A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z Misc
2002 in film * May -
The Pianist directed by
Roman Polanski wins the "Palme d'Or" at the
Cannes Film Festival .
* May 3-5 -
Spider-Man was the first film to unadjustedly make $100+ million during the whole first weekend.
Amélie from Montmartre directed by
Jean-Pierre Jeunet wins the 2002
Cesar Award for Best Film, Best Director, Best Music, and Best Art Direction.
* December -
Star Trek: Nemesis , the tenth film in the successful film franchise, opens to poor box office and lukewarm reviews. It is later announced that this film is expected to be the final
Star Trek film for the foreseeable future.
Please note that following the tradition of the English language
film industry , these are the top grossing films that were first released in the
United States and
Canada in
2002 ; because they may have made most of their income in a later year, they may not be the top-grossing films for calendar year. The top ten films of 2002 as of
January 23 , 2006 (U.S. and Canada),
January 15 , 2006 (UK) and
January 15 , 2006 (Australia) are as follows:
align=bottom | International and U.S. & Canada combined box office gross figures are listed in U.S. dollars, British results in pounds sterling and Australian results in Australian dollars. 2002 Title Studio Total Int'l U.S. & Canada United Kingdom 1. The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers New Line Cinema $926,287,400 $341,786,758 £57,062,828 $45,183,872 2. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets Warner Bros. $876,688,482 $261,988,482 £54,036,560 $37,009,842 3. Spider-Man Sony Pictures Entertainment $821,708,551 $403,706,375 £28,591,639 $30,465,531 4. Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones 20th Century Fox $649,398,328 $310,676,740 £37,235,880 $33,432,227 5. Men in Black II Sony Pictures Entertainment $441,818,803 $190,418,803 £22,018,371 $17,442,997 6. Die Another Day MGM $431,971,116 $160,942,139 £35,924,004 $18,525,540 7. Signs Buena Vista $408,247,917 $227,966,634 £16,084,656 $11,851,230 8. Ice Age 20th Century Fox $382,687,405 $176,387,405 £14,856,581 $20,091,713 9. My Big Fat Greek Wedding IFC Films $368,744,044 $241,438,208 £13,441,558 $27,114,009 10. Minority Report 20th Century Fox $358,372,926 $132,072,926 £20,245,815 $11,759,614
In total, seven films released in 2002 grossed more than $400 million, reaching
international blockbuster motion picture status.
For a complete list of 2002's top-grossing films, follow these links:
*Worldwide: http://boxofficemojo.com/yearly/chart/?view2=worldwide&yr=2006&p=.htm
**U.S. & Canada: http://boxofficemojo.com/yearly/chart/?yr=2006&p=.htm
**United Kingdom: http://www.ukfilmcouncil.org.uk/statistics/boxoffice/
**Australia: http://www.moviemarshal.com/
ACADEMY AWARDS ::
Best Picture :
Chicago :
Best Actor :
Adrien Brody -
The Pianist :
Best Actress :
Nicole Kidman -
The Hours GOLDEN GLOBE AWARDS ::
Drama::Best Picture : The Hours Best Actor : Jack Nicholson About Schmidt :Best Actress : Nicole Kidman The Hours :Musical or Comedy::Best Picture : Chicago Best Actor : Richard Gere Chicago :Best Actress : Renee Zellweger Chicago BAFTA AWARDS :Best Picture : The Pianist Best Actor : Daniel Day-Lewis Gangs of New York :Best Actress : Nicole Kidman The Hours *January 13 - Ted Demme , 38, directorFebruary 15 - Kevin Smith , 38, television actorFebruary 21 - John Thaw , 60, actorFebruary 22 - Chuck Jones , 89, animatorFebruary 27 - Spike Milligan , 83, comedianMarch 27 - Milton Berle , 93, comedianMarch 27 - Dudley Moore , 66, actor/comedianMarch 27 - Billy Wilder , 95, filmmakerApril 9 - John Agar , 81, actorApril 16 - Robert Urich , 55, television actorApril 22 - Linda Lovelace , 53, porn star (Deep Throat )June 5 - Dee Dee Ramone , 49, bassist/songwriterJune 29 - Rosemary Clooney , 74, singer/actressJuly 5 - Katy Jurado , 78, Mexican actressJuly 6 - John Frankenheimer , 72, directorJuly 9 - Rod Steiger , 77, actorJuly 23 - Leo McKern , 82, actorAugust 16 - Jeff Corey , 88, actor, television directorAugust 18 - Dean Reisner , 83, screenwriterSeptember 7 - Katrin Cartlidge , 41, actressSeptember 11 - Kim Hunter , 79, actressSeptember 14 LaWanda Page , 81, actressSeptember 16 - James Gregory , 90, actorOctober 2 - Bruce Paltrow , 58, directorOctober 10 - Teresa Graves , 54, actressOctober 25 - Richard Harris , 72, actorNovember 3 - Jonathan Harris , 87, television actorNovember 18 - James Coburn , 74, actorDecember 3 - Glenn Quinn , 32, television actorDecember 30 - Mary Brian , 96, actressIn the film industry , a wide-release movie is a film that studios believe will appeal to a broad spectrum of the public and that shows in at least 600 theatres in the United States and Canada. The following films meet these criteria:January-March "align=bottom" | ‡ Films that achieved wide-release status after initial release. Month Day Title Studio Notable Cast/Crew January 4 Impostor Miramax Gary Sinise , Madeline Stowe 11 Orange County Paramount Pictures Jack Black , Lily Tomlin , Kevin Kline , Colin Hanks , Schuyler Fisk 18 Snow Dogs Buena Vista Cuba Gooding Jr. 25 The Count of Monte Cristo The Walt Disney Company James Caviezel , Guy Pearce , Richard Harris , Dagmara Dominczyk Kung Pow: Enter the Fist 20th Century Fox Steve Oedekerk , Jennifer Tung The Mothman Prophecies Sony /Screen Gems Richard Gere , Laura Linney A Walk to Remember Warner Bros. Mandy Moore , Shane West February 1 Birthday Girl Miramax Nicole Kidman , Vincent Cassel Slackers Sony Jason Schwartzman , Devon Sawa , Jaime King 8 Big Fat Liar Universal Studios Paul Giamatti , Frankie Muniz , Amanda Bynes Collateral Damage Warner Brothers Arnold Schwarzenegger , John Leguizamo , John Turturro Rollerball MGM Rebecca Romijn , Chris Klein 15 Crossroads Paramount Pictures Britney Spears , Anson Mount , Zoe Saldana Hart's War MGM Bruce Willis , Colin Farrell John Q New Line Cinema Denzel Washington Return to Never Land Buena Vista Blayne Weaver (voice), Harriet Owen (voice)Super Troopers Fox Searchlight Pictures 22 Dragonfly Universal Pictures Kevin Costner , Susanna Thompson , Kathy Bates The Queen of the Damned Warner Bros. Aaliyah , Stuart Townsend , Marguerite Moreau March 1 40 Days and 40 Nights Miramax Josh Hartnett We Were Soldiers Paramount Pictures Mel Gibson , Madeleine Stowe , Greg Kinnear 8 All about the Benjamins New Line Cinema Ice Cube , Mike Epps The Time Machine DreamWorks Guy Pearce , Mark Addy , Samantha Mumba 15 Ice Age 20th Century Fox Ray Romano , John Leguizamo , Chris Wedge Resident Evil Sony /Screen Gems Milla Jovovich , Michelle Rodriguez Showtime Warner Bros. Eddie Murphy , Robert De Niro 22 Blade II New Line Cinema Wesley Snipes , Kris Kristofferson , Ron Perlman E.T. (20th anniversary edition) Universal Pictures Henry Thomas , Robert MacNaughton , Drew Barrymore Sorority Boys Buena Vista Barry Watson , Michael Rosenbaum , Harland Williams 29 Clockstoppers Paramount Pictures Jesse Bradford , Paula Garcés , French Stewart Death to Smoochy Warner Bros. Robin Williams , Edward Norton , Catherine Keener Panic Room Sony Jodie Foster , Forest Whitaker , Jared Leto The Rookie Buena Vista Dennis Quaid , Rachel Griffiths , Jay Hernandez
April-June "align=bottom" | ‡ Films that achieved wide-release status after initial release. Month Day Title Studio Notable Cast/Crew April 5 Big Trouble Buena Vista Tim Allen , Rene Russo , Dennis Farina High Crimes 20th Century Fox Ashley Judd , Morgan Freeman , James Caviezel National Lampoon's Van Wilder Artisan Entertainment Ryan Reynolds , Tara Reid , Kal Penn 12 Changing Lanes Paramount Pictures Ben Affleck , Samuel L. Jackson Frailty Lions Gate Films Bill Paxton , Matthew McConaughey , Powers Boothe The Sweetest Thing Sony Cameron Diaz , Selma Blair , Christina Applegate 19 Murder by Numbers Warner Bros. Sandra Bullock , Ben Chaplin , Ryan Gosling My Big Fat Greek Wedding IFC Films Nia Vardalos , John Corbett The Scorpion King Universal Pictures The Rock , Michael Clarke Duncan , Kelly Hu 26 Jason X New Line Cinema Kane Hodder , Lexa Doig , Lisa Ryder Life or Something Like It 20th Century Fox Angelina Jolie , Edward Burns May 3 Deuces Wild MGM Stephen Dorff , Brad Renfro , Fairuza Balk Hollywood Ending DreamWorks Woody Allen , Téa Leoni Spider-Man Sony Tobey Maguire , Willem Dafoe , Kirsten Dunst 8 Unfaithful 20th Century Fox Richard Gere , Diane Lane , Olivier Martinez 10 The New Guy Sony DJ Qualls , Eliza Dushku , Zooey Deschanel 16 Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones 20th Century Fox Ewan McGregor , Hayden Christensen , Natalie Portman 17 About a Boy Universal Studios Nicholas Hoult , Hugh Grant , Rachel Weisz 24 Enough Sony Jennifer Lopez Insomnia Warner Bros. Al Pacino , Robin Williams , Hilary Swank Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron DreamWorks 31 The Sum of All Fears Paramount Pictures Ben Affleck , Morgan Freeman Undercover Brother Universal Studios Eddie Griffin , Chris Kattan , Denise Richards June 7 Bad Company Buena Vista Anthony Hopkins , Chris Rock Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood Warner Bros. Sandra Bullock , Ashley Judd , James Garner 14 The Bourne Identity Universal Pictures Matt Damon , Franka Potente , Chris Cooper Scooby-Doo Warner Bros. Scott Innes (voice), Freddie Prinze, Jr. , Sarah Michelle Gellar Windtalkers MGM Nicolas Cage , Christian Slater 21 Juwanna Mann Warner Bros. Miguel A. Núñez Jr. , Vivica A. Fox Lilo & Stitch Buena Vista Daveigh Chase (voice), Chris Sanders (voice), Tia Carrere (voice)Minority Report 20th Century Fox Tom Cruise , Colin Farrell , Max von Sydow 28 Hey Arnold!: The Movie Paramount Pictures Mr. Deeds Sony Adam Sandler , Winona Ryder
July-September "align=bottom" | ‡ Films that achieved wide-release status after initial release. Month Day Title Studio Notable Cast/Crew July 3 Like Mike 20th Century Fox Bow Wow , Brenda Song , Morris Chestnut Men in Black II Columbia Pictures Tommy Lee Jones , Will Smith The Powerpuff Girls Movie Warner Bros. Cathy Cavadini (voice), Tara Strong (voice), Elizabeth Daily (voice) 12 The Crocodile Hunter: Collision Course MGM Steve Irwin Halloween: Resurrection Miramax Jamie Lee Curtis , Brad Loree , Busta Rhymes Reign of Fire Buena Vista Christian Bale , Matthew McConaughey , Izabella Scorupco Road to Perdition DreamWorks Tom Hanks , Paul Newman , Jude Law 17 Eight Legged Freaks Warner Bros. David Arquette , Kari Wührer 19 K-19: The Widowmaker Paramount Pictures Harrison Ford Stuart Little 2 Columbia Pictures Michael J. Fox (voice), Geena Davis , Hugh Laurie 26 Austin Powers in Goldmember New Line Cinema Mike Myers , Beyoncé Knowles , Seth Green The Country Bears Buena Vista Christopher Walken , Stephen Tobolowsky , Daryl Mitchell |rowspan="15" valign="top"|August 2 Martin Lawrence Live: Runteldat Paramount Pictures Martin Lawrence The Master of Disguise Columbia Pictures Dana Carvey , James Brolin , Brent Spiner Signs Buena Vista Mel Gibson , Joaquin Phoenix 7 The Good Girl Fox Searchlight Pictures Jennifer Aniston , Jake Gyllenhaal , Tim Blake Nelson Spy Kids 2: Island Of Lost Dreams Dimension Films Antonio Banderas , Carla Gugino , Alexa Vega 9 Blood Work Warner Bros. Clint Eastwood , Jeff Daniels , Anjelica Huston XXX TriStar Pictures Vin Diesel 16 The Adventures of Pluto Nash Warner Bros. Eddie Murphy Blue Crush Universal Pictures Kate Bosworth , Michelle Rodriguez Possession Focus Features Jennifer Ehle , Jeremy Northam , Gwyneth Paltrow 21 One Hour Photo Fox Searchlight Pictures Robin Williams , Connie Nielsen , Michael Vartan 23 Serving Sara Paramount Pictures Matthew Perry , Elizabeth Hurley Simone New Line Cinema Al Pacino , Catherine Keener Undisputed Miramax Wesley Snipes , Ving Rhames 30 FeardotCom Warner Bros. Stephen Dorff , Natascha McElhone , Stephen Rea
October-December This section lists films which either did not achieve wide-release status in North America, or were not released in North America. Release dates refer to the North American release unless otherwise stated.Title Release date Studio Other notes 101 Reykjavík January 11 Menemsha Pictures Victoria Abril 24 Hour Party People August 9 MGM Steve Coogan , Shirley Henderson , John Simm All About Lily Chou-Chou July 12 Cowboy Pictures Shugo Oshinari Atanarjuat April 12 Lot 47 The Believer May 17 IDP Ryan Gosling Bolivar Soy Yo July 26 Venevision The Cat's Meow April 12 Lions Gate Films Eddie Izzard , Kirsten Dunst , Cary Elwes Cinema Paradiso: The New Version June 14 Miramax CQ May 24 MGM Gérard Depardieu , Jason Schwartzman , Angela Lindvall Crush April 5 Sony Classics Andie MacDowell The Dancer Upstairs January 11 Antena 3 Televisión John Malkovich (directorial debut), Javier Bardem The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys June 14 ThinkFilm Jodie Foster , Emile Hirsch , Kieran Culkin Dead in a Heartbeat March 3 Turner Network Television Dogtown and Z-Boys April 26 Sony Classics Elling May 29 First Look Pictures Enigma April 19 Manhattan Pictures Dougray Scott , Kate Winslet Escaflowne: The Movie January 25 Bandai Maaya Sakamoto , Tomokazu Seki Festival in Cannes March 8 Paramount Classics Anouk Aimée , Greta Scacchi , Maximilian Schell The First $20 Million Is Always the Hardest June 28 20th Century Fox Adam Garcia Full Frontal August 2 Miramax David Duchovny , Julia Roberts , Mary McCormack Gangster No. 1 June 14 IFC Films Malcolm McDowell , David Thewlis , Paul Bettany Happy Times July 26 Fox Searchlight Pictures Zhang Yimou (director)Harvard Man May 17 Cowboy Pictures Adrian Grenier , Sarah Michelle Gellar How to Kill Your Neighbor's Dog February 22 Artistic License Kenneth Branagh , Robin Wright Penn Human Nature April 12 Fine Line Tim Robbins , Rhys Ifans , Patricia Arquette The Isle August 23 Empire Pictures Kim Ki-duk (director)Italian for Beginners January 18 Miramax The Kid Stays in the Picture July 26 Focus Features Kissing Jessica Stein March 13 Fox Searchlight Pictures Jennifer Westfeldt Lan Yu July 3 Strand Late Marriage May 17 Magnolia Pictures Lior Ashkenazi Lucía y el Sexo July 12 Palm Pictures Paz Vega Maryam February 22 Streetlight Films Mean Machine February 22 Paramount Pictures Vinnie Jones , Jason Statham Men with Brooms March 8 Artisan Pictures Paul Gross Metropolis January 25 Sony Kei Kobayashi , Miyu Irino Me Without You July 5 IDP Anna Friel , Michelle Williams Monsoon Wedding February 22 Focus Features New Best Friend April 12 Sony Mia Kirshner , Meredith Monroe , Dominique Swain The Piano Teacher March 29 Kino Isabelle Huppert , Benoît Magimel Pumpkin January 14 IDP Christina Ricci , Dominique Swain Rain April 26 IDP Alicia Fulford-Wierzbicki Revolution OS August 23 Seventh Art Sade April 26 Empire Pictures Daniel Auteuil The Salton Sea April 26 Warner Bros. Val Kilmer , Vincent D'Onofrio Scotland, Pa. February 8 Lot 47 Maura Tierney , Choi Min-sik , Christopher Walken Scratch March 1 Palm Pictures Shiri February 8 IDP Han Suk-kyu , James LeGros , Kim Yoon-jin The Singles Ward February 1 Halestorm Stolen Summer March 22 Miramax Sur Mes Lèvres July 5 Magnolia Pictures Vincent Cassel Tadpole July 19 Miramax Sigourney Weaver , Bebe Neuwirth , Aaron Stanford Thirteen Conversations About One Thing May 24 Sony Classics Matthew McConaughey Time of Favor January 18 Kino Aki Avni Treasure Planet November 27 Buena Vista /Walt Disney Pictures Time Out March 29 ThinkFilm War Photographer June 19 First Run What Time Is It There? January 11 Wellspring Media Victoria Abril Winged Migration May 17 Mongrel Media Yamakasi - Les samouraïs des temps modernes January 18 Christal Films Y tu Mamá También March 15 IFC Films Maribel Verdú , Gael García Bernal , Diego Luna )
