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

Please note that following the tradition of the English language film industry, these are the top grossing films that were first released in the United States and Canada in 2001; because they may have made most of their income in a later year, they may not be the top-grossing films for calendar year. The top ten films of 2001 as of January 26, 2006 (U.S. and Canada), January 26, 2006 (UK) and January 26, 2006 (Australia) are as follows:

April-June

*April 2001
*April 6
*April 13
*April 20
*April 27
*May 2001
*May 4
*May 11
*May 18
*May 25
*June 2001
*June 1
*June 8
*June 15
*June 22
*June 29

July-September

*July 2001
*August 2001
*September 2001

October-December

*October 2001
*November 2001
*December 2001

Other movies released

A-B

*A.I. Artificial Intelligence
*The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle
*Ali, starring Will Smith
*A Knight's Tale
*All Over the Guy
*Along Came a Spider
*Amélie from Montmartre
*The American Astronaut
*American Outlaws
*American Pie 2
*America's Sweethearts
*Angel Eyes
*The Animal
*Atlantis: The Lost Empire
*Baby Boy
*Bandits
*Behind Enemy Lines
*Black Knight
*Blow
*Bridget Jones's Diary
*The Bunker
*The Brothers

C-F

*Captain Corelli's Mandolin
*Cats & Dogs
*Chaos (French)
*Charlotte Gray
*Corky Romano
*Crazy/Beautiful
*Crocodile Dundee in Los Angeles
*Domestic Disturbance
*Don't Say a Word
*Donnie Darko
*Double Take'
*Dr. Dolittle 2, starring Eddie Murphy
*Driven
*Elvira's Haunted Hills
*Evolution
*The Fast and the Furious
*Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within
*Freddy Got Fingered
*From Hell

G-J

*Ghosts of Mars directed by John Carpenter, starring Ice Cube, Natasha Henstridge, Jason Statham, Pam Grier, Clea DuVall and Joanna Cassidy
*The Glass House
*Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack
*Gosford Park
*Hannibal
*Hardball
*Hearts in Atlantis
*Heist
*How High
*Green Day: International Supervideos (DVD Release)
*Iron Monkey
*Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back
*Jeepers Creepers
*Jimmy Neutron
*Joe Dirt
*Joe Somebody, starring Tim Allen
*Josie and the Pussycats
*Joy Ride

K-O

*Kate & Leopold, starring Meg Ryan
*Kiss of the Dragon
*Kingdom Come
*K-PAX, starring Kevin Spacey
*Lara Croft: Tomb Raider
*Last Castle
*Legally Blonde
*Life as a House
*The Lost Skeleton of Cadavra
*Lovely & Amazing
*The Majestic, starring Jim Carrey
*Max Keeble's Big Move
*Memento
*Moulin Rouge!, starring Nicole Kidman
*The Musketeer
*Not Another Teen Movie
*Novocaine
*Nowhere in Africa, German language title: Nirgendwo in Afrika
*O
*Red Hot Chili Peppers: Off The Map (DVD Release)
*The One, starring Jet Li
*Original Sin
*Osmosis Jones
*Out Cold, starring Jason London & Lee Majors
*The Others, starring Nicole Kidman

P-R

*Pokémon 3
*The Princess Diaries, starring Julie Andrews and Anne Hathaway
*Rat Race
*Riding in Cars with Boys
*Rock Star

S-T

*Scary Movie 2
*The Score
*See Spot Run
*Serendipity
*Shallow Hal
*The Shipping News
*Someone Like You
*Southern Comfort
*Spirited Away (July 20 - Japan)
*Spy Game
*Summer Catch
*Swordfish
*Taking Sides
*The Tailor of Panama
*Thir13en Ghosts
*Tomcats
*Training Day
*Two Can Play that Game

U-Z

*Uprising
*Valentine
*Vanilla Sky, starring Tom Cruise, Cameron Diaz and Penélope Cruz
*Waking Life
*The Wash
*What's the Worst That Could Happen?
*Y tu mamá también
*Yeopgijeogin geunyeo (My Sassy Girl)
*Zoolander, starring Ben Stiller

Film
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