This is a list of films which have placed number one at the weekly box office in Japan during 2001. Amounts are in Yen and, for the first five weeks, are only grosses from the top nine key cities.
Number-one films †This implies the highest-grossing movie of the year. # Week ending Film Box office Notes Ref 1 Dinosaur ¥133,500,000 2 ¥219,616,420 3 Dancer in the Dark ¥92,925,553Dancer in the Dark reached number one in its fourth week of release 4 ¥100,309,014 5 ¥92,873,547 6 The Crimson Rivers ¥406,980,000National grosses now reported not just top nine cities 7 Pay It Forward ¥418,099,968 8 Unbreakable ¥1,014,228,930 9 ¥574,482,402 10 Cast Away ¥924,216,951 11 ¥599,743,935 12 TBD 13 14 Doraemon: Nobita and the Winged Braves 15 Hannibal 16 ¥360,631,477 17 The Mexican ¥272,190,391 18 Hannibal ¥215,755,232Weekend figures. Hannibal returned to number one in its fifth week of release 19 ¥232,216,545Weekend figures 20 Detective Conan: Countdown to Heaven ¥161,905,210Detective Conan: Countdown to Heaven reached number one in its fourth week of release 21 Hannibal ¥98,681,056Weekend figures. Hannibal returned to number one in its eighth week of release 22 Hotaru ¥173,764,606 23 ¥155,934,353 24 The Mummy Returns ¥838,541,010Weekend figures. The Mummy Returns set a record June opening 25 ¥391,481,990Weekend figures 26 ¥330,000,000Weekend figures 27 A.I. Artificial Intelligence ¥1,064,900,292Weekend figures. A.I. set a record June opening beating the record set by The Mummy Returns 28 ¥814,553,949Weekend figures 29 Pearl Harbor ¥887,400,048Weekend figures 30 Spirited Away † ¥1,100,671,343Weekend figures. Spirited Away set an opening weekend record beating the record set by Princess Mononoke 31 ¥1,080,000,000Weekend only 32 ¥980,264,618Weekend only 33 ¥1,027,797,052Weekend only 34 ¥958,118,051Weekend only 35 ¥960,000,000Weekend only 36 ¥730,826,005Weekend only 37 ¥753,024,000Weekend only 38 ¥702,600,000Weekend only 39 ¥548,590,968 40 ¥467,449,017 41 Lara Croft: Tomb Raider ¥757,527,701Weekend only 42 Spirited Away † ¥291,000,000Spirited Away returned to number one in its thirteenth week of release 43 ¥299,739,990 44 ¥370,860,000 45 ¥341,194,350 46 Calmi Cuori Appassionati ¥278,960,031Weekend only 47 ¥239,423,499Weekend only 48 Spirited Away † ¥275,049,000Spirited Away returned to number one in its nineteenth week of release 49 Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone ¥1,573,341,524Weekend only. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone beat the opening record set by Spirited Away 50 ¥1,516,029,612Weekend only 51 ¥1,012,597,764 52 TBD 53 ¥770,000,000Weekend only
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See also Lists of box office number-one films