US Movie Market Summary for 2001
Total Box Office Gross: $8,124,700,098
Tickets sold: 1,438,000,019
Average ticket price:$5.65
Top Grossing Movies of 2001
| Rank | Movie | Release
Date | Distributor | Genre | MPAA | 2001 Gross | Tickets Sold | Inflation-
Adjusted
Gross |
|---|
| 1 |
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
|
11/16/2001
|
Warner Bros.
|
Adventure
|
PG
|
$291,594,218 |
51,609,596 |
$355,074,020 |
| 2 |
Shrek
|
5/18/2001
|
Dreamworks SKG
|
Adventure
|
PG
|
$267,655,011 |
47,372,568 |
$325,923,268 |
| 3 |
Monsters, Inc.
|
11/2/2001
|
Buena Vista
|
Adventure
|
G
|
$239,190,413 |
42,334,586 |
$291,261,952 |
| 4 |
Rush Hour 2
|
8/3/2001
|
New Line
|
Action
|
PG-13
|
$226,164,286 |
40,029,077 |
$275,400,050 |
| 5 |
The Mummy Returns
|
5/4/2001
|
Universal
|
Adventure
|
PG-13
|
$202,007,640 |
35,753,565 |
$245,984,527 |
| 6 |
Pearl Harbor
|
5/25/2001
|
Buena Vista
|
Action
|
PG-13
|
$198,539,855 |
35,139,797 |
$241,761,803 |
| 7 |
Jurassic Park 3
|
7/18/2001
|
Universal
|
Action
|
PG-13
|
$181,166,115 |
32,064,799 |
$220,605,817 |
| 8 |
Planet of the Apes
|
7/27/2001
|
20th Century Fox
|
Adventure
|
PG-13
|
$179,774,963 |
31,818,578 |
$218,911,817 |
| 9 |
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
|
12/19/2001
|
New Line
|
Adventure
|
PG-13
|
$174,119,499 |
30,817,610 |
$212,025,157 |
| 10 |
Hannibal
|
2/9/2001
|
MGM
|
Horror
|
R
|
$165,092,266 |
29,219,870 |
$201,032,706 |
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Market Share for Each Distributor in 2001
| Rank | Distributor | Movies | 2001 Gross | Tickets | Share |
|---|
| 1 |
Warner Bros.
|
31 |
$1,204,276,594 |
213,146,298 |
14.85% |
| 2 |
Universal
|
18 |
$925,642,496 |
163,830,532 |
11.42% |
| 3 |
Paramount Pictures
|
18 |
$891,714,493 |
157,825,575 |
11.00% |
| 4 |
Buena Vista
|
19 |
$886,028,920 |
156,819,277 |
10.93% |
| 5 |
20th Century Fox
|
20 |
$855,519,542 |
151,419,389 |
10.55% |
| 6 |
Sony Pictures
|
29 |
$719,537,650 |
127,351,797 |
8.87% |
| 7 |
New Line
|
13 |
$579,883,016 |
102,634,158 |
7.15% |
| 8 |
MGM
|
13 |
$447,979,949 |
79,288,486 |
5.52% |
| 9 |
Miramax
|
32 |
$425,830,539 |
75,368,237 |
5.25% |
| 10 |
Dreamworks SKG
|
7 |
$399,091,218 |
70,635,615 |
4.92% |
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Market Share for Each Genre in 2001
| Rank | Genre | Movies | 2001 Gross | Tickets | Share |
|---|
| 1 |
Adventure
|
24 |
$1,950,527,392 |
345,226,091 |
24.05% |
| 2 |
Comedy
|
89 |
$1,855,642,856 |
328,432,365 |
22.88% |
| 3 |
Drama
|
139 |
$1,474,985,719 |
261,059,412 |
18.19% |
| 4 |
Action
|
28 |
$1,269,968,649 |
224,773,213 |
15.66% |
| 5 |
Romantic Comedy
|
22 |
$520,179,759 |
92,067,216 |
6.41% |
| 6 |
Thriller/Suspense
|
20 |
$483,930,351 |
85,651,388 |
5.97% |
| 7 |
Horror
|
13 |
$390,865,899 |
69,179,805 |
4.82% |
| 8 |
Musical
|
7 |
$69,784,570 |
12,351,251 |
.86% |
| 9 |
Black Comedy
|
3 |
$47,122,178 |
8,340,209 |
.58% |
| 10 |
Western
|
3 |
$21,774,921 |
3,853,969 |
.27% |
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Market Share for Each MPAARating in 2001
| Rank | MPAARating | Movies | 2001 Gross | Tickets | Share |
|---|
| 1 |
PG-13
|
119 |
$4,152,286,965 |
734,918,048 |
51.18% |
| 2 |
R
|
194 |
$2,266,102,743 |
401,080,131 |
27.93% |
| 3 |
PG
|
31 |
$1,135,109,504 |
200,904,337 |
13.99% |
| 4 |
G
|
14 |
$511,119,284 |
90,463,591 |
6.30% |
| 5 |
Not Rated
|
36 |
$46,182,873 |
8,173,959 |
.57% |
| 6 |
Open
|
2 |
$1,920,833 |
339,970 |
.02% |
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Market Share for Each Source in 2001
| Rank | Source | Movies | 2001 Gross | Tickets | Share |
|---|
| 1 |
Original Screenplay
|
218 |
$3,469,321,101 |
614,039,131 |
42.79% |
| 2 |
Based on Book/Short Story
|
65 |
$2,024,364,232 |
358,294,553 |
24.97% |
| 3 |
Sequel
|
12 |
$996,071,956 |
176,295,923 |
12.29% |
| 4 |
Remake
|
8 |
$512,588,134 |
90,723,564 |
6.32% |
| 5 |
Based on Real Life Events
|
34 |
$395,787,113 |
70,050,814 |
4.88% |
| 6 |
Based on TV
|
6 |
$231,948,200 |
41,052,780 |
2.86% |
| 7 |
Based on Game
|
3 |
$164,210,506 |
29,063,807 |
2.03% |
| 8 |
Based on Magazine Article
|
2 |
$148,057,764 |
26,204,914 |
1.83% |
| 9 |
Based on Play
|
6 |
$45,689,122 |
8,086,571 |
.56% |
| 10 |
Traditional/Legend/Fairytale
|
1 |
$43,569,988 |
7,711,502 |
.54% |
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Market Share for Each ProductionMethod in 2001
| Rank | ProductionMethod | Movies | 2001 Gross | Tickets | Share |
|---|
| 1 |
Live Action
|
355 |
$6,634,241,705 |
1,174,202,070 |
81.80% |
| 2 |
Animation/Live Action
|
5 |
$739,093,432 |
130,812,996 |
9.11% |
| 3 |
Digital Animation
|
5 |
$589,081,638 |
104,262,237 |
7.26% |
| 4 |
Hand Animation
|
4 |
$144,884,918 |
25,643,349 |
1.79% |
| 5 |
Rotoscoping
|
1 |
$2,539,796 |
449,521 |
.03% |
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Market Share for Each CreativeType in 2001
| Rank | CreativeType | Movies | 2001 Gross | Tickets | Share |
|---|
| 1 |
Contemporary Fiction
|
185 |
$4,450,574,525 |
787,712,304 |
54.94% |
| 2 |
Kids Fiction
|
16 |
$1,074,392,608 |
190,157,984 |
13.26% |
| 3 |
Fantasy
|
17 |
$848,585,798 |
150,192,177 |
10.48% |
| 4 |
Historical Fiction
|
47 |
$740,863,427 |
131,126,272 |
9.15% |
| 5 |
Science Fiction
|
13 |
$579,038,351 |
102,484,665 |
7.15% |
| 6 |
Dramatization
|
18 |
$377,527,091 |
66,818,954 |
4.66% |
| 7 |
Factual
|
23 |
$24,137,653 |
4,272,149 |
.30% |
| 8 |
Super Hero
|
1 |
$4,965,347 |
878,822 |
.06% |
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