# List of 2001 box office number-one films in Japan

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