2001 in film
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- For the 1968 science-fiction film and novel, see 2001: A Space Odyssey.
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[edit] Events
- August 8 - Actor Tom Cruise and actress Nicole Kidman get divorced.
- November 2 - Monsters, Inc. debuts with the best ticket sales ever for an animated film and the 6th best of all time.
[edit] Top grossing films
Please note that following the tradition of the English language film industry, these are the top grossing films that were first released in the United States and Canada in 2001; because they may have made most of their income in a later year, they may not be the top-grossing films for calendar year. The top ten films of 2001 as of January 26, 2006 (U.S. and Canada), January 26, 2006 (UK) and January 26, 2006 (Australia) are as follows:
| 2001 Rank | Title | Studio | Box Office Gross | |||
| Total Int.l | U.S./Canada | U. K. | Australia | |||
| 1. | Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone | Warner Bros. | $976,475,550 | $317,575,550 | £66,096,060 | $41,610,399 |
| 2. | The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring | New Line Cinema | $871,368,364 | $314,776,170 | £63,051,172 | $46,192,563 |
| 3. | Monsters, Inc. | Buena Vista | $525,366,597 | £255,873,250 | £37,264,502 | $25,345,632 |
| 4. | Shrek | DreamWorks | $484,409,218 | $267,665,011 | £28,856,683 | $31,291,922 |
| 5. | Ocean's Eleven | Warner Bros. | $450,717,150 | $183,417,150 | £24,877,642 | $22,234,443 |
| 6. | Pearl Harbor | Buena Vista | $449,220,945 | $198,542,554 | £14,225,440 | $18,773,788 |
| 7. | The Mummy Returns | Universal Pictures | $433,019,785 | $202,019,785 | £20,323,326 | $18,204,297 |
| 8. | Jurassic Park III | Universal Pictures | $368,780,809 | $181,171,875 | £18,108,325 | $10,654,035 |
| 9. | Planet of the Apes | 20th Century Fox | $362,211,740 | $180,011,740 | £16,850,987 | $11,645,152 |
| 10. | Hannibal | MGM | $351,692,268 | $165,092,268 | £21,422,605 | $11,282,930 |
In total, seven films released in 2001 grossed more than $400 million, reaching international blockbuster motion picture status.
For a complete list of 2001's top-grossing films, follow these links:
- Worldwide: http://boxofficemojo.com/yearly/chart/?view2=worldwide&yr=2006&p=.htm
- U.S. & Canada: http://boxofficemojo.com/yearly/chart/?yr=2006&p=.htm
- United Kingdom: http://www.ukfilmcouncil.org.uk/statistics/boxoffice/
- Australia: http://www.moviemarshal.com/
[edit] Awards
- Best Picture: A Beautiful Mind (Imagine Entertainment)
- Achievement in directing: Ron Howard - A Beautiful Mind
- Best Actor: Denzel Washington - Training Day
- Best Actress: Halle Berry - Monster's Ball
- Best Supporting Actor: Jim Broadbent - Iris
- Best Supporting Actress: Jennifer Connelly - A Beautiful Mind
- Best Foreign Language Film: No Man's Land, directed by Danis Tanovic, Bosnia and Herzegovina / Slovenia / Italy / France / U.K. / Belgium
- Best Animated Feature: Shrek, directed by Andrew Adamson, United States
- Drama:
- Best Picture: A Beautiful Mind
- Best Actor: Russell Crowe - A Beautiful Mind
- Best Actress: Sissy Spacek - In the Bedroom
- <u>Musical or Comedy:
- Best Picture: Moulin Rouge!
- Best Actor: Gene Hackman - The Royal Tenenbaums
- Best Actress: Nicole Kidman - Moulin Rouge!
- <u>Other
- Best Director: Robert Altman - Gosford Park
- Best Foreign Language Film: No Man's Land, Bosnia and Herzegovina / Slovenia / Italy / France / U.K. / Belgium
- Best Picture: The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
- Best Actor: Russell Crowe - A Beautiful Mind
- Best Actress: Judi Dench - Iris
PALM D'OR (Cannes Film Festival):
- The Son's Room (La stanza del figlio), directed by Nanni Moretti, Italy / France
GOLDEN LION (Venice Film Festival):
- Monsoon Wedding, directed by Mira Nair, India / U.S.A. / France / Italy / Germany
GOLDEN BEAR (Berlin Film Festival):
- Intimacy (Intimité), directed by Patrice Chéreau, France / U.K. / Germany / Spain
[edit] Films released in 2001
- 15 Minutes
- 3000 Miles to Graceland
- A.I. Artificial Intelligence
- Ali, starring Will Smith
- All Over the Guy
- Along Came a Spider
- Amélie (from Montmartre) (5 Acad.Awards: ArtDir/ Cinematogr/ ForeignLang/ Orig.Scr/ Sound)
- The American Astronaut
- American Outlaws
- American Pie 2
- America's Sweethearts
- Angel Eyes
- The Animal
- Antitrust
- Atanarjuat
- Atlantis: The Lost Empire
- Baby Boy
- Bandits
- A Beautiful Mind - Academy and Golden Globe (drama) Awards for Best Picture
- Behind Enemy Lines
- The Believer
- Black Hawk Down
- Black Knight
- Blow
- Bridget Jones's Diary
- The Brothers
- The Bunker
- Captain Corelli's Mandolin -(film only mentioned in the article)
- The Cat's Meow
- Cats & Dogs
- Chaos (French)
- Charlotte Gray
- Corky Romano
- CQ
- Crazy/Beautiful
- Crocodile Dundee in Los Angeles
- Crush
- Dogtown and Z-Boys
- Domestic Disturbance
- Don't Say a Word
- Donnie Darko
- Double Take
- Down to Earth
- Dr. Dolittle 2, starring Eddie Murphy
- Driven
- Dumb Luck
- Elling
- Elvira's Haunted Hills
- L'Emploi du Temps (also known as Time Out)
- Enemy at the Gates
- Enigma
- Evolution
- Exit Wounds
- The Fast and the Furious
- Festival in Cannes
- Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within
- Frailty
- Freddy Got Fingered
- From Hell
- Gadar: Ek Prem Katha
- Get Over It
- Ghosts of Mars directed by John Carpenter, starring Ice Cube, Natasha Henstridge, Jason Statham, Pam Grier, Clea DuVall and Joanna Cassidy
- The Glass House
- Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack
- Gosford Park
- Hannibal
- Hardball
- Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
- Harvard Man
- Head Over Heels
- Heartbreakers
- Hearts in Atlantis
- Heist
- How High
- Human Nature
- In the Bedroom
- Green Day: International Supervideos (DVD release: MTV collection)
- Intimacy - Golden Bear award
- Iris
- Iron Monkey (English version - Chinese orig. release 1993)
- Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back
- Jeepers Creepers
- Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius
- Joe Dirt
- Joe Somebody, starring Tim Allen
- Josie and the Pussycats
- Joy Ride
- Jurassic Park III
- Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham
- Kate & Leopold, starring Meg Ryan
- Kiss of the Dragon
- Kissing Jessica Stein
- Kingdom Come
- A Knight's Tale
- K-PAX, starring Kevin Spacey
- Lagaan
- Lan Yu
- Lara Croft: Tomb Raider
- The Last Castle
- Late Marriage
- Left Behind: The Movie (first released directly to video in 2000)
- Legally Blonde
- Life as a House
- The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring - BAFTA Award for Best Picture
- The Lost Skeleton of Cadavra
- Lovely & Amazing
- Lucía y el sexo
- The Majestic, starring Jim Carrey
- Max Keeble's Big Move
- Me Without You
- Mean Machine
- Metropolis
- The Mexican
- Mike Bassett: England Manager
- Millennium Actress
- Monkeybone
- Monsoon Wedding - Golden Lion award
- Monster's Ball
- Monsters, Inc.
- Moulin Rouge!, starring Nicole Kidman - Golden Globe Award for Best Picture (Musical or Comedy)
- Mulholland Drive
- The Mummy Returns
- The Musketeer
- No Man's Land - Academy and Golden Globe Awards for Best Foreign Language Film
- Not Another Teen Movie
- Novocaine
- Nowhere in Africa (Nirgendwo in Afrika), Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film (2002)
- O
- Ocean's Eleven
- Red Hot Chili Peppers: Off The Map (DVD Release)
- The One, starring Jet Li
- Original Sin
- Osmosis Jones
- Out Cold, starring Jason London & Lee Majors
- The Others, starring Nicole Kidman
- Pearl Harbor
- Le Peuple Migrateur (also known as Winged Migration)
- The Piano Teacher
- Planet of the Apes
- The Pledge
- Pokémon 3: The Movie (English version - Japanese orig. released 2000)
- The Princess Diaries, starring Julie Andrews and Anne Hathaway
- Rain
- Rat Race
- Recess: School's Out
- Revolution OS
- Riding in Cars with Boys
- Rock Star
- The Royal Tenenbaums
- Shaolin Soccer
- Save the Last Dance
- Saving Silverman
- Say It Isn't So
- Scary Movie 2
- Scratch
- The Score
- Scotland, Pa.
- See Spot Run
- Serendipity
- Shallow Hal
- The Shipping News
- Shrek - Academy Award for Best Animated Feature
- Someone Like You
- The Son's Room (La stanza del figlio) - Palm d'Or award
- Southern Comfort, a documentary film
- Spirited Away - Academy Award for Best Animated Feature and Golden Bear (both for 2002)
- Spy Game
- Spy Kids
- Summer Catch
- Sur mes lèvres
- Sweet November
- Swordfish
- Taking Sides -(film only mentioned in article)
- The Tailor of Panama
- Thir13en Ghosts
- Thirteen Conversations About One Thing
- Tomcats
- Training Day
- Two Can Play that Game
- Uprising
- Valentine
- Vanilla Sky, starring Tom Cruise, Cameron Diaz and Penélope Cruz
- Waking Life
- War Photographer
- The Wash
- The Wedding Planner
- What's the Worst That Could Happen?
- What Time Is It There?
- Yamakasi - Les samouraïs des temps modernes
- Y tu mamá también
- Yellow Hair 2
- Yeopgijeogin geunyeo (My Sassy Girl)
- Zoolander, starring Ben Stiller
[edit] Births
1st May - Luke Tucker, child.
[edit] Deaths
- January 29 - Jean-Pierre Aumont, actor
- February 7 - Dale Evans, actress
- February 12 - Kristina Söderbaum, German actress and photographer
- February 19 - Stanley Kramer, 87, American movie director
- March 15 - Ann Sothern, actress
- April 2 - Jennifer Syme, entertainment industry employee
- April 15 - Joey Ramone, 49, singer/guitarist/songwriter
- June 3 - Anthony Quinn, 86, actor
- June 21 - Carroll O'Connor, 76, actor
- June 28 - Jack Lemmon, 76, actor
- June 28 - Joan Sims, 71, actress
- August 25 - Aaliyah, 22, singer and actress
- September 3 - Pauline Kael, 82, movie critic
- October 28 - Grigori Chukhrai, Ukrainian film director
- December 10 - Ashok Kumar, 90, actor, India
[edit] Wide-release movies
[edit] January-March
[edit] April-June
- April 2001
- April 6
- April 13
- April 20
- April 27
- May 2001
- May 4
- May 11
- May 18
- May 25
- June 2001
- June 1
- June 8
- June 15
- June 22
- June 29
[edit] July-September
[edit] October-December
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