| Rank | Release
| Genre
| Budget
| Running Time
| Gross | Theaters | Total Gross | Release Date | Distributor
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone | - | - | - | $294,474,009 | 3,672 | $317,575,550 | Nov 16 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 2 | Monsters, Inc. | - | - | - | $240,760,811 | 3,649 | $255,873,250 | Nov 2 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 3 | The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring | - | - | - | $182,503,422 | 3,381 | $313,364,114 | Dec 19 | New Line Cinema | false |
| 4 | Ocean's Eleven | - | - | - | $140,914,794 | 3,075 | $183,417,150 | Dec 7 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 5 | Vanilla Sky | - | - | - | $73,955,151 | 2,842 | $100,618,344 | Dec 14 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 6 | Shallow Hal | - | - | - | $68,530,441 | 2,799 | $70,839,203 | Nov 9 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 7 | Spy Game | - | - | - | $61,103,675 | 2,770 | $62,362,560 | Nov 21 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 8 | Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius | - | - | - | $53,323,235 | 3,151 | $80,936,232 | Dec 21 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 9 | Behind Enemy Lines | - | - | - | $51,728,603 | 2,844 | $58,856,790 | Nov 30 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 10 | Domestic Disturbance | - | - | - | $44,758,566 | 2,910 | $45,246,095 | Nov 2 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 11 | The One | - | - | - | $43,905,746 | 2,894 | $43,905,746 | Nov 2 | Revolution Studios | false |
| 12 | Ali | - | - | - | $42,461,076 | 2,521 | $58,203,105 | Dec 25 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 13 | Not Another Teen Movie | - | - | - | $33,137,338 | 2,365 | $38,252,284 | Dec 14 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 14 | Black Knight | - | - | - | $31,691,421 | 2,571 | $33,426,971 | Nov 21 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 15 | K-PAX | - | - | - | $28,878,995 | 2,581 | $50,338,485 | Oct 26 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 16 | Kate & Leopold | - | - | - | $24,462,596 | 2,467 | $47,121,859 | Dec 25 | Miramax | false |
| 17 | Heist | - | - | - | $23,510,841 | 1,891 | $23,510,841 | Nov 9 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 18 | Thir13en Ghosts | - | - | - | $22,051,199 | 2,781 | $41,867,960 | Oct 26 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 19 | A Beautiful Mind | - | - | - | $21,213,421 | 2,250 | $170,742,341 | Dec 21 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 20 | How High | - | - | - | $20,864,830 | 1,273 | $31,178,740 | Dec 21 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 21 | The Majestic | - | - | - | $20,271,226 | 2,361 | $27,807,266 | Dec 21 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 22 | Joe Somebody | - | - | - | $17,306,459 | 2,517 | $22,771,646 | Dec 21 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 23 | Amélie | - | - | - | $16,670,764 | 303 | $33,225,499 | Nov 2 | Miramax | false |
| 24 | Life as a House | - | - | - | $15,275,578 | 1,288 | $15,667,270 | Oct 26 | New Line Cinema | false |
| 25 | Out Cold | - | - | - | $13,587,118 | 2,011 | $13,906,394 | Nov 21 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 26 | The Royal Tenenbaums | - | - | - | $12,185,358 | 999 | $52,364,010 | Dec 14 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 27 | Training Day | - | - | - | $10,114,631 | 2,712 | $76,631,907 | Oct 5 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 28 | The Wash | - | - | - | $10,013,149 | 749 | $10,097,538 | Nov 16 | Lionsgate | false |
| 29 | Riding in Cars with Boys | - | - | - | $9,659,779 | 2,770 | $30,165,536 | Oct 19 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 30 | Serendipity | - | - | - | $9,221,872 | 2,610 | $50,294,317 | Oct 5 | Miramax | false |
| 31 | From Hell | - | - | - | $8,743,568 | 2,334 | $31,602,566 | Oct 19 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 32 | Bandits | - | - | - | $7,963,263 | 3,207 | $41,575,141 | Oct 12 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false |
| 33 | The Man Who Wasn't There | - | - | - | $6,868,499 | 259 | $7,504,257 | Nov 2 | USA Films | false |
| 34 | The Last Castle | - | - | - | $4,043,452 | 2,270 | $18,244,060 | Oct 19 | DreamWorks Distribution | false |
| 35 | The Shipping News | - | - | - | $3,155,329 | 434 | $11,434,216 | Dec 25 | Miramax | false |
| 36 | Bones | - | - | - | $3,010,614 | 847 | $7,316,658 | Oct 26 | New Line Cinema | false |
| 37 | Hardball | - | - | - | $2,929,363 | 2,314 | $40,222,729 | Sep 14 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 38 | Les Boys III | - | - | - | $2,890,130 | 115 | $3,557,100 | Nov 30 | Lionsgate | false |
| 39 | Don't Say a Word | - | - | - | $2,877,440 | 2,842 | $55,001,642 | Sep 28 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 40 | Corky Romano | - | - | - | $2,869,745 | 2,094 | $23,980,304 | Oct 12 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 41 | In the Bedroom | - | - | - | $2,638,025 | 1,103 | $35,930,604 | Nov 23 | Miramax | false |
| 42 | Zoolander | - | - | - | $2,444,512 | 2,522 | $45,172,250 | Sep 28 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 43 | Mulholland Drive | - | - | - | $2,444,470 | 247 | $7,220,243 | Oct 8 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 44 | Sidewalks of New York | - | - | - | $2,339,633 | 224 | $2,402,652 | Nov 23 | Paramount Classics | false |
| 45 | Beauty and the Beast 2000 IMAX Release | - | - | - | $2,307,435 | 68 | $25,487,190 | Jan 1 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 46 | Waking Life | - | - | - | $2,079,634 | 93 | $2,901,447 | Oct 19 | Fox Searchlight Pictures | false |
| 47 | Novocaine | - | - | - | $1,996,383 | 189 | $2,036,682 | Nov 16 | Artisan Entertainment | false |
| 48 | Shackleton's Antarctic Adventure | - | - | - | $1,981,296 | 26 | $15,553,324 | Feb 10 | - | false |
| 49 | The Princess Diaries | - | - | - | $1,791,247 | 2,749 | $108,248,956 | Aug 3 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 50 | On the Line | - | - | - | $1,755,630 | 901 | $4,365,455 | Oct 26 | Miramax | false |
| 51 | Rush Hour 2 | - | - | - | $1,698,933 | 3,118 | $226,164,286 | Aug 3 | New Line Cinema | false |
| 52 | Bread and Tulips | - | - | - | $1,411,107 | 84 | $5,318,679 | Jul 27 | First Look International | false |
| 53 | Legally Blonde | - | - | - | $1,249,737 | 2,725 | $96,520,674 | Jul 13 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false |
| 54 | The Endurance | - | - | - | $1,156,220 | 40 | $2,453,083 | Oct 5 | Cowboy Pictures | false |
| 55 | The Others | - | - | - | $1,121,065 | 2,843 | $96,522,687 | Aug 10 | Miramax | false |
| 56 | Joy Ride | - | - | - | $1,022,342 | 2,522 | $21,974,919 | Oct 5 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 57 | Planet of the Apes | - | - | - | $1,001,466 | 3,530 | $180,011,740 | Jul 27 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 58 | Encounter in the Third Dimension | - | - | - | $937,162 | 16 | $7,195,792 | Feb 26 | nWave Pictures | false |
| 59 | Iron Monkey | - | - | - | $929,906 | 1,235 | $14,694,904 | Oct 12 | Miramax | false |
| 60 | T-Rex: Back to the Cretaceous | - | - | - | $874,920 | 38 | $53,354,743 | Oct 23 | IMAX | false |
| 61 | Galapagos | - | - | - | $872,457 | 14 | $18,630,372 | Oct 29 | IMAX | false |
| 62 | American Pie 2 | - | - | - | $845,311 | 3,157 | $145,103,595 | Aug 10 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 63 | CyberWorld | - | - | - | $834,175 | 38 | $11,253,900 | Oct 6 | IMAX | false |
| 64 | Max Keeble's Big Move | - | - | - | $823,249 | 2,045 | $17,294,293 | Oct 5 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 65 | The Business of Strangers | - | - | - | $719,976 | 60 | $1,030,920 | Dec 7 | IFC Films | false |
| 66 | Jurassic Park III | - | - | - | $675,770 | 3,462 | $181,171,875 | Jul 18 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 67 | Gosford Park | - | - | - | $626,503 | 918 | $41,308,615 | Dec 26 | USA Films | false |
| 68 | Texas Rangers | - | - | - | $623,374 | 404 | $623,374 | Nov 30 | Miramax | false |
| 69 | Shrek | - | - | - | $609,345 | 3,715 | $268,200,241 | May 16 | DreamWorks Distribution | false |
| 70 | Innocence | - | - | - | $578,128 | 52 | $2,202,382 | Aug 17 | IDP Distribution | false |
| 71 | Focus | - | - | - | $575,299 | 62 | $645,418 | Oct 19 | Paramount Classics | false |
| 72 | The Other Side of Heaven | - | - | - | $557,802 | 306 | $4,720,371 | Dec 14 | Excel Entertainment | false |
| 73 | Rat Race | - | - | - | $526,737 | 2,551 | $56,618,055 | Aug 17 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 74 | Cirque du Soleil: Journey of Man | - | - | - | $525,409 | 22 | $15,627,434 | May 5 | Sony Pictures Classics | false |
| 75 | Tape | - | - | - | $490,475 | 35 | $490,475 | Nov 2 | Lionsgate | false |
| 76 | The Affair of the Necklace | - | - | - | $471,210 | 40 | $471,210 | Nov 30 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 77 | Michael Jordan to the Max | - | - | - | $471,020 | 56 | $18,650,521 | May 5 | IMAX | false |
| 78 | Hearts in Atlantis | - | - | - | $440,464 | 2,010 | $24,185,781 | Sep 28 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 79 | The Glass House | - | - | - | $436,609 | 1,601 | $18,150,259 | Sep 14 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 80 | Who Knows? | - | - | - | $434,613 | 35 | $907,323 | Sep 28 | Sony Pictures Classics | false |
| 81 | Porn Star: The Legend of Ron Jeremy | - | - | - | $421,516 | 7 | $421,516 | Nov 30 | Maelstrom Entertainment | false |
| 82 | The Devil's Backbone | - | - | - | $402,110 | 35 | $755,249 | Nov 21 | Sony Pictures Classics | false |
| 83 | Liam | - | - | - | $396,892 | 55 | $1,016,021 | Sep 21 | Lionsgate | false |
| 84 | China: The Panda Adventure | - | - | - | $368,518 | 21 | $3,921,642 | Jun 9 | IMAX | false |
| 85 | Fat Girl | - | - | - | $366,624 | 17 | $725,854 | Oct 12 | Cowboy Pictures | false |
| 86 | Black Hawk Down | - | - | - | $365,791 | 3,143 | $108,638,745 | Dec 28 | Revolution Studios | false |
| 87 | Donnie Darko | - | - | - | $353,182 | 58 | $517,375 | Oct 26 | Newmarket Films | false |
| 88 | Moulin Rouge! | - | - | - | $340,476 | 2,283 | $57,386,607 | May 18 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 89 | Megiddo: The Omega Code 2 | - | - | - | $332,859 | 353 | $6,047,691 | Sep 21 | 8x Entertainment | false |
| 90 | Lantana | - | - | - | $331,849 | 108 | $4,623,189 | Dec 14 | Lionsgate | false |
| 91 | Asoka | - | - | - | $319,591 | 66 | $731,277 | Oct 26 | First Look International | false |
| 92 | Atlantis: The Lost Empire | - | - | - | $315,643 | 3,071 | $84,056,472 | Jun 8 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 93 | Kandahar | - | - | - | $314,614 | 29 | $1,418,314 | Dec 14 | Avatar Films | false |
| 94 | Extremedays | - | - | - | $308,163 | 351 | $1,047,553 | Sep 28 | Providence Entertainment | false |
| 95 | Intimacy | - | - | - | $282,842 | 11 | $405,094 | Oct 19 | Empire Pictures Inc. | false |
| 96 | Dinner Rush | - | - | - | $260,496 | 52 | $634,566 | Sep 28 | Access Entertainment | false |
| 97 | Under the Sun | - | - | - | $253,163 | 10 | $316,020 | Aug 3 | Shadow Distribution | false |
| 98 | Monster's Ball | - | - | - | $252,480 | 714 | $31,273,922 | Dec 26 | Lionsgate | false |
| 99 | No Man's Land | - | - | - | $251,178 | 38 | $1,012,153 | Dec 7 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false |
| 100 | Grateful Dawg | - | - | - | $247,986 | 21 | $360,251 | Oct 5 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 101 | Jeepers Creepers | - | - | - | $235,163 | 2,944 | $37,904,175 | Aug 31 | United Artists | false |
| 102 | Trembling Before G-d | - | - | - | $227,406 | 8 | $788,896 | Oct 24 | New Yorker Films | false |
| 103 | NSync: Bigger Than Live | - | - | - | $222,063 | 20 | $1,808,679 | Feb 2 | IMAX | false |
| 104 | Monty Python and the Holy Grail 2001 Re-release | - | - | - | $212,347 | 26 | $1,827,696 | Jun 15 | Rainbow Releasing | false |
| 105 | Tortilla Soup | - | - | - | $199,200 | 220 | $4,467,615 | Aug 24 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company | false |
| 106 | Ghost World | - | - | - | $174,792 | 128 | $6,217,849 | Jul 20 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false |
| 107 | Pearl Harbor | - | - | - | $164,100 | 3,255 | $198,542,554 | May 25 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 108 | The Fluffer | - | - | - | $161,632 | 6 | $563,373 | Nov 16 | First Run | false |
| 109 | Punks | - | - | - | $160,083 | 7 | $160,083 | Nov 2 | Urbanworld Films | false |
| 110 | Burnt Money | - | - | - | $151,908 | 5 | $183,132 | Oct 19 | Strand Releasing | false |
| 111 | Divided We Fall 2001 Re-release | - | - | - | $146,365 | 37 | $1,332,586 | Jun 8 | Sony Pictures Classics | false |
| 112 | My First Mister | - | - | - | $125,644 | 103 | $568,762 | Oct 12 | Paramount Classics | false |
| 113 | Haunted Castle | - | - | - | $87,627 | 10 | $13,651,656 | Feb 23 | nWave Pictures | false |
| 114 | Charlotte Gray | - | - | - | $85,501 | 52 | $741,394 | Dec 28 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 115 | I Am Sam | - | - | - | $85,096 | 1,450 | $40,311,852 | Dec 28 | New Line Cinema | false |
| 116 | ABCD | - | - | - | $83,372 | 38 | $83,372 | Nov 30 | Eros Worldwide | false |
| 117 | Apocalypse Now Redux 2001 Re-release | - | - | - | $58,342 | 105 | $4,626,290 | Aug 3 | Miramax | false |
| 118 | Iris | - | - | - | $57,597 | 220 | $5,594,617 | Dec 14 | Miramax | false |
| 119 | Cats & Dogs | - | - | - | $49,544 | 3,040 | $93,385,515 | Jul 4 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 120 | The Independent | - | - | - | $30,596 | 11 | $238,431 | Nov 30 | Arrow Releasing | false |
| 121 | One Week | - | - | - | $29,106 | 18 | $190,441 | Oct 19 | Filmways Pictures | false |
| 122 | King of the Jungle | - | - | - | $27,841 | 4 | $27,841 | Nov 9 | Urbanworld Films | false |
| 123 | Maze | - | - | - | $26,041 | 22 | $26,041 | Nov 9 | Andora Pictures International | false |
| 124 | Piñero | - | - | - | $25,256 | 21 | $275,171 | Dec 13 | Miramax | false |
| 125 | Dark Blue World | - | - | - | $22,837 | 7 | $258,771 | Dec 28 | Sony Pictures Classics | false |
| 126 | Sobibór, October 14, 1943, 4 p.m. | - | - | - | $22,450 | 2 | $41,040 | Oct 12 | New Yorker Films | false |
| 127 | Baran | - | - | - | $21,702 | 9 | $125,900 | Dec 7 | Miramax | false |
| 128 | High Heels and Low Lifes | - | - | - | $21,307 | 175 | $228,194 | Oct 26 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 129 | The Turandot Project | - | - | - | $21,199 | 3 | $33,504 | Aug 10 | Zeitgeist Films | false |
| 130 | Behind the Sun | - | - | - | $19,861 | 2 | $19,861 | Dec 12 | Miramax | false |
| 131 | Eban and Charley | - | - | - | $16,918 | 1 | $16,918 | Dec 14 | Picture This! Entertainment | false |
| 132 | Happenstance | - | - | - | $12,888 | 7 | $251,444 | Nov 2 | Lot 47 Films | false |
| 133 | Lush | - | - | - | $2,763 | 1 | $2,763 | Dec 28 | Menemsha Films | false |
| 134 | The Last Wave 2001 Re-release | - | - | - | $957 | 1 | $957 | Nov 30 | Cowboy Pictures | false |
