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

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
1	7 January 2001	Unbreakable	£2,211,667
2	14 January 2001	Cast Away	£2,807,312
3	21 January 2001	Cast Away	£2,402,289
4	28 January 2001	Cast Away	£1,838,033
5	4 February 2001	What Women Want	£3,375,075
6	11 February 2001	What Women Want	£2,512,404
7	18 February 2001	Hannibal	£6,402,540
8	25 February 2001	Hannibal	£3,574,408
9	4 March 2001	Hannibal	£2,026,933
10	11 March 2001	Hannibal	£1,208,717
11	18 March 2001	Enemy at the Gates	£1,033,164
12	25 March 2001	Miss Congeniality	£1,873,246
13	1 April 2001	Miss Congeniality	£1,527,576
14	8 April 2001	Rugrats in Paris: The Movie	£1,511,553
15	15 April 2001	Bridget Jones's Diary	£5,720,292
16	22 April 2001	Bridget Jones's Diary	£4,260,089
17	29 April 2001	Bridget Jones's Diary	£3,506,182
18	6 May 2001	Bridget Jones's Diary	£2,771,790
19	13 May 2001	Bridget Jones's Diary	£1,374,350
20	20 May 2001	The Mummy Returns	£5,929,146
21	27 May 2001	The Mummy Returns	£3,063,383
22	3 June 2001	Pearl Harbor	£3,075,147
23	10 June 2001	Pearl Harbor	£2,061,916
24	17 June 2001	Pearl Harbor	£1,448,209
25	24 June 2001	Evolution	£1,910,285
26	1 July 2001	Shrek	£4,686,210
27	8 July 2001	Lara Croft: Tomb Raider	£3,846,592
28	15 July 2001	Shrek	£2,804,798
29	22 July 2001	Jurassic Park III	£4,762,155
30	29 July 2001	Jurassic Park III	£1,802,580[1]
31	5 August 2001	Cats & Dogs	£3,707,358[1]
32	12 August 2001	Cats & Dogs	£2,813,072[1]
33	19 August 2001	Planet of the Apes	£5,445,983[1]
34	26 August 2001	Planet of the Apes	£2,364,945[1]
35	2 September 2001	A Knight's Tale	£1,678,264[1]
36	9 September 2001	Moulin Rouge!	£2,403,378[1]
37	16 September 2001	Moulin Rouge!	£1,859,732[1]
38	23 September 2001	Artificial Intelligence: A.I.	£2,285,786[1]
39	30 September 2001	Artificial Intelligence: A.I.	£1,556,911[1]
40	7 October 2001	Moulin Rouge!	£1,072,657[1]	Moulin Rouge! returned to number one in its fifth week of release
41	14 October 2001	American Pie 2	£5,508,709[1]
42	21 October 2001	American Pie 2	£2,823,776[1]
43	28 October 2001	American Pie 2	£1,626,438[1]
44	4 November 2001	The Others	£2,259,538[1]
45	11 November 2001	The Others	£1,687,041[1]
46	18 November 2001	Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone	£16,335,627[1]	Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone set the record opening weekend beating Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace's £9.5 million. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone opening included £6,735,259 from previews[1]
47	25 November 2001	Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone	£8,362,749[1]
48	2 December 2001	Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone	£5,809,759[1]
49	9 December 2001	Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone	£3,345,310[1]
50	16 December 2001	Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone	£2,391,251[1]
51	23 December 2001	The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring	£11,058,045[1]	The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring opening figures included £3,755,170 from previews[1]
52	30 December 2001	The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring	£7,825,995[1]

References

1. "UK weekend box office reports: 2001" (xls). British Film Institute. Retrieved 16 January 2021.

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