"xuxa popstar" in less than a month had already been seen by more than 1 million people. the film led the ranking of audiences in brazilian cinemas in 2001, after 40 weeks of the debut of "popstar". despite not leading the top-grossing list of the year, the children's queen continued in front of all of the super-productions of the summer with several viewers. xuxa popstar was assisted by more than 2.38 million people. the national film was the great brazilian box-office champion in 2001. "xuxa popstar" took 2.3 million viewers to cinemas, surpassing the previous year's mark of the children's queen, when "xuxa requebra" (1999) was seen by about 2 million people. the closest competitor to "popstar" is "the mummy returns", which was watched by 2.26 million brazilians. the film became the brazilian record-breaking movie, for the first time in more than a decade, a brazilian film ended the year as the box office champion in the country's cinemas.