Box Office Performance for Based on Book/Short Story Movies in 2002

Rank	Movie	Genre	MPAA	2002 Gross	Tickets Sold	Inflation- Adjusted Gross
1	Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets	Adventure	PG	$245,996,000	42,340,103	$334,063,413
2	The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers	Adventure	PG-13	$229,636,178	39,524,299	$311,846,719
3	Die Another Day	Action	PG-13	$150,062,000	25,828,227	$203,784,711
4	The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring	Adventure	PG-13	$139,244,615	23,966,371	$189,094,667
5	Minority Report	Action	PG-13	$132,014,112	22,721,878	$179,275,617
6	Mr. Deeds	Comedy	PG-13	$126,203,320	21,721,742	$171,384,544
7	The Bourne Identity	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$121,468,960	20,906,878	$164,955,267
8	The Sum of All Fears	Action	PG-13	$118,471,320	20,390,933	$160,884,461
9	Black Hawk Down	Action	R	$108,364,398	18,651,359	$147,159,223
10	Red Dragon	Thriller/Suspense	R	$92,930,005	15,994,837	$126,199,264
11	Snow Dogs	Comedy	PG	$81,150,692	13,967,417	$110,202,920
12	We Were Soldiers	Drama	R	$78,120,196	13,445,817	$106,087,496
13	Catch Me if You Can	Drama	PG-13	$71,658,000	12,333,563	$97,311,812
14	The Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood	Comedy	PG-13	$69,586,544	11,977,030	$94,498,767
15	Stuart Little 2	Comedy	PG	$64,736,114	11,142,188	$87,911,863
16	The Time Machine	Adventure	PG-13	$56,684,819	9,756,423	$76,978,177
17	The Count of Monte Cristo	Drama	PG-13	$54,228,104	9,333,581	$73,641,954
18	High Crimes	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$41,543,207	7,150,294	$56,415,820
19	A Walk to Remember	Drama	PG	$41,227,069	7,095,881	$55,986,501
20	About a Boy	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$40,803,000	7,022,892	$55,410,618
21	The Mothman Prophecies	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$35,228,696	6,063,459	$47,840,692
22	K-19: The Widowmaker	Action	PG-13	$35,168,677	6,053,129	$47,759,188
23	In the Bedroom	Drama	R	$33,537,034	5,772,295	$45,543,408
24	Treasure Planet	Adventure	PG	$32,849,870	5,654,022	$44,610,234
25	Queen of the Damned	Horror	R	$30,307,804	5,216,490	$41,158,106
26	Blood Work	Thriller/Suspense	R	$26,199,517	4,509,383	$35,579,032
27	Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone	Adventure	PG	$25,963,673	4,468,791	$35,258,761
28	Hart's War	Drama	R	$19,076,815	3,283,445	$25,906,381
29	Tuck Everlasting	Drama	PG	$18,795,324	3,234,996	$25,524,118
30	The Four Feathers	Drama	PG-13	$18,306,166	3,150,803	$24,859,836
31	White Oleander	Drama	PG-13	$16,346,122	2,813,446	$22,198,089
32	Confessions of a Dangerous Mind	Drama	R	$16,007,718	2,755,201	$21,738,536
33	The Emperor's Club	Drama	PG-13	$13,624,810	2,345,062	$18,502,539
34	Possession	Drama	PG-13	$10,103,647	1,739,010	$13,720,789
35	The Shipping News	Drama	R	$8,609,268	1,481,802	$11,691,418
36	Big Trouble	Comedy	PG-13	$7,262,288	1,249,964	$9,862,216
37	Trapped	Thriller/Suspense	R	$6,916,869	1,190,511	$9,393,132
38	The Rules of Attraction	Black Comedy	R	$6,525,762	1,123,195	$8,862,009
39	Impostor	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$6,114,237	1,052,364	$8,303,152
40	Iris	Drama	R	$5,525,747	951,075	$7,503,982
41	Enigma	Thriller/Suspense	R	$4,298,329	739,816	$5,837,148
42	El crimen de padre Amaro	Drama	R	$4,262,754	733,693	$5,788,838
43	The Other Side of Heaven	Drama	PG	$4,198,246	722,590	$5,701,235
44	Adaptation	Comedy	R	$4,074,984	701,374	$5,533,841
45	Secretary	Drama	R	$3,836,339	660,299	$5,209,759
46	About Schmidt	Drama	R	$2,572,811	442,825	$3,493,889
47	Last Orders	Drama	R	$2,326,407	400,414	$3,159,266
48	Auto Focus	Drama	R	$1,983,501	341,394	$2,693,599
49	La Pianiste	Drama	R	$1,900,282	327,071	$2,580,590
50	Harrison's Flowers	Drama	R	$1,843,570	317,310	$2,503,576
51	Pinocchio	Adventure	G	$1,802,706	310,276	$2,448,078
52	The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys	Drama	R	$1,779,284	306,245	$2,416,273
53	The Kid Stays in the Picture	Documentary	R	$1,434,436	246,891	$1,947,970
54	Apollo 13 (IMAX)	Drama	PG	$1,377,130	237,028	$1,870,151
55	Joshua	Drama	G	$1,366,733	235,238	$1,856,028
56	China: The Panda Adventure	Drama	Not Rated	$1,271,938	218,922	$1,727,295
57	Rabbit-Proof Fence	Drama	PG	$985,641	169,646	$1,338,507
58	The Emperor's New Clothes	Drama	PG	$655,822	112,878	$890,607
59	Personal Velocity	Drama	R	$623,323	107,285	$846,479
60	Charlotte Gray	Drama	PG-13	$595,334	102,467	$808,465
61	Charly	Drama	PG	$577,143	99,336	$783,761
62	25th Hour	Drama	R	$357,208	61,482	$485,093
63	The Hours	Drama	PG-13	$338,622	58,283	$459,853
64	The Quiet American	Drama	R	$333,396	57,383	$452,752
65	Betty Fisher et autres histoires	Drama	Not Rated	$184,196	31,703	$250,137
66	Bartleby	Comedy	PG-13	$141,367	24,332	$191,979
67	Hardball	Drama	PG-13	$131,841	22,692	$179,040
68	Intimacy	Drama	R	$113,946	19,612	$154,739
69	Big Bad Love	Drama	R	$100,420	17,284	$136,371
70	Borstal Boy	Drama	Not Rated	$87,074	14,987	$118,247
71	Don't Say a Word	Thriller/Suspense	R	$73,280	12,613	$99,517
72	The Princess Diaries	Comedy	G	$60,720	10,451	$82,458
73	Children on Their Birthdays	Drama	PG	$54,912	9,451	$74,568
74	Focus	Drama	PG-13	$52,023	8,954	$70,647
75	Plata quemada	Drama	Not Rated	$49,316	8,488	$66,970
76	Nicholas Nickleby	Drama	PG	$42,864	7,378	$58,212
77	Abril Despedaçado	Drama	PG-13	$28,585	4,920	$38,819
78	Our Lady of the Assassins	Drama	R	$9,620	1,656	$13,066
Total Gross of All Movies				$2,482,524,800
Total Tickets Sold					427,284,823
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices						$3,371,277,253

Note: This chart ranks movies by the amount they earned during 2002. It includes movies released in previous years that earned money during 2002. For example, a movie released over Thanksgiving in 2001 will most likely earn money in 2001 and 2002. Click on the individual movie to see its total gross over all the years in which it played.

Each box office year ends on the first Sunday of the following year. The next year starts the following day (Monday). For example, the "2004 box office year" ended on Sunday, January 2, 2005.

Inflation-adjusted figures are based ticket sale estimates, and may not be precise due to rounding errors.