Movie Theatrical Release Schedule for 2002
| Release Date | Movie | Distributor | Domestic Box Office to Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| January 2002 | |||
| January 1 | Beauty and the Beast (IMAX, re-release) | Walt Disney | $206,333,165 |
| During 2002 | Frank McKlusky C.I. (Wide) | Walt Disney | |
| January 4 | Impostor (Wide) | Miramax | $6,114,237 |
| January 11 | Orange County (Wide) | Paramount Pictures | $41,059,716 |
| What Time is it There? (Wide) | $193,047 | ||
| Brotherhood of the Wolf (Limited) | Universal | $10,948,847 | |
| Steel Spirit (Limited) | Cinema Guild | $1,860 | |
| January 13 | Wise Girls (Festival Screening) | ||
| January 16 | The Farewell (Wide) | $10,952 | |
| January 18 | Italian for Beginners (Wide) | Miramax | $4,447,186 |
| Snow Dogs (Wide) | Walt Disney | $81,150,692 | |
| State Property (Wide) | Lionsgate | $2,099,719 | |
| Time of Favor (Wide) | $137,340 | ||
| Black Hawk Down (Expands Wide) | Sony Pictures | $108,638,745 | |
| January 25 | American Adobo (Wide) | Outrider Pictures | $3,094,699 |
| The Count of Monte Cristo (Wide) | Walt Disney | $54,228,104 | |
| Hey Happy! (Wide) | $2,241 | ||
| Hometown Legend (Wide) | $96,429 | ||
| Kung Pow: Enter the Fist (Wide) | 20th Century Fox | $16,033,556 | |
| Metropolis (2002) (Wide) | Sony Pictures | $673,414 | |
| The Mothman Prophecies (Wide) | Sony Pictures | $35,228,696 | |
| Beijing Bicycle (Wide) | Sony Pictures Classics | $157,279 | |
| The Son's Room (Wide) | Miramax | $1,014,416 | |
| Storytelling (Wide) | Fine Line | $912,442 | |
| A Walk to Remember (Wide) | Warner Bros. | $41,227,069 | |
| February 2002 | |||
| February 1 | Birthday Girl (Wide) | Miramax | $4,919,896 |
| A Rumor of Angels (Wide) | MGM | $38,247 | |
| The Singles Ward (Wide) | Halestorm Entertainment | $1,250,798 | |
| Slackers (Wide) | Sony Pictures | $4,814,244 | |
| Taliesin Jones (Wide) | $75,717 | ||
| February 8 | Big Fat Liar (Wide) | Universal | $47,811,275 |
| Collateral Damage (Wide) | Warner Bros. | $40,048,332 | |
| Rollerball (Wide) | MGM | $18,990,542 | |
| Scotland, PA (Wide) | $384,098 | ||
| Shiri (Wide) | $97,152 | ||
| February 15 | Crossroads (Wide) | Paramount Pictures | $37,188,667 |
| Hart's War (Wide) | MGM | $19,076,815 | |
| John Q (Wide) | New Line | $71,026,631 | |
| The Last Man (Wide) | $3,908 | ||
| Last Orders (Wide) | Sony Pictures Classics | $2,326,407 | |
| Peter Pan: Return to Neverland (Wide) | Walt Disney | $48,430,258 | |
| Scratch (Wide) | $289,885 | ||
| Super Troopers (Wide) | Fox Searchlight | $18,492,362 | |
| February 22 | The Cherry Orchard (Wide) | $131,188 | |
| Dragonfly (Wide) | Universal | $30,063,805 | |
| How to Kill Your Neighbor's Dog (Wide) | $48,564 | ||
| Maryam (Wide) | $129,265 | ||
| Mean Machine (Wide) | $92,723 | ||
| Monsoon Wedding (Wide) | USA Films | $13,876,974 | |
| Queen of the Damned (Wide) | Warner Bros. | $30,307,804 | |
| Sex with Strangers (Wide) | $247,740 | ||
| Big Bad Love (Limited) | IFC Films | $104,294 | |
| March 2002 | |||
| March 1 | 40 Days and 40 Nights (Wide) | Miramax | $37,939,782 |
| Borstal Boy (Wide) | Strand Releasing | $87,074 | |
| Esther Kahn (Wide) | $9,033 | ||
| Gentleman Bandit (Wide) | $1,663 | ||
| Pepe Le Moko (Wide, re-release) | $153,936 | ||
| Ram Dass (Wide) | $236,103 | ||
| We Were Soldiers (Wide) | Paramount Pictures | $78,120,196 | |
| Wendigo (Wide) | $99,958 | ||
| The Calling (Exclusive) | Testimony Pictures | $32,092 | |
| March 8 | All About the Benjamins (Wide) | New Line | $25,482,931 |
| Festival in Cannes (Wide) | $298,971 | ||
| Men with Brooms (Wide) | Artisan | $4,239,767 | |
| The Time Machine (Wide) | Dreamworks SKG | $56,684,819 | |
| The Wetonkawa Flash (Wide) | Indican Pictures | $5,030 | |
| Miss Wonton (Limited) | Dreamchamber Films | $3,278 | |
| March 13 | Kissing Jessica Stein (Wide) | Fox Searchlight | $7,025,722 |
| March 15 | Harrison's Flowers (Wide) | Universal | $1,843,570 |
| Ice Age (Wide) | 20th Century Fox | $176,387,405 | |
| Pauline and Paulette (Wide) | $139,493 | ||
| Promises (Wide) | $243,769 | ||
| Resident Evil (Wide) | Sony Pictures | $40,119,709 | |
| Showtime (Wide) | Warner Bros. | $37,948,765 | |
| Y Tu Mama Tambien (And Your Mother Too) (Wide) | IFC Films | $13,649,881 | |
| Yellow Asphalt (Wide) | $8,172 | ||
| March 22 | Blade 2 (Wide) | New Line | $81,676,888 |
| ET: The Extra-Terrestrial (Wide, re-release) | Universal | $439,801,744 | |
| Margarita Happy Hour (Wide) | $10,668 | ||
| Son of the Bride (Wide) | Sony Pictures Classics | $624,153 | |
| Sorority Boys (Wide) | Walt Disney | $10,198,766 | |
| Stolen Summer (Wide) | Miramax | $119,841 | |
| March 29 | Clockstoppers (Wide) | Paramount Pictures | $36,985,501 |
| Death to Smoochy (Wide) | Warner Bros. | $8,355,815 | |
| Drift (Wide) | $41,320 | ||
| No Such Thing (Wide) | MGM | $60,006 | |
| Panic Room (Wide) | Sony Pictures | $95,308,367 | |
| The Piano Teacher (Wide) | Kino International | $1,900,282 | |
| The Rookie (Wide) | Walt Disney | $75,600,072 | |
| Teddy Bears' Picnic (Wide) | $28,043 | ||
| Time Out (Wide) | $448,375 | ||
| Very Annie-Mary (Wide) | $35,384 | ||
| April 2002 | |||
| April 5 | American Chai (Wide) | Magic Lamp | $125,996 |
| Astoria (Wide) | Distributor Unknown | $44,025 | |
| Big Trouble (Wide) | Walt Disney | $7,262,288 | |
| Crush (Wide) | Sony Pictures Classics | $1,081,130 | |
| High Crimes (Wide) | 20th Century Fox | $41,543,207 | |
| John Sayles Retrospective (Wide) | $8,258 | ||
| Komediant (Wide) | $119,377 | ||
| The Last Waltz (Wide, re-release) | MGM | $321,952 | |
| Lucky Break (Wide) | Paramount Pictures | $54,606 | |
| National Lampoon's Van Wilder (Wide) | Artisan | $21,305,259 | |
| Swimming (Wide) | $161,483 | ||
| Amadeus (Limited, re-release) | Warner Bros. | $51,973,029 | |
| April 12 | The Cat's Meow (Wide) | Lionsgate | $3,176,936 |
| Changing Lanes (Wide) | Paramount Pictures | $66,790,248 | |
| The Earth Will Swallow You (Wide) | $71,332 | ||
| Echoes (Wide) | $780 | ||
| For Da Love of Money (Wide) | $27,500 | ||
| Frailty (Wide) | Lionsgate | $13,110,448 | |
| Human Nature (Wide) | Fine Line | $705,308 | |
| Mule Skinner Blues (Wide) | $10,106 | ||
| New Best Friend (Wide) | Sony Pictures | $28,658 | |
| Outta Time (Wide) | $4,052 | ||
| The Sweetest Thing (Wide) | Sony Pictures | $24,430,272 | |
| April 16 | Caravaggio (Wide, re-release) | Zeitgeist | $3,151 |
| April 17 | The Triumph of Love (Wide) | $446,942 | |
| April 19 | Chelsea Walls (Wide) | Lionsgate | $59,675 |
| Divorce: The Musical (Wide) | $23,144 | ||
| Enigma (Wide) | Miramax | $4,298,329 | |
| Girls Can't Swim (Wide) | $68,460 | ||
| Joshua (Wide) | Artisan | $1,366,733 | |
| Murder by Numbers (Wide) | Warner Bros. | $31,874,869 | |
| Murderous Maids (Wide) | $225,390 | ||
| The Scorpion King (Wide) | Universal | $90,580,000 | |
| Spooky House (Wide) | $65,875 | ||
| World Traveler (Wide) | $97,000 | ||
| The Attic Expeditions (Limited) | DEJ Productions | ||
| My Big Fat Greek Wedding (Limited) | IFC Films | $241,438,208 | |
| Nine Queens (Limited) | Sony Pictures Classics | $1,222,889 | |
| Space Station (IMAX) | IMAX Films | $93,231,060 | |
| April 20 | Lewis & Clark: Great Journey West (IMAX) | ||
| April 26 | Circuit (Wide) | Jour de Fete | $235,087 |
| Dogtown and Z-Boys (Wide) | Sony Pictures Classics | $1,293,295 | |
| Freshman (Wide) | $1,392 | ||
| Jason X (Wide) | New Line | $13,121,555 | |
| Lansdown (Wide) | Outrider Pictures | $12,614 | |
| Life, or Something Like It (Wide) | 20th Century Fox | $14,448,589 | |
| Night at the Golden Eagle (Wide) | $16,241 | ||
| Rain (Wide) | $453,517 | ||
| The Salton Sea (Wide) | Warner Bros. | $676,698 | |
| Savage Messiah (Wide) | Christal Films | $666,850 | |
| Some Body (Wide) | $11,696 | ||
| Vulgar (Wide) | $14,904 | ||
| May 2002 | |||
| May 1 | Green Dragon (Wide) | $248,379 | |
| May 3 | ABC Africa (Wide) | New Yorker | $8,886 |
| Deuces Wild (Wide) | MGM | $6,044,618 | |
| Fleeing by Night (Wide) | $16,063 | ||
| Hollywood Ending (Wide) | Dreamworks SKG | $4,839,383 | |
| Home Movie (Wide) | $118,022 | ||
| The Mystic Masseur (Wide) | $398,610 | ||
| Spider-Man (Wide) | Sony Pictures | $405,930,363 | |
| Warm Water Under a Red Bridge (Wide) | $62,044 | ||
| May 8 | Unfaithful (Wide) | 20th Century Fox | $52,752,475 |
| May 10 | Blackwoods (Wide) | ThinkFilm | $1,500 |
| The Business of Fancy Dancing (Wide) | Outrider Pictures | $187,858 | |
| The Cockettes (Wide) | $220,077 | ||
| The Fast Runner (Wide) | Lot 47 Films | $3,786,801 | |
| Hybrid (Wide) | Indican Pictures | $162,605 | |
| Janice Beard (Wide) | $11,756 | ||
| The Lady and the Duke (Wide) | $329,845 | ||
| The New Guy (Wide) | Sony Pictures | $28,972,187 | |
| Umberto D (Wide, re-release) | $74,308 | ||
| Blackboards (Limited) | Leisure Time Features | $21,324 | |
| ESPN's Ultimate X - The Movie (IMAX) | Walt Disney | $4,197,175 | |
| May 16 | Star Wars Ep. II: Attack of the Clones (Wide) | 20th Century Fox | $310,676,740 |
| May 17 | About a Boy (Wide) | Universal | $40,803,000 |
| The Believer (Wide) | Sony Pictures | $406,035 | |
| Days of Nick Drake (Wide) | $17,384 | ||
| Harvard Man (Wide) | $56,653 | ||
| Late Marriage (Wide) | Magnolia Pictures | $1,551,470 | |
| Standing by Yourself (Wide) | $2,500 | ||
| May 22 | The Importance of Being Earnest (Wide) | Miramax | $8,378,141 |
| May 24 | Bartleby (Wide) | Outrider Pictures | $141,367 |
| CQ (Wide) | MGM | $411,034 | |
| Enough (Wide) | Sony Pictures | $39,177,215 | |
| Insomnia (Wide) | Warner Bros. | $67,263,182 | |
| Master of the Flying Guillotine (Wide) | $20,665 | ||
| Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron (Wide) | Dreamworks SKG | $73,215,310 | |
| Thirteen Conversations About One Thing (Wide) | Sony Pictures Classics | $3,287,435 | |
| Sia, The Dream of the Python (Limited) | ArtMattan Films | $4,662 | |
| May 29 | Elling (Wide) | $313,436 | |
| The Next Big Thing (Wide) | $9,763 | ||
| May 31 | Nijinsky (Wide) | $55,068 | |
| The Sum of All Fears (Wide) | Paramount Pictures | $118,471,320 | |
| Undercover Brother (Wide) | Universal | $38,230,435 | |
| May TBD | Until Morning (Limited) | ||
| June 2002 | |||
| June 7 | 30 Years to Life (Wide) | $99,023 | |
| Bad Company (Wide) | Walt Disney | $30,157,016 | |
| Cherish (Wide) | Fine Line | $160,268 | |
| The Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood (Wide) | Warner Bros. | $69,586,544 | |
| Ivan's XTC (Wide) | $47,027 | ||
| Mere Yaar Ki Shaadi Hai (Wide) | |||
| Secret Society (Wide) | $2,838 | ||
| Mama Africa (Limited) | $3,187 | ||
| The Producers (Limited, re-release) | $111,866 | ||
| June 12 | Virgil Bliss (Wide) | $1,465 | |
| June 14 | The Bourne Identity (Wide) | Universal | $121,468,960 |
| Cuba Feliz (Wide) | $22,071 | ||
| The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys (Wide) | ThinkFilm | $1,779,284 | |
| The Emperor's New Clothes (Wide) | Paramount Vantage | $661,903 | |
| Gangster No. 1 (Wide) | IFC Films | $30,915 | |
| Scooby-Doo (Wide) | Warner Bros. | $153,294,164 | |
| Windtalkers (Wide) | MGM | $40,914,068 | |
| Mutant Aliens (Limited) | |||
| June 21 | Bobby G. Can't Swim (Wide) | $10,575 | |
| Dahmer (Wide) | $144,008 | ||
| Juwanna Mann (Wide) | Warner Bros. | $13,571,817 | |
| Lilo & Stitch (Wide) | Walt Disney | $145,771,527 | |
| Minority Report (Wide) | 20th Century Fox | $132,024,714 | |
| Mr. Smith Gets a Hustler (Wide) | Outrider Pictures | $1,583 | |
| Skin of Man, Heart of Beast (Wide) | $1,104 | ||
| Sunshine State (Wide) | Sony Pictures Classics | $3,064,356 | |
| Zig Zag (Wide) | $1,649 | ||
| Beauty and the Beast (Limited, re-release) | Walt Disney | $206,333,165 | |
| June 28 | The First $20 Million (Wide) | 20th Century Fox | $2,535 |
| Hey Arnold! The Movie (Wide) | Paramount Pictures | $13,684,949 | |
| Lovely and Amazing (Wide) | Lionsgate | $4,210,379 | |
| Mr. Deeds (Wide) | Sony Pictures | $126,293,452 | |
| Notorious C.H.O. (Wide) | WellSpring | $1,033,395 | |
| Pumpkin (Wide) | MGM | $305,690 | |
| Rivers and Tides (Wide) | Roxie Releasing | $2,200,276 | |
| A Song for Martin (Wide) | $27,983 | ||
| War Photographer (Wide) | $34,293 | ||
| July 2002 | |||
| July 3 | Like Mike (Wide) | 20th Century Fox | $51,432,423 |
| Men in Black 2 (Wide) | Sony Pictures | $190,418,803 | |
| The Powerpuff Girls (Wide) | Warner Bros. | $11,411,644 | |
| July 5 | Group (Wide) | $6,289 | |
| Me Without You (Wide) | $301,175 | ||
| Read My Lips (Wide) | Magnolia Pictures | $1,359,133 | |
| Tattoo Bar (Limited) | ArtMattan Films | $2,964 | |
| July 10 | Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars (Wide, re-release) | $161,634 | |
| July 12 | Choice of Weapons (Wide) | Outrider Pictures | $2,032 |
| The Crocodile Hunter: Collision Course (Wide) | MGM | $28,436,931 | |
| Halloween: Resurrection (Wide) | Miramax/Dimension | $30,259,652 | |
| Lan Yu (Wide) | $116,192 | ||
| Last Dance (2002) (Wide) | $14,781 | ||
| My Wife is an Actress (Wide) | Sony Pictures Classics | $1,056,063 | |
| Reign of Fire (Wide) | Walt Disney | $43,061,982 | |
| All About Lily Chou-Chou (Wide) | Cowboy Pictures | $24,846 | |
| The Road to Perdition (Wide) | Dreamworks SKG | $104,054,514 | |
| Sex and Lucia (Wide) | Palm Pictures | $2,628,241 | |
| Tosca (Wide) | $63,751 | ||
| Metropolis (Limited, re-release) | Paramount Pictures | $1,206,834 | |
| Never Again (Limited) | $307,631 | ||
| July 17 | Eight Legged Freaks (Wide) | Warner Bros. | $17,266,505 |
| Langrishe, Go Down (Wide) | $66,288 | ||
| July 19 | Ayurveda: Art of Being (Wide) | Kino International | $16,892 |
| K-19: The Widowmaker (Wide) | Paramount Pictures | $35,168,966 | |
| Stuart Little 2 (Wide) | Sony Pictures | $64,956,806 | |
| Tadpole (Wide) | Miramax | $2,891,288 | |
| What to Do in Case of Fire (Wide) | Sony Pictures | $7,874 | |
| July 24 | Indra (Limited) | ||
| July 25 | Austin Powers in Goldmember (Wide) | New Line | $213,117,789 |
| July 26 | The Country Bears (Wide) | Walt Disney | $16,988,996 |
| I am Trying to Break Your Heart (Wide) | $445,521 | ||
| The Kid Stays in the Picture (Wide) | Focus Features | $1,434,436 | |
| The Kurosawa Series (Wide) | Cowboy Pictures | $583,712 | |
| Who is Cletis Tout? (Wide) | $252,227 | ||
| Bolivar soy yo (Limited) | Venevision International | $48,911 | |
| Happy Times (Limited) | Sony Pictures Classics | $239,134 | |
| August 2002 | |||
| August 2 | Full Frontal (Wide) | Miramax | $2,512,846 |
| Manna From Heaven (Wide) | Five Sisters Productions | $505,675 | |
| Martin Lawrence Live: RunTelDat (Wide) | Paramount Pictures | $19,184,820 | |
| The Master of Disguise (Wide) | Sony Pictures | $40,363,530 | |
| Signs (Wide) | Walt Disney | $227,969,295 | |
| My Big Fat Greek Wedding (Expands Wide) | IFC Films | $241,438,208 | |
| August 7 | Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams (Wide) | Miramax/Dimension | $85,846,296 |
| The Good Girl (Limited) | Fox Searchlight | $14,018,296 | |
| August 9 | 24 Hour Party People (Wide) | MGM | $1,169,030 |
| Blood Work (Wide) | Warner Bros. | $26,199,517 | |
| Buddha Heads (Wide) | Pathfinder | $6,739 | |
| The Château (Wide) | IFC Films | $301,175 | |
| Mujhse Dosti Karoge (Wide) | $285,000 | ||
| Pandora's Box (Wide) | Kino International | $881,950 | |
| Scarlet Diva (Wide) | $18,062 | ||
| Secret Ballot (Wide) | $114,183 | ||
| Stripped (Wide) | $2,151 | ||
| xXx (Wide) | Sony Pictures | $141,930,000 | |
| August 16 | The Adventures of Pluto Nash (Wide) | Warner Bros. | $4,411,102 |
| Blue Crush (Wide) | Universal | $40,118,420 | |
| I'm Going Home (Wide) | $122,628 | ||
| The Last Kiss (Wide) | ThinkFilm | $1,048,950 | |
| Mostly Martha (Drei Sterne) (Wide) | Paramount Vantage | $4,160,475 | |
| Possession (Limited) | Focus Features | $10,103,647 | |
| All My Loved Ones (Limited) | Northern Arts Entertainment | ||
| August 21 | One Hour Photo (Limited) | Fox Searchlight | $31,597,131 |
| August 22 | Revolution O/S (Wide) | $3,500 | |
| August 23 | Amy's Orgasm (Wide) | Magic Lamp | $119,664 |
| Crop Circles: Quest for Truth (Wide) | |||
| How I Killed My Father (Wide) | $145,396 | ||
| The Isle (Wide) | $21,075 | ||
| Little Secrets (Wide) | $405,182 | ||
| Satin Rouge (Wide) | $229,150 | ||
| Serving Sara (Wide) | Paramount Pictures | $16,930,185 | |
| S1m0ne (Wide) | New Line | $9,680,913 | |
| Undisputed (Wide) | Miramax | $12,398,628 | |
| Mother India (Limited) | |||
| August 30 | The Fire and the Rain (Wide) | Cinebella Entertainment | $25,049 |
| FearDotCom (Wide) | Warner Bros. | $13,208,023 | |
| Love and a Bullet (Wide) | Sony Pictures | $16,853 | |
| Mad Love (2002) (Wide) | $279,605 | ||
| Seven Samurai (Wide, re-release) | Cowboy Pictures | $753,994 | |
| September 2002 | |||
| September 4 | Snipes (Wide) | $66,339 | |
| September 6 | The Bank (Wide) | Cinema Guild | $88,414 |
| City by the Sea (Wide) | Warner Bros. | $22,433,915 | |
| In Praise of Love (Wide) | $251,717 | ||
| Spider-Man/Men in Black II Double-Bill (Wide) | Sony Pictures | $4,052,137 | |
| Swimfan (Wide) | 20th Century Fox | $28,564,995 | |
| The Execution of Wanda Jean (Limited) | Seventh Art Releasing | $1,386 | |
| Heartbreak Hospital (Limited) | Seventh Art Releasing | $1,480 | |
| September 7 | Heartbreak Hospital (Wide) | $1,480 | |
| September 13 | Andrei Tarkovsky Retrospective (Wide) | Kino International | $177,345 |
| Barbershop (Wide) | MGM | $75,781,642 | |
| Alias Betty (Wide) | WellSpring | $206,400 | |
| The Dogwalker (Wide) | Outrider Pictures | $6,751 | |
| The Children of the Century (Wide) | Empire Pictures | $36,087 | |
| Igby Goes Down (Wide) | MGM | $4,777,465 | |
| Quitting (Wide) | $17,717 | ||
| Stealing Harvard (Wide) | Sony Pictures | $13,973,532 | |
| September 18 | Das Experiment (Wide) | $141,072 | |
| September 20 | 8 Women (Wide) | Focus Features | $3,076,425 |
| Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever (Wide) | Warner Bros. | $14,294,842 | |
| The Banger Sisters (Wide) | 20th Century Fox | $30,306,281 | |
| Ciao America (Wide) | $54,965 | ||
| Eye See You (Wide) | $79,161 | ||
| The Four Feathers (Wide) | Paramount Pictures | $18,306,166 | |
| Invincible (Wide) | $80,636 | ||
| The Mesmerist (Wide) | $11,422 | ||
| Secretary (Wide) | Lionsgate | $4,046,737 | |
| Spirited Away (Wide) | Walt Disney | $10,049,886 | |
| Trapped (Wide) | Sony Pictures | $6,916,869 | |
| His Secret Life (Limited) | $215,339 | ||
| Apollo 13 (IMAX, re-release) | IMAX Films | $174,626,134 | |
| September 25 | The Trials of Henry Kissinger (Wide) | First Run Features | $515,678 |
| September 27 | Sweet Home Alabama (Wide) | Walt Disney | $127,214,072 |
| The Tuxedo (Wide) | Dreamworks SKG | $50,586,000 | |
| Biggie and Tupac (Limited) | Roxie Releasing | $54,834 | |
| Charly (Limited) | Excel Entertainment | $814,666 | |
| Crazy as Hell (Limited) | $20,710 | ||
| Herapuple (Limited) | $4,123 | ||
| Just a Kiss (Limited) | $64,197 | ||
| The Lonely Affair of the Heart (Limited) | $932 | ||
| The Man from Elysian Fields (Limited) | Samuel Goldwyn Films | $1,431,625 | |
| Moonlight Mile (Limited) | Walt Disney | $6,830,957 | |
| The Opera Lover (Limited) | Outrider Pictures | $1,167 | |
| Road (Limited) | $107,676 | ||
| Shanghai Ghetto (Limited) | Menemsha Entertainment | $712,446 | |
| Skins (Limited) | First Look | $249,204 | |
| Wasabi (Limited) | Sony Pictures | $81,525 | |
| October 2002 | |||
| October 4 | Jonah: A VeggieTales Movie (Wide) | Artisan | $25,571,351 |
| Red Dragon (Wide) | Universal | $92,955,420 | |
| Bloody Sunday (Limited) | Paramount Vantage | $773,228 | |
| Heaven (Limited) | Miramax | $774,317 | |
| Hell House (Limited) | |||
| Pipe Dream (Limited) | $7,998 | ||
| Welcome to Collinwood (Limited) | Warner Bros. | $378,650 | |
| October 11 | Brown Sugar (Wide) | 20th Century Fox | $27,362,712 |
| Knockaround Guys (Wide) | New Line | $11,660,180 | |
| The Rules of Attraction (Wide) | Lionsgate | $6,525,762 | |
| The Transporter (Wide) | 20th Century Fox | $25,296,447 | |
| Tuck Everlasting (Wide) | Walt Disney | $19,161,999 | |
| White Oleander (Wide) | Warner Bros. | $16,357,770 | |
| Ash Wednesday (Limited) | Focus Features | $2,942 | |
| Below (Limited) | Miramax/Dimension | $589,424 | |
| Bowling for Columbine (Limited) | MGM | $21,576,018 | |
| Comedian (Limited) | Miramax | $2,744,253 | |
| Handcart (Limited) | $98,666 | ||
| Pokemon 4Ever (Limited) | Miramax | $1,732,301 | |
| Punch-Drunk Love (Limited) | Sony Pictures | $17,791,031 | |
| Safe Conduct (Limited) | $26,617 | ||
| Swept Away (Limited) | Sony Pictures | $631,021 | |
| Pulse: A Stomp Odyssey (IMAX) | Giant Screen Films | $10,086,514 | |
| October 18 | Abandon (Wide) | Paramount Pictures | $10,719,367 |
| Fidel (Wide) | $120,738 | ||
| Formula 51 (Wide) | Screen Media Films | $5,204,007 | |
| On Guard (Wide, re-release) | $96,750 | ||
| Real Women Have Curves (Wide) | Newmarket Films | $5,853,194 | |
| The Ring (Wide) | Dreamworks SKG | $129,094,024 | |
| Take Care of My Cat (Wide) | $9,171 | ||
| Auto Focus (Limited) | Sony Pictures Classics | $2,062,066 | |
| Children on Their Birthdays (Limited) | Artisan | $54,912 | |
| The Grey Zone (Limited) | $507,443 | ||
| Hansel & Gretel (Limited) | $100,477 | ||
| Naqoyqatsi (Limited) | Miramax | $132,026 | |
| Adrenaline Rush: The Science of Risk (IMAX) | Giant Screen Films | $16,933,791 | |
| October 23 | Derrida (Wide) | $156,450 | |
| Gibel Otrara (Limited) | $7,159 | ||
| October 25 | By Hook or by Crook (Wide) | Artistic License | $1,802 |
| Ghost Ship (Wide) | Warner Bros. | $30,113,491 | |
| Jackass: The Movie (Wide) | Paramount Pictures | $64,282,312 | |
| The Truth About Charlie (Wide) | Universal | $5,303,000 | |
| All or Nothing (Limited) | MGM | $184,255 | |
| All the Queen's Men (Limited) | Strand Releasing | $22,723 | |
| Bollywood/Hollywood (Limited) | Magnolia Pictures | $1,491,083 | |
| Food of Love (Limited) | $43,922 | ||
| Frida (Limited) | Miramax | $25,885,000 | |
| Looking Through Lillian (Limited) | |||
| Paid in Full (Limited) | Rat Entertainment | $3,042,188 | |
| Roger Dodger (Limited) | Artisan | $1,266,828 | |
| Time Changer (Limited) | Five & Two Pictures | $1,500,711 | |
| Waking Up in Reno (Limited) | Miramax | $261,603 | |
| November 2002 | |||
| November 1 | I Spy (Wide) | Sony Pictures | $33,561,137 |
| Quai des Orfevres (1947) (Re-Release) (Wide) | $162,761 | ||
| The Santa Clause 2 (Wide) | Walt Disney | $139,225,854 | |
| Besotted (Limited) | Artistic License | $656 | |
| Love in the Time of Money (Limited) | $6,259 | ||
| Tully (Limited) | $433,264 | ||
| The Weight of Water (Limited) | $102,622 | ||
| November 6 | Femme Fatale (Wide) | Warner Bros. | $6,630,252 |
| Santa vs. The Snowman (IMAX) | IMAX Films | $10,259,134 | |
| November 8 | 8 Mile (Wide) | Universal | $116,724,075 |
| Etoiles: Dancers of the Paris Opera Ballet (Wide) | $45,500 | ||
| Hush (2002) (Wide) | $21,278 | ||
| Jee Aayun Nu (Wide) | $352,668 | ||
| Leela (Wide) | |||
| The Phantom of Liberty (Wide) | $6,172 | ||
| Station Nord (Wide) | $171,400 | ||
| Far From Heaven (Limited) | Focus Features | $15,901,849 | |
| God is Great, I'm Not (Limited) | $65,464 | ||
| R Xmas (Limited) | Pathfinder | $850 | |
| November 15 | Half Past Dead (Wide) | Sony Pictures | $15,567,860 |
| Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Wide) | Warner Bros. | $264,186,530 | |
| Interview with the Assassin (Wide) | $47,329 | ||
| Kehta Hai Dil Baar Baar (Wide) | $95,415 | ||
| The Way Home (Wide) | $444,931 | ||
| Ararat (Limited) | Miramax | $1,693,000 | |
| El Crimen de Padre (Limited) | Goldwyn Entertainment | $5,719,000 | |
| Revolution#9 (Limited) | $9,118 | ||
| Standing in the Shadows of Motown (Limited) | Artisan | $1,615,732 | |
| November 20 | Good Housekeeping (Limited) | ||
| November 22 | The 4th Tenor (Wide) | $2,152 | |
| Die Another Day (Wide) | MGM | $160,942,139 | |
| The Emperor's Club (Wide) | Universal | $14,060,950 | |
| Friday After Next (Wide) | New Line | $33,253,609 | |
| O Fantasma (Wide) | $125,651 | ||
| Power & Terror: Noam Chomsky in Our Times (Wide) | $291,789 | ||
| The Bread, My Sweet (Limited) | Panorama Entertainment | $1,023,156 | |
| Talk to Her (Limited) | Sony Pictures Classics | $9,284,265 | |
| Personal Velocity (Limited) | MGM | $810,314 | |
| The Quiet American (Limited) | Miramax | $12,987,647 | |
| November 27 | Eight Crazy Nights (Wide) | Sony Pictures | $23,607,202 |
| Extreme Ops (Wide) | Paramount Pictures | $4,835,968 | |
| Solaris (Wide) | 20th Century Fox | $14,970,038 | |
| Wes Craven Presents: They (Wide) | Miramax/Dimension | $12,840,842 | |
| Treasure Planet (Wide) | Walt Disney | $38,120,554 | |
| November 29 | Dead or Alive (2002) (Wide) | $1,841 | |
| A Common Thread (Wide) | Odeon Films | $6,749,187 | |
| Rabbit-Proof Fence (Limited) | Miramax | $6,199,600 | |
| December 2002 | |||
| December 6 | Analyze That (Wide) | Warner Bros. | $32,122,249 |
| Empire (Wide) | Universal | $17,504,595 | |
| Massoud, the Afghan (Wide) | $26,747 | ||
| Adaptation (Limited) | Sony Pictures | $22,498,520 | |
| Charlotte’s Web 2 (Limited) | |||
| Equilibrium (Limited) | Miramax/Dimension | $1,190,018 | |
| My Kingdom (Limited) | $2,607 | ||
| Blackboards (Limited) | Leisure Time Features | $21,324 | |
| December 13 | Drumline (Wide) | 20th Century Fox | $56,398,162 |
| The Hot Chick (Wide) | Walt Disney | $35,081,550 | |
| The Jimmy Show (Wide) | $703 | ||
| Maid in Manhattan (Wide) | Sony Pictures | $93,932,896 | |
| Star Trek: Nemesis (Wide) | Paramount Pictures | $43,254,409 | |
| About Schmidt (Limited) | New Line | $65,005,217 | |
| Evelyn (Limited) | MGM | $1,483,975 | |
| Intacto (Limited) | $302,675 | ||
| Russian Ark (Limited) | WellSpring | $3,092,976 | |
| December 18 | Devils on the Doorstep (Wide) | $18,944 | |
| The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (Wide) | New Line | $349,701,429 | |
| December 19 | 25th Hour (Limited) | Walt Disney | $13,084,595 |
| Antwone Fisher (Limited) | Fox Searchlight | $21,078,145 | |
| December 20 | Gangs of New York (Wide) | Miramax | $77,730,500 |
| Kaante (Wide) | Media Partners | $1,041,228 | |
| Morvern Callar (Wide) | $267,194 | ||
| Saathiya (Wide) | $312,660 | ||
| Smokers Only (Wide) | $11,752 | ||
| Two Weeks Notice (Wide) | Warner Bros. | $93,354,918 | |
| The Wild Thornberrys (Wide) | Paramount Pictures | $40,108,697 | |
| Narc (Limited) | Paramount Pictures | $10,465,659 | |
| December 25 | Catch Me if You Can (Wide) | Dreamworks SKG | $164,606,800 |
| Pinocchio (Wide) | Miramax | $3,681,811 | |
| December 27 | Chicago (Limited) | Miramax | $170,687,518 |
| The Hours (Limited) | Paramount Pictures | $41,675,994 | |
| Max (Limited) | Lionsgate | $539,197 | |
| Nicholas Nickleby (Limited) | United Artists | $1,562,800 | |
| The Pianist (Limited) | Focus Features | $32,539,222 | |
| Sonny (Limited) | $17,639 | ||
| The Lion King (IMAX, re-release) | Walt Disney | $423,981,226 | |
| December 30 | Love Liza (Limited) | Sony Pictures Classics | $213,137 |
| December 31 | Confessions of a Dangerous Mind (Limited) | Miramax | $16,007,718 |