Box Office Performance for Contemporary Fiction Movies in 2002

Rank	Movie	Genre	MPAA	2002 Gross	Tickets Sold	Inflation- Adjusted Gross
1	My Big Fat Greek Wedding	Comedy	PG	$227,898,505	39,292,846	$270,334,780
2	Die Another Day	Action	PG-13	$153,760,933	26,510,506	$182,392,281
3	A Beautiful Mind	Drama	PG-13	$152,149,450	26,232,664	$180,480,728
4	xXx	Action	PG-13	$141,930,000	24,470,690	$168,358,347
5	The Ring	Horror	PG-13	$127,230,430	21,936,281	$150,921,613
6	Mr. Deeds	Comedy	PG-13	$126,293,452	21,774,733	$149,810,163
7	Sweet Home Alabama	Comedy	PG-13	$126,086,880	21,739,117	$149,565,125
8	The Bourne Identity	Action	PG-13	$121,468,960	20,942,924	$144,087,317
9	The Sum of All Fears	Action	PG-13	$118,471,320	20,426,090	$140,531,499
10	8 Mile	Drama	R	$115,270,265	19,874,184	$136,734,386
11	Panic Room	Thriller/Suspense	R	$95,308,367	16,432,477	$113,055,442
12	Red Dragon	Thriller/Suspense	R	$92,955,420	16,026,797	$110,264,363
13	Maid in Manhattan	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$76,328,613	13,160,106	$90,541,529
14	The Rookie	Drama	G	$75,597,042	13,033,973	$89,673,734
15	Barbershop	Comedy	PG-13	$75,228,991	12,970,516	$89,237,150
16	John Q	Drama	PG-13	$71,026,631	12,245,971	$84,252,280
17	The Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood	Comedy	PG-13	$69,586,544	11,997,680	$82,544,038
18	Two Weeks Notice	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$68,810,079	11,863,807	$81,622,992
19	Insomnia	Thriller/Suspense	R	$67,263,182	11,597,100	$79,788,048
20	Changing Lanes	Thriller/Suspense	R	$66,790,248	11,515,560	$79,227,053
21	Jackass: The Movie	Comedy	R	$64,209,101	11,070,535	$76,165,281
22	Unfaithful	Drama	R	$52,752,475	9,095,254	$62,575,348
23	Big Fat Liar	Comedy	PG	$47,811,275	8,243,323	$56,714,062
24	Drumline	Comedy	PG-13	$47,539,218	8,196,417	$56,391,349
25	Ocean's Eleven	Comedy	PG-13	$46,420,976	8,003,617	$55,064,885
26	The Royal Tenenbaums	Black Comedy	R	$41,563,435	7,166,109	$49,302,830
27	High Crimes	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$41,543,207	7,162,622	$49,278,839
28	A Walk to Remember	Drama	PG	$41,227,069	7,108,115	$48,903,831
29	Orange County	Comedy	PG-13	$41,059,716	7,079,261	$48,705,316
30	About a Boy	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$40,803,000	7,035,000	$48,400,800
31	I Am Sam	Drama	PG-13	$40,203,477	6,931,634	$47,689,642
32	Blue Crush	Drama	PG-13	$40,118,420	6,916,969	$47,588,747
33	Collateral Damage	Action	R	$40,048,332	6,904,885	$47,505,609
34	Enough	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$39,177,215	6,754,692	$46,472,281
35	Undercover Brother	Comedy	PG-13	$38,230,435	6,591,454	$45,349,204
36	Showtime	Comedy	PG-13	$37,948,765	6,542,891	$45,015,090
37	40 Days and 40 Nights	Romantic Comedy	R	$37,939,782	6,541,342	$45,004,433
38	Crossroads	Drama	PG-13	$37,188,667	6,411,839	$44,113,452
39	In the Bedroom	Drama	R	$33,549,209	5,784,346	$39,796,300
40	I Spy	Action	PG-13	$33,105,600	5,707,862	$39,270,091
41	Friday After Next	Comedy	R	$32,588,293	5,618,671	$38,656,456
42	Murder by Numbers	Thriller/Suspense	R	$31,874,869	5,495,667	$37,810,189
43	One Hour Photo	Drama	R	$31,597,131	5,447,781	$37,480,733
44	Monster's Ball	Drama	R	$31,056,370	5,354,547	$36,839,283
45	Analyze That	Comedy	R	$30,777,692	5,306,499	$36,508,713
46	The Banger Sisters	Comedy	R	$30,306,281	5,225,221	$35,949,520
47	Halloween: Resurrection	Horror	R	$30,259,652	5,217,181	$35,894,205
48	Bad Company	Action	PG-13	$30,157,016	5,199,486	$35,772,464
49	Ghost Ship	Horror	R	$29,879,445	5,151,628	$35,443,201
50	The Hot Chick	Comedy	PG-13	$29,852,872	5,147,047	$35,411,683
51	Vanilla Sky	Thriller/Suspense	R	$29,219,089	5,037,774	$34,659,885
52	The New Guy	Comedy	PG-13	$28,972,187	4,995,205	$34,367,010
53	Swimfan	Drama	PG-13	$28,563,926	4,924,815	$33,882,727
54	Crocodile Hunter: Collision Course	Comedy	PG	$28,436,931	4,902,919	$33,732,083
55	Brown Sugar	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$27,307,799	4,708,241	$32,392,698
56	Blood Work	Thriller/Suspense	R	$26,199,517	4,517,158	$31,078,047
57	All About the Benjamins	Comedy	R	$25,482,931	4,393,609	$30,228,030
58	The Transporter	Action	PG-13	$25,283,880	4,359,290	$29,991,915
59	The Sweetest Thing	Romantic Comedy	R	$24,430,272	4,212,116	$28,979,358
60	City by the Sea	Drama	R	$22,433,915	3,867,916	$26,611,262
61	National Lampoon's Van Wilder	Comedy	R	$21,005,329	3,621,608	$24,916,663
62	Super Troopers	Comedy	R	$18,492,362	3,188,338	$21,935,765
63	Punch-Drunk Love	Comedy	R	$17,791,031	3,067,419	$21,103,843
64	Eight Legged Freaks	Comedy	PG-13	$17,266,505	2,976,984	$20,481,650
65	Serving Sara	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$16,930,185	2,918,997	$20,082,699
66	Amelie	Comedy	R	$16,894,711	2,912,881	$20,040,621
67	Empire	Drama	R	$16,611,085	2,863,980	$19,704,182
68	White Oleander	Drama	PG-13	$16,357,770	2,820,305	$19,403,698
69	Kung Pow: Enter the Fist	Comedy	PG-13	$16,033,556	2,764,406	$19,019,113
70	Half Past Dead	Action	PG-13	$15,361,537	2,648,541	$18,221,962
71	Life, or Something Like It	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$14,448,589	2,491,136	$17,139,016
72	Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever	Action	R	$14,294,842	2,464,628	$16,956,641
73	The Good Girl	Comedy	R	$14,018,296	2,416,948	$16,628,602
74	Stealing Harvard	Comedy	PG-13	$13,973,532	2,409,230	$16,575,502
75	Monsoon Wedding	Comedy	R	$13,876,974	2,392,582	$16,460,964
76	Y Tu Mama Tambien (And Your Mother Too)	Drama	R	$13,649,881	2,353,428	$16,191,585
77	Juwanna Man	Comedy	PG-13	$13,571,817	2,339,968	$16,098,980
78	FearDotCom	Horror	R	$13,208,023	2,277,245	$15,667,446
79	Jason X	Horror	R	$13,121,555	2,262,337	$15,564,879
80	Frailty	Thriller/Suspense	R	$13,110,448	2,260,422	$15,551,703
81	They	Horror	PG-13	$12,693,621	2,188,555	$15,057,258
82	Undisputed	Drama	R	$12,398,628	2,137,694	$14,707,335
83	About Schmidt	Drama	R	$12,028,464	2,073,873	$14,268,246
84	Knockaround Guys	Drama	R	$11,660,180	2,010,376	$13,831,387
85	How High	Comedy	R	$11,478,990	1,979,136	$13,616,456
86	Abandon	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$10,719,367	1,848,167	$12,715,389
87	Sorority Boys	Comedy	R	$10,198,766	1,758,408	$12,097,847
88	Possession	Drama	PG-13	$10,103,647	1,742,008	$11,985,015
89	The Shipping News	Drama	R	$8,609,268	1,484,357	$10,212,376
90	Death to Smoochy	Black Comedy	R	$8,355,815	1,440,658	$9,911,727
91	Big Trouble	Comedy	PG-13	$7,262,288	1,252,119	$8,614,579
92	Kissing Jessica Stein	Romantic Comedy	R	$7,025,722	1,211,331	$8,333,957
93	Trapped	Thriller/Suspense	R	$6,916,869	1,192,564	$8,204,840
94	Moonlight Mile	Drama	PG-13	$6,785,939	1,169,989	$8,049,524
95	Joe Somebody	Comedy	PG	$6,785,003	1,169,828	$8,048,417
96	Femme Fatale	Thriller/Suspense	R	$6,592,103	1,136,569	$7,819,595
97	The Rules of Attraction	Black Comedy	R	$6,525,762	1,125,131	$7,740,901
98	Adaptation	Comedy	R	$6,100,371	1,051,788	$7,236,301
99	Not Another Teen Movie	Comedy	R	$5,865,039	1,011,214	$6,957,152
100	Real Women Have Curves	Comedy	PG-13	$5,361,548	924,405	$6,359,906
101	The Truth About Charlie	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$5,303,000	914,310	$6,290,453
102	Formula 51	Action	R	$5,204,007	897,243	$6,173,032
103	Birthday Girl	Romantic Comedy	R	$4,919,896	848,258	$5,836,015
104	Hollywood Ending	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$4,839,383	834,376	$5,740,507
105	Slackers	Comedy	R	$4,814,244	830,042	$5,710,689
106	Extreme Ops	Action	PG-13	$4,808,772	829,099	$5,704,201
107	Igby Goes Down	Comedy	R	$4,681,503	807,156	$5,553,233
108	Italian for Beginners	Comedy	R	$4,447,186	766,756	$5,275,281
109	Men with Brooms	Comedy	R	$4,239,767	730,994	$5,029,239
110	Lovely and Amazing	Drama	R	$4,210,379	725,927	$4,994,378
111	Lantana	Drama	R	$4,144,388	714,550	$4,916,104
112	Mostly Martha (Drei Sterne)	Comedy	PG	$4,139,417	713,693	$4,910,208
113	Secretary	Drama	R	$3,874,608	668,036	$4,596,088
114	Thirteen Conversations About One Thing	Drama	R	$3,287,435	566,799	$3,899,577
115	American Adobo	Drama	R	$3,094,699	533,569	$3,670,955
116	8 Women	Musical	R	$3,076,425	530,418	$3,649,276
117	Sunshine State	Drama	PG-13	$3,064,356	528,337	$3,634,959
118	Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham	Drama	Not Rated	$2,862,000	493,448	$3,394,922
119	Tadpole	Comedy	PG-13	$2,810,893	484,637	$3,334,303
120	Sex and Lucia	Drama	R	$2,628,241	453,145	$3,117,638
121	Full Frontal	Comedy	R	$2,512,846	433,249	$2,980,753
122	Shallow Hal	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$2,406,399	414,896	$2,854,484
123	Last Orders	Drama	R	$2,326,407	401,105	$2,759,602
124	Hable con ella	Drama	R	$2,304,186	397,273	$2,733,238
125	State Property	Action	R	$2,099,719	362,021	$2,490,704
126	The Piano Teacher	Drama	R	$1,900,282	327,635	$2,254,129
127	Harrison's Flowers	Drama	R	$1,843,570	317,857	$2,186,856
128	The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys	Drama	R	$1,779,284	306,773	$2,110,598
129	Mulholland Drive	Drama	R	$1,611,535	277,851	$1,911,615
130	Late Marriage	Drama	Not Rated	$1,551,470	267,495	$1,840,366
131	Ararat	Drama	R	$1,510,307	260,398	$1,791,538
132	The Man from Elysian Fields	Comedy	R	$1,397,734	240,989	$1,658,004
133	Spy Game	Action	R	$1,384,775	238,754	$1,642,628
134	Joshua	Drama	G	$1,366,733	235,644	$1,621,231
135	Read My Lips	Drama	R	$1,359,133	234,333	$1,612,211
136	Kandahar	Drama	Not Rated	$1,288,325	222,125	$1,528,220
137	The Singles Ward	Comedy	PG	$1,250,798	215,655	$1,483,706
138	Nine Queens	Drama	R	$1,222,889	210,843	$1,450,600
139	Roger Dodger	Black Comedy	R	$1,222,817	210,831	$1,450,517
140	Bollywood/Hollywood	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$1,161,947	200,336	$1,378,312
141	Crush	Romantic Comedy	R	$1,081,130	186,402	$1,282,446
142	My Wife is an Actress	Comedy	R	$1,056,063	182,080	$1,252,710
143	The Last Kiss	Drama	R	$1,048,950	180,853	$1,244,269
144	The Son's Room	Drama	R	$1,014,416	174,899	$1,203,305
145	Kaante	Drama	R	$944,272	162,806	$1,120,105
146	Storytelling	Drama	R	$912,442	157,318	$1,082,348
147	Pandora's Box	Thriller/Suspense	R	$881,950	152,060	$1,046,173
148	Sordid Lives	Comedy	R	$815,887	140,670	$967,810
149	Trouble Every Day	Horror	Not Rated	$794,563	136,994	$942,519
150	Cyberworld 3D	Adventure	Not Rated	$781,274	134,702	$926,750
151	Heaven	Thriller/Suspense	R	$774,317	133,503	$918,501
152	Human Nature	Comedy	R	$705,308	121,605	$836,642
153	Personal Velocity	Drama	R	$703,951	121,371	$835,032
154	The Salton Sea	Thriller/Suspense	R	$676,698	116,672	$802,703
155	The Debut	Comedy	R	$672,645	115,973	$797,894
156	Savage Messiah	Drama	R	$666,850	114,974	$791,021
157	25th Hour	Drama	R	$624,933	107,747	$741,299
158	Son of the Bride	Comedy	R	$624,153	107,613	$740,377
159	Swept Away	Romantic Comedy	R	$598,645	103,215	$710,119
160	Charly	Drama	PG	$593,825	102,384	$704,402
161	Forgive Me Father	Drama	R	$559,622	96,487	$663,831
162	Bread and Tulips	Comedy	PG-13	$532,788	91,860	$631,997
163	Domestic Disturbance	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$460,794	79,447	$546,595
164	The Fluffer	Drama	R	$401,741	69,266	$476,550
165	The Business of Strangers	Drama	R	$332,153	57,268	$394,004
166	Out Cold	Comedy	PG-13	$328,918	56,710	$390,165
167	Corky Romano	Comedy	PG-13	$319,442	55,076	$378,923
168	Narc	Thriller/Suspense	R	$315,168	54,339	$373,852
169	The Château	Comedy	R	$301,175	51,927	$357,258
170	The Bread, My Sweet	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$297,335	51,265	$352,703
171	Circuit	Drama		$235,087	40,532	$278,860
172	Fat Girl	Drama	Not Rated	$189,222	32,624	$224,453
173	The Business of Fancy Dancing	Drama		$174,682	30,118	$207,212
174	Cherish	Comedy	R	$160,268	27,632	$190,108
175	Across The Sea of Time	Drama	G	$144,847	24,974	$171,821
176	Hardball	Drama	PG-13	$134,862	23,252	$159,974
177	Bandits	Comedy	PG-13	$120,948	20,853	$143,469
178	Va Savoir (Who Knows?)	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$120,591	20,792	$143,049
179	Ghost World	Comedy	R	$115,856	19,975	$137,428
180	Intimacy	Drama	R	$113,946	19,646	$135,164
181	Innocence	Drama	R	$113,668	19,598	$134,834
182	The Wash	Comedy	R	$108,155	18,647	$128,291
183	Decalogue	Drama	Not Rated	$91,401	15,759	$108,422
184	The Sidewalks of New York	Comedy	R	$80,053	13,802	$94,958
185	Don't Say a Word	Thriller/Suspense	R	$73,280	12,634	$86,922
186	The Princess Diaries	Comedy	G	$60,720	10,469	$72,027
187	Chelsea Walls	Drama	R	$59,675	10,289	$70,788
188	Ciao America	Drama	R	$54,965	9,477	$65,202
189	Novocaine	Comedy	R	$51,265	8,839	$60,812
190	Zoolander	Comedy	PG-13	$44,121	7,607	$52,336
191	Dinner Rush	Drama	R	$42,037	7,248	$49,866
192	The Swamp	Comedy		$36,404	6,277	$43,186
193	Together	Genre Unknown	R	$30,628	5,281	$36,333
194	Gabriela	Drama	R	$27,237	4,696	$32,308
195	Season's Beatings	Comedy		$21,711	3,743	$25,752
196	The Calling	Drama	PG	$21,500	3,707	$25,504
197	The Circle	Drama	Not Rated	$15,345	2,646	$18,204
198	Our Lady of the Assassins	Drama	R	$9,620	1,659	$11,414
199	L.I.E.	Drama	Open	$8,507	1,467	$10,093
200	Joy Ride	Thriller/Suspense	R	$7,021	1,211	$8,332
201	Buddha Heads	Drama		$6,739	1,162	$7,995
202	My First Mister	Drama	R	$5,971	1,029	$7,080
203	Under the Sand	Drama	Not Rated	$5,647	974	$6,701
204	Cleopatra's Second Husband	Drama		$5,150	888	$6,109
205	By Hook or by Crook	Drama		$1,802	311	$2,140
Total Gross of All Movies				$4,206,326,266
Total Tickets Sold					725,228,673
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices						$4,989,573,270

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.