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Contents
1 Events 2 Top grossing films 3 Awards 4 Films released in 2001
4.1 Films released in 2001 by country
5 Births 6 Deaths 7 Wide-release movies
7.1 January-March 7.2 April-June 7.3 July-September 7.4 October-December
Events Top grossing films Please note that following the tradition of the English language film industry , these are the top grossing films that were first released in the United States and Canada in 2001 ; because they may have made most of their income in a later year, they may not be the top-grossing films for calendar year. The top ten films of 2001 as of January 26 , 2006 (U.S. and Canada), January 26 , 2006 (UK) and January 26 , 2006 (Australia) are as follows:
International and U.S. & Canada combined box office gross figures are listed in U.S. dollars, British results in pounds sterling and Australian results in Australian dollars.
2001 Rank
Title
Studio
Box Office Gross
Total Int.l
U.S./Canada
U. K.
Australia
1.
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone Warner Bros.
$976,475,550
$317,575,550
£66,096,060
$41,610,399
2.
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring New Line Cinema
$871,368,364
$314,776,170
£63,051,172
$46,192,563
3.
Monsters, Inc. Buena Vista
$525,366,597
$255,873,250
£37,264,502
$25,345,632
4.
Shrek DreamWorks
$484,409,218
$267,665,011
£28,856,683
$31,291,922
5.
Ocean's Eleven Warner Bros.
$450,717,150
$183,417,150
£24,877,642
$22,234,443
6.
Pearl Harbor Buena Vista
$449,220,945
$198,542,554
£14,225,440
$18,773,788
7.
The Mummy Returns Universal Pictures
$433,019,785
$202,019,785
£20,323,326
$18,204,297
8.
Jurassic Park III Universal Pictures
$368,780,809
$181,171,875
£18,108,325
$10,654,035
9.
Planet of the Apes 20th Century Fox
$362,211,740
$180,011,740
£16,850,987
$11,645,152
10.
Hannibal MGM
$351,692,268
$165,092,268
£21,422,605
$11,282,930
In total, seven films released in 2001 grossed more than $400 million, reaching international blockbuster motion picture status.
For a complete list of 2001's top-grossing films, follow these links:
Awards Academy Awards :
Best Picture : A Beautiful Mind Achievement in directing : Ron Howard A Beautiful Mind
Best Actor : Denzel Washington Training Day Best Actress : Halle Berry Monster's Ball Best Supporting Actor : Jim Broadbent Iris Best Supporting Actress : Jennifer Connelly A Beautiful Mind
Best Foreign Language Film : No Man's Land Danis Tanovic , Bosnia and Herzegovina / Slovenia / Italy / France / U.K. / Belgium
Best Animated Feature : Shrek Andrew Adamson , United States
Golden Globe Awards :
Drama:
Best Picture : A Beautiful Mind Best Actor : Russell Crowe A Beautiful Mind
Best Actress : Sissy Spacek In the Bedroom Musical or comedy:
Best Picture : Moulin Rouge! Best Actor : Gene Hackman The Royal Tenenbaums Best Actress : Nicole Kidman Moulin Rouge!
Other
Best Director : Robert Altman Gosford Park Best Foreign Language Film : No Man's Land BAFTA AWARDS :
Best Picture : The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring Best Actor : Russell Crowe - A Beautiful Mind
Best Actress : Judi Dench Iris
Palme d'Or (Cannes Film Festival):The Son's Room La stanza del figlio ), directed by Nanni Moretti , Italy / France
Golden Lion (Venice Film Festival):
Monsoon Wedding Mira Nair , India / U.S.A. / France / Italy / Germany
Golden Bear (Berlin Film Festival):
Intimacy Intimité ), directed by Patrice Chéreau , France / U.K. / Germany / Spain
Films released in 2001 15 Minutes 3000 Miles to Graceland Kurt Russell , Kevin Costner
A.I. Artificial Intelligence Ali Will Smith
All Over the Guy Along Came a Spider Morgan Freeman
Amélie (from Montmartre) The American Astronaut Johnny Depp
American Outlaws American Pie 2 America's Sweethearts Catherine Zeta-Jones , Julia Roberts , John Cusack
Angel Eyes Jennifer Lopez
The Animal Antitrust The Art of Woo Atanarjuat Atlantis: The Lost Empire Michael J. Fox
Avalanche Alley Baby Boy Bandits Bruce Willis and Billy Bob Thornton
A Beautiful Mind Russell Crowe
Behind Enemy Lines I The Believer Black Hawk Down Black Knight Blow Bridget Jones's Diary Renée Zellweger
The Brothers The Bunker Captain Corelli's Mandolin Nicolas Cage
The Cat's Meow Cats & Dogs Uma Thurman and Janeane Garofalo
Chaos Charlotte Gray Corky Romano CQ Crazy/Beautiful Crocodile Dundee in Los Angeles Crush Dogtown and Z-Boys Domestic Disturbance Don't Say a Word Donnie Darko Jake Gyllenhaal
Double Take Down to Earth Dr. Dolittle 2 Eddie Murphy
Driven Dumb Luck Elling Elvira's Haunted Hills L'Emploi du Temps Time Out )
Enemy at the Gates Enigma Escape from Hell Evolution Exit Wounds The Fast and the Furious Festival in Cannes Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within Finder's Fee Frailty Freddy Got Fingered From Hell Johnny Depp
Gadar: Ek Prem Katha Get Over It Ghosts of Mars John Carpenter , starring Ice Cube , Natasha Henstridge , Jason Statham , Pam Grier , Clea DuVall and Joanna Cassidy
The Glass House Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack Gosford Park Hannibal Hardball Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone Harvard Man Head Over Heels Heartbreakers Jennifer Love Hewitt and Sigourney Weaver
Hearts in Atlantis Heist How High Human Nature In the Bedroom Green Day: International Supervideos Intimacy Iris Iron Monkey Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back Jeepers Creepers Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius Joe Dirt Joe Somebody Tim Allen
Josie and the Pussycats Joy Ride Jurassic Park III Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham Kate & Leopold Meg Ryan
Kiss of the Dragon Kissing Jessica Stein Kingdom Come A Knight's Tale Heath Ledger and Paul Bettany
K-PAX Kevin Spacey
Lagaan Lan Yu Lara Croft: Tomb Raider Angelina Jolie
The Last Castle Late Marriage Left Behind: The Movie Legally Blonde Reese Witherspoon
Life as a House The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring The Lost Skeleton of Cadavra Lovely & Amazing Lucía y el sexo Maangamizi: The Ancient One The Majestic Jim Carrey
Max Keeble's Big Move Me Without You Mean Machine Metropolis The Mexican Brad Pitt ,Julia Roberts and James Gandolfini
Mike Bassett: England Manager Millennium Actress Monkeybone Monsoon Wedding Monster's Ball Halle Berry and Billy Bob Thornton
Monsters, Inc. John Goodman and Billy Crystal
Moulin Rouge! Nicole Kidman and Ewan McGregor - Golden Globe Award for Best Picture (Musical or Comedy)
Mulholland Drive The Mummy Returns Brendan Fraser
The Musketeer No Man's Land Not Another Teen Movie Novocaine Nowhere in Africa Nirgendwo in Afrika ), Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film (2002)
O Ocean's Eleven Brad Pitt , George Clooney , Matt Damon , Julia Roberts , Don Cheadle
Red Hot Chili Peppers: Off The Map The One Jet Li
Original Sin Osmosis Jones Out Cold Jason London & Lee Majors
The Others Nicole Kidman
Pearl Harbor Ben Affleck
Le Peuple Migrateur Winged Migration )
The Piano Teacher Planet of the Apes Mark Wahlberg
The Pledge Pokémon 3: The Movie Princesa The Princess Diaries Julie Andrews and Anne Hathaway
Rain Rat Race Recess: School's Out Revolution OS Riding in Cars with Boys Rock Star The Royal Tenenbaums Shaolin Soccer Save the Last Dance Saving Silverman Say It Isn't So Scary Movie 2 Scratch The Score Scotland, Pa. See Spot Run Serendipity John Cusack and Kate Beckinsale
Shallow Hal The Shipping News Shrek Someone Like You The Son's Room Southern Comfort Spirited Away Spy Game Brad Pitt and Robert Redford
Spy Kids Summer Catch Sur mes lèvres Sweet November Keanu Reeves and Charlize Theron
Swordfish John Travolta , Halle Berry and Hugh Jackman
Taking Sides The Tailor of Panama Thir13en Ghosts Thirteen Conversations About One Thing Tomcats Training Day Two Can Play that Game Uprising Valentine Vanilla Sky Tom Cruise , Cameron Diaz and Penélope Cruz
Vidocq Waking Life War Photographer The Wash The Wedding Planner Matthew McConaughey and Jennifer Lopez
What's the Worst That Could Happen? What Time Is It There? Yamakasi Les samouraïs des temps modernes
Y tu mamá también Yellow Hair 2 Yeopgijeogin geunyeo My Sassy Girl Zoolander Ben Stiller
Films released in 2001 by country Births 1st May - Luke Tucker, child.
Deaths January 29 - Jean-Pierre Aumont , actor
February 7 - Dale Evans , actress
February 12 - Kristina Söderbaum , German actress and photographer
February 19 - Stanley Kramer , 87, American movie director
March 15 - Ann Sothern , actress
April 2 - Jennifer Syme , entertainment industry employee
April 15 - Joey Ramone , 49, singer/guitarist/songwriter
June 3 - Anthony Quinn , 86, actor
June 21 - Carroll O'Connor , 76, actor
June 28 - Jack Lemmon , 76, actor
June 28 - Joan Sims , 71, actress
August 25 - Aaliyah , 22, singer and actress
September 3 - Pauline Kael , 82, movie critic
October 28 - Grigori Chukhrai , Ukrainian film director
December 10 - Ashok Kumar , 90, actor, India
Wide-release movies January-March
‡ Films that achieved wide-release status after initial release.
Month Day Title Studio Notes
January
12
Antitrust MGM Ryan Phillippe , Tim Robbins
Double Take Touchstone /Buena Vista Eddie Griffin , Orlando Jones
Save the Last Dance Paramount Julia Stiles , Sean Patrick Thomas
19
The Pledge Warner Bros. Jack Nicholson , Helen Mirren , Aaron Eckhart
26
Sugar & Spice New Line James Marsden , Mena Suvari
The Wedding Planner Columbia /Sony Jennifer Lopez , Matthew McConaughey
February
2
Head Over Heels Universal Freddie Prinze, Jr. , Monica Potter
Left Behind Cloud Ten Kirk Cameron , first released directly to video in 2000
Valentine Warner Bros. David Boreanaz , Denise Richards
9
Hannibal MGM Anthony Hopkins , Julianne Moore , Gary Oldman
Saving Silverman Columbia /Sony Jack Black
16
Down to Earth Paramount Chris Rock , remake of 1941 film and 1978 film
Recess: School's Out Walt Disney /Buena Vista spinoff of Recess
Sweet November Warner Bros. Keanu Reeves , Charlize Theron , remake of 1968 film
23
3000 Miles to Graceland Warner Bros. Kurt Russell , Kevin Costner
Monkeybone 20th Century Fox Brendan Frasier , Bridget Fonda
March
2
The Mexican DreamWorks Brad Pitt , Julia Roberts , James Gandolfini
See Spot Run Warner Bros. David Arquette
9
15 Minutes New Line Robert DeNiro , Edward Burns , Kelsey Grammer
Get Over It Miramax Kirsten Dunst
16
Enemy at the Gates Paramount Joseph Fiennes , Jude Law , Ed Harris
Exit Wounds Warner Bros. Steven Seagal , DMX
23
The Brothers Screen Gems /Sony D. L. Hughley
Heartbreakers MGM Sigourney Weaver , Jennifer Love Hewitt
Say It Isn't So 20th Century Fox Chris Klein , Heather Graham
30
Someone Like You 20th Century Fox Ashley Judd , Hugh Jackman
Spy Kids Dimension /Miramax Antonio Banderas , Alexa Vega
Tomcats Columbia /Sony Jerry O'Connell
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