This is a list of films which have placed number one at the weekend box office in the United Kingdom during 2001.

Number-one films †This implies the highest-grossing movie of the year. # Weekend End Date Film Box Office Notes Refs 1 Unbreakable £2,211,667 2 Cast Away £2,807,312 3 £2,402,289 4 £1,838,033 5 What Women Want £3,375,075 6 £2,512,404 7 Hannibal £6,402,540 Hannibal set an opening weekend record for UIP and for an 18 certificate film. The weekend gross included £800,000 of previews. 8 £3,574,408 9 £2,026,933 10 £1,208,717 11 Enemy at the Gates £1,033,164 12 Miss Congeniality £1,873,246 13 £1,527,576 14 Rugrats in Paris: The Movie £1,511,553 15 Bridget Jones's Diary £5,720,292 16 £4,260,089 17 £3,506,182 18 £2,771,790 19 £1,374,350 20 The Mummy Returns £5,929,146 21 £3,063,383 22 Pearl Harbor £3,075,147 23 £2,061,916 24 £1,448,209 25 Evolution £1,910,285 26 Shrek £4,686,210 27 Lara Croft: Tomb Raider £3,846,592 28 Shrek £2,804,798 Shrek returned to number one in its third week of release 29 Jurassic Park III £4,762,155 30 £1,802,580 31 Cats & Dogs £3,707,358 32 £2,813,072 33 Planet of the Apes £5,445,983 34 £2,364,945 35 A Knight's Tale £1,678,264 36 Moulin Rouge! £2,403,378 37 £1,859,732 38 Artificial Intelligence: A.I. £2,285,786 39 £1,556,911 40 Moulin Rouge! £1,072,657Moulin Rouge! returned to number one in its fifth week of release 41 American Pie 2 £5,508,709 42 £2,823,776 43 £1,626,438 44 The Others £2,259,538 45 £1,687,041 46 Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone † £16,335,627 Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone set the record opening weekend beating Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menaces £9.5 million. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone opening included £6,735,259 from previews 47 £8,362,749 48 £5,809,759 49 £3,345,310 50 £2,391,251 51 The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring £11,058,045 The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring opening figures included £3,755,170 from previews 52 £7,825,995

See also List of British films — British films by year Lists of box office number-one films

References

External links UK weekend box office reports 2001-2006