Box Office Performance for Drama Movies in 2002

Rank	Movie	Genre	MPAA	2002 Gross	Tickets Sold	Inflation- Adjusted Gross
1	A Beautiful Mind	Drama	PG-13	$152,149,450	26,232,664	$180,480,728
2	8 Mile	Drama	R	$115,270,265	19,874,184	$136,734,386
3	The Road to Perdition	Drama	R	$104,054,514	17,940,433	$123,430,179
4	Catch Me if You Can	Drama	PG-13	$97,437,621	16,799,590	$115,581,179
5	We Were Soldiers	Drama	R	$78,120,196	13,468,999	$92,666,713
6	ET: The Extra-Terrestrial	Drama	PG	$75,913,517	13,088,537	$90,049,135
7	The Rookie	Drama	G	$75,597,042	13,033,973	$89,673,734
8	John Q	Drama	PG-13	$71,026,631	12,245,971	$84,252,280
9	The Count of Monte Cristo	Drama	PG-13	$54,228,104	9,349,673	$64,325,750
10	Unfaithful	Drama	R	$52,752,475	9,095,254	$62,575,348
11	Gangs of New York	Drama	R	$47,082,059	8,117,596	$55,849,060
12	A Walk to Remember	Drama	PG	$41,227,069	7,108,115	$48,903,831
13	I Am Sam	Drama	PG-13	$40,203,477	6,931,634	$47,689,642
14	Blue Crush	Drama	PG-13	$40,118,420	6,916,969	$47,588,747
15	Crossroads	Drama	PG-13	$37,188,667	6,411,839	$44,113,452
16	In the Bedroom	Drama	R	$33,549,209	5,784,346	$39,796,300
17	One Hour Photo	Drama	R	$31,597,131	5,447,781	$37,480,733
18	Monster's Ball	Drama	R	$31,056,370	5,354,547	$36,839,283
19	Dragonfly	Drama	PG-13	$30,063,805	5,183,415	$35,661,895
20	Swimfan	Drama	PG-13	$28,563,926	4,924,815	$33,882,727
21	City by the Sea	Drama	R	$22,433,915	3,867,916	$26,611,262
22	Frida	Drama	R	$21,289,079	3,670,531	$25,253,253
23	Hart's War	Drama	R	$19,076,815	3,289,106	$22,629,049
24	Tuck Everlasting	Drama	PG	$18,914,978	3,261,203	$22,437,077
25	The Four Feathers	Drama	PG-13	$18,306,166	3,156,236	$21,714,904
26	Ali	Drama	R	$18,132,203	3,126,242	$21,508,545
27	Empire	Drama	R	$16,611,085	2,863,980	$19,704,182
28	White Oleander	Drama	PG-13	$16,357,770	2,820,305	$19,403,698
29	Solaris	Drama	PG-13	$14,864,114	2,562,778	$17,631,913
30	The Emperor's Club	Drama	PG-13	$13,829,640	2,384,421	$16,404,816
31	Y Tu Mama Tambien (And Your Mother Too)	Drama	R	$13,649,881	2,353,428	$16,191,585
32	Undisputed	Drama	R	$12,398,628	2,137,694	$14,707,335
33	About Schmidt	Drama	R	$12,028,464	2,073,873	$14,268,246
34	Knockaround Guys	Drama	R	$11,660,180	2,010,376	$13,831,387
35	Far From Heaven	Drama	PG-13	$11,230,060	1,936,217	$13,321,173
36	Cinema Paradiso	Drama	R	$10,771,665	1,857,184	$12,777,426
37	Possession	Drama	PG-13	$10,103,647	1,742,008	$11,985,015
38	The Majestic	Drama	PG	$8,882,434	1,531,454	$10,536,404
39	The Shipping News	Drama	R	$8,609,268	1,484,357	$10,212,376
40	Moonlight Mile	Drama	PG-13	$6,785,939	1,169,989	$8,049,524
41	Antwone Fisher	Drama	PG-13	$6,118,566	1,054,925	$7,257,884
42	Deuces Wild	Drama	R	$6,044,618	1,042,176	$7,170,171
43	Iris	Drama	R	$5,525,747	952,715	$6,554,679
44	El Crimen de Padre	Drama	R	$4,558,301	785,914	$5,407,088
45	Lovely and Amazing	Drama	R	$4,210,379	725,927	$4,994,378
46	The Other Side of Heaven	Drama	PG	$4,198,246	723,836	$4,979,992
47	Lantana	Drama	R	$4,144,388	714,550	$4,916,104
48	Secretary	Drama	R	$3,874,608	668,036	$4,596,088
49	The Fast Runner	Drama	R	$3,764,087	648,981	$4,464,989
50	Thirteen Conversations About One Thing	Drama	R	$3,287,435	566,799	$3,899,577
51	The Cat's Meow	Drama	PG-13	$3,176,936	547,748	$3,768,506
52	American Adobo	Drama	R	$3,094,699	533,569	$3,670,955
53	Sunshine State	Drama	PG-13	$3,064,356	528,337	$3,634,959
54	Paid in Full	Drama	R	$3,042,188	524,515	$3,608,663
55	Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham	Drama	Not Rated	$2,862,000	493,448	$3,394,922
56	Sex and Lucia	Drama	R	$2,628,241	453,145	$3,117,638
57	Last Orders	Drama	R	$2,326,407	401,105	$2,759,602
58	Hable con ella	Drama	R	$2,304,186	397,273	$2,733,238
59	Auto Focus	Drama	R	$2,008,023	346,211	$2,381,932
60	The Piano Teacher	Drama	R	$1,900,282	327,635	$2,254,129
61	Harrison's Flowers	Drama	R	$1,843,570	317,857	$2,186,856
62	The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys	Drama	R	$1,779,284	306,773	$2,110,598
63	Rabbit-Proof Fence	Drama	PG	$1,682,956	290,165	$1,996,335
64	Mulholland Drive	Drama	R	$1,611,535	277,851	$1,911,615
65	Late Marriage	Drama	Not Rated	$1,551,470	267,495	$1,840,366
66	Ararat	Drama	R	$1,510,307	260,398	$1,791,538
67	Apollo 13 (IMAX)	Drama	PG	$1,389,105	239,501	$1,647,767
68	Joshua	Drama	G	$1,366,733	235,644	$1,621,231
69	Read My Lips	Drama	R	$1,359,133	234,333	$1,612,211
70	Kandahar	Drama	Not Rated	$1,288,325	222,125	$1,528,220
71	China: The Panda Adventure	Drama	Not Rated	$1,274,222	219,693	$1,511,488
72	Nine Queens	Drama	R	$1,222,889	210,843	$1,450,600
73	24 Hour Party People	Drama	R	$1,169,030	201,557	$1,386,712
74	The Hours	Drama	PG-13	$1,070,856	184,630	$1,270,254
75	The Last Kiss	Drama	R	$1,048,950	180,853	$1,244,269
76	Evelyn	Drama	PG	$1,043,479	179,910	$1,237,781
77	The Son's Room	Drama	R	$1,014,416	174,899	$1,203,305
78	The Pianist	Drama	R	$1,000,511	172,502	$1,186,814
79	Kaante	Drama	R	$944,272	162,806	$1,120,105
80	Storytelling	Drama	R	$912,442	157,318	$1,082,348
81	No Man's Land	Drama	R	$832,601	143,552	$987,638
82	Time Changer	Drama	PG	$763,671	131,667	$905,869
83	Bloody Sunday	Drama	R	$760,795	131,172	$902,463
84	Personal Velocity	Drama	R	$703,951	121,371	$835,032
85	A Common Thread	Drama	Not Rated	$700,000	120,690	$830,347
86	Savage Messiah	Drama	R	$666,850	114,974	$791,021
87	The Emperor's New Clothes	Drama	PG	$661,903	114,121	$785,152
88	The Man Who Wasn't There	Drama	R	$634,024	109,314	$752,080
89	25th Hour	Drama	R	$624,933	107,747	$741,299
90	Charlotte Gray	Drama	PG-13	$595,334	102,644	$706,191
91	Charly	Drama	PG	$593,825	102,384	$704,402
92	Forgive Me Father	Drama	R	$559,622	96,487	$663,831
93	Encounter in the Third Dimension	Drama	Not Rated	$549,169	94,684	$651,426
94	Amadeus	Drama	R	$408,749	70,474	$484,861
95	The Believer	Drama	R	$406,035	70,006	$481,641
96	The Fluffer	Drama	R	$401,741	69,266	$476,550
97	Waking Life	Drama	R	$352,215	60,727	$417,802
98	The Quiet American	Drama	R	$333,396	57,482	$395,476
99	The Business of Strangers	Drama	R	$332,153	57,268	$394,004
100	Circuit	Drama		$235,087	40,532	$278,860
101	Nicholas Nickleby	Drama	PG	$228,518	39,400	$271,072
102	Tully	Drama	Not Rated	$224,970	38,788	$266,861
103	Russian Ark	Drama	Not Rated	$189,588	32,688	$224,893
104	Fat Girl	Drama	Not Rated	$189,222	32,624	$224,453
105	Alias Betty	Drama		$185,959	32,062	$220,587
106	The Business of Fancy Dancing	Drama		$174,682	30,118	$207,212
107	Beijing Bicycle	Drama	PG-13	$157,279	27,117	$186,565
108	All or Nothing	Drama	R	$153,063	26,390	$181,563
109	Across The Sea of Time	Drama	G	$144,847	24,974	$171,821
110	Hardball	Drama	PG-13	$134,862	23,252	$159,974
111	The Cherry Orchard	Drama		$131,188	22,619	$155,619
112	Intimacy	Drama	R	$113,946	19,646	$135,164
113	Innocence	Drama	R	$113,668	19,598	$134,834
114	Baran	Drama	PG	$104,198	17,965	$123,599
115	Big Bad Love	Drama	R	$100,420	17,314	$119,120
116	Himalaya - l'enfance d'un chef	Drama	Not Rated	$98,403	16,966	$116,726
117	Hometown Legend	Drama	PG	$96,429	16,626	$114,387
118	Donnie Darko	Drama	R	$96,257	16,596	$114,180
119	Decalogue	Drama	Not Rated	$91,401	15,759	$108,422
120	Borstal Boy	Drama		$87,074	15,013	$103,289
121	Wings of Courage	Drama	G	$65,030	11,212	$77,139
122	Chelsea Walls	Drama	R	$59,675	10,289	$70,788
123	Harvard Man	Drama	R	$56,653	9,768	$67,204
124	Ciao America	Drama	R	$54,965	9,477	$65,202
125	Children on Their Birthdays	Drama	PG	$54,912	9,468	$65,140
126	Focus	Drama	PG-13	$52,173	8,995	$61,886
127	An American Rhapsody	Drama	PG-13	$51,540	8,886	$61,136
128	Burnt Money	Drama		$49,316	8,503	$58,501
129	Astoria	Drama	R	$44,025	7,591	$52,226
130	Dinner Rush	Drama	R	$42,037	7,248	$49,866
131	The Children of the Century	Drama		$36,087	6,222	$42,807
132	Behind the Sun	Drama	PG-13	$28,585	4,928	$33,905
133	Gabriela	Drama	R	$27,237	4,696	$32,308
134	The Fire and the Rain	Drama		$25,049	4,319	$29,715
135	The Calling	Drama	PG	$21,500	3,707	$25,504
136	Aberdeen	Drama		$20,327	3,505	$24,114
137	The Affair of the Necklace	Drama	R	$15,750	2,716	$18,686
138	The Circle	Drama	Not Rated	$15,345	2,646	$18,204
139	Bobby G. Can't Swim	Drama	R	$10,575	1,823	$12,542
140	All About Lily Chou-Chou	Drama		$9,763	1,683	$11,579
141	L.I.E.	Drama	Open	$8,507	1,467	$10,093
142	Buddha Heads	Drama		$6,739	1,162	$7,995
143	My First Mister	Drama	R	$5,971	1,029	$7,080
144	Under the Sand	Drama	Not Rated	$5,647	974	$6,701
145	Cleopatra's Second Husband	Drama		$5,150	888	$6,109
146	Blackboards	Drama		$3,417	589	$4,052
147	Caravaggio	Documentary		$3,151	543	$3,736
148	Ash Wednesday	Drama	R	$2,942	507	$3,488
149	By Hook or by Crook	Drama		$1,802	311	$2,140
150	Adanggaman	Drama		$904	156	$1,073
Total Gross of All Movies				$1,636,069,859
Total Tickets Sold					282,081,016
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices						$1,940,717,390

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.