Worldwide Box Office For December 2001
| Rank | Release | Gross | Max Th | Opening | % of Total | Open Th | Open | Close | Distributor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring | $868,385,360 | 7,440 | - | - | - | Dec 19 | - | - |
| 2 | Ocean's Eleven | $450,717,150 | 4,110 | - | - | - | Dec 7 | - | - |
| 3 | A Beautiful Mind | $313,542,341 | 3,705 | - | - | - | Dec 21 | - | - |
| 4 | Vanilla Sky | $203,388,341 | 4,040 | - | - | - | Dec 14 | - | - |
| 5 | Black Hawk Down | $172,989,651 | 3,701 | - | - | - | Dec 28 | - | - |
| 6 | Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius | $102,992,536 | 3,151 | - | - | - | Dec 21 | - | - |
| 7 | I Am Sam | $97,818,139 | 1,450 | - | - | - | Dec 28 | - | - |
| 8 | Gosford Park | $87,754,044 | 1,571 | - | - | - | Dec 26 | - | - |
| 9 | Ali | $87,713,825 | 2,521 | - | - | - | Dec 25 | - | - |
| 10 | Kate & Leopold | $76,019,048 | 2,467 | - | - | - | Dec 25 | - | - |
| 11 | The Royal Tenenbaums | $71,441,250 | 999 | - | - | - | Dec 14 | - | - |
| 12 | Not Another Teen Movie | $66,468,332 | 2,365 | - | - | - | Dec 14 | - | - |
| 13 | Monster's Ball | $44,909,486 | 924 | - | - | - | Dec 26 | - | - |
| 14 | The Majestic | $37,317,558 | 2,361 | - | - | - | Dec 21 | - | - |
| 15 | How High | $31,283,740 | 1,273 | - | - | - | Dec 21 | - | - |
| 16 | Beauty and the Beast 2000 IMAX Release | $31,033,346 | 74 | - | - | - | Dec 27 | - | - |
| 17 | Monsoon Wedding | $30,787,356 | 326 | - | - | - | Dec 12 | - | - |
| 18 | The Shipping News | $24,690,441 | 468 | - | - | - | Dec 25 | - | - |
| 19 | Joe Somebody | $24,516,772 | 2,517 | - | - | - | Dec 21 | - | - |
| 20 | Nowhere in Africa | $24,322,180 | 274 | - | - | - | Dec 27 | - | - |
| 21 | Winged Migration French Canadian | $21,493,351 | 530 | - | - | - | Dec 12 | - | - |
| 22 | Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack | $18,623,382 | 278 | - | - | - | Dec 15 | - | - |
| 23 | Iris | $16,153,953 | 325 | - | - | - | Dec 14 | - | - |
| 24 | Formula 51 | $12,881,605 | 1,857 | - | - | - | Dec 7 | - | - |
| 25 | Les rois mages | $11,702,020 | 537 | - | - | - | Dec 12 | - | - |
| 26 | Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham... | $11,329,690 | 88 | - | - | - | Dec 14 | - | - |
| 27 | Inuyasha the Movie: Affections Touching Across Time | $10,539,779 | 253 | - | - | - | Dec 14 | - | - |
| 28 | The Prince and the Pirate | $8,579,972 | 203 | - | - | - | Dec 14 | - | - |
| 29 | Merry Christmas | $8,228,560 | 305 | - | - | - | Dec 21 | - | - |
| 30 | Mean Machine | $7,310,206 | 330 | - | - | - | Dec 28 | - | - |
| 31 | Charlotte Gray | $5,323,109 | 217 | - | - | - | Dec 28 | - | - |
| 32 | Sennen no koi - Hikaru Genji monogatari | $5,322,893 | 17 | - | - | - | Dec 15 | - | - |
| 33 | The Other Side of Heaven | $4,720,371 | 306 | - | - | - | Dec 14 | - | - |
| 34 | Xuxa and the Elves | $4,489,026 | - | - | - | - | Dec 14 | - | - |
| 35 | Miss Minoes | $4,373,384 | 127 | - | - | - | Dec 6 | - | - |
| 36 | Belphegor: Phantom of the Louvre | $2,852,280 | 156 | - | - | - | Dec 6 | - | - |
| 37 | Lucky Break | $2,559,317 | 270 | - | - | - | Dec 21 | - | - |
| 38 | Sexy Boys | $2,353,681 | 270 | - | - | - | Dec 26 | - | - |
| 39 | Dance of a Dream | $2,217,681 | 26 | - | - | - | Dec 21 | - | - |
| 40 | My Life as McDull | $1,769,140 | 18 | - | - | - | Dec 13 | - | - |
| 41 | Rollo and the Spirit of the Woods | $1,645,512 | 42 | - | - | - | Dec 21 | - | - |
| 42 | Me and Morrison | $1,480,538 | 40 | - | - | - | Dec 28 | - | - |
| 43 | The Business of Strangers | $1,287,598 | 60 | - | - | - | Dec 7 | - | - |
| 44 | The Emperor's New Clothes | $1,165,545 | 41 | - | - | - | Dec 6 | - | - |
| 45 | South Kensington | $1,126,026 | 81 | - | - | - | Dec 17 | - | - |
| 46 | Bécassine: Le Trésor viking | $1,096,867 | 199 | - | - | - | Dec 12 | - | - |
| 47 | 2002 | $1,027,949 | 10 | - | - | - | Dec 21 | - | - |
| 48 | Momo | $928,169 | 401 | - | - | - | Dec 21 | - | - |
| 49 | Behind the Sun | $805,755 | 42 | - | - | - | Dec 12 | - | - |
| 50 | As Far as My Feet Will Carry Me | $801,622 | 70 | - | - | - | Dec 27 | - | - |
| 51 | Aida of the Trees | $516,712 | 96 | - | - | - | Dec 21 | - | - |
| 52 | Wildheart: Hell of Boomerang | $482,926 | 33 | - | - | - | Dec 6 | - | - |
| 53 | Max, Sally and the Magic Phone | $430,012 | 21 | - | - | - | Dec 6 | - | - |
| 54 | Inch'Allah dimanche | $368,488 | 79 | - | - | - | Dec 5 | - | - |
| 55 | Tsatsiki, Mum and the Policeman | $340,968 | - | - | - | - | Dec 26 | - | - |
| 56 | Love Vertigo | $313,903 | 115 | - | - | - | Dec 19 | - | - |
| 57 | May Day Mayhem! | $308,280 | - | - | - | - | Dec 6 | - | - |
| 58 | Not of This World | $284,907 | 26 | - | - | - | Dec 27 | - | - |
| 59 | Piñero | $275,171 | 21 | - | - | - | Dec 13 | - | - |
| 60 | A Crime in Paradise | $240,026 | 30 | - | - | - | Dec 14 | - | - |
| 61 | Blek Giek | $224,774 | 14 | - | - | - | Dec 21 | - | - |
| 62 | Christmas Carol: The Movie | $197,508 | 293 | - | - | - | Dec 7 | - | - |
| 63 | Family | $167,209 | 9 | - | - | - | Dec 13 | - | - |
| 64 | Shiri | $164,798 | 86 | - | - | - | Dec 19 | - | - |
| 65 | Baran | $125,900 | 9 | - | - | - | Dec 7 | - | - |
| 66 | All the Queen's Men | $121,258 | 150 | - | - | - | Dec 13 | - | - |
| 67 | The Land Before Time 2001 Re-release | $116,111 | 55 | - | - | - | Dec 28 | - | - |
| 68 | Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb 2001 Re-release | $97,957 | 26 | - | - | - | Dec 19 | - | - |
| 69 | Silence... We're Rolling | $90,173 | 55 | - | - | - | Dec 12 | - | - |
| 70 | 'R Xmas | $81,476 | 27 | - | - | - | Dec 26 | - | - |
| 71 | Les âmes câlines | $71,283 | 87 | - | - | - | Dec 5 | - | - |
| 72 | Petit Potam | $64,199 | 228 | - | - | - | Dec 13 | - | - |
| 73 | Gun Shy 2001 Re-release | $63,164 | 40 | - | - | - | Dec 5 | - | - |
| 74 | Unfair Competition | $55,928 | 12 | - | - | - | Dec 5 | - | - |
| 75 | Sinbad | $43,919 | 42 | - | - | - | Dec 5 | - | - |
| 76 | Being Light | $39,551 | 37 | - | - | - | Dec 5 | - | - |
| 77 | Gauche the Cellist | $30,534 | 19 | - | - | - | Dec 5 | - | - |
| 78 | The Black Beach | $20,426 | 15 | - | - | - | Dec 12 | - | - |
| 79 | Wild Innocence | $17,347 | 4 | - | - | - | Dec 19 | - | - |
| 80 | Eban and Charley | $16,918 | 1 | - | - | - | Dec 14 | - | - |
| 81 | Seven Songs from the Tundra | $16,099 | 7 | - | - | - | Dec 12 | - | - |
| 82 | Honey for Oshun | $10,659 | 5 | - | - | - | Dec 21 | - | - |
| 83 | Normaal: I Always Come Back | $10,447 | 11 | - | - | - | Dec 6 | - | - |
| 84 | Chilly Dogs | $10,327 | 42 | - | - | - | Dec 19 | - | - |
| 85 | Hey, Happy! | $9,620 | 1 | - | - | - | Dec 19 | - | - |
| 86 | Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid | $8,305 | 1 | - | - | - | Dec 12 | - | - |
| 87 | Virus 2001 Re-release | $5,849 | - | - | - | - | Dec 14 | - | - |
| 88 | Tirana Year Zero | $5,153 | 3 | - | - | - | Dec 19 | - | - |
| 89 | Violett & Mr; b. | $4,716 | 1 | - | - | - | Dec 19 | - | - |
| 90 | I Vitelloni | $4,337 | 1 | - | - | - | Dec 19 | - | - |
| 91 | Durian Durian | $4,266 | 10 | - | - | - | Dec 22 | - | - |
| 92 | Boy on a Dolphin | $3,867 | 1 | - | - | - | Dec 18 | - | - |
| 93 | The Child and the Soldier | $3,806 | 7 | - | - | - | Dec 19 | - | - |
| 94 | El sueño del caimán | $3,482 | 3 | - | - | - | Dec 14 | - | - |
| 95 | Chittagong: The Last Stopover | $2,876 | 2 | - | - | - | Dec 5 | - | - |
| 96 | Lush | $2,763 | 1 | - | - | - | Dec 28 | - | - |
| 97 | Time Bandits 2001 Re-release | $2,444 | 1 | - | - | - | Dec 12 | - | - |
| 98 | Salaam Bombay! 2001 Re-release | $712 | 1 | - | - | - | Dec 12 | - | - |
