This is a list of films which have placed number one at the weekly box office in France during 2001. Amounts are in French franc.
Number-one films Le Fabuleux destin d’Amélie Poulain became the highest grossing film of 2001, despite not reaching #1 during the year. # Week ending Film Box office Notes Ref 1 Unbreakable €49,428,869 2 €32,777,248 3 €16,096,773 4 Le Placard €47,433,456 5 €43,334,053 6 Brotherhood of the Wolf €70,067,599 7 La Vérité si je mens 2 ! €103,029,794 8 €69,795,215 9 €41,300,602 10 Hannibal €43,596,532 11 €22,179,395 12 The Exorcist (reissue) €21,642,278 13 €14,935,578 14 La Tour Montparnasse Infernale €27,627,271 15 Belphegor, Phantom of the Louvre €30,926,826 16 Just Visiting €20,330,527 17 Yamakasi €15,278,823Yamakasi reached number one in its third week of release 18 Amélie €43,168,398 19 €43,561,588 20 €24,387,454 21 €22,101,317 22 The Mummy Returns €27,535,326 23 €19,166,273 24 Pearl Harbor €31,555,853 25 €20,743,198 26 €9,910,859 27 Lara Croft: Tomb Raider €44,877,448 28 Shrek €34,201,335 29 €26,602,940 30 €18,877,474 31 Scary Movie 2 €34,412,700 32 Kiss of the Dragon €18,417,672 33 Jurassic Park III €29,615,852 34 Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within €25,488,715 35 Planet of the Apes €56,857,647 36 €33,224,758 37 €15,539,720 38 Une hirondelle a fait le printemps €13,021,225 Une hirondelle a fait le printemps reached number one in its second week of release 39 Vidocq €28,094,297 40 €15,224,111 41 Moulin Rouge! €14,696,822 42 Bridget Jones's Diary €34,041,826 43 American Pie 2 €41,141,716 44 €29,743,742 45 €18,925,263 46 Wasabi €9,444,169Wasabi reached number one in its second week of release 47 My Wife Is an Actress €6,978,944 48 Tanguy €29,082,312 49 Atlantis: The Lost Empire €35,337,890 50 Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone €77,051,800Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone beat Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace record as the biggest opening for a non-French film 51 €52,572,814 52 The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring €65,000,000
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See also List of French films of 2001 Lists of box office number-one films