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

This is a list of films which have placed number one at the box office in Italy during 2001. Amounts are in lire.

## Number-one Films

| † | This implies the highest-grossing movie of the year. |
| # | Week ending | Film | Box office | Notes |
| 1 | 4 January 2001 | Ask Me If I'm Happy | ₤11,480,506,000 | |
| 2 | 11 January 2001 | Ask Me If I'm Happy | ₤7,606,632,000 | |
| 3 | 18 January 2001 | Cast Away | ₤7,491,876,000 | |
| 4 | 25 January 2001 | Cast Away | ₤7,536,974,000 | |
| 5 | 1 February 2001 | Cast Away | ₤5,864,410,000 | |
| 6 | 8 February 2001 | Meet the Parents | ₤6,855,472,000 | |
| 7 | 15 February 2001 | Hannibal | ₤11,290,480,000 | Hannibal set an opening weekend record for a US release beating The Blair Witch Project with a gross of $4.6 million |
| 8 | 22 February 2001 | Hannibal | ₤6,943,758,000 | |
| 9 | 1 March 2001 | What Women Want | ₤4,300,292,000 | What Women Want reached number one in its third week of release |
| 10 | 8 March 2001 | What Women Want | ₤2,855,658,000 | |
| 11 | 15 March 2001 | Traffic | ₤2,894,916,000 | |
| 12 | 22 March 2001 | Traffic | ₤2,278,106,000 | |
| 13 | 29 March 2001 | Finding Forrester | ₤1,851,430,000 | |
| 14 | 5 April 2001 | Finding Forrester | ₤1,633,774,000 | |
| 15 | 8 April 2001 | The Emperor's New Groove | ₤1,792,630,000 | |
| 16 | 19 April 2001 | The Emperor's New Groove | ₤3,444,886,000 | |
| 17 | 26 April 2001 | The Mexican | ₤6,091,914,000 | |
| 18 | 3 May 2001 | The Mexican | ₤2,332,416,000 | |
| 19 | 10 May 2001 | The Mexican | ₤1,216,960,000 | |
| 20 | 16 May 2001 | The Mummy Returns | ₤6,015,386,000 | The Mummy Returns set a May opening record |
| 21 | 24 May 2001 | The Mummy Returns | ₤3,563,768,000 | |
| 22 | 31 May 2001 | The Mummy Returns | ₤1,542,300,000 | |
| 23 | 6 June 2001 | Pearl Harbor | ₤6,387,734,000 | |
| 24 | 14 June 2001 | Pearl Harbor | ₤4,275,578,000 | |
| 25 | 21 June 2001 | Shrek | ₤3,658,000,000 | |
| 26 | 28 June 2001 | Shrek | ₤2,268,000,000 | |
| 27 | 5 July 2001 | Shrek | ₤1,587,914,000 | |
| 28 | 12 July 2001 | Evolution | ₤1,343,242,000 | |
| 29 | 19 July 2001 | Evolution | ₤925,622,000 | |
| 30 | 26 July 2001 | Evolution | ₤551,218,000 | |
| 31 | 2 August 2001 | Shrek | ₤430,562,000 | Shrek returned to number one in its seventh week of release |
| 32 | 9 August 2001 | Shrek | TBD | |
| 33 | 16 August 2001 | Shrek | TBD | |
| 34 | 23 August 2001 | Shrek | TBD | |
| 35 | 30 August 2001 | Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within | ₤2,717,740,000 | |
| 36 | 6 September 2001 | Jurassic Park III | ₤5,500,000,000 | |
| 37 | 13 September 2001 | Save the Last Dance | ₤3,935,506,000 | |
| 38 | 20 September 2001 | Planet of the Apes | ₤5,185,138,000 | |
| 39 | 27 September 2001 | The Others | ₤3,378,672,000 | The Others reached number one in its second week of release |
| 40 | 4 October 2001 | Swordfish | ₤2,669,917,000 | The Crow reached number one in its second week of release |
| 41 | 11 October 2001 | A.I. Artificial Intelligence | ₤3,112,664,000 | |
| 42 | 18 October 2001 | Scary Movie 2 | ₤4,484,184,000 | |
| 43 | 25 October 2001 | Bridget Jones's Diary | ₤6,543,134,000 | |
| 44 | 1 November 2001 | Bridget Jones's Diary | ₤7,128,178,000 | |
| 45 | 8 November 2001 | Bridget Jones's Diary | ₤4,003,740,000 | |
| 46 | 15 November 2001 | Bridget Jones's Diary | ₤3,212,786,000 | |
| 47 | 18 November 2001 | Bridget Jones's Diary | ₤1,611,234,000 | |
| 48 | 29 November 2001 | Brotherhood of the Wolf | ₤4,349,980,000 | |
| 49 | 6 December 2001 | Brotherhood of the Wolf | ₤3,084,060,000 | |
| 50 | 13 December 2001 | Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone † | ₤13,312,000,000 | Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone beat the opening record set by Fireworks |
| 51 | 20 December 2001 | Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone † | ₤8,394,474,000 | |
| 52 | 27 December 2001 | Merry Christmas | ₤11,726,498,000 | |