Box office number-one films of 2001 (USA)
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This is a list of films which have placed number one at the weekend box office in the United States during 2001.
| # | Weekend End Date | Film | Box Office | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 7 January 2001 | Cast Away | $22,220,725 | |
| 2 | 14 January 2001 | Save the Last Dance | $23,444,930 | |
| 3 | 21 January 2001 | Save the Last Dance | $15,366,047 | |
| 4 | 28 January 2001 | The Wedding Planner | $13,510,293 | |
| 5 | 4 February 2001 | The Wedding Planner | $10,605,542 | |
| 6 | 11 February 2001 | Hannibal | $58,003,121 | Hannibal broke Scream 3's record ($34.7 mil) for the highest weekend debut in February, and Scary Movie's record ($42.3 mil) for the highest weekend debut for an R-rated film. |
| 7 | 18 February 2001 | Hannibal | $29,707,947 | |
| 8 | 25 February 2001 | Hannibal | $15,767,006 | |
| 9 | 4 March 2001 | The Mexican | $20,108,829 | |
| 10 | 11 March 2001 | The Mexican | $12,244,750 | |
| 11 | 18 March 2001 | Exit Wounds | $18,485,586 | |
| 12 | 25 March 2001 | Heartbreakers | $11,801,323 | |
| 13 | 1 April 2001 | Spy Kids | $26,546,881 | |
| 14 | 8 April 2001 | Spy Kids | $17,079,114 | |
| 15 | 15 April 2001 | Spy Kids | $12,501,512 | |
| 16 | 22 April 2001 | Bridget Jones's Diary | $10,184,136 | Bridget Jones's Diary reached #1 in its second weekend of release. |
| 17 | 29 April 2001 | Driven | $12,174,504 | |
| 18 | 6 May 2001 | The Mummy Returns | $68,139,035 | |
| 19 | 13 May 2001 | The Mummy Returns | $33,741,755 | |
| 20 | 20 May 2001 | Shrek | $42,347,760 | Shrek won the 74th Academy Award for Best Animated Feature. |
| 21 | 27 May 2001 | Pearl Harbor | $59,078,912 | |
| 22 | 3 June 2001 | Pearl Harbor | $29,558,276 | |
| 23 | 10 June 2001 | Swordfish | $18,145,632 | |
| 24 | 17 June 2001 | Lara Croft: Tomb Raider | $47,735,743 | |
| 25 | 24 June 2001 | The Fast and the Furious | $40,089,015 | |
| 26 | 1 July 2001 | Artificial Intelligence: A.I. | $29,352,630 | |
| 27 | 8 July 2001 | Cats & Dogs | $21,707,617 | |
| 28 | 15 July 2001 | Legally Blonde | $20,377,426 | |
| 29 | 22 July 2001 | Jurassic Park III | $50,771,645 | |
| 30 | 29 July 2001 | Planet of the Apes | $68,532,960 | Planet of the Apes broke X-Men's record ($54.5 mil) for the highest weekend debut in July. |
| 31 | 5 August 2001 | Rush Hour 2 | $67,408,222 | Rush Hour 2 broke The Sixth Sense's record ($26.7 mil) for the highest weekend debut in August. |
| 32 | 12 August 2001 | American Pie 2 | $45,117,985 | |
| 33 | 19 August 2001 | American Pie 2 | $21,104,650 | |
| 34 | 26 August 2001 | American Pie 2 | $12,517,475 | |
| 35 | 2 September 2001 | Jeepers Creepers | $13,106,108 | Jeepers Creepers held the highest Labor Day weekend debut. |
| 36 | 9 September 2001 | The Musketeer | $10,312,740 | |
| 37 | 16 September 2001 | Hardball | $9,386,342 | |
| 38 | 23 September 2001 | Hardball | $8,058,338 | |
| 39 | 30 September 2001 | Don't Say a Word | $17,090,474 | |
| 40 | 7 October 2001 | Training Day | $22,550,788 | |
| 41 | 14 October 2001 | Training Day | $13,386,457 | |
| 42 | 21 October 2001 | From Hell | $11,014,818 | |
| 43 | 28 October 2001 | K-PAX | $17,215,275 | |
| 44 | 4 November 2001 | Monsters, Inc. | $62,577,067 | Monsters, Inc. broke Toy Story 2's record ($57.4 mil) for the highest weekend debut in November and for an animated film. |
| 45 | 11 November 2001 | Monsters, Inc. | $45,551,028 | |
| 46 | 18 November 2001 | Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone | $90,294,621 | Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone broke The Lost World: Jurassic Park's record ($72.1 mil) for the highest weekend debut of all-time, and Monsters, Inc.'s record ($62.6 mil) for the highest weekend debut in November (which was set 2 weeks ago). Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone had the highest weekend debut of 2001. |
| 47 | 25 November 2001 | Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone | $57,487,755 | Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone broke How The Grinch Stole Christmas's record ($52.1 mil) for the highest 2nd weekend gross, and Toy Story 2's record ($57.39 mil) for the highest Thanksgiving weekend ever. |
| 48 | 2 December 2001 | Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone | $23,642,327 | |
| 49 | 9 December 2001 | Ocean's Eleven | $38,107,822 | Ocean's Eleven broke What Women Want's record ($33.6 mil) for the highest weekend debut in December. |
| 50 | 16 December 2001 | Vanilla Sky | $25,015,518 | |
| 51 | 23 December 2001 | The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring | $47,211,490 | The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring broke Ocean's Eleven's record ($38.1 mil) for the highest weekend debut in December (which was set 2 weeks ago). |
| 52 | 30 December 2001 | The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring | $38,695,582 |
[edit] References
- Box Office Mojo Weekend Charts for 2001, weekend 1 to 52. Retrieved 2007-08-19
[edit] See also
- List of American films — American films by year
| Preceded by Box office number-one films of 2000 (USA) |
Box office number-one films of 2001 (USA) 2001 |
Succeeded by Box office number-one films of 2002 (USA) |
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