Editing 2001 in film (section)

==Highest-grossing films==
{{see also|Lists of box office number-one films#2001}}
The top 10 films released in 2001 by worldwide gross are as follows:<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/year/world/2001/?ref_=bo_cso_table_1|title=2001 Worldwide Box Office |website=[[Box Office Mojo]]|publisher=[[IMDb]]|access-date=March 7, 2020}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="margin:auto; margin:auto;"
|+ Highest-grossing films of 2001
|-
! Rank!! Title !! Distributor !! Worldwide gross
|-
! style="text-align:center;"| 1
| ''[[Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (film)|Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone]]''
| [[Warner Bros. Pictures|Warner Bros.]]
| $974,755,371
|-
! style="text-align:center;"| 2
| ''[[The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring]]''
| [[New Line Cinema|New Line]]
| $883,726,270
|-
! style="text-align:center;"| 3
| ''[[Monsters, Inc.]]''
| [[Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures|Buena Vista]]
| $528,773,250
|-
! style="text-align:center;"| 4
| ''[[Shrek]]''
| [[DreamWorks Pictures|DreamWorks]]
| $487,853,320
|-
! style="text-align:center;"| 5
| ''[[Ocean's Eleven]]''
| [[Warner Bros. Pictures|Warner Bros.]]
| $450,717,150
|-
! style="text-align:center;"| 6
| ''[[Pearl Harbor (film)|Pearl Harbor]]''
| [[Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures|Buena Vista]]
| $449,220,945
|-
! style="text-align:center;"| 7
| ''[[The Mummy Returns]]''
| rowspan=2| [[Universal Pictures|Universal]]
| $435,040,395
|-
! style="text-align:center;"| 8
| ''[[Jurassic Park III]]''
| $368,780,809
|-
! style="text-align:center;"| 9
| ''[[Planet of the Apes (2001 film)|Planet of the Apes]]''
| [[20th Century Fox|Fox]]
| $362,211,740
|-
! style="text-align:center;"| 10
| ''[[Hannibal (2001 film)|Hannibal]]''
| [[MGM]] / [[Universal Pictures|Universal]]
| $351,692,268
|}

''[[Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (film)|Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone]]'' grossed $974 million, and became the [[List of highest-grossing films|second highest-grossing film]] of all time. It was also the highest-grossing film in the [[Harry Potter (film series)|''Harry Potter'']] film franchise before the finale, ''[[Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2]]'', surpassed it in [[2011 in film|2011]].

2001 was the first time that two films released in the same year grossed more than $800 million at the box office, with ''[[Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (film)|Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone]]'' and ''[[The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring]]'' surpassing the milestone.

The highest-grossing non-English film was [[Studio Ghibli]]'s [[anime]] ''[[Spirited Away]]'', which was the 15th highest-grossing film of the year.<ref>{{cite web |title=2001 Worldwide Box Office |url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/year/world/2001/?ref_=bo_cso_table_1 |access-date=March 7, 2020 |website=[[Box Office Mojo]] |publisher=[[IMDb]]}}</ref>