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

See also Lists of box office number-one films