Television[]
- March 17 - Paint World aired its final episode.
- August 27 - Cookie and Cream
- September 22 - Jenny Zoom
Videos[]
- Cassiopeia, released on VHS and DVD, April 3
- Ghost Vision, VHS rerelease and DVD, November 13
Video games[]
- Puyo Puyo BOX, released February 24 in the US
- Tiny Bullets, released March 13 in the US
- The Adventures of Cookie and Cream, released April 30 in the US
- Planetokio (Game Boy Color), released May 8 in the US
- Gabriel Garza: Vio's Return, released August 21 in the US
- Ico, released September 24 in the US
- Planetokio 2, released September 25 in the US
- Chrysocolla: Battle for Nitropolis, released December 11 in the US
People[]
- Ronald Garcia, a former Disney animator and the uncle of Geo G. passes away in Palm Desert from complications related to diabetes, March 23
- Kent Holaday passes away from a thyroid condition, June 24
Highest-grossing films of the year[]
| Rank | Title | Studio | Worldwide gross |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone | Warner Bros. | $974,755,371 |
| 2 | The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring | New Line | $871,530,324 |
| 3 | Monsters, Inc. | Disney | $525,366,597 |
| 4 | Shrek | DreamWorks | $484,409,218 |
| 5 | Ocean's Eleven | Warner Bros. | $450,717,150 |
| 6 | Pearl Harbor | Touchstone | $450,717,150 |
| 7 | The Mummy Returns | Universal | $433,013,274 |
| 8 | Jurassic Park III | $368,211,740 | |
| 9 | Planet of the Apes | Fox | $362,211,740 |
| 10 | Hannibal | MGM / Universal | $351,692,268 |
Highest-grossing animated films of the year[]
| Rank | Title | Studio | Worldwide gross |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Monsters, Inc. | Disney | $525,366,597 |
| 2 | Shrek | DreamWorks | $484,409,218 |
| 3 | Mistress Masham's Repose | Universal | $280,144,986 |
| 4 | Spirited Away | Toho | $264,869,236 |
| 5 | Atlantis: The Lost Empire | Disney | $186,049,020 |
| 6 | PuffRuff School: The Movie | Fox | $136,501,321 |
| 7 | Going Francisco | Columbia | $116,215,431 |
| 8 | Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius | Paramount | $102,992,536 |
| 9 | Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within | Columbia | $85,131,830 |
| 10 | Recess: School's Out! | Disney | $44,460,850 |
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