Box Office
Worldwide 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 | Worldwide | Adjusted for inflation |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers | $923.0M | $1.69B |
| 2 | Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets | $879.0M | $1.61B |
| 3 | Spider-Man | $821.7M | $1.51B |
| 4 | Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones | $645.3M | $1.18B |
| 5 | Men in Black II | $441.8M | $810.5M |
| 6 | Die Another Day | $432.0M | $792.4M |
| 7 | Signs | $408.2M | $748.9M |
| 8 | Ice Age | $383.3M | $703.0M |
| 9 | My Big Fat Greek Wedding | $368.7M | $676.4M |
| 10 | Minority Report | $358.4M | $657.4M |
| 11 | Catch Me If You Can | $352.1M | $645.9M |
| 12 | Chicago | $306.8M | $562.7M |
| 13 | Austin Powers in Goldmember | $296.9M | $544.7M |
| 14 | xXx | $277.4M | $508.9M |
| 15 | Scooby-Doo | $275.7M | $505.6M |
| 16 | Lilo & Stitch | $273.1M | $501.0M |
| 17 | The Ring | $249.3M | $457.4M |
| 18 | 8 Mile | $242.9M | $445.5M |
| 19 | The Bourne Identity | $214.0M | $392.6M |
| 20 | Red Dragon | $209.2M | $383.7M |
| 21 | Two Weeks Notice | $199.0M | $365.1M |
| 22 | Panic Room | $196.4M | $360.3M |
| 23 | The Sum of All Fears | $193.9M | $355.7M |
| 24 | Gangs of New York | $193.8M | $355.4M |
| 25 | Road to Perdition | $181.0M | $332.0M |
| 26 | Sweet Home Alabama | $180.6M | $331.3M |
| 27 | The Scorpion King | $178.8M | $328.0M |
| 28 | Hero | $177.4M | $325.4M |
| 29 | The Santa Clause 2 | $172.9M | $317.1M |
| 30 | Mr. Deeds | $171.3M | $314.2M |
| 31 | Stuart Little 2 | $170.0M | $311.8M |
| 32 | Blade II | $155.0M | $284.3M |
| 33 | Maid in Manhattan | $154.9M | $284.2M |
| 34 | About a Boy | $130.5M | $239.5M |
| 35 | Space Station 3D | $128.4M | $235.5M |
| 36 | The Time Machine | $123.7M | $227.0M |
| 37 | Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron | $122.6M | $224.8M |
| 38 | The Pianist | $120.1M | $220.3M |
| 39 | Spy Kids 2: Island of Lost Dreams | $119.7M | $219.6M |
| 40 | Unfaithful | $119.1M | $218.5M |
| 41 | Snow Dogs | $115.0M | $211.0M |
| 42 | We Were Soldiers | $114.7M | $210.3M |
| 43 | Insomnia | $113.7M | $208.6M |
| 44 | Return to Never Land | $109.9M | $201.5M |
| 45 | Treasure Planet | $109.6M | $201.0M |
| 46 | The Hours | $108.8M | $199.7M |
| 47 | Asterix & Obelix: Mission Cleopatra | $108.0M | $198.1M |
| 48 | About Schmidt | $105.8M | $194.1M |
| 49 | The Tuxedo | $104.4M | $191.5M |
| 50 | Resident Evil | $103.0M | $188.9M |
| 51 | John Q | $102.2M | $187.6M |
| 52 | 40 Days and 40 Nights | $95.1M | $174.5M |
| 53 | Changing Lanes | $94.9M | $174.1M |
| 54 | 28 Days Later | $82.7M | $151.7M |
| 55 | Reign of Fire | $82.2M | $150.7M |
| 56 | The Rookie | $80.7M | $148.0M |
| 57 | Jackass: The Movie | $79.5M | $145.8M |
| 58 | Collateral Damage | $78.4M | $143.8M |
| 59 | Showtime | $77.7M | $142.6M |
| 60 | Windtalkers | $77.6M | $142.4M |
| 61 | Barbershop | $77.1M | $141.4M |
| 62 | Bend It Like Beckham | $76.6M | $140.5M |
| 63 | The Count of Monte Cristo | $75.4M | $138.3M |
| 64 | Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood | $73.8M | $135.4M |
| 65 | E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial 20th Anniversary | $69.2M | $126.9M |
| 66 | The Sweetest Thing | $68.7M | $126.0M |
| 67 | Ghost Ship | $68.3M | $125.4M |
| 68 | Star Trek: Nemesis | $67.3M | $123.5M |
| 69 | Bad Company | $66.0M | $121.0M |
| 70 | K-19: The Widowmaker | $65.7M | $120.5M |
| 71 | High Crimes | $63.8M | $117.0M |
| 72 | Like Mike | $62.3M | $114.2M |
| 73 | Crossroads | $61.1M | $112.2M |
| 74 | The Wild Thornberrys | $60.7M | $111.3M |
| 75 | Bowling for Columbine | $58.0M | $106.4M |
| 76 | Drumline | $57.6M | $105.6M |
| 77 | Murder by Numbers | $56.7M | $104.0M |
| 78 | Frida | $56.3M | $103.3M |
| 79 | The Mothman Prophecies | $55.2M | $101.2M |
| 80 | Analyze That | $55.0M | $100.9M |
| 81 | The Hot Chick | $54.6M | $100.2M |
| 82 | The Cat Returns | $53.5M | $98.1M |
| 83 | Big Fat Liar | $53.0M | $97.2M |
| 84 | Dragonfly | $52.3M | $96.0M |
| 85 | One Hour Photo | $52.2M | $95.8M |
| 86 | Blue Crush | $51.8M | $95.1M |
| 87 | Enough | $51.8M | $95.0M |
| 88 | I Spy | $51.4M | $94.3M |
| 89 | Talk to Her 2002 Re-release | $51.0M | $93.6M |
| 90 | A Walk to Remember | $47.5M | $87.1M |
| 91 | Eight Legged Freaks | $45.9M | $84.1M |
| 92 | Queen of the Damned | $45.5M | $83.4M |
| 93 | The Transporter | $43.9M | $80.6M |
| 94 | The Master of Disguise | $43.4M | $79.6M |
| 95 | Orange County | $43.3M | $79.5M |
| 96 | 8 Women | $42.4M | $77.8M |
| 97 | Undercover Brother | $41.6M | $76.3M |
| 98 | Pinocchio | $41.3M | $75.8M |
| 99 | Clockstoppers | $38.8M | $71.2M |
| 100 | Van Wilder | $38.3M | $70.2M |
“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.