2001 Top-Grossing Movies Worldwide
This chart ranks movies by their total cumulative worldwide box office earnings for movies released in 2001. Each movie is ranked by its total gross across all years it played, not just earnings during 2001.
| Rank | Movie | Worldwide Box Office | Domestic Box Office | International Box Office | Domestic Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Harry Potter and the Sorcerer… | $966,637,830 | $321,934,230 | $644,703,600 | 33.3% |
| 2 | The Lord of the Rings: The Fe… | $901,990,952 | $325,680,679 | $576,310,273 | 36.1% |
| 3 | Monsters, Inc. | $560,483,536 | $290,149,425 | $270,334,111 | 51.8% |
| 4 | Shrek | $494,327,743 | $270,169,960 | $224,157,783 | 54.7% |
| 5 | Ocean’s Eleven | $450,728,529 | $183,417,150 | $267,311,379 | 40.7% |
| 6 | Pearl Harbor | $449,239,853 | $198,539,855 | $250,699,998 | 44.2% |
| 7 | The Mummy Returns | $435,909,390 | $202,876,635 | $233,032,755 | 46.5% |
| 8 | Spirited Away (千と千尋の神隠… | $395,802,070 | $10,049,886 | $385,752,184 | 2.5% |
| 9 | Jurassic Park III | $365,900,000 | $181,166,115 | $184,733,885 | 49.5% |
| 10 | Planet of the Apes | $362,211,740 | $180,011,740 | $182,200,000 | 49.7% |
| 11 | Hannibal | $350,100,280 | $165,092,266 | $185,008,014 | 47.2% |
| 12 | Rush Hour 2 | $347,425,832 | $226,164,286 | $121,261,546 | 65.1% |
| 13 | A Beautiful Mind | $317,668,058 | $170,708,996 | $146,959,062 | 53.7% |
| 14 | American Pie 2 | $286,500,000 | $145,096,820 | $141,403,180 | 50.6% |
| 15 | Lara Croft: Tomb Raider | $273,330,185 | $131,144,183 | $142,186,002 | 48.0% |
| 16 | Bridget Jones’s Diary | $272,595,053 | $71,500,556 | $201,094,497 | 26.2% |
| 17 | Artificial Intelligence: AI | $235,900,000 | $78,616,689 | $157,283,311 | 33.3% |
| 18 | The Fast and the Furious | $211,528,307 | $149,582,245 | $61,946,062 | 70.7% |
| 19 | The Others | $207,808,878 | $96,566,509 | $111,242,369 | 46.5% |
| 20 | Vanilla Sky | $202,726,605 | $100,614,858 | $102,111,747 | 49.6% |
| 21 | Cats & Dogs | $200,700,000 | $93,375,151 | $107,324,849 | 46.5% |
| 22 | Spy Kids | $197,692,062 | $112,692,062 | $85,000,000 | 57.0% |
| 23 | Atlantis: The Lost Empire | $186,049,020 | $84,052,762 | $101,996,258 | 45.2% |
| 24 | Moulin Rouge | $179,199,536 | $57,386,369 | $121,813,167 | 32.0% |
| 25 | Dr. Dolittle 2 | $176,101,721 | $112,950,721 | $63,151,000 | 64.1% |
| 26 | Le Fabuleux destin d'Amélie P… | $174,375,841 | $33,381,742 | $140,994,099 | 19.1% |
| 27 | The Princess Diaries | $165,334,774 | $108,244,774 | $57,090,000 | 65.5% |
| 28 | America’s Sweethearts | $160,648,493 | $93,607,673 | $67,040,820 | 58.3% |
| 29 | Black Hawk Down | $159,691,085 | $108,638,745 | $51,052,340 | 68.0% |
| 30 | Swordfish | $147,080,413 | $69,772,969 | $77,307,444 | 47.4% |
| 31 | The Mexican | $145,238,250 | $66,808,615 | $78,429,635 | 46.0% |
| 32 | Spy Game | $143,049,560 | $62,362,560 | $80,687,000 | 43.6% |
| 33 | Legally Blonde | $141,809,235 | $96,493,426 | $45,315,809 | 68.0% |
| 34 | Scary Movie 2 | $141,189,101 | $71,277,420 | $69,911,681 | 50.5% |
| 35 | Save the Last Dance | $122,244,329 | $91,038,276 | $31,206,053 | 74.5% |
| 36 | The Score | $113,542,091 | $71,069,884 | $42,472,207 | 62.6% |
| 37 | Along Came a Spider | $105,159,085 | $74,058,698 | $31,100,387 | 70.4% |
| 38 | Training Day | $104,505,352 | $76,261,036 | $28,244,316 | 73.0% |
| 39 | Don’t Say a Word | $104,488,383 | $54,997,476 | $49,490,907 | 52.6% |
| 40 | Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius | $102,992,536 | $80,936,232 | $22,056,304 | 78.6% |
| 41 | A Knight’s Tale | $100,622,586 | $56,083,966 | $44,538,620 | 55.7% |
| 42 | Evolution | $98,341,932 | $38,311,134 | $60,030,798 | 39.0% |
| 43 | Enemy at the Gates | $96,971,293 | $51,396,781 | $45,574,512 | 53.0% |
| 44 | The Wedding Planner | $94,728,529 | $60,400,856 | $34,327,673 | 63.8% |
| 45 | I Am Sam | $92,542,418 | $40,270,895 | $52,271,523 | 43.5% |
| 46 | Ali | $87,683,966 | $58,183,966 | $29,500,000 | 66.4% |
| 47 | Rat Race | $86,607,223 | $56,607,223 | $30,000,000 | 65.4% |
| 48 | Final Fantasy: The Spirits Wi… | $85,131,830 | $32,131,830 | $53,000,000 | 37.7% |
| 49 | Blow | $83,282,296 | $52,990,775 | $30,291,521 | 63.6% |
| 50 | Exit Wounds | $79,958,599 | $51,758,599 | $28,200,000 | 64.7% |
| 51 | Serendipity | $77,477,297 | $50,255,310 | $27,221,987 | 64.9% |
| 52 | The One | $72,689,126 | $43,905,746 | $28,783,380 | 60.4% |
| 53 | Bandits | $71,523,271 | $41,523,271 | $30,000,000 | 58.1% |
| 54 | The Royal Tenenbaums | $71,430,876 | $52,353,636 | $19,077,240 | 73.3% |
| 55 | Down to Earth | $71,172,251 | $64,172,251 | $7,000,000 | 90.2% |
| 56 | Kate and Leopold | $70,937,778 | $47,095,453 | $23,842,325 | 66.4% |
| 57 | Shallow Hal | $70,836,296 | $70,836,296 | $0 | 100.0% |
| 58 | From Hell | $68,712,365 | $31,598,308 | $37,114,057 | 46.0% |
| 59 | Thirteen Ghosts | $68,467,960 | $41,867,960 | $26,600,000 | 61.1% |
| 60 | Pokemon 3: The Movie | $68,452,128 | $17,052,128 | $51,400,000 | 24.9% |
| 61 | Sweet November | $65,754,228 | $25,288,103 | $40,466,125 | 38.5% |
| 62 | K-PAX | $64,978,140 | $50,315,140 | $14,663,000 | 77.4% |
| 63 | Not Another Teen Movie | $62,401,343 | $37,882,551 | $24,518,792 | 60.7% |
| 64 | Captain Corelli's Mandolin | $62,097,495 | $25,528,495 | $36,569,000 | 41.1% |
| 65 | Zoolander | $60,780,981 | $45,172,250 | $15,608,731 | 74.3% |
| 66 | Les Rivières Pourpres | $60,132,548 | $632,548 | $59,500,000 | 1.1% |
| 67 | Jeepers Creepers | $58,939,035 | $37,904,175 | $21,034,860 | 64.3% |
| 68 | Behind Enemy Lines | $58,855,732 | $58,855,732 | $0 | 100.0% |
| 69 | Gosford Park | $58,271,886 | $41,300,105 | $16,971,781 | 70.9% |
| 70 | Heartbreakers | $57,753,825 | $40,334,024 | $17,419,801 | 69.8% |
| 71 | 15 Minutes | $56,331,864 | $24,375,436 | $31,956,428 | 43.3% |
| 72 | The Animal | $55,762,229 | $55,762,229 | $0 | 100.0% |
| 73 | Driven | $54,616,869 | $32,616,869 | $22,000,000 | 59.7% |
| 74 | Domestic Disturbance | $54,207,112 | $45,207,112 | $9,000,000 | 83.4% |
| 75 | Recess: School's Out | $44,451,470 | $36,696,761 | $7,754,709 | 82.6% |
| 76 | Monster's Ball | $43,766,463 | $31,273,922 | $12,492,541 | 71.5% |
| 77 | Hardball | $43,728,560 | $40,222,729 | $3,505,831 | 92.0% |
| 78 | See Spot Run | $43,057,552 | $33,357,476 | $9,700,076 | 77.5% |
| 79 | In the Bedroom | $42,137,871 | $35,930,604 | $6,207,267 | 85.3% |
| 80 | Memento | $39,719,431 | $25,544,867 | $14,174,564 | 64.3% |
| 81 | Crocodile Dundee in Los Angel… | $39,393,111 | $25,590,119 | $13,802,992 | 65.0% |
| 82 | Someone Like You | $38,684,906 | $27,338,033 | $11,346,873 | 70.7% |
| 83 | What's the Worst That Could H… | $38,462,071 | $32,267,774 | $6,194,297 | 83.9% |
| 84 | The Majestic | $37,306,334 | $27,796,042 | $9,510,292 | 74.5% |
| 85 | Kiss of the Dragon | $36,833,473 | $36,833,473 | $0 | 100.0% |
| 86 | Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back | $33,762,400 | $30,059,386 | $3,703,014 | 89.0% |
| 87 | Black Knight | $33,422,806 | $33,422,806 | $0 | 100.0% |
| 88 | Haunted Castle | $32,863,526 | $13,651,656 | $19,211,870 | 41.5% |
| 89 | The Piano Teacher | $32,097,156 | $1,900,282 | $30,196,874 | 5.9% |
| 90 | How High | $31,222,395 | $31,155,435 | $66,960 | 99.8% |
| 91 | Joe Dirt | $30,987,695 | $27,087,695 | $3,900,000 | 87.4% |
| 92 | Hearts in Atlantis | $30,885,781 | $24,185,781 | $6,700,000 | 78.3% |
| 93 | Double Take | $29,823,162 | $29,823,162 | $0 | 100.0% |
| 94 | Riding in Cars with Boys | $29,781,453 | $29,781,453 | $0 | 100.0% |
| 95 | Angel Eyes | $29,544,532 | $24,044,532 | $5,500,000 | 81.4% |
| 96 | The Pledge | $29,406,132 | $19,719,930 | $9,686,202 | 67.1% |
| 97 | Heist | $28,906,817 | $23,483,357 | $5,423,460 | 81.2% |
| 98 | Baby Boy | $28,734,552 | $28,734,552 | $0 | 100.0% |
| 99 | The Brothers | $27,958,191 | $27,457,409 | $500,782 | 98.2% |
| 100 | The Tailor of Panama | $27,491,653 | $13,491,653 | $14,000,000 | 49.1% |