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.[1]

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