Box Office Performance for Live Action Movies in 2002

Rank	Movie	Genre	MPAA	2002 Gross	Tickets Sold	Inflation- Adjusted Gross
1	Spider-Man	Adventure	PG-13	$403,706,375	69,484,746	$498,900,476
2	Signs	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$227,535,166	39,162,679	$281,188,035
3	My Big Fat Greek Wedding	Romantic Comedy	PG	$222,517,469	38,299,048	$274,987,165
4	Austin Powers in Goldmember	Comedy	PG-13	$213,079,163	36,674,555	$263,323,305
5	Scooby-Doo	Comedy	PG	$153,288,182	26,383,508	$189,433,587
6	A Beautiful Mind	Drama	PG-13	$152,149,450	26,187,513	$188,026,343
7	Die Another Day	Action	PG-13	$150,062,000	25,828,227	$185,446,670
8	xXx	Action	PG-13	$141,715,000	24,391,566	$175,131,444
9	The Santa Clause 2	Comedy	G	$135,459,771	23,314,935	$167,401,233
10	Minority Report	Action	PG-13	$132,014,112	22,721,878	$163,143,084
11	The Ring	Horror	PG-13	$126,761,025	21,817,732	$156,651,316
12	Mr. Deeds	Comedy	PG-13	$126,203,320	21,721,742	$155,962,108
13	Sweet Home Alabama	Comedy	PG-13	$125,415,296	21,586,109	$154,988,263
14	The Bourne Identity	Action	PG-13	$121,468,960	20,906,878	$150,111,384
15	The Sum of All Fears	Action	PG-13	$118,471,320	20,390,933	$146,406,899
16	8 Mile	Drama	R	$114,707,095	19,743,046	$141,755,070
17	Black Hawk Down	Action	R	$108,364,398	18,651,359	$133,916,758
18	The Road to Perdition	Drama	R	$104,054,514	17,909,555	$128,590,605
19	Panic Room	Thriller/Suspense	R	$95,308,367	16,404,194	$117,782,113
20	Red Dragon	Thriller/Suspense	R	$92,930,005	15,994,837	$114,842,930
21	The Scorpion King	Action	PG-13	$90,580,000	15,590,361	$111,938,792
22	Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams	Adventure	PG	$85,570,368	14,728,118	$105,747,887
23	Blade 2	Action	R	$81,645,152	14,052,522	$100,897,108
24	Snow Dogs	Comedy	PG	$81,150,692	13,967,417	$100,286,054
25	We Were Soldiers	Drama	R	$78,120,196	13,445,817	$96,540,966
26	ET: The Extra-Terrestrial	Drama	PG	$75,752,422	13,038,283	$93,614,872
27	The Rookie	Drama	G	$75,597,042	13,011,539	$93,422,850
28	Barbershop	Comedy	PG-13	$75,228,991	12,948,191	$92,968,011
29	Catch Me if You Can	Drama	PG-13	$71,658,000	12,333,563	$88,554,982
30	John Q	Drama	PG-13	$71,026,631	12,224,893	$87,774,732
31	The Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood	Comedy	PG-13	$69,586,544	11,977,030	$85,995,075
32	Insomnia	Thriller/Suspense	R	$67,263,182	11,577,140	$83,123,865
33	Changing Lanes	Thriller/Suspense	R	$66,790,248	11,495,740	$82,539,413
34	Maid in Manhattan	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$65,538,000	11,280,207	$80,991,886
35	Stuart Little 2	Comedy	PG	$64,736,114	11,142,188	$80,000,910
36	Jackass: The Movie	Comedy	R	$64,081,188	11,029,464	$79,191,552
37	The Time Machine	Adventure	PG-13	$56,684,819	9,756,423	$70,051,117
38	Two Weeks Notice	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$54,917,000	9,452,151	$67,866,444
39	The Count of Monte Cristo	Drama	PG-13	$54,228,104	9,333,581	$67,015,112
40	Unfaithful	Drama	R	$52,752,475	9,079,600	$65,191,528
41	Like Mike	Comedy	PG	$51,432,423	8,852,396	$63,560,203
42	The Tuxedo	Action	PG-13	$50,189,179	8,638,413	$62,023,805
43	Big Fat Liar	Comedy	PG	$47,811,275	8,229,135	$59,085,189
44	Ocean's Eleven	Comedy	PG-13	$46,409,597	7,987,882	$57,352,993
45	The Royal Tenenbaums	Black Comedy	R	$41,563,435	7,153,775	$51,364,105
46	High Crimes	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$41,543,207	7,150,294	$51,339,111
47	A Walk to Remember	Drama	PG	$41,227,069	7,095,881	$50,948,426
48	Drumline	Comedy	PG-13	$41,130,000	7,079,174	$50,828,469
49	Orange County	Comedy	PG-13	$41,032,915	7,062,464	$50,708,492
50	Windtalkers	Action	R	$40,911,830	7,041,623	$50,558,853
51	About a Boy	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$40,803,000	7,022,892	$50,424,365
52	Gosford Park	Comedy	R	$40,775,720	7,018,196	$50,390,647
53	The Master of Disguise	Comedy	PG	$40,363,530	6,947,251	$49,881,262
54	I Am Sam	Drama	PG-13	$40,203,477	6,919,703	$49,683,468
55	Blue Crush	Drama	PG-13	$40,118,420	6,905,064	$49,578,360
56	Collateral Damage	Action	R	$40,048,332	6,893,000	$49,491,740
57	Resident Evil	Horror	R	$39,532,308	6,804,184	$48,854,041
58	Enough	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$39,177,215	6,743,066	$48,415,214
59	Undercover Brother	Comedy	PG-13	$38,230,435	6,580,109	$47,245,183
60	Showtime	Comedy	PG-13	$37,948,765	6,531,629	$46,897,096
61	40 Days and 40 Nights	Romantic Comedy	R	$37,939,782	6,530,083	$46,885,996
62	Gangs of New York	Drama	R	$37,595,000	6,470,740	$46,459,913
63	Crossroads	Drama	PG-13	$37,188,667	6,400,803	$45,957,766
64	Clockstoppers	Adventure	PG	$36,985,501	6,365,835	$45,706,695
65	Star Trek: Nemesis	Adventure	PG-13	$36,602,531	6,299,919	$45,233,418
66	The Mothman Prophecies	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$35,228,696	6,063,459	$43,535,636
67	K-19: The Widowmaker	Action	PG-13	$35,168,677	6,053,129	$43,461,466
68	In the Bedroom	Drama	R	$33,537,034	5,772,295	$41,445,078
69	I Spy	Action	PG-13	$33,105,600	5,698,038	$40,911,913
70	Friday After Next	Comedy	R	$32,220,690	5,545,730	$39,818,341
71	Murder by Numbers	Thriller/Suspense	R	$31,874,869	5,486,208	$39,390,973
72	One Hour Photo	Drama	R	$31,585,655	5,436,429	$39,033,560
73	Monster's Ball	Drama	R	$31,035,412	5,341,723	$38,353,571
74	Queen of the Damned	Horror	R	$30,307,804	5,216,490	$37,454,398
75	The Banger Sisters	Comedy	R	$30,306,281	5,216,227	$37,452,510
76	Halloween: Resurrection	Horror	R	$30,259,652	5,208,202	$37,394,890
77	Bad Company	Action	PG-13	$30,157,016	5,190,536	$37,268,048
78	Dragonfly	Drama	PG-13	$30,063,805	5,174,493	$37,152,860
79	Space Station	Documentary	Not Rated	$29,820,971	5,132,697	$36,852,764
80	Ghost Ship	Horror	R	$29,615,761	5,097,377	$36,599,167
81	Vanilla Sky	Thriller/Suspense	R	$29,219,089	5,029,103	$36,108,960
82	The New Guy	Comedy	PG-13	$28,972,187	4,986,607	$35,803,838
83	Swimfan	Drama	PG-13	$28,563,926	4,916,338	$35,299,307
84	Crocodile Hunter: Collision Course	Comedy	PG	$28,436,931	4,894,480	$35,142,366
85	Analyze That	Comedy	R	$27,862,354	4,795,586	$34,432,307
86	Brown Sugar	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$27,266,244	4,692,985	$33,695,632
87	Blood Work	Thriller/Suspense	R	$26,199,517	4,509,383	$32,377,370
88	Beauty and the Beast (IMAX)	Musical	G	$25,487,028	4,386,752	$31,496,879
89	All About the Benjamins	Comedy	R	$25,482,931	4,386,047	$31,491,817
90	The Hot Chick	Comedy	PG-13	$25,315,000	4,357,143	$31,284,287
91	The Transporter	Action	PG-13	$25,269,169	4,349,255	$31,227,651
92	Kate and Leopold	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$24,992,184	4,301,581	$30,885,352
93	The Sweetest Thing	Romantic Comedy	R	$24,430,272	4,204,866	$30,190,938
94	City by the Sea	Drama	R	$22,433,915	3,861,259	$27,723,840
95	National Lampoon's Van Wilder	Comedy	R	$21,005,329	3,615,375	$25,958,393
96	Frida	Drama	R	$20,305,922	3,494,995	$25,094,064
97	Martin Lawrence Live: RunTelDat	Concert/Performance	R	$19,184,015	3,301,896	$23,707,613
98	Hart's War	Drama	R	$19,076,815	3,283,445	$23,575,135
99	Rollerball	Action	PG-13	$18,990,542	3,268,596	$23,468,519
100	Tuck Everlasting	Drama	PG	$18,795,324	3,234,996	$23,227,271
101	Super Troopers	Comedy	R	$18,488,314	3,182,154	$22,847,866
102	The Four Feathers	Drama	PG-13	$18,306,166	3,150,803	$22,622,766
103	Ali	Drama	R	$18,132,203	3,120,861	$22,407,782
104	Punch-Drunk Love	Comedy	R	$17,791,031	3,062,140	$21,986,165
105	Eight Legged Freaks	Comedy	PG-13	$17,266,505	2,971,860	$21,337,955
106	The Country Bears	Adventure	G	$16,988,996	2,924,096	$20,995,009
107	Adrenaline Rush: The Science of Risk	Documentary	Not Rated	$16,933,791	2,914,594	$20,926,785
108	Serving Sara	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$16,930,185	2,913,973	$20,922,326
109	Amelie	Comedy	R	$16,894,711	2,907,868	$20,878,492
110	White Oleander	Drama	PG-13	$16,346,122	2,813,446	$20,200,542
111	Kung Pow: Enter the Fist	Comedy	PG-13	$16,033,556	2,759,648	$19,814,273
112	Confessions of a Dangerous Mind	Drama	R	$16,007,718	2,755,201	$19,782,343
113	Half Past Dead	Action	PG-13	$15,361,537	2,643,982	$18,983,791
114	Bowling for Columbine	Documentary	R	$15,203,743	2,616,823	$18,788,789
115	Empire	Drama	R	$15,170,025	2,611,020	$18,747,124
116	Solaris	Drama	PG-13	$14,830,374	2,552,560	$18,327,381
117	Life, or Something Like It	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$14,448,589	2,486,848	$17,855,569
118	Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever	Action	R	$14,294,842	2,460,386	$17,665,571
119	The Good Girl	Comedy	R	$14,015,786	2,412,356	$17,320,716
120	Stealing Harvard	Comedy	PG-13	$13,973,532	2,405,083	$17,268,496
121	Monsoon Wedding	Comedy	R	$13,876,974	2,388,464	$17,149,172
122	The Emperor's Club	Drama	PG-13	$13,624,810	2,345,062	$16,837,545
123	Y Tu Mama Tambien (And Your Mother Too)	Drama	R	$13,622,333	2,344,636	$16,834,486
124	Juwanna Man	Comedy	PG-13	$13,571,817	2,335,941	$16,772,056
125	FearDotCom	Horror	R	$13,208,023	2,273,326	$16,322,481
126	Frailty	Thriller/Suspense	R	$13,103,828	2,255,392	$16,193,715
127	They	Horror	PG-13	$12,649,674	2,177,224	$15,632,468
128	Jason X	Horror	R	$12,610,731	2,170,522	$15,584,348
129	Undisputed	Drama	R	$12,398,628	2,134,015	$15,322,228
130	Knockaround Guys	Drama	R	$11,632,420	2,002,138	$14,375,351
131	How High	Comedy	R	$11,478,990	1,975,730	$14,185,741
132	Abandon	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$10,719,367	1,844,986	$13,246,999
133	Brotherhood of the Wolf	Action	R	$10,527,229	1,811,915	$13,009,550
134	Sorority Boys	Comedy	R	$10,198,766	1,755,381	$12,603,636
135	Possession	Drama	PG-13	$10,103,647	1,739,010	$12,486,092
136	Pulse: A Stomp Odyssey	Documentary	Not Rated	$10,086,514	1,736,061	$12,464,918
137	Far From Heaven	Drama	PG-13	$10,048,405	1,729,502	$12,417,824
138	Simone	Comedy	PG-13	$9,680,913	1,666,250	$11,963,675
139	The Majestic	Drama	PG	$8,882,434	1,528,818	$10,976,913
140	The Shipping News	Drama	R	$8,609,268	1,481,802	$10,639,338
141	The Importance of Being Earnest	Comedy	PG	$8,378,141	1,442,021	$10,353,711
142	Death to Smoochy	Black Comedy	R	$8,355,815	1,438,178	$10,326,118
143	Star Wars: Attack of the Clones (IMAX)	Adventure	PG	$7,945,911	1,367,627	$9,819,562
144	Behind Enemy Lines	Action	PG-13	$7,832,257	1,348,065	$9,679,107
145	Big Trouble	Comedy	PG-13	$7,262,288	1,249,964	$8,974,742
146	Shackleton's Antarctic Adventure	Documentary	Not Rated	$7,235,633	1,245,376	$8,941,800
147	Kissing Jessica Stein	Romantic Comedy	R	$7,022,940	1,208,768	$8,678,954
148	Trapped	Thriller/Suspense	R	$6,916,869	1,190,511	$8,547,869
149	Moonlight Mile	Drama	PG-13	$6,785,939	1,167,976	$8,386,068
150	Joe Somebody	Comedy	PG	$6,785,003	1,167,815	$8,384,912
151	Femme Fatale	Thriller/Suspense	R	$6,592,103	1,134,613	$8,146,521
152	The Rules of Attraction	Black Comedy	R	$6,525,762	1,123,195	$8,064,540
153	Impostor	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$6,114,237	1,052,364	$7,555,974
154	Deuces Wild	Drama	R	$6,044,618	1,040,382	$7,469,943
155	Not Another Teen Movie	Comedy	R	$5,865,039	1,009,473	$7,248,016
156	Iris	Drama	R	$5,525,747	951,075	$6,828,719
157	The Truth About Charlie	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$5,293,525	911,106	$6,541,741
158	Formula 51	Action	R	$5,204,007	895,698	$6,431,112
159	Real Women Have Curves	Comedy	PG-13	$5,113,230	880,074	$6,318,931
160	Birthday Girl	Romantic Comedy	R	$4,919,896	846,798	$6,080,010
161	Hollywood Ending	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$4,839,383	832,940	$5,980,509
162	Slackers	Comedy	R	$4,814,244	828,613	$5,949,441
163	Extreme Ops	Action	PG-13	$4,771,567	821,268	$5,896,704
164	Igby Goes Down	Comedy	R	$4,681,503	805,766	$5,785,400
165	Italian for Beginners	Comedy	R	$4,447,186	765,436	$5,495,830
166	The Adventures of Pluto Nash	Comedy	PG-13	$4,411,102	759,226	$5,451,243
167	T-Rex: Back to the Cretaceous	Adventure	Not Rated	$4,323,925	744,221	$5,343,507
168	Enigma	Thriller/Suspense	R	$4,298,329	739,816	$5,311,879
169	El Crimen de Padre	Drama	R	$4,262,754	733,693	$5,267,916
170	Men with Brooms	Comedy	R	$4,239,767	729,736	$5,239,504
171	The Other Side of Heaven	Drama	PG	$4,198,246	722,590	$5,188,196
172	ESPN's Ultimate X - The Movie	Documentary	PG	$4,197,175	722,405	$5,186,868
173	Lovely and Amazing	Drama	R	$4,186,931	720,642	$5,174,210
174	Lantana	Drama	R	$4,144,388	713,320	$5,121,638
175	Mostly Martha (Drei Sterne)	Comedy	PG	$4,131,636	711,125	$5,105,878
176	Adaptation	Comedy	R	$4,074,984	701,374	$5,035,865
177	Spider-Man/Men in Black II Double-Bill	Adventure	PG-13	$3,971,552	683,572	$4,908,047
178	Secretary	Drama	R	$3,836,339	660,299	$4,740,947
179	The Fast Runner	Drama	R	$3,764,087	647,864	$4,651,664
180	Thirteen Conversations About One Thing	Drama	R	$3,287,435	565,824	$4,062,616
181	The Cat's Meow	Drama	PG-13	$3,176,936	546,805	$3,926,060
182	American Adobo	Drama	R	$3,094,699	532,650	$3,824,427
183	8 Women	Musical	R	$3,076,425	529,505	$3,801,846
184	Sunshine State	Drama	PG-13	$3,064,356	527,428	$3,786,933
185	Paid in Full	Drama	R	$3,042,188	523,612	$3,759,534
186	Antwone Fisher	Drama	PG-13	$3,001,346	516,583	$3,709,066
187	Tadpole	Comedy	PG-13	$2,810,893	483,803	$3,473,706
188	The Lion King (IMAX)	Adventure	G	$2,789,969	480,201	$3,447,843
189	Comedian	Documentary	R	$2,744,253	472,333	$3,391,351
190	Sex and Lucia	Drama	R	$2,628,241	452,365	$3,247,981
191	About Schmidt	Drama	R	$2,572,811	442,825	$3,179,484
192	Full Frontal	Comedy	R	$2,506,446	431,402	$3,097,466
193	Shallow Hal	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$2,406,399	414,182	$2,973,827
194	Last Orders	Drama	R	$2,326,407	400,414	$2,874,973
195	Haunted Castle	Adventure	PG	$2,231,584	384,094	$2,757,795
196	Rivers and Tides	Documentary	Not Rated	$2,200,276	378,705	$2,719,102
197	State Property	Action	R	$2,099,719	361,397	$2,594,830
198	Chicago	Musical	PG-13	$2,074,929	357,131	$2,564,201
199	Auto Focus	Drama	R	$1,983,501	341,394	$2,451,209
200	The Piano Teacher	Drama	R	$1,900,282	327,071	$2,348,370
201	Harrison's Flowers	Drama	R	$1,843,570	317,310	$2,278,286
202	Galapagos	Documentary	Not Rated	$1,842,841	317,184	$2,277,381
203	Black Knight	Comedy	PG-13	$1,834,034	315,669	$2,266,503
204	Pinocchio	Adventure	G	$1,802,706	310,276	$2,227,782
205	The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys	Drama	R	$1,779,284	306,245	$2,198,839
206	A Common Thread	Drama	Not Rated	$1,691,000	291,050	$2,089,739
207	Santa vs. The Snowman	Adventure	Not Rated	$1,670,541	287,529	$2,064,458
208	Mulholland Drive	Drama	R	$1,611,535	277,373	$1,991,538
209	Late Marriage	Drama	Not Rated	$1,551,470	267,034	$1,917,304
210	Ararat	Drama	R	$1,459,463	251,198	$1,803,602
211	The Kid Stays in the Picture	Documentary	R	$1,434,436	246,891	$1,772,677
212	Cirque du Soleil - Journey of Man	Musical	G	$1,400,190	240,997	$1,730,358
213	Spy Game	Action	R	$1,384,775	238,343	$1,711,303
214	Apollo 13 (IMAX)	Drama	PG	$1,377,130	237,028	$1,701,861
215	Joshua	Drama	G	$1,366,733	235,238	$1,689,009
216	The Man from Elysian Fields	Comedy	R	$1,362,522	234,513	$1,683,803
217	Read My Lips	Drama	R	$1,359,133	233,930	$1,679,617
218	Talk to Her	Drama	R	$1,338,550	230,387	$1,654,179
219	Dogtown and Z-Boys	Documentary	PG-13	$1,293,295	222,598	$1,598,254
220	Kandahar	Drama	Not Rated	$1,288,325	221,743	$1,592,115
221	China: The Panda Adventure	Drama	Not Rated	$1,271,938	218,922	$1,571,860
222	The Singles Ward	Comedy	PG	$1,250,798	215,284	$1,545,739
223	Standing in the Shadows of Motown	Documentary	PG	$1,234,246	212,435	$1,525,283
224	Nine Queens	Drama	R	$1,221,261	210,200	$1,509,236
225	Roger Dodger	Black Comedy	R	$1,195,680	205,797	$1,477,622
226	Equilibrium	Action	R	$1,190,018	204,822	$1,470,622
227	The Endurance: Shackleton's Legendary Antarctic Expedition	Documentary	G	$1,180,410	203,169	$1,458,753
228	24 Hour Party People	Drama	R	$1,169,030	201,210	$1,444,688
229	Bollywood/Hollywood	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$1,161,947	199,991	$1,435,935
230	Thrill Ride: The Science of Fun	Documentary	G	$1,138,659	195,983	$1,407,158
231	Crush	Romantic Comedy	R	$1,080,072	185,899	$1,334,755
232	My Wife is an Actress	Comedy	R	$1,054,763	181,543	$1,303,479
233	The Last Kiss	Drama	R	$1,046,734	180,161	$1,293,556
234	Notorious C.H.O.	Concert/Performance	Not Rated	$1,031,495	177,538	$1,274,723
235	The Son's Room	Drama	R	$1,014,416	174,598	$1,253,614
236	Rabbit-Proof Fence	Drama	PG	$985,641	169,646	$1,218,058
237	Storytelling	Drama	R	$912,442	157,047	$1,127,597
238	Pandora's Box	Thriller/Suspense	R	$875,172	150,632	$1,081,538
239	No Man's Land	Drama	R	$824,950	141,988	$1,019,474
240	Sordid Lives	Comedy	R	$815,887	140,428	$1,008,273
241	Kaante	Drama	R	$813,494	140,016	$1,005,315
242	Trouble Every Day	Horror	Not Rated	$794,563	136,758	$981,922
243	Cyberworld 3D	Adventure	Not Rated	$781,274	134,471	$965,502
244	Heaven	Thriller/Suspense	R	$774,317	133,273	$956,900
245	Time Changer	Drama	PG	$763,671	131,441	$943,746
246	Bloody Sunday	Drama	R	$756,424	130,193	$934,786
247	Human Nature	Comedy	R	$695,876	119,772	$859,963
248	The Salton Sea	Thriller/Suspense	R	$676,698	116,471	$836,262
249	The Debut	Comedy	R	$672,645	115,774	$831,257
250	Savage Messiah	Drama	R	$666,850	114,776	$824,092
251	The Emperor's New Clothes	Drama	PG	$655,822	112,878	$810,464
252	The Man Who Wasn't There	Drama	R	$634,024	109,126	$783,525
253	Evelyn	Drama	PG	$630,675	108,550	$779,389
254	Son of the Bride	Comedy	R	$624,153	107,427	$771,326
255	Personal Velocity	Drama	R	$623,323	107,285	$770,306
256	Swept Away	Romantic Comedy	R	$598,645	103,037	$739,806
257	Charlotte Gray	Drama	PG-13	$595,334	102,467	$735,713
258	Below	Horror	R	$589,424	101,450	$728,411
259	Charly	Drama	PG	$577,143	99,336	$713,232
260	Forgive Me Father	Drama	R	$559,622	96,320	$691,578
261	Encounter in the Third Dimension	Drama	Not Rated	$543,869	93,609	$672,113
262	Bread and Tulips	Comedy	PG-13	$532,788	91,702	$658,420
263	Extreme	Documentary	Not Rated	$523,067	90,029	$646,408
264	Trembling Before G-D	Documentary	Not Rated	$497,983	85,711	$615,405
265	Domestic Disturbance	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$460,794	79,310	$569,446
266	The Believer	Drama	R	$406,035	69,886	$501,781
267	The Fluffer	Drama	R	$401,741	69,146	$496,468
268	The Kurosawa Series	Multiple Genres	Not Rated	$385,550	66,360	$476,465
269	The Devil's Backbone	Horror	R	$372,877	64,178	$460,798
270	25th Hour	Drama	R	$357,208	61,482	$441,441
271	Moulin Rouge	Musical	PG-13	$341,447	58,769	$421,961
272	The Trials of Henry Kissinger	Documentary	Not Rated	$340,078	58,533	$420,267
273	The Hours	Drama	PG-13	$338,622	58,283	$418,472
274	The Quiet American	Drama	R	$333,396	57,383	$412,010
275	The Business of Strangers	Drama	R	$332,153	57,169	$410,473
276	Out Cold	Comedy	PG-13	$325,786	56,073	$402,604
277	Corky Romano	Comedy	PG-13	$319,442	54,981	$394,764
278	The Ch�teau	Comedy	R	$301,175	51,837	$372,190
279	The Bread, My Sweet	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$297,335	51,176	$367,444
280	Never Again	Romantic Comedy	R	$295,468	50,855	$365,139
281	Mujhse Dosti Karoge	Romantic Comedy	Not Rated	$285,000	49,053	$352,201
282	Sex with Strangers	Documentary	Not Rated	$247,740	42,640	$306,155
283	Max Keeble's Big Move	Comedy	PG	$246,272	42,388	$304,346
284	N'sync: Bigger than Live	Concert/Performance	Not Rated	$239,984	41,305	$296,570
285	Planet of the Apes	Adventure	PG-13	$236,777	40,753	$292,607
286	Circuit	Drama	Not Rated	$235,087	40,462	$290,517
287	Tully	Drama	Not Rated	$224,970	38,721	$278,017
288	Love Lisa	Drama	R	$211,724	36,441	$261,646
289	Fat Girl	Drama	Not Rated	$189,222	32,568	$233,838
290	Narc	Thriller/Suspense	R	$185,605	31,946	$229,372
291	Alias Betty	Drama	Not Rated	$184,196	31,703	$227,628
292	The Business of Fancy Dancing	Drama	Not Rated	$174,682	30,066	$215,874
293	Cherish	Comedy	R	$160,268	27,585	$198,060
294	Beijing Bicycle	Drama	PG-13	$157,279	27,070	$194,363
295	All or Nothing	Drama	R	$153,063	26,345	$189,157
296	Hybrid	Documentary	R	$150,570	25,916	$186,077
297	Across The Sea of Time	Drama	G	$144,847	24,931	$179,005
298	The Pianist	Drama	R	$143,197	24,647	$176,965
299	Bartleby	Comedy	PG-13	$141,367	24,332	$174,704
300	Hardball	Drama	PG-13	$131,841	22,692	$162,929
301	The Cherry Orchard	Drama	Not Rated	$131,188	22,580	$162,124
302	American Chai	Comedy	R	$125,996	21,686	$155,705
303	Russian Ark	Drama	Not Rated	$124,957	21,507	$154,420
304	Bandits	Comedy	PG-13	$120,948	20,817	$149,466
305	Va Savoir (Who Knows?)	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$120,591	20,756	$149,028
306	Amy's Orgasm	Romantic Comedy	R	$119,664	20,596	$147,879
307	Intimacy	Drama	R	$113,946	19,612	$140,814
308	Innocence	Drama	R	$113,668	19,564	$140,470
309	The Wash	Comedy	R	$108,155	18,615	$133,656
310	Baran	Drama	PG	$104,198	17,934	$128,766
311	Chop Suey	Documentary	Not Rated	$103,012	17,730	$127,301
312	Big Bad Love	Drama	R	$100,420	17,284	$124,099
313	Ghost World	Comedy	R	$98,763	16,999	$122,053
314	Hometown Legend	Drama	PG	$96,429	16,597	$119,166
315	Donnie Darko	Drama	R	$96,257	16,567	$118,951
316	Himalaya - l'enfance d'un chef	Drama	Not Rated	$92,215	15,872	$113,961
317	From Hell	Thriller/Suspense	R	$91,164	15,691	$112,661
318	Decalogue	Drama	Not Rated	$89,815	15,459	$110,996
319	Borstal Boy	Drama	Not Rated	$87,074	14,987	$107,607
320	Island of the Sharks	Documentary	Not Rated	$86,247	14,845	$106,587
321	The Sidewalks of New York	Comedy	R	$80,053	13,778	$98,926
322	Don't Say a Word	Thriller/Suspense	R	$73,280	12,613	$90,561
323	Wings of Courage	Drama	G	$65,030	11,193	$80,366
324	Spooky House	Comedy	PG	$64,530	11,107	$79,748
325	Manna From Heaven	Comedy	PG	$64,406	11,085	$79,590
326	The Princess Diaries	Comedy	G	$60,720	10,451	$75,038
327	Chelsea Walls	Drama	R	$59,675	10,271	$73,746
328	Harvard Man	Drama	R	$56,007	9,640	$69,215
329	Ciao America	Drama	R	$54,965	9,460	$67,923
330	Children on Their Birthdays	Drama	PG	$54,912	9,451	$67,858
331	Biggie and Tupac	Documentary	R	$54,834	9,438	$67,765
332	The Bank	Thriller/Suspense	Not Rated	$52,421	9,023	$64,785
333	Focus	Drama	PG-13	$52,023	8,954	$64,290
334	An American Rhapsody	Drama	PG-13	$51,540	8,871	$63,694
335	Novocaine	Comedy	R	$51,265	8,824	$63,356
336	Burnt Money	Drama	Not Rated	$49,316	8,488	$60,944
337	Astoria	Drama	R	$44,025	7,577	$54,403
338	Nicholas Nickleby	Drama	PG	$42,864	7,378	$52,974
339	The Swamp	Comedy	Not Rated	$36,404	6,266	$44,990
340	The Children of the Century	Drama	Not Rated	$36,087	6,211	$44,595
341	Zoolander	Comedy	PG-13	$34,612	5,957	$42,771
342	Max	Drama	R	$30,157	5,191	$37,271
343	Shanghai Ghetto	Documentary	Not Rated	$29,115	5,011	$35,979
344	Behind the Sun	Drama	PG-13	$28,585	4,920	$35,326
345	Together	Genre Unknown	R	$28,022	4,823	$34,629
346	Gabriela	Drama	R	$26,605	4,579	$32,877
347	The Calling	Drama	PG	$26,000	4,475	$32,131
348	All the Queen's Men	Comedy	PG-13	$22,723	3,911	$28,081
349	Season's Beatings	Comedy	Not Rated	$21,711	3,737	$26,832
350	Aberdeen	Drama	Not Rated	$20,327	3,499	$25,123
351	Dinner Rush	Drama	R	$19,751	3,399	$24,405
352	The Fire and the Rain	Drama	Not Rated	$18,887	3,251	$23,342
353	Ayurveda: Art of Being	Documentary	Not Rated	$16,892	2,907	$20,872
354	The Affair of the Necklace	Drama	R	$15,750	2,711	$19,465
355	The Circle	Drama	Not Rated	$15,345	2,641	$18,962
356	30 Years to Life	Comedy	R	$12,732	2,191	$15,731
357	Bobby G. Can't Swim	Drama	R	$10,575	1,820	$13,068
358	All About Lily Chou-Chou	Drama	Not Rated	$9,763	1,680	$12,062
359	Our Lady of the Assassins	Drama	R	$9,620	1,656	$11,890
360	Revolution#9	Thriller/Suspense		$9,118	1,569	$11,265
361	ABC Africa	Documentary	Not Rated	$8,886	1,529	$10,978
362	L.I.E.	Drama	Open	$8,628	1,485	$10,662
363	Joy Ride	Thriller/Suspense	R	$7,021	1,208	$8,673
364	Buddha Heads	Drama	Not Rated	$6,739	1,160	$8,329
365	My First Mister	Drama	R	$5,971	1,028	$7,381
366	Under the Sand	Drama	Not Rated	$5,647	972	$6,979
367	The Adventures of Felix	Comedy		$5,364	923	$6,627
368	Cleopatra's Second Husband	Drama	Not Rated	$5,150	886	$6,361
369	Wetonkawa Flash	Comedy	Not Rated	$5,030	866	$6,218
370	Bangkok Dangerous	Action	R	$4,798	826	$5,931
371	The American Astronaut	Musical	Not Rated	$4,648	800	$5,744
372	Blackboards	Drama	Not Rated	$3,417	588	$4,222
373	Caravaggio	Documentary	Not Rated	$3,151	542	$3,892
374	Ash Wednesday	Drama	R	$2,942	506	$3,633
375	The 4th Tenor	Comedy	PG-13	$2,152	370	$2,657
376	Choice of Weapons		Not Rated	$2,032	350	$2,513
377	By Hook or by Crook	Drama	Not Rated	$1,802	310	$2,226
378	Blackwoods	Thriller/Suspense	R	$1,500	258	$1,852
379	Adanggaman	Drama	Not Rated	$904	156	$1,120
380	Besotted	Comedy	Not Rated	$656	113	$811
381	Hit & Runway	Comedy	Not Rated	$473	81	$582
Total Gross of All Movies				$7,359,947,875
Total Tickets Sold					1,266,772,434
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices						$9,095,426,076

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.