2001 in film explained
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 fantasy into mainstream culture, popularizing young adult novels, and reforming the blockbuster to promote film franchises and cater to fandom communities.[1] [2]
Highest-grossing films
The top 10 films released in 2001 by worldwide gross are as follows:[3]
Highest-grossing films of 2001| Rank | Title | Distributor | Worldwide gross |
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| 1 | Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone | Warner Bros. | $974,755,371 |
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| 2 | | New Line | $883,726,270 |
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| 3 | Monsters, Inc. | Buena Vista | $528,773,250 |
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| 4 | Shrek | DreamWorks | $487,853,320 |
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| 5 | Ocean's Eleven | Warner Bros. | $450,717,150 |
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| 6 | Pearl Harbor | Buena Vista | $449,220,945 |
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| 7 | The Mummy Returns | Universal | $433,013,274 |
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| 8 | Jurassic Park III | $368,780,809 |
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| 9 | Planet of the Apes | Fox | $362,211,740 |
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| 10 | Hannibal | MGM / Universal | $351,692,268 | |
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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 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
Award ceremonies
Awards
| Category/Organization | 7th Critics' Choice Awards
January 11, 2002 | 59th Golden Globe Awards
January 20, 2002 | 55th BAFTA Awards
February 24, 2002 | Producers, Directors, Screen Actors, and Writers Guild Awards | 74th Academy Awards
March 24, 2002 |
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| width=200 | Drama ! | Musical or Comedy |
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| Best Film | A Beautiful Mind | Moulin Rouge! | | Moulin Rouge! | A Beautiful Mind |
| Best Director | Ron Howard
A Beautiful Mind
Baz Luhrmann
Moulin Rouge! | Robert Altman
Gosford Park | Peter Jackson
| Ron Howard
A Beautiful Mind |
| Best Actor | Russell Crowe
A Beautiful Mind | Gene Hackman
The Royal Tenenbaums | Russell Crowe
A Beautiful Mind | Denzel Washington
Training Day |
| Best Actress | Sissy Spacek
In the Bedroom | Nicole Kidman
Moulin Rouge! | Judi Dench
Iris | Halle Berry
Monster's Ball |
| Best Supporting Actor | Ben Kingsley
Sexy Beast | Jim Broadbent
Iris | Jim Broadbent
Moulin Rouge! | Ian McKellen
| Jim Broadbent
Iris |
| Best Supporting Actress | Jennifer Connelly
A Beautiful Mind | Helen Mirren
Gosford Park | Jennifer Connelly
A Beautiful Mind |
| Best Screenplay, Adapted | Christopher Nolan
Memento | Akiva Goldsman
A Beautiful Mind | Ted Elliott, Terry Rossio, Joe Stillman and Roger S. H. Schulman
Shrek | Akiva Goldsman
A Beautiful Mind |
| Best Screenplay, Original | Guillaume Laurant and Jean-Pierre Jeunet
Amélie | Julian Fellowes
Gosford Park |
| Best Animated Film | Shrek | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | Shrek |
| Best Original Score | | | N/A |
Howard Shore |
| Best Original Song | "May It Be"
| "Until..."
Kate & Leopold | N/A | N/A | "If I Didn't Have You"
Monsters, Inc. |
| Best Foreign Language Film | Amélie | No Man's Land | Love's a Bitch | N/A | No Man's Land | |
2001 films
By country/region
By genre/medium
Births
- January 1 – Angourie Rice, Australian actress
- February 15 – Haley Tju, American actress
- February 16 - Chloe East, 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 5 - Lilly Krug, German 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 2 – Abraham Attah, Ghanaian 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
- August 31
- 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 19 – D'Pharaoh Woon-A-Tai, Canadian actor
- 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 | | 58 | US | Actress | |
| 10 | | 81 | France | Actor | |
| 11 | | 84 | US | Producer, Screenwriter | |
| 11 | | 65 | UK | Actor | |
| 15 | | 84 | US | Producer | |
| 16 | | 81 | US | Actress, Singer | |
| 18 | | 65 | Canada | Actor | |
| 21 | | 64 | US | Actor | |
| 21 | | 84 | Ireland | Actor | |
| 30 | Jean-Pierre Aumont[6] | 90 | France | Actor | |
| 30 | | 85 | UK | Screenwriter | |
| 31 | Bert Williams | 78 | US | Actor | |
| February | 4 | | 73 | UK | Actor | |
| 7 | Dale Evans[7] | 88 | US | Actress, Singer | |
| 10 | | 65 | US | Actor | |
| 11 | | 82 | US | Screenwriter | |
| 14 | | 76 | Ireland | Producer | |
| 15 | | 78 | US | Director, Screenwriter | |
| 16 | | 84 | US | Producer | |
| 19 | Stanley Kramer[8] | 87 | US | Director, Producer | |
| 20 | | 90 | US | Actress | |
| 27 | | 59 | Germany | Cinematographer | |
| 27 | Stan Margulies | 80 | US | Producer | |
| March | 6 | | 32 | US | Actress | |
| 8 | | 63 | US | Actor | |
| 9 | | 47 | US | Composer, Music Editor | |
| 12 | | 68 | US | Actor | |
| 13 | | 66 | US | Cinematographer, Actor | |
| 15 | Ann Sothern[9] | 92 | US | Actress | |
| 16 | | 79 | Canada | Actress | |
| 17 | | 85 | UK | Director | |
| 19 | | 79 | US | Illustrator | |
| 21 | | 80 | UK | Actor | |
| 22 | | 90 | US | Animator, Director, Producer | |
| 23 | | 77 | US | Actor | |
| 24 | | 77 | India | Art Director | |
| 26 | | 43 | Poland | Cinematographer | |
| April | 1 | | 66 | US | Screenwriter | |
| 7 | | 50 | US | Actor | |
| 7 | | 86 | US | Actress | |
| 10 | | 65 | New Zealand | Actress | |
| 11 | Harry Secombe[10] | 79 | UK | Actor | |
| 13 | | 73 | UK | Actor | |
| 13 | | 53 | UK | Sound Engineer | |
| 14 | Hiroshi Teshigahara[11] | 74 | Japan | Director | |
| 16 | | 62 | US | Director | |
| 20 | | 80 | US | Actress | |
| 21 | | 67 | US | Director | |
| 22 | | 94 | US | Studio Executive | |
| 27 | | 78 | US | Actor | |
| 28 | | 79 | UK | Screenwriter | |
| 29 | | 88 | US | Film Editor | |
| May | 2 | | 39 | US | Actress | |
| 3 | | 61 | US | Actor | |
| 7 | Gary Wissner | 37 | US | Production Designer, Art Director | |
| 9 | | 79 | UK | Actor | |
| 10 | | 59 | US | Actress | |
| 12 | Perry Como[12] | 88 | US | Singer, Actor | |
| 13 | | 79 | US | Actress | |
| 13 | Jason Miller[13] | 62 | US | Actor, Director | |
| 13 | | 79 | US | Actor | |
| 14 | | 78 | Italy | Director, Screenwriter | |
| 14 | Peter Griffith | 74 | US | Actor | Halloween |
| 14 | | 75 | Italy | Cinematographer | |
| 15 | | 81 | France | Cinematographer | |
| 16 | Joe Baker | 72 | UK | Actor | |
| 22 | Connie Marshall | 68 | US | Actress | |
| 22 | | 70 | US | Actor | |
| 22 | | 78 | UK | Actor | |
| 23 | | 92 | US | Actress | |
| 25 | | 84 | US | Film Editor | |
| 26 | | 67 | US | Actress | |
| 27 | | 71 | US | Actor | |
| 29 | | 82 | US | Stuntman | |
| 31 | | 93 | US | Actress | |
| June | 2 | | 92 | US | Actress | |
| 3 | Anthony Quinn[14] | 86 | Mexico | Actor | |
| 4 | | 73 | US | Actress | |
| 7 | | 61 | US | Actor | |
| 15 | | 92 | France | Cinematographer | |
| 21 | | 76 | US | Actor | |
| 21 | | 97 | UK | Director, Screenwriter | |
| 23 | | 76 | France | Actress | |
| 26 | | 39 | UK | Animator | |
| 27 | | 76 | US | Actor | |
| 28 | | 71 | UK | Actress | |
| July | 2 | | 91 | UK | Actor | |
| 3 | | 70 | Canada | Screenwriter | |
| 5 | | 84 | US | Special Effects Artist | |
| 7 | | 91 | South Africa | Actress | |
| 12 | | 75 | UK | Composer | |
| 13 | | 80 | UK | Actress | |
| 15 | Ted Berman | 81 | US | Director, Screenwriter, Animator | |
| 19 | | 79 | UK | Cinematographer | |
| 21 | | 72 | India | Actor | |
| 29 | | 79 | US | Actor | |
| August | 3 | | 79 | UK | Actor | |
| 6 | | 73 | US | Director | |
| 6 | | 71 | UK | Actress | |
| 8 | | 78 | US | Screenwriter | |
| 14 | | 41 | US | Actress | |
| 14 | | 63 | US | Actor | |
| 16 | | 82 | US | Actor | |
| 18 | | 74 | US | Composer, Conductor | |
| 20 | | 76 | US | Actress | |
| 23 | | 82 | US | Actress | |
| 25 | | 22 | US | Actress, Singer | |
| 25 | | 78 | US | Makeup Artist | |
| 25 | | 76 | US | Actress | |
| 25 | | 68 | UK | Actor | |
| 28 | | 84 | US | Screenwriter | |
| 29 | | 75 | Spain | Actor | |
| 30 | | 87 | US | Actress | |
| September | 2 | | 65 | US | Actor | |
| 3 | | 71 | Italy | Actor | |
| 3 | | 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 | | 47 | US | Actor | |
| 12 | | 74 | US | Actor | |
| 13 | | 72 | UK | Costume Designer | |
| 13 | | 85 | US | Actress | |
| 15 | | 90 | US | Director | |
| 16 | | 83 | US | Producer | |
| 25 | | 70 | US | Film Editor | |
| 25 | | 68 | US | Actress | |
| 26 | | 70 | Germany | Film Editor | |
| 27 | | 85 | UK | Actress | |
| 28 | | 74 | US | Actor | |
| 29 | | 67 | US | Actress | |
| October | 9 | Herbert Ross[16] | 74 | US | Director | |
| 15 | | 53 | US | Sound Engineer | |
| 17 | | 86 | US | Composer | |
| 19 | | 62 | UK | Film Editor | |
| 21 | | 81 | US | Director | |
| 23 | | 88 | UK | Actress | |
| 24 | | 65 | Czechoslovakia | Director | |
| 26 | | 58 | US | Actor | |
| 28 | | 80 | US | Sound Engineer | |
| 29 | | 43 | Australia | Casting Director | |
| 31 | | 89 | UK | Actress | |
| November | 5 | | 87 | UK | Director | |
| 6 | | 75 | UK | Screenwriter | |
| 7 | | 65 | US | Stuntman, Actor | |
| 12 | | 82 | Germany | Actor | |
| 13 | | 86 | UK | Actress | |
| 14 | Charlotte Coleman[17] | 33 | UK | Actress | |
| 21 | | 79 | US | Composer, Arranger | |
| 29 | | 85 | US | Director | |
| 29 | George Harrison[18] | 58 | UK | Singer, Actor, Producer | |
| 29 | | 82 | US | Actor | |
| December | 1 | | 74 | Italy | Costume Designer, Production Designer | |
| 6 | | 69 | US | Film Editor | |
| 7 | | 87 | US | Actress | |
| 10 | | 73 | US | Actor | |
| 15 | | 90 | UK | Cinematographer | |
| 16 | | 56 | US | Actor | |
| 20 | | 89 | US | Actor | |
| 20 | | 87 | UK | Actor | |
| 26 | | 72 | UK | Actor | |
| 29 | | 76 | US | Actor | |
| 30 | | 90 | US | Animator | |
| 31 | | 82 | US | Actress | |
| 31 | | 82 | US | Director | | |
External links
Notes and References
- Web site: Grauso . Alisha . 2020-08-05 . How The 'Harry Potter' And 'Lord Of The Rings' Movies Made Being A Bookworm Cool Again . 2022-12-05 . Atom Insider .
- Web site: Albury . Whitley . 2021-12-22 . 20 years ago, Harry Potter and LOTR changed culture . 2022-12-05 . Moviejawn .
- Web site: 2001 Worldwide Box Office . Box Office Mojo. IMDb. March 7, 2020.
- Web site: 2001 Worldwide Box Office . March 7, 2020 . . IMDb.
- News: Mel. Gussow. Ray Walston, Broadway Star And TV Martian, Dies at 86. The New York Times. January 3, 2001. March 20, 2013.
- Web site: Jean-Pierre Aumont. The Guardian. January 31, 2001. Ronald. Bergan. April 4, 2021.
- Book: Brooks. Patricia. Laid to Rest in California: a guide to the cemeteries and grave sites of the rich and famous. Chapter 8: East L.A. and the Desert. 235–37. 2006. Globe Pequot Press. Guilford, Connecticut. 978-0762741014. Brooks. Jonathan. 70284362.
- News: Lyman, Rick. Stanley Kramer, Filmmaker With Social Bent, Dies at 87. New York Times. February 21, 2001.
- News: TV's 'Private Secretary' Ann Sothern dies at 92. Thomas. Bob. March 17, 2001. Times Daily. 3A. January 6, 2013.
- Web site: Goon star Sir Harry Secombe dies aged 79. https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220112/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1315879/Goon-star-Sir-Harry-Secombe-dies-aged-79.html . 2022-01-12 . subscription . live. Thomas. Penny. 12 April 2001. The Daily Telegraph.
- Book: Harris M. Lentz III. Obituaries in the Performing Arts, 2001: Film, Television, Radio, Theatre, Dance, Music, Cartoons and Pop Culture. 16 April 2002. McFarland, Incorporated, Publishers. 978-0-7864-1278-5. 290–291.
- News: Crooning baritone Perry Como dies . Riddle, Amanda . The Madison Courier . Indiana . May 14, 2001 . 1 . Associated Press . August 30, 2013.
- News: Henn, Jennifer . Jason Miller dies . Scranton Times Tribune . May 24, 2001 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090114031645/http://www.scrantontimestribune.com/zwire/jasonmiller/story1.htm . January 14, 2009.
- News: Bergan. Ronald. June 5, 2001. Obituary: Anthony Quinn. en-GB. The Guardian. London. June 18, 2020. 0261-3077.
- Web site: Leite . Marcelo . 2023-04-19 . Trini's Fate In Power Rangers Reminds Us Of What Happened To Thuy Trang . 2024-04-26 . ScreenRant . en.
- News: Paid Notice: Deaths ROSS, HERBERT D.. 26 January 2017. The New York Times. 12 October 2001.
- News: Four Weddings actress Charlotte is dead at 33. https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220112/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1362610/Four-Weddings-actress-Charlotte-is-dead-at-33.html . 2022-01-12 . subscription . live. Nigel. Reynolds. The Telegraph. 17 November 2001.
- Web site: George Harrison's Death Certificate. The Smoking Gun. 22 June 2012. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20120628104956/http://www.thesmokinggun.com/documents/crime/george-harrisons-death-certificate. 28 June 2012.
