Domestic Box Office For December 2001
| Rank | Release | Gross | Theaters | Total Gross | Release Date | Distributor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring | $163,871,215 | 3,381 | $313,364,114 | Dec 19 | New Line Cinema |
| 2 | Ocean's Eleven | $132,148,523 | 3,075 | $183,417,150 | Dec 7 | Warner Bros. |
| 3 | Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone | $86,447,568 | 3,672 | $317,575,550 | Nov 16 | Warner Bros. |
| 4 | Vanilla Sky | $68,620,163 | 2,842 | $100,618,344 | Dec 14 | Paramount Pictures |
| 5 | Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius | $45,701,766 | 3,151 | $80,936,232 | Dec 21 | Paramount Pictures |
| 6 | Behind Enemy Lines | $43,682,505 | 2,844 | $58,856,790 | Nov 30 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 7 | Monsters, Inc. | $40,289,785 | 3,649 | $255,873,250 | Nov 2 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 8 | Ali | $36,694,948 | 2,521 | $58,203,105 | Dec 25 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 9 | Not Another Teen Movie | $30,864,800 | 2,365 | $38,252,284 | Dec 14 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 10 | Spy Game | $21,657,235 | 2,770 | $62,362,560 | Nov 21 | Universal Pictures |
| 11 | How High | $18,233,820 | 1,273 | $31,178,740 | Dec 21 | Universal Pictures |
| 12 | Kate & Leopold | $17,222,281 | 2,467 | $47,121,859 | Dec 25 | Miramax |
| 13 | The Majestic | $15,923,251 | 2,361 | $27,807,266 | Dec 21 | Warner Bros. |
| 14 | A Beautiful Mind | $15,876,796 | 2,250 | $170,742,341 | Dec 21 | Universal Pictures |
| 15 | Joe Somebody | $14,577,095 | 2,517 | $22,771,646 | Dec 21 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 16 | Black Knight | $12,603,032 | 2,571 | $33,426,971 | Nov 21 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 17 | Shallow Hal | $10,323,494 | 2,799 | $70,839,203 | Nov 9 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 18 | The Royal Tenenbaums | $9,234,863 | 999 | $52,364,010 | Dec 14 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 19 | Amélie | $7,121,891 | 303 | $33,225,499 | Nov 2 | Miramax |
| 20 | Out Cold | $4,953,559 | 2,011 | $13,906,394 | Nov 21 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 21 | Domestic Disturbance | $3,921,735 | 2,910 | $45,246,095 | Nov 2 | Paramount Pictures |
| 22 | The Wash | $2,704,086 | 749 | $10,097,538 | Nov 16 | Lionsgate |
| 23 | Heist | $2,461,589 | 1,891 | $23,510,841 | Nov 9 | Warner Bros. |
| 24 | The Shipping News | $2,192,059 | 434 | $11,434,216 | Dec 25 | Miramax |
| 25 | Les Boys III | $1,980,857 | 115 | $3,557,100 | Nov 30 | Lionsgate |
| 26 | Thir13en Ghosts | $1,897,935 | 2,781 | $41,867,960 | Oct 26 | Warner Bros. |
| 27 | The Man Who Wasn't There | $1,865,921 | 259 | $7,504,257 | Nov 2 | USA Films |
| 28 | Serendipity | $1,780,438 | 2,610 | $50,294,317 | Oct 5 | Miramax |
| 29 | In the Bedroom | $1,779,205 | 1,103 | $35,930,604 | Nov 23 | Miramax |
| 30 | Training Day | $1,549,851 | 2,712 | $76,631,907 | Oct 5 | Warner Bros. |
| 31 | K-PAX | $1,513,845 | 2,581 | $50,338,485 | Oct 26 | Universal Pictures |
| 32 | Life as a House | $1,429,295 | 1,288 | $15,667,270 | Oct 26 | New Line Cinema |
| 33 | Sidewalks of New York | $1,398,955 | 224 | $2,402,652 | Nov 23 | Paramount Classics |
| 34 | The One | $1,387,095 | 2,894 | $43,905,746 | Nov 2 | Revolution Studios |
| 35 | Beauty and the Beast 2000 IMAX Release | $1,318,532 | 68 | $25,487,190 | Jan 1 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 36 | Shackleton's Antarctic Adventure | $955,274 | 26 | $15,553,324 | Feb 10 | - |
| 37 | T-Rex: Back to the Cretaceous | $874,920 | 38 | $53,354,743 | Oct 23 | IMAX |
| 38 | Novocaine | $844,675 | 189 | $2,036,682 | Nov 16 | Artisan Entertainment |
| 39 | Galapagos | $798,876 | 14 | $18,630,372 | Oct 29 | IMAX |
| 40 | Hardball | $777,084 | 2,314 | $40,222,729 | Sep 14 | Paramount Pictures |
| 41 | CyberWorld | $757,628 | 38 | $11,253,900 | Oct 6 | IMAX |
| 42 | The Endurance | $674,004 | 40 | $2,453,083 | Oct 5 | Cowboy Pictures |
| 43 | The Business of Strangers | $641,012 | 60 | $1,030,920 | Dec 7 | IFC Films |
| 44 | Zoolander | $602,650 | 2,522 | $45,172,250 | Sep 28 | Paramount Pictures |
| 45 | Waking Life | $572,564 | 93 | $2,901,447 | Oct 19 | - |
| 46 | Bandits | $570,328 | 3,207 | $41,575,141 | Oct 12 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) |
| 47 | Texas Rangers | $558,623 | 404 | $623,374 | Nov 30 | Miramax |
| 48 | Mulholland Drive | $522,340 | 247 | $7,220,243 | Oct 8 | Universal Pictures |
| 49 | Riding in Cars with Boys | $513,463 | 2,770 | $30,165,536 | Oct 19 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 50 | Cirque du Soleil: Journey of Man | $507,170 | 22 | $15,627,434 | May 5 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 51 | The Princess Diaries | $495,591 | 2,749 | $108,248,956 | Aug 3 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 52 | Planet of the Apes | $495,114 | 3,530 | $180,011,740 | Jul 27 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 53 | The Other Side of Heaven | $447,663 | 306 | $4,720,371 | Dec 14 | Excel Entertainment |
| 54 | The Affair of the Necklace | $446,501 | 40 | $471,210 | Nov 30 | Warner Bros. |
| 55 | Rush Hour 2 | $430,953 | 3,118 | $226,164,286 | Aug 3 | New Line Cinema |
| 56 | Porn Star: The Legend of Ron Jeremy | $416,100 | 7 | $421,516 | Nov 30 | - |
| 57 | Gosford Park | $413,383 | 918 | $41,308,615 | Dec 26 | USA Films |
| 58 | Don't Say a Word | $404,189 | 2,842 | $55,001,642 | Sep 28 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 59 | Legally Blonde | $383,896 | 2,725 | $96,520,674 | Jul 13 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) |
| 60 | From Hell | $295,213 | 2,334 | $31,602,566 | Oct 19 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 61 | Kandahar | $289,585 | 29 | $1,418,314 | Dec 14 | Avatar Films |
| 62 | Lantana | $284,995 | 108 | $4,623,189 | Dec 14 | Lionsgate |
| 63 | The Devil's Backbone | $283,721 | 35 | $755,249 | Nov 21 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 64 | Max Keeble's Big Move | $236,429 | 2,045 | $17,294,293 | Oct 5 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 65 | Black Hawk Down | $221,291 | 3,143 | $108,638,745 | Dec 28 | Revolution Studios |
| 66 | Grateful Dawg | $219,447 | 21 | $360,251 | Oct 5 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 67 | Rat Race | $212,633 | 2,551 | $56,618,055 | Aug 17 | Paramount Pictures |
| 68 | Trembling Before G-d | $208,718 | 8 | $788,896 | Oct 24 | New Yorker Films |
| 69 | No Man's Land | $208,204 | 38 | $1,012,153 | Dec 7 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) |
| 70 | Corky Romano | $203,145 | 2,094 | $23,980,304 | Oct 12 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 71 | Joy Ride | $183,503 | 2,522 | $21,974,919 | Oct 5 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 72 | American Pie 2 | $167,120 | 3,157 | $145,103,595 | Aug 10 | Universal Pictures |
| 73 | Monster's Ball | $162,891 | 714 | $31,273,922 | Dec 26 | Lionsgate |
| 74 | Bread and Tulips | $162,564 | 84 | $5,318,679 | Jul 27 | First Look International |
| 75 | Moulin Rouge! | $161,480 | 2,283 | $57,386,607 | May 18 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 76 | Fat Girl | $155,528 | 17 | $725,854 | Oct 12 | Cowboy Pictures |
| 77 | Tape | $152,797 | 35 | $490,475 | Nov 2 | Lionsgate |
| 78 | Dinner Rush | $150,565 | 52 | $634,566 | Sep 28 | Access Entertainment |
| 79 | Divided We Fall 2001 Re-release | $146,365 | 37 | $1,332,586 | Jun 8 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 80 | The Last Castle | $140,556 | 2,270 | $18,244,060 | Oct 19 | DreamWorks Distribution |
| 81 | Innocence | $137,088 | 52 | $2,202,382 | Aug 17 | IDP Distribution |
| 82 | The Fluffer | $123,864 | 6 | $563,373 | Nov 16 | First Run |
| 83 | Focus | $115,564 | 62 | $645,418 | Oct 19 | Paramount Classics |
| 84 | China: The Panda Adventure | $108,056 | 21 | $3,921,642 | Jun 9 | IMAX |
| 85 | Intimacy | $102,770 | 11 | $405,094 | Oct 19 | Empire Pictures Inc. |
| 86 | Jurassic Park III | $102,635 | 3,462 | $181,171,875 | Jul 18 | Universal Pictures |
| 87 | ABCD | $83,372 | 38 | $83,372 | Nov 30 | Eros Worldwide |
| 88 | Michael Jordan to the Max | $81,970 | 56 | $18,650,521 | May 5 | IMAX |
| 89 | Liam | $77,161 | 55 | $1,016,021 | Sep 21 | Lionsgate |
| 90 | Encounter in the Third Dimension | $61,982 | 16 | $7,195,792 | Feb 26 | - |
| 91 | Charlotte Gray | $48,856 | 52 | $741,394 | Dec 28 | Warner Bros. |
| 92 | I Am Sam | $48,624 | 1,450 | $40,311,852 | Dec 28 | New Line Cinema |
| 93 | Shrek | $44,431 | 3,715 | $267,851,831 | May 16 | DreamWorks Distribution |
| 94 | Burnt Money | $33,634 | 5 | $183,132 | Oct 19 | Strand Releasing |
| 95 | The Independent | $28,392 | 11 | $238,431 | Nov 30 | Arrow Releasing |
| 96 | Piñero | $25,256 | 21 | $275,171 | Dec 13 | Miramax |
| 97 | Iris | $23,144 | 220 | $5,594,617 | Dec 14 | Miramax |
| 98 | Hearts in Atlantis | $22,641 | 2,010 | $24,185,781 | Sep 28 | Warner Bros. |
| 99 | Baran | $21,702 | 9 | $125,900 | Dec 7 | Miramax |
| 100 | Behind the Sun | $19,861 | 2 | $19,861 | Dec 12 | Miramax |
| 101 | Monty Python and the Holy Grail 2001 Re-release | $19,058 | 26 | $1,827,696 | Jun 15 | Rainbow Releasing |
| 102 | Eban and Charley | $16,918 | 1 | $16,918 | Dec 14 | - |
| 103 | Dark Blue World | $13,048 | 7 | $258,771 | Dec 28 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 104 | Lush | $1,576 | 1 | $2,763 | Dec 28 | Menemsha Films |
| 105 | The Last Wave 2001 Re-release | $816 | 1 | $957 | Nov 30 | Cowboy Pictures |
