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	$188,026,343
2	8 Mile	Drama	R	$114,707,095	19,743,046	$141,755,070
3	The Road to Perdition	Drama	R	$104,054,514	17,909,555	$128,590,605
4	We Were Soldiers	Drama	R	$78,120,196	13,445,817	$96,540,966
5	ET: The Extra-Terrestrial	Drama	PG	$75,752,422	13,038,283	$93,614,872
6	The Rookie	Drama	G	$75,597,042	13,011,539	$93,422,850
7	Catch Me if You Can	Drama	PG-13	$71,658,000	12,333,563	$88,554,982
8	John Q	Drama	PG-13	$71,026,631	12,224,893	$87,774,732
9	The Count of Monte Cristo	Drama	PG-13	$54,228,104	9,333,581	$67,015,112
10	Unfaithful	Drama	R	$52,752,475	9,079,600	$65,191,528
11	A Walk to Remember	Drama	PG	$41,227,069	7,095,881	$50,948,426
12	I Am Sam	Drama	PG-13	$40,203,477	6,919,703	$49,683,468
13	Blue Crush	Drama	PG-13	$40,118,420	6,905,064	$49,578,360
14	Gangs of New York	Drama	R	$37,595,000	6,470,740	$46,459,913
15	Crossroads	Drama	PG-13	$37,188,667	6,400,803	$45,957,766
16	In the Bedroom	Drama	R	$33,537,034	5,772,295	$41,445,078
17	One Hour Photo	Drama	R	$31,585,655	5,436,429	$39,033,560
18	Monster's Ball	Drama	R	$31,035,412	5,341,723	$38,353,571
19	Dragonfly	Drama	PG-13	$30,063,805	5,174,493	$37,152,860
20	Swimfan	Drama	PG-13	$28,563,926	4,916,338	$35,299,307
21	City by the Sea	Drama	R	$22,433,915	3,861,259	$27,723,840
22	Frida	Drama	R	$20,305,922	3,494,995	$25,094,064
23	Hart's War	Drama	R	$19,076,815	3,283,445	$23,575,135
24	Tuck Everlasting	Drama	PG	$18,795,324	3,234,996	$23,227,271
25	The Four Feathers	Drama	PG-13	$18,306,166	3,150,803	$22,622,766
26	Ali	Drama	R	$18,132,203	3,120,861	$22,407,782
27	White Oleander	Drama	PG-13	$16,346,122	2,813,446	$20,200,542
28	Confessions of a Dangerous Mind	Drama	R	$16,007,718	2,755,201	$19,782,343
29	Empire	Drama	R	$15,170,025	2,611,020	$18,747,124
30	Solaris	Drama	PG-13	$14,830,374	2,552,560	$18,327,381
31	The Emperor's Club	Drama	PG-13	$13,624,810	2,345,062	$16,837,545
32	Y Tu Mama Tambien (And Your Mother Too)	Drama	R	$13,622,333	2,344,636	$16,834,486
33	Undisputed	Drama	R	$12,398,628	2,134,015	$15,322,228
34	Knockaround Guys	Drama	R	$11,632,420	2,002,138	$14,375,351
35	Possession	Drama	PG-13	$10,103,647	1,739,010	$12,486,092
36	Far From Heaven	Drama	PG-13	$10,048,405	1,729,502	$12,417,824
37	The Majestic	Drama	PG	$8,882,434	1,528,818	$10,976,913
38	The Shipping News	Drama	R	$8,609,268	1,481,802	$10,639,338
39	Moonlight Mile	Drama	PG-13	$6,785,939	1,167,976	$8,386,068
40	Deuces Wild	Drama	R	$6,044,618	1,040,382	$7,469,943
41	Iris	Drama	R	$5,525,747	951,075	$6,828,719
42	El Crimen de Padre	Drama	R	$4,262,754	733,693	$5,267,916
43	The Other Side of Heaven	Drama	PG	$4,198,246	722,590	$5,188,196
44	Lovely and Amazing	Drama	R	$4,186,931	720,642	$5,174,210
45	Lantana	Drama	R	$4,144,388	713,320	$5,121,638
46	Secretary	Drama	R	$3,836,339	660,299	$4,740,947
47	The Fast Runner	Drama	R	$3,764,087	647,864	$4,651,664
48	Thirteen Conversations About One Thing	Drama	R	$3,287,435	565,824	$4,062,616
49	The Cat's Meow	Drama	PG-13	$3,176,936	546,805	$3,926,060
50	American Adobo	Drama	R	$3,094,699	532,650	$3,824,427
51	Sunshine State	Drama	PG-13	$3,064,356	527,428	$3,786,933
52	Paid in Full	Drama	R	$3,042,188	523,612	$3,759,534
53	Antwone Fisher	Drama	PG-13	$3,001,346	516,583	$3,709,066
54	Sex and Lucia	Drama	R	$2,628,241	452,365	$3,247,981
55	About Schmidt	Drama	R	$2,572,811	442,825	$3,179,484
56	Last Orders	Drama	R	$2,326,407	400,414	$2,874,973
57	Auto Focus	Drama	R	$1,983,501	341,394	$2,451,209
58	The Piano Teacher	Drama	R	$1,900,282	327,071	$2,348,370
59	Harrison's Flowers	Drama	R	$1,843,570	317,310	$2,278,286
60	The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys	Drama	R	$1,779,284	306,245	$2,198,839
61	A Common Thread	Drama	Not Rated	$1,691,000	291,050	$2,089,739
62	Mulholland Drive	Drama	R	$1,611,535	277,373	$1,991,538
63	Late Marriage	Drama	Not Rated	$1,551,470	267,034	$1,917,304
64	Ararat	Drama	R	$1,459,463	251,198	$1,803,602
65	Apollo 13 (IMAX)	Drama	PG	$1,377,130	237,028	$1,701,861
66	Joshua	Drama	G	$1,366,733	235,238	$1,689,009
67	Read My Lips	Drama	R	$1,359,133	233,930	$1,679,617
68	Talk to Her	Drama	R	$1,338,550	230,387	$1,654,179
69	Kandahar	Drama	Not Rated	$1,288,325	221,743	$1,592,115
70	China: The Panda Adventure	Drama	Not Rated	$1,271,938	218,922	$1,571,860
71	Nine Queens	Drama	R	$1,221,261	210,200	$1,509,236
72	24 Hour Party People	Drama	R	$1,169,030	201,210	$1,444,688
73	The Last Kiss	Drama	R	$1,046,734	180,161	$1,293,556
74	The Son's Room	Drama	R	$1,014,416	174,598	$1,253,614
75	Rabbit-Proof Fence	Drama	PG	$985,641	169,646	$1,218,058
76	Storytelling	Drama	R	$912,442	157,047	$1,127,597
77	No Man's Land	Drama	R	$824,950	141,988	$1,019,474
78	Kaante	Drama	R	$813,494	140,016	$1,005,315
79	Time Changer	Drama	PG	$763,671	131,441	$943,746
80	Bloody Sunday	Drama	R	$756,424	130,193	$934,786
81	Savage Messiah	Drama	R	$666,850	114,776	$824,092
82	The Emperor's New Clothes	Drama	PG	$655,822	112,878	$810,464
83	The Man Who Wasn't There	Drama	R	$634,024	109,126	$783,525
84	Evelyn	Drama	PG	$630,675	108,550	$779,389
85	Personal Velocity	Drama	R	$623,323	107,285	$770,306
86	Charlotte Gray	Drama	PG-13	$595,334	102,467	$735,713
87	Charly	Drama	PG	$577,143	99,336	$713,232
88	Forgive Me Father	Drama	R	$559,622	96,320	$691,578
89	Encounter in the Third Dimension	Drama	Not Rated	$543,869	93,609	$672,113
90	The Believer	Drama	R	$406,035	69,886	$501,781
91	The Fluffer	Drama	R	$401,741	69,146	$496,468
92	25th Hour	Drama	R	$357,208	61,482	$441,441
93	Waking Life	Drama	R	$352,215	60,622	$435,266
94	The Hours	Drama	PG-13	$338,622	58,283	$418,472
95	The Quiet American	Drama	R	$333,396	57,383	$412,010
96	The Business of Strangers	Drama	R	$332,153	57,169	$410,473
97	Circuit	Drama	Not Rated	$235,087	40,462	$290,517
98	Tully	Drama	Not Rated	$224,970	38,721	$278,017
99	Love Lisa	Drama	R	$211,724	36,441	$261,646
100	Fat Girl	Drama	Not Rated	$189,222	32,568	$233,838
101	Alias Betty	Drama	Not Rated	$184,196	31,703	$227,628
102	The Business of Fancy Dancing	Drama	Not Rated	$174,682	30,066	$215,874
103	Beijing Bicycle	Drama	PG-13	$157,279	27,070	$194,363
104	All or Nothing	Drama	R	$153,063	26,345	$189,157
105	Across The Sea of Time	Drama	G	$144,847	24,931	$179,005
106	The Pianist	Drama	R	$143,197	24,647	$176,965
107	Hardball	Drama	PG-13	$131,841	22,692	$162,929
108	The Cherry Orchard	Drama	Not Rated	$131,188	22,580	$162,124
109	Russian Ark	Drama	Not Rated	$124,957	21,507	$154,420
110	Intimacy	Drama	R	$113,946	19,612	$140,814
111	Innocence	Drama	R	$113,668	19,564	$140,470
112	Baran	Drama	PG	$104,198	17,934	$128,766
113	Big Bad Love	Drama	R	$100,420	17,284	$124,099
114	Hometown Legend	Drama	PG	$96,429	16,597	$119,166
115	Donnie Darko	Drama	R	$96,257	16,567	$118,951
116	Himalaya - l'enfance d'un chef	Drama	Not Rated	$92,215	15,872	$113,961
117	Decalogue	Drama	Not Rated	$89,815	15,459	$110,996
118	Borstal Boy	Drama	Not Rated	$87,074	14,987	$107,607
119	Wings of Courage	Drama	G	$65,030	11,193	$80,366
120	Chelsea Walls	Drama	R	$59,675	10,271	$73,746
121	Harvard Man	Drama	R	$56,007	9,640	$69,215
122	Ciao America	Drama	R	$54,965	9,460	$67,923
123	Children on Their Birthdays	Drama	PG	$54,912	9,451	$67,858
124	Focus	Drama	PG-13	$52,023	8,954	$64,290
125	An American Rhapsody	Drama	PG-13	$51,540	8,871	$63,694
126	Burnt Money	Drama	Not Rated	$49,316	8,488	$60,944
127	Astoria	Drama	R	$44,025	7,577	$54,403
128	Nicholas Nickleby	Drama	PG	$42,864	7,378	$52,974
129	The Children of the Century	Drama	Not Rated	$36,087	6,211	$44,595
130	Max	Drama	R	$30,157	5,191	$37,271
131	Behind the Sun	Drama	PG-13	$28,585	4,920	$35,326
132	Gabriela	Drama	R	$26,605	4,579	$32,877
133	The Calling	Drama	PG	$26,000	4,475	$32,131
134	Aberdeen	Drama	Not Rated	$20,327	3,499	$25,123
135	Dinner Rush	Drama	R	$19,751	3,399	$24,405
136	The Fire and the Rain	Drama	Not Rated	$18,887	3,251	$23,342
137	The Affair of the Necklace	Drama	R	$15,750	2,711	$19,465
138	The Circle	Drama	Not Rated	$15,345	2,641	$18,962
139	Bobby G. Can't Swim	Drama	R	$10,575	1,820	$13,068
140	All About Lily Chou-Chou	Drama	Not Rated	$9,763	1,680	$12,062
141	Our Lady of the Assassins	Drama	R	$9,620	1,656	$11,890
142	L.I.E.	Drama	Open	$8,628	1,485	$10,662
143	Buddha Heads	Drama	Not Rated	$6,739	1,160	$8,329
144	My First Mister	Drama	R	$5,971	1,028	$7,381
145	Under the Sand	Drama	Not Rated	$5,647	972	$6,979
146	Cleopatra's Second Husband	Drama	Not Rated	$5,150	886	$6,361
147	Blackboards	Drama	Not Rated	$3,417	588	$4,222
148	Caravaggio	Drama	Not Rated	$3,151	542	$3,892
149	Ash Wednesday	Drama	R	$2,942	506	$3,633
150	By Hook or by Crook	Drama	Not Rated	$1,802	310	$2,226
151	Adanggaman	Drama	Not Rated	$904	156	$1,120
Total Gross of All Movies				$1,581,714,835
Total Tickets Sold					272,240,074
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices						$1,954,683,731

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.