2001 in film

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Events

• August 8 - Actor Tom Cruise and actress Nicole Kidman get divorced.
• November 2 - Monsters, Inc. debuts with the best ticket sales ever for an animated film and the 6th best of all time.

Academy Awards presentations

• The annual Academy Awards served out gongs for Best Actor in Gladiator to Russell Crowe.
• Ridley Scott's Gladiator took the Academy Award for Best Picture.
• Best Supporting Actress and Actor were won by Marcia Gay Harden for Pollock and Benicio del Toro for their roles in Traffic which also won its director, Steven Soderbergh the Directing statue.

Top grossing films

International and U.S. & Canada combined box office gross figures are listed in U.S. dollars, British results in pounds sterling and Australian results in Australian dollars.

2001 Rank	Title	Studio	Total Int'l Box Office Gross	U.S. & Canada Box Office Gross	United Kingdom Box Office Gross	Australia Box Office Gross
1.	Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone	Warner Bros.	6,475,550	7,575,550	£63,957,673	,610,399
2.	[[The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (film)>The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring]]	New Line Cinema	1,368,364	4,776,170	£65,299,000	,192,563
3.	Monsters, Inc.	Buena Vista	5,366,597	£255,873,250	£37,264,502	,345,632
4.	Shrek	DreamWorks	4,409,218	7,665,011	£28,856,683	,291,922
5.	Ocean's Eleven	Warner Bros.	0,717,150	3,417,150	£24,877,642	,234,443
6.	Pearl Harbor	Buena Vista	9,220,945	8,542,554	£14,225,440	,773,788
7.	The Mummy Returns	Universal Pictures	3,019,785	2,019,785	£20,323,326	,204,297
8.	Jurassic Park III	Universal Pictures	8,780,809	1,171,875	£18,108,325	,654,035
9.	Planet of the Apes	20th Century Fox	2,211,740	0,011,740	£16,850,987	,645,152
10.	Hannibal	MGM	1,692,268	5,092,268	£21,422,605	,282,930

In total, seven films released in 2001 grossed more than $400 million, reaching international blockbuster motion picture status.

For a complete list of 2001's top-grossing films, follow these links:

• Worldwide: http://boxofficemojo.com/yearly/chart/?view2=worldwide&yr=2006&p=.htm
• *U.S. & Canada: http://boxofficemojo.com/yearly/chart/?yr=2006&p=.htm
• *United Kingdom: http://www.ukfilmcouncil.org.uk/statistics/boxoffice/
• *Australia: http://www.moviemarshal.com/

Awards

Best Picture: A Beautiful Mind (Imagine Entertainment)

Best Actor: Denzel Washington - Training Day

Best Actress: Halle Berry - Monster's Ball

Drama:

Best Picture: A Beautiful Mind

Best Actor: Russell Crowe - A Beautiful Mind

Best Actress: Sissy Spacek - In the Bedroom

Musical or Comedy:

Best Picture: Moulin Rouge!

Best Actor: Gene Hackman - The Royal Tenenbaums

Best Actress: Nicole Kidman - Moulin Rouge!