| Rank | Release
| Genre
| Budget
| Running Time
| Gross | Theaters | Total Gross | Release Date | Distributor
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone | - | - | - | $202,109,962 | 3,672 | $317,575,550 | Nov 16 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 2 | Monsters, Inc. | - | - | - | $197,176,459 | 3,649 | $255,873,250 | Nov 2 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 3 | Shallow Hal | - | - | - | $58,029,251 | 2,799 | $70,839,203 | Nov 9 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 4 | The One | - | - | - | $42,518,651 | 2,894 | $43,905,746 | Nov 2 | Revolution Studios | false |
| 5 | Domestic Disturbance | - | - | - | $40,801,650 | 2,910 | $45,246,095 | Nov 2 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 6 | Spy Game | - | - | - | $39,182,815 | 2,770 | $62,362,560 | Nov 21 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 7 | K-PAX | - | - | - | $28,364,235 | 2,581 | $50,338,485 | Oct 26 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 8 | Thir13en Ghosts | - | - | - | $22,984,228 | 2,781 | $41,867,960 | Oct 26 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 9 | Heist | - | - | - | $21,049,246 | 1,891 | $23,510,841 | Nov 9 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 10 | Black Knight | - | - | - | $18,904,830 | 2,571 | $33,426,971 | Nov 21 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 11 | Life as a House | - | - | - | $12,611,709 | 1,288 | $15,667,270 | Oct 26 | New Line Cinema | false |
| 12 | Riding in Cars with Boys | - | - | - | $10,205,505 | 2,770 | $30,165,536 | Oct 19 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 13 | From Hell | - | - | - | $9,600,651 | 2,334 | $31,602,566 | Oct 19 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 14 | Training Day | - | - | - | $9,511,308 | 2,712 | $76,631,907 | Oct 5 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 15 | Amélie | - | - | - | $8,667,305 | 303 | $33,225,499 | Nov 2 | Miramax | false |
| 16 | Out Cold | - | - | - | $8,577,690 | 2,011 | $13,906,394 | Nov 21 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 17 | Bandits | - | - | - | $8,286,288 | 3,207 | $41,575,141 | Oct 12 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false |
| 18 | Serendipity | - | - | - | $7,896,074 | 2,610 | $50,294,317 | Oct 5 | Miramax | false |
| 19 | The Wash | - | - | - | $7,248,304 | 749 | $10,097,538 | Nov 16 | Lionsgate | false |
| 20 | Behind Enemy Lines | - | - | - | $6,532,523 | 2,844 | $58,856,790 | Nov 30 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 21 | The Man Who Wasn't There | - | - | - | $4,933,995 | 259 | $7,504,257 | Nov 2 | USA Films | false |
| 22 | The Last Castle | - | - | - | $4,209,328 | 2,270 | $18,244,060 | Oct 19 | DreamWorks Distribution | false |
| 23 | Bones | - | - | - | $3,519,647 | 847 | $7,316,658 | Oct 26 | New Line Cinema | false |
| 24 | Corky Romano | - | - | - | $3,078,851 | 2,094 | $23,980,304 | Oct 12 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 25 | Don't Say a Word | - | - | - | $2,882,648 | 2,842 | $55,001,642 | Sep 28 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 26 | Hardball | - | - | - | $2,253,147 | 2,314 | $40,222,729 | Sep 14 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 27 | On the Line | - | - | - | $2,128,462 | 901 | $4,365,455 | Oct 26 | Miramax | false |
| 28 | Zoolander | - | - | - | $2,093,811 | 2,522 | $45,172,250 | Sep 28 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 29 | Mulholland Drive | - | - | - | $1,949,610 | 247 | $7,220,243 | Oct 8 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 30 | Waking Life | - | - | - | $1,521,267 | 93 | $2,901,447 | Oct 19 | Fox Searchlight Pictures | false |
| 31 | Rush Hour 2 | - | - | - | $1,330,004 | 3,118 | $226,164,286 | Aug 3 | New Line Cinema | false |
| 32 | The Princess Diaries | - | - | - | $1,283,538 | 2,749 | $108,248,956 | Aug 3 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 33 | Iron Monkey | - | - | - | $1,239,117 | 1,235 | $14,694,904 | Oct 12 | Miramax | false |
| 34 | The Others | - | - | - | $1,205,769 | 2,843 | $96,522,687 | Aug 10 | Miramax | false |
| 35 | Novocaine | - | - | - | $1,101,121 | 189 | $2,036,682 | Nov 16 | Artisan Entertainment | false |
| 36 | Joy Ride | - | - | - | $1,033,472 | 2,522 | $21,974,919 | Oct 5 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 37 | Sidewalks of New York | - | - | - | $922,698 | 224 | $2,402,652 | Nov 23 | Paramount Classics | false |
| 38 | Shackleton's Antarctic Adventure | - | - | - | $901,683 | 26 | $15,553,324 | Feb 10 | WGBH Giant-Screen Films | false |
| 39 | Legally Blonde | - | - | - | $886,035 | 2,725 | $96,520,674 | Jul 13 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false |
| 40 | Bread and Tulips | - | - | - | $862,125 | 84 | $5,318,679 | Jul 27 | First Look International | false |
| 41 | Encounter in the Third Dimension | - | - | - | $836,061 | 16 | $7,195,792 | Feb 26 | nWave Pictures | false |
| 42 | Max Keeble's Big Move | - | - | - | $753,346 | 2,045 | $17,294,293 | Oct 5 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 43 | American Pie 2 | - | - | - | $687,836 | 3,157 | $145,103,595 | Aug 10 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 44 | Shrek | - | - | - | $585,069 | 3,715 | $268,200,241 | May 16 | DreamWorks Distribution | false |
| 45 | Jurassic Park III | - | - | - | $583,910 | 3,462 | $181,171,875 | Jul 18 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 46 | Hearts in Atlantis | - | - | - | $499,270 | 2,010 | $24,185,781 | Sep 28 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 47 | Innocence | - | - | - | $481,181 | 52 | $2,202,382 | Aug 17 | IDP Distribution | false |
| 48 | Planet of the Apes | - | - | - | $476,215 | 3,530 | $180,011,740 | Jul 27 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 49 | Focus | - | - | - | $462,071 | 62 | $645,418 | Oct 19 | Paramount Classics | false |
| 50 | Who Knows? | - | - | - | $449,808 | 35 | $907,323 | Sep 28 | Sony Pictures Classics | false |
| 51 | The Glass House | - | - | - | $442,517 | 1,601 | $18,150,259 | Sep 14 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 52 | Michael Jordan to the Max | - | - | - | $389,047 | 56 | $18,650,521 | May 5 | IMAX | false |
| 53 | Megiddo: The Omega Code 2 | - | - | - | $388,087 | 353 | $6,047,691 | Sep 21 | 8x Entertainment | false |
| 54 | Asoka | - | - | - | $378,403 | 66 | $731,277 | Oct 26 | First Look International | false |
| 55 | Donnie Darko | - | - | - | $376,638 | 58 | $517,375 | Oct 26 | Newmarket Films | false |
| 56 | The Endurance | - | - | - | $364,957 | 40 | $2,453,083 | Oct 5 | Cowboy Pictures | false |
| 57 | Tape | - | - | - | $337,672 | 35 | $490,475 | Nov 2 | Lionsgate | false |
| 58 | Atlantis: The Lost Empire | - | - | - | $334,896 | 3,071 | $84,056,472 | Jun 8 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 59 | Liam | - | - | - | $333,805 | 55 | $1,016,021 | Sep 21 | Lionsgate | false |
| 60 | Rat Race | - | - | - | $314,100 | 2,551 | $56,618,055 | Aug 17 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 61 | Extremedays | - | - | - | $308,163 | 351 | $1,047,553 | Sep 28 | Providence Entertainment | false |
| 62 | China: The Panda Adventure | - | - | - | $274,292 | 21 | $3,921,642 | Jun 9 | IMAX | false |
| 63 | Jeepers Creepers | - | - | - | $257,943 | 2,944 | $37,904,175 | Aug 31 | United Artists | false |
| 64 | Under the Sun | - | - | - | $253,163 | 10 | $316,020 | Aug 3 | Shadow Distribution | false |
| 65 | Tortilla Soup | - | - | - | $207,796 | 220 | $4,467,615 | Aug 24 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company | false |
| 66 | Monty Python and the Holy Grail 2001 Re-release | - | - | - | $200,417 | 26 | $1,827,696 | Jun 15 | Rainbow Releasing | false |
| 67 | Intimacy | - | - | - | $189,042 | 11 | $405,094 | Oct 19 | Empire Pictures Inc. | false |
| 68 | Pearl Harbor | - | - | - | $176,358 | 3,255 | $198,542,554 | May 25 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 69 | Moulin Rouge! | - | - | - | $168,700 | 2,283 | $57,386,607 | May 18 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 70 | In the Bedroom | - | - | - | $166,359 | 1,103 | $35,930,604 | Nov 23 | Miramax | false |
| 71 | Fat Girl | - | - | - | $165,591 | 17 | $725,854 | Oct 12 | Cowboy Pictures | false |
| 72 | Dinner Rush | - | - | - | $160,536 | 52 | $634,566 | Sep 28 | Access Entertainment | false |
| 73 | Punks | - | - | - | $160,083 | 7 | $160,083 | Nov 2 | Urbanworld Films | false |
| 74 | My First Mister | - | - | - | $145,471 | 103 | $568,762 | Oct 12 | Paramount Classics | false |
| 75 | Ghost World | - | - | - | $135,123 | 128 | $6,217,849 | Jul 20 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false |
| 76 | Burnt Money | - | - | - | $118,274 | 5 | $183,132 | Oct 19 | Strand Releasing | false |
| 77 | Haunted Castle | - | - | - | $100,641 | 10 | $13,651,656 | Feb 23 | nWave Pictures | false |
| 78 | Apocalypse Now Redux 2001 Re-release | - | - | - | $65,158 | 105 | $4,626,290 | Aug 3 | Miramax | false |
| 79 | The Devil's Backbone | - | - | - | $65,073 | 35 | $755,249 | Nov 21 | Sony Pictures Classics | false |
| 80 | Texas Rangers | - | - | - | $64,747 | 404 | $623,374 | Nov 30 | Miramax | false |
| 81 | Cats & Dogs | - | - | - | $59,927 | 3,040 | $93,385,515 | Jul 4 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 82 | Galapagos | - | - | - | $53,085 | 14 | $18,630,372 | Oct 29 | IMAX | false |
| 83 | High Heels and Low Lifes | - | - | - | $50,862 | 175 | $228,194 | Oct 26 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 84 | One Week | - | - | - | $37,377 | 18 | $190,441 | Oct 19 | Filmways Pictures | false |
| 85 | Grateful Dawg | - | - | - | $28,539 | 21 | $360,251 | Oct 5 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 86 | King of the Jungle | - | - | - | $27,841 | 4 | $27,841 | Nov 9 | Urbanworld Films | false |
| 87 | Maze | - | - | - | $26,041 | 22 | $26,041 | Nov 9 | Andora Pictures International | false |
| 88 | The Affair of the Necklace | - | - | - | $24,708 | 40 | $471,210 | Nov 30 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 89 | Sobibór, October 14, 1943, 4 p.m. | - | - | - | $22,450 | 2 | $41,040 | Oct 12 | New Yorker Films | false |
| 90 | The Turandot Project | - | - | - | $21,199 | 3 | $33,504 | Aug 10 | Zeitgeist Films | false |
| 91 | The Fluffer | - | - | - | $19,280 | 6 | $563,373 | Nov 16 | First Run | false |
| 92 | Happenstance | - | - | - | $12,888 | 7 | $251,444 | Nov 2 | Lot 47 Films | false |
| 93 | The Fast and the Furious | - | - | - | $6,110 | 2,899 | $144,533,925 | Jun 22 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 94 | Porn Star: The Legend of Ron Jeremy | - | - | - | $5,410 | 7 | $421,516 | Nov 30 | Maelstrom Entertainment | false |
| 95 | The Independent | - | - | - | $2,203 | 11 | $238,431 | Nov 30 | Arrow Releasing | false |
| 96 | My Voyage to Italy | - | - | - | $1,461 | 1 | $11,683 | Oct 24 | Miramax | false |
| 97 | Ginger Snaps | - | - | - | $364 | 1 | $2,554 | Oct 26 | Cinema Village Features | false |
| 98 | The Last Wave 2001 Re-release | - | - | - | $136 | 1 | $957 | Nov 30 | Cowboy Pictures | false |
