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	$227,535,166	39,162,679	$281,188,035
2	Ice Age	Adventure	PG	$176,387,405	30,359,278	$217,979,616
3	Lilo & Stitch	Adventure	PG	$145,771,527	25,089,764	$180,144,506
4	xXx	Action	PG-13	$141,715,000	24,391,566	$175,131,444
5	Sweet Home Alabama	Comedy	PG-13	$125,415,296	21,586,109	$154,988,263
6	8 Mile	Drama	R	$114,707,095	19,743,046	$141,755,070
7	Panic Room	Thriller/Suspense	R	$95,308,367	16,404,194	$117,782,113
8	ET: The Extra-Terrestrial	Drama	PG	$75,752,422	13,038,283	$93,614,872
9	The Rookie	Drama	G	$75,597,042	13,011,539	$93,422,850
10	Barbershop	Comedy	PG-13	$75,228,991	12,948,191	$92,968,011
11	Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron	Adventure	G	$73,215,310	12,601,602	$90,479,502
12	John Q	Drama	PG-13	$71,026,631	12,224,893	$87,774,732
13	Changing Lanes	Thriller/Suspense	R	$66,790,248	11,495,740	$82,539,413
14	Maid in Manhattan	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$65,538,000	11,280,207	$80,991,886
15	Two Weeks Notice	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$54,917,000	9,452,151	$67,866,444
16	Like Mike	Comedy	PG	$51,432,423	8,852,396	$63,560,203
17	The Tuxedo	Action	PG-13	$50,189,179	8,638,413	$62,023,805
18	Big Fat Liar	Comedy	PG	$47,811,275	8,229,135	$59,085,189
19	Reign of Fire	Action	PG-13	$43,060,566	7,411,457	$53,214,261
20	The Royal Tenenbaums	Black Comedy	R	$41,563,435	7,153,775	$51,364,105
21	Drumline	Comedy	PG-13	$41,130,000	7,079,174	$50,828,469
22	Orange County	Comedy	PG-13	$41,032,915	7,062,464	$50,708,492
23	Windtalkers	Action	R	$40,911,830	7,041,623	$50,558,853
24	Gosford Park	Comedy	R	$40,775,720	7,018,196	$50,390,647
25	The Master of Disguise	Comedy	PG	$40,363,530	6,947,251	$49,881,262
26	I Am Sam	Drama	PG-13	$40,203,477	6,919,703	$49,683,468
27	Collateral Damage	Action	R	$40,048,332	6,893,000	$49,491,740
28	Enough	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$39,177,215	6,743,066	$48,415,214
29	Undercover Brother	Comedy	PG-13	$38,230,435	6,580,109	$47,245,183
30	Showtime	Comedy	PG-13	$37,948,765	6,531,629	$46,897,096
31	40 Days and 40 Nights	Romantic Comedy	R	$37,939,782	6,530,083	$46,885,996
32	Gangs of New York	Drama	R	$37,595,000	6,470,740	$46,459,913
33	Crossroads	Drama	PG-13	$37,188,667	6,400,803	$45,957,766
34	Clockstoppers	Adventure	PG	$36,985,501	6,365,835	$45,706,695
35	Murder by Numbers	Thriller/Suspense	R	$31,874,869	5,486,208	$39,390,973
36	One Hour Photo	Drama	R	$31,585,655	5,436,429	$39,033,560
37	Monster's Ball	Drama	R	$31,035,412	5,341,723	$38,353,571
38	The Banger Sisters	Comedy	R	$30,306,281	5,216,227	$37,452,510
39	Bad Company	Action	PG-13	$30,157,016	5,190,536	$37,268,048
40	Dragonfly	Drama	PG-13	$30,063,805	5,174,493	$37,152,860
41	Ghost Ship	Horror	R	$29,615,761	5,097,377	$36,599,167
42	The New Guy	Comedy	PG-13	$28,972,187	4,986,607	$35,803,838
43	Swimfan	Drama	PG-13	$28,563,926	4,916,338	$35,299,307
44	Brown Sugar	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$27,266,244	4,692,985	$33,695,632
45	All About the Benjamins	Comedy	R	$25,482,931	4,386,047	$31,491,817
46	The Hot Chick	Comedy	PG-13	$25,315,000	4,357,143	$31,284,287
47	The Transporter	Action	PG-13	$25,269,169	4,349,255	$31,227,651
48	Kate and Leopold	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$24,992,184	4,301,581	$30,885,352
49	The Sweetest Thing	Romantic Comedy	R	$24,430,272	4,204,866	$30,190,938
50	Eight Crazy Nights	Musical	PG-13	$23,341,502	4,017,470	$28,845,435
51	National Lampoon's Van Wilder	Comedy	R	$21,005,329	3,615,375	$25,958,393
52	Super Troopers	Comedy	R	$18,488,314	3,182,154	$22,847,866
53	Punch-Drunk Love	Comedy	R	$17,791,031	3,062,140	$21,986,165
54	Eight Legged Freaks	Comedy	PG-13	$17,266,505	2,971,860	$21,337,955
55	Serving Sara	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$16,930,185	2,913,973	$20,922,326
56	Amelie	Comedy	R	$16,894,711	2,907,868	$20,878,492
57	Monsters, Inc.	Adventure	G	$16,679,759	2,870,871	$20,612,854
58	Kung Pow: Enter the Fist	Comedy	PG-13	$16,033,556	2,759,648	$19,814,273
59	Half Past Dead	Action	PG-13	$15,361,537	2,643,982	$18,983,791
60	Empire	Drama	R	$15,170,025	2,611,020	$18,747,124
61	Life, or Something Like It	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$14,448,589	2,486,848	$17,855,569
62	Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever	Action	R	$14,294,842	2,460,386	$17,665,571
63	The Good Girl	Comedy	R	$14,015,786	2,412,356	$17,320,716
64	Stealing Harvard	Comedy	PG-13	$13,973,532	2,405,083	$17,268,496
65	Monsoon Wedding	Comedy	R	$13,876,974	2,388,464	$17,149,172
66	Y Tu Mama Tambien (And Your Mother Too)	Drama	R	$13,622,333	2,344,636	$16,834,486
67	Juwanna Man	Comedy	PG-13	$13,571,817	2,335,941	$16,772,056
68	FearDotCom	Horror	R	$13,208,023	2,273,326	$16,322,481
69	Frailty	Thriller/Suspense	R	$13,103,828	2,255,392	$16,193,715
70	They	Horror	PG-13	$12,649,674	2,177,224	$15,632,468
71	Undisputed	Drama	R	$12,398,628	2,134,015	$15,322,228
72	Knockaround Guys	Drama	R	$11,632,420	2,002,138	$14,375,351
73	How High	Comedy	R	$11,478,990	1,975,730	$14,185,741
74	Abandon	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$10,719,367	1,844,986	$13,246,999
75	Brotherhood of the Wolf	Action	R	$10,527,229	1,811,915	$13,009,550
76	Sorority Boys	Comedy	R	$10,198,766	1,755,381	$12,603,636
77	Far From Heaven	Drama	PG-13	$10,048,405	1,729,502	$12,417,824
78	Simone	Comedy	PG-13	$9,680,913	1,666,250	$11,963,675
79	The Majestic	Drama	PG	$8,882,434	1,528,818	$10,976,913
80	Death to Smoochy	Black Comedy	R	$8,355,815	1,438,178	$10,326,118
81	Behind Enemy Lines	Action	PG-13	$7,832,257	1,348,065	$9,679,107
82	Moonlight Mile	Drama	PG-13	$6,785,939	1,167,976	$8,386,068
83	Joe Somebody	Comedy	PG	$6,785,003	1,167,815	$8,384,912
84	Femme Fatale	Thriller/Suspense	R	$6,592,103	1,134,613	$8,146,521
85	Deuces Wild	Drama	R	$6,044,618	1,040,382	$7,469,943
86	Not Another Teen Movie	Comedy	R	$5,865,039	1,009,473	$7,248,016
87	Spirited Away	Adventure	PG	$5,392,006	928,056	$6,663,442
88	Formula 51	Action	R	$5,204,007	895,698	$6,431,112
89	Birthday Girl	Romantic Comedy	R	$4,919,896	846,798	$6,080,010
90	Hollywood Ending	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$4,839,383	832,940	$5,980,509
91	Slackers	Comedy	R	$4,814,244	828,613	$5,949,441
92	Extreme Ops	Action	PG-13	$4,771,567	821,268	$5,896,704
93	Igby Goes Down	Comedy	R	$4,681,503	805,766	$5,785,400
94	Italian for Beginners	Comedy	R	$4,447,186	765,436	$5,495,830
95	The Adventures of Pluto Nash	Comedy	PG-13	$4,411,102	759,226	$5,451,243
96	T-Rex: Back to the Cretaceous	Adventure	Not Rated	$4,323,925	744,221	$5,343,507
97	Men with Brooms	Comedy	R	$4,239,767	729,736	$5,239,504
98	Lovely and Amazing	Drama	R	$4,186,931	720,642	$5,174,210
99	Mostly Martha (Drei Sterne)	Comedy	PG	$4,131,636	711,125	$5,105,878
100	Thirteen Conversations About One Thing	Drama	R	$3,287,435	565,824	$4,062,616
101	American Adobo	Drama	R	$3,094,699	532,650	$3,824,427
102	Sunshine State	Drama	PG-13	$3,064,356	527,428	$3,786,933
103	Paid in Full	Drama	R	$3,042,188	523,612	$3,759,534
104	Tadpole	Comedy	PG-13	$2,810,893	483,803	$3,473,706
105	The Lion King (IMAX)	Adventure	G	$2,789,969	480,201	$3,447,843
106	Sex and Lucia	Drama	R	$2,628,241	452,365	$3,247,981
107	Full Frontal	Comedy	R	$2,506,446	431,402	$3,097,466
108	Shallow Hal	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$2,406,399	414,182	$2,973,827
109	Haunted Castle	Adventure	PG	$2,231,584	384,094	$2,757,795
110	State Property	Action	R	$2,099,719	361,397	$2,594,830
111	Black Knight	Comedy	PG-13	$1,834,034	315,669	$2,266,503
112	A Common Thread	Drama	Not Rated	$1,691,000	291,050	$2,089,739
113	Mulholland Drive	Drama	R	$1,611,535	277,373	$1,991,538
114	Late Marriage	Drama	Not Rated	$1,551,470	267,034	$1,917,304
115	Ararat	Drama	R	$1,459,463	251,198	$1,803,602
116	Cirque du Soleil - Journey of Man	Musical	G	$1,400,190	240,997	$1,730,358
117	Spy Game	Action	R	$1,384,775	238,343	$1,711,303
118	The Man from Elysian Fields	Comedy	R	$1,362,522	234,513	$1,683,803
119	Read My Lips	Drama	R	$1,359,133	233,930	$1,679,617
120	Talk to Her	Drama	R	$1,338,550	230,387	$1,654,179
121	Kandahar	Drama	Not Rated	$1,288,325	221,743	$1,592,115
122	The Singles Ward	Comedy	PG	$1,250,798	215,284	$1,545,739
123	Nine Queens	Drama	R	$1,221,261	210,200	$1,509,236
124	Roger Dodger	Black Comedy	R	$1,195,680	205,797	$1,477,622
125	Equilibrium	Action	R	$1,190,018	204,822	$1,470,622
126	Bollywood/Hollywood	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$1,161,947	199,991	$1,435,935
127	Crush	Romantic Comedy	R	$1,080,072	185,899	$1,334,755
128	My Wife is an Actress	Comedy	R	$1,054,763	181,543	$1,303,479
129	The Last Kiss	Drama	R	$1,046,734	180,161	$1,293,556
130	The Son's Room	Drama	R	$1,014,416	174,598	$1,253,614
131	Storytelling	Drama	R	$912,442	157,047	$1,127,597
132	No Man's Land	Drama	R	$824,950	141,988	$1,019,474
133	Kaante	Drama	R	$813,494	140,016	$1,005,315
134	Trouble Every Day	Horror	Not Rated	$794,563	136,758	$981,922
135	Cyberworld 3D	Adventure	Not Rated	$781,274	134,471	$965,502
136	Heaven	Thriller/Suspense	R	$774,317	133,273	$956,900
137	Time Changer	Drama	PG	$763,671	131,441	$943,746
138	Human Nature	Comedy	R	$695,876	119,772	$859,963
139	The Salton Sea	Thriller/Suspense	R	$676,698	116,471	$836,262
140	The Debut	Comedy	R	$672,645	115,774	$831,257
141	Savage Messiah	Drama	R	$666,850	114,776	$824,092
142	The Man Who Wasn't There	Drama	R	$634,024	109,126	$783,525
143	Son of the Bride	Comedy	R	$624,153	107,427	$771,326
144	Below	Horror	R	$589,424	101,450	$728,411
145	Forgive Me Father	Drama	R	$559,622	96,320	$691,578
146	Bread and Tulips	Comedy	PG-13	$532,788	91,702	$658,420
147	Domestic Disturbance	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$460,794	79,310	$569,446
148	The Believer	Drama	R	$406,035	69,886	$501,781
149	The Fluffer	Drama	R	$401,741	69,146	$496,468
150	The Devil's Backbone	Horror	R	$372,877	64,178	$460,798
151	Waking Life	Drama	R	$352,215	60,622	$435,266
152	Moulin Rouge	Musical	PG-13	$341,447	58,769	$421,961
153	The Business of Strangers	Drama	R	$332,153	57,169	$410,473
154	Out Cold	Comedy	PG-13	$325,786	56,073	$402,604
155	Alien Adventure	Adventure	Not Rated	$320,944	55,240	$396,623
156	Corky Romano	Comedy	PG-13	$319,442	54,981	$394,764
157	The Ch�teau	Comedy	R	$301,175	51,837	$372,190
158	The Bread, My Sweet	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$297,335	51,176	$367,444
159	Max Keeble's Big Move	Comedy	PG	$246,272	42,388	$304,346
160	Circuit	Drama	Not Rated	$235,087	40,462	$290,517
161	Fat Girl	Drama	Not Rated	$189,222	32,568	$233,838
162	Narc	Thriller/Suspense	R	$185,605	31,946	$229,372
163	The Business of Fancy Dancing	Drama	Not Rated	$174,682	30,066	$215,874
164	Cherish	Comedy	R	$160,268	27,585	$198,060
165	Beijing Bicycle	Drama	PG-13	$157,279	27,070	$194,363
166	All or Nothing	Drama	R	$153,063	26,345	$189,157
167	Across The Sea of Time	Drama	G	$144,847	24,931	$179,005
168	American Chai	Comedy	R	$125,996	21,686	$155,705
169	Russian Ark	Drama	Not Rated	$124,957	21,507	$154,420
170	Bandits	Comedy	PG-13	$120,948	20,817	$149,466
171	Va Savoir (Who Knows?)	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$120,591	20,756	$149,028
172	Amy's Orgasm	Romantic Comedy	R	$119,664	20,596	$147,879
173	Innocence	Drama	R	$113,668	19,564	$140,470
174	The Wash	Comedy	R	$108,155	18,615	$133,656
175	Baran	Drama	PG	$104,198	17,934	$128,766
176	Donnie Darko	Drama	R	$96,257	16,567	$118,951
177	Himalaya - l'enfance d'un chef	Drama	Not Rated	$92,215	15,872	$113,961
178	Decalogue	Drama	Not Rated	$89,815	15,459	$110,996
179	The Sidewalks of New York	Comedy	R	$80,053	13,778	$98,926
180	Wings of Courage	Drama	G	$65,030	11,193	$80,366
181	Ciao America	Drama	R	$54,965	9,460	$67,923
182	The Bank	Thriller/Suspense	Not Rated	$52,421	9,023	$64,785
183	An American Rhapsody	Drama	PG-13	$51,540	8,871	$63,694
184	Novocaine	Comedy	R	$51,265	8,824	$63,356
185	Astoria	Drama	R	$44,025	7,577	$54,403
186	The Swamp	Comedy	Not Rated	$36,404	6,266	$44,990
187	Zoolander	Comedy	PG-13	$34,612	5,957	$42,771
188	Together	Genre Unknown	R	$28,022	4,823	$34,629
189	Gabriela	Drama	R	$26,605	4,579	$32,877
190	The Calling	Drama	PG	$26,000	4,475	$32,131
191	All the Queen's Men	Comedy	PG-13	$22,723	3,911	$28,081
192	Season's Beatings	Comedy	Not Rated	$21,711	3,737	$26,832
193	Aberdeen	Drama	Not Rated	$20,327	3,499	$25,123
194	Dinner Rush	Drama	R	$19,751	3,399	$24,405
195	The Affair of the Necklace	Drama	R	$15,750	2,711	$19,465
196	The Circle	Drama	Not Rated	$15,345	2,641	$18,962
197	30 Years to Life	Comedy	R	$12,732	2,191	$15,731
198	Bobby G. Can't Swim	Drama	R	$10,575	1,820	$13,068
199	All About Lily Chou-Chou	Drama	Not Rated	$9,763	1,680	$12,062
200	L.I.E.	Drama	Open	$8,628	1,485	$10,662
201	Joy Ride	Thriller/Suspense	R	$7,021	1,208	$8,673
202	Buddha Heads	Drama	Not Rated	$6,739	1,160	$8,329
203	My First Mister	Drama	R	$5,971	1,028	$7,381
204	Under the Sand	Drama	Not Rated	$5,647	972	$6,979
205	The Adventures of Felix	Comedy		$5,364	923	$6,627
206	Cleopatra's Second Husband	Drama	Not Rated	$5,150	886	$6,361
207	Bangkok Dangerous	Action	R	$4,798	826	$5,931
208	The American Astronaut	Musical	Not Rated	$4,648	800	$5,744
209	Blackboards	Drama	Not Rated	$3,417	588	$4,222
210	Ash Wednesday	Drama	R	$2,942	506	$3,633
211	The 4th Tenor	Comedy	PG-13	$2,152	370	$2,657
212	By Hook or by Crook	Drama	Not Rated	$1,802	310	$2,226
213	Blackwoods	Thriller/Suspense	R	$1,500	258	$1,852
214	Adanggaman	Drama	Not Rated	$904	156	$1,120
215	Besotted	Comedy	Not Rated	$656	113	$811
Total Gross of All Movies				$3,404,980,287
Total Tickets Sold					586,055,115
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices						$4,207,875,726

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.