Box Office
Domestic box office · 2002
The top-grossing releases of the year. Switch between worldwide, domestic, and international — every figure shown both as reported and adjusted for inflation, so films from any era are directly comparable.
| # | Title | Domestic | Adjusted for inflation |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spider-Man | $403.7M | $737.9M |
| 2 | The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers | $339.8M | $621.1M |
| 3 | Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones | $302.2M | $552.3M |
| 4 | Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets | $262.0M | $478.9M |
| 5 | My Big Fat Greek Wedding | $241.4M | $441.3M |
| 6 | Signs | $228.0M | $416.7M |
| 7 | Austin Powers in Goldmember | $213.3M | $389.9M |
| 8 | Men in Black II | $190.4M | $348.0M |
| 9 | Ice Age | $176.4M | $322.4M |
| 10 | Chicago | $170.7M | $312.0M |
| 11 | Catch Me If You Can | $164.6M | $300.9M |
| 12 | Die Another Day | $160.9M | $294.2M |
| 13 | Scooby-Doo | $153.3M | $280.2M |
| 14 | Lilo & Stitch | $145.8M | $266.5M |
| 15 | xXx | $142.1M | $259.7M |
| 16 | The Santa Clause 2 | $139.2M | $254.5M |
| 17 | Minority Report | $132.1M | $241.4M |
| 18 | The Ring | $129.1M | $236.0M |
| 19 | Sweet Home Alabama | $127.2M | $232.5M |
| 20 | Mr. Deeds | $126.3M | $230.8M |
| 21 | The Bourne Identity | $121.7M | $222.4M |
| 22 | The Sum of All Fears | $118.9M | $217.3M |
| 23 | 8 Mile | $116.8M | $213.4M |
| 24 | Asterix & Obelix: Mission Cleopatra | $108.0M | $197.4M |
| 25 | Road to Perdition | $104.5M | $190.9M |
| 26 | Panic Room | $96.4M | $176.2M |
| 27 | Maid in Manhattan | $94.0M | $171.8M |
| 28 | Space Station 3D | $93.4M | $170.7M |
| 29 | Two Weeks Notice | $93.4M | $170.6M |
| 30 | Red Dragon | $93.1M | $170.3M |
| 31 | The Scorpion King | $91.0M | $166.4M |
| 32 | Spy Kids 2: Island of Lost Dreams | $85.8M | $156.9M |
| 33 | Blade II | $82.3M | $150.5M |
| 34 | Snow Dogs | $81.2M | $148.4M |
| 35 | We Were Soldiers | $78.1M | $142.8M |
| 36 | Gangs of New York | $77.8M | $142.2M |
| 37 | Barbershop | $75.8M | $138.5M |
| 38 | The Rookie | $75.6M | $138.2M |
| 39 | Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron | $73.3M | $133.9M |
| 40 | John Q | $71.8M | $131.2M |
| 41 | Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood | $69.6M | $127.2M |
| 42 | Insomnia | $67.4M | $123.1M |
| 43 | Changing Lanes | $66.8M | $122.1M |
| 44 | About Schmidt | $65.0M | $118.8M |
| 45 | Stuart Little 2 | $65.0M | $118.7M |
| 46 | Jackass: The Movie | $64.3M | $117.4M |
| 47 | The Time Machine | $56.8M | $103.9M |
| 48 | Drumline | $56.4M | $103.1M |
| 49 | The Count of Monte Cristo | $54.2M | $99.1M |
| 50 | Hero | $53.7M | $98.2M |
| 51 | The Cat Returns | $53.6M | $98.0M |
| 52 | Unfaithful | $52.8M | $96.5M |
| 53 | Like Mike | $51.4M | $94.0M |
| 54 | The Tuxedo | $50.5M | $92.4M |
| 55 | Return to Never Land | $48.4M | $88.5M |
| 56 | Big Fat Liar | $48.4M | $88.4M |
| 57 | 28 Days Later | $45.1M | $82.4M |
| 58 | Star Trek: Nemesis | $43.3M | $79.1M |
| 59 | Reign of Fire | $43.1M | $78.7M |
| 60 | The Hours | $41.7M | $76.2M |
| 61 | High Crimes | $41.5M | $75.9M |
| 62 | About a Boy | $41.4M | $75.6M |
| 63 | A Walk to Remember | $41.3M | $75.5M |
| 64 | Orange County | $41.1M | $75.1M |
| 65 | Windtalkers | $40.9M | $74.8M |
| 66 | Blue Crush | $40.4M | $73.8M |
| 67 | The Master of Disguise | $40.4M | $73.8M |
| 68 | Resident Evil | $40.1M | $73.3M |
| 69 | The Wild Thornberrys | $40.1M | $73.3M |
| 70 | Collateral Damage | $40.1M | $73.3M |
| 71 | Enough | $40.0M | $73.1M |
| 72 | Undercover Brother | $39.1M | $71.4M |
| 73 | Treasure Planet | $38.2M | $69.8M |
| 74 | Showtime | $38.1M | $69.6M |
| 75 | 40 Days and 40 Nights | $38.0M | $69.4M |
| 76 | Crossroads | $37.2M | $68.0M |
| 77 | Clockstoppers | $37.0M | $67.6M |
| 78 | The Mothman Prophecies | $35.7M | $65.3M |
| 79 | E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial 20th Anniversary | $35.3M | $64.5M |
| 80 | K-19: The Widowmaker | $35.2M | $64.3M |
| 81 | The Hot Chick | $35.1M | $64.1M |
| 82 | I Spy | $33.6M | $61.3M |
| 83 | The Pianist | $32.6M | $59.5M |
| 84 | Bend It Like Beckham | $32.5M | $59.5M |
| 85 | Analyze That | $32.1M | $58.7M |
| 86 | Murder by Numbers | $31.9M | $58.4M |
| 87 | One Hour Photo | $31.6M | $57.8M |
| 88 | Queen of the Damned | $30.3M | $55.4M |
| 89 | Dragonfly | $30.3M | $55.4M |
| 90 | Bad Company | $30.2M | $55.1M |
| 91 | Ghost Ship | $30.1M | $55.0M |
| 92 | Frida | $25.9M | $47.3M |
| 93 | The Transporter | $25.3M | $46.2M |
| 94 | The Sweetest Thing | $24.7M | $45.2M |
| 95 | Bowling for Columbine | $21.6M | $39.4M |
| 96 | Van Wilder | $21.3M | $38.9M |
| 97 | Eight Legged Freaks | $17.3M | $31.7M |
| 98 | Talk to Her 2002 Re-release | $9.3M | $17.0M |
| 99 | Pinocchio | $3.7M | $6.7M |
| 100 | 8 Women | $3.1M | $5.7M |
“Adjusted for inflation” restates each gross in today’s dollars using US CPI-U annual averages. Domestic and international views are re-ranked from the year’s top releases; some early years report domestic-only figures.