Box Office Performance for Science Fiction Movies in 2002

Rank	Movie	Genre	MPAA	2002 Gross	Tickets Sold	Inflation- Adjusted Gross
1	Men in Black 2	Action	PG-13	$190,418,803	32,774,321	$258,589,393
2	Minority Report	Action	PG-13	$132,014,112	22,721,878	$179,275,617
3	The Time Machine	Adventure	PG-13	$56,684,819	9,756,423	$76,978,177
4	The Tuxedo	Action	PG-13	$50,189,179	8,638,413	$68,157,079
5	Resident Evil	Horror	R	$39,532,308	6,804,184	$53,685,012
6	Clockstoppers	Adventure	PG	$36,985,501	6,365,835	$50,226,438
7	Star Trek: Nemesis	Adventure	PG-13	$36,602,531	6,299,919	$49,706,361
8	The Mothman Prophecies	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$35,228,696	6,063,459	$47,840,692
9	Rollerball	Action	PG-13	$18,990,542	3,268,596	$25,789,222
10	Solaris	Drama	PG-13	$14,830,374	2,552,560	$20,139,698
11	Simone	Comedy	PG-13	$9,680,913	1,666,250	$13,146,713
12	Star Wars: Attack of the Clones (IMAX)	Adventure	PG	$7,945,911	1,367,627	$10,790,577
13	Impostor	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$6,114,237	1,052,364	$8,303,152
14	The Adventures of Pluto Nash	Comedy	PG-13	$4,411,102	759,226	$5,990,293
15	T-Rex: Back to the Cretaceous	Adventure	Not Rated	$4,323,925	744,221	$5,871,904
16	Equilibrium	Action	R	$1,190,018	204,822	$1,616,046
17	Metropolis (2002)	Adventure	PG-13	$673,414	115,906	$914,498
18	Alien Adventure	Adventure	Not Rated	$320,944	55,240	$435,844
19	Planet of the Apes	Adventure	PG-13	$236,777	40,753	$321,541
Total Gross of All Movies				$646,374,106
Total Tickets Sold					111,251,997
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices						$877,778,256

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.