US Movie Market Summary for 2002
Total Box Office Gross: $9,342,192,668
Tickets sold: 1,610,722,882
Average ticket price:$5.80
Top Grossing Movies of 2002
| Rank | Movie | Release
Date | Distributor | Genre | MPAA | 2002 Gross | Tickets Sold | Inflation-
Adjusted
Gross |
|---|
| 1 |
Spider-Man
|
5/3/2002
|
Sony Pictures
|
Adventure
|
PG-13
|
$403,706,375 |
69,604,547 |
$478,879,283 |
| 2 |
Star Wars Ep. II: Attack of the Clones
|
5/16/2002
|
20th Century Fox
|
Adventure
|
PG
|
$310,676,740 |
53,564,955 |
$368,526,890 |
| 3 |
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
|
12/18/2002
|
New Line
|
Adventure
|
PG-13
|
$261,031,601 |
45,005,448 |
$309,637,482 |
| 4 |
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
|
11/15/2002
|
Warner Bros.
|
Adventure
|
PG
|
$252,097,945 |
43,465,163 |
$299,040,321 |
| 5 |
My Big Fat Greek Wedding
|
4/19/2002
|
IFC Films
|
Comedy
|
PG
|
$227,898,505 |
39,292,846 |
$270,334,780 |
| 6 |
Signs
|
8/2/2002
|
Buena Vista
|
Thriller/Suspense
|
PG-13
|
$227,746,423 |
39,266,625 |
$270,154,380 |
| 7 |
Austin Powers in Goldmember
|
7/25/2002
|
New Line
|
Comedy
|
PG-13
|
$213,117,789 |
36,744,446 |
$252,801,788 |
| 8 |
Men in Black 2
|
7/3/2002
|
Sony Pictures
|
Adventure
|
PG-13
|
$190,418,803 |
32,830,828 |
$225,876,097 |
| 9 |
Ice Age
|
3/15/2002
|
20th Century Fox
|
Adventure
|
PG
|
$176,387,405 |
30,411,622 |
$209,231,959 |
| 10 |
Die Another Day
|
11/22/2002
|
MGM
|
Action
|
PG-13
|
$153,760,933 |
26,510,506 |
$182,392,281 |
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Market Share for Each Distributor in 2002
| Rank | Distributor | Movies | 2002 Gross | Tickets | Share |
|---|
| 1 |
Sony Pictures
|
32 |
$1,566,299,128 |
270,051,575 |
16.80% |
| 2 |
Buena Vista
|
27 |
$1,191,295,544 |
205,395,784 |
12.78% |
| 3 |
Warner Bros.
|
31 |
$1,090,561,207 |
188,027,793 |
11.70% |
| 4 |
20th Century Fox
|
25 |
$996,874,086 |
171,874,842 |
10.69% |
| 5 |
New Line
|
12 |
$910,831,601 |
157,039,930 |
9.77% |
| 6 |
Universal
|
19 |
$907,954,371 |
156,543,856 |
9.74% |
| 7 |
Paramount Pictures
|
24 |
$695,602,200 |
119,931,414 |
7.46% |
| 8 |
Dreamworks SKG
|
7 |
$513,651,256 |
88,560,561 |
5.51% |
| 9 |
MGM
|
21 |
$368,441,135 |
63,524,334 |
3.95% |
| 10 |
Miramax
|
32 |
$275,855,183 |
47,561,238 |
2.96% |
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Market Share for Each Genre in 2002
| Rank | Genre | Movies | 2002 Gross | Tickets | Share |
|---|
| 1 |
Adventure
|
36 |
$2,467,968,903 |
425,511,878 |
26.47% |
| 2 |
Comedy
|
88 |
$2,215,522,243 |
381,986,595 |
23.77% |
| 3 |
Drama
|
149 |
$1,635,955,913 |
282,061,370 |
17.55% |
| 4 |
Action
|
27 |
$1,327,862,394 |
228,941,795 |
14.24% |
| 5 |
Thriller/Suspense
|
28 |
$809,695,897 |
139,602,740 |
8.69% |
| 6 |
Romantic Comedy
|
21 |
$355,153,846 |
61,233,423 |
3.81% |
| 7 |
Horror
|
11 |
$297,989,702 |
51,377,533 |
3.20% |
| 8 |
Documentary
|
21 |
$70,607,354 |
12,173,682 |
.76% |
| 9 |
Musical
|
7 |
$62,994,395 |
10,861,102 |
.68% |
| 10 |
Black Comedy
|
4 |
$57,667,829 |
9,942,729 |
.62% |
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Market Share for Each MPAARating in 2002
| Rank | MPAARating | Movies | 2002 Gross | Tickets | Share |
|---|
| 1 |
PG-13
|
116 |
$4,569,091,515 |
787,774,402 |
48.98% |
| 2 |
R
|
218 |
$2,211,747,149 |
381,335,716 |
23.71% |
| 3 |
PG
|
53 |
$2,020,694,941 |
348,395,680 |
21.66% |
| 4 |
G
|
19 |
$467,974,210 |
80,685,210 |
5.02% |
| 5 |
Not Rated
|
28 |
$59,500,722 |
10,258,745 |
.64% |
| 6 |
Open
|
1 |
$8,507 |
1,467 |
.00% |
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Market Share for Each Source in 2002
| Rank | Source | Movies | 2002 Gross | Tickets | Share |
|---|
| 1 |
Original Screenplay
|
216 |
$3,472,607,997 |
598,725,523 |
37.26% |
| 2 |
Based on Book/Short Story
|
74 |
$2,485,863,692 |
428,597,191 |
26.67% |
| 3 |
Sequel
|
17 |
$1,444,010,820 |
248,967,381 |
15.49% |
| 4 |
Based on Comic/Graphic Novel
|
6 |
$512,612,875 |
88,381,529 |
5.50% |
| 5 |
Based on TV
|
9 |
$369,028,564 |
63,625,614 |
3.96% |
| 6 |
Remake
|
10 |
$362,879,230 |
62,565,384 |
3.89% |
| 7 |
Based on Play
|
12 |
$260,502,213 |
44,914,176 |
2.79% |
| 8 |
Based on Real Life Events
|
32 |
$139,716,295 |
24,089,018 |
1.50% |
| 9 |
Spin-Off
|
1 |
$90,580,000 |
15,617,241 |
.97% |
| 10 |
Based on Magazine Article
|
2 |
$62,552,335 |
10,784,885 |
.67% |
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Market Share for Each ProductionMethod in 2002
| Rank | ProductionMethod | Movies | 2002 Gross | Tickets | Share |
|---|
| 1 |
Live Action
|
374 |
$7,458,025,223 |
1,285,866,425 |
80.00% |
| 2 |
Animation/Live Action
|
7 |
$1,222,495,359 |
210,775,061 |
13.11% |
| 3 |
Hand Animation
|
11 |
$391,165,708 |
67,442,364 |
4.20% |
| 4 |
Digital Animation
|
5 |
$250,256,380 |
43,147,652 |
2.68% |
| 5 |
Rotoscoping
|
1 |
$352,215 |
60,727 |
.00% |
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Market Share for Each CreativeType in 2002
| Rank | CreativeType | Movies | 2002 Gross | Tickets | Share |
|---|
| 1 |
Contemporary Fiction
|
203 |
$4,206,196,080 |
725,206,227 |
45.14% |
| 2 |
Science Fiction
|
23 |
$1,477,118,894 |
254,675,671 |
15.85% |
| 3 |
Kids Fiction
|
25 |
$1,308,054,080 |
225,526,566 |
14.04% |
| 4 |
Fantasy
|
18 |
$913,126,578 |
157,435,615 |
9.80% |
| 5 |
Super Hero
|
3 |
$496,763,171 |
85,648,822 |
5.33% |
| 6 |
Historical Fiction
|
39 |
$439,181,250 |
75,720,906 |
4.71% |
| 7 |
Dramatization
|
17 |
$382,170,801 |
65,891,519 |
4.10% |
| 8 |
Factual
|
25 |
$91,614,722 |
15,795,643 |
.98% |
| 9 |
Multiple Creative Types
|
2 |
$4,357,102 |
751,224 |
.05% |
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