Australian Box Office For December 2001
| Rank | Release | Gross | Theaters | Total Gross | Release Date | Distributor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone | $16,707,108 | 476 | $21,404,392 | - | Warner Bros. |
| 2 | The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring | $9,384,825 | 406 | $174,634 | - | Roadshow Films |
| 3 | American Pie 2 | $5,367,185 | 308 | $6,807,893 | Dec 6 | - |
| 4 | Monsters, Inc. | $4,671,986 | 357 | $12,989,361 | - | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 5 | Vanilla Sky | $2,761,501 | 297 | $3,728,281 | Dec 20 | - |
| 6 | The Score | $1,692,998 | 130 | $1,707,751 | Nov 29 | - |
| 7 | The Others | $1,241,056 | 302 | $5,407,845 | - | Hoyts Distribution |
| 8 | Lantana | $991,752 | 100 | $6,125,907 | Oct 4 | - |
| 9 | Riding in Cars with Boys | $882,778 | 177 | $1,538,987 | Nov 22 | - |
| 10 | Thir13en Ghosts | $701,094 | 140 | $940,284 | Dec 13 | - |
| 11 | Training Day | $630,342 | 184 | $2,559,356 | Nov 15 | - |
| 12 | The Man Who Sued God | $377,814 | 233 | $4,232,050 | Oct 25 | - |
| 13 | The Last Castle | $347,651 | 158 | $849,154 | Nov 22 | - |
| 14 | Original Sin | $258,519 | 100 | $258,519 | Dec 6 | - |
| 15 | Saving Silverman | $176,322 | 76 | $176,322 | Dec 13 | - |
| 16 | Shackleton's Antarctic Adventure | $166,881 | 3 | $4,030,122 | Nov 1 | - |
| 17 | Amélie | $133,120 | 53 | $3,336,919 | - | Icon Film Distribution Australia |
| 18 | The Closet | $124,634 | 14 | $553,872 | Dec 20 | - |
| 19 | Haunted Castle | $114,444 | 4 | $3,786,220 | Sep 20 | IMAX |
| 20 | Zoolander | $111,893 | 160 | $2,236,527 | Nov 1 | - |
| 21 | Monsoon Wedding | $109,085 | 19 | $890,439 | Dec 20 | - |
| 22 | CyberWorld | $104,554 | 4 | $1,569,456 | Jun 28 | - |
| 23 | The Deep End | $91,179 | 28 | $181,174 | Nov 22 | - |
| 24 | Apocalypse Now Redux 2001 Re-release | $79,877 | 14 | $234,531 | Nov 15 | - |
| 25 | Legally Blonde | $78,132 | 270 | $5,264,546 | - | Park Circus |
| 26 | Crazy/Beautiful | $50,677 | 49 | $154,206 | Nov 22 | - |
| 27 | The Man Who Wasn't There | $49,868 | 24 | $489,383 | Dec 26 | - |
| 28 | What's the Worst That Could Happen? | $48,557 | 98 | $208,498 | Nov 22 | - |
| 29 | Enigma 2001 Re-release | $44,569 | 50 | $723,295 | Oct 25 | - |
| 30 | Shallow Hal | $36,543 | 177 | $4,705,964 | Jan 1 | - |
| 31 | The Golden Bowl | $28,189 | 18 | $189,881 | Dec 26 | - |
| 32 | The Princess and the Warrior | $24,211 | 12 | $24,211 | Nov 29 | - |
| 33 | Don't Say a Word | $24,129 | 168 | $2,401,714 | Oct 25 | - |
| 34 | Moulin Rouge! | $21,209 | 258 | $14,340,922 | - | 20th Century Fox International |
| 35 | The Claim | $16,095 | 5 | $16,095 | Nov 29 | - |
| 36 | Soul Survivors | $1,064 | 1 | $1,064 | Dec 13 | - |
Data courtesy of Motion Picture Distributors Association of Australia
