Box Office Performance for Based on Real Life Events Movies in 2002

Rank	Movie	Genre	MPAA	2002 Gross	Tickets Sold	Inflation- Adjusted Gross
1	Space Station	Documentary	Not Rated	$30,460,417	5,251,796	$36,132,356
2	Frida	Drama	R	$21,289,079	3,670,531	$25,253,253
3	Martin Lawrence Live: RunTelDat	Concert/Performance	R	$19,184,820	3,307,728	$22,757,169
4	Ali	Drama	R	$18,132,203	3,126,242	$21,508,545
5	Bowling for Columbine	Documentary	R	$16,030,877	2,763,944	$19,015,935
6	Shackleton's Antarctic Adventure	Documentary	Not Rated	$7,235,633	1,247,523	$8,582,958
7	Antwone Fisher	Drama	PG-13	$6,118,566	1,054,925	$7,257,884
8	ESPN's Ultimate X - The Movie	Documentary	PG	$4,197,175	723,651	$4,978,719
9	Comedian	Documentary	R	$2,744,253	473,147	$3,255,251
10	Galapagos	Documentary	Not Rated	$1,842,841	317,731	$2,185,989
11	Standing in the Shadows of Motown	Documentary	PG	$1,331,012	229,485	$1,578,857
12	Dogtown and Z-Boys	Documentary	PG-13	$1,293,295	222,982	$1,534,116
13	The Endurance: Shackleton's Legendary Antarctic Expedition	Documentary	G	$1,180,410	203,519	$1,400,211
14	24 Hour Party People	Drama	R	$1,169,030	201,557	$1,386,712
15	Thrill Ride: The Science of Fun	Documentary	G	$1,138,659	196,321	$1,350,688
16	Evelyn	Drama	PG	$1,043,479	179,910	$1,237,781
17	Notorious C.H.O.	Concert/Performance	Not Rated	$1,033,395	178,172	$1,225,823
18	The Pianist	Drama	R	$1,000,511	172,502	$1,186,814
19	Bloody Sunday	Drama	R	$760,795	131,172	$902,463
20	Encounter in the Third Dimension	Drama	Not Rated	$549,169	94,684	$651,426
21	Extreme	Documentary	Not Rated	$523,067	90,184	$620,466
22	Trembling Before G-D	Documentary	Not Rated	$497,983	85,859	$590,710
23	Sex with Strangers	Documentary		$247,740	42,714	$293,872
24	N'sync: Bigger than Live	Concert/Performance	Not Rated	$239,984	41,377	$284,674
25	Hybrid	Documentary	R	$150,570	25,960	$178,605
26	Chop Suey	Documentary		$103,012	17,761	$122,196
27	Island of the Sharks	Documentary	Not Rated	$86,247	14,870	$102,306
28	Biggie and Tupac	Documentary	R	$54,834	9,454	$65,044
29	The Children of the Century	Drama		$36,087	6,222	$42,807
30	Shanghai Ghetto	Documentary	Not Rated	$29,115	5,020	$34,538
31	ABC Africa	Documentary		$8,886	1,532	$10,540
32	Caravaggio	Drama		$3,151	543	$3,736
Total Gross of All Movies				$139,716,295
Total Tickets Sold					24,089,018
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices						$165,732,444

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.