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	$304,001,940
2	The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers	Adventure	PG-13	$229,636,178	39,524,299	$283,784,467
3	A Beautiful Mind	Drama	PG-13	$152,149,450	26,187,513	$188,026,343
4	The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring	Adventure	PG-13	$139,244,615	23,966,371	$172,078,544
5	Minority Report	Action	PG-13	$132,014,112	22,721,878	$163,143,084
6	Mr. Deeds	Comedy	PG-13	$126,203,320	21,721,742	$155,962,108
7	The Bourne Identity	Action	PG-13	$121,468,960	20,906,878	$150,111,384
8	The Sum of All Fears	Action	PG-13	$118,471,320	20,390,933	$146,406,899
9	Black Hawk Down	Action	R	$108,364,398	18,651,359	$133,916,758
10	Red Dragon	Thriller/Suspense	R	$92,930,005	15,994,837	$114,842,930
11	Snow Dogs	Comedy	PG	$81,150,692	13,967,417	$100,286,054
12	We Were Soldiers	Drama	R	$78,120,196	13,445,817	$96,540,966
13	Catch Me if You Can	Drama	PG-13	$71,658,000	12,333,563	$88,554,982
14	The Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood	Comedy	PG-13	$69,586,544	11,977,030	$85,995,075
15	The Time Machine	Adventure	PG-13	$56,684,819	9,756,423	$70,051,117
16	The Count of Monte Cristo	Drama	PG-13	$54,228,104	9,333,581	$67,015,112
17	High Crimes	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$41,543,207	7,150,294	$51,339,111
18	A Walk to Remember	Drama	PG	$41,227,069	7,095,881	$50,948,426
19	About a Boy	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$40,803,000	7,022,892	$50,424,365
20	The Mothman Prophecies	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$35,228,696	6,063,459	$43,535,636
21	K-19: The Widowmaker	Action	PG-13	$35,168,677	6,053,129	$43,461,466
22	In the Bedroom	Drama	R	$33,537,034	5,772,295	$41,445,078
23	Treasure Planet	Adventure	PG	$32,849,870	5,654,022	$40,595,878
24	Queen of the Damned	Horror	R	$30,307,804	5,216,490	$37,454,398
25	Blood Work	Thriller/Suspense	R	$26,199,517	4,509,383	$32,377,370
26	Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone	Adventure	PG	$25,963,673	4,468,791	$32,085,919
27	Hart's War	Drama	R	$19,076,815	3,283,445	$23,575,135
28	Tuck Everlasting	Drama	PG	$18,795,324	3,234,996	$23,227,271
29	The Four Feathers	Drama	PG-13	$18,306,166	3,150,803	$22,622,766
30	White Oleander	Drama	PG-13	$16,346,122	2,813,446	$20,200,542
31	Confessions of a Dangerous Mind	Drama	R	$16,007,718	2,755,201	$19,782,343
32	The Emperor's Club	Drama	PG-13	$13,624,810	2,345,062	$16,837,545
33	Possession	Drama	PG-13	$10,103,647	1,739,010	$12,486,092
34	The Shipping News	Drama	R	$8,609,268	1,481,802	$10,639,338
35	Big Trouble	Comedy	PG-13	$7,262,288	1,249,964	$8,974,742
36	Trapped	Thriller/Suspense	R	$6,916,869	1,190,511	$8,547,869
37	The Rules of Attraction	Black Comedy	R	$6,525,762	1,123,195	$8,064,540
38	Impostor	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$6,114,237	1,052,364	$7,555,974
39	Iris	Drama	R	$5,525,747	951,075	$6,828,719
40	Enigma	Thriller/Suspense	R	$4,298,329	739,816	$5,311,879
41	El Crimen de Padre	Drama	R	$4,262,754	733,693	$5,267,916
42	The Other Side of Heaven	Drama	PG	$4,198,246	722,590	$5,188,196
43	Adaptation	Comedy	R	$4,074,984	701,374	$5,035,865
44	Secretary	Drama	R	$3,836,339	660,299	$4,740,947
45	About Schmidt	Drama	R	$2,572,811	442,825	$3,179,484
46	Last Orders	Drama	R	$2,326,407	400,414	$2,874,973
47	Auto Focus	Drama	R	$1,983,501	341,394	$2,451,209
48	The Piano Teacher	Drama	R	$1,900,282	327,071	$2,348,370
49	Harrison's Flowers	Drama	R	$1,843,570	317,310	$2,278,286
50	Pinocchio	Adventure	G	$1,802,706	310,276	$2,227,782
51	The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys	Drama	R	$1,779,284	306,245	$2,198,839
52	The Kid Stays in the Picture	Documentary	R	$1,434,436	246,891	$1,772,677
53	Apollo 13 (IMAX)	Drama	PG	$1,377,130	237,028	$1,701,861
54	Joshua	Drama	G	$1,366,733	235,238	$1,689,009
55	China: The Panda Adventure	Drama	Not Rated	$1,271,938	218,922	$1,571,860
56	Rabbit-Proof Fence	Drama	PG	$985,641	169,646	$1,218,058
57	The Emperor's New Clothes	Drama	PG	$655,822	112,878	$810,464
58	Personal Velocity	Drama	R	$623,323	107,285	$770,306
59	Charlotte Gray	Drama	PG-13	$595,334	102,467	$735,713
60	Charly	Drama	PG	$577,143	99,336	$713,232
61	25th Hour	Drama	R	$357,208	61,482	$441,441
62	The Hours	Drama	PG-13	$338,622	58,283	$418,472
63	The Quiet American	Drama	R	$333,396	57,383	$412,010
64	Alias Betty	Drama	Not Rated	$184,196	31,703	$227,628
65	Bartleby	Comedy	PG-13	$141,367	24,332	$174,704
66	Hardball	Drama	PG-13	$131,841	22,692	$162,929
67	Intimacy	Drama	R	$113,946	19,612	$140,814
68	Big Bad Love	Drama	R	$100,420	17,284	$124,099
69	Borstal Boy	Drama	Not Rated	$87,074	14,987	$107,607
70	Don't Say a Word	Thriller/Suspense	R	$73,280	12,613	$90,561
71	The Princess Diaries	Comedy	G	$60,720	10,451	$75,038
72	Children on Their Birthdays	Drama	PG	$54,912	9,451	$67,858
73	Focus	Drama	PG-13	$52,023	8,954	$64,290
74	Burnt Money	Drama	Not Rated	$49,316	8,488	$60,944
75	Nicholas Nickleby	Drama	PG	$42,864	7,378	$52,974
76	Behind the Sun	Drama	PG-13	$28,585	4,920	$35,326
77	Our Lady of the Assassins	Drama	R	$9,620	1,656	$11,890
Total Gross of All Movies				$2,419,876,136
Total Tickets Sold					416,501,921
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices						$2,990,483,793

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.