List of 2001 box office number-one films in France

This is a list of films which have placed number one at the weekly box office in France during 2001. Amounts are in French franc.

Number-one films

Le Fabuleux destin d’Amélie Poulain became the highest grossing film of 2001, despite not reaching #1 during the year.

#	Week ending	Film	Box office	Notes	Ref
1	3 January 2001	Unbreakable	€49,428,869		[1]
2	9 January 2001		€32,777,248		[2]
3	16 January 2001		€16,096,773		[3]
4	23 January 2001	Le Placard	€47,433,456		[4]
5	30 January 2001		€43,334,053		[5]
6	6 February 2001	Brotherhood of the Wolf	€70,067,599		[6]
7	13 February 2001	La Vérité si je mens 2 !	€103,029,794		[7]
8	20 February 2001		€69,795,215		[8]
9	27 February 2001		€41,300,602		[9]
10	8 March 2001	Hannibal	€43,596,532		[10]
11	13 March 2001		€22,179,395		[11]
12	22 March 2001	The Exorcist (reissue)	€21,642,278		[12]
13	29 March 2001		€14,935,578		[13]
14	3 April 2001	La Tour Montparnasse Infernale	€27,627,271		[14]
15	8 April 2001	Belphegor, Phantom of the Louvre	€30,926,826		[15]
16	17 April 2001	Just Visiting	€20,330,527		[16]
17	22 April 2001	Yamakasi	€15,278,823	Yamakasi reached number one in its third week of release	[17]
18	1 May 2001	Amélie	€43,168,398		[18]
19	8 May 2001		€43,561,588		[19]
20	15 May 2001		€24,387,454		[20]
21	22 May 2001		€22,101,317		[21]
22	31 May 2001	The Mummy Returns	€27,535,326		[22]
23	7 June 2001		€19,166,273		[23]
24	14 June 2001	Pearl Harbor	€31,555,853		[24]
25	20 June 2001		€20,743,198		[25]
26	27 June 2001		€9,910,859		[26] [25]
27	5 July 2001	Lara Croft: Tomb Raider	€44,877,448		[27]
28	10 July 2001	Shrek	€34,201,335		[28]
29	18 July 2001		€26,602,940		[29]
30	26 July 2001		€18,877,474		[30]
31	2 August 2001	Scary Movie 2	€34,412,700		[31]
32	8 August 2001	Kiss of the Dragon	€18,417,672		[32]
33	15 August 2001	Jurassic Park III	€29,615,852		[33]
34	21 August 2001	Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within	€25,488,715		[34]
35	29 August 2001	Planet of the Apes	€56,857,647		[35]
36	5 September 2001		€33,224,758		[36]
37	11 September 2001		€15,539,720		[37]
38	20 September 2001	Une hirondelle a fait le printemps	€13,021,225	Une hirondelle a fait le printemps reached number one in its second week of release	[38]
39	27 September 2001	Vidocq	€28,094,297		[39]
40	2 October 2001		€15,224,111		[40]
41	11 October 2001	Moulin Rouge!	€14,696,822		[41]
42	18 October 2001	Bridget Jones's Diary	€34,041,826		[42]
43	25 October 2001	American Pie 2	€41,141,716		[43]
44	1 November 1994		€29,743,742		[44] [43]
45	8 November 2001		€18,925,263		[44]
46	15 November 2001	Wasabi	€9,444,169	Wasabi reached number one in its second week of release	[45]
47	22 November 2001	My Wife Is an Actress	€6,978,944		[46]
48	29 November 2001	Tanguy	€29,082,312		[47]
49	5 December 2001	Atlantis: The Lost Empire	€35,337,890		[48]
50	13 December 2001	Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone	€77,051,800	Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone beat Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace record as the biggest opening for a non-French film	[49] [50]
51	19 December 2001		€52,572,814		[51]
52	26 December 2001	The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring	€65,000,000		[52]

References

1. "International box office". Variety . 8 January 2001. p. 12. $7,061,267; $1=7FF
2. "International box office". Variety . 15 January 2001. p. 15. $4,682,464; $1=7FF
3. "International box office". Variety . 22 January 2001. p. 11. $2,299,539; $1=7FF
4. "International box office". Variety . 29 January 2001. p. 12. $6,776,208; $1=7FF
5. "International box office". Variety . 5 February 2001. p. 14. $6,190,579; $1=7FF
6. "International box office". Variety . 12 February 2001. p. 14. $10,009,657; $1=7FF
7. "International box office". Variety . 19 February 2001. p. 12. $14,718,542; $1=7FF
8. "International box office". Variety . 26 February 2001. p. 12. $9,970,745; $1=7FF
9. "International box office". Variety . 5 March 2001. p. 10. $5,900,086; $1=7FF
10. "International box office". Variety . 12 March 2001. p. 11. $6,228,076; $1=7FF
11. "International box office". Variety . 19 March 2001. p. 9. $3,168,485; $1=7FF
12. "International box office". Variety . 26 March 2001. p. 12. $3,091,754; $1=7FF
13. "International box office". Variety . 2 April 2001. p. 10. $2,133,654; $1=7FF
14. "International box office". Variety . 9 April 2001. p. 11. $3,946,753; $1=7FF
15. "International box office". Variety . 16 April 2001. p. 9. $4,418,118; $1=7FF
16. "International box office". Variety . 23 April 2001. p. 12. $2,904,361; $1=5.4FF
17. "International box office". Variety . 30 April 2001. p. 11. $2,182,689; $1=7FF
18. "International box office". Variety . 7 May 2001. p. 15. $6,166,914; $1=7FF
19. "Intnerational box office". Variety . 14 May 2001. p. 9. $6,223,804; $1=7FF
20. "International box office". Variety . 21 May 2001. p. 7. $3,483,922; $1=7FF
21. "International box office". Variety . 28 May 2001. p. 10. $3,157,331; $1=7FF
22. "International box office". Variety . 4 June 2001. p. 11. $3,933,618; $1=7FF
23. "International box office". Variety . 11 June 2001. p. 8. $2,738,039; $1=7FF
24. "International Box Office". Variety . 18 June 2001. p. 9. $4,507,979; $1=7FF
25. "International Box Office". Variety . 25 June 2001. p. 11. Weekly gross to 20 June $2,963,314; Total gross to 20 June $7,471,293; $1=7FF
26. "International Box Office". Variety . 9 July 2001. p. 12. Weekly gross to 5 July $1,817,670; Total gross to 5 July $10,704,800; $1=7FF
27. "International Box Office". Variety . 9 July 2001. p. 12. $6,411,064; $1=7FF
28. "International Box Office". Variety . 16 July 2001. p. 13. $4,885,905; $1=7FF
29. "International Box Office". Variety . 23 July 2001. p. 13. $3,800,420; $1=7FF
30. "International Box Office". Variety . 30 July 2001. p. 12. $2,696,782; $1=7FF
31. "International Box Office". Variety . 6 August 2001. p. 12. $4,916,100; $1=7FF
32. "International Box Office". Variety . 13 August 2001. p. 14. $2,631,096; $1=7FF
33. "International Box Office". Variety . 20 August 2001. p. 11. $4,230,836; $1=7FF
34. "International Box Office". Variety . 27 August 2001. p. 14. $3,641,245; $1=7FF
35. "International Box Office". Variety . 3 September 2001. p. 14. $8,122,521; $1=7FF
36. "International Box Office". Variety . 10 September 2001. p. 8. $4,746,394; $1=7FF
37. "International Box Office". Variety . 17 September 2001. p. 8. $2,219,960; $1=7FF
38. "International Box Office". Variety . 24 September 2001. p. 14. $1,860,175; $1=7FF
39. "International Box Office". Variety . 1 October 2001. p. 16. $4,013,471; $1=7FF
40. "International Box Office". Variety . 8 October 2001. p. 14. $2,174,873; $1=7FF
41. "International Box Office". Variety . 15 October 2001. p. 15. $2,099,546; $1=7FF
42. "International Box Office". Variety . 22 October 2001. p. 12. $4,863,118; $1=7FF
43. "International Box Office". Variety . 29 October 2001. p. 8. $5,877,388; $1=7FF
44. "International Box Office". Variety . 12 November 2001. p. 12. Weekly gross to 8 November $2,703,609; Total gross to 8 November $12,830,103; $1=7FF; % change -36%
45. "International Box Office". Variety . 19 November 2001. p. 9. $1,349,167; $1=7FF
46. "International Box Office". Variety . 26 November 2001. p. 10. $996,992; $1=7FF
47. "International Box Office". Variety . 3 December 2001. p. 15. $4,154,616; $1=7FF
48. "International Box Office". Variety . 10 December 2001. p. 15. $5,048,270; $1=7FF
49. "International Box Office". Variety . 17 December 2001. p. 12. $11,007,400; $1=7FF
50. Groves, Don (17 December 2001). "Wiz, o'seas B.O. delivers pre-holiday gifts". Variety . p. 12.
51. "International Box Office". Variety . 24 December 2001. p. 9. $7,510,402; $1=7FF
52. "International Box Office". Variety . 7 January 2002. p. 15. Gross week ended 1 January 2002 $9,283,722; Total gross to 1 January 2002 $18,580,322

See also

• List of French films of 2001
• Lists of box office number-one films