Domestic Box Office For October 2001
Limited releases are those released in fewer than 600 theaters.
| Rank | Release | Gross | Max Th | Opening | % of Total | Open Th | Open | Close | Distributor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Life as a House | $15,667,270 | 1,288 | $294,056 | 1.9% | 29 | Oct 26 | - | New Line Cinema |
| 2 | Mulholland Drive | $7,220,243 | 247 | $587,591 | 8.1% | 66 | Oct 8 | May 9 | Universal Pictures |
| 3 | Waking Life | $2,901,447 | 93 | $88,977 | 3.1% | 4 | Oct 19 | - | Fox Searchlight Pictures |
| 4 | The Endurance | $2,453,083 | 40 | $18,931 | 0.8% | 3 | Oct 5 | Nov 14 | Cowboy Pictures |
| 5 | Trembling Before G-d | $788,896 | 8 | $21,410 | 2.7% | 1 | Oct 24 | Jan 5 | New Yorker Films |
| 6 | Asoka | $731,277 | 66 | $337,464 | 46.1% | 66 | Oct 26 | - | First Look International |
| 7 | Fat Girl | $725,854 | 17 | $31,237 | 4.3% | 4 | Oct 12 | Mar 27 | Cowboy Pictures |
| 8 | Focus | $645,418 | 62 | $24,139 | 3.7% | 2 | Oct 19 | - | Paramount Classics |
| 9 | My First Mister | $568,762 | 103 | $102,456 | 18% | 33 | Oct 12 | - | Paramount Classics |
| 10 | Donnie Darko | $517,375 | 58 | $110,494 | 21.4% | 58 | Oct 26 | Apr 11 | Newmarket Films |
| 11 | Intimacy | $405,094 | 11 | $33,808 | 8.3% | 5 | Oct 19 | - | Empire Pictures Inc. |
| 12 | High Heels and Low Lifes | $228,194 | 175 | $113,512 | 49.7% | 175 | Oct 26 | Nov 15 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 13 | One Week | $190,441 | 18 | $77,575 | 40.7% | 18 | Oct 19 | - | Filmways Pictures |
| 14 | Chop Suey | $179,914 | 5 | $10,472 | 5.8% | 1 | Oct 5 | Apr 25 | Zeitgeist Films |
| 15 | Dancing at the Blue Iguana | $67,913 | 7 | $30,181 | 44.4% | 7 | Oct 19 | Nov 1 | Keystone Pictures |
| 16 | Sobibór, October 14, 1943, 4 p.m. | $41,040 | 2 | $7,412 | 18.1% | 1 | Oct 12 | Oct 24 | New Yorker Films |
| 17 | Spriggan | $25,824 | 5 | $7,420 | 28.7% | 5 | Oct 12 | - | ADV Films |
| 18 | Werckmeister Harmonies | $25,461 | 1 | $4,852 | 19.1% | 1 | Oct 5 | Feb 14 | Menemsha Films |
| 19 | Better Than Sex | $19,521 | 7 | $19,521 | 100% | 7 | Oct 26 | - | IDP Distribution |
| 20 | My Voyage to Italy | $11,683 | 1 | $7,117 | 60.9% | 1 | Oct 24 | - | Miramax |
| 21 | Ginger Snaps | $2,554 | 1 | $1,430 | 56% | 1 | Oct 26 | Nov 1 | Cinema Village Features |
