before G-D | $192,366 | 7 | $239,848 |
| 30 | Domestic Disturbance | $179,886 | 285 | $44,693,961 |
| 31 | Novocaine | $175,792 | 171 | $1,901,374 |
| 32 | Planet of the Apes | $164,802 | 287 | $179,710,523 |
| 33 | Lantana | $157,869 | 8 | $256,150 |
| 34 | Max Keeble's Big Move | $141,389 | 253 | $16,951,627 |
| 35 | K-PAX | $115,460 | 132 | $50,230,615 |
| 36 | Zoolander | $115,237 | 161 | $45,076,460 |
| 37 | Mulholland Drive | $114,405 | 60 | $5,543,758 |
| 38 | Out Cold | $107,723 | 155 | $13,543,492 |
| 39 | Life as a House | $103,371 | 74 | $15,621,721 |
| 40 | Corky Romano | $102,704 | 106 | $23,557,427 |
| 41 | Thir13en Ghosts | $101,076 | 498 | $41,867,960 |
| 42 | No Man's Land | $92,782 | 15 | $179,747 |
| 43 | Sidewalks of New York | $92,695 | 82 | $2,297,936 |
| 44 | The Princess Diaries | $82,209 | 116 | $108,140,109 |
| 45 | Waking Life | $73,717 | 50 | $2,498,784 |
| 46 | Training Day | $71,321 | 337 | $76,261,036 |
| 47 | Kandahar | $63,183 | 4 | $96,021 |
| 48 | Heist | $62,984 | 521 | $23,483,357 |
| 49 | The Devil's Backbone | $54,663 | 35 | $310,873 |
| 50 | Legally Blonde | $52,408 | 228 | $96,493,426 |
| 51 | Bandits | $38,910 | 271 | $41,372,655 |
| 52 | China: The Panda Adventure | $35,633 | 19 | $1,702,549 |
| 53 | Dinner Rush | $29,832 | 5 | $561,348 |
| 54 | Fat Girl | $26,464 | 6 | $487,127 |
| 55 | Don’t Say a Word | $25,787 | 49 | $54,904,347 |
| 56 | Galapagos | $25,674 | 8 | $12,012,357 |
| 57 | Moulin Rouge | $23,332 | 12 | $57,025,959 |
| 58 | Cirque du Soleil - Journey of Man | $23,104 | 7 | $12,971,632 |
| 59 | Focus | $22,933 | 21 | $658,620 |
| 60 | The Affair of the Necklace | $22,173 | 8 | $397,624 |
| 61 | Cyberworld 3D | $20,909 | 9 | $10,450,570 |
| 62 | T-Rex: Back to the Cretaceous | $20,682 | 8 | $38,069,934 |
| 63 | From Hell | $20,188 | 48 | $31,496,996 |
| 64 | Little Otek | $20,118 | 1 | $20,118 |
| 65 | Porn Star: The Legend of Ron Jeremy | $17,912 | 4 | $147,918 |
| 66 | Happenstance | $17,589 | 6 | $77,277 |
| 67 | Behind the Sun | $17,504 | 2 | $31,844 |
| 68 | Second Skin | $13,602 | 2 | $93,501 |
| 69 | Island of the Sharks | $12,864 | 4 | $10,568,747 |
| 70 | Burnt Money | $11,924 | 4 | $186,007 |
| 71 | Joy Ride | $11,749 | 24 | $21,960,690 |
| 72 | Atlantis: The Lost Empire | $11,603 | 36 | $84,045,212 |
| 73 | Monty Python and the Holy Grail | $9,206 | 11 | $3,183,854 |
| 74 | Va Savoir (Who Knows?) | $9,053 | 13 | $779,147 |
| 75 | Tuvalu | $8,740 | 2 | $90,938 |
| 76 | Divided We Fall | $8,703 | 2 | $1,320,112 |
| 77 | Extreme | $7,250 | 6 | $11,805,814 |
| 78 | An American Rhapsody | $5,398 | 5 | $792,300 |
| 79 | All Access: Front Row. Backstage. Live! | $5,213 | 4 | $993,055 |
| 80 | Gabriela | $5,206 | 4 | $2,304,723 |
| 81 | Thrill Ride: The Science of Fun | $4,260 | 2 | $17,173,263 |
| 82 | My First Mister | $4,229 | 5 | $614,755 |
| 83 | Donnie Darko | $3,938 | 6 | $418,009 |
| 84 | Eban and Charley | $3,882 | 1 | $10,400 |
| 85 | Sexy Beast | $3,804 | 2 | $6,942,774 |
| 86 | Together | $3,051 | 1 | $1,001,594 |
| 87 | Across The Sea of Time | $2,748 | 2 | $15,801,915 |
| 88 | Wings of Courage | $2,258 | 2 | $14,984,923 |
| 89 | Life and Debt | $2,254 | 2 | $119,346 |
| 90 | Princessa | $2,028 | 1 | $9,264 |
| 91 | The Deep End | $1,946 | 3 | $8,822,403 |
| 92 | Ghost World | $1,221 | 7 | $6,098,883 |
| 93 | The Vertical Ray of the Sun | $1,096 | 2 | $455,887 |
| 94 | The Town is Quiet | $826 | 1 | $38,433 |
| 95 | Haiku Tunnel | $787 | 3 | $249,779 |
| 96 | Mark Twain's America 3D | $341 | 1 | $2,136,859 |
| 97 | Happy Accidents | $225 | 1 | $688,523 |
| Reporting: 97 | $317,788,299 | total | ||