The year 2001 in film involved some significant events, including the first installments of the Harry Potter, Fast & Furious, Spy Kids, Monsters, Inc. and Shrek franchises, and The Lord of the Rings and Ocean's trilogies. Significant non-English language films released included Monsoon Wedding, Amélie and Spirited Away. There was one film, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, that passed over $1 billion in a re-release of 2020.
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The inaugural entries of the Harry Potter and Lord of the Rings film franchises prompted a shift in both the film and literary communities by propelling fantasy into mainstream culture, popularizing young adult novels, and reforming the blockbuster to promote film franchises and cater to fandom communities.[1][2]
Highest-grossing films
editThe top 10 films released in 2001 by worldwide gross are as follows:[3]
| Rank | Title | Distributor | Worldwide gross |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone | Warner Bros. | $974,755,371 |
| 2 | The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring | New Line | $883,726,270 |
| 3 | Monsters, Inc. | Buena Vista | $528,773,250 |
| 4 | Shrek | DreamWorks | $487,853,320 |
| 5 | Ocean's Eleven | Warner Bros. | $450,717,150 |
| 6 | Pearl Harbor | Buena Vista | $449,220,945 |
| 7 | The Mummy Returns | Universal | $433,013,274 |
| 8 | Jurassic Park III | $368,780,809 | |
| 9 | Planet of the Apes | Fox | $362,211,740 |
| 10 | Hannibal | MGM / Universal | $351,692,268 |
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone grossed $974 million, and became the second highest-grossing film of all time. It was also the highest-grossing film in the Harry Potter film franchise before the finale, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2, surpassed it in 2011.
2001 was the first time that two films released in the same year grossed more than $800 million at the box office, with Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone and The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring surpassing the milestone.
The highest-grossing non-English film was Studio Ghibli's anime Spirited Away, which was the 15th highest-grossing film of the year.[4]
Events
edit- May 18 – Shrek was released to critical acclaim and went on to win the first Academy Award for Best Animated Feature the following year beating out Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius and Monsters, Inc.
- June 22 – The Fast and the Furious is released, launching one of the highest-grossing franchises in film history.
- August 8 – actors Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman divorce.
- November 2 – Monsters, Inc. opens with the best ticket sales ever for an animated film and the 6th-best of all time.
- November 16 and December 19 – The beginning of two acclaimed fantasy film series based on best-selling novels: Harry Potter and The Lord of the Rings, respectively.
Award ceremonies
editAwards
edit2001 films
editBy country/region
edit- List of American films of 2001
- List of Argentine films of 2001
- List of Australian films of 2001
- List of Bangladeshi films of 2001
- List of British films of 2001
- List of Canadian films of 2001
- List of Chinese films of 2001
- List of French films of 2001
- List of Hong Kong films of 2001
- List of Indian films of 2001
- List of Japanese films of 2001
- List of Mexican films of 2001
- List of Nepalese films of 2001
- List of Pakistani films of 2001
- List of Russian films of 2001
- List of South Korean films of 2001
- List of Spanish films of 2001
By genre/medium
edit- List of action films of 2001
- List of animated feature films of 2001
- List of avant-garde films of 2001
- List of crime films of 2001
- List of comedy films of 2001
- List of drama films of 2001
- List of horror films of 2001
- List of science fiction films of 2001
- List of thriller films of 2001
- List of western films of 2001
Births
edit- January 1 – Angourie Rice, Australian actress
- February 15 – Haley Tju, American actress
- February 16 - Chloe East, American actress
- February 19 – David Mazouz, American actor
- February 24 – Ramona Marquez, English actress
- March 6 – Milo Manheim, American actor
- March 25 – Daisy Tahan, American actress
- April 10 – Noa Kirel, Israeli actress
- April 20 – Ian Alexander, American actor
- April 28 – Madeleine Harris, British actress
- May 3 – Rachel Zegler, American actress
- May 23 – Matt Lintz, American actor
- May 27 – Izabela Vidovic, American actress
- June 1 – Ed Oxenbould, Australian actor
- June 3 – Rhea Norwood, English actress
- June 5 - Lilly Krug, German actress
- June 9 – Xolo Maridueña, American actor
- June 14 – Samuel Bottomley, English actor
- June 16 – William Sorenson, Canadian Representative
- June 21 – Eleanor Worthington Cox, English actress
- July 1 – Chosen Jacobs, American actor
- July 2 – Abraham Attah, Ghanaian actor
- July 10 – Isabela Merced, American actress
- July 11 – Sophia Anne Caruso, American actress
- July 22 – Alisha Newton, Canadian actress
- July 31 – Sean Michael Kyer, Canadian actor
- August 5 – Josie Totah, American actress
- August 6 – Ty Simpkins, American actor
- August 21
- Dallas Liu, American actor
- Harry Gilby, English actor
- August 31 – Garrett Wareing, American actor
- September 3 – Kaia Gerber, American actress and model
- September 6 – Freya Allan, English actress
- September 14 – Matías Recalt, Argentine actor
- September 15 – Emma Fuhrmann, American actress
- September 17 – India Amarteifio, English actress
- September 19
- Jack Downham, British actor
- D'Pharaoh Woon-A-Tai, Canadian actor
- September 29 – William Healy, Canadian actor
- October 1 – Luna Blaise, American actress
- October 5 – Dalila Bela, Canadian actress
- October 8 – Percy Hynes White, Canadian actor
- October 9 – Louis Hynes, English actor
- October 10 – Blake Cooper, American actor
- October 12 – Raymond Ochoa, American actor and musician
- October 13 – Caleb McLaughlin, American actor
- October 14 – Rowan Blanchard, American actress
- October 19 - Art Parkinson, Irish actor
- October 21 – Ashley Liao, American actress
- October 23 – Mina Sundwall, American actress
- October 27 – Lukita Maxwell, Indonesian-American actress
- November 7 – Amybeth McNulty, Irish-Canadian actress
- November 12 – Raffey Cassidy, English actress
- November 15 – Sadie Stanley, American actress
- November 27 – Morgan Davies, Australian actor
- December 13 – Harley Bird, English actress
- December 14 – Joshua Rush, American actor
- December 16 – Sebastian Croft, English actor
- December 22 - Lily Laight, English actress and singer
- December 28 – Maitreyi Ramakrishnan, Canadian actress
Deaths
edit| Month | Date | Name | Age | Country | Profession | Notable films |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 1 | Ray Walston[5] | 86 | US | Actor | |
| 5 | Nancy Parsons | 58 | US | Actress | ||
| 10 | Jacques Marin | 81 | France | Actor | ||
| 11 | James Hill | 84 | US | Producer, Screenwriter | ||
| 11 | Michael Williams | 65 | UK | Actor | ||
| 15 | Ted Mann | 84 | US | Producer | ||
| 16 | Virginia O'Brien | 81 | US | Actress, Singer | ||
| 18 | Al Waxman | 65 | Canada | Actor | ||
| 21 | Sandy Baron | 64 | US | Actor | ||
| 21 | Joseph O'Conor | 84 | Ireland | Actor | ||
| 30 | Jean-Pierre Aumont[6] | 90 | France | Actor | ||
| 30 | John Prebble | 85 | UK | Screenwriter | ||
| 31 | Bert Williams | 78 | US | Actor | ||
| February | 4 | Tony Steedman | 73 | UK | Actor | |
| 7 | Dale Evans[7] | 88 | US | Actress, Singer | ||
| 10 | Lewis Arquette | 65 | US | Actor | ||
| 11 | Sy Gomberg | 82 | US | Screenwriter | ||
| 14 | Charles B. Fitzsimons | 76 | Ireland | Producer | ||
| 15 | Burt Kennedy | 78 | US | Director, Screenwriter | ||
| 16 | Howard W. Koch | 84 | US | Producer | ||
| 19 | Stanley Kramer[8] | 87 | US | Director, Producer | ||
| 20 | Rosemary DeCamp | 90 | US | Actress | ||
| 27 | Ralf D. Bode | 59 | Germany | Cinematographer | ||
| 27 | Stan Margulies | 80 | US | Producer | ||
| March | 6 | Kim Walker | 32 | US | Actress | |
| 8 | Edward Winter | 63 | US | Actor | ||
| 9 | Richard Stone | 47 | US | Composer, Music Editor | ||
| 12 | Morton Downey Jr. | 68 | US | Actor | ||
| 13 | John A. Alonzo | 66 | US | Cinematographer, Actor | ||
| 15 | Ann Sothern[9] | 92 | US | Actress | ||
| 16 | Norma MacMillan | 79 | Canada | Actress | ||
| 17 | Ralph Thomas | 85 | UK | Director | ||
| 19 | Mentor Huebner | 79 | US | Illustrator | ||
| 21 | Anthony Steel | 80 | UK | Actor | ||
| 22 | William Hanna | 90 | US | Animator, Director, Producer | ||
| 23 | Sully Boyar | 77 | US | Actor | ||
| 24 | Tambi Larsen | 77 | India | Art Director | ||
| 26 | Piotr Sobociński | 43 | Poland | Cinematographer | ||
| April | 1 | Larry Tucker | 66 | US | Screenwriter | |
| 7 | David Graf | 50 | US | Actor | ||
| 7 | Beatrice Straight | 86 | US | Actress | ||
| 10 | Nyree Dawn Porter | 65 | New Zealand | Actress | ||
| 11 | Harry Secombe[10] | 79 | UK | Actor | ||
| 13 | Jimmy Logan | 73 | UK | Actor | ||
| 13 | Ken Weston | 53 | UK | Sound Engineer | ||
| 14 | Hiroshi Teshigahara[11] | 74 | Japan | Director | ||
| 16 | Michael Ritchie | 62 | US | Director | ||
| 20 | Maria Karnilova | 80 | US | Actress | ||
| 21 | Jack Haley Jr. | 67 | US | Director | ||
| 22 | Edward Muhl | 94 | US | Studio Executive | ||
| 27 | Jack Murdock | 78 | US | Actor | ||
| 28 | Ken Hughes | 79 | UK | Screenwriter | ||
| 29 | Walter Hannemann | 88 | US | Film Editor | ||
| May | 2 | Gina Mastrogiacomo | 39 | US | Actress | |
| 3 | Ernie Wheelwright | 61 | US | Actor | ||
| 7 | Gary Wissner | 37 | US | Production Designer, Art Director | ||
| 9 | Leslie Sands | 79 | UK | Actor | ||
| 10 | Deborah Walley | 59 | US | Actress | ||
| 12 | Perry Como[12] | 88 | US | Singer, Actor | ||
| 13 | Eddra Gale | 79 | US | Actress | ||
| 13 | Jason Miller[13] | 62 | US | Actor, Director | ||
| 13 | Ralph Tabakin | 79 | US | Actor | ||
| 14 | Mauro Bolognini | 78 | Italy | Director, Screenwriter | ||
| 14 | Peter Griffith | 74 | US | Actor | Halloween | |
| 14 | Armando Nannuzzi | 75 | Italy | Cinematographer | ||
| 15 | Sacha Vierny | 81 | France | Cinematographer | ||
| 16 | Joe Baker | 72 | UK | Actor | ||
| 22 | Connie Marshall | 68 | US | Actress | ||
| 22 | Whitman Mayo | 70 | US | Actor | ||
| 22 | Jack Watling | 78 | UK | Actor | ||
| 23 | Lita Chevret | 92 | US | Actress | ||
| 25 | John W. Holmes | 84 | US | Film Editor | ||
| 26 | Anne Haney | 67 | US | Actress | ||
| 27 | Ramon Bieri | 71 | US | Actor | ||
| 29 | Russell Saunders | 82 | US | Stuntman | ||
| 31 | Arlene Francis | 93 | US | Actress | ||
| June | 2 | Imogene Coca | 92 | US | Actress | |
| 3 | Anthony Quinn[14] | 86 | Mexico | Actor | ||
| 4 | Joan Vohs | 73 | US | Actress | ||
| 7 | Leonard Tepper | 61 | US | Actor | ||
| 15 | Henri Alekan | 92 | France | Cinematographer | ||
| 21 | Carroll O'Connor | 76 | US | Actor | ||
| 21 | Vernon Sewell | 97 | UK | Director, Screenwriter | ||
| 23 | Corinne Calvet | 76 | France | Actress | ||
| 26 | Paul Berry | 39 | UK | Animator | ||
| 27 | Jack Lemmon | 76 | US | Actor | ||
| 28 | Joan Sims | 71 | UK | Actress | ||
| July | 2 | Jack Gwillim | 91 | UK | Actor | |
| 3 | Mordecai Richler | 70 | Canada | Screenwriter | ||
| 5 | A. D. Flowers | 84 | US | Special Effects Artist | ||
| 7 | Molly Lamont | 91 | South Africa | Actress | ||
| 12 | James Bernard | 75 | UK | Composer | ||
| 13 | Eleanor Summerfield | 80 | UK | Actress | ||
| 15 | Ted Berman | 81 | US | Director, Screenwriter, Animator | ||
| 19 | Paul Beeson | 79 | UK | Cinematographer | ||
| 21 | Sivaji Ganesan | 72 | India | Actor | ||
| 29 | Alex Nicol | 79 | US | Actor | ||
| August | 3 | Christopher Hewett | 79 | UK | Actor | |
| 6 | Alan Rafkin | 73 | US | Director | ||
| 6 | Dorothy Tutin | 71 | UK | Actress | ||
| 8 | Harry Julian Fink | 78 | US | Screenwriter | ||
| 14 | Missy Cleveland | 41 | US | Actress | ||
| 14 | Jackie "Butch" Jenkins | 63 | US | Actor | ||
| 16 | Dave Barry | 82 | US | Actor | ||
| 18 | Jack Elliott | 74 | US | Composer, Conductor | ||
| 20 | Kim Stanley | 76 | US | Actress | ||
| 23 | Kathleen Freeman | 82 | US | Actress | ||
| 25 | Aaliyah | 22 | US | Actress, Singer | ||
| 25 | John Chambers | 78 | US | Makeup Artist | ||
| 25 | Jane Greer | 76 | US | Actress | ||
| 25 | Inigo Jackson | 68 | UK | Actor | ||
| 28 | Lawrence B. Marcus | 84 | US | Screenwriter | ||
| 29 | Francisco Rabal | 75 | Spain | Actor | ||
| 30 | Julie Bishop | 87 | US | Actress | ||
| September | 2 | Troy Donahue | 65 | US | Actor | |
| 3 | Ferruccio Amendola | 71 | Italy | Actor | ||
| 3 | Pauline Kael | 82 | US | Film Critic | None; critiqued films for The New Yorker | |
| 3 | Thuy Trang[15] | 27 | US | Actress | ||
| 4 | Merrill Connally | 80 | US | Actor | ||
| 9 | Tommy Hollis | 47 | US | Actor | ||
| 12 | Victor Wong | 74 | US | Actor | ||
| 13 | Barbara Matera | 72 | UK | Costume Designer | ||
| 13 | Dorothy McGuire | 85 | US | Actress | ||
| 15 | Fred de Cordova | 90 | US | Director | ||
| 16 | Samuel Z. Arkoff | 83 | US | Producer | ||
| 25 | Evan A. Lottman | 70 | US | Film Editor | ||
| 25 | Dolores Michaels | 68 | US | Actress | ||
| 26 | Hannes Nikel | 70 | Germany | Film Editor | ||
| 27 | Helen Cherry | 85 | UK | Actress | ||
| 28 | Martin Garner | 74 | US | Actor | ||
| 29 | Gloria Foster | 67 | US | Actress | ||
| October | 9 | Herbert Ross[16] | 74 | US | Director | |
| 15 | Robert Rutledge | 53 | US | Sound Engineer | ||
| 17 | Jay Livingston | 86 | US | Composer | ||
| 19 | Ray Lovejoy | 62 | UK | Film Editor | ||
| 21 | David Lowell Rich | 81 | US | Director | ||
| 23 | Linden Travers | 88 | UK | Actress | ||
| 24 | Jaromil Jireš | 65 | Czechoslovakia | Director | ||
| 26 | Eugene Jackson | 58 | US | Actor | ||
| 28 | Larry Jost | 80 | US | Sound Engineer | ||
| 29 | Maura Fay | 43 | Australia | Casting Director | ||
| 31 | Jenny Laird | 89 | UK | Actress | ||
| November | 5 | Roy Boulting | 87 | UK | Director | |
| 6 | Anthony Shaffer | 75 | UK | Screenwriter | ||
| 7 | Bobby Bass | 65 | US | Stuntman, Actor | ||
| 12 | Albert Hague | 82 | Germany | Actor | ||
| 13 | Peggy Mount | 86 | UK | Actress | ||
| 14 | Charlotte Coleman[17] | 33 | UK | Actress | ||
| 21 | Ralph Burns | 79 | US | Composer, Arranger | ||
| 29 | Budd Boetticher | 85 | US | Director | ||
| 29 | George Harrison[18] | 58 | UK | Singer, Actor, Producer | ||
| 29 | John Mitchum | 82 | US | Actor | ||
| December | 1 | Danilo Donati | 74 | Italy | Costume Designer, Production Designer | |
| 6 | Walt Mulconery | 69 | US | Film Editor | ||
| 7 | Pauline Moore | 87 | US | Actress | ||
| 10 | Lance Fuller | 73 | US | Actor | ||
| 15 | Wilkie Cooper | 90 | UK | Cinematographer | ||
| 16 | Roy Brocksmith | 56 | US | Actor | ||
| 20 | Foster Brooks | 89 | US | Actor | ||
| 20 | Edward Evans | 87 | UK | Actor | ||
| 26 | Nigel Hawthorne | 72 | UK | Actor | ||
| 29 | Robert Patten | 76 | US | Actor | ||
| 30 | Ray Patterson | 90 | US | Animator | ||
| 31 | Eileen Heckart | 82 | US | Actress | ||
| 31 | David Swift | 82 | US | Director |
Film debuts
edit- Scott Adkins – The Accidental Spy
- Laz Alonso – 30 Years to Life
- Malena Alterio – The Hold-Up
- Morena Baccarin – Perfume
- Ike Barinholtz – Down
- Ty Burrell – Evolution
- Luis Callejo – Luna's Game
- Henry Cavill – Laguna
- Jeff Chase – In the Shadows
- Justin Chatwin – Josie and the Pussycats
- Bradley Cooper – Wet Hot American Summer
- Dominic Cooper – From Hell
- Michael Ealy – Kissing Jessica Stein
- Marta Etura – No Shame
- Dakota Fanning – Tomcats
- Elle Fanning – I Am Sam
- Megan Fox – Holiday in the Sun
- Kyle Gallner – Wet Hot American Summer
- Tyrese Gibson – Baby Boy
- Macarena Gómez – Dagon
- Tom Hardy – Black Hawk Down
- Sean Harris – The Discovery of Heaven
- Naomie Harris – Crust
- Anne Hathaway – The Princess Diaries
- Freddie Highmore – Women Talking Dirty
- Dwayne Johnson – The Mummy Returns
- Jaime King – Happy Campers
- Luke Kirby – Lost and Delirious
- Fran Kranz – Donnie Darko
- Bárbara Lennie – No Pain, No Gain
- Scoot McNairy – Wrong Numbers
- Sienna Miller – South Kensington
- Michelle Monaghan – Perfume
- Ebon Moss-Bachrach – The Believer
- Eric Christian Olsen – Pearl Harbor
- David Oyelowo – Dog Eat Dog
- Daniel Radcliffe – The Tailor of Panama
- James Ransone – The American Astronaut
- Elizabeth Reaser – The Believer
- Emma Roberts – Blow
- Seth Rogen – Donnie Darko
- Kristen Schaal – Kate & Leopold
- Pablo Schreiber – Bubble Boy
- Rafe Spall – Beginner's Luck
- Omar Sy – La Tour Montparnasse Infernale
- Jasmine Trinca – The Son's Room
- Gaspard Ulliel – Brotherhood of the Wolf
- Wilmer Valderrama – Summer Catch
- Katheryn Winnick – Biohazardous
- Benedict Wong – Kiss Kiss (Bang Bang)
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