List of 2001 box office number-one films in Japan explained

This is a list of films which have placed number one at the weekly box office in Japan during 2001. Amounts are in Yen and, for the first five weeks, are only grosses from the top nine key cities.

Week endingFilmBox officeNotesRef
1 Dinosaur ¥133,500,000[1]
2 Dinosaur ¥219,616,420[2]
3 Dancer in the Dark ¥92,925,553Dancer in the Dark reached number one in its fourth week of release[3]
4 Dancer in the Dark ¥100,309,014[4]
5 Dancer in the Dark ¥92,873,547[5]
6 The Crimson Rivers ¥406,980,000National grosses now reported not just top nine cities[6]
7 Pay It Forward ¥418,099,968[7]
8 Unbreakable ¥1,014,228,930[8]
9 Unbreakable ¥574,482,402[9]
10 Cast Away ¥924,216,951[10]
11 Cast Away ¥599,743,935[11]
12 TBD
13 TBD
14 TBD[12]
15 Hannibal TBD[13]
16 Hannibal ¥360,631,477[14]
17 The Mexican ¥272,190,391[15]
18 Hannibal ¥215,755,232Weekend figures. Hannibal returned to number one in its fifth week of release[16]
19 Hannibal ¥232,216,545Weekend figures[17]
20 ¥161,905,210Detective Conan: Countdown to Heaven reached number one in its fourth week of release[18]
21 Hannibal ¥98,681,056Weekend figures. Hannibal returned to number one in its eighth week of release[19]
22 Hotaru ¥173,764,606[20]
23 Hotaru ¥155,934,353[21]
24 The Mummy Returns ¥838,541,010Weekend figures. The Mummy Returns set a record June opening[22]
25 The Mummy Returns ¥391,481,990Weekend figures[23]
26 The Mummy Returns ¥330,000,000Weekend figures[24]
27 A.I. Artificial Intelligence ¥1,064,900,292Weekend figures. A.I. set a record June opening beating the record set by The Mummy Returns[25] [26]
28 A.I. Artificial Intelligence ¥814,553,949Weekend figures[27]
29 Pearl Harbor ¥887,400,048Weekend figures[28]
30 Spirited Away ¥1,100,671,343Weekend figures. Spirited Away set an opening weekend record beating the record set by Princess Mononoke[29] [30]
31 Spirited Away ¥1,080,000,000Weekend only
32 Spirited Away ¥980,264,618Weekend only[31]
33 Spirited Away ¥1,027,797,052Weekend only [32]
34 Spirited Away ¥958,118,051Weekend only[33]
35 Spirited Away ¥960,000,000Weekend only
36 Spirited Away ¥730,826,005Weekend only[34]
37 Spirited Away ¥753,024,000Weekend only[35]
38 Spirited Away ¥702,600,000Weekend only[36]
39 Spirited Away ¥548,590,968[37]
40 Spirited Away ¥467,449,017[38]
41 ¥757,527,701Weekend only[39]
42 Spirited Away ¥291,000,000Spirited Away returned to number one in its thirteenth week of release
43 Spirited Away ¥299,739,990[40]
44 Spirited Away ¥370,860,000
45 Spirited Away ¥341,194,350[41]
46 Calmi Cuori Appassionati ¥278,960,031Weekend only[42]
47 Calmi Cuori Appassionati ¥239,423,499Weekend only[43]
48 Spirited Away ¥275,049,000Spirited Away returned to number one in its nineteenth week of release [44]
49 Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone ¥1,573,341,524Weekend only. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone beat the opening record set by Spirited Away[45]
50 Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone ¥1,516,029,612Weekend only[46]
51 Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone ¥1,012,597,764[47]
52 Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone TBD
53 Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone ¥770,000,000Weekend only[48]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Variety. 12. 1 January 2001. International box office. Total gross $3,624,621; $1=113 Yen.
  2. Variety. 15. 15 January 2001. International box office. Weekly gross $1,909,708; Total gross $6,705,356; $1=115 Yen.
  3. Variety. 11. 22 January 2001. International box office. $780,887; $1=119 Yen.
  4. Variety. 12. 29 January 2001. International box office. $857,342; $1=117 Yen.
  5. Variety. 14. 5 February 2001. International box office. $793,791; $1=117 Yen.
  6. Variety. 14. 14 February 2001. International box office. $3,570,000; $1=114 Yen.
  7. Variety. 12. 19 February 2001. International box office. $3,573,504; $1=117 Yen.
  8. Variety. 12. 26 February 2001. International box office. $8,819,382; $1=115 Yen.
  9. Variety. 10. 5 March 2001. International box office. $4,910,106; $1=117 Yen.
  10. Variety. 11. 12 March 2001. International box office. $7,766,529; $1=119 Yen.
  11. Variety. 9. 19 March 2001. International box office. $5,039,865; $1=119 Yen.
  12. Variety. 9 April 2001. 11. Groves. Don. U.K. reads 'Diary,' but o'seas lacks hop.
  13. Variety. 23 April 2001. 12. Groves. Don. Bullock sings in Germany; Oscar dims.
  14. Variety. 11. 30 April 2001. International box office. $2,069,197; $1=122.3 Yen; Percent change -30.
  15. Variety. 11. 30 April 2001. International box office. $2,225,596; $1=122.3 Yen.
  16. Variety. 15. 7 May 2001. International box office. $1,751,260; $1=123.2 Yen.
  17. Variety. 9. 14 May 2001. International box office. $1,919,145; $1=121 Yen.
  18. Variety. 7. 21 May 2001. International box office. $1,306,741; $1=23.9 Yen.
  19. Variety. 10. 28 May 2001. International box office. $800,333; $1=123.3 Yen.
  20. Variety. 11. 4 June 2001. International box office. $1,445,629; $1=120.2 Yen.
  21. Variety. 8. 11 June 2001. International box office. $1,292,988; $1=120.6 Yen.
  22. Variety. 9. 18 June 2001. International Box Office. $6,877,797; $1=121.92 Yen.
  23. Variety. 11. 25 June 2001. International Box Office. Week ended 17 June $3,186,926; Total gross to 17 June $13,720,954; $1=122.84 Yen.
  24. Variety. 12. 9 July 2001. International Box Office. Week ended 1 July $1,594,707; Percentage change -40%; $1=124.5 Yen.
  25. Variety. 12. 9 July 2001. International Box Office. $8,553,416; $1=124.5 Yen.
  26. Variety. 12. 9 July 2001. Japanese show real love for 'A.I.'. Groves. Don.
  27. Variety. 13. 16 July 2001. International Box Office. $6,542,602; $1=124.5 Yen.
  28. Variety. 13. 23 July 2001. International Box Office. $7,156,452; $1=124 Yen.
  29. Variety. 12. 30 July 2001. International Box Office. $8,897,909; $1=123.7 Yen.
  30. Groves . Don . Dinos + Ogre = Monster o'seas B.O.. Variety. 12. 30 July 2001.
  31. Variety. 14. 13 August 2001. International Box Office. $7,918,131; $1=123.8 Yen; % change -9%.
  32. Variety. 14. 20 August 2001. International Box Office. $8,424,566; $1=122 Yen.
  33. Variety. 14. 27 August 2001. International Box Office. $7,918,331; $1=121 Yen.
  34. Variety. 8. 10 September 2001. International Box Office. $6,141,395; $1=119 Yen; % change -24%.
  35. Variety. 8. 17 September 2001. International Box Office. $6,275,200; $1=120 Yen.
  36. Variety. 14. 24 September 2001. International Box Office. $5,855,000; $1=120 Yen.
  37. Variety. 16. 1 October 2001. International Box Office. $4,649,076; $1=118 Yen.
  38. Variety. 14. 8 October 2001. International Box Office. $3,928,143; $1=119 Yen.
  39. Variety. 15. 15 October 2001. International Box Office. $6,365,779; $1=119 Yen.
  40. Variety. 8. 29 October 2001. International Box Office. $2,477,190; $1=121 Yen; % change +3%.
  41. Variety. 12. 12 November 2001. International Box Office. $2,796,675; $1=122 Yen; % change -8%.
  42. Variety. 9. 19 November 2001. International Box Office. $2,315,021; $1=120.5 Yen.
  43. Variety. 10. 26 November 2001. International Box Office. $1,986,917; $1=120.5 Yen.
  44. Variety. 15. 3 December 2001. International Box Office. $2,254,500; $1=122 Yen.
  45. Variety. 15. 10 December 2001. International Box Office. $12,896,242; $1=122 Yen.
  46. Variety. 12. 17 December 2001. International Box Office. $12,325,444; $1=123 Yen.
  47. Variety. 9. 24 December 2001. International Box Office. $8,166,111; $1=124 Yen.
  48. Variety. 15. 14 January 2002. International Box Office. Weekend gross to 6 January 2002 $7,438,290; % change +25%; $1=130 Yen.

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