Movies - 2001 in film

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Events

August 8 - Actor Tom Cruise
and actress Nicole Kidman
get divorced.
November 2 - Monsters, Inc.
debuts with the best ticket sales ever for an animated film and the 6th best of all time.

Academy Awards presentations

The annual Academy Awards served out gongs for Best Actor
in Gladiator to Russell Crowe
.
Ridley Scott's Gladiator took the Academy Award for Best Picture.
Best Supporting Actress
and Actor
were won by Marcia Gay Harden
for Pollock and Benicio del Toro
for their roles in Traffic which also won its director, Steven Soderbergh the Directing statue.

Top grossing films

Please note that following the tradition of the English language film industry, these are the top grossing films that were first released in the United States and Canada in 2001; because they may have made most of their income in a later year, they may not be the top-grossing films for calendar year. The top ten films of 2001 as of January 26, 2006 (U.S. and Canada), January 26, 2006 (UK) and January 26, 2006 (Australia) are as follows:

In total, seven films released in 2001 grossed more than $400 million, reaching international blockbuster motion picture status.

For a complete list of 2001's top-grossing films, follow these links:

Worldwide: http://boxofficemojo.com/yearly/chart/?view2=worldwide&yr=2006&p=.htm
*U.S. & Canada: http://boxofficemojo.com/yearly/chart/?yr=2006&p=.htm
*United Kingdom: http://www.ukfilmcouncil.org.uk/statistics/boxoffice/
*Australia: http://www.moviemarshal.com/

Awards

ACADEMY AWARDS: :Best Picture: A Beautiful Mind (Imagine Entertainment) :Best Actor: Denzel Washington
- Training Day :Best Actress: Halle Berry
- Monster's Ball

GOLDEN GLOBE AWARDS:
:Drama: :Best Picture: A Beautiful Mind :Best Actor: Russell Crowe
- A Beautiful Mind :Best Actress: Sissy Spacek
- In the Bedroom :Musical or Comedy: :Best Picture: Moulin Rouge! :Best Actor: Gene Hackman
- The Royal Tenenbaums :Best Actress: Nicole Kidman
- Moulin Rouge!

BAFTA AWARDS: :Best Picture: The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring :Best Actor: Russell Crowe
- A Beautiful Mind :Best Actress: Judi Dench
- Iris

Births

Deaths

January 29 - Jean-Pierre Aumont
, actor
February 7 - Dale Evans
, actress
February 12 - Kristina Söderbaum
, German actress and photographer
February 19 - Stanley Kramer, 87, American movie director
March 15 - Ann Sothern
, actress
April 2 - Jennifer Syme
, entertainment industry employee
April 15 - Joey Ramone, 49, singer/guitarist/songwriter
June 21 - Carroll O'Connor
, 76, actor
June 28 - Jack Lemmon
, 76, actor
June 28 - Joan Sims
, 71, actress
August 25 - Aaliyah
, 22, singer and actress
September 3 - Pauline Kael, 82, movie critic
October 28 - Grigori Chukhrai, Ukrainian film director
December 10 - Ashok Kumar, 90, actor, India

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