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

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 |
| 1 | 3 January 2001 | Unbreakable | €49,428,869 | |
| 2 | 9 January 2001 | Unbreakable | €32,777,248 | |
| 3 | 16 January 2001 | Unbreakable | €16,096,773 | |
| 4 | 23 January 2001 | Le Placard | €47,433,456 | |
| 5 | 30 January 2001 | Le Placard | €43,334,053 | |
| 6 | 6 February 2001 | Brotherhood of the Wolf | €70,067,599 | |
| 7 | 13 February 2001 | La Vérité si je mens 2 ! | €103,029,794 | |
| 8 | 20 February 2001 | La Vérité si je mens 2 ! | €69,795,215 | |
| 9 | 27 February 2001 | La Vérité si je mens 2 ! | €41,300,602 | |
| 10 | 8 March 2001 | Hannibal | €43,596,532 | |
| 11 | 13 March 2001 | Hannibal | €22,179,395 | |
| 12 | 22 March 2001 | The Exorcist (reissue) | €21,642,278 | |
| 13 | 29 March 2001 | The Exorcist (reissue) | €14,935,578 | |
| 14 | 3 April 2001 | La Tour Montparnasse Infernale | €27,627,271 | |
| 15 | 8 April 2001 | Belphegor, Phantom of the Louvre | €30,926,826 | |
| 16 | 17 April 2001 | Just Visiting | €20,330,527 | |
| 17 | 22 April 2001 | Yamakasi | €15,278,823 | Yamakasi reached number one in its third week of release |
| 18 | 1 May 2001 | Amélie | €43,168,398 | |
| 19 | 8 May 2001 | Amélie | €43,561,588 | |
| 20 | 15 May 2001 | Amélie | €24,387,454 | |
| 21 | 22 May 2001 | Amélie | €22,101,317 | |
| 22 | 31 May 2001 | The Mummy Returns | €27,535,326 | |
| 23 | 7 June 2001 | The Mummy Returns | €19,166,273 | |
| 24 | 14 June 2001 | Pearl Harbor | €31,555,853 | |
| 25 | 20 June 2001 | Pearl Harbor | €20,743,198 | |
| 26 | 27 June 2001 | Pearl Harbor | €9,910,859 | |
| 27 | 5 July 2001 | Lara Croft: Tomb Raider | €44,877,448 | |
| 28 | 10 July 2001 | Shrek | €34,201,335 | |
| 29 | 18 July 2001 | Shrek | €26,602,940 | |
| 30 | 26 July 2001 | Shrek | €18,877,474 | |
| 31 | 2 August 2001 | Scary Movie 2 | €34,412,700 | |
| 32 | 8 August 2001 | Kiss of the Dragon | €18,417,672 | |
| 33 | 15 August 2001 | Jurassic Park III | €29,615,852 | |
| 34 | 21 August 2001 | Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within | €25,488,715 | |
| 35 | 29 August 2001 | Planet of the Apes | €56,857,647 | |
| 36 | 5 September 2001 | Planet of the Apes | €33,224,758 | |
| 37 | 11 September 2001 | Planet of the Apes | €15,539,720 | |
| 38 | 20 September 2001 | 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 | 27 September 2001 | Vidocq | €28,094,297 | |
| 40 | 2 October 2001 | Vidocq | €15,224,111 | |
| 41 | 11 October 2001 | Moulin Rouge! | €14,696,822 | |
| 42 | 18 October 2001 | Bridget Jones's Diary | €34,041,826 | |
| 43 | 25 October 2001 | American Pie 2 | €41,141,716 | |
| 44 | 1 November 1994 | American Pie 2 | €29,743,742 | |
| 45 | 8 November 2001 | American Pie 2 | €18,925,263 | |
| 46 | 15 November 2001 | Wasabi | €9,444,169 | Wasabi reached number one in its second week of release |
| 47 | 22 November 2001 | My Wife Is an Actress | €6,978,944 | |
| 48 | 29 November 2001 | Tanguy | €29,082,312 | |
| 49 | 5 December 2001 | Atlantis: The Lost Empire | €35,337,890 | |
| 50 | 13 December 2001 | Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone | €77,051,800 | Harry 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 | 19 December 2001 | Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone | €52,572,814 | |
| 52 | 26 December 2001 | The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring | €65,000,000 | |