Box Office Performance for Based on Real Life Events Movies in 2002

Rank	Movie	Genre	MPAA	2002 Gross	Tickets Sold	Inflation- Adjusted Gross
1	Space Station	Documentary	Not Rated	$29,820,971	5,132,697	$36,852,764
2	Frida	Drama	R	$20,305,922	3,494,995	$25,094,064
3	Martin Lawrence Live: RunTelDat	Concert/Performance	R	$19,184,015	3,301,896	$23,707,613
4	Ali	Drama	R	$18,132,203	3,120,861	$22,407,782
5	Adrenaline Rush: The Science of Risk	Documentary	Not Rated	$16,933,791	2,914,594	$20,926,785
6	Bowling for Columbine	Documentary	R	$15,203,743	2,616,823	$18,788,789
7	Pulse: A Stomp Odyssey	Documentary	Not Rated	$10,086,514	1,736,061	$12,464,918
8	Shackleton's Antarctic Adventure	Documentary	Not Rated	$7,235,633	1,245,376	$8,941,800
9	ESPN's Ultimate X - The Movie	Documentary	PG	$4,197,175	722,405	$5,186,868
10	Antwone Fisher	Drama	PG-13	$3,001,346	516,583	$3,709,066
11	Comedian	Documentary	R	$2,744,253	472,333	$3,391,351
12	Rivers and Tides	Documentary	Not Rated	$2,200,276	378,705	$2,719,102
13	Galapagos	Documentary	Not Rated	$1,842,841	317,184	$2,277,381
14	Dogtown and Z-Boys	Documentary	PG-13	$1,293,295	222,598	$1,598,254
15	Standing in the Shadows of Motown	Documentary	PG	$1,234,246	212,435	$1,525,283
16	The Endurance: Shackleton's Legendary Antarctic Expedition	Documentary	G	$1,180,410	203,169	$1,458,753
17	24 Hour Party People	Drama	R	$1,169,030	201,210	$1,444,688
18	Thrill Ride: The Science of Fun	Documentary	G	$1,138,659	195,983	$1,407,158
19	Notorious C.H.O.	Concert/Performance	Not Rated	$1,031,495	177,538	$1,274,723
20	Bloody Sunday	Drama	R	$756,424	130,193	$934,786
21	Evelyn	Drama	PG	$630,675	108,550	$779,389
22	Encounter in the Third Dimension	Drama	Not Rated	$543,869	93,609	$672,113
23	Extreme	Documentary	Not Rated	$523,067	90,029	$646,408
24	Trembling Before G-D	Documentary	Not Rated	$497,983	85,711	$615,405
25	The Trials of Henry Kissinger	Documentary	Not Rated	$340,078	58,533	$420,267
26	Sex with Strangers	Documentary	Not Rated	$247,740	42,640	$306,155
27	N'sync: Bigger than Live	Concert/Performance	Not Rated	$239,984	41,305	$296,570
28	Hybrid	Documentary	R	$150,570	25,916	$186,077
29	The Pianist	Drama	R	$143,197	24,647	$176,965
30	Chop Suey	Documentary	Not Rated	$103,012	17,730	$127,301
31	Island of the Sharks	Documentary	Not Rated	$86,247	14,845	$106,587
32	Biggie and Tupac	Documentary	R	$54,834	9,438	$67,765
33	The Children of the Century	Drama	Not Rated	$36,087	6,211	$44,595
34	Shanghai Ghetto	Documentary	Not Rated	$29,115	5,011	$35,979
35	ABC Africa	Documentary	Not Rated	$8,886	1,529	$10,978
36	Caravaggio	Documentary	Not Rated	$3,151	542	$3,892
Total Gross of All Movies				$162,330,737
Total Tickets Sold					27,939,885
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices						$200,608,374

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.