2001 in film

Events

August 8 - Actor Tom Cruise and actress Nicole Kidman get divorced.

November 2 - Monsters, Inc. debuts with the best ticket sales ever for an animated film and the 6th best of all time.

November 4 and December 19 - The beginning of two film series based on best-sellers: Harry Potter and The Lord of the Rings, respectively.

Top grossing films

Rank 2001	Title	Studio	Worldwide Gross	U.S. Gross
1.	Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone	Warner Bros.	$976,556,263	$317,575,550
2.	The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring	New Line Cinema	$870,031,236	$313,364,114
3.	Monsters, Inc.	Buena Vista	$525,451,265	$255,873,250
4.	Shrek	DreamWorks	$484,494,264	$267,665,011
5.	Ocean's Eleven	Warner Bros.	$450,789,147	$183,417,150
6.	Pearl Harbor	Buena Vista	$449,215,158	$198,542,554
7.	The Mummy Returns	Universal Pictures	$433,015,123	$202,019,785
8.	Jurassic Park III	Universal Pictures	$368,815,809	$181,171,875
9.	Planet of the Apes	20th Century Fox	$362,215,315	$180,011,740
10.	Hannibal	MGM	$351,748,015	$165,092,268

In total, twenty films released in 2001 grossed more than $100 million in the U.S., reaching blockbuster motion picture status.

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Awards

Films released in 2001

Films released in 2001 by country

Deaths

Wide-release movies

January-March

*? Films that achieved wide-release status after initial release.*
Month	Day	Title	Studio	Notes
<font-size=300%>J A N U A R Y
	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
	26	The Wedding Planner	Columbia/Sony	Jennifer Lopez, Matthew McConaughey
<font-size=300%>F E B R U A R Y	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
	9	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
	23	Monkeybone	20th Century Fox	Brendan Fraser, Bridget Fonda
<font-size=300%>M A R C H	2	The Mexican	DreamWorks	Brad Pitt, Julia Roberts, James Gandolfini
	2	See Spot Run	Warner Bros.	David Arquette
	9	15 Minutes	New Line	Robert De Niro, Edward Burns, Kelsey Grammer
	9	Get Over It	Miramax	Kirsten Dunst
	16	Enemy at the Gates	Paramount	Joseph Fiennes, Jude Law , Ed Harris
	16	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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