Box Office Performance for Based on Book/Short Story Movies in 2001

Rank	Movie	Genre	MPAA	2001 Gross	Tickets Sold	Inflation- Adjusted Gross
1	Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone	Adventure	PG	$291,594,218	51,609,596	$355,074,020
2	Shrek	Adventure	PG	$267,655,011	47,372,568	$325,923,268
3	The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring	Adventure	PG-13	$174,119,499	30,817,610	$212,025,157
4	Hannibal	Horror	R	$165,092,266	29,219,870	$201,032,706
5	Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon	Drama	PG-13	$114,617,017	20,286,198	$139,569,042
6	The Princess Diaries	Comedy	G	$108,184,054	19,147,620	$131,735,626
7	Atlantis: The Lost Empire	Adventure	PG	$84,052,762	14,876,595	$102,350,974
8	Artificial Intelligence: AI	Drama	PG-13	$78,616,689	13,914,458	$95,731,471
9	Along Came a Spider	Thriller/Suspense	R	$74,058,698	13,107,734	$90,181,210
10	Bridget Jones's Diary	Romantic Comedy	R	$71,500,556	12,654,966	$87,066,166
11	Chocolat	Drama	PG-13	$67,060,776	11,869,164	$81,659,848
12	Don't Say a Word	Thriller/Suspense	R	$54,924,196	9,721,097	$66,881,147
13	Blow	Drama	R	$52,964,509	9,374,249	$64,494,833
14	Exit Wounds	Action	R	$51,758,599	9,160,814	$63,026,400
15	K-PAX	Drama	PG-13	$50,315,140	8,905,335	$61,268,705
16	Hardball	Drama	PG-13	$40,087,867	7,095,198	$48,814,962
17	Someone Like You	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$27,338,033	4,838,590	$33,289,499
18	The Musketeer	Adventure	PG-13	$27,053,815	4,788,286	$32,943,408
19	Memento	Drama	R	$25,544,867	4,521,215	$31,105,959
20	Captain Corelli's Mandolin	Drama	R	$25,528,495	4,518,318	$31,086,028
21	Hearts in Atlantis	Drama	PG-13	$24,185,781	4,280,669	$29,451,003
22	Valentine	Horror	R	$20,384,136	3,607,812	$24,821,747
23	The Pledge	Drama	R	$19,719,930	3,490,253	$24,012,941
24	A Beautiful Mind	Drama	PG-13	$18,559,546	3,284,875	$22,599,940
25	Original Sin	Thriller/Suspense	R	$16,521,410	2,924,143	$20,118,104
26	Tailor of Panama	Thriller/Suspense	R	$13,491,653	2,387,903	$16,428,773
27	The Deep End	Thriller/Suspense	R	$8,823,109	1,561,612	$10,743,891
28	All the Pretty Horses	Western	PG-13	$7,886,561	1,395,852	$9,603,462
29	How the Grinch Stole Christmas	Comedy	PG	$6,663,580	1,179,395	$8,114,238
30	Apocalypse Now Redux	Drama	R	$4,615,959	816,984	$5,620,850
31	Left Behind	Drama	PG-13	$4,221,341	747,140	$5,140,323
32	Before Night Falls	Drama	R	$3,986,585	705,590	$4,854,459
33	The Golden Bowl	Drama	R	$3,037,579	537,625	$3,698,860
34	The House of Mirth	Drama	PG	$2,872,744	508,450	$3,498,136
35	The Shipping News	Drama	R	$2,796,557	494,966	$3,405,366
36	In the Bedroom	Drama	R	$2,381,395	421,486	$2,899,824
37	China: The Panda Adventure	Drama	Not Rated	$1,716,261	303,763	$2,089,889
38	The Road Home	Drama	G	$1,280,090	226,565	$1,558,767
39	The Luzhin Defence	Drama	PG-13	$1,051,811	186,161	$1,280,788
40	Left Luggage	Drama	Not Rated	$907,718	160,658	$1,105,327
41	Requiem for a Dream	Drama	Open	$790,504	139,912	$962,595
42	The Caveman's Valentine	Drama	R	$687,081	121,607	$836,656
43	Focus	Drama	PG-13	$667,728	118,182	$813,092
44	The Crimson Rivers	Drama	R	$632,548	111,955	$770,250
45	Texas Rangers	Western	PG-13	$623,374	110,332	$759,084
46	The Claim	Western	R	$614,892	108,830	$748,750
47	Pay it Forward	Drama	PG-13	$542,879	96,085	$661,065
48	The Other Side of Heaven	Drama	PG	$522,125	92,412	$635,795
49	Bully	Drama	R	$510,092	90,282	$621,140
50	Intimacy	Drama	R	$448,008	79,293	$545,536
51	Black Hawk Down	Action	R	$274,347	48,557	$334,072
52	Rape Me	Drama		$271,426	48,040	$330,515
53	Chopper	Drama	R	$234,259	41,462	$285,259
54	Burnt Money	Drama		$192,168	34,012	$234,003
55	Audition	Horror	R	$110,776	19,606	$134,889
56	101 Reykjavík	Comedy		$109,277	19,341	$133,066
57	Wonder Boys	Comedy	R	$104,502	18,496	$127,252
58	The Blue Angel	Musical		$77,982	13,802	$94,958
59	Charlotte Gray	Drama	PG-13	$72,806	12,886	$88,656
60	Iris	Drama	R	$54,732	9,687	$66,647
61	A Matter of Taste	Thriller/Suspense		$48,602	8,602	$59,182
62	Aimee & Jaguar	Drama	Not Rated	$45,801	8,106	$55,769
63	Behind the Sun	Drama	PG-13	$35,625	6,305	$43,378
64	The Body	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$33,565	5,941	$40,874
65	Beau Travail	Drama		$13,250	2,345	$16,134
66	La chambre des magiciennes	Drama		$5,788	1,024	$7,045
Total Gross of All Movies				$2,024,894,950
Total Tickets Sold					358,388,485
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices						$2,465,712,777

Note: This chart ranks movies by the amount they earned during 2001. It includes movies released in previous years that earned money during 2001. For example, a movie released over Thanksgiving in 2000 will most likely earn money in 2000 and 2001. Click on the individual movie to see its total gross over all the years in which it played.

Each box office year ends on the first Sunday of the following year. The next year starts the following day (Monday). For example, the "2004 box office year" ended on Sunday, January 2, 2005.

Inflation-adjusted figures are based ticket sale estimates, and may not be precise due to rounding errors.