#1 of 9 2001 · Sci-Fi, Mystery
$203.4M worldwide · 54% of the chart's total
Vanilla Sky (2001) is the highest-grossing English-language movie released in week 50 of 2001 (Dec 9–15), with $203.4M worldwide, ahead of The Royal Tenenbaums (2001) at $71.4M and Not Another Teen Movie (2001) at $66.5M. 9 English-language films released that week report a worldwide gross, $374.5M in all, 54% of it from the US & Canada. One film crossed $100 million; none reached $1 billion. That is down 19% on Week 49, 2001, whose releases took $464M. By genre, Romance leads with $219.5M across 2 English releases.
#1 of 9 2001 · Sci-Fi, Mystery
$203.4M worldwide · 54% of the chart's total
Vanilla Sky (2001) leads with $203.4M, 54% of the total. The top 5 together took $373.2M, almost all of what the 9 films earned. Each bar splits a film's gross into the US & Canada and the rest of the world.
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Number 5 US & Canada (domestic) Rest of the world
Lifetime worldwide grosses in US dollars, not adjusted for inflation; domestic means the US & Canada. Films are grouped by their release date in week 50 of 2001 (Dec 9–15).
Dec 14, 2001 US and Canada: $100.6M Rest of the world: $102.8M Worldwide: $203.4M
Dec 14, 2001 US and Canada: $52.4M Rest of the world: $19.1M Worldwide: $71.4M
Dec 14, 2001 US and Canada: $38.3M Rest of the world: $28.2M Worldwide: $66.5M
Dec 14, 2001 US and Canada: $5.6M Rest of the world: $10.6M Worldwide: $16.2M
Dec 14, 2001 US and Canada: $4.6M Rest of the world: $11.1M Worldwide: $15.7M
Dec 12, 2001 US and Canada: $19.9K Rest of the world: $785.9K Worldwide: $805.8K
Dec 14, 2001 US and Canada: $275.2K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $275.2K
Dec 9, 2001 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $156.6K
Dec 10, 2001 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $71.6K Of the top 9, Piñero (2001) earned the biggest share at home (100% in the US & Canada), while Behind the Sun (2001) made 98% of its gross abroad. Across all 9 films, $201.7M (54%) came from the US & Canada. 2 films of the top 9 report no US & Canada figure.
Week 50 releases took $374.5M. The biggest of these 9 weeks is week 51 (Dec 16–22) with $1.5B, led by The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001).
Of these 10 years, Week 50, 1999 earned the most: $493.2M from 13 films, led by The Green Mile (1999). Week 50, 2001 took $374.5M.
| Week | Films | Worldwide | Change | Biggest film |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Week 50, 1992 Dec 6–12 2 films | 2 | $129M | – | Forever Young (1992) $128M |
| Week 50, 1993 Dec 5–11 5 films · +1% | 5 | $130.6M | +1% | Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit (1993) $57.3M |
| Week 50, 1994 Dec 4–10 4 films · +86% | 4 | $243M | +86% | Disclosure (1994) $214M |
| Week 50, 1995 Dec 10–16 4 films · +64% | 4 | $398.1M | +64% | Jumanji (1995) $262.8M |
| Week 50, 1996 Dec 8–14 4 films · −6% | 4 | $375.3M | −6% | Jerry Maguire (1996) $273.6M |
| Week 50, 1997 Dec 7–13 4 films · −39% | 4 | $227.3M | −39% | Scream 2 (1997) $172.4M |
| Week 50, 1998 Dec 6–12 4 films · +92% | 4 | $435.4M | +92% | Shakespeare in Love (1998) $289.3M |
| Week 50, 1999 Dec 5–11 13 films · +13% | 13 | $493.2M | +13% | The Green Mile (1999) $286.8M |
| Week 50, 2000 Dec 3–9 3 films · −37% | 3 | $312.4M | −37% | Vertical Limit (2000) $215.7M |
| Week 50, 2001 Dec 9–15 9 films · +20% | 9 | $374.5M | +20% | Vanilla Sky (2001) $203.4M |
Romance took $219.5M across 2 films, 59% of the total, ahead of Thriller ($219.4M) and Mystery ($219.1M). A film counts once for each of its genres.
52 weeks of 2001 with reported grosses; the biggest is week 51 (Dec 16–22) with $1.5B, led by The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001).
The chart's numbers in short: the #1 film, the total, the billion-dollar hits and the US & Canada share, answered from the same 9 films as the chart.
Vanilla Sky (2001) leads with $203.4M worldwide, $100.6M of it in the US & Canada. Next come The Royal Tenenbaums (2001) at $71.4M and Not Another Teen Movie (2001) at $66.5M.
9 English-language films released in week 50 of 2001 (Dec 9–15) report a worldwide gross, $374.5M in all, or $41.6M per film on average. Week 49, 2001 releases took $464M.
None. 1 film crossed $100 million, led by Vanilla Sky (2001) with $203.4M.
Films are ranked by lifetime worldwide gross in US dollars, not adjusted for inflation, and grouped by their release date in week 50 of 2001 (Dec 9–15). The figures are the reported box office grosses in our database. A gross that looks misattributed, such as one figure shared by two unrelated films or a blockbuster total on an obscure title, is left out rather than shown as a fact, and so are films whose stored language is most likely wrong.
Grosses change while films are in theaters and whenever a new figure is reported; this chart reads the latest numbers in our database, so an older film can still move after a re-release.