Box Office Performance for Contemporary Fiction Movies in 2002

Rank	Movie	Genre	MPAA	2002 Gross	Tickets Sold	Inflation- Adjusted Gross
1	My Big Fat Greek Wedding	Romantic Comedy	PG	$222,517,469	38,299,048	$274,987,165
2	A Beautiful Mind	Drama	PG-13	$152,149,450	26,187,513	$188,026,343
3	Die Another Day	Action	PG-13	$150,062,000	25,828,227	$185,446,670
4	xXx	Action	PG-13	$141,715,000	24,391,566	$175,131,444
5	The Ring	Horror	PG-13	$126,761,025	21,817,732	$156,651,316
6	Mr. Deeds	Comedy	PG-13	$126,203,320	21,721,742	$155,962,108
7	Sweet Home Alabama	Comedy	PG-13	$125,415,296	21,586,109	$154,988,263
8	The Bourne Identity	Action	PG-13	$121,468,960	20,906,878	$150,111,384
9	The Sum of All Fears	Action	PG-13	$118,471,320	20,390,933	$146,406,899
10	8 Mile	Drama	R	$114,707,095	19,743,046	$141,755,070
11	Panic Room	Thriller/Suspense	R	$95,308,367	16,404,194	$117,782,113
12	Red Dragon	Thriller/Suspense	R	$92,930,005	15,994,837	$114,842,930
13	The Rookie	Drama	G	$75,597,042	13,011,539	$93,422,850
14	Barbershop	Comedy	PG-13	$75,228,991	12,948,191	$92,968,011
15	John Q	Drama	PG-13	$71,026,631	12,224,893	$87,774,732
16	The Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood	Comedy	PG-13	$69,586,544	11,977,030	$85,995,075
17	Insomnia	Thriller/Suspense	R	$67,263,182	11,577,140	$83,123,865
18	Changing Lanes	Thriller/Suspense	R	$66,790,248	11,495,740	$82,539,413
19	Maid in Manhattan	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$65,538,000	11,280,207	$80,991,886
20	Jackass: The Movie	Comedy	R	$64,081,188	11,029,464	$79,191,552
21	Two Weeks Notice	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$54,917,000	9,452,151	$67,866,444
22	Unfaithful	Drama	R	$52,752,475	9,079,600	$65,191,528
23	Big Fat Liar	Comedy	PG	$47,811,275	8,229,135	$59,085,189
24	Ocean's Eleven	Comedy	PG-13	$46,409,597	7,987,882	$57,352,993
25	The Royal Tenenbaums	Black Comedy	R	$41,563,435	7,153,775	$51,364,105
26	High Crimes	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$41,543,207	7,150,294	$51,339,111
27	A Walk to Remember	Drama	PG	$41,227,069	7,095,881	$50,948,426
28	Drumline	Comedy	PG-13	$41,130,000	7,079,174	$50,828,469
29	Orange County	Comedy	PG-13	$41,032,915	7,062,464	$50,708,492
30	About a Boy	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$40,803,000	7,022,892	$50,424,365
31	I Am Sam	Drama	PG-13	$40,203,477	6,919,703	$49,683,468
32	Blue Crush	Drama	PG-13	$40,118,420	6,905,064	$49,578,360
33	Collateral Damage	Action	R	$40,048,332	6,893,000	$49,491,740
34	Enough	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$39,177,215	6,743,066	$48,415,214
35	Undercover Brother	Comedy	PG-13	$38,230,435	6,580,109	$47,245,183
36	Showtime	Comedy	PG-13	$37,948,765	6,531,629	$46,897,096
37	40 Days and 40 Nights	Romantic Comedy	R	$37,939,782	6,530,083	$46,885,996
38	Crossroads	Drama	PG-13	$37,188,667	6,400,803	$45,957,766
39	In the Bedroom	Drama	R	$33,537,034	5,772,295	$41,445,078
40	I Spy	Action	PG-13	$33,105,600	5,698,038	$40,911,913
41	Friday After Next	Comedy	R	$32,220,690	5,545,730	$39,818,341
42	Murder by Numbers	Thriller/Suspense	R	$31,874,869	5,486,208	$39,390,973
43	One Hour Photo	Drama	R	$31,585,655	5,436,429	$39,033,560
44	Monster's Ball	Drama	R	$31,035,412	5,341,723	$38,353,571
45	The Banger Sisters	Comedy	R	$30,306,281	5,216,227	$37,452,510
46	Halloween: Resurrection	Horror	R	$30,259,652	5,208,202	$37,394,890
47	Bad Company	Action	PG-13	$30,157,016	5,190,536	$37,268,048
48	Ghost Ship	Horror	R	$29,615,761	5,097,377	$36,599,167
49	Vanilla Sky	Thriller/Suspense	R	$29,219,089	5,029,103	$36,108,960
50	The New Guy	Comedy	PG-13	$28,972,187	4,986,607	$35,803,838
51	Swimfan	Drama	PG-13	$28,563,926	4,916,338	$35,299,307
52	Crocodile Hunter: Collision Course	Comedy	PG	$28,436,931	4,894,480	$35,142,366
53	Analyze That	Comedy	R	$27,862,354	4,795,586	$34,432,307
54	Brown Sugar	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$27,266,244	4,692,985	$33,695,632
55	Blood Work	Thriller/Suspense	R	$26,199,517	4,509,383	$32,377,370
56	All About the Benjamins	Comedy	R	$25,482,931	4,386,047	$31,491,817
57	The Hot Chick	Comedy	PG-13	$25,315,000	4,357,143	$31,284,287
58	The Transporter	Action	PG-13	$25,269,169	4,349,255	$31,227,651
59	The Sweetest Thing	Romantic Comedy	R	$24,430,272	4,204,866	$30,190,938
60	City by the Sea	Drama	R	$22,433,915	3,861,259	$27,723,840
61	National Lampoon's Van Wilder	Comedy	R	$21,005,329	3,615,375	$25,958,393
62	Super Troopers	Comedy	R	$18,488,314	3,182,154	$22,847,866
63	Punch-Drunk Love	Comedy	R	$17,791,031	3,062,140	$21,986,165
64	Eight Legged Freaks	Comedy	PG-13	$17,266,505	2,971,860	$21,337,955
65	Serving Sara	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$16,930,185	2,913,973	$20,922,326
66	Amelie	Comedy	R	$16,894,711	2,907,868	$20,878,492
67	White Oleander	Drama	PG-13	$16,346,122	2,813,446	$20,200,542
68	Kung Pow: Enter the Fist	Comedy	PG-13	$16,033,556	2,759,648	$19,814,273
69	Half Past Dead	Action	PG-13	$15,361,537	2,643,982	$18,983,791
70	Empire	Drama	R	$15,170,025	2,611,020	$18,747,124
71	Life, or Something Like It	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$14,448,589	2,486,848	$17,855,569
72	Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever	Action	R	$14,294,842	2,460,386	$17,665,571
73	The Good Girl	Comedy	R	$14,015,786	2,412,356	$17,320,716
74	Stealing Harvard	Comedy	PG-13	$13,973,532	2,405,083	$17,268,496
75	Monsoon Wedding	Comedy	R	$13,876,974	2,388,464	$17,149,172
76	Y Tu Mama Tambien (And Your Mother Too)	Drama	R	$13,622,333	2,344,636	$16,834,486
77	Juwanna Man	Comedy	PG-13	$13,571,817	2,335,941	$16,772,056
78	FearDotCom	Horror	R	$13,208,023	2,273,326	$16,322,481
79	Frailty	Thriller/Suspense	R	$13,103,828	2,255,392	$16,193,715
80	They	Horror	PG-13	$12,649,674	2,177,224	$15,632,468
81	Jason X	Horror	R	$12,610,731	2,170,522	$15,584,348
82	Undisputed	Drama	R	$12,398,628	2,134,015	$15,322,228
83	Knockaround Guys	Drama	R	$11,632,420	2,002,138	$14,375,351
84	How High	Comedy	R	$11,478,990	1,975,730	$14,185,741
85	Abandon	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$10,719,367	1,844,986	$13,246,999
86	Sorority Boys	Comedy	R	$10,198,766	1,755,381	$12,603,636
87	Possession	Drama	PG-13	$10,103,647	1,739,010	$12,486,092
88	The Shipping News	Drama	R	$8,609,268	1,481,802	$10,639,338
89	Death to Smoochy	Black Comedy	R	$8,355,815	1,438,178	$10,326,118
90	Big Trouble	Comedy	PG-13	$7,262,288	1,249,964	$8,974,742
91	Kissing Jessica Stein	Romantic Comedy	R	$7,022,940	1,208,768	$8,678,954
92	Trapped	Thriller/Suspense	R	$6,916,869	1,190,511	$8,547,869
93	Moonlight Mile	Drama	PG-13	$6,785,939	1,167,976	$8,386,068
94	Joe Somebody	Comedy	PG	$6,785,003	1,167,815	$8,384,912
95	Femme Fatale	Thriller/Suspense	R	$6,592,103	1,134,613	$8,146,521
96	The Rules of Attraction	Black Comedy	R	$6,525,762	1,123,195	$8,064,540
97	Not Another Teen Movie	Comedy	R	$5,865,039	1,009,473	$7,248,016
98	The Truth About Charlie	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$5,293,525	911,106	$6,541,741
99	Formula 51	Action	R	$5,204,007	895,698	$6,431,112
100	Real Women Have Curves	Comedy	PG-13	$5,113,230	880,074	$6,318,931
101	Birthday Girl	Romantic Comedy	R	$4,919,896	846,798	$6,080,010
102	Hollywood Ending	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$4,839,383	832,940	$5,980,509
103	Slackers	Comedy	R	$4,814,244	828,613	$5,949,441
104	Extreme Ops	Action	PG-13	$4,771,567	821,268	$5,896,704
105	Igby Goes Down	Comedy	R	$4,681,503	805,766	$5,785,400
106	Italian for Beginners	Comedy	R	$4,447,186	765,436	$5,495,830
107	Men with Brooms	Comedy	R	$4,239,767	729,736	$5,239,504
108	Lovely and Amazing	Drama	R	$4,186,931	720,642	$5,174,210
109	Lantana	Drama	R	$4,144,388	713,320	$5,121,638
110	Mostly Martha (Drei Sterne)	Comedy	PG	$4,131,636	711,125	$5,105,878
111	Adaptation	Comedy	R	$4,074,984	701,374	$5,035,865
112	Secretary	Drama	R	$3,836,339	660,299	$4,740,947
113	Thirteen Conversations About One Thing	Drama	R	$3,287,435	565,824	$4,062,616
114	American Adobo	Drama	R	$3,094,699	532,650	$3,824,427
115	8 Women	Musical	R	$3,076,425	529,505	$3,801,846
116	Sunshine State	Drama	PG-13	$3,064,356	527,428	$3,786,933
117	Tadpole	Comedy	PG-13	$2,810,893	483,803	$3,473,706
118	Sex and Lucia	Drama	R	$2,628,241	452,365	$3,247,981
119	About Schmidt	Drama	R	$2,572,811	442,825	$3,179,484
120	Full Frontal	Comedy	R	$2,506,446	431,402	$3,097,466
121	Shallow Hal	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$2,406,399	414,182	$2,973,827
122	Last Orders	Drama	R	$2,326,407	400,414	$2,874,973
123	State Property	Action	R	$2,099,719	361,397	$2,594,830
124	The Piano Teacher	Drama	R	$1,900,282	327,071	$2,348,370
125	Harrison's Flowers	Drama	R	$1,843,570	317,310	$2,278,286
126	The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys	Drama	R	$1,779,284	306,245	$2,198,839
127	Mulholland Drive	Drama	R	$1,611,535	277,373	$1,991,538
128	Late Marriage	Drama	Not Rated	$1,551,470	267,034	$1,917,304
129	Ararat	Drama	R	$1,459,463	251,198	$1,803,602
130	Spy Game	Action	R	$1,384,775	238,343	$1,711,303
131	Joshua	Drama	G	$1,366,733	235,238	$1,689,009
132	The Man from Elysian Fields	Comedy	R	$1,362,522	234,513	$1,683,803
133	Read My Lips	Drama	R	$1,359,133	233,930	$1,679,617
134	Talk to Her	Drama	R	$1,338,550	230,387	$1,654,179
135	Kandahar	Drama	Not Rated	$1,288,325	221,743	$1,592,115
136	The Singles Ward	Comedy	PG	$1,250,798	215,284	$1,545,739
137	Nine Queens	Drama	R	$1,221,261	210,200	$1,509,236
138	Roger Dodger	Black Comedy	R	$1,195,680	205,797	$1,477,622
139	Bollywood/Hollywood	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$1,161,947	199,991	$1,435,935
140	Crush	Romantic Comedy	R	$1,080,072	185,899	$1,334,755
141	My Wife is an Actress	Comedy	R	$1,054,763	181,543	$1,303,479
142	The Last Kiss	Drama	R	$1,046,734	180,161	$1,293,556
143	The Son's Room	Drama	R	$1,014,416	174,598	$1,253,614
144	Storytelling	Drama	R	$912,442	157,047	$1,127,597
145	Pandora's Box	Thriller/Suspense	R	$875,172	150,632	$1,081,538
146	Sordid Lives	Comedy	R	$815,887	140,428	$1,008,273
147	Kaante	Drama	R	$813,494	140,016	$1,005,315
148	Trouble Every Day	Horror	Not Rated	$794,563	136,758	$981,922
149	Cyberworld 3D	Adventure	Not Rated	$781,274	134,471	$965,502
150	Heaven	Thriller/Suspense	R	$774,317	133,273	$956,900
151	Human Nature	Comedy	R	$695,876	119,772	$859,963
152	The Salton Sea	Thriller/Suspense	R	$676,698	116,471	$836,262
153	The Debut	Comedy	R	$672,645	115,774	$831,257
154	Savage Messiah	Drama	R	$666,850	114,776	$824,092
155	Son of the Bride	Comedy	R	$624,153	107,427	$771,326
156	Personal Velocity	Drama	R	$623,323	107,285	$770,306
157	Swept Away	Romantic Comedy	R	$598,645	103,037	$739,806
158	Charly	Drama	PG	$577,143	99,336	$713,232
159	Forgive Me Father	Drama	R	$559,622	96,320	$691,578
160	Bread and Tulips	Comedy	PG-13	$532,788	91,702	$658,420
161	Domestic Disturbance	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$460,794	79,310	$569,446
162	The Fluffer	Drama	R	$401,741	69,146	$496,468
163	25th Hour	Drama	R	$357,208	61,482	$441,441
164	The Business of Strangers	Drama	R	$332,153	57,169	$410,473
165	Out Cold	Comedy	PG-13	$325,786	56,073	$402,604
166	Corky Romano	Comedy	PG-13	$319,442	54,981	$394,764
167	The Ch�teau	Comedy	R	$301,175	51,837	$372,190
168	The Bread, My Sweet	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$297,335	51,176	$367,444
169	Circuit	Drama	Not Rated	$235,087	40,462	$290,517
170	Fat Girl	Drama	Not Rated	$189,222	32,568	$233,838
171	Narc	Thriller/Suspense	R	$185,605	31,946	$229,372
172	The Business of Fancy Dancing	Drama	Not Rated	$174,682	30,066	$215,874
173	Cherish	Comedy	R	$160,268	27,585	$198,060
174	Across The Sea of Time	Drama	G	$144,847	24,931	$179,005
175	Hardball	Drama	PG-13	$131,841	22,692	$162,929
176	Bandits	Comedy	PG-13	$120,948	20,817	$149,466
177	Va Savoir (Who Knows?)	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$120,591	20,756	$149,028
178	Intimacy	Drama	R	$113,946	19,612	$140,814
179	Innocence	Drama	R	$113,668	19,564	$140,470
180	The Wash	Comedy	R	$108,155	18,615	$133,656
181	Ghost World	Comedy	R	$98,763	16,999	$122,053
182	Decalogue	Drama	Not Rated	$89,815	15,459	$110,996
183	The Sidewalks of New York	Comedy	R	$80,053	13,778	$98,926
184	Don't Say a Word	Thriller/Suspense	R	$73,280	12,613	$90,561
185	The Princess Diaries	Comedy	G	$60,720	10,451	$75,038
186	Chelsea Walls	Drama	R	$59,675	10,271	$73,746
187	Ciao America	Drama	R	$54,965	9,460	$67,923
188	Novocaine	Comedy	R	$51,265	8,824	$63,356
189	The Swamp	Comedy	Not Rated	$36,404	6,266	$44,990
190	Zoolander	Comedy	PG-13	$34,612	5,957	$42,771
191	Together	Genre Unknown	R	$28,022	4,823	$34,629
192	Gabriela	Drama	R	$26,605	4,579	$32,877
193	The Calling	Drama	PG	$26,000	4,475	$32,131
194	Season's Beatings	Comedy	Not Rated	$21,711	3,737	$26,832
195	Dinner Rush	Drama	R	$19,751	3,399	$24,405
196	The Circle	Drama	Not Rated	$15,345	2,641	$18,962
197	Our Lady of the Assassins	Drama	R	$9,620	1,656	$11,890
198	L.I.E.	Drama	Open	$8,628	1,485	$10,662
199	Joy Ride	Thriller/Suspense	R	$7,021	1,208	$8,673
200	Buddha Heads	Drama	Not Rated	$6,739	1,160	$8,329
201	My First Mister	Drama	R	$5,971	1,028	$7,381
202	Under the Sand	Drama	Not Rated	$5,647	972	$6,979
203	Cleopatra's Second Husband	Drama	Not Rated	$5,150	886	$6,361
204	By Hook or by Crook	Drama	Not Rated	$1,802	310	$2,226
Total Gross of All Movies				$4,137,192,672
Total Tickets Sold					712,081,348
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices						$5,112,744,079

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.