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

This is a list of films which placed number one at the weekely box office in Mexico for the year 2001.

	Date	Film	Gross (US Dollar)	Notes	Ref
1		Chicken Run	$1,360,593		^[1]
2		Men of Honor	$1,286,344		^[2]
3		Vertical Limit	$3,176,799		^[3]
4			$2,585,888		^[4]
5		Cast Away	$2,295,378		^[5]
6		What Women Want	$3,131,535		^[6]
7			$1,810,839		^[7]
8			$1,157,982		^[8]
9		Hannibal	$2,708,484		^[9]
10			$1,650,118		^[10]
11		The Exorcist (reissue)	$3,386,104		^[11]
12			$2,402,671		^[12]
13		Traffic	$1,193,813	Traffic reached number one in its second week of release	^[13]
14		Dungeons & Dragons	$729,161		^[14]
15		The Emperor's New Groove	$2,422,847		^[15]
16		The Mexican	$1,959,003		^[16]
17		Miss Congeniality	$1,874,194
18			$1,817,968		^[17]
19			$1,016,760		^[18]
20		El segundo aire	$1,239,092		^[19]
21		Dracula 2000	$708,195	Dracula 2000 reached number one in its second week of release	^[20]
22		The Mummy Returns	$4,400,119		^[21]
23			$3,131,086		^[22]
24		Y tu mamá también	$2,200,000		^[23]
25		Pearl Harbor	$3,903,926
26			$2,650,591		^[24]
27		Shrek	$3,732,149		^[25]
28			$3,261,822		^[26]
29			$2,373,381		^[27]
30		Jurassic Park III	$4,800,800		^[28]
31			$3,214,259	^[29]
32		Planet of the Apes	$4,634,960		^[30]
33		TBD
34		Cats & Dogs	$2,407,962
35			$1,672,820		^[31]
36		Swordfish	$1,325,552		^[32]
37		The Fast and the Furious	$1,169,066		^[33]
38		A Knight's Tale	$1,379,665		^[34]
39			$1,174,616
40		Scary Movie 2	$1,466,166		^[35]
41		TBD
42		America's Sweethearts	TBD		^[36]
43		The Princess Diaries	$1,300,000		^[37]
44		The Devil's Backbone	$1,100,000
45		The Others	$3,038,736		^[38]
46		TBD
47
48
49		Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone	$4,800,000	Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone set the record for the biggest December opening	^[39]
50			TBD
51		Monsters, Inc.	$5,163,388	Monsters, Inc. set a record opening for an animated film	^[40] ^[41]
52			$4,829,284		^[42]
53		Monsters, Inc.	$4,346,758	Monsters, Inc. returned to number one in its third week of release	^[43]

See also

• List of Mexican films — Mexican films by year
• Lists of box office number-one films

Notes and References

1. Variety. 15. January 15, 2001. International box office.
2. Variety. 11. January 22, 2001. International box office.
3. Variety. 12. January 29, 2001. International box office.
4. Variety. 14. February 5, 2001. International box office.
5. Variety. 14. February 12, 2001. International box office.
6. Variety. 12. February 19, 2001. International box office.
7. Variety. 12. February 26, 2001. International box office.
8. Variety. 10. March 5, 2001. International box office.
9. Variety. 11. March 12, 2001. International box office.
10. Variety. 9. March 19, 2001. International box office.
11. Variety. 12. March 26, 2001. International box office.
12. Variety. 10. April 2, 2001. International box office.
13. Variety. 11. April 9, 2001. International box office.
14. Variety. 9. April 16, 2001. International box office.
15. Variety. 12. April 23, 2001. International box office.
16. Variety. 11. April 30, 2001. International box office.
17. Variety. 9. May 14, 2001. International box office.
18. Variety. 7. May 21, 2001. International box office.
19. Variety. 10. May 28, 2001. International box office.
20. Variety. 11. June 4, 2001. International box office.
21. Variety. 8. June 11, 2001. International box office.
22. Variety. 9. June 18, 2001. International box office.
23. Variety. 9. June 18, 2001. 'Pearl' sinks all B.O. foes o'seas. Groves. Don.
24. Variety. 12. July 9, 2001. International box office.
25. Variety. 13. July 16, 2001. International box office.
26. Variety. 13. July 23, 2001. International box office.
27. Variety. 12. July 30, 2001. International box office.
28. Variety. 12. August 6, 2001. International box office.
29. Variety. 14. August 13, 2001. International box office.
30. Variety. 11. August 20, 2001. International box office.
31. Variety. 8. September 10, 2001. International box office.
32. Variety. 8. September 17, 2001. International box office.
33. Variety. 14. September 24, 2001. International box office.
34. Variety. 16. October 1, 2001. International box office.
35. Variety. 15. October 15, 2001. International box office.
36. Variety. 12. October 22, 2001. Romance, laffs boost o'seas B.O.. Groves. Don.
37. Variety. 8. October 29, 2001. Comedy hits sweeten the o'seas B.O. pot. Groves. Don.
38. Variety. 9. November 19, 2001. International box office.
39. Variety. 15. December 10, 2001. Global B.O. falls under 'Harry's' spell. Groves. Don.
40. Variety. 15. January 7, 2002. International box office. $4,337,246; % change -16%.
41. Variety. 9. December 24, 2001. 'Ring' tolls in bright B.O. day o'seas. Boland. Michaela.
42. Variety. 15. January 7, 2002. International box office.
43. Variety. 15. January 14, 2002. International box office.