This is a list of films which placed number-one at the weekend box office in Australia during 2001. Amounts are in Australian dollars.
N/A denotes information that is not available from Urban Cinefile nor Movie Marshal.
| Weekend End Date | Film | Box Office | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Meet the Parents | $3,232,242 | ||
| 2 | What Women Want | $5,117,384 | ||
| 3 | Cast Away | $4,539,061 | ||
| 4 | $3,627,587 | |||
| 5 | $2,150,152 | |||
| 6 | $1,392,345 | |||
| 7 | Hannibal | $4,247,648 | Hannibal set a record February opening and a record for an age-restricted film[1] | |
| 8 | $1,785,493 | |||
| 9 | Proof of Life | $1,502,269 | ||
| 10 | Traffic | $2,616,932 | ||
| 11 | Miss Congeniality | $4,330,856 | ||
| 12 | $3,473,454 | |||
| 13 | $1,999,690 | |||
| 14 | Save the Last Dance | $1,587,517 | ||
| 15 | Crocodile Dundee in Los Angeles | $2,257,164 | ||
| 16 | $2,156,887 | Rugrats in Paris: The Movie reached number one in its fourth week of release | ||
| 17 | The Mexican | $1,839,550 | ||
| 18 | $1,093,477 | |||
| 19 | The Mummy Returns | $5,440,204 | ||
| 20 | $3,227,374 | |||
| 21 | Moulin Rouge! | $3,655,261 | ||
| 22 | $3,589,500 | |||
| 23 | Pearl Harbor | $6,680,157 | ||
| 24 | $2,976,993 | |||
| 25 | $5,105,317 | |||
| 26 | Shrek | $3,273,603 | Shrek reached number one in its fourth week on the chart[2] | |
| 27 | $3,169,980 | |||
| 28 | $3,085,851 | |||
| 29 | $2,102,945 | |||
| 30 | Bridget Jones's Diary | $3,926,141 | ||
| 31 | $2,952,549 | |||
| 32 | Planet of the Apes | $3,981,914 | ||
| 33 | $2,131,017 | |||
| 34 | A Knight's Tale | $2,233,374 | ||
| 35 | Jurassic Park III | $3,742,739 | ||
| 36 | $2,053,941 | |||
| 37 | A.I. Artificial Intelligence | $1,591,000 | ||
| 38 | The Fast and the Furious | $3,300,893 | ||
| 39 | Rush Hour 2 | $4,334,524 | ||
| 40 | Cats & Dogs | $2,691,589 | Cats & Dogs reached number one in its third week of release[3] | |
| 41 | Legally Blonde | $2,539,971 | ||
| 42 | Scary Movie 2 | $1,507,503 | ||
| 43 | The Man Who Sued God | $1,530,832 | ||
| 44 | $1,341,408 | |||
| 45 | The Others | $2,570,457 | ||
| 46 | $1,787,925 | |||
| 47 | N/A | The Others grossed $1,690,869 for the week ended 28 November[4] | ||
| 48 | Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone | $9,249,505 | ||
| 49 | $5,157,175 | |||
| 50 | $3,207,844 | |||
| 51 | $2,279,772 | |||
| 52 | $9,749,937 | |||