Box Office Performance for Science Fiction 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	$373,435,541
2	Signs	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$227,535,166	39,162,679	$281,188,035
3	Austin Powers in Goldmember	Comedy	PG-13	$213,079,163	36,674,555	$263,323,305
4	Men in Black 2	Adventure	PG-13	$190,418,803	32,774,321	$235,319,625
5	Minority Report	Action	PG-13	$132,014,112	22,721,878	$163,143,084
6	ET: The Extra-Terrestrial	Drama	PG	$75,752,422	13,038,283	$93,614,872
7	The Time Machine	Adventure	PG-13	$56,684,819	9,756,423	$70,051,117
8	The Tuxedo	Action	PG-13	$50,189,179	8,638,413	$62,023,805
9	Resident Evil	Horror	R	$39,532,308	6,804,184	$48,854,041
10	Clockstoppers	Adventure	PG	$36,985,501	6,365,835	$45,706,695
11	Star Trek: Nemesis	Adventure	PG-13	$36,602,531	6,299,919	$45,233,418
12	The Mothman Prophecies	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$35,228,696	6,063,459	$43,535,636
13	Rollerball	Action	PG-13	$18,990,542	3,268,596	$23,468,519
14	Solaris	Drama	PG-13	$14,830,374	2,552,560	$18,327,381
15	Simone	Comedy	PG-13	$9,680,913	1,666,250	$11,963,675
16	Star Wars: Attack of the Clones (IMAX)	Adventure	PG	$7,945,911	1,367,627	$9,819,562
17	Impostor	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$6,114,237	1,052,364	$7,555,974
18	The Adventures of Pluto Nash	Comedy	PG-13	$4,411,102	759,226	$5,451,243
19	T-Rex: Back to the Cretaceous	Adventure	Not Rated	$4,323,925	744,221	$5,343,507
20	Equilibrium	Action	R	$1,190,018	204,822	$1,470,622
21	Metropolis (2002)	Adventure	PG-13	$673,414	115,906	$832,205
22	Alien Adventure	Adventure	Not Rated	$320,944	55,240	$396,623
23	Planet of the Apes	Adventure	PG-13	$236,777	40,753	$292,607
Total Gross of All Movies				$1,464,921,982
Total Tickets Sold					252,138,035
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices						$1,810,351,091

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.