Box Office Performance for Drama 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	8 Mile	Drama	R	$114,707,095	19,743,046	$155,772,633
3	The Road to Perdition	Drama	R	$104,054,514	17,909,555	$141,306,389
4	We Were Soldiers	Drama	R	$78,120,196	13,445,817	$106,087,496
5	ET: The Extra-Terrestrial	Drama	PG	$75,752,422	13,038,283	$102,872,053
6	The Rookie	Drama	G	$75,597,042	13,011,539	$102,661,043
7	Catch Me if You Can	Drama	PG-13	$71,658,000	12,333,563	$97,311,812
8	John Q	Drama	PG-13	$71,026,631	12,224,893	$96,454,406
9	The Count of Monte Cristo	Drama	PG-13	$54,228,104	9,333,581	$73,641,954
10	Unfaithful	Drama	R	$52,752,475	9,079,600	$71,638,044
11	A Walk to Remember	Drama	PG	$41,227,069	7,095,881	$55,986,501
12	I Am Sam	Drama	PG-13	$40,203,477	6,919,703	$54,596,457
13	Blue Crush	Drama	PG-13	$40,118,420	6,905,064	$54,480,955
14	Gangs of New York	Drama	R	$37,595,000	6,470,740	$51,054,139
15	Crossroads	Drama	PG-13	$37,188,667	6,400,803	$50,502,336
16	In the Bedroom	Drama	R	$33,537,034	5,772,295	$45,543,408
17	One Hour Photo	Drama	R	$31,585,655	5,436,429	$42,893,425
18	Monster's Ball	Drama	R	$31,035,412	5,341,723	$42,146,194
19	Dragonfly	Drama	PG-13	$30,063,805	5,174,493	$40,826,750
20	Swimfan	Drama	PG-13	$28,563,926	4,916,338	$38,789,907
21	City by the Sea	Drama	R	$22,433,915	3,861,259	$30,465,334
22	Frida	Drama	R	$20,305,922	3,494,995	$27,575,511
23	Hart's War	Drama	R	$19,076,815	3,283,445	$25,906,381
24	Tuck Everlasting	Drama	PG	$18,795,324	3,234,996	$25,524,118
25	The Four Feathers	Drama	PG-13	$18,306,166	3,150,803	$24,859,836
26	Ali	Drama	R	$18,132,203	3,120,861	$24,623,593
27	White Oleander	Drama	PG-13	$16,346,122	2,813,446	$22,198,089
28	Confessions of a Dangerous Mind	Drama	R	$16,007,718	2,755,201	$21,738,536
29	Empire	Drama	R	$15,170,025	2,611,020	$20,600,948
30	Solaris	Drama	PG-13	$14,830,374	2,552,560	$20,139,698
31	The Emperor's Club	Drama	PG-13	$13,624,810	2,345,062	$18,502,539
32	Y Tu Mama Tambien (And Your Mother Too)	Drama	R	$13,622,333	2,344,636	$18,499,178
33	Undisputed	Drama	R	$12,398,628	2,134,015	$16,837,378
34	Knockaround Guys	Drama	R	$11,632,420	2,002,138	$15,796,869
35	Possession	Drama	PG-13	$10,103,647	1,739,010	$13,720,789
36	Far From Heaven	Drama	PG-13	$10,048,405	1,729,502	$13,645,771
37	The Majestic	Drama	PG	$8,882,434	1,528,818	$12,062,374
38	The Shipping News	Drama	R	$8,609,268	1,481,802	$11,691,418
39	Moonlight Mile	Drama	PG-13	$6,785,939	1,167,976	$9,215,331
40	Deuces Wild	Drama	R	$6,044,618	1,040,382	$8,208,614
41	Iris	Drama	R	$5,525,747	951,075	$7,503,982
42	El crimen de padre Amaro	Drama	R	$4,262,754	733,693	$5,788,838
43	The Other Side of Heaven	Drama	PG	$4,198,246	722,590	$5,701,235
44	Lovely and Amazing	Drama	R	$4,186,931	720,642	$5,685,865
45	Lantana	Drama	R	$4,144,388	713,320	$5,628,095
46	Secretary	Drama	R	$3,836,339	660,299	$5,209,759
47	The Fast Runner	Drama	R	$3,764,087	647,864	$5,111,647
48	Thirteen Conversations About One Thing	Drama	R	$3,287,435	565,824	$4,464,351
49	The Cat's Meow	Drama	PG-13	$3,176,936	546,805	$4,314,291
50	American Adobo	Drama	R	$3,094,699	532,650	$4,202,609
51	Sunshine State	Drama	PG-13	$3,064,356	527,428	$4,161,407
52	Paid in Full	Drama	R	$3,042,188	523,612	$4,131,299
53	Antwone Fisher	Drama	PG-13	$3,001,346	516,583	$4,075,840
54	Sex and Lucia	Drama	R	$2,628,241	452,365	$3,569,160
55	About Schmidt	Drama	R	$2,572,811	442,825	$3,493,889
56	Last Orders	Drama	R	$2,326,407	400,414	$3,159,266
57	Auto Focus	Drama	R	$1,983,501	341,394	$2,693,599
58	La Pianiste	Drama	R	$1,900,282	327,071	$2,580,590
59	Harrison's Flowers	Drama	R	$1,843,570	317,310	$2,503,576
60	The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys	Drama	R	$1,779,284	306,245	$2,416,273
61	Seraphin un Homme et Son	Drama	Not Rated	$1,691,000	291,050	$2,296,385
62	Mulholland Drive	Drama	R	$1,611,535	277,373	$2,188,473
63	Late Marriage	Drama	Not Rated	$1,551,470	267,034	$2,106,898
64	Ararat	Drama	R	$1,459,463	251,198	$1,981,952
65	Apollo 13 (IMAX)	Drama	PG	$1,377,130	237,028	$1,870,151
66	Joshua	Drama	G	$1,366,733	235,238	$1,856,028
67	Read My Lips	Drama	R	$1,359,133	233,930	$1,845,708
68	Hable con ella	Drama	R	$1,338,550	230,387	$1,817,753
69	Kandahar	Drama	Not Rated	$1,288,325	221,743	$1,749,552
70	China: The Panda Adventure	Drama	Not Rated	$1,271,938	218,922	$1,727,295
71	Nine Queens	Drama	R	$1,221,261	210,200	$1,658,478
72	24 Hour Party People	Drama	R	$1,169,030	201,210	$1,587,547
73	The Last Kiss	Drama	R	$1,046,734	180,161	$1,421,470
74	The Son's Room	Drama	R	$1,014,416	174,598	$1,377,578
75	Rabbit-Proof Fence	Drama	PG	$985,641	169,646	$1,338,507
76	Storytelling	Drama	R	$912,442	157,047	$1,239,101
77	No Man's Land	Drama	R	$824,950	141,988	$1,120,285
78	Kaante	Drama	R	$813,494	140,016	$1,104,726
79	Time Changer	Drama	PG	$763,671	131,441	$1,037,069
80	Bloody Sunday	Drama	R	$756,424	130,193	$1,027,223
81	Savage Messiah	Drama	R	$666,850	114,776	$905,583
82	The Emperor's New Clothes	Drama	PG	$655,822	112,878	$890,607
83	The Man Who Wasn't There	Drama	R	$634,024	109,126	$861,004
84	Evelyn	Drama	PG	$630,675	108,550	$856,460
85	Personal Velocity	Drama	R	$623,323	107,285	$846,479
86	Charlotte Gray	Drama	PG-13	$595,334	102,467	$808,465
87	Charly	Drama	PG	$577,143	99,336	$783,761
88	Forgive Me Father	Drama	R	$559,622	96,320	$759,965
89	Encounter in the Third Dimension	Drama	Not Rated	$543,869	93,609	$738,575
90	The Believer	Drama	R	$406,035	69,886	$551,401
91	The Fluffer	Drama	R	$401,741	69,146	$545,562
92	25th Hour	Drama	R	$357,208	61,482	$485,093
93	Waking Life	Drama	R	$352,215	60,622	$478,308
94	The Hours	Drama	PG-13	$338,622	58,283	$459,853
95	The Quiet American	Drama	R	$333,396	57,383	$452,752
96	The Business of Strangers	Drama	R	$332,153	57,169	$451,063
97	Circuit	Drama	Not Rated	$235,087	40,462	$319,245
98	Tully	Drama	Not Rated	$224,970	38,721	$305,509
99	Love Lisa	Drama	R	$213,137	36,685	$289,445
100	Fat Girl	Drama	Not Rated	$189,222	32,568	$256,962
101	Betty Fisher et autres histoires	Drama	Not Rated	$184,196	31,703	$250,137
102	The Business of Fancy Dancing	Drama	Not Rated	$174,682	30,066	$237,221
103	Shiqi sui de dan che	Drama	PG-13	$157,279	27,070	$213,582
104	All or Nothing	Drama	R	$153,063	26,345	$207,862
105	Across The Sea of Time	Drama	G	$144,847	24,931	$196,706
106	The Pianist	Drama	R	$143,197	24,647	$194,465
107	Hardball	Drama	PG-13	$131,841	22,692	$179,040
108	The Cherry Orchard	Drama	Not Rated	$131,188	22,580	$178,156
109	Russian Ark	Drama	Not Rated	$124,957	21,507	$169,690
110	Intimacy	Drama	R	$113,946	19,612	$154,739
111	Innocence	Drama	R	$113,668	19,564	$154,360
112	Baran	Drama	PG	$104,198	17,934	$141,499
113	Big Bad Love	Drama	R	$100,420	17,284	$136,371
114	Hometown Legend	Drama	PG	$96,429	16,597	$130,950
115	Donnie Darko	Drama	R	$96,257	16,567	$130,714
116	Himalaya - l'enfance d'un chef	Drama	Not Rated	$92,215	15,872	$125,230
117	Decalogue	Drama	Not Rated	$89,815	15,459	$121,972
118	Borstal Boy	Drama	Not Rated	$87,074	14,987	$118,247
119	Wings of Courage	Drama	G	$65,030	11,193	$88,313
120	Chelsea Walls	Drama	R	$59,675	10,271	$81,038
121	Harvard Man	Drama	R	$56,007	9,640	$76,060
122	Ciao America	Drama	R	$54,965	9,460	$74,639
123	Children on Their Birthdays	Drama	PG	$54,912	9,451	$74,568
124	Focus	Drama	PG-13	$52,023	8,954	$70,647
125	An American Rhapsody	Drama	PG-13	$51,540	8,871	$69,992
126	Plata quemada	Drama	Not Rated	$49,316	8,488	$66,970
127	Astoria	Drama	R	$44,025	7,577	$59,783
128	Nicholas Nickleby	Drama	PG	$42,864	7,378	$58,212
129	Les enfants du si�cle	Drama	Not Rated	$36,087	6,211	$49,005
130	Max	Drama	R	$30,157	5,191	$40,957
131	Abril Despedaçado	Drama	PG-13	$28,585	4,920	$38,819
132	Gabriela	Drama	R	$26,605	4,579	$36,128
133	The Calling	Drama	PG	$26,000	4,475	$35,308
134	Aberdeen	Drama	Not Rated	$20,327	3,499	$27,607
135	Dinner Rush	Drama	R	$19,751	3,399	$26,818
136	Agni Varsha	Drama	Not Rated	$18,887	3,251	$25,650
137	Sonny	Drama	R	$17,639	3,036	$23,954
138	The Affair of the Necklace	Drama	R	$15,750	2,711	$21,390
139	Dayereh	Drama	Not Rated	$15,345	2,641	$20,837
140	Bobby G. Can't Swim	Drama	R	$10,575	1,820	$14,360
141	Riri Shushu no subete	Drama	Not Rated	$9,763	1,680	$13,255
142	Our Lady of the Assassins	Drama	R	$9,620	1,656	$13,066
143	L.I.E.	Drama	Open	$8,628	1,485	$11,717
144	Buddha Heads	Drama	Not Rated	$6,739	1,160	$9,152
145	My First Mister	Drama	R	$5,971	1,028	$8,111
146	Under the Sand	Drama	Not Rated	$5,647	972	$7,669
147	Cleopatra's Second Husband	Drama	Not Rated	$5,150	886	$6,991
148	Takht� siah	Drama	Not Rated	$3,417	588	$4,639
149	Caravaggio	Drama	Not Rated	$3,151	542	$4,276
150	Ash Wednesday	Drama	R	$2,942	506	$3,992
151	By Hook or by Crook	Drama	Not Rated	$1,802	310	$2,446
152	Adanggaman	Drama	Not Rated	$904	156	$1,231
Total Gross of All Movies				$1,581,733,887
Total Tickets Sold					272,243,354
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices						$2,148,000,063

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.