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The year '2001 in film' involved some significant events. (For more about films in foreign languages, check sources in those languages.)
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| Contents |
| Events |
| Top grossing films |
| Awards |
| Films released in 2001 |
| Films released in 2001 by country |
| Deaths |
| Wide-release movies |
| January-March |
| April-June |
| July-September |
| October-December |
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.
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:
| '2001' 'Rank' | 'Title' | 'Studio' | 'Box Office Gross' | |||
| 'Total Int.l' | 'U.S./Canada' | 'U. K.' | 'Australia' | |||
| 1. | ''Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone'' | Warner Bros. | $976,475,550 | $317,575,550 | £66,096,060 | $41,610,399 |
| 2. | '' | 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. This took the record from 1999, when six films reached IBMP status.
For a complete list of 2001's top-grossing films, follow these links:
★ Worldwide: http://boxofficemojo.com/yearly/chart/?view2=worldwide&yr=2006&p=.htm
★ U.S. & Canada: http://boxofficemojo.com/yearly/chart/?yr=2006&p=.htm
★ United Kingdom: http://www.ukfilmcouncil.org.uk/statistics/boxoffice/
★ Australia: http://www.moviemarshal.com.au/
Awards
'Academy Awards:'
:Best Picture: '''A Beautiful Mind''' (Imagine Entertainment)
: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''', directed by Danis Tanovic, Bosnia and Herzegovina / Slovenia / Italy / France / U.K. / Belgium
:Best Animated Feature: '''Shrek''', directed by 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''', Bosnia and Herzegovina / Slovenia / Italy / France / U.K. / Belgium
'BAFTA Awards:'
:Best Picture: ''''
: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''', directed by 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'' starring Kurt Russell, Kevin Costner
★ ''A.I. Artificial Intelligence''
★ ''Ali'', starring Will Smith
★ ''All Over the Guy''
★ ''Along Came a Spider'' with Morgan Freeman
★ ''Amélie (from Montmartre)'' (5 Acad.Awards: ArtDir/ Cinematogr/ ForeignLang/ Orig.Scr/ Sound)
★ ''The American Astronaut'' with Johnny Depp
★ ''American Outlaws''
★ ''American Pie 2''
★ ''America's Sweethearts'' starring Catherine Zeta-Jones, Julia Roberts, John Cusack
★ ''Angel Eyes'' starring Jennifer Lopez
★ ''The Animal''
★ ''Antitrust''
★ ''The Art of Woo''
★ ''Atanarjuat''
★ '' voice of Michael J. Fox
★ ''Avalanche Alley''
★ ''Baby Boy''
★ ''Bandits'' starring Bruce Willis and Billy Bob Thornton
★ ''A Beautiful Mind'' - Academy and Golden Globe (drama) Awards for Best Picture - starring Russell Crowe
★ ''Behind Enemy Lines I''
★ ''The Believer''
★ ''Black Hawk Down
★ ''Black Knight''
★ ''Blow''
★ ''Bridget Jones's Diary'' starring Renée Zellweger
★ ''The Brothers''
★ ''The Bunker''
★ ''Captain Corelli's Mandolin'' starring Nicolas Cage
★ ''Carving Out Our Name''
★ ''The Cat's Meow''
★ ''Cats & Dogs''
★ ''Chaos'' (French)
★ ''Charlotte Gray''
★ ''Corky Romano''
★ ''CQ''
★ ''Crazy/Beautiful''
★ ''Crocodile Dundee in Los Angeles''
★ ''Crush''
★ ''The Day the World Ended''
★ ''Dogtown and Z-Boys''
★ ''Domestic Disturbance''
★ ''Don't Say a Word''
★ ''Donnie Darko'' starring Jake Gyllenhaal
★ ''Double Take''
★ ''Down to Earth''
★ ''Dr. Dolittle 2'', starring Eddie Murphy
★ ''Driven''
★ ''Dumb Luck''
★ ''Earth vs. the Spider''
★ ''Elling'' - Golden Space Needle award (for 2002)
★ ''Elvira's Haunted Hills
★ ''L'Emploi du Temps'' (also known as ''Time Out'')
★ ''Enemy at the Gates''
★ ''Enigma''
★ ''Escape from Hell''
★ ''Evolution''
★ ''Exit Wounds''
★ ''The Fast and the Furious''
★ ''Festival in Cannes''
★ ''
★ ''Finder's Fee'' - Golden Space Needle award
★ ''Frailty''
★ ''Freddy Got Fingered''
★ ''From Hell'' starring Johnny Depp
★ ''
★ ''Gasoline''
★ ''Get Over It''
★ ''Ghosts of Mars'' directed by John Carpenter, starring Ice Cube, Natasha Henstridge, Jason Statham, Pam Grier, Clea DuVall and Joanna Cassidy
★ ''Ghost World''
★ ''The Glass House''
★ ''
★ ''Gosford Park''
★ ''Hannibal''
★ ''Hardball''
★ ''Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone''
★ ''Harvard Man''
★ ''Head Over Heels''
★ ''Heartbreakers'' with Jennifer Love Hewitt and Sigourney Weaver
★ ''Hearts in Atlantis''
★ ''Heist''
★ ''How High''
★ ''How to Make a Monster'' directed by George Hwang, starring Clea DuVall, Steven Culp, Tyler Mane, Jason Marsden, and Karim Prince
★ ''Human Nature''
★ ''In the Bedroom''
★ ''Green Day: International Supervideos'' (DVD release: MTV collection)
★ ''Intimacy'' - Golden Bear award
★ ''Iris''
★ ''Iron Monkey'' (English version - Chinese orig. release 1993)
★ ''Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back''
★ ''Jeepers Creepers''
★ ''
★ ''Joe Dirt''
★ ''Joe Somebody'', starring Tim Allen
★ ''Josie and the Pussycats''
★ ''Joy Ride''
★ ''Jurassic Park III''
★ ''Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham''
★ ''Kate & Leopold'', starring Meg Ryan
★ ''Kiss of the Dragon''
★ ''Kissing Jessica Stein''
★ ''Kingdom Come''
★ ''A Knight's Tale'' starring Heath Ledger and Paul Bettany
★ ''K-PAX'', starring Kevin Spacey
★ ''Lagaan''
★ ''Lan Yu''
★ '' starring Angelina Jolie
★ ''The Last Castle''
★ ''Late Marriage''
★ '' (first released directly to video in 2000)
★ ''Legally Blonde'' starring Reese Witherspoon
★ ''Life as a House''
★ '' - BAFTA Award for Best Picture
★ ''The Lost Skeleton of Cadavra
★ ''Lovely & Amazing''
★ ''Lucía y el sexo''
★ ''
★ ''The Majestic'', starring Jim Carrey
★ ''Max Keeble's Big Move''
★ ''Me Without You''
★ ''Mean Machine''
★ ''Metropolis''
★ ''The Mexican'' starring Brad Pitt,Julia Roberts and James Gandolfini
★ ''
★ ''Millennium Actress''
★ ''Mockingbird Don't Sing''
★ ''Monkeybone''
★ ''Monsoon Wedding'' - Golden Lion award
★ ''Monster's Ball'' starring Halle Berry and Billy Bob Thornton
★ ''Monsters, Inc.'' voices of John Goodman and Billy Crystal
★ ''Moulin Rouge!'', starring Nicole Kidman and Ewan McGregor - Golden Globe Award for Best Picture (Musical or Comedy)
★ ''Mulholland Drive''
★ ''The Mummy Returns'' starring Brendan Fraser
★ ''The Musketeer''
★ ''No Man's Land'' - Academy and Golden Globe Awards for Best Foreign Language Film
★ ''Not Another Teen Movie''
★ ''Novocaine''
★ ''Nowhere in Africa'' (''Nirgendwo in Afrika''), Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film (2002)
★ ''O''
★ ''Ocean's Eleven'' starring Brad Pitt, George Clooney, Matt Damon, Julia Roberts, Don Cheadle
★ ''Red Hot Chili Peppers: Off The Map'' (DVD Release)
★ ''The One'', starring Jet Li
★ ''Original Sin''
★ ''Osmosis Jones''
★ ''Out Cold'', starring Jason London & Lee Majors
★ ''The Others'', starring Nicole Kidman
★ ''Pearl Harbor'' with Ben Affleck
★ ''Le Peuple Migrateur'' (also known as ''Winged Migration'')
★ ''The Piano Teacher''
★ ''Planet of the Apes'' starring Mark Wahlberg
★ ''The Pledge''
★ '' (English version - Japanese orig. released 2000)
★ ''Princesa''
★ ''The Princess Diaries'', starring Julie Andrews and Anne Hathaway
★ ''Rain''
★ ''Rat Race''
★ ''
★ ''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 Jane Run''
★ ''See Spot Run''
★ ''Serendipity'' starring John Cusack and Kate Beckinsale
★ ''Shallow Hal''
★ ''She Creature''
★ ''The Shipping News''
★ ''Shrek'' - Academy Award for Best Animated Feature
★ ''Someone Like You''
★ ''The Son's Room'' (La stanza del figlio) - Palm d'Or award
★ ''Sorum''
★ ''Southern Comfort'', a documentary film
★ ''Spirited Away'' - Academy Award for Best Animated Feature and Golden Bear (both for 2002)
★ ''Spy Game'' starring Brad Pitt and Robert Redford
★ ''Spy Kids''
★ ''Stuck''
★ ''Summer Catch''
★ ''Sur mes lèvres''
★ ''Sweet November'' starring Keanu Reeves and Charlize Theron
★ ''Swordfish'' starring John Travolta, Halle Berry and Hugh Jackman
★ ''Taking Sides'' -(film only mentioned in article)
★ ''The Tailor of Panama''
★ ''Thir13en Ghosts''
★ ''Thirteen Conversations About One Thing''
★ ''Tomcats''
★ ''Training Day''
★ ''Two Can Play that Game''
★ ''Uprising''
★ ''Va savoir''
★ ''Valentine''
★ ''Vanilla Sky'', starring Tom Cruise, Cameron Diaz and Penélope Cruz
★ ''Vidocq''
★ ''Waking Life''
★ ''War Photographer''
★ ''The Wash''
★ ''The Wedding Planner'' starring 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'', starring Ben Stiller
Films released in 2001 by country
★
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
April-June
★ April 2001
★ April 6
★ April 13
★ April 20
★ April 27
★ May 2001
★ May 4
★ May 11
★ May 18
★ May 25
★ June 2001
★ June 1
★ June 8
★ June 15
★ June 22
★ June 29
July-September
★ July 2001
★ July 6
★ July 13
★ July 20
★ July 27
★ August 2001
★ August 3
★ August 10
★ August 17
★ August 24
★ August 31
★ September 2001
★ September 7
★ September 14
★ September 21
★ September 28
October-December
★ October 2001
★ October 5
★ October 12
★ October 19
★ October 26
★ November 2001
★ November 2
★ November 9
★ November 16
★ November 23
★ November 30
★ December 2001
★ December 7
★ December 14
★ December 21
★ December 28
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