French Box Office For 2001
| Rank | Release | Gross | Theaters | Total Gross | Release Date | Distributor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone | $36,284,144 | 882 | $48,137,835 | Dec 5 | - |
| 2 | The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring | $20,557,794 | 869 | $35,119,115 | Dec 19 | - |
| 3 | Atlantis: The Lost Empire | $19,027,824 | 813 | $22,076,350 | Nov 28 | - |
| 4 | Bridget Jones's Diary | $17,962,362 | 660 | $17,962,308 | Oct 10 | - |
| 5 | American Pie 2 | $17,244,854 | 506 | $17,244,854 | Oct 17 | - |
| 6 | Tanguy | $16,649,984 | 589 | $21,418,121 | Nov 21 | - |
| 7 | The Girl from Paris | $11,697,592 | 517 | $11,697,592 | Sep 5 | - |
| 8 | Jurassic Park III | $10,525,294 | 189 | $10,534,113 | Aug 8 | - |
| 9 | Vidocq | $9,597,193 | 676 | $9,597,193 | Sep 19 | - |
| 10 | Les rois mages | $8,545,368 | 537 | $11,702,020 | Dec 12 | - |
| 11 | A.I. Artificial Intelligence | $8,060,796 | 687 | $8,060,796 | Oct 24 | - |
| 12 | Winged Migration French Canadian | $7,484,084 | 552 | $13,191,225 | Dec 12 | - |
| 13 | Moulin Rouge! | $6,516,910 | 343 | $6,516,910 | Oct 3 | - |
| 14 | Planet of the Apes | $5,993,951 | 749 | $20,231,900 | - | - |
| 15 | Chaos | $5,815,295 | 449 | $5,815,295 | Oct 3 | - |
| 16 | Tom Thumb | $5,808,483 | 521 | $5,808,483 | Oct 17 | - |
| 17 | The Fast and the Furious | $5,163,335 | 397 | $5,163,335 | Sep 26 | - |
| 18 | Rush Hour 2 | $4,588,667 | 564 | $8,880,487 | - | - |
| 19 | Wasabi | $3,715,852 | 584 | $6,656,489 | Nov 1 | - |
| 20 | Amélie | $3,682,047 | 300 | $44,454,020 | Apr 25 | - |
| 21 | My Wife Is an Actress | $3,435,177 | 280 | $3,435,177 | Nov 14 | - |
| 22 | The Piano Teacher | $3,310,008 | 258 | $3,310,008 | Sep 5 | - |
| 23 | J'ai faim!!! | $2,982,647 | 216 | $2,982,647 | Nov 7 | - |
| 24 | The Officer's Ward | $2,860,400 | 248 | $2,860,400 | Sep 26 | - |
| 25 | The Curse of the Jade Scorpion | $2,843,724 | 376 | $3,328,556 | Dec 5 | - |
| 26 | Mulholland Drive | $2,793,814 | 186 | $3,639,652 | Nov 21 | - |
| 27 | Training Day | $2,747,656 | 241 | $2,747,656 | Nov 7 | - |
| 28 | The One | $2,496,556 | 361 | $2,496,556 | Nov 28 | - |
| 29 | C'est la vie 2001 Re-release | $2,489,952 | 300 | $2,489,952 | Nov 7 | - |
| 30 | The Pledge | $2,364,804 | 190 | $2,364,804 | Sep 26 | - |
| 31 | The Others | $2,258,864 | 444 | $7,674,181 | Dec 26 | - |
| 32 | Read My Lips | $2,214,087 | 229 | $2,214,087 | Oct 17 | - |
| 33 | Swordfish | $2,031,396 | 499 | $3,938,709 | - | - |
| 34 | Ghosts of Mars | $1,937,390 | 287 | $1,937,390 | Nov 21 | - |
| 35 | God Is Great and I'm Not | $1,791,031 | 162 | $1,791,031 | Sep 26 | - |
| 36 | Don't Say a Word | $1,692,735 | 294 | $1,692,735 | Nov 28 | - |
| 37 | The Man Who Wasn't There | $1,686,766 | 157 | $1,686,766 | Nov 7 | - |
| 38 | A Knight's Tale | $1,667,978 | 451 | $1,667,978 | Nov 14 | - |
| 39 | How I Killed My Father | $1,635,415 | 147 | $1,635,442 | Sep 19 | - |
| 40 | Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie | $1,491,178 | 593 | $4,870,830 | - | - |
| 41 | Blow | $1,479,395 | 238 | $1,479,395 | Sep 19 | - |
| 42 | Legally Blonde | $1,351,121 | 230 | $1,635,410 | Dec 12 | - |
| 43 | A Hell of a Day | $1,292,689 | 192 | $1,292,689 | Oct 24 | - |
| 44 | Heartbreakers | $1,270,022 | 306 | $1,270,022 | Sep 26 | - |
| 45 | Ghislain Lambert's Bicycle | $1,196,926 | 464 | $2,770,763 | Nov 1 | - |
| 46 | Shrek | $1,180,862 | 353 | $21,109,691 | Jul 4 | - |
| 47 | Absolutely Fabulous Undated France Release | $1,113,388 | 440 | $6,979,170 | - | - |
| 48 | America's Sweethearts | $1,099,691 | 555 | $3,011,986 | Nov 1 | - |
| 49 | The Musketeer | $1,096,428 | 361 | $1,096,428 | Nov 7 | - |
| 50 | Sexy Boys | $1,089,395 | 270 | $2,270,481 | Dec 26 | - |
| 51 | Who Knows? | $1,058,216 | 140 | $1,058,216 | Oct 10 | - |
| 52 | Tosca | $1,000,589 | 129 | $1,000,589 | Nov 14 | - |
| 53 | Pretty Things | $913,068 | 148 | $913,068 | Nov 14 | - |
| 54 | Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within | $866,082 | 387 | $7,425,304 | - | - |
| 55 | No Man's Land | $858,582 | 85 | $858,582 | Sep 19 | - |
| 56 | Kandahar | $858,489 | 73 | $858,489 | Oct 24 | - |
| 57 | Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood 2001 Re-release | $840,486 | 168 | $840,486 | Nov 21 | - |
| 58 | The Lady and the Duke | $778,123 | 71 | $778,123 | Sep 5 | - |
| 59 | Bécassine: Le Trésor viking | $756,803 | 199 | $1,096,867 | Dec 12 | - |
| 60 | The Princess Diaries | $657,186 | 211 | $657,186 | Oct 24 | - |
| 61 | Cats & Dogs | $623,714 | 336 | $3,975,972 | - | - |
| 62 | Time Out | $604,505 | 140 | $604,505 | Nov 14 | Haut et Court |
| 63 | Thirteen Days | $542,948 | 137 | $542,948 | Oct 10 | - |
| 64 | The Milk of Human Kindness | $500,412 | 140 | $500,412 | Sep 19 | - |
| 65 | One Night at McCool's | $483,309 | 174 | $483,309 | Sep 5 | - |
| 66 | Battle Royale | $472,867 | 96 | $472,867 | Nov 21 | - |
| 67 | Alias Betty | $458,687 | 146 | $458,687 | Oct 24 | - |
| 68 | The Score | $427,196 | 151 | $3,834,397 | - | - |
| 69 | Inch'Allah dimanche | $368,488 | 79 | $368,488 | Dec 5 | - |
| 70 | Monsoon Wedding | $367,047 | 50 | $50,225 | Dec 12 | - |
| 71 | I'm Going Home | $344,256 | 82 | $643,318 | - | - |
| 72 | Warm Water Under a Red Bridge | $325,000 | 65 | $325,000 | Nov 28 | - |
| 73 | Angel Eyes | $314,168 | 117 | $414,118 | Oct 10 | - |
| 74 | Love Vertigo | $313,903 | 115 | $313,903 | Dec 19 | - |
| 75 | The Animal | $307,601 | 170 | $442,203 | Dec 26 | - |
| 76 | Grégoire Moulin contre l'humanité | $303,586 | 111 | $303,586 | Oct 24 | - |
| 77 | Change My Life | $231,972 | 83 | $231,972 | Nov 28 | - |
| 78 | Time and Tide | $230,984 | 65 | $230,984 | Dec 12 | - |
| 79 | Get Carter | $227,427 | 50 | $227,427 | Nov 21 | - |
| 80 | Replay | $218,317 | 187 | $1,241,755 | - | - |
| 81 | Human Nature | $202,309 | 118 | $635,138 | - | - |
| 82 | Down to Earth | $193,300 | 147 | $193,300 | Sep 5 | - |
| 83 | Italian for Beginners | $184,298 | 45 | $184,298 | Dec 19 | - |
| 84 | Scary Movie 2 | $178,521 | 183 | $10,823,566 | - | - |
| 85 | Far Undated France Release | $147,008 | 69 | $450,824 | - | - |
| 86 | Millennium Mambo | $141,606 | 34 | $346,876 | Nov 1 | - |
| 87 | Save the Last Dance | $141,539 | 94 | $2,426,590 | Sep 5 | - |
| 88 | Someone Like You | $141,539 | 94 | $141,539 | - | - |
| 89 | The High Life | $139,610 | 146 | $139,610 | Nov 28 | - |
| 90 | Late Marriage | $127,338 | 48 | $127,338 | Oct 24 | - |
| 91 | The Pornographer | $126,027 | 42 | $126,027 | Oct 3 | - |
| 92 | The Forsaken | $115,300 | 57 | $115,300 | Sep 5 | - |
| 93 | Me You Them | $105,128 | 36 | $181,558 | Dec 26 | - |
| 94 | Bully | $97,230 | 29 | $97,230 | Dec 12 | - |
| 95 | Hedwig and the Angry Inch | $94,276 | 40 | $94,276 | Sep 26 | - |
| 96 | Storytelling | $90,802 | 27 | $90,802 | Nov 28 | - |
| 97 | Silence... We're Rolling | $90,173 | 55 | $90,173 | Dec 12 | - |
| 98 | Crazy/Beautiful | $89,107 | 48 | $89,107 | - | - |
| 99 | 'R Xmas | $80,626 | 27 | $80,626 | Dec 26 | - |
| 100 | High Heels and Low Lifes | $79,560 | 81 | $79,560 | Nov 21 | - |
| 101 | Double Whammy | $74,926 | 36 | $74,926 | Oct 17 | - |
| 102 | Les âmes câlines | $71,283 | 87 | $71,283 | Dec 5 | - |
| 103 | The Old Man and the Sea | $67,740 | 58 | $67,740 | Oct 17 | - |
| 104 | Gun Shy 2001 Re-release | $63,164 | 40 | $63,164 | Dec 5 | - |
| 105 | What Time Is It There? | $62,832 | 28 | $62,832 | Sep 26 | - |
| 106 | The Believer | $56,493 | 30 | $56,493 | Oct 10 | - |
| 107 | Baby Boy | $54,189 | 15 | $54,189 | Sep 19 | - |
| 108 | Y tu mamá también | $48,318 | 21 | $48,318 | Nov 14 | - |
| 109 | Martha... Martha | $45,978 | 54 | $45,978 | Oct 3 | - |
| 110 | Sinbad | $43,919 | 42 | $43,919 | Dec 5 | - |
| 111 | Being Light | $39,551 | 37 | $39,551 | Dec 5 | - |
| 112 | Super 8 Stories | $38,709 | 22 | $38,709 | Oct 10 | - |
| 113 | Sobibór, October 14, 1943, 4 p.m. | $38,688 | 9 | $38,688 | Oct 17 | - |
| 114 | Shiri | $37,440 | 13 | $37,440 | Dec 19 | - |
| 115 | Boyhood Loves | $36,696 | 23 | $36,696 | Nov 21 | - |
| 116 | Princess Mononoke 2001 Re-release | $35,890 | 20 | $35,890 | Oct 24 | - |
| 117 | The Pinochet Case | $33,233 | 15 | $33,233 | Oct 10 | - |
| 118 | Gauche the Cellist | $30,534 | 19 | $30,534 | Dec 5 | - |
| 119 | Osmosis Jones | $27,383 | 37 | $27,383 | Dec 19 | - |
| 120 | L'autre monde | $26,270 | 20 | $26,270 | Nov 7 | - |
| 121 | Deep Breath | $26,135 | 19 | $26,135 | Nov 7 | - |
| 122 | Pauline and Paulette | $23,546 | 36 | $23,546 | Dec 5 | - |
| 123 | 17 rue Bleue | $21,414 | 30 | $21,414 | Nov 21 | - |
| 124 | The Black Beach | $20,426 | 15 | $20,426 | Dec 12 | - |
| 125 | L'Integrale Kubrick Selon Kubrick | $20,036 | 1 | $20,036 | Sep 26 | - |
| 126 | Wild Innocence | $17,347 | 4 | $17,347 | Dec 19 | - |
| 127 | Paria | $17,061 | 13 | $17,061 | Nov 7 | - |
| 128 | Actors Anonymous | $16,416 | 11 | $16,416 | Oct 10 | - |
| 129 | George Washington | $16,245 | 10 | $16,245 | Oct 17 | - |
| 130 | H Story | $16,245 | 10 | $16,245 | Oct 17 | - |
| 131 | Seven Songs from the Tundra | $16,099 | 7 | $16,099 | Dec 12 | - |
| 132 | Massoud, the Afghan | $15,725 | 1 | $15,725 | Sep 19 | - |
| 133 | La fille de son père | $15,054 | 26 | $15,054 | Oct 10 | - |
| 134 | ABC Africa | $13,806 | 5 | $13,806 | Oct 24 | - |
| 135 | Unfair Competition | $12,438 | 6 | $12,438 | Dec 5 | - |
| 136 | Desert Moon | $11,783 | 10 | $11,783 | Oct 17 | - |
| 137 | Chilly Dogs | $10,327 | 42 | $10,327 | Dec 19 | - |
| 138 | Histoires de vies | $10,124 | 7 | $10,124 | Nov 21 | - |
| 139 | Marlene-Sternberg: Les Deux Films | $9,849 | 2 | $9,849 | Sep 26 | - |
| 140 | Hey, Happy! | $9,620 | 1 | $9,620 | Dec 19 | - |
| 141 | Monday | $9,017 | 3 | $9,017 | Oct 3 | - |
| 142 | The Tunnel | $8,949 | 5 | $8,949 | Nov 7 | - |
| 143 | The Shining 2001 Re-release | $8,866 | 1 | $8,866 | Oct 24 | - |
| 144 | Stage Door 2001 Re-release | $8,835 | 1 | $8,835 | Nov 21 | - |
| 145 | Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid | $7,717 | 1 | $7,717 | Dec 12 | - |
| 146 | La question | $7,519 | 8 | $7,519 | Sep 19 | - |
| 147 | Malraux, tu m'étonnes! | $7,374 | 3 | $7,374 | Nov 21 | - |
| 148 | The Flame and the Arrow | $6,713 | 1 | $6,713 | Oct 24 | - |
| 149 | Boxcar Bertha 2001 Re-release | $6,443 | 1 | $6,443 | Oct 24 | - |
| 150 | Serbia, Year Zero | $5,892 | 4 | $5,892 | Nov 21 | - |
| 151 | Dear Fidel | $5,554 | 2 | $5,554 | Nov 14 | - |
| 152 | Paths of Glory 2001 Re-release | $5,252 | 1 | $5,252 | Oct 24 | - |
| 153 | No Place to Go | $5,252 | 3 | $5,252 | Sep 19 | - |
| 154 | Tirana Year Zero | $5,153 | 3 | $5,153 | Dec 19 | - |
| 155 | The Sugarland Express 2001 Re-release | $4,841 | 1 | $4,841 | Oct 10 | - |
| 156 | Violett & Mr; b. | $4,716 | 1 | $4,716 | Dec 19 | - |
| 157 | Made in the USA | $4,399 | 2 | $4,399 | Nov 14 | - |
| 158 | Manuela Sáenz | $4,358 | 1 | $4,358 | Sep 26 | - |
| 159 | I Vitelloni | $4,337 | 1 | $4,337 | Dec 19 | - |
| 160 | Let It Snow | $4,020 | 2 | $4,020 | Oct 10 | - |
| 161 | Workers, Peasants | $3,848 | 3 | $3,848 | Sep 19 | - |
| 162 | The Child and the Soldier | $3,806 | 7 | $3,806 | Dec 19 | - |
| 163 | Makibefo | $3,739 | 2 | $3,739 | Oct 17 | - |
| 164 | The Son of Jean-Claude Videau | $3,650 | 7 | $3,650 | Sep 26 | - |
| 165 | Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb 2001 Re-release | $3,604 | 1 | $3,604 | Dec 19 | - |
| 166 | Hiroshima Mon Amour | $3,193 | 1 | $3,193 | Oct 3 | - |
| 167 | Moulin Rouge | $3,188 | 1 | $3,188 | Nov 14 | - |
| 168 | La bête de miséricorde | $3,162 | 1 | $3,162 | Oct 17 | - |
| 169 | Those Facing Us | $3,141 | 2 | $3,141 | Sep 26 | - |
| 170 | Oeuvres Majeures de Johan Van der Keuken | $3,136 | 1 | $3,136 | Oct 24 | - |
| 171 | In Vanda's Room | $2,912 | 2 | $2,912 | Sep 19 | - |
| 172 | Chittagong: The Last Stopover | $2,876 | 2 | $2,876 | Dec 5 | - |
| 173 | Les contes de la mère poule | $2,626 | 2 | $18,330 | Oct 3 | - |
| 174 | Time Bandits 2001 Re-release | $2,444 | 1 | $2,444 | Dec 12 | - |
| 175 | The Milky Way | $2,174 | 1 | $2,174 | Oct 17 | - |
| 176 | A Trip to the Country | $1,976 | 2 | $1,976 | Oct 17 | - |
| 177 | A Handful of Grass | $1,654 | 1 | $1,654 | Oct 3 | - |
| 178 | Funny Girl 2001 Re-release | $957 | 1 | $957 | Dec 19 | - |
| 179 | Salaam Bombay! 2001 Re-release | $712 | 1 | $712 | Dec 12 | - |
