2002 in film
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The year 2002 in film involved some significant events. The first significant releases of sequels took place between The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones, Men in Black II, Analyze That, Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams, Stuart Little 2, Blade II, the 3rd installment Austin Powers in Goldmember, the 10th installments Star Trek Nemesis and Jason X. 2002 is the only year in which a Star Wars and a Star Trek film were released in the same year.
Top grossing films
These are the top grossing films that were first released in 2002. The top ten films of 2002, by worldwide gross in $USD, as well as the US & Canada, UK, and Australia grosses, are as follows:
2002 Rank | Title | Studio | Director(s) | Worldwide Gross | U.S./Canada Gross | U.K. Gross | Australia Gross |
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1 | The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers | New Line Cinema | Peter Jackson | $925,282,504 | $341,786,758 | $91,914,687 | $26,850,032 |
2 | Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets | Warner Bros. | Chris Columbus | $878,643,482 | $261,988,482 | $88,104,108 | $20,857,535 |
3 | Spider-Man | Columbia | Sam Raimi | $821,708,551 | $403,706,375 | $45,780,340 | $16,890,782 |
4 | Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones | Fox/Lucasfilm | George Lucas | $649,398,328 | $310,676,740 | $58,762,764 | $18,632,998 |
5 | Men in Black II | Columbia | Barry Sonnenfeld | $441,818,803 | $190,418,803 | $34,571,702 | $9,698,146 |
6 | Die Another Day | MGM | Lee Tamahori | $431,971,116 | $160,942,139 | $59,182,873 | $10,520,593 |
7 | Signs | Touchstone | M. Night Shyamalan | $408,247,917 | $227,966,634 | $25,004,129 | $6,475,864 |
8 | Ice Age | Fox/Blue Sky | Chris Wedge | $383,257,136 | $176,387,405 | $21,425,322 | $10,869,472 |
9 | My Big Fat Greek Wedding | IFC Films | Joel Zwick | $368,744,044 | $241,438,208 | $20,927,227 | $15,168,243 |
10 | Minority Report | DreamWorks/Fox | Steven Spielberg | $358,372,926 | $132,072,926 | $31,388,860 | $6,584,824 |
These numbers are taken from Box Office Mojo, including their 2002 Yearly Box Office Results.
2002 produced fifty-one films that have grossed more than $100 million.
Events
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- May - The Pianist directed by Roman Polanski wins the "Palme d'Or" at the Cannes Film Festival.
- May 3–5 - Spider-Man is the first film to make $100+ million during its opening weekend in the US unadjusted to inflation.
- May 16 - Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones opens in theater. Although a huge success, it is the only Star Wars episode not to be the highest grosser of the year.
- Amélie directed by Jean-Pierre Jeunet wins the 2002 César Award for Best Film, Best Director, Best Music, and Best Art Direction. Amélie also became the highest-grossing French-language film in the United States ever.
- Another French-language film Brotherhood of the Wolf also became the second-highest-grossing French-language film in the United States in the last two decades.
Awards
Palme d'Or (Cannes Film Festival):
- The Pianist, directed by Roman Polanski, Poland
Golden Lion (Venice Film Festival):
- The Magdalene Sisters, directed by Peter Mullan, U.K. / Ireland
Golden Bear (Berlin Film Festival):
- Spirited Away (Sen to Chihiro no kamikakushi), directed by Hayao Miyazaki, Japan
- Bloody Sunday, directed by Paul Greengrass, U.K. / Ireland
Notable deaths
Wide-release films
In the film industry, a wide-release film 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: Dates given are U.S. and Canadian release dates.
Films released in the United States in 2002 include:
- W: wide release (600 or more theaters)
- L: limited release in select cities (fewer than 600 theaters)
- R: re-release of previously released film
January - March
April - June
July - September
October - December
Limited-release films
In addition to the wide-release films in the above list, the following films received a limited or regional release.
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- 6 Angels
- 8 Women
- 13 Moons, starring Steve Buscemi
- 24 Hour Party People
- 25th Hour, directed by Spike Lee, starring Edward Norton, Barry Pepper, Phillip Seymour Hoffman, Rosario Dawson, Brian Cox
- 28 Days Later, directed by Danny Boyle, starring Cillian Murphy
A
- All About Lily Chou-Chou
- All or Nothing, directed by Mike Leigh
- Amen.
- Antwone Fisher, directed by and starring Denzel Washington
- Auto Focus, starring Greg Kinnear and Willem Dafoe
- Avenging Angelo, starring Sylvester Stallone and Madeleine Stowe
B
- Baader
- Back by Midnight
- Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever
- Bang Bang You're Dead
- Bend It Like Beckham, starring Parminder Nagra, Keira Knightley, and Jonathan Rhys-Meyers.
- The Best Day of My Life, starring Virna Lisi
- Better Luck Tomorrow
- The Blood Stained Route Map
- Bloody Sunday
- Boat Trip, starring Cuba Gooding, Jr. and Roger Moore
- Bolivar Soy Yo
- Book of Love
- Bowling for Columbine, directed by Michael Moore
- Broken Wings (Knafayim Shvurot)
- Brotherhood of the Wolf (U.S. release)
- Bubba Ho-tep
- The Burial Society
- Buying the Cow
C
- Callas Forever
- Carrie
- Chance
- Chat Room
- Chicago, starring Renee Zellweger, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Richard Gere, Queen Latifah, John C. Reilly. Academy Award winner for Best Picture.
- Chinese Odyssey 2002 (天下無雙), starring Tony Leung
- Cinema Paradiso: The New Version (director's cut re-release)
- City of Ghosts
- City of God
- Civil Brand
- The Clay Bird (মাটির ময়না), the first Bangladeshi film to be nominated for an Oscar
- Company
- Confessions of a Dangerous Mind, directed by George Clooney, starring Sam Rockwell, Drew Barrymore, Julia Roberts
- Crazy As Hell, starring Eriq LaSalle
- Cypher, starring Jeremy Northam and Lucy Liu
D
- The Dancer Upstairs, starring Javier Bardem
- The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys, starring Emile Hirsch and Kieran Culkin
- Dark Blue, starring Kurt Russell
- Dark Water (仄暗い水の底から), directed by Hideo Nakata
- Darkness
- Dead Gorgeous
- Dead in a Heartbeat
- Deathwatch
- Demon Island
- Dirty Deeds
- Dirty Pretty Things, starring Audrey Tautou and Chiwetel Ejiofor
- Divine Intervention
- Dog Soldiers
- Doing Time (刑務所の中)
E
- Emergency Act 19
- Equilibrium
- Evelyn, starring Pierce Brosnan
F
- Far from Heaven, starring Julianne Moore, Dennis Quaid, Dennis Haysbert
- Fine Dead Girls (Fine mrtve djevojke)
- The First $20 Million Is Always the Hardest
- Fizzle Bubb
- Frida, starring Salma Hayek
- FUBAR
- Full Frontal, directed by Steven Soderbergh
G
- Godzilla Against Mechagodzilla
- The Good Girl, starring Jennifer Aniston
- The Good Thief
- Groom Lake
- The Guru, starring Heather Graham
H
- Hero
- Highway
- Home Room
- L'homme du train (The Man on the Train)
- The Hours, starring Nicole Kidman, Julianne Moore and Meryl Streep
I
- Igby Goes Down, starring Kieran Culkin, Claire Danes and Susan Sarandon
- The Importance of Being Earnest, starring Colin Firth
- In America, directed by Jim Sheridan, starring Samantha Morton and Djimon Hounsou.
- In This World
- Infernal Affairs
- Interstate 60
- Irréversible, starring Monica Bellucci
K
- K-9: P.I., starring James Belushi
- The Kid Stays in the Picture, documentary on Robert Evans
- Kiss the Bride
L
- The Laramie Project
- Last Call
- Laurel Canyon, starring Frances McDormand and Christian Bale
- Lilya 4-ever
- Love And A Bullet
M-N
- Madame Satã
- The Magdalene Sisters
- The Man from Elysian Fields, starring Andy García and Mick Jagger
- The Man Who Saved Christmas
- The Man Without a Past
- Melinda's World
- Men with Brooms
- Millennium Actress (English version release date, orig. Japanese released 2001)
- Moonlight Mile, starring Jake Gyllenhaal, Susan Sarandon and Dustin Hoffman
- Morvern Callar, starring Samantha Morton
- New Best Friend, starring Mia Kirshner and Taye Diggs
O
P-Q
- Personal Velocity: Three Portraits
- People I Know, starring Al Pacino, Kim Basinger, Tea Leoni and Ryan O'Neal
- Phone Booth, starring Colin Farrell
- The Pianist, starring Adrian Brody
- Pokémon 4Ever
- Possession
- The Powerpuff Girls Movie
- Puckoon directed by Terence Ryan
- Pumpkin
- Punch-Drunk Love, starring Adam Sandler
- The Quiet American, starring Brendan Fraser and Michael Caine
R
- R.S.V.P.
- Rabbit-Proof Fence
- Ripley's Game, starring John Malkovich and Ray Winstone
- Rose Red, starring Nancy Travis
S
- The Salton Sea, starring Val Kilmer and Vincent D'Onofrio
- Saving My Hubby
- Second Name
- Secretary, starring James Spader and Maggie Gyllenhaal
- Secret Things
- Sex Is Zero
- Showboy
- The Singles Ward
- Skinwalkers
- Spider
- Spirit of Korean Celadon
- Spun
- Steal
- Stevie
- Stolen Summer
- Sunshine State, directed by John Sayles, starring Edie Falco and Angela Bassett
- Swing, directed by Toni Gatlif
- Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance
T
- Tadpole, starring Sigourney Weaver and Bebe Neuwirth
- Talk to Her, directed by Pedro Almodóvar
- Timequest
- The Twilight Samurai
U-V
W
- Waiting for Happiness
- Walking on Water
- Welcome to Collinwood, starring Isaiah Washington, Sam Rockwell and William H. Macy
- Whale Rider, starring Keisha Castle-Hughes