Box Office Performance for Contemporary Fiction Movies in 2002

Rank	Movie	Genre	MPAA	2002 Gross	Tickets Sold	Inflation- Adjusted Gross
1	Die Another Day	Action	PG-13	$150,062,000	25,828,227	$203,784,711
2	xXx	Action	PG-13	$141,715,000	24,391,566	$192,449,456
3	The Ring	Horror	PG-13	$126,761,025	21,817,732	$172,141,905
4	Mr. Deeds	Comedy	PG-13	$126,203,320	21,721,742	$171,384,544
5	Sweet Home Alabama	Comedy	PG-13	$125,415,296	21,586,109	$170,314,400
6	The Bourne Identity	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$121,468,960	20,906,878	$164,955,267
7	The Sum of All Fears	Action	PG-13	$118,471,320	20,390,933	$160,884,461
8	8 Mile	Drama	R	$114,707,095	19,743,046	$155,772,633
9	Panic Room	Thriller/Suspense	R	$95,308,367	16,404,194	$129,429,091
10	Red Dragon	Thriller/Suspense	R	$92,930,005	15,994,837	$126,199,264
11	The Rookie	Drama	G	$75,597,042	13,011,539	$102,661,043
12	Barbershop	Comedy	PG-13	$75,228,991	12,948,191	$102,161,227
13	John Q	Drama	PG-13	$71,026,631	12,224,893	$96,454,406
14	The Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood	Comedy	PG-13	$69,586,544	11,977,030	$94,498,767
15	Insomnia	Thriller/Suspense	R	$67,263,182	11,577,140	$91,343,635
16	Changing Lanes	Thriller/Suspense	R	$66,790,248	11,495,740	$90,701,389
17	Maid in Manhattan	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$65,538,000	11,280,207	$89,000,833
18	Jackass: The Movie	Comedy	R	$64,081,188	11,029,464	$87,022,471
19	Two Weeks Notice	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$54,917,000	9,452,151	$74,577,471
20	Unfaithful	Drama	R	$52,752,475	9,079,600	$71,638,044
21	Big Fat Liar	Comedy	PG	$47,811,275	8,229,135	$64,927,875
22	Ocean's Eleven	Comedy	PG-13	$46,409,597	7,987,882	$63,024,389
23	The Royal Tenenbaums	Black Comedy	R	$41,563,435	7,153,775	$56,443,285
24	High Crimes	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$41,543,207	7,150,294	$56,415,820
25	A Walk to Remember	Drama	PG	$41,227,069	7,095,881	$55,986,501
26	Drumline	Comedy	PG-13	$41,130,000	7,079,174	$55,854,683
27	Orange County	Comedy	PG-13	$41,032,915	7,062,464	$55,722,841
28	About a Boy	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$40,803,000	7,022,892	$55,410,618
29	I Am Sam	Drama	PG-13	$40,203,477	6,919,703	$54,596,457
30	Blue Crush	Drama	PG-13	$40,118,420	6,905,064	$54,480,955
31	Collateral Damage	Action	R	$40,048,332	6,893,000	$54,385,770
32	Enough	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$39,177,215	6,743,066	$53,202,791
33	Undercover Brother	Comedy	PG-13	$38,230,435	6,580,109	$51,917,060
34	Showtime	Comedy	PG-13	$37,948,765	6,531,629	$51,534,553
35	40 Days and 40 Nights	Romantic Comedy	R	$37,939,782	6,530,083	$51,522,355
36	Crossroads	Drama	PG-13	$37,188,667	6,400,803	$50,502,336
37	In the Bedroom	Drama	R	$33,537,034	5,772,295	$45,543,408
38	I Spy	Action	PG-13	$33,105,600	5,698,038	$44,957,520
39	Friday After Next	Comedy	R	$32,220,690	5,545,730	$43,755,810
40	Murder by Numbers	Thriller/Suspense	R	$31,874,869	5,486,208	$43,286,181
41	One Hour Photo	Drama	R	$31,585,655	5,436,429	$42,893,425
42	Monster's Ball	Drama	R	$31,035,412	5,341,723	$42,146,194
43	The Banger Sisters	Comedy	R	$30,306,281	5,216,227	$41,156,031
44	Halloween: Resurrection	Horror	R	$30,259,652	5,208,202	$41,092,714
45	Bad Company	Action	PG-13	$30,157,016	5,190,536	$40,953,329
46	Ghost Ship	Horror	R	$29,615,761	5,097,377	$40,218,305
47	Vanilla Sky	Thriller/Suspense	R	$29,219,089	5,029,103	$39,679,623
48	The New Guy	Comedy	PG-13	$28,972,187	4,986,607	$39,344,329
49	Swimfan	Drama	PG-13	$28,563,926	4,916,338	$38,789,907
50	Crocodile Hunter: Collision Course	Comedy	PG	$28,436,931	4,894,480	$38,617,447
51	Analyze That	Comedy	R	$27,862,354	4,795,586	$37,837,174
52	Brown Sugar	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$27,266,244	4,692,985	$37,027,652
53	Blood Work	Thriller/Suspense	R	$26,199,517	4,509,383	$35,579,032
54	All About the Benjamins	Comedy	R	$25,482,931	4,386,047	$34,605,911
55	The Hot Chick	Comedy	PG-13	$25,315,000	4,357,143	$34,377,858
56	The Transporter	Action	PG-13	$25,269,169	4,349,255	$34,315,622
57	The Sweetest Thing	Romantic Comedy	R	$24,430,272	4,204,866	$33,176,393
58	City by the Sea	Drama	R	$22,433,915	3,861,259	$30,465,334
59	National Lampoon's Van Wilder	Comedy	R	$21,005,329	3,615,375	$28,525,309
60	Super Troopers	Comedy	R	$18,488,314	3,182,154	$25,107,195
61	Punch-Drunk Love	Comedy	R	$17,791,031	3,062,140	$24,160,285
62	Eight Legged Freaks	Comedy	PG-13	$17,266,505	2,971,860	$23,447,975
63	Serving Sara	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$16,930,185	2,913,973	$22,991,247
64	Le Fabuleux destin d'Am�lie Poulain	Comedy	R	$16,894,711	2,907,868	$22,943,079
65	White Oleander	Drama	PG-13	$16,346,122	2,813,446	$22,198,089
66	Kung Pow: Enter the Fist	Comedy	PG-13	$16,033,556	2,759,648	$21,773,623
67	Half Past Dead	Action	PG-13	$15,361,537	2,643,982	$20,861,018
68	Empire	Drama	R	$15,170,025	2,611,020	$20,600,948
69	Life, or Something Like It	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$14,448,589	2,486,848	$19,621,231
70	Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever	Action	R	$14,294,842	2,460,386	$19,412,446
71	The Good Girl	Comedy	R	$14,015,786	2,412,356	$19,033,489
72	Stealing Harvard	Comedy	PG-13	$13,973,532	2,405,083	$18,976,105
73	Monsoon Wedding	Comedy	R	$13,876,974	2,388,464	$18,844,981
74	Y Tu Mama Tambien (And Your Mother Too)	Drama	R	$13,622,333	2,344,636	$18,499,178
75	Juwanna Man	Comedy	PG-13	$13,571,817	2,335,941	$18,430,574
76	FearDotCom	Horror	R	$13,208,023	2,273,326	$17,936,542
77	Frailty	Thriller/Suspense	R	$13,103,828	2,255,392	$17,795,043
78	They	Horror	PG-13	$12,649,674	2,177,224	$17,178,297
79	Jason X	Horror	R	$12,610,731	2,170,522	$17,125,419
80	Undisputed	Drama	R	$12,398,628	2,134,015	$16,837,378
81	Knockaround Guys	Drama	R	$11,632,420	2,002,138	$15,796,869
82	How High	Comedy	R	$11,478,990	1,975,730	$15,588,510
83	Abandon	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$10,719,367	1,844,986	$14,556,940
84	Sorority Boys	Comedy	R	$10,198,766	1,755,381	$13,849,956
85	Possession	Drama	PG-13	$10,103,647	1,739,010	$13,720,789
86	The Shipping News	Drama	R	$8,609,268	1,481,802	$11,691,418
87	Death to Smoochy	Black Comedy	R	$8,355,815	1,438,178	$11,347,224
88	Big Trouble	Comedy	PG-13	$7,262,288	1,249,964	$9,862,216
89	Kissing Jessica Stein	Romantic Comedy	R	$7,022,940	1,208,768	$9,537,180
90	Trapped	Thriller/Suspense	R	$6,916,869	1,190,511	$9,393,132
91	Moonlight Mile	Drama	PG-13	$6,785,939	1,167,976	$9,215,331
92	Joe Somebody	Comedy	PG	$6,785,003	1,167,815	$9,214,060
93	Femme Fatale	Thriller/Suspense	R	$6,592,103	1,134,613	$8,952,097
94	The Rules of Attraction	Black Comedy	R	$6,525,762	1,123,195	$8,862,009
95	Not Another Teen Movie	Comedy	R	$5,865,039	1,009,473	$7,964,742
96	The Truth About Charlie	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$5,293,525	911,106	$7,188,626
97	Formula 51	Action	R	$5,204,007	895,698	$7,067,057
98	Real Women Have Curves	Comedy	PG-13	$5,113,230	880,074	$6,943,784
99	Birthday Girl	Romantic Comedy	R	$4,919,896	846,798	$6,681,236
100	Hollywood Ending	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$4,839,383	832,940	$6,571,897
101	Slackers	Comedy	R	$4,814,244	828,613	$6,537,757
102	Extreme Ops	Action	PG-13	$4,771,567	821,268	$6,479,805
103	Igby Goes Down	Comedy	R	$4,681,503	805,766	$6,357,494
104	Italian for Beginners	Comedy	R	$4,447,186	765,436	$6,039,290
105	Men with Brooms	Comedy	R	$4,239,767	729,736	$5,757,617
106	Lovely and Amazing	Drama	R	$4,186,931	720,642	$5,685,865
107	Lantana	Drama	R	$4,144,388	713,320	$5,628,095
108	Mostly Martha (Drei Sterne)	Comedy	PG	$4,131,636	711,125	$5,610,776
109	Adaptation	Comedy	R	$4,074,984	701,374	$5,533,841
110	Secretary	Drama	R	$3,836,339	660,299	$5,209,759
111	Thirteen Conversations About One Thing	Drama	R	$3,287,435	565,824	$4,464,351
112	American Adobo	Drama	R	$3,094,699	532,650	$4,202,609
113	8 femmes	Musical	R	$3,076,425	529,505	$4,177,794
114	Sunshine State	Drama	PG-13	$3,064,356	527,428	$4,161,407
115	Tadpole	Comedy	PG-13	$2,810,893	483,803	$3,817,206
116	Sex and Lucia	Drama	R	$2,628,241	452,365	$3,569,160
117	About Schmidt	Drama	R	$2,572,811	442,825	$3,493,889
118	Full Frontal	Comedy	R	$2,506,446	431,402	$3,403,762
119	Shallow Hal	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$2,406,399	414,182	$3,267,896
120	Last Orders	Drama	R	$2,326,407	400,414	$3,159,266
121	State Property	Action	R	$2,099,719	361,397	$2,851,422
122	La Pianiste	Drama	R	$1,900,282	327,071	$2,580,590
123	Harrison's Flowers	Drama	R	$1,843,570	317,310	$2,503,576
124	The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys	Drama	R	$1,779,284	306,245	$2,416,273
125	Mulholland Drive	Drama	R	$1,611,535	277,373	$2,188,473
126	Late Marriage	Drama	Not Rated	$1,551,470	267,034	$2,106,898
127	Ararat	Drama	R	$1,459,463	251,198	$1,981,952
128	Spy Game	Action	R	$1,384,775	238,343	$1,880,526
129	Joshua	Drama	G	$1,366,733	235,238	$1,856,028
130	The Man from Elysian Fields	Comedy	R	$1,362,522	234,513	$1,850,308
131	Read My Lips	Drama	R	$1,359,133	233,930	$1,845,708
132	Hable con ella	Drama	R	$1,338,550	230,387	$1,817,753
133	Kandahar	Drama	Not Rated	$1,288,325	221,743	$1,749,552
134	The Singles Ward	Comedy	PG	$1,250,798	215,284	$1,698,591
135	Nine Queens	Drama	R	$1,221,261	210,200	$1,658,478
136	Roger Dodger	Black Comedy	R	$1,195,680	205,797	$1,623,738
137	Bollywood/Hollywood	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$1,161,947	199,991	$1,577,929
138	Crush	Romantic Comedy	R	$1,080,072	185,899	$1,466,743
139	My Wife is an Actress (Ma Femme est une Actrice)	Comedy	R	$1,054,763	181,543	$1,432,374
140	The Last Kiss	Drama	R	$1,046,734	180,161	$1,421,470
141	The Son's Room	Drama	R	$1,014,416	174,598	$1,377,578
142	Storytelling	Drama	R	$912,442	157,047	$1,239,101
143	Pandora's Box	Thriller/Suspense	R	$875,172	150,632	$1,188,486
144	Sordid Lives	Comedy	R	$815,887	140,428	$1,107,977
145	Kaante	Drama	R	$813,494	140,016	$1,104,726
146	Trouble Every Day	Horror	Not Rated	$794,563	136,758	$1,079,021
147	Cyberworld 3D	Adventure	Not Rated	$781,274	134,471	$1,060,976
148	Heaven	Thriller/Suspense	R	$774,317	133,273	$1,051,524
149	Human Nature	Comedy	R	$695,876	119,772	$945,001
150	The Salton Sea	Thriller/Suspense	R	$676,698	116,471	$918,956
151	The Debut	Comedy	R	$672,645	115,774	$913,457
152	Savage Messiah	Drama	R	$666,850	114,776	$905,583
153	Son of the Bride	Comedy	R	$624,153	107,427	$847,599
154	Personal Velocity	Drama	R	$623,323	107,285	$846,479
155	Swept Away	Romantic Comedy	R	$598,645	103,037	$812,962
156	Charly	Drama	PG	$577,143	99,336	$783,761
157	Forgive Me Father	Drama	R	$559,622	96,320	$759,965
158	Pane e tulipani	Comedy	PG-13	$532,788	91,702	$723,529
159	Domestic Disturbance	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$460,794	79,310	$625,756
160	The Fluffer	Drama	R	$401,741	69,146	$545,562
161	25th Hour	Drama	R	$357,208	61,482	$485,093
162	The Business of Strangers	Drama	R	$332,153	57,169	$451,063
163	Out Cold	Comedy	PG-13	$325,786	56,073	$442,416
164	Corky Romano	Comedy	PG-13	$319,442	54,981	$433,800
165	The Ch�teau	Comedy	R	$301,175	51,837	$408,994
166	The Bread, My Sweet	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$297,335	51,176	$403,779
167	Circuit	Drama	Not Rated	$235,087	40,462	$319,245
168	Fat Girl	Drama	Not Rated	$189,222	32,568	$256,962
169	Narc	Thriller/Suspense	R	$185,605	31,946	$252,054
170	The Business of Fancy Dancing	Drama	Not Rated	$174,682	30,066	$237,221
171	Cherish	Comedy	R	$160,268	27,585	$217,646
172	Across The Sea of Time	Drama	G	$144,847	24,931	$196,706
173	Hardball	Drama	PG-13	$131,841	22,692	$179,040
174	Bandits	Comedy	PG-13	$120,948	20,817	$164,246
175	Va Savoir (Who Knows?)	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$120,591	20,756	$163,765
176	Intimacy	Drama	R	$113,946	19,612	$154,739
177	Innocence	Drama	R	$113,668	19,564	$154,360
178	The Producers	Comedy	Not Rated	$109,433	18,835	$148,608
179	The Wash	Comedy	R	$108,155	18,615	$146,872
180	Ghost World	Comedy	R	$98,763	16,999	$134,122
181	Decalogue	Drama	Not Rated	$89,815	15,459	$121,972
182	The Sidewalks of New York	Comedy	R	$80,053	13,778	$108,708
183	Don't Say a Word	Thriller/Suspense	R	$73,280	12,613	$99,517
184	The Princess Diaries	Comedy	G	$60,720	10,451	$82,458
185	Chelsea Walls	Drama	R	$59,675	10,271	$81,038
186	Ciao America	Drama	R	$54,965	9,460	$74,639
187	Novocaine	Comedy	R	$51,265	8,824	$69,621
188	Interview with the Assassin	Thriller/Suspense	R	$47,329	8,146	$64,272
189	La Ci�naga	Comedy	Not Rated	$36,404	6,266	$49,439
190	Zoolander	Comedy	PG-13	$34,612	5,957	$47,001
191	Together	Genre Unknown	R	$28,022	4,823	$38,053
192	Gabriela	Drama	R	$26,605	4,579	$36,128
193	The Calling	Drama	PG	$26,000	4,475	$35,308
194	La B�che	Comedy	Not Rated	$21,711	3,737	$29,485
195	Dinner Rush	Drama	R	$19,751	3,399	$26,818
196	Sonny	Drama	R	$17,639	3,036	$23,954
197	Dayereh	Drama	Not Rated	$15,345	2,641	$20,837
198	Our Lady of the Assassins	Drama	R	$9,620	1,656	$13,066
199	L.I.E.	Drama	Open	$8,628	1,485	$11,717
200	Joy Ride	Thriller/Suspense	R	$7,021	1,208	$9,531
201	Buddha Heads	Drama	Not Rated	$6,739	1,160	$9,152
202	My First Mister	Drama	R	$5,971	1,028	$8,111
203	Under the Sand	Drama	Not Rated	$5,647	972	$7,669
204	Cleopatra's Second Husband	Drama	Not Rated	$5,150	886	$6,991
205	By Hook or by Crook	Drama	Not Rated	$1,802	310	$2,446
Total Gross of All Movies				$3,762,700,154
Total Tickets Sold					647,624,804
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices						$5,109,759,704

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.