List of 2001 box office number-one films in the United Kingdom explained

This is a list of films which have placed number one at the weekend box office in the United Kingdom during 2001.

	Weekend End Date	Film	Box Office	Notes	Refs
1		Unbreakable	£2,211,667		^[1]
2		Cast Away	£2,807,312		^[2]
3			£2,402,289		^[3]
4			£1,838,033		^[4]
5		What Women Want	£3,375,075		^[5]
6			£2,512,404		^[6]
7		Hannibal	£6,402,540	Hannibal set an opening weekend record for UIP and for an 18 certificate film. The weekend gross included £800,000 of previews.	^[7] ^[8] ^[9]
8			£3,574,408		^[10]
9			£2,026,933		^[11]
10			£1,208,717		^[12]
11		Enemy at the Gates	£1,033,164		^[13]
12		Miss Congeniality	£1,873,246		^[14]
13			£1,527,576		^[15]
14			£1,511,553		^[16]
15		Bridget Jones's Diary	£5,720,292		^[17]
16			£4,260,089		^[18]
17			£3,506,182		^[19]
18			£2,771,790		^[20]
19			£1,374,350		^[21]
20		The Mummy Returns	£5,929,146		^[22]
21			£3,063,383		^[23]
22		Pearl Harbor	£3,075,147		^[24]
23			£2,061,916
24			£1,448,209
25		Evolution	£1,910,285
26		Shrek	£4,686,210
27			£3,846,592		^[25]
28		Shrek	£2,804,798	Shrek returned to number one in its third week of release	^[26]
29		Jurassic Park III	£4,762,155		^[27]
30			£1,802,580		^[28]
31		Cats & Dogs	£3,707,358
32			£2,813,072
33		Planet of the Apes	£5,445,983
34			£2,364,945
35		A Knight's Tale	£1,678,264
36		Moulin Rouge!	£2,403,378
37			£1,859,732
38			£2,285,786
39			£1,556,911
40		Moulin Rouge!	£1,072,657	Moulin Rouge! returned to number one in its fifth week of release
41		American Pie 2	£5,508,709
42			£2,823,776
43			£1,626,438
44		The Others	£2,259,538
45			£1,687,041
46		Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone	£16,335,627	Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone set the record opening weekend beating s £9.5 million. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone opening included £6,735,259 from previews
47			£8,362,749
48			£5,809,759
49			£3,345,310
50			£2,391,251
51			£11,058,045	The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring opening figures included £3,755,170 from previews
52			£7,825,995

See also

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

External links

• UK weekend box office reports 2001-2006

Notes and References

1. Web site: British 2001 Weekend 1. Box Office Mojo. 27 January 2024.
2. Web site: British 2001 Weekend 2. Box Office Mojo. 27 January 2024.
3. Web site: British 2001 Weekend 3. Box Office Mojo. 27 January 2024.
4. Web site: British 2001 Weekend 4. Box Office Mojo. 27 January 2024.
5. Web site: British 2001 Weekend 5. Box Office Mojo. 27 January 2024.
6. Web site: British 2001 Weekend 6. Box Office Mojo. 27 January 2024.
7. Variety. 26 February 2001. 9. Groves. Don. German exhibs: B.O. cannibalized.
8. Variety. 19 February 2001. 12. Groves. Don. 'Hannibal' appeals to all tastes o'seas.
9. Web site: British 2001 Weekend 7. Box Office Mojo. 27 January 2024.
10. Web site: British 2001 Weekend 8. Box Office Mojo. 27 January 2024.
11. Web site: British 2001 Weekend 9. Box Office Mojo. 27 January 2024.
12. Web site: United Kingdom. https://web.archive.org/web/20010405083950/http://www.boxofficemojo.com/iuk.html. April 5, 2001. Box Office Mojo.
13. Web site: British 2001 Weekend 11. Box Office Mojo. 27 January 2024.
14. Web site: British 2001 Weekend 12. Box Office Mojo. 27 January 2024.
15. Web site: British 2001 Weekend 13. Box Office Mojo. 27 January 2024.
16. Web site: British 2001 Weekend 14. Box Office Mojo. 27 January 2024.
17. Web site: British 2001 Weekend 15. Box Office Mojo. 27 January 2024.
18. Web site: British 2001 Weekend 16. Box Office Mojo. 27 January 2024.
19. Web site: British 2001 Weekend 17. Box Office Mojo. 27 January 2024.
20. Web site: British 2001 Weekend 18. Box Office Mojo. 27 January 2024.
21. Web site: British 2001 Weekend 19. Box Office Mojo. 27 January 2024.
22. Web site: British 2001 Weekend 20. Box Office Mojo. 27 January 2024.
23. Web site: British 2001 Weekend 21. Box Office Mojo. 27 January 2024.
24. Web site: British 2001 Weekend 21. Box Office Mojo. 27 January 2024.
25. Web site: British 2001 Weekend 27. Box Office Mojo. 27 January 2024.
26. Web site: British 2001 Weekend 28. Box Office Mojo. 27 January 2024.
27. Web site: British 2001 Weekend 29. Box Office Mojo. 27 January 2024.
28. Web site: UK weekend box office reports: 2001. 16 January 2021. British Film Institute. xls.