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The year 2001 in film involved some significant events, including the first installments of the Harry Potter, Fast & Furious, Spy Kids, Monsters, Inc. and Shrek franchises, and The Lord of the Rings and Ocean's trilogies. Significant non-English language films released included Monsoon Wedding, Amélie and Spirited Away. There was one film, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, that passed over $1 billion in a re-release of 2020.
The inaugural entries of the Harry Potter and Lord of the Rings film franchises prompted a shift in both the film and literary communities by propelling
Highest-grossing films
The top 10 films released in 2001 by worldwide gross are as follows:[3]
Rank | Title | Distributor | Worldwide gross |
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1 | Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone | Warner Bros. | $974,755,371 |
2 | The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring | New Line | $883,726,270 |
3 | Monsters, Inc. | Buena Vista | $528,773,250 |
4 | Shrek | DreamWorks | $487,853,320 |
5 | Ocean's Eleven | Warner Bros. | $450,717,150 |
6 | Pearl Harbor | Buena Vista | $449,220,945 |
7 | The Mummy Returns | Universal | $433,013,274 |
8 | Jurassic Park III | $368,780,809 | |
9 | Planet of the Apes | Fox
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$362,211,740 |
10 | Hannibal | MGM / Universal
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$351,692,268 |
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone grossed $974 million, and became the second highest-grossing film of all time. It was also the highest-grossing film in the Harry Potter film franchise before the finale, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2, surpassed it in 2011.
2001 was the first time that two films released in the same year grossed more than $800 million at the box office, with Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone and The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring surpassing the milestone.
The highest-grossing non-English film was Studio Ghibli's anime Spirited Away, which was the 15th highest-grossing film of the year.[4]
Events
- May 18 – Shrek was released to critical acclaim and went on to win the first Academy Award for Best Animated Feature the following year beating out Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius and Monsters, Inc.
- June 22 – one of the highest-grossing franchisesin film history.
- August 8 – actors Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman divorce.
- November 2 – Monsters, Inc. opens with the best ticket sales ever for an animated filmand the 6th-best of all time.
- November 16 and December 19 – The beginning of two acclaimed fantasy film series based on best-selling novels: Harry Potter and The Lord of the Rings, respectively.
Award ceremonies
Awards
2001 films
By country/region
- List of American films of 2001
- List of Argentine films of 2001
- List of Australian films of 2001
- List of Bangladeshi films of 2001
- List of British films of 2001
- List of Canadian films of 2001
- List of French films of 2001
- List of Hong Kong films of 2001
- List of Indian films of 2001
- List of Japanese films of 2001
- List of Mexican films of 2001
- List of Pakistani films of 2001
- List of Russian films of 2001
- List of South Korean films of 2001
- List of Spanish films of 2001
By genre/medium
- List of action films of 2001
- List of animated feature films of 2001
- List of avant-garde films of 2001
- List of crime films of 2001
- List of comedy films of 2001
- List of drama films of 2001
- List of horror films of 2001
- List of science fiction films of 2001
- List of thriller films of 2001
- List of western films of 2001
Births
- January 1 – Angourie Rice, Australian actress
- February 15 – Haley Tju, American actress
- February 19 – David Mazouz, American actor
- February 24 – Ramona Marquez, English actress
- March 6 – Milo Manheim, American actor
- March 25 – Daisy Tahan, American actress
- April 14 – Nikita Uggla, Swedish actress
- April 20 – Ian Alexander, American actor
- April 28 – Madeleine Harris, British actress
- May 3 – Rachel Zegler, American actress
- May 23 – Matt Lintz, American actor
- May 27 – Izabela Vidovic, American actress
- June 1 – Ed Oxenbould, Australian actor
- June 3 – Rhea Norwood, English actress
- June 9 – Xolo Maridueña, American actor
- June 14 – Samuel Bottomley, English actor
- June 16 – William Sorenson, Canadian Representative
- June 21 – Eleanor Worthington Cox, English actress
- July 1 – Chosen Jacobs, American actor
- July 10 – Isabela Merced, American actress
- July 11 – Sophia Anne Caruso, American actress
- July 22 – Alisha Newton, Canadian actress
- July 31 – Sean Michael Kyer, Canadian actor
- August 5 – Josie Totah, American actress
- August 6 – Ty Simpkins, American actor
- August 21
- Dallas Liu, American actor
- Harry Gilby, English actor
- August 31
- Garrett Wareing, American actor
- Corey Maison Transgender actress activist
- September 3 – Kaia Gerber, American actress and model
- September 6 – Freya Allan, English actress
- September 14 – Matías Recalt, Argentine actor
- September 15 – Emma Fuhrmann, American actress
- September 17 – India Amarteifio, English actress
- September 29 – William Healy, Canadian actor
- October 1 – Luna Blaise, American actress
- October 5 – Dalila Bela, Canadian actress
- October 8 – Percy Hynes White, Canadian actor
- October 9 – Louis Hynes, English actor
- October 10 – Blake Cooper, American actor
- October 12 – Raymond Ochoa, American actor and musician
- October 13 – Caleb McLaughlin, American actor
- October 14 – Rowan Blanchard, American actress
- October 21 – Ashley Liao, American actress
- October 23 – Mina Sundwall, American actress
- October 27 – Lukita Maxwell, Indonesian-American actress
- November 7 – Amybeth McNulty, Irish-Canadian actress
- November 12 – Raffey Cassidy, English actress
- November 15 – Sadie Stanley, American actress
- November 27 – Morgan Davies, Australian actor
- November 30 – Toby Nichols, American actor
- December 13 – Harley Bird, English actress
- December 14 – Joshua Rush, American actor
- December 16 – Sebastian Croft, English actor
- December 28 – Maitreyi Ramakrishnan – Canadian actress
- Joel Oulette, Canadian actor
Deaths
Month | Date | Name | Age | Country | Profession | Notable films |
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January | 1 | Ray Walston[5] | 86 | US | Actor | |
5 | Nancy Parsons | 58 | US | Actress | ||
10 | Jacques Marin | 81 | France | Actor | ||
11 | James Hill | 84 | US | Producer, Screenwriter | ||
11 | Michael Williams | 65 | UK | Actor | ||
15 | Ted Mann | 84 | US | Producer | ||
16 | Virginia O'Brien | 81 | US | Actress, Singer | ||
18 | Al Waxman | 65 | Canada | Actor | ||
21 | Sandy Baron | 64 | US | Actor | ||
21 | Joseph O'Conor | 84 | Ireland | Actor | ||
30 | Jean-Pierre Aumont[6] | 90 | France | Actor | ||
30 | John Prebble | 85 | UK | Screenwriter | ||
31 | Bert Williams | 78 | US | Actor | ||
February | 4 | Tony Steedman | 73 | UK | Actor | |
7 | Dale Evans[7] | 88 | US | Actress, Singer | ||
10 | Lewis Arquette | 65 | US | Actor | ||
11 | Sy Gomberg | 82 | US | Screenwriter | ||
14 | Charles B. Fitzsimons | 76 | Ireland | Producer | ||
15 | Burt Kennedy | 78 | US | Director, Screenwriter | ||
16 | Howard W. Koch | 84 | US | Producer | ||
19 | Stanley Kramer[8] | 87 | US | Director, Producer | ||
20 | Rosemary DeCamp | 90 | US | Actress | ||
27 | Ralf D. Bode | 59 | Germany | Cinematographer | ||
27 | Stan Margulies | 80 | US | Producer | ||
March | 6 | Kim Walker | 32 | US | Actress | |
8 | Edward Winter | 63 | US | Actor | ||
9 | Richard Stone | 47 | US | Composer, Music Editor | ||
12 | Morton Downey Jr. | 68 | US | Actor | ||
13 | John A. Alonzo | 66 | US | Cinematographer, Actor | ||
15 | Ann Sothern[9] | 92 | US | Actress | ||
16 | Norma MacMillan | 79 | Canada | Actress | ||
17 | Ralph Thomas | 85 | UK | Director | ||
19 | Mentor Huebner | 79 | US | Illustrator | ||
21 | Anthony Steel | 80 | UK | Actor | ||
22 | William Hanna | 90 | US | Animator, Director, Producer | ||
23 | Sully Boyar | 77 | US | Actor | ||
24 | Tambi Larsen | 77 | India | Art Director | ||
26 | Piotr Sobociński | 43 | Poland | Cinematographer |
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April | 1 | Larry Tucker | 66 | US | Screenwriter | |
7 | David Graf | 50 | US | Actor | ||
7 | Beatrice Straight | 86 | US | Actress | ||
10 | Nyree Dawn Porter | 65 | New Zealand | Actress | ||
11 | Harry Secombe[10] | 79 | UK | Actor | ||
13 | Jimmy Logan | 73 | UK | Actor | ||
13 | Ken Weston | 53 | UK | Sound Engineer | ||
14 | Hiroshi Teshigahara[11] | 74 | Japan | Director |
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16 | Michael Ritchie |
62 | US | Director | ||
20 | Maria Karnilova | 80 | US | Actress | ||
21 | Jack Haley Jr. | 67 | US | Director | ||
22 | Edward Muhl | 94 | US | Studio Executive | ||
27 | Jack Murdock | 78 | US | Actor | ||
28 | Ken Hughes | 79 | UK | Screenwriter | ||
29 | Walter Hannemann | 88 | US | Film Editor | ||
May | 2 | Gina Mastrogiacomo | 39 | US | Actress | |
3 | Ernie Wheelwright | 61 | US | Actor | ||
7 | Gary Wissner | 37 | US | Production Designer, Art Director | ||
9 | Leslie Sands | 79 | UK | Actor | ||
10 | Deborah Walley | 59 | US | Actress | ||
12 | Perry Como[12] | 88 | US | Singer, Actor | ||
13 | Eddra Gale | 79 | US | Actress | ||
13 | Jason Miller[13] | 62 | US | Actor, Director |
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13 | Ralph Tabakin | 79 | US | Actor | ||
14 | Mauro Bolognini | 78 | Italy | Director, Screenwriter | ||
14 | Peter Griffith | 74 | US | Actor | Halloween | |
14 | Armando Nannuzzi | 75 | Italy | Cinematographer | ||
15 | Sacha Vierny | 81 | France | Cinematographer | ||
16 | Joe Baker | 72 | UK | Actor | ||
22 | Connie Marshall | 68 | US | Actress | ||
22 | Whitman Mayo | 70 | US | Actor | ||
22 | Jack Watling | 78 | UK | Actor | ||
23 | Lita Chevret | 92 | US | Actress | ||
25 | John W. Holmes | 84 | US | Film Editor | ||
26 | Anne Haney | 67 | US | Actress | ||
27 | Ramon Bieri | 71 | US | Actor | ||
29 | Russell Saunders |
82 | US | Stuntman | ||
31 | Arlene Francis | 93 | US | Actress | ||
June | 2 | Imogene Coca | 92 | US | Actress | |
3 | Anthony Quinn[14] | 86 | Mexico | Actor | ||
4 | Joan Vohs | 73 | US | Actress | ||
7 | Leonard Tepper | 61 | US | Actor | ||
15 | Henri Alekan | 92 | France | Cinematographer | ||
21 | Carroll O'Connor | 76 | US | Actor | ||
21 | Vernon Sewell | 97 | UK | Director, Screenwriter | ||
23 | Corinne Calvet | 76 | France | Actress | ||
26 | Paul Berry | 39 | UK | Animator | ||
27 | Jack Lemmon | 76 | US | Actor | ||
28 | Joan Sims | 71 | UK | Actress | ||
July | 2 | Jack Gwillim | 91 | UK | Actor | |
3 | Mordecai Richler | 70 | Canada | Screenwriter | ||
5 | A. D. Flowers | 84 | US | Special Effects Artist | ||
7 | Molly Lamont | 91 | South Africa | Actress | ||
12 | James Bernard | 75 | UK | Composer | ||
13 | Eleanor Summerfield | 80 | UK | Actress | ||
15 | Ted Berman | 81 | US | Director, Screenwriter, Animator | ||
19 | Paul Beeson | 79 | UK | Cinematographer | ||
21 | Sivaji Ganesan | 72 | India | Actor | ||
29 | Alex Nicol | 79 | US | Actor | ||
August | 3 | Christopher Hewett | 79 | UK | Actor |
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6 | Alan Rafkin | 73 | US | Director | ||
6 | Dorothy Tutin | 71 | UK | Actress | ||
8 | Harry Julian Fink | 78 | US | Screenwriter | ||
14 | Missy Cleveland |
41 | US | Actress |
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14 | Jackie "Butch" Jenkins | 63 | US | Actor | ||
16 | Dave Barry | 82 | US | Actor | ||
18 | Jack Elliott | 74 | US | Composer, Conductor | ||
20 | Kim Stanley | 76 | US | Actress | ||
23 | Kathleen Freeman | 82 | US | Actress | ||
25 | Aaliyah | 22 | US | Actress, Singer |
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25 | John Chambers | 78 | US | Makeup Artist | ||
25 | Jane Greer | 76 | US | Actress | ||
25 | Inigo Jackson | 68 | UK | Actor | ||
28 | Lawrence B. Marcus | 84 | US | Screenwriter | ||
29 | Francisco Rabal | 75 | Spain | Actor | ||
30 | Julie Bishop | 87 | US | Actress | ||
September | 2 | Troy Donahue | 65 | US | Actor | |
3 | Ferruccio Amendola | 71 | Italy | Actor | ||
3 | Pauline Kael | 82 | US | Film Critic | None; critiqued films for The New Yorker | |
3 | Thuy Trang[15] | 27 | US | Actress | ||
4 | Merrill Connally | 80 | US | Actor | ||
9 | Tommy Hollis | 47 | US | Actor | ||
12 | Victor Wong |
74 | US | Actor | ||
13 | Barbara Matera | 72 | UK | Costume Designer | ||
13 | Dorothy McGuire | 85 | US | Actress |
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15 | Fred de Cordova | 90 | US | Director | ||
16 | Samuel Z. Arkoff | 83 | US | Producer | ||
25 | Evan A. Lottman | 70 | US | Film Editor |
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25 | Dolores Michaels | 68 | US | Actress | ||
26 | Hannes Nikel | 70 | Germany | Film Editor |
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27 | Helen Cherry | 85 | UK | Actress | ||
28 | Martin Garner | 74 | US | Actor | ||
29 | Gloria Foster | 67 | US | Actress | ||
October | 9 | Herbert Ross[16] | 74 | US | Director | |
15 | Robert Rutledge | 53 | US | Sound Engineer | ||
17 | Jay Livingston | 86 | US | Composer | ||
19 | Ray Lovejoy | 62 | UK | Film Editor |
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21 | David Lowell Rich | 81 | US | Director | ||
23 | Linden Travers | 88 | UK | Actress | ||
24 | Jaromil Jireš | 65 | Czechoslovakia | Director |
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26 | Eugene Jackson | 58 | US | Actor | ||
28 | Larry Jost | 80 | US | Sound Engineer | ||
29 | Maura Fay | 43 | Australia | Casting Director | ||
31 | Jenny Laird | 89 | UK | Actress | ||
November | 5 | Roy Boulting |
87 | UK | Director | |
6 | Anthony Shaffer | 75 | UK | Screenwriter | ||
7 | Bobby Bass | 65 | US | Stuntman, Actor | ||
12 | Albert Hague | 82 | Germany | Actor | ||
13 | Peggy Mount | 86 | UK | Actress | ||
14 | Charlotte Coleman[17] | 33 | UK | Actress |
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21 | Ralph Burns | 79 | US | Composer, Arranger | ||
29 | Budd Boetticher | 85 | US | Director | ||
29 | George Harrison[18] | 58 | UK | Singer, Actor, Producer | ||
29 | John Mitchum | 82 | US | Actor | ||
December | 1 | Danilo Donati | 74 | Italy | Costume Designer, Production Designer | |
6 | Walt Mulconery | 69 | US | Film Editor | ||
7 | Pauline Moore | 87 | US | Actress | ||
10 | Lance Fuller | 73 | US | Actor | ||
15 | Wilkie Cooper | 90 | UK | Cinematographer |
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16 | Roy Brocksmith | 56 | US | Actor | ||
20 | Foster Brooks | 89 | US | Actor | ||
20 | Edward Evans | 87 | UK | Actor | ||
26 | Nigel Hawthorne | 72 | UK | Actor | ||
29 | Robert Patten | 76 | US | Actor | ||
30 | Ray Patterson | 90 | US | Animator | ||
31 | Eileen Heckart | 82 | US | Actress | ||
31 | David Swift | 82 | US | Director |
Film debuts
- Scott Adkins – The Accidental Spy
- Laz Alonso – 30 Years to Life
- Malena Alterio – The Hold-Up
- Ike Barinholtz – Down
- Ty Burrell – Evolution
- Luis Callejo – Luna's Game
- Henry Cavill – Laguna
- Jeff Chase – In the Shadows
- Justin Chatwin – Josie and the Pussycats
- Bradley Cooper – Wet Hot American Summer
- Dominic Cooper – From Hell
- Michael Ealy – Kissing Jessica Stein
- Marta Etura – No Shame
- Dakota Fanning – Tomcats
- Elle Fanning – I Am Sam
- Megan Fox – Holiday in the Sun
- Kyle Gallner – Wet Hot American Summer
- Tyrese Gibson – Baby Boy
- Macarena Gómez – Dagon
- Tom Hardy – Black Hawk Down
- Sean Harris – The Discovery of Heaven
- Naomie Harris – Crust
- Anne Hathaway – The Princess Diaries
- Freddie Highmore – Women Talking Dirty
- Dwayne Johnson – The Mummy Returns
- Happy Campers
- Fran Kranz – Donnie Darko
- Bárbara Lennie – No Pain, No Gain
- Scoot McNairy – Wrong Numbers
- Sienna Miller – South Kensington
- Michelle Monaghan – Perfume
- Ebon Moss-Bachrach – The Believer
- Eric Christian Olsen – Pearl Harbor
- David Oyelowo – Dog Eat Dog
- Daniel Radcliffe – The Tailor of Panama
- Elizabeth Reaser – The Believer
- Emma Roberts – Blow
- Seth Rogen – Donnie Darko
- Kristen Schaal – Kate & Leopold
- Pablo Schreiber – Bubble Boy
- Rafe Spall – Beginner's Luck
- Omar Sy – La Tour Montparnasse Infernale
- Jasmine Trinca – The Son's Room
- Gaspard Ulliel – Brotherhood of the Wolf
- Wilmer Valderrama – Summer Catch
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