Box Office Performance for Original Screenplay Movies in 2002

Rank	Movie	Genre	MPAA	2002 Gross	Tickets Sold	Inflation- Adjusted Gross
1	Star Wars Ep. II: Attack of the Clones	Adventure	PG	$302,181,125	52,010,521	$410,363,011
2	Signs	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$227,535,166	39,162,679	$308,993,537
3	Austin Powers in Goldmember	Comedy	PG-13	$213,079,163	36,674,555	$289,362,239
4	Ice Age	Adventure	PG	$176,387,405	30,359,278	$239,534,703
5	Lilo & Stitch	Adventure	PG	$145,771,527	25,089,764	$197,958,238
6	xXx	Action	PG-13	$141,715,000	24,391,566	$192,449,456
7	The Santa Clause 2	Comedy	G	$135,459,771	23,314,935	$183,954,837
8	Sweet Home Alabama	Comedy	PG-13	$125,415,296	21,586,109	$170,314,400
9	8 Mile	Drama	R	$114,707,095	19,743,046	$155,772,633
10	Panic Room	Thriller/Suspense	R	$95,308,367	16,404,194	$129,429,091
11	Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams	Adventure	PG	$85,570,368	14,728,118	$116,204,851
12	ET: The Extra-Terrestrial	Drama	PG	$75,752,422	13,038,283	$102,872,053
13	The Rookie	Drama	G	$75,597,042	13,011,539	$102,661,043
14	Barbershop	Comedy	PG-13	$75,228,991	12,948,191	$102,161,227
15	Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron	Adventure	G	$73,215,310	12,601,602	$99,426,640
16	John Q	Drama	PG-13	$71,026,631	12,224,893	$96,454,406
17	Changing Lanes	Thriller/Suspense	R	$66,790,248	11,495,740	$90,701,389
18	Maid in Manhattan	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$65,538,000	11,280,207	$89,000,833
19	Two Weeks Notice	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$54,917,000	9,452,151	$74,577,471
20	Like Mike	Comedy	PG	$51,432,423	8,852,396	$69,845,404
21	The Tuxedo	Action	PG-13	$50,189,179	8,638,413	$68,157,079
22	Big Fat Liar	Comedy	PG	$47,811,275	8,229,135	$64,927,875
23	Reign of Fire	Action	PG-13	$43,060,566	7,411,457	$58,476,396
24	The Royal Tenenbaums	Black Comedy	R	$41,563,435	7,153,775	$56,443,285
25	Drumline	Comedy	PG-13	$41,130,000	7,079,174	$55,854,683
26	Orange County	Comedy	PG-13	$41,032,915	7,062,464	$55,722,841
27	Windtalkers	Action	R	$40,911,830	7,041,623	$55,558,405
28	Gosford Park	Comedy	R	$40,775,720	7,018,196	$55,373,566
29	The Master of Disguise	Comedy	PG	$40,363,530	6,947,251	$54,813,810
30	I Am Sam	Drama	PG-13	$40,203,477	6,919,703	$54,596,457
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	Gangs of New York	Drama	R	$37,595,000	6,470,740	$51,054,139
37	Crossroads	Drama	PG-13	$37,188,667	6,400,803	$50,502,336
38	Clockstoppers	Adventure	PG	$36,985,501	6,365,835	$50,226,438
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	Bad Company	Action	PG-13	$30,157,016	5,190,536	$40,953,329
45	Dragonfly	Drama	PG-13	$30,063,805	5,174,493	$40,826,750
46	Ghost Ship	Horror	R	$29,615,761	5,097,377	$40,218,305
47	The New Guy	Comedy	PG-13	$28,972,187	4,986,607	$39,344,329
48	Swimfan	Drama	PG-13	$28,563,926	4,916,338	$38,789,907
49	Analyze That	Comedy	R	$27,862,354	4,795,586	$37,837,174
50	Brown Sugar	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$27,266,244	4,692,985	$37,027,652
51	All About the Benjamins	Comedy	R	$25,482,931	4,386,047	$34,605,911
52	The Hot Chick	Comedy	PG-13	$25,315,000	4,357,143	$34,377,858
53	The Transporter	Action	PG-13	$25,269,169	4,349,255	$34,315,622
54	Kate and Leopold	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$24,992,184	4,301,581	$33,939,474
55	The Sweetest Thing	Romantic Comedy	R	$24,430,272	4,204,866	$33,176,393
56	Eight Crazy Nights	Musical	PG-13	$23,341,502	4,017,470	$31,697,838
57	National Lampoon's Van Wilder	Comedy	R	$21,005,329	3,615,375	$28,525,309
58	Super Troopers	Comedy	R	$18,488,314	3,182,154	$25,107,195
59	Punch-Drunk Love	Comedy	R	$17,791,031	3,062,140	$24,160,285
60	Eight Legged Freaks	Comedy	PG-13	$17,266,505	2,971,860	$23,447,975
61	Serving Sara	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$16,930,185	2,913,973	$22,991,247
62	Le Fabuleux destin d'Am�lie Poulain	Comedy	R	$16,894,711	2,907,868	$22,943,079
63	Monsters, Inc.	Adventure	G	$16,679,759	2,870,871	$22,651,172
64	Kung Pow: Enter the Fist	Comedy	PG-13	$16,033,556	2,759,648	$21,773,623
65	Half Past Dead	Action	PG-13	$15,361,537	2,643,982	$20,861,018
66	Empire	Drama	R	$15,170,025	2,611,020	$20,600,948
67	Life, or Something Like It	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$14,448,589	2,486,848	$19,621,231
68	Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever	Action	R	$14,294,842	2,460,386	$19,412,446
69	The Good Girl	Comedy	R	$14,015,786	2,412,356	$19,033,489
70	Stealing Harvard	Comedy	PG-13	$13,973,532	2,405,083	$18,976,105
71	Monsoon Wedding	Comedy	R	$13,876,974	2,388,464	$18,844,981
72	Y Tu Mama Tambien (And Your Mother Too)	Drama	R	$13,622,333	2,344,636	$18,499,178
73	Juwanna Man	Comedy	PG-13	$13,571,817	2,335,941	$18,430,574
74	FearDotCom	Horror	R	$13,208,023	2,273,326	$17,936,542
75	Frailty	Thriller/Suspense	R	$13,103,828	2,255,392	$17,795,043
76	They	Horror	PG-13	$12,649,674	2,177,224	$17,178,297
77	Undisputed	Drama	R	$12,398,628	2,134,015	$16,837,378
78	Knockaround Guys	Drama	R	$11,632,420	2,002,138	$15,796,869
79	How High	Comedy	R	$11,478,990	1,975,730	$15,588,510
80	Abandon	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$10,719,367	1,844,986	$14,556,940
81	Le pacte des loups	Action	R	$10,527,229	1,811,915	$14,296,009
82	Sorority Boys	Comedy	R	$10,198,766	1,755,381	$13,849,956
83	Far From Heaven	Drama	PG-13	$10,048,405	1,729,502	$13,645,771
84	Simone	Comedy	PG-13	$9,680,913	1,666,250	$13,146,713
85	The Majestic	Drama	PG	$8,882,434	1,528,818	$12,062,374
86	Death to Smoochy	Black Comedy	R	$8,355,815	1,438,178	$11,347,224
87	Star Wars: Attack of the Clones (IMAX)	Adventure	PG	$7,945,911	1,367,627	$10,790,577
88	Behind Enemy Lines	Action	PG-13	$7,832,257	1,348,065	$10,636,233
89	Moonlight Mile	Drama	PG-13	$6,785,939	1,167,976	$9,215,331
90	Joe Somebody	Comedy	PG	$6,785,003	1,167,815	$9,214,060
91	Femme Fatale	Thriller/Suspense	R	$6,592,103	1,134,613	$8,952,097
92	Deuces Wild	Drama	R	$6,044,618	1,040,382	$8,208,614
93	Not Another Teen Movie	Comedy	R	$5,865,039	1,009,473	$7,964,742
94	Spirited Away	Adventure	PG	$5,392,006	928,056	$7,322,362
95	Formula 51	Action	R	$5,204,007	895,698	$7,067,057
96	Birthday Girl	Romantic Comedy	R	$4,919,896	846,798	$6,681,236
97	Hollywood Ending	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$4,839,383	832,940	$6,571,897
98	Slackers	Comedy	R	$4,814,244	828,613	$6,537,757
99	Extreme Ops	Action	PG-13	$4,771,567	821,268	$6,479,805
100	Igby Goes Down	Comedy	R	$4,681,503	805,766	$6,357,494
101	Italian for Beginners	Comedy	R	$4,447,186	765,436	$6,039,290
102	The Adventures of Pluto Nash	Comedy	PG-13	$4,411,102	759,226	$5,990,293
103	T-Rex: Back to the Cretaceous	Adventure	Not Rated	$4,323,925	744,221	$5,871,904
104	Men with Brooms	Comedy	R	$4,239,767	729,736	$5,757,617
105	Lovely and Amazing	Drama	R	$4,186,931	720,642	$5,685,865
106	Mostly Martha (Drei Sterne)	Comedy	PG	$4,131,636	711,125	$5,610,776
107	Thirteen Conversations About One Thing	Drama	R	$3,287,435	565,824	$4,464,351
108	American Adobo	Drama	R	$3,094,699	532,650	$4,202,609
109	Sunshine State	Drama	PG-13	$3,064,356	527,428	$4,161,407
110	Paid in Full	Drama	R	$3,042,188	523,612	$4,131,299
111	Tadpole	Comedy	PG-13	$2,810,893	483,803	$3,817,206
112	The Lion King (IMAX)	Adventure	G	$2,789,969	480,201	$3,788,786
113	Sex and Lucia	Drama	R	$2,628,241	452,365	$3,569,160
114	Full Frontal	Comedy	R	$2,506,446	431,402	$3,403,762
115	Shallow Hal	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$2,406,399	414,182	$3,267,896
116	Haunted Castle	Adventure	PG	$2,231,584	384,094	$3,030,502
117	State Property	Action	R	$2,099,719	361,397	$2,851,422
118	Black Knight	Comedy	PG-13	$1,834,034	315,669	$2,490,628
119	Seraphin un Homme et Son	Drama	Not Rated	$1,691,000	291,050	$2,296,385
120	Mulholland Drive	Drama	R	$1,611,535	277,373	$2,188,473
121	Late Marriage	Drama	Not Rated	$1,551,470	267,034	$2,106,898
122	Ararat	Drama	R	$1,459,463	251,198	$1,981,952
123	Cirque du Soleil - Journey of Man	Musical	G	$1,400,190	240,997	$1,901,466
124	Spy Game	Action	R	$1,384,775	238,343	$1,880,526
125	The Man from Elysian Fields	Comedy	R	$1,362,522	234,513	$1,850,308
126	Read My Lips	Drama	R	$1,359,133	233,930	$1,845,708
127	Hable con ella	Drama	R	$1,338,550	230,387	$1,817,753
128	Kandahar	Drama	Not Rated	$1,288,325	221,743	$1,749,552
129	The Singles Ward	Comedy	PG	$1,250,798	215,284	$1,698,591
130	Nine Queens	Drama	R	$1,221,261	210,200	$1,658,478
131	Roger Dodger	Black Comedy	R	$1,195,680	205,797	$1,623,738
132	Equilibrium	Action	R	$1,190,018	204,822	$1,616,046
133	Bollywood/Hollywood	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$1,161,947	199,991	$1,577,929
134	Crush	Romantic Comedy	R	$1,080,072	185,899	$1,466,743
135	My Wife is an Actress (Ma Femme est une Actrice)	Comedy	R	$1,054,763	181,543	$1,432,374
136	The Last Kiss	Drama	R	$1,046,734	180,161	$1,421,470
137	The Son's Room	Drama	R	$1,014,416	174,598	$1,377,578
138	Storytelling	Drama	R	$912,442	157,047	$1,239,101
139	Pandora's Box	Thriller/Suspense	R	$875,172	150,632	$1,188,486
140	No Man's Land	Drama	R	$824,950	141,988	$1,120,285
141	Kaante	Drama	R	$813,494	140,016	$1,104,726
142	Trouble Every Day	Horror	Not Rated	$794,563	136,758	$1,079,021
143	Cyberworld 3D	Adventure	Not Rated	$781,274	134,471	$1,060,976
144	Heaven	Thriller/Suspense	R	$774,317	133,273	$1,051,524
145	Time Changer	Drama	PG	$763,671	131,441	$1,037,069
146	Human Nature	Comedy	R	$695,876	119,772	$945,001
147	The Salton Sea	Thriller/Suspense	R	$676,698	116,471	$918,956
148	The Debut	Comedy	R	$672,645	115,774	$913,457
149	Savage Messiah	Drama	R	$666,850	114,776	$905,583
150	The Man Who Wasn't There	Drama	R	$634,024	109,126	$861,004
151	Son of the Bride	Comedy	R	$624,153	107,427	$847,599
152	Below	Horror	R	$589,424	101,450	$800,441
153	Forgive Me Father	Drama	R	$559,622	96,320	$759,965
154	Pane e tulipani	Comedy	PG-13	$532,788	91,702	$723,529
155	Domestic Disturbance	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$460,794	79,310	$625,756
156	The Believer	Drama	R	$406,035	69,886	$551,401
157	The Fluffer	Drama	R	$401,741	69,146	$545,562
158	The Devil's Backbone	Horror	R	$372,877	64,178	$506,364
159	Waking Life	Drama	R	$352,215	60,622	$478,308
160	Moulin Rouge	Musical	PG-13	$341,447	58,769	$463,687
161	The Business of Strangers	Drama	R	$332,153	57,169	$451,063
162	Out Cold	Comedy	PG-13	$325,786	56,073	$442,416
163	Alien Adventure	Adventure	Not Rated	$320,944	55,240	$435,844
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	Max Keeble's Big Move	Comedy	PG	$246,272	42,388	$334,441
168	Circuit	Drama	Not Rated	$235,087	40,462	$319,245
169	Fat Girl	Drama	Not Rated	$189,222	32,568	$256,962
170	Narc	Thriller/Suspense	R	$185,605	31,946	$252,054
171	The Business of Fancy Dancing	Drama	Not Rated	$174,682	30,066	$237,221
172	Cherish	Comedy	R	$160,268	27,585	$217,646
173	Shiqi sui de dan che	Drama	PG-13	$157,279	27,070	$213,582
174	All or Nothing	Drama	R	$153,063	26,345	$207,862
175	Across The Sea of Time	Drama	G	$144,847	24,931	$196,706
176	American Chai	Comedy	R	$125,996	21,686	$171,103
177	Russian Ark	Drama	Not Rated	$124,957	21,507	$169,690
178	Bandits	Comedy	PG-13	$120,948	20,817	$164,246
179	Va Savoir (Who Knows?)	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$120,591	20,756	$163,765
180	Amy's Orgasm	Romantic Comedy	R	$119,664	20,596	$162,502
181	Innocence	Drama	R	$113,668	19,564	$154,360
182	The Producers	Comedy	Not Rated	$109,433	18,835	$148,608
183	The Wash	Comedy	R	$108,155	18,615	$146,872
184	Baran	Drama	PG	$104,198	17,934	$141,499
185	Donnie Darko	Drama	R	$96,257	16,567	$130,714
186	Himalaya - l'enfance d'un chef	Drama	Not Rated	$92,215	15,872	$125,230
187	Decalogue	Drama	Not Rated	$89,815	15,459	$121,972
188	The Sidewalks of New York	Comedy	R	$80,053	13,778	$108,708
189	Wings of Courage	Drama	G	$65,030	11,193	$88,313
190	Ciao America	Drama	R	$54,965	9,460	$74,639
191	The Bank	Thriller/Suspense	Not Rated	$52,421	9,023	$71,191
192	An American Rhapsody	Drama	PG-13	$51,540	8,871	$69,992
193	Novocaine	Comedy	R	$51,265	8,824	$69,621
194	Interview with the Assassin	Thriller/Suspense	R	$47,329	8,146	$64,272
195	Astoria	Drama	R	$44,025	7,577	$59,783
196	La Ci�naga	Comedy	Not Rated	$36,404	6,266	$49,439
197	Zoolander	Comedy	PG-13	$34,612	5,957	$47,001
198	Together	Genre Unknown	R	$28,022	4,823	$38,053
199	Gabriela	Drama	R	$26,605	4,579	$36,128
200	The Calling	Drama	PG	$26,000	4,475	$35,308
201	All the Queen's Men	Comedy	PG-13	$22,723	3,911	$30,858
202	La B�che	Comedy	Not Rated	$21,711	3,737	$29,485
203	Aberdeen	Drama	Not Rated	$20,327	3,499	$27,607
204	Dinner Rush	Drama	R	$19,751	3,399	$26,818
205	Sonny	Drama	R	$17,639	3,036	$23,954
206	The Affair of the Necklace	Drama	R	$15,750	2,711	$21,390
207	Dayereh	Drama	Not Rated	$15,345	2,641	$20,837
208	30 Years to Life	Comedy	R	$12,732	2,191	$17,287
209	Bobby G. Can't Swim	Drama	R	$10,575	1,820	$14,360
210	Riri Shushu no subete	Drama	Not Rated	$9,763	1,680	$13,255
211	L.I.E.	Drama	Open	$8,628	1,485	$11,717
212	Joy Ride	Thriller/Suspense	R	$7,021	1,208	$9,531
213	Buddha Heads	Drama	Not Rated	$6,739	1,160	$9,152
214	My First Mister	Drama	R	$5,971	1,028	$8,111
215	Under the Sand	Drama	Not Rated	$5,647	972	$7,669
216	Dr�le de F�lix	Comedy		$5,364	923	$7,282
217	Cleopatra's Second Husband	Drama	Not Rated	$5,150	886	$6,991
218	Bangkok Dangerous	Action	R	$4,798	826	$6,517
219	The American Astronaut	Musical	Not Rated	$4,648	800	$6,312
220	Takht� siah	Drama	Not Rated	$3,417	588	$4,639
221	Ash Wednesday	Drama	R	$2,942	506	$3,992
222	The 4th Tenor	Comedy	PG-13	$2,152	370	$2,919
223	By Hook or by Crook	Drama	Not Rated	$1,802	310	$2,446
224	Blackwoods	Thriller/Suspense	R	$1,500	258	$2,036
225	Adanggaman	Drama	Not Rated	$904	156	$1,231
226	Besotted	Comedy	Not Rated	$656	113	$892
Total Gross of All Movies				$4,210,349,242
Total Tickets Sold					724,672,836
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices						$5,717,668,676

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.