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The year 2002 in film involved some significant events.
Highest-grossing films
The top 10 films released in 2002 by worldwide gross are as follows:[1]
| Rank | Title | Distributor | Worldwide gross |
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| 1 | The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers | New Line | $936,689,735 |
| 2 | Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets | Warner Bros. | $878,979,634 |
| 3 | Spider-Man | Sony | $821,708,551 |
| 4 | Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones | 20th Century Fox | $653,741,940 |
| 5 | Men in Black II | Sony | $441,818,803 |
| 6 | Die Another Day | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer | $431,971,116 |
| 7 | Signs | Disney | $408,247,917 |
| 8 | Ice Age | 20th Century Fox | $383,257,136 |
| 9 | My Big Fat Greek Wedding | IFC Films | $368,744,044 |
| 10 | Minority Report | 20th Century Fox | $358,372,926 |
2002 was the first year to see three films cross the eight-hundred-million-dollar milestone, surpassing the previous year's record of two eight-hundred-million-dollar films. It also surpasses the previous years record of having the most ticket sales in a single year (fueled by the success of various sequels and the first Spider-Man movie).
Events
- March 1 — Paramount Pictures reveals a new-on screen logo to celebrate it’s 90th anniversary.
- 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 theaters. Although a huge success, it was the first Star Wars film not to be the highest-grossing 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
2002 wide-release films
January–March
April–June
July–September
October–December
Notable 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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- 13 Moons, starring Steve Buscemi and Jennifer Beals – (US)
- 24 Hour Party People, starring Steve Coogan – (UK)
- 25th Hour, directed by Spike Lee, starring Edward Norton, Barry Pepper, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Rosario Dawson, Brian Cox – (US)
- 28 Days Later, directed by Danny Boyle, starring Cillian Murphy – (UK)
- 6 Angels – (Japan)
- 8 Mile, starring Eminem, Kim Basinger, Brittany Murphy, Mekhi Phifer – (US)
- 8 Women (8 Femmes), starring Catherine Deneuve, Isabelle Huppert, Emmanuelle Béart – (France)
A
- Aankhen (Eyes), starring Amitabh Bachchan – (India)
- Ada Apa dengan Cinta? (What's Up with Love?) – (Indonesia)
- Addicted (Jungdok), starring Lee Byung-hun – (South Korea)
- The Adversary (L'adversaire), starring Daniel Auteuil – (France)
- Alice
- Ali G Indahouse starring Sacha Baron Cohen, Charles Dance, Michael Gambon and Martin Freeman – (UK)
- All or Nothing, directed by Mike Leigh, starring Timothy Spall – (UK)
- Amandla!: A Revolution in Four-Part Harmony – (South Africa/US)
- Amar te duele (Loving You Hurts) – (Mexico)
- Amen., directed by Costa-Gavras – (Germany/France/Romania)
- Angel on the Right (Farishtai kitfi rost) – (Tajikistan)
- Antwone Fisher, directed by and starring Denzel Washington – (US)
- Ararat, starring Charles Aznavour and Christopher Plummer – (Canada/France)
- Aro Tolbukhin. En la mente del asesino (Aro Tolbukhin: in the Mind of a Killer) – (Spain)
- Australian Rules – (Australia)
- Auto Focus, starring Greg Kinnear and Willem Dafoe – (US)
- Avenging Angelo, starring Sylvester Stallone and Madeleine Stowe – (US)
B
- Baader – (Germany)
- Back to Babylon (العودة إلى بابل) – (Iraq)
- Bad Company, starring Anthony Hopkins, and Chris Rock – (US)
- Bad Guy (Nabbeun namja) – (South Korea)
- Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever, starring Antonio Banderas and Lucy Liu – (US)
- Balseros (Rafters) – (Spain)
- Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress (Xiao cai feng or Balzac et la Petite Tailleuse Chinoise) – (China/France)
- Bang Bang You're Dead – (US)
- The Banger Sisters, starring Goldie Hawn, Susan Sarandon, and Geoffrey Rush – (US)
- Barbershop, starring Ice Cube, Anthony Anderson, Sean Patrick Thomas, and Eve – (US)
- Bend It Like Beckham, starring Parminder Nagra, Keira Knightley, and Jonathan Rhys-Meyers – (UK)
- Beneath Clouds – (Australia)
- The Best Day of My Life (Il più bel giorno della mia vita), starring Virna Lisi – (Italy)
- Better Luck Tomorrow – (US)
- Biggie & Tupac – (US)
- Black and White, starring Robert Carlyle and Charles Dance – (Australia)
- Blissfully Yours (Sud sanaeha), directed by Apichatpong Weerasethakul – (Thailand)
- The Blood Stained Route Map (Pimudun ryakpae) – (North Korea)
- Bloody Sunday, starring James Nesbitt – (Ireland)
- Blue Gate Crossing (Lan se da men) – (Taiwan)
- Boat Trip, starring Cuba Gooding, Jr. and Roger Moore – (US)
- Bolívar Soy Yo (Bolivar is Me) – (Colombia)
- El Bonaerense (The Locksmith) – (Argentina/Chile/France/Netherlands)
- Book of Love – (US)
- The Box of Life (Sunduq al-dunyâ) – (Syria)
- Broken Wings (Knafayim Shvurot) – (Israel)
- Bubba Ho-tep, starring Bruce Campbell – (US)
- The Burial Society – (US/Canada)
- Bus 174 (Ônibus 174) – (Brazil)
- Buying the Cow, starring Jerry O'Connell – (US)
C
- Callas Forever, directed by Franco Zeffirelli, starring Fanny Ardant, Jeremy Irons, Joan Plowright – (Italy/France/Spain/UK/Romania)
- Carrie – (US)
- The Cat Returns (Neko no Ongaeshi) – (Japan)
- Champion – (South Korea)
- Chance, directed by and starring Amber Benson – (US)
- Chat Room – (US)
- Chen Mo and Meiting (Chen Mo he Meiting) – (China)
- Chicago, starring Renée Zellweger, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Richard Gere, Queen Latifah, John C. Reilly – (US) – Academy Award winner for Best Picture
- Chinese Odyssey 2002 (Tianxia Wushuang)), starring Tony Leung – (Hong Kong)
- Cinema Paradiso: The New Version – (Italy) – (director's cut re-release)
- City of Ghosts, directed by and starring Matt Dillon – (US)
- City of God (Cidade de Deus) – (Brazil)
- The Clay Bird (Matir Moina), the first Bangladeshi film to be nominated for an Oscar
- The Coast Guard (Haeanseon) – (South Korea)
- Common Places (Lugares comunes) – (Argentina)
- Company (कम्पनी) – (India)
- The Confession (Itiraf) – (Turkey)
- Confessions of a Dangerous Mind, directed by George Clooney, starring Sam Rockwell, Drew Barrymore, Julia Roberts – (US)
- The Courtesan (Ca-bau-kan) – (Indonesia)
- Crackerjack – (Australia)
- Crazy As Hell, starring Eriq LaSalle – (US)
- The Crime of Father Amaro (El crimen del padre Amaro), starring Gael García Bernal – (Mexico)
- Cry Woman (Ku qi de nü ren) – (China)
- The Cuckoo (Kukushka) – (Russia)
- Cypher, starring Jeremy Northam and Lucy Liu – (US)
D
- The Dancer Upstairs, directed by John Malkovich, starring Javier Bardem – (US/Spain)
- The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys, starring Emile Hirsch and Kieran Culkin – (US)
- Dark Water (Honogurai mizu no soko kara), directed by Hideo Nakata – (Japan)
- Darkness, starring Anna Paquin and Lena Olin – (US/Spain)
- Dead in a Heartbeat, starring Judge Reinhold and Penelope Ann Miller – (US/Canada)
- Deathwatch, starring Jamie Bell – (UK/Germany)
- Dekada '70 – (Philippines)
- Devdas – (India)
- Dirty Deeds, starring Bryan Brown, Toni Collette, John Goodman – (Australia)
- Dirty Pretty Things, directed by Stephen Frears, starring Audrey Tautou and Chiwetel Ejiofor – (UK)
- Divine Intervention (Yadon ilaheyya) – (Palestine/France/Morocco/Germany)
- Dog Soldiers, starring Sean Pertwee and Kevin McKidd – (UK)
- Dolls (ドールズ), directed by Takeshi Kitano – (Japan)
- Doing Time (keimusho no naka) – (Japan)
- Dracula: Pages from a Virgin's Diary – (Canada)
- Drunk on Women and Poetry (Chi-hwa-seon) – (South Korea)
- Durval Discos (Durval Records) – (Brazil)
- D-Tox, starring Sylvester Stallone and – (US)
E
- Emergency Act 19 (Gimgeubjochi 19ho) – (South Korea)
- Enlightenment Guaranteed (Erleuchtung garantiert) – (Germany)
- Equilibrium, starring Christian Bale and Emily Watson – (US)
- Evelyn, starring Pierce Brosnan – (Ireland)
- The Eye (Gin gwai), directed by the Pang brothers – (Hong Kong/Singapore)
F
- Facing the Truth (At kende sandheden) – (Denmark)
- Far from Heaven, starring Julianne Moore, Dennis Quaid, Dennis Haysbert – (US)
- Fat Choi Spirit (Lik goo lik goo san nin choi), starring Andy Lau – (Hong Kong)
- Fidel
- Fine Dead Girls (Fine mrtve djevojke) – (Croatia)
- The First $20 Million Is Always the Hardest, starring Adam Garcia and Rosario Dawson – (US)
- Flower & Garnet – (Canada)
- Frida, starring Salma Hayek – (Mexico/US/Canada)
- FUBAR – (Canada)
- Full Frontal, directed by Steven Soderbergh, starring David Duchovny and Catherine Keener – (US)
G
- Glowing Eyes (La chatte à deux têtes) – (France)
- God Forbid a Worse Thing Should Happen (Ne dao bog većeg zla) – (Croatia)
- Godzilla Against Mechagodzilla (Gojira tai Mekagojira) – (Japan)
- Goebbels und Geduldig – (Germany)
- The Good Girl, starring Jennifer Aniston and Jake Gyllenhaal – (US)
- The Good Thief, directed by Neil Jordan, starring Nick Nolte – (UK/France/Ireland)
- The Guru, starring Jimi Mistry and Heather Graham – (UK/France/US)
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- He Loves Me... He Loves Me Not (À la folie... pas du tout), starring Audrey Tautou – (France)
- Hero (Ying xiong), directed by Zhang Yimou, starring Jet Li, Tony Leung, Maggie Cheung – (China/Hong Kong)
- Highway, starring Jared Leto, Jake Gyllenhaal, Selma Blair – (US)
- Home Room – (US)
- The Hours, starring Nicole Kidman, Julianne Moore and Meryl Streep – (UK/US)
- House of Fools (Dom Durakov), directed by Andrei Konchalovsky – (Russia)
- Hukkle – (Hungary)
I–J
- I Am Dina (Jeg er Dina), starring Gérard Depardieu and Maria Bonnevie – (Norway/Sweden/France/Denmark)
- I Love You (Wo ai ni), directed by Zhang Yuan – (China)
- Igby Goes Down, starring Kieran Culkin, Claire Danes and Susan Sarandon – (US)
- The Importance of Being Earnest, starring Rupert Everett and Colin Firth – (UK)
- In America, directed by Jim Sheridan, starring Samantha Morton and Djimon Hounsou – (Ireland/UK)
- In the City Without Limits (En la ciudad sin límites) – (Spain)
- In This World, directed by Michael Winterbottom – (UK)
- Infernal Affairs (Mou gaan dou), starring Tony Leung and Andy Lau – (Hong Kong)
- Interstate 60, starring James Marsden, Gary Oldman, Amy Smart – (US)
- Intimate Stories (Historias mínimas) – (Argentina)
- InuYasha the Movie: The Castle Beyond the Looking Glass (Eiga Inuyasha: Kagami no Naka no Mugenjō) – (Japan)
- Irréversible, starring Monica Bellucci and Vincent Cassel – (France)
K
- K-9: P.I., starring James Belushi – (US)
- Kamchatka – (Argentina)
- The Kid Stays in the Picture, documentary on Robert Evans – (US)
- A Kind of America (Valami Amerika) – (Hungary)
- Kiss the Bride – (US)
- Kruté radosti (Cruel Joys) – (Slovakia)
L
- The Laramie Project, starring Nestor Carbonell and Christina Ricci – (US)
- Last Call, starring Jeremy Irons, Neve Campbell, Sissy Spacek – (US/Canada)
- L'Auberge espagnole (aka Pot Luck), starring Audrey Tautou – (France)
- Laurel Canyon, starring Frances McDormand and Christian Bale – (US)
- The Legend of Bhagat Singh – (India)
- L'homme du train (The Man on the Train), directed by Patrice Leconte – (France)
- Life Show (Sheng huo ziu) – (China)
- Light Drops (O Gotejar da Luz) – (Mozambique)
- Lilya 4-ever – (Sweden/Denmark)
- Loonies (Loenatik – De moevie) – (Netherlands)
- Lovers' Concerto (Yeonae soseol) – (South Korea)
M
- Madame Satã – (Brazil/France)
- The Magdalene Sisters, directed by Peter Mullan – (Ireland/UK)
- The Man from Elysian Fields, starring Andy García and Mick Jagger – (US)
- The Man Who Saved Christmas, starring Jason Alexander – (US)
- The Man Without a Past (Mies vailla menneisyyttä), directed by Aki Kaurismäki – (Finland)
- Marie-Jo and Her Two Lovers (Marie-Jo et ses deux amours) – (France)
- Marooned in Iraq (Gomgashtei dar Aragh) – (Iran)
- Marriage is a Crazy Thing (Gyeolhoneun michinjishida) – (South Korea)
- Marrying the Mafia (Gamuneui yeonggwang) – (South Korea)
- Mekhong Full Moon Party (Sibha kham doan sib ed) – (Thailand)
- Melinda's World
- Men with Brooms – (Canada)
- The Missing Gun (Xun Qiang) – (China)
- Mondays in the Sun (Los Lunes al Sol), starring Javier Bardem – (Spain)
- Moonlight Mile, starring Jake Gyllenhaal, Susan Sarandon and Dustin Hoffman – (US)
- Morvern Callar, starring Samantha Morton – (UK)
- Mr. and Mrs. Iyer – (India)
- My Four Children – (Israel)
- My Left Eye Sees Ghosts (Ngo joh aan gin diy gwai) – (Hong Kong)
- My Mother's Smile (L'ora di religione) (Il sorriso di mia madre) – (Italy)
N
- Names in Marble (Nimed marmortahvlil) – (Estonia)
- Narc, starring Jason Patric and Ray Liotta – (US)
- New Best Friend, starring Mia Kirshner and Taye Diggs – (US)
- Nicholas Nickleby, starring Charlie Hunnam, Nathan Lane, Jim Broadbent – (UK/US)
- Noora (The Kiss of Life) – (Iran)
O
- Oasis (오아시스) – (South Korea)
- Occident – (Romania)
- Ogu and Mampato in Rapa Nui – (chile)
- Old Men in New Cars (Gamle Mænd i Nye Biler) – (Denmark)
- On Line – (US)
- On the Occasion of Remembering the Turning Gate (Saenghwalui balgyeon) – (South Korea)
- Open Hearts (Elsker dig for evigt) – (Denmark)
- Den osynlige (The Invisible) – (Sweden)
- Over the Rainbow (오버 더 레인보우) – (South Korea)
P–Q
- Personal Velocity: Three Portraits, starring Kyra Sedgwick – (US)
- People I Know, starring Al Pacino, Kim Basinger, Téa Leoni and Ryan O'Neal – (US)
- Philanthropy (Filantropica) – (Romania)
- Phone Booth, starring Colin Farrell and Forest Whitaker – (US)
- The Pianist, directed by Roman Polanski, starring Adrien Brody – (France/Poland/Germany/UK)
- Pokémon 4Ever (Gekijōban Poketto Monsutā Serebyi Toki o Koeta Deai) – (Japan)
- Possession, starring Aaron Eckhart and Gwyneth Paltrow – (US/UK)
- The Powerpuff Girls Movie – (US)
- Public Enemy (Gonggongui Jeog) – (South Korea)
- Pumpkin, starring Christina Ricci – (US)
- Punch-Drunk Love, starring Adam Sandler and Emily Watson – (US)
- Pure, starring Keira Knightley – (UK)
- The Quiet American, starring Brendan Fraser and Michael Caine – (US/Germany)
R
- RSVP – (US)
- Raaz (Secret) – (India)
- Rabbit-Proof Fence, directed by Phillip Noyce – (Australia)
- Rachida – (Algeria)
- Real Women Have Curves – (US)
- A Red Bear (Un oso rojo) – (Argentina)
- Reign of Fire
- Respiro, starring Valeria Golino – (Italy)
- Ripley's Game, starring John Malkovich, Dougray Scott, Ray Winstone – (US/UK/Italy)
- Road Movie – (South Korea)
- Rose Red, starring Nancy Travis – (US)
- Russian Ark (Russkij Kovcheg), directed by Alexander Sokurov – (Russia)
S
- Saathiya (Life Partner) – (India)
- Salomé, directed by Carlos Saura – (Spain)
- The Salton Sea, starring Val Kilmer and Vincent D'Onofrio – (US)
- Saving My Hubby (Gudseura Geum-suna) – (South Korea)
- The Sea (Hafið) – (Iceland/Norway)
- Second Name (El segundo nombre) – (Spain)
- Secretary, starring James Spader and Maggie Gyllenhaal – (US)
- Secret Things (Choses secrètes) – (France)
- Séraphin: Heart of Stone (Séraphin: un homme et son péché) – (Canada)
- Sex Is Zero (Saekjeuk shigong) – (South Korea)
- Showboy – (US)
- The Singles Ward – (US)
- Skinwalkers, starring Wes Studi – (US)
- The Skywalk is Gone (Tian qiao bu jian le) – (Taiwan)
- The Son (Le fils) – (Belgium/France)
- Spider, directed by David Cronenberg, starring Ralph Fiennes, Miranda Richardson, Gabriel Byrne – (Canada/UK)
- Spirit of Korean Celadon (Chongjaui noks) – (North Korea)
- Spring Subway (Kaiwang Chuntian de Ditie) – (China)
- Springtime in a Small Town (Xiao cheng zhi chun) – (China)
- Spun, starring Jason Schwartzman and Brittany Murphy – (US)
- The Star (Zvezda) – (Russia)
- VeggieTales: The Star of Christmas
- Steal, starring Stephen Dorff and Natasha Henstridge – (Canada/UK/France)
- Stevie – (US)
- Stolen Summer, starring Aidan Quinn – (US)
- Stones (Piedras) – (Spain)
- Suicide Club (Jisatsu Sakuru) – (Japan)
- Sunshine State, directed by John Sayles, starring Edie Falco and Angela Bassett – (US)
- Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance (Boksuneun naui geot), directed by Park Chan-wook – (South Korea)
T
- Tadpole, starring Sigourney Weaver and Bebe Neuwirth – (US)
- Talk to Her (Hable con ella), directed by Pedro Almodóvar – (Spain)
- Ten (Dah), directed by Abbas Kiarostami – (Iran)
- Terra incognita – (Lebanon/France)
- Timequest – (US)
- Together (He ni zai yi qi), directed by Chen Kaige – (China)
- Tomorrow La Scala! – (UK)
- The Tracker, starring David Gulpilil – (Australia)
- The Trials of Henry Kissinger – (US)
- The Twilight Samurai (Tasogare Seibei) – (Japan)
- Two Men Went to War – (UK)
U–V
- Ultraman Cosmos 2: The Blue Planet (ウルトラマンコスモス2 THE BLUE PLANET) – (Japan)
- The Uncertainty Principle (O Princípio da Incerteza) – (Portugal)
- Unknown Pleasures (Ren xiao yao) – (China)
- Uzak (Distant) – (Turkey)
- Valentín, starring Carmen Maura – (Argentina/France/Italy/Spain)
- The Visitor – (Australia)
W
- Waiting for Happiness (Heremakono) – (Mauritania/France)
- Walking on Water – (Australia)
- War (Voyna) – (Russia)
- The Way Home (Jibeuro) – (South Korea)
- Welcome to Collinwood, starring Isaiah Washington, Sam Rockwell, William H. Macy – (US)
- Whale Rider, starring Keisha Castle-Hughes – (New Zealand/Germany)
- When Maryam Spoke Out (Lamma hikyit maryam) – (Lebanon)
- Where Eskimos Live (Tam, gdzie żyją Eskimosi) – (Poland/US/UK)
- Wilbur Wants to Kill Himself – (Denmark/UK)
- Women in the Mirror (Kagami no onnatachi) – (Japan)
XYZ
- Year of the Devil (Rok ďábla) – (Czech Republic)
Films released in 2002 by country
Notable deaths
Film debuts
- Alexis Bledel – Tuck Everlasting (2002 film)
- Abigail Breslin – Signs
- Henry Cavill – The Count of Monte Cristo
- Jesse Eisenberg – Roger Dodger
- America Ferrera – Real Women Have Curves
- Tina Fey – Martin & Orloff
- Kevin Hart – Paper Soldiers
- Sally Hawkins – All or Nothing
- Kevin James – Pinocchio
- Anthony Mackie – 8 Mile
- Rachel McAdams – My Name Is Tanino
- Ellen Page – Marion Bridge
- Rosamund Pike – Die Another Day
- Eminem - 8 Mile
References
- ^ "2002 Worldwide Box Office". Box Office Mojo. IMDb. Retrieved March 7, 2020.