Box Office Performance for Original Screenplay Movies in 2002

Rank	Movie	Genre	MPAA	2002 Gross	Tickets Sold	Inflation- Adjusted Gross
1	Signs	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$227,746,423	39,266,625	$270,154,380
2	Ice Age	Adventure	PG	$176,387,405	30,411,622	$209,231,959
3	Lilo & Stitch	Adventure	PG	$145,771,527	25,133,022	$172,915,191
4	xXx	Action	PG-13	$141,930,000	24,470,690	$168,358,347
5	Sweet Home Alabama	Comedy	PG-13	$126,086,880	21,739,117	$149,565,125
6	8 Mile	Drama	R	$115,270,265	19,874,184	$136,734,386
7	Panic Room	Thriller/Suspense	R	$95,308,367	16,432,477	$113,055,442
8	Maid in Manhattan	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$76,328,613	13,160,106	$90,541,529
9	ET: The Extra-Terrestrial	Drama	PG	$75,913,517	13,088,537	$90,049,135
10	The Rookie	Drama	G	$75,597,042	13,033,973	$89,673,734
11	Barbershop	Comedy	PG-13	$75,228,991	12,970,516	$89,237,150
12	Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron	Adventure	G	$73,215,310	12,623,329	$86,848,504
13	John Q	Drama	PG-13	$71,026,631	12,245,971	$84,252,280
14	Two Weeks Notice	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$68,810,079	11,863,807	$81,622,992
15	Changing Lanes	Thriller/Suspense	R	$66,790,248	11,515,560	$79,227,053
16	Like Mike	Comedy	PG	$51,432,423	8,867,659	$61,009,494
17	The Tuxedo	Action	PG-13	$50,189,179	8,653,307	$59,534,752
18	Big Fat Liar	Comedy	PG	$47,811,275	8,243,323	$56,714,062
19	Drumline	Comedy	PG-13	$47,539,218	8,196,417	$56,391,349
20	Gangs of New York	Drama	R	$47,082,059	8,117,596	$55,849,060
21	Reign of Fire	Action	PG-13	$43,061,982	7,424,480	$51,080,422
22	The Royal Tenenbaums	Black Comedy	R	$41,563,435	7,166,109	$49,302,830
23	Orange County	Comedy	PG-13	$41,059,716	7,079,261	$48,705,316
24	Windtalkers	Action	R	$40,914,068	7,054,150	$48,532,552
25	Gosford Park	Comedy	R	$40,775,720	7,030,297	$48,368,443
26	The Master of Disguise	Comedy	PG	$40,363,530	6,959,229	$47,879,496
27	I Am Sam	Drama	PG-13	$40,203,477	6,931,634	$47,689,642
28	Collateral Damage	Action	R	$40,048,332	6,904,885	$47,505,609
29	Enough	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$39,177,215	6,754,692	$46,472,281
30	Undercover Brother	Comedy	PG-13	$38,230,435	6,591,454	$45,349,204
31	Showtime	Comedy	PG-13	$37,948,765	6,542,891	$45,015,090
32	40 Days and 40 Nights	Romantic Comedy	R	$37,939,782	6,541,342	$45,004,433
33	Crossroads	Drama	PG-13	$37,188,667	6,411,839	$44,113,452
34	Clockstoppers	Adventure	PG	$36,985,501	6,376,811	$43,872,460
35	Murder by Numbers	Thriller/Suspense	R	$31,874,869	5,495,667	$37,810,189
36	One Hour Photo	Drama	R	$31,597,131	5,447,781	$37,480,733
37	Monster's Ball	Drama	R	$31,056,370	5,354,547	$36,839,283
38	The Banger Sisters	Comedy	R	$30,306,281	5,225,221	$35,949,520
39	Bad Company	Action	PG-13	$30,157,016	5,199,486	$35,772,464
40	Dragonfly	Drama	PG-13	$30,063,805	5,183,415	$35,661,895
41	Ghost Ship	Horror	R	$29,879,445	5,151,628	$35,443,201
42	The Hot Chick	Comedy	PG-13	$29,852,872	5,147,047	$35,411,683
43	The New Guy	Comedy	PG-13	$28,972,187	4,995,205	$34,367,010
44	Swimfan	Drama	PG-13	$28,563,926	4,924,815	$33,882,727
45	Brown Sugar	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$27,307,799	4,708,241	$32,392,698
46	All About the Benjamins	Comedy	R	$25,482,931	4,393,609	$30,228,030
47	The Transporter	Action	PG-13	$25,283,880	4,359,290	$29,991,915
48	Kate and Leopold	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$24,992,184	4,308,997	$29,645,899
49	The Sweetest Thing	Romantic Comedy	R	$24,430,272	4,212,116	$28,979,358
50	Eight Crazy Nights	Musical	PG-13	$23,443,124	4,041,918	$27,808,396
51	National Lampoon's Van Wilder	Comedy	R	$21,005,329	3,621,608	$24,916,663
52	Super Troopers	Comedy	R	$18,492,362	3,188,338	$21,935,765
53	Punch-Drunk Love	Comedy	R	$17,791,031	3,067,419	$21,103,843
54	Eight Legged Freaks	Comedy	PG-13	$17,266,505	2,976,984	$20,481,650
55	Serving Sara	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$16,930,185	2,918,997	$20,082,699
56	Amelie	Comedy	R	$16,894,711	2,912,881	$20,040,621
57	Monsters, Inc.	Adventure	G	$16,679,759	2,875,821	$19,785,648
58	Empire	Drama	R	$16,611,085	2,863,980	$19,704,182
59	Kung Pow: Enter the Fist	Comedy	PG-13	$16,033,556	2,764,406	$19,019,113
60	Half Past Dead	Action	PG-13	$15,361,537	2,648,541	$18,221,962
61	Life, or Something Like It	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$14,448,589	2,491,136	$17,139,016
62	Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever	Action	R	$14,294,842	2,464,628	$16,956,641
63	The Good Girl	Comedy	R	$14,018,296	2,416,948	$16,628,602
64	Stealing Harvard	Comedy	PG-13	$13,973,532	2,409,230	$16,575,502
65	Monsoon Wedding	Comedy	R	$13,876,974	2,392,582	$16,460,964
66	Y Tu Mama Tambien (And Your Mother Too)	Drama	R	$13,649,881	2,353,428	$16,191,585
67	Juwanna Man	Comedy	PG-13	$13,571,817	2,339,968	$16,098,980
68	FearDotCom	Horror	R	$13,208,023	2,277,245	$15,667,446
69	Frailty	Thriller/Suspense	R	$13,103,828	2,259,281	$15,543,853
70	They	Horror	PG-13	$12,693,621	2,188,555	$15,057,258
71	Undisputed	Drama	R	$12,398,628	2,137,694	$14,707,335
72	Knockaround Guys	Drama	R	$11,660,180	2,010,376	$13,831,387
73	How High	Comedy	R	$11,478,990	1,979,136	$13,616,456
74	Far From Heaven	Drama	PG-13	$11,230,060	1,936,217	$13,321,173
75	Cinema Paradiso	Drama	R	$10,771,665	1,857,184	$12,777,426
76	Abandon	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$10,719,367	1,848,167	$12,715,389
77	Brotherhood of the Wolf	Action	R	$10,527,229	1,815,039	$12,487,468
78	Sorority Boys	Comedy	R	$10,198,766	1,758,408	$12,097,847
79	Simone	Comedy	PG-13	$9,680,913	1,669,123	$11,483,566
80	The Majestic	Drama	PG	$8,882,434	1,531,454	$10,536,404
81	Death to Smoochy	Black Comedy	R	$8,355,815	1,440,658	$9,911,727
82	Behind Enemy Lines	Action	PG-13	$7,832,257	1,350,389	$9,290,676
83	Moonlight Mile	Drama	PG-13	$6,785,939	1,169,989	$8,049,524
84	Joe Somebody	Comedy	PG	$6,785,003	1,169,828	$8,048,417
85	Femme Fatale	Thriller/Suspense	R	$6,592,103	1,136,569	$7,819,595
86	Deuces Wild	Drama	R	$6,044,618	1,042,176	$7,170,171
87	The Lion King (IMAX)	Adventure	G	$5,986,626	1,032,177	$7,101,378
88	Not Another Teen Movie	Comedy	R	$5,865,039	1,011,214	$6,957,152
89	Spirited Away	Adventure	PG	$5,462,320	941,779	$6,479,440
90	Formula 51	Action	R	$5,204,007	897,243	$6,173,032
91	Birthday Girl	Romantic Comedy	R	$4,919,896	848,258	$5,836,015
92	Hollywood Ending	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$4,839,383	834,376	$5,740,507
93	Slackers	Comedy	R	$4,814,244	830,042	$5,710,689
94	Extreme Ops	Action	PG-13	$4,808,772	829,099	$5,704,201
95	Igby Goes Down	Comedy	R	$4,681,503	807,156	$5,553,233
96	Italian for Beginners	Comedy	R	$4,447,186	766,756	$5,275,281
97	The Adventures of Pluto Nash	Comedy	PG-13	$4,411,102	760,535	$5,232,481
98	T-Rex: Back to the Cretaceous	Adventure	Not Rated	$4,323,925	745,504	$5,129,068
99	Men with Brooms	Comedy	R	$4,239,767	730,994	$5,029,239
100	Lovely and Amazing	Drama	R	$4,210,379	725,927	$4,994,378
101	Mostly Martha (Drei Sterne)	Comedy	PG	$4,139,417	713,693	$4,910,208
102	Thirteen Conversations About One Thing	Drama	R	$3,287,435	566,799	$3,899,577
103	American Adobo	Drama	R	$3,094,699	533,569	$3,670,955
104	Sunshine State	Drama	PG-13	$3,064,356	528,337	$3,634,959
105	Paid in Full	Drama	R	$3,042,188	524,515	$3,608,663
106	Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham	Drama	Not Rated	$2,862,000	493,448	$3,394,922
107	Tadpole	Comedy	PG-13	$2,810,893	484,637	$3,334,303
108	Sex and Lucia	Drama	R	$2,628,241	453,145	$3,117,638
109	Full Frontal	Comedy	R	$2,512,846	433,249	$2,980,753
110	Shallow Hal	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$2,406,399	414,896	$2,854,484
111	Hable con ella	Drama	R	$2,304,186	397,273	$2,733,238
112	Haunted Castle	Adventure	PG	$2,251,584	388,204	$2,670,844
113	State Property	Action	R	$2,099,719	362,021	$2,490,704
114	Black Knight	Comedy	PG-13	$1,834,034	316,213	$2,175,545
115	Mulholland Drive	Drama	R	$1,611,535	277,851	$1,911,615
116	Late Marriage	Drama	Not Rated	$1,551,470	267,495	$1,840,366
117	Ararat	Drama	R	$1,510,307	260,398	$1,791,538
118	Cirque du Soleil - Journey of Man	Musical	G	$1,400,190	241,412	$1,660,915
119	The Man from Elysian Fields	Comedy	R	$1,397,734	240,989	$1,658,004
120	Spy Game	Action	R	$1,384,775	238,754	$1,642,628
121	Read My Lips	Drama	R	$1,359,133	234,333	$1,612,211
122	Kandahar	Drama	Not Rated	$1,288,325	222,125	$1,528,220
123	The Singles Ward	Comedy	PG	$1,250,798	215,655	$1,483,706
124	Nine Queens	Drama	R	$1,222,889	210,843	$1,450,600
125	Roger Dodger	Black Comedy	R	$1,222,817	210,831	$1,450,517
126	Equilibrium	Action	R	$1,190,018	205,176	$1,411,611
127	Bollywood/Hollywood	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$1,161,947	200,336	$1,378,312
128	Crush	Romantic Comedy	R	$1,081,130	186,402	$1,282,446
129	My Wife is an Actress	Comedy	R	$1,056,063	182,080	$1,252,710
130	The Last Kiss	Drama	R	$1,048,950	180,853	$1,244,269
131	The Son's Room	Drama	R	$1,014,416	174,899	$1,203,305
132	Kaante	Drama	R	$944,272	162,806	$1,120,105
133	Storytelling	Drama	R	$912,442	157,318	$1,082,348
134	No Man's Land	Drama	R	$832,601	143,552	$987,638
135	Trouble Every Day	Horror	Not Rated	$794,563	136,994	$942,519
136	Cyberworld 3D	Adventure	Not Rated	$781,274	134,702	$926,750
137	Heaven	Thriller/Suspense	R	$774,317	133,503	$918,501
138	Time Changer	Drama	PG	$763,671	131,667	$905,869
139	Human Nature	Comedy	R	$705,308	121,605	$836,642
140	A Common Thread	Drama	Not Rated	$700,000	120,690	$830,347
141	The Salton Sea	Thriller/Suspense	R	$676,698	116,672	$802,703
142	The Debut	Comedy	R	$672,645	115,973	$797,894
143	Savage Messiah	Drama	R	$666,850	114,974	$791,021
144	The Man Who Wasn't There	Drama	R	$634,024	109,314	$752,080
145	Son of the Bride	Comedy	R	$624,153	107,613	$740,377
146	Below	Horror	R	$589,424	101,625	$699,180
147	Forgive Me Father	Drama	R	$559,622	96,487	$663,831
148	Bread and Tulips	Comedy	PG-13	$532,788	91,860	$631,997
149	Domestic Disturbance	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$460,794	79,447	$546,595
150	The Believer	Drama	R	$406,035	70,006	$481,641
151	The Fluffer	Drama	R	$401,741	69,266	$476,550
152	The Devil's Backbone	Horror	R	$372,877	64,289	$442,308
153	Waking Life	Drama	R	$352,215	60,727	$417,802
154	Moulin Rouge	Musical	PG-13	$341,447	58,870	$405,026
155	The Business of Strangers	Drama	R	$332,153	57,268	$394,004
156	Out Cold	Comedy	PG-13	$328,918	56,710	$390,165
157	Alien Adventure	Adventure	Not Rated	$324,344	55,921	$384,736
158	Corky Romano	Comedy	PG-13	$319,442	55,076	$378,923
159	Narc	Thriller/Suspense	R	$315,168	54,339	$373,852
160	The Château	Comedy	R	$301,175	51,927	$357,258
161	The Bread, My Sweet	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$297,335	51,265	$352,703
162	Max Keeble's Big Move	Comedy	PG	$246,272	42,461	$292,132
163	Circuit	Drama		$235,087	40,532	$278,860
164	Russian Ark	Drama	Not Rated	$189,588	32,688	$224,893
165	Fat Girl	Drama	Not Rated	$189,222	32,624	$224,453
166	The Business of Fancy Dancing	Drama		$174,682	30,118	$207,212
167	Cherish	Comedy	R	$160,268	27,632	$190,108
168	Beijing Bicycle	Drama	PG-13	$157,279	27,117	$186,565
169	All or Nothing	Drama	R	$153,063	26,390	$181,563
170	Across The Sea of Time	Drama	G	$144,847	24,974	$171,821
171	American Chai	Comedy	R	$125,996	21,723	$149,454
172	Bandits	Comedy	PG-13	$120,948	20,853	$143,469
173	Va Savoir (Who Knows?)	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$120,591	20,792	$143,049
174	Amy's Orgasm	Romantic Comedy	R	$119,664	20,632	$141,948
175	Innocence	Drama	R	$113,668	19,598	$134,834
176	The Wash	Comedy	R	$108,155	18,647	$128,291
177	Baran	Drama	PG	$104,198	17,965	$123,599
178	Himalaya - l'enfance d'un chef	Drama	Not Rated	$98,403	16,966	$116,726
179	Donnie Darko	Drama	R	$96,257	16,596	$114,180
180	Decalogue	Drama	Not Rated	$91,401	15,759	$108,422
181	The Sidewalks of New York	Comedy	R	$80,053	13,802	$94,958
182	Wings of Courage	Drama	G	$65,030	11,212	$77,139
183	Ciao America	Drama	R	$54,965	9,477	$65,202
184	The Bank	Thriller/Suspense		$52,421	9,038	$62,181
185	An American Rhapsody	Drama	PG-13	$51,540	8,886	$61,136
186	Novocaine	Comedy	R	$51,265	8,839	$60,812
187	Zoolander	Comedy	PG-13	$44,121	7,607	$52,336
188	Astoria	Drama	R	$44,025	7,591	$52,226
189	Dinner Rush	Drama	R	$42,037	7,248	$49,866
190	The Swamp	Comedy		$36,404	6,277	$43,186
191	Together	Genre Unknown	R	$30,628	5,281	$36,333
192	Gabriela	Drama	R	$27,237	4,696	$32,308
193	All the Queen's Men	Comedy	PG-13	$22,723	3,918	$26,956
194	Season's Beatings	Comedy		$21,711	3,743	$25,752
195	The Calling	Drama	PG	$21,500	3,707	$25,504
196	Aberdeen	Drama		$20,327	3,505	$24,114
197	The Affair of the Necklace	Drama	R	$15,750	2,716	$18,686
198	The Circle	Drama	Not Rated	$15,345	2,646	$18,204
199	30 Years to Life	Comedy	R	$12,732	2,195	$15,102
200	Bobby G. Can't Swim	Drama	R	$10,575	1,823	$12,542
201	All About Lily Chou-Chou	Drama		$9,763	1,683	$11,579
202	L.I.E.	Drama	Open	$8,507	1,467	$10,093
203	Joy Ride	Thriller/Suspense	R	$7,021	1,211	$8,332
204	Buddha Heads	Drama		$6,739	1,162	$7,995
205	My First Mister	Drama	R	$5,971	1,029	$7,080
206	Under the Sand	Drama	Not Rated	$5,647	974	$6,701
207	The Adventures of Felix	Comedy		$5,364	925	$6,364
208	Cleopatra's Second Husband	Drama		$5,150	888	$6,109
209	Bangkok Dangerous	Action	R	$4,798	827	$5,690
210	The American Astronaut	Musical		$4,648	801	$5,511
211	Blackboards	Drama		$3,417	589	$4,052
212	Ash Wednesday	Drama	R	$2,942	507	$3,488
213	The 4th Tenor	Comedy	PG-13	$2,152	371	$2,552
214	By Hook or by Crook	Drama		$1,802	311	$2,140
215	Adanggaman	Drama		$904	156	$1,073
216	Besotted	Comedy		$656	113	$777
Total Gross of All Movies				$3,472,607,997
Total Tickets Sold					598,725,523
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices						$4,119,231,598

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.