Box Office Performance for Based on Magazine Article Movies in 2002

Rank	Movie	Genre	MPAA	2002 Gross	Tickets Sold	Inflation- Adjusted Gross
1	A Beautiful Mind	Drama	PG-13	$152,149,450	26,187,513	$206,619,478
2	Blue Crush	Drama	PG-13	$40,118,420	6,905,064	$54,480,955
3	City by the Sea	Drama	R	$22,433,915	3,861,259	$30,465,334
Total Gross of All Movies				$214,701,785
Total Tickets Sold					36,953,836
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices						$291,565,766

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.