French Box Office For December 2001
| Rank | Release | Gross | Theaters | Total Gross | Release Date | Distributor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone | $36,284,144 | 882 | $48,137,835 | Dec 5 | - |
| 2 | The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring | $20,557,794 | 869 | $35,119,115 | Dec 19 | - |
| 3 | Atlantis: The Lost Empire | $18,647,246 | 813 | $22,076,350 | Nov 28 | - |
| 4 | Tanguy | $12,053,387 | 589 | $21,418,121 | Nov 21 | - |
| 5 | Les rois mages | $8,545,368 | 537 | $11,702,020 | Dec 12 | - |
| 6 | Winged Migration French Canadian | $7,484,084 | 552 | $13,191,225 | Dec 12 | - |
| 7 | The Curse of the Jade Scorpion | $2,843,724 | 376 | $3,328,556 | Dec 5 | - |
| 8 | The One | $2,496,556 | 361 | $2,496,556 | Nov 28 | - |
| 9 | The Others | $2,258,864 | 444 | $7,674,181 | Dec 26 | - |
| 10 | Mulholland Drive | $1,829,536 | 186 | $3,639,652 | Nov 21 | - |
| 11 | Don't Say a Word | $1,692,735 | 294 | $1,692,735 | Nov 28 | - |
| 12 | Legally Blonde | $1,351,121 | 230 | $1,635,410 | Dec 12 | - |
| 13 | My Wife Is an Actress | $1,260,615 | 280 | $3,435,177 | Nov 14 | - |
| 14 | Sexy Boys | $1,089,395 | 270 | $2,270,481 | Dec 26 | - |
| 15 | Ghosts of Mars | $877,729 | 287 | $1,937,390 | Nov 21 | - |
| 16 | Bridget Jones's Diary | $778,788 | 660 | $17,962,308 | Oct 10 | - |
| 17 | Bécassine: Le Trésor viking | $756,803 | 199 | $1,096,867 | Dec 12 | - |
| 18 | Wasabi | $495,253 | 584 | $6,656,489 | Nov 1 | - |
| 19 | J'ai faim!!! | $479,180 | 216 | $2,982,647 | Nov 7 | - |
| 20 | Amélie | $472,056 | 300 | $44,454,020 | Apr 25 | - |
| 21 | American Pie 2 | $434,055 | 506 | $17,244,854 | Oct 17 | - |
| 22 | Inch'Allah dimanche | $368,488 | 79 | $368,488 | Dec 5 | - |
| 23 | Monsoon Wedding | $367,047 | 50 | $50,225 | Dec 12 | - |
| 24 | C'est la vie 2001 Re-release | $354,130 | 300 | $2,489,952 | Nov 7 | - |
| 25 | Tosca | $344,953 | 129 | $1,000,589 | Nov 14 | - |
| 26 | Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood 2001 Re-release | $338,779 | 168 | $840,486 | Nov 21 | - |
| 27 | Warm Water Under a Red Bridge | $325,000 | 65 | $325,000 | Nov 28 | - |
| 28 | Love Vertigo | $313,903 | 115 | $313,903 | Dec 19 | - |
| 29 | The Man Who Wasn't There | $311,428 | 157 | $1,686,766 | Nov 7 | - |
| 30 | The Animal | $307,601 | 170 | $442,203 | Dec 26 | - |
| 31 | Change My Life | $231,972 | 83 | $231,972 | Nov 28 | - |
| 32 | Time and Tide | $230,984 | 65 | $230,984 | Dec 12 | - |
| 33 | Training Day | $196,955 | 241 | $2,747,656 | Nov 7 | - |
| 34 | Italian for Beginners | $184,298 | 45 | $184,298 | Dec 19 | - |
| 35 | Battle Royale | $153,993 | 96 | $472,867 | Nov 21 | - |
| 36 | A Knight's Tale | $152,526 | 451 | $1,667,978 | Nov 14 | - |
| 37 | The High Life | $139,610 | 146 | $139,610 | Nov 28 | - |
| 38 | Me You Them | $105,128 | 36 | $181,558 | Dec 26 | - |
| 39 | Bully | $97,230 | 29 | $97,230 | Dec 12 | - |
| 40 | Storytelling | $90,802 | 27 | $90,802 | Nov 28 | - |
| 41 | Silence... We're Rolling | $90,173 | 55 | $90,173 | Dec 12 | - |
| 42 | Crazy/Beautiful | $89,107 | 48 | $89,107 | - | - |
| 43 | 'R Xmas | $80,626 | 27 | $80,626 | Dec 26 | - |
| 44 | Les âmes câlines | $71,283 | 87 | $71,283 | Dec 5 | - |
| 45 | Gun Shy 2001 Re-release | $63,164 | 40 | $63,164 | Dec 5 | - |
| 46 | Sinbad | $43,919 | 42 | $43,919 | Dec 5 | - |
| 47 | Being Light | $39,551 | 37 | $39,551 | Dec 5 | - |
| 48 | Shiri | $37,440 | 13 | $37,440 | Dec 19 | - |
| 49 | Gauche the Cellist | $30,534 | 19 | $30,534 | Dec 5 | - |
| 50 | Osmosis Jones | $27,383 | 37 | $27,383 | Dec 19 | - |
| 51 | Pauline and Paulette | $23,546 | 36 | $23,546 | Dec 5 | - |
| 52 | The Black Beach | $20,426 | 15 | $20,426 | Dec 12 | - |
| 53 | Wild Innocence | $17,347 | 4 | $17,347 | Dec 19 | - |
| 54 | Seven Songs from the Tundra | $16,099 | 7 | $16,099 | Dec 12 | - |
| 55 | Unfair Competition | $12,438 | 6 | $12,438 | Dec 5 | - |
| 56 | Chilly Dogs | $10,327 | 42 | $10,327 | Dec 19 | - |
| 57 | Hey, Happy! | $9,620 | 1 | $9,620 | Dec 19 | - |
| 58 | Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid | $7,717 | 1 | $7,717 | Dec 12 | - |
| 59 | Tirana Year Zero | $5,153 | 3 | $5,153 | Dec 19 | - |
| 60 | Violett & Mr; b. | $4,716 | 1 | $4,716 | Dec 19 | - |
| 61 | I Vitelloni | $4,337 | 1 | $4,337 | Dec 19 | - |
| 62 | The Child and the Soldier | $3,806 | 7 | $3,806 | Dec 19 | - |
| 63 | Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb 2001 Re-release | $3,604 | 1 | $3,604 | Dec 19 | - |
| 64 | Chittagong: The Last Stopover | $2,876 | 2 | $2,876 | Dec 5 | - |
| 65 | Time Bandits 2001 Re-release | $2,444 | 1 | $2,444 | Dec 12 | - |
| 66 | Funny Girl 2001 Re-release | $957 | 1 | $957 | Dec 19 | - |
| 67 | Salaam Bombay! 2001 Re-release | $712 | 1 | $712 | Dec 12 | - |
