2001 Top-Grossing International Movies
This chart ranks movies by their International box office earnings for movies released in 2001.
| Rank | Movie | Release Date | Biggest Territory | Genre | 2001 International Gross |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Harry Potter and the Sorcerer… | Nov 15, 2001 | Japan | Adventure | $644,703,600 |
| 2 | The Lord of the Rings: The Fe… | Dec 19, 2001 | China | Adventure | $576,310,273 |
| 3 | Spirited Away (千と千尋の神隠… | Jul 27, 2001 | Japan | Adventure | $385,752,184 |
| 4 | Monsters, Inc. | Nov 2, 2001 | New Zealand | Adventure | $270,334,111 |
| 5 | Ocean’s Eleven | Dec 7, 2001 | Australia | Thriller/Suspense | $267,311,379 |
| 6 | Pearl Harbor | May 25, 2001 | United Kingdom | Action | $250,699,998 |
| 7 | The Mummy Returns | May 4, 2001 | Adventure | $233,032,755 | |
| 8 | Shrek | May 18, 2001 | United Kingdom | Adventure | $224,157,783 |
| 9 | Bridget Jones’s Diary | Apr 13, 2001 | United Kingdom | Romantic Comedy | $201,094,497 |
| 10 | Hannibal | Feb 9, 2001 | Horror | $185,008,014 | |
| 11 | Jurassic Park III | Jul 18, 2001 | United Kingdom | Action | $184,733,885 |
| 12 | Planet of the Apes | Jul 27, 2001 | United Kingdom | Adventure | $182,200,000 |
| 13 | Artificial Intelligence: AI | Jun 29, 2001 | Drama | $157,283,311 | |
| 14 | A Beautiful Mind | Dec 21, 2001 | Drama | $146,959,062 | |
| 15 | Lara Croft: Tomb Raider | Jun 15, 2001 | United Kingdom | Adventure | $142,186,002 |
| 16 | American Pie 2 | Aug 10, 2001 | Comedy | $141,403,180 | |
| 17 | Le Fabuleux destin d'Amélie P… | Sep 1, 2001 | Netherlands | Romantic Comedy | $140,994,099 |
| 18 | Moulin Rouge | May 18, 2001 | United Kingdom | Musical | $121,813,167 |
| 19 | Rush Hour 2 | Aug 3, 2001 | United Kingdom | Action | $121,261,546 |
| 20 | The Others | Aug 10, 2001 | Horror | $111,242,369 | |
| 21 | Cats & Dogs | Jul 4, 2001 | United Kingdom | Comedy | $107,324,849 |
| 22 | Vanilla Sky | Dec 14, 2001 | South Korea | Thriller/Suspense | $102,111,747 |
| 23 | Atlantis: The Lost Empire | Jun 8, 2001 | Adventure | $101,996,258 | |
| 24 | Spy Kids | Mar 30, 2001 | Adventure | $85,000,000 | |
| 25 | Spy Game | Nov 21, 2001 | Action | $80,687,000 | |
| 26 | The Mexican | Mar 2, 2001 | Australia | Action | $78,429,635 |
| 27 | Swordfish | Jun 8, 2001 | United Kingdom | Action | $77,307,444 |
| 28 | Scary Movie 2 | Jul 4, 2001 | Comedy | $69,911,681 | |
| 29 | America’s Sweethearts | Jul 20, 2001 | Romantic Comedy | $67,040,820 | |
| 30 | Dr. Dolittle 2 | Jun 22, 2001 | United Kingdom | Comedy | $63,151,000 |
| 31 | The Fast and the Furious | Apr 2, 2001 | South Korea | Action | $61,946,062 |
| 32 | Evolution | Jun 8, 2001 | United Kingdom | Comedy | $60,030,798 |
| 33 | Les Rivières Pourpres | Jan 21, 2001 | Canada | Drama | $59,500,000 |
| 34 | The Princess Diaries | Aug 3, 2001 | Comedy | $57,090,000 | |
| 35 | Final Fantasy: The Spirits Wi… | Jul 11, 2001 | United Kingdom | Adventure | $53,000,000 |
| 36 | I Am Sam | Dec 28, 2001 | Drama | $52,271,523 | |
| 37 | Pokemon 3: The Movie | Apr 6, 2001 | United Kingdom | Adventure | $51,400,000 |
| 38 | Black Hawk Down | Dec 28, 2001 | Action | $51,052,340 | |
| 39 | Don’t Say a Word | Sep 28, 2001 | Thriller/Suspense | $49,490,907 | |
| 40 | Enemy at the Gates | Mar 16, 2001 | Drama | $45,574,512 | |
| 41 | Legally Blonde | Jul 13, 2001 | Australia | Comedy | $45,315,809 |
| 42 | A Knight’s Tale | May 11, 2001 | United Kingdom | Adventure | $44,538,620 |
| 43 | The Score | Jul 13, 2001 | Thriller/Suspense | $42,472,207 | |
| 44 | Sweet November | Feb 16, 2001 | Drama | $40,466,125 | |
| 45 | From Hell | Oct 19, 2001 | Thriller/Suspense | $37,114,057 | |
| 46 | Captain Corelli's Mandolin | Aug 17, 2001 | Drama | $36,569,000 | |
| 47 | The Wedding Planner | Jan 26, 2001 | Romantic Comedy | $34,327,673 | |
| 48 | 15 Minutes | Mar 9, 2001 | Thriller/Suspense | $31,956,428 | |
| 49 | Save the Last Dance | Jan 12, 2001 | Drama | $31,206,053 | |
| 50 | Along Came a Spider | Apr 6, 2001 | Thriller/Suspense | $31,100,387 | |
| 51 | Blow | Apr 6, 2001 | United Kingdom | Drama | $30,291,521 |
| 52 | The Piano Teacher | Nov 9, 2001 | South Korea | Drama | $30,196,874 |
| 53 | Bandits | Oct 12, 2001 | Comedy | $30,000,000 | |
| 54 | Rat Race | Aug 17, 2001 | Comedy | $30,000,000 | |
| 55 | Ali | Dec 25, 2001 | Drama | $29,500,000 | |
| 56 | The One | Nov 2, 2001 | Action | $28,783,380 | |
| 57 | Training Day | Oct 5, 2001 | United Kingdom | Thriller/Suspense | $28,244,316 |
| 58 | Exit Wounds | Mar 16, 2001 | Action | $28,200,000 | |
| 59 | Serendipity | Oct 5, 2001 | Romantic Comedy | $27,221,987 | |
| 60 | Thirteen Ghosts | Oct 26, 2001 | Horror | $26,600,000 | |
| 61 | Not Another Teen Movie | Dec 14, 2001 | Australia | Comedy | $24,518,792 |
| 62 | Kate and Leopold | Dec 25, 2001 | Romantic Comedy | $23,842,325 | |
| 63 | Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham | Dec 14, 2001 | United Kingdom | Drama | $23,510,000 |
| 64 | Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius | Dec 21, 2001 | Adventure | $22,056,304 | |
| 65 | Driven | Apr 27, 2001 | Action | $22,000,000 | |
| 66 | Jeepers Creepers | Aug 31, 2001 | Horror | $21,034,860 | |
| 67 | Haunted Castle | Mar 2, 2001 | Australia | Horror | $19,211,870 |
| 68 | The Royal Tenenbaums | Dec 14, 2001 | Australia | Black Comedy | $19,077,240 |
| 69 | Heartbreakers | Mar 23, 2001 | United Kingdom | Comedy | $17,419,801 |
| 70 | Gosford Park | Dec 26, 2001 | United Kingdom | Comedy | $16,971,781 |
| 71 | Zoolander | Sep 28, 2001 | Comedy | $15,608,731 | |
| 72 | Amores Perros | Mar 30, 2001 | Australia | Drama | $15,500,000 |
| 73 | K-PAX | Aug 13, 2001 | Drama | $14,663,000 | |
| 74 | Memento | Mar 16, 2001 | China | Thriller/Suspense | $14,174,564 |
| 75 | The Dish | Mar 14, 2001 | New Zealand | Comedy | $14,000,000 |
| 76 | The Man Who Wasn't There | Oct 31, 2001 | Australia | Drama | $14,000,000 |
| 77 | The Tailor of Panama | Mar 30, 2001 | Thriller/Suspense | $14,000,000 | |
| 78 | Crocodile Dundee in Los Angel… | Apr 20, 2001 | United Kingdom | Comedy | $13,802,992 |
| 79 | Mulholland Drive | Oct 8, 2001 | South Korea | Thriller/Suspense | $13,560,139 |
| 80 | The Shipping News | Dec 25, 2001 | Drama | $13,000,000 | |
| 81 | Monster's Ball | Dec 26, 2001 | Drama | $12,492,541 | |
| 82 | On the Line | Oct 26, 2001 | South Korea | Romantic Comedy | $11,856,848 |
| 83 | Just Visiting | Apr 6, 2001 | Comedy | $11,395,193 | |
| 84 | Someone Like You | Mar 30, 2001 | Romantic Comedy | $11,346,873 | |
| 85 | The Curse of the Jade Scorpion | Aug 24, 2001 | Comedy | $11,000,000 | |
| 86 | The Hole | Dec 31, 2001 | Thriller/Suspense | $10,834,406 | |
| 87 | See Spot Run | Mar 2, 2001 | Comedy | $9,700,076 | |
| 88 | The Pledge | Jan 19, 2001 | Thriller/Suspense | $9,686,202 | |
| 89 | The Majestic | Dec 21, 2001 | Australia | Drama | $9,510,292 |
| 90 | Domestic Disturbance | Nov 2, 2001 | Thriller/Suspense | $9,000,000 | |
| 91 | Get Over It | Mar 9, 2001 | Romantic Comedy | $8,300,000 | |
| 92 | Life as a House | Oct 26, 2001 | Drama | $8,236,521 | |
| 93 | Recess: School's Out | Feb 16, 2001 | United Kingdom | Adventure | $7,754,709 |
| 94 | One Night at McCool’s | Apr 27, 2001 | Black Comedy | $7,165,425 | |
| 95 | Down to Earth | Feb 16, 2001 | Comedy | $7,000,000 | |
| 96 | Maybe Baby | Aug 24, 2001 | $7,000,000 | ||
| 97 | Antitrust | Jan 12, 2001 | Thriller/Suspense | $6,900,000 | |
| 98 | Hearts in Atlantis | Sep 28, 2001 | Drama | $6,700,000 | |
| 99 | Saving Silverman | Feb 9, 2001 | Comedy | $6,521,573 | |
| 100 | Amy | Feb 2, 2001 | United Kingdom | Comedy | $6,475,545 |