Box Office Performance for Based on Book/Short Story Movies in 2002

Rank	Movie	Genre	MPAA	2002 Gross	Tickets Sold	Inflation- Adjusted Gross
1	The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers	Adventure	PG-13	$261,031,601	45,005,448	$309,637,482
2	Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets	Adventure	PG	$252,097,945	43,465,163	$299,040,321
3	A Beautiful Mind	Drama	PG-13	$152,149,450	26,232,664	$180,480,728
4	The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring	Adventure	PG-13	$139,244,615	24,007,692	$165,172,921
5	Minority Report	Action	PG-13	$132,014,112	22,761,054	$156,596,052
6	Mr. Deeds	Comedy	PG-13	$126,293,452	21,774,733	$149,810,163
7	The Bourne Identity	Action	PG-13	$121,468,960	20,942,924	$144,087,317
8	The Sum of All Fears	Action	PG-13	$118,471,320	20,426,090	$140,531,499
9	Black Hawk Down	Action	R	$108,364,398	18,683,517	$128,542,597
10	Catch Me if You Can	Drama	PG-13	$97,437,621	16,799,590	$115,581,179
11	Red Dragon	Thriller/Suspense	R	$92,955,420	16,026,797	$110,264,363
12	Snow Dogs	Comedy	PG	$81,150,692	13,991,499	$96,261,513
13	We Were Soldiers	Drama	R	$78,120,196	13,468,999	$92,666,713
14	The Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood	Comedy	PG-13	$69,586,544	11,997,680	$82,544,038
15	The Time Machine	Adventure	PG-13	$56,684,819	9,773,245	$67,239,926
16	The Count of Monte Cristo	Drama	PG-13	$54,228,104	9,349,673	$64,325,750
17	High Crimes	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$41,543,207	7,162,622	$49,278,839
18	A Walk to Remember	Drama	PG	$41,227,069	7,108,115	$48,903,831
19	About a Boy	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$40,803,000	7,035,000	$48,400,800
20	Treasure Planet	Adventure	PG	$35,820,872	6,176,012	$42,490,963
21	The Mothman Prophecies	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$35,228,696	6,073,913	$41,788,521
22	K-19: The Widowmaker	Action	PG-13	$35,168,966	6,063,615	$41,717,671
23	In the Bedroom	Drama	R	$33,549,209	5,784,346	$39,796,300
24	Queen of the Damned	Horror	R	$30,307,804	5,225,483	$35,951,323
25	Blood Work	Thriller/Suspense	R	$26,199,517	4,517,158	$31,078,047
26	Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone	Adventure	PG	$25,963,673	4,476,495	$30,798,286
27	Hart's War	Drama	R	$19,076,815	3,289,106	$22,629,049
28	Tuck Everlasting	Drama	PG	$18,914,978	3,261,203	$22,437,077
29	The Four Feathers	Drama	PG-13	$18,306,166	3,156,236	$21,714,904
30	White Oleander	Drama	PG-13	$16,357,770	2,820,305	$19,403,698
31	The Emperor's Club	Drama	PG-13	$13,829,640	2,384,421	$16,404,816
32	About Schmidt	Drama	R	$12,028,464	2,073,873	$14,268,246
33	Possession	Drama	PG-13	$10,103,647	1,742,008	$11,985,015
34	The Shipping News	Drama	R	$8,609,268	1,484,357	$10,212,376
35	Big Trouble	Comedy	PG-13	$7,262,288	1,252,119	$8,614,579
36	Trapped	Thriller/Suspense	R	$6,916,869	1,192,564	$8,204,840
37	The Rules of Attraction	Black Comedy	R	$6,525,762	1,125,131	$7,740,901
38	Impostor	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$6,114,237	1,054,179	$7,252,752
39	Adaptation	Comedy	R	$6,100,371	1,051,788	$7,236,301
40	Iris	Drama	R	$5,525,747	952,715	$6,554,679
41	El Crimen de Padre	Drama	R	$4,558,301	785,914	$5,407,088
42	Enigma	Thriller/Suspense	R	$4,298,329	741,091	$5,098,706
43	The Other Side of Heaven	Drama	PG	$4,198,246	723,836	$4,979,992
44	Secretary	Drama	R	$3,874,608	668,036	$4,596,088
45	Pinocchio	Adventure	G	$3,364,522	580,090	$3,991,019
46	Last Orders	Drama	R	$2,326,407	401,105	$2,759,602
47	Auto Focus	Drama	R	$2,008,023	346,211	$2,381,932
48	The Piano Teacher	Drama	R	$1,900,282	327,635	$2,254,129
49	Harrison's Flowers	Drama	R	$1,843,570	317,857	$2,186,856
50	The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys	Drama	R	$1,779,284	306,773	$2,110,598
51	Rabbit-Proof Fence	Drama	PG	$1,682,956	290,165	$1,996,335
52	The Kid Stays in the Picture	Documentary	R	$1,434,436	247,317	$1,701,541
53	Apollo 13 (IMAX)	Drama	PG	$1,389,105	239,501	$1,647,767
54	Joshua	Drama	G	$1,366,733	235,644	$1,621,231
55	China: The Panda Adventure	Drama	Not Rated	$1,274,222	219,693	$1,511,488
56	The Hours	Drama	PG-13	$1,070,856	184,630	$1,270,254
57	Personal Velocity	Drama	R	$703,951	121,371	$835,032
58	The Emperor's New Clothes	Drama	PG	$661,903	114,121	$785,152
59	25th Hour	Drama	R	$624,933	107,747	$741,299
60	Charlotte Gray	Drama	PG-13	$595,334	102,644	$706,191
61	Charly	Drama	PG	$593,825	102,384	$704,402
62	The Quiet American	Drama	R	$333,396	57,482	$395,476
63	Nicholas Nickleby	Drama	PG	$228,518	39,400	$271,072
64	Alias Betty	Drama		$185,959	32,062	$220,587
65	Bartleby	Comedy	PG-13	$141,367	24,374	$167,693
66	Hardball	Drama	PG-13	$134,862	23,252	$159,974
67	Intimacy	Drama	R	$113,946	19,646	$135,164
68	Big Bad Love	Drama	R	$100,420	17,314	$119,120
69	Borstal Boy	Drama		$87,074	15,013	$103,289
70	Don't Say a Word	Thriller/Suspense	R	$73,280	12,634	$86,922
71	The Princess Diaries	Comedy	G	$60,720	10,469	$72,027
72	Children on Their Birthdays	Drama	PG	$54,912	9,468	$65,140
73	Focus	Drama	PG-13	$52,173	8,995	$61,886
74	Burnt Money	Drama		$49,316	8,503	$58,501
75	Behind the Sun	Drama	PG-13	$28,585	4,928	$33,905
Total Gross of All Movies				$2,485,977,638
Total Tickets Sold					428,616,837
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices						$2,948,883,839

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.