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Academy Awards > 2002

2012 – 2011 – 2010 – 2009 – 2008 – 2007 – 2006 – 2005 – 2004 – 2003 – 2002 – 2001 – Full Index By Category By Movie By Studio Best Picture Detail BEST PICTURE Picture Nominees Studio Box Office The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers A New Line Cinema and Wingnut Films Production. Barrie M. Osborne, Fran Walsh and Peter Jackson, Producers New Line $339,789,881 Chicago A Producer Circle Co., Zadan/Meron Production. Martin Richards, Producer Miramax $170,687,518 Gangs of New York An Alberto Grimaldi Production. Alberto Grimaldi and Harvey Weinstein, Producers Miramax $77,812,000 The Hours A Scott Rudin/Robert Fox Production. Scott Rudin and Robert Fox, Producers Paramount $41,675,994 The Pianist An R.P. Productions, Heritage Films, Studio Babelsberg, Runtime LTD. Production. Roman Polanski, Robert Benmussa and Alain Sarde, Producers Focus Features $32,572,577 Total Gross: $662,537,970 Average Gross: $132,507,594   BEST DIRECTOR Picture Nominees Studio Box Office Chicago Rob Marshall Miramax $170,687,518 Gangs of New York Martin Scorsese Miramax $77,812,000 The Hours Stephen Daldry Paramount $41,675,994 The Pianist Roman Polanski Focus Features $32,572,577 Talk to Her Pedro Almodóvar Sony Classics $9,285,469 Total Gross: $332,033,558 Average Gross: $66,406,712   BEST ACTOR Picture Nominees Studio Box Office Gangs of New York Daniel Day-Lewis Miramax $77,812,000 About Schmidt Jack Nicholson New Line $65,016,287 The Pianist Adrien Brody Focus Features $32,572,577 Adaptation. Nicholas Cage Sony / Columbia $22,498,520 The Quiet American Michael Caine Miramax $12,988,801 Total Gross: $210,888,185 Average Gross: $42,177,637   BEST ACTRESS Picture Nominees Studio Box Office Chicago Renee Zellweger Miramax $170,687,518 Unfaithful Diane Lane Fox $52,775,765 The Hours Nichole Kidman Paramount $41,675,994 Frida Salma Heyek Miramax $25,885,000 Far From Heaven Julianne Moore Focus Features $15,901,849 Total Gross: $306,926,126 Average Gross: $61,385,225   BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR Picture Nominees Studio Box Office Chicago John C. Reilly Miramax $170,687,518 Catch Me If You Can Christopher Walken DreamWorks $164,615,351 Road to Perdition Paul Newman DreamWorks $104,454,762 The Hours Ed Harris Paramount $41,675,994 Adaptation. Chris Cooper Sony / Columbia $22,498,520 Total Gross: $503,932,145 Average Gross: $100,786,429   BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS Picture Nominees Studio Box Office Chicago Catherine Zeta-Jones Miramax $170,687,518 Chicago Queen Latifah Miramax $170,687,518 About Schmidt Kathy Bates New Line $65,016,287 The Hours Julianne Moore Paramount $41,675,994 Adaptation. Meryl Streep Sony / Columbia $22,498,520 Total Gross: $470,565,837 Average Gross: $94,113,167   BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY Picture Nominees Studio Box Office My Big Fat Greek Wedding Written by Nia Vardalos IFC $241,438,208 Gangs of New York Screenplay by Jay Cocks and Steve Zaillian and Kenneth Lonergan. Story by Jay Cocks Miramax $77,812,000 Far From Heaven Written by Todd Haynes Focus Features $15,901,849 Y Tu Mama Tambien Written by Carlos Cuarón and Alfonso Cuarón IFC $13,839,658 Talk to Her Written by Pedro Almodóvar Sony Classics $9,285,469 Total Gross: $358,277,184 Average Gross: $71,655,437   BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY Picture Nominees Studio Box Office Chicago Screenplay by Bill Condon Miramax $170,687,518 The Hours Screenplay by David Hare Paramount $41,675,994 About a Boy Screenplay by Peter Hedges and Chris Weitz & Paul Weitz Universal $41,385,278 The Pianist Screenplay by Ronald Harwood Focus Features $32,572,577 Adaptation. Screenplay by Charlie Kaufman and Donald Kaufman Sony / Columbia $22,498,520 Total Gross: $308,819,887 Average Gross: $61,763,977   BEST EDITING Picture Nominees Studio Box Office The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers Michael Horton New Line $339,789,881 Chicago Martin Walsh Miramax $170,687,518 Gangs of New York Thelma Schoomaker Miramax $77,812,000 The Hours Peter Boyle Paramount $41,675,994 The Pianist Hervé de Luze Focus Features $32,572,577 Total Gross: $662,537,970 Average Gross: $132,507,594   BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY Picture Nominees Studio Box Office Chicago Dion Beebe Miramax $170,687,518 Road to Perdition Conrad L. Hall DreamWorks $104,454,762 Gangs of New York Michael Ballhaus Miramax $77,812,000 The Pianist Pawel Edelman Focus Features $32,572,577 Far From Heaven Edward Lachman Focus Features $15,901,849 Total Gross: $401,428,706 Average Gross: $80,285,741   BEST ART DIRECTION Picture Nominees Studio Box Office The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers Art Direction: Grant Major. Set Decoration: Dan Hennah and Alan Lee New Line $339,789,881 Chicago Art Direction: John Myhre. Set Decoration: Gord Sim Miramax $170,687,518 Road to Perdition Art Direction: Dennis Gassner. Set Decoration: Nancy Haigh DreamWorks $104,454,762 Gangs of New York Art Direction: Dante Ferretti. Set Decoration: Francesca Lo Schiavo Miramax $77,812,000 Frida Art Direction: Felipe Fernandez del Paso. Set Decoration: Hannia Robledo Miramax $25,885,000 Total Gross: $718,629,161 Average Gross: $143,725,832   BEST COSTUME DESIGN Picture Nominees Studio Box Office Chicago Colleen Atwood Miramax $170,687,518 Gangs of New York Sandy Powell Miramax $77,812,000 The Hours Ann Roth Paramount $41,675,994 The Pianist Anna Sheppard Focus Features $32,572,577 Frida Julie Weiss Miramax $25,885,000 Total Gross: $348,633,089 Average Gross: $69,726,618   BEST MAKEUP Picture Nominees Studio Box Office The Time Machine John M. Elliott, Jr. and Barbara Lorenz DreamWorks $56,832,494 Frida John Jackson and Beatrice De Alba Miramax $25,885,000 Total Gross: $82,717,494 Average Gross: $41,358,747   BEST VISUAL EFFECTS Picture Nominees Studio Box Office Spider-Man John Dykstra, Scott Stokdyk, Anthony LaMolinara and John Frazier Sony / Columbia $403,706,375 The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers Jim Rygiel, Joe Letteri, Randall William Cook and Alex Funke New Line $339,789,881 Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones Rob Coleman, Pablo Helman, John Knoll and Ben Snow Fox $302,191,252 Total Gross: $1,045,687,508 Average Gross: $348,562,503   BEST SOUND Picture Nominees Studio Box Office Spider-Man Kevin O'Connell, Greg P. Russell and Ed Novick Sony / Columbia $403,706,375 The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers Christopher Boyes, Michael Semanick, Michael Hedges and Hammond Peek New Line $339,789,881 Chicago Michael Minkler, Dominick Tavella and David Lee Miramax $170,687,518 Road to Perdition Scott Millan, Bob Beemer and John Patrick Pritchett DreamWorks $104,454,762 Gangs of New York Tom Fleischman, Eugene Gearty and Ivan Sharrock Miramax $77,812,000 Total Gross: $1,096,450,536 Average Gross: $219,290,107   BEST SOUND EDITING Picture Nominees Studio Box Office The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers Ethan Van der Ryn and Michael Hopkins New Line $339,789,881 Minority Report Richard Hymns and Gary Rydstrom Fox $132,072,926 Road to Perdition Scott A. Hecker DreamWorks $104,454,762 Total Gross: $576,317,569 Average Gross: $192,105,856   BEST ORIGINAL SCORE Picture Nominees Studio Box Office Catch Me If You Can John Williams DreamWorks $164,615,351 Road to Perdition Thomas Newman DreamWorks $104,454,762 The Hours Philip Glass Paramount $41,675,994 Frida Elliot Goldenthal Miramax $25,885,000 Far From Heaven Elmer Bernstein Focus Features $15,901,849 Total Gross: $352,532,956 Average Gross: $70,506,591   BEST ORIGINAL SONG Picture Nominees Studio Box Office Chicago "I Move On" Music by John Kander. Lyric by Fred Ebb Miramax $170,687,518 8 Mile "Lose Yourself" Music by Eminem, Jeff Bass and Luis Resto. Lyric by Eminem Universal $116,750,901 Gangs of New York "The Hands That Built America" Music and Lyric by Bono, The Edge, Adam Clayton and Larry Mullen Miramax $77,812,000 The Wild Thornberrys "Father and Daughter" Music and Lyric by Paul Simon Paramount $40,108,697 Frida "Burn It Blue" Music by Elliot Goldenthal. Lyric by Julie Taymor Miramax $25,885,000 Total Gross: $431,244,116 Average Gross: $86,248,823   BEST ANIMATED FEATURE Picture Nominees Studio Box Office Ice Age Chris Wedge Fox $176,387,405 Lilo & Stitch Chris Sanders Buena Vista $145,794,338 Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron Jeffrey Katzenberg DreamWorks $73,280,117 Treasure Planet Ron Clements Buena Vista $38,176,783 Spirited Away Hayao Miyazaki Buena Vista $10,055,859 Total Gross: $443,694,502 Average Gross: $88,738,900   BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE PICTURE Picture Nominees Studio Box Office Hero CHINA A Beijing New Picture Film Company/Elite Group Enterprises Production Miramax $53,710,019 Nowhere in Africa GERMANY An MTM Medien & Television München Production Zeitgeist $6,180,200 El Crimen del Padre Amaro MEXICO An Alameda Films/BluFilms/Foprocine/Gob. del Estado de Veracruz-Llave Production IDP $5,717,044 The Man Without a Past FINLAND A Sputnik Oy/Pandora Film/Pyramide Prods. Production Sony Classics $921,847 Zus & Zo THE NETHERLANDS A Filmprodukties de Luwte Production Lifesize $49,468 Total Gross: $66,578,578 Average Gross: $13,315,716   BEST DOCUMENTARY - FEATURE Picture Nominees Studio Box Office Bowling for Columbine A Salter Street Films/VIF 2/Dog Eat Dog Films Production. Michael Moore and Michael Donovan United Artists $21,576,018 Winged Migration A Galatée Films/France 2 Cinéma/France 3 Cinéma/Les Productions de la Guéville/Bac Films/Pandora Film/Les Productions JMH/Wanda Vision/Eyescreen Production. Jacques Perrin Sony Classics $10,764,402 Spellbound (2003) A Blitz/Welch Production. Jeffrey Blitz and Sean Welch ThinkFilm $5,728,581 Total Gross: $38,069,001 Average Gross: $12,689,667 Daughter From Danang An Interfaze Educational Production. Gail Dolgin and Vincente Franco - - Prisoner of Paradise A Média Vérité/Café Production. Malcolm Clarke and Stuart Sender - -   BEST DOCUMENTARY - SHORT SUBJECT Picture Nominees Studio Box Office Mighty Times: The Legacy of Rosa Parks A Tell the Truth Pictures Production. Robert Hudson and Bobby Houston - - The Collector of Bedford Street An Alice Elliott Production. Alice Elliott - - Twin Towers A Wolf Films/Shape Pictures/Universal/Mopo Entertainment Production. Bill Guttentag and Robert David Port - - Why Can't We Be Family Again? A Public Policy Production. Roger Weisberg and Murray Nossel - -   BEST ANIMATED SHORT Picture Nominees Studio Box Office Das Rad A Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg GmbH Production. Chris Stenner and Heidi Wittlinger - - Mike's New Car A Pixar Animation Studios Production. Pete Docter and Roger Gould - - Mt. Head A Yamamura Animation Production. Koji Yamamura - - The Cathedral A Platige Image Production. Tomek Baginski - - The Chubbchubbs! A Sony Pictures Imageworks Production. Eric Armstrong - -   BEST LIVE ACTION SHORT Picture Nominees Studio Box Office Fait D'hiver An Another Dimension of an Idea Production. Dirk Beliën and Anja Daelemans - - I'll Wait for the Next One ... (J'Attendrai Le Suivant ...) A La Boîte Production. Philippe Orreindy and Thomas Gaudin - - Inja (Dog) An Australian Film TV & Radio School (AFTRS) Production. Steven Pasvolsky and Joe Weatherstone - - Johnny Flynton A Red Corner Production. Lexi Alexander and Alexander Buono - - This Charming Man (Der Er En Yndig Mand) An M&M Productions for Novellefilm Production. Martin Strange-Hansen and Mie Andreasen - -