2001

2001 (MMI) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, the 2001st year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 1st year of the 3rd millennium, the 1st year of the 21st century, and the 2nd year of the 2000s decade.

Theatrical releases

Feature films

• February 2 - Head over Heels
• February 9 - Hannibal
• March 2 - The Mexican (DreamWorks Pictures)
• April 9 - Josie and the Pussycats
• April 13 - Bridget Jones's Diary
• May 4 - The Mummy Returns
• May 18 - Shrek (DreamWorks Animation)
• June 8 - Evolution (DreamWorks Pictures)
• June 18 - The Fast and the Furious
• June 22 - Strictly Sinatra (Focus Features)
• June 29 - A.I. Artificial Intelligence (DreamWorks Pictures International Distribution)
• July 16 - Jurassic Park III
• August 10 - American Pie 2
• August 13 - Captain Corelli's Mandolin
• August 24 - The Curse of the Jade Scorpion (DreamWorks Pictures)
• September 7 - The Musketeer
• October 8 - Mulholland Drive
• October 19 - The Last Castle (DreamWorks Pictures)
• October 22 - K-PAX
• November 19 - Spy Game
• December 21 - A Beautiful Mind, How High, Jimmy Neutron Boy Genius (Paramount Pictures and Nickelodeon Movies)

Home video releases

VHS & DVD releases

• January 30 - What Lies Beneath (DreamWorks Home Entertainment)
• February 13
  • The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle
  • Bring It On
• February 20 - The Watcher
• March 6
  • The Contender (DreamWorks Home Entertainment)
  • Meet the Parents
  • Rear Window
• March 13 - Almost Famous (DreamWorks Home Entertainment)
• April 3
  • The Legend of Bagger Vance (DreamWorks Home Entertainment)
  • Nurse Betty (USA Home Entertainment)
• April 17 - Billy Elliot
• May 29 - Traffic (USA Home Entertainment)
• July 17 - The Family Man
• July 31 - Head over Heels
• August 7 - The Mexican (DreamWorks Home Entertainment)
• August 21 - Josie and the Pussycats
• August 28 - The Wolf Man
• October 2 - The Mummy Returns
• November 2 - Shrek (DreamWorks Home Entertainment)
• November 20 - How the Grinch Stole Christmas
• December 4 - The Land Before Time VIII: The Big Freeze
• December 11 - Jurassic Park III
• December 25 - Evolution (DreamWorks Home Entertainment)

Shorts

• November 2
  • Shrek in the Swamp Karaoke Dance Party

Direct-to-video releases

• July 24 - The Unsaid
• October 2 - Tremors 3: Back to Perfection
• November 20 - Prancer Returns (USA Home Entertainment)
• December 4
  • Beethoven's 4th
  • The Land Before Time VIII: The Big Freeze

Character debuts

• May 18 - Shrek, Donkey, Fiona
• December 4 - Mr. Thicknose, Tippy

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