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          $100 Million Boxoffice Movies in 2001  
           
           
          
             
              
			  
                   
                    | Rank | 
                    Movie Title | 
                    Studio | 
                    Total 
                      U.S. Domestic 
                      Gross | 
                    Total 
                      Theaters | 
                    Opening 
                      Week 
                      U.S. Domestic 
                      Gross  | 
                    Opening 
                      Week 
                      Theaters | 
                    Open 
                      Date | 
                   
                   
                    | 1 | 
                    Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone | 
                    Warner | 
                    $317,575,550 | 
                    3,672 | 
                    $90,294,621 | 
                    3,672 | 
                    11/16 | 
                   
                   
                    | 2 | 
                    The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring | 
                    New Line | 
                    $313,364,114 | 
                    3,381 | 
                    $47,211,490 | 
                    3,359 | 
                    12/19 | 
                   
                   
                    | 3 | 
                    Shrek | 
                    Dreamworks | 
                    $267,665,011 | 
                    3,715 | 
                    $42,347,760 | 
                    3,587 | 
                    5/16 | 
                   
                   
                    | 4 | 
                    Monsters, Inc. | 
                    Buena Vista | 
                    $255,873,250 | 
                    3,649 | 
                    $62,577,067 | 
                    3,237 | 
                    11/2 | 
                   
                   
                    | 5 | 
                    Rush Hour 2 | 
                    New Line | 
                    $226,164,286 | 
                    3,118 | 
                    $67,408,222 | 
                    3,118 | 
                    8/3 | 
                   
                   
                    | 6 | 
                    The Mummy Returns | 
                    Universal | 
                    $202,019,785 | 
                    3,553 | 
                    $68,139,035 | 
                    3,401 | 
                    5/4 | 
                   
                   
                    | 7 | 
                    Pearl Harbor | 
                    Buena Vista | 
                    $198,542,554 | 
                    3,255 | 
                    $59,078,912 | 
                    3,214 | 
                    5/25 | 
                   
                   
                    | 8 | 
                    Ocean's Eleven | 
                    Warner | 
                    $183,417,150 | 
                    3,075 | 
                    $38,107,822 | 
                    3,075 | 
                    12/7 | 
                   
                   
                    | 9 | 
                    Jurassic Park III | 
                    Universal | 
                    $181,171,875 | 
                    3,462 | 
                    $50,771,645 | 
                    3,434 | 
                    7/18 | 
                   
                   
                    | 10 | 
                    Planet of the Apes | 
                    Fox | 
                    $180,011,740 | 
                    3,530 | 
                    $68,532,960 | 
                    3,500 | 
                    7/27 | 
                   
                   
                    | 11 | 
                    A Beautiful Mind | 
                    Universal | 
                    $170,742,341 | 
                    2,250 | 
                    $367,151 | 
                    11 | 
                    12/21 | 
                   
                   
                    | 12 | 
                    Hannibal | 
                    MGM | 
                    $165,092,268 | 
                    3,292 | 
                    $58,003,121 | 
                    3,230 | 
                    2/9 | 
                   
                   
                    | 13 | 
                    American Pie 2 | 
                    Universal | 
                    $145,103,595 | 
                    3,157 | 
                    $45,117,985 | 
                    3,063 | 
                    8/10 | 
                   
                   
                    | 14 | 
                    The Fast and the Furious | 
                    Universal | 
                    $144,533,925 | 
                    2,899 | 
                    $40,089,015 | 
                    2,628 | 
                    6/22 | 
                   
                   
                    | 15 | 
                    Lara Croft: Tomb Raider | 
                    Paramount | 
                    $131,168,070 | 
                    3,349 | 
                    $47,735,743 | 
                    3,308 | 
                    6/15 | 
                   
                   
                    | 16 | 
                    Dr. Dolittle 2 | 
                    Fox | 
                    $112,952,899 | 
                    3,053 | 
                    $25,037,039 | 
                    3,049 | 
                    6/22 | 
                   
                   
                    | 17 | 
                    Spy Kids | 
                    Miramax | 
                    $112,719,001 | 
                    3,191 | 
                    $26,546,881 | 
                    3,104 | 
                    3/30 | 
                   
                   
                    | 18 | 
                    Black Hawk Down | 
                    Sony | 
                    $108,638,745 | 
                    3,143 | 
                    $179,823 | 
                    4 | 
                    12/28 | 
                   
                   
                    | 19 | 
                    The Princess Diaries | 
                    Buena Vista | 
                    $108,248,956 | 
                    2,749 | 
                    $22,862,269 | 
                    2,537 | 
                    8/3 | 
                   
                   
                    | 20 | 
                    Vanilla Sky | 
                    Paramount | 
                    $100,618,344 | 
                    2,842 | 
                    $25,015,518 | 
                    2,742 | 
                    12/14 | 
                   
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