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

This is a list of films which placed number one at the weekely box office in Mexico for the year 2001.

## Number-one films

| † | This implies the highest-grossing movie of the year. |
| # | Date | Film | Gross (US Dollar) | Notes |
| 1 | January 4, 2001 | Chicken Run | $1,360,593 | |
| 2 | January 11, 2001 | Men of Honor | $1,286,344 | |
| 3 | January 18, 2001 | Vertical Limit | $3,176,799 | |
| 4 | January 25, 2001 | Vertical Limit | $2,585,888 | |
| 5 | February 1, 2001 | Cast Away | $2,295,378 | |
| 6 | February 8, 2001 | What Women Want | $3,131,535 | |
| 7 | February 15, 2001 | What Women Want | $1,810,839 | |
| 8 | February 22, 2001 | What Women Want | $1,157,982 | |
| 9 | March 1, 2001 | Hannibal | $2,708,484 | |
| 10 | March 8, 2001 | Hannibal | $1,650,118 | |
| 11 | March 15, 2001 | The Exorcist (reissue) | $3,386,104 | |
| 12 | March 22, 2001 | The Exorcist (reissue) | $2,402,671 | |
| 13 | March 29, 2001 | Traffic | $1,193,813 | Traffic reached number one in its second week of release |
| 14 | April 5, 2001 | Dungeons & Dragons | $729,161 | |
| 15 | April 12, 2001 | The Emperor's New Groove | $2,422,847 | |
| 16 | April 19, 2001 | The Mexican | $1,959,003 | |
| 17 | April 26, 2001 | Miss Congeniality | $1,874,194 | |
| 18 | May 3, 2001 | Miss Congeniality | $1,817,968 | |
| 19 | May 10, 2001 | Miss Congeniality | $1,016,760 | |
| 20 | May 17, 2001 | El segundo aire | $1,239,092 | |
| 21 | May 24, 2001 | Dracula 2000 | $708,195 | Dracula 2000 reached number one in its second week of release |
| 22 | May 31, 2001 | The Mummy Returns | $4,400,119 | |
| 23 | June 7, 2001 | The Mummy Returns | $3,131,086 | |
| 24 | June 14, 2001 | Y tu mamá también | $2,200,000 | |
| 25 | June 21, 2001 | Pearl Harbor | $3,903,926 | |
| 26 | June 28, 2001 | Pearl Harbor | $2,650,591 | |
| 27 | July 7, 2001 | Shrek | $3,732,149 | |
| 28 | July 12, 2001 | Atlantis: The Lost Empire | $3,261,822 | |
| 29 | July 19, 2001 | Atlantis: The Lost Empire | $2,373,381 | |
| 30 | July 26, 2001 | Jurassic Park III | $4,800,800 | |
| 31 | August 2, 2001 | Jurassic Park III | $3,214,259 | |
| 32 | August 9, 2001 | Planet of the Apes | $4,634,960 | |
| 33 | August 16, 2001 | TBD | | |
| 34 | August 23, 2001 | Cats & Dogs | $2,407,962 | |
| 35 | August 30, 2001 | Cats & Dogs | $1,672,820 | |
| 36 | September 6, 2001 | Swordfish | $1,325,552 | |
| 37 | September 13, 2001 | The Fast and the Furious | $1,169,066 | |
| 38 | September 20, 2001 | A Knight's Tale | $1,379,665 | |
| 39 | October 27, 2001 | A Knight's Tale | $1,174,616 | |
| 40 | October 4, 2001 | Scary Movie 2 | $1,466,166 | |
| 41 | October 11, 2001 | TBD | | |
| 42 | October 18, 2001 | America's Sweethearts | TBD | |
| 43 | October 25, 2001 | The Princess Diaries | $1,300,000 | |
| 44 | November 1, 2001 | The Devil's Backbone | $1,100,000 | |
| 45 | November 8, 2001 | The Others | $3,038,736 | |
| 46 | November 15, 2001 | TBD | | |
| 47 | November 22, 2001 | TBD | | |
| 48 | November 29, 2001 | TBD | | |
| 49 | December 6, 2001 | Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone † | | $4,800,000 | Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone set the record for the biggest December opening |
| 50 | December 13, 2001 | Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone † | | TBD | |
| 51 | December 20, 2001 | Monsters, Inc. | $5,163,388 | Monsters, Inc. set a record opening for an animated film |
| 52 | December 27, 2001 | The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring | $4,829,284 | |
| 53 | January 3, 2002 | Monsters, Inc. | $4,346,758 | Monsters, Inc. returned to number one in its third week of release |