2002 in Film - Top Grossing Films

Top Grossing Films

See also: List of 2002 box office number-one films in the United States

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 Budget
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 $94 million
2 Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets Warner Bros. Chris Columbus $878,643,482 $261,988,482 $88,104,108 $20,857,535 $100 million
3 Spider-Man Columbia Sam Raimi $821,708,551 $403,706,375 $45,780,340 $16,890,782 $139 million
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 $115 million
5 Men in Black II Columbia Barry Sonnenfeld $441,818,803 $190,418,803 $34,571,702 $9,698,146 $140 million
6 Die Another Day MGM Lee Tamahori $431,971,116 $160,942,139 $59,182,873 $10,520,593 $142 million
7 Signs Touchstone M. Night Shyamalan $408,247,917 $227,966,634 $25,004,129 $6,475,864 $72 million
8 Ice Age Fox/Blue Sky Chris Wedge $383,257,136 $176,387,405 $21,425,322 $10,869,472 $59 million
9 My Big Fat Greek Wedding IFC Films Joel Zwick $368,744,044 $241,438,208 $20,927,227 $15,168,243 $5 million
10 Minority Report DreamWorks/Fox Steven Spielberg $358,372,926 $132,072,926 $31,388,860 $6,584,824 $102 million


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. Seven films grossed more than $400 million.

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