Domestic Release Schedule
| Release | Distributor | Scale |
|---|---|---|
| November 27, 2002 | ||
 Treasure Planet
Adventure
Animation
Family
Sci-Fi
IMAX With: Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Emma Thompson, Martin Short, Roscoe Lee Browne 1 hr 35 min | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | Wide |
 Eight Crazy Nights
Animation
Comedy
Musical
With: Adam Sandler, Rob Schneider, Jackie Sandler, Austin Stout 1 hr 16 min | Sony Pictures Releasing | Wide |
 Solaris
Drama
Mystery
Romance
Sci-Fi
With: George Clooney, Natascha McElhone, Ulrich Tukur, Viola Davis 1 hr 39 min | Twentieth Century Fox | Wide |
 Extreme Ops
Action
Adventure
Thriller
With: Rufus Sewell, Devon Sawa, Bridgette Wilson-Sampras, Rupert Graves 1 hr 33 min | Paramount Pictures | Wide |
 They
Horror
Mystery
Thriller
With: Laura Regan, Marc Blucas, Ethan Embry, Dagmara Dominczyk 1 hr 29 min | Dimension Films | Wide |
 Rabbit-Proof Fence
Adventure
Biography
Drama
With: Everlyn Sampi, Tianna Sansbury, Kenneth Branagh, Laura Monaghan 1 hr 34 min | Miramax | Limited |
| November 29, 2002 | ||
 Séraphin: Heart of Stone
Drama
With: Pierre Lebeau, Karine Vanasse, Roy Dupuis, Rémy Girard 1 hr 50 min | Alliance Atlantis Vivafilm | Limited |
 Dead or Alive: Final
Action
Crime
Drama
Sci-Fi
Thriller
With: Shô Aikawa, Maria Chen, Richard Chen, Jason Chu 1 hr 29 min | Kino International | Limited |
| December 4, 2002 | ||
 Massoud, the Afghan2002 Re-release
Documentary
With: Christophe de Ponfilly, Ahmad Shah Massoud, Merabuddine 1 hr 29 min | New Yorker Films | Limited |
| December 6, 2002 | ||
 Analyze That
Comedy
Crime
With: Robert De Niro, Billy Crystal, Lisa Kudrow, Joe Viterelli 1 hr 36 min | Warner Bros. | Wide |
 Empire
Crime
Drama
Thriller
With: John Leguizamo, Peter Sarsgaard, Denise Richards, Vincent Laresca 1 hr 30 min | Universal Pictures | Wide |
 Equilibrium
Action
Drama
Sci-Fi
Thriller
With: Christian Bale, Sean Bean, Emily Watson, Taye Diggs 1 hr 47 min | Dimension Films | Limited |
 Dangerous People
Comedy
Crime
With: Stéphane Rousseau, Véronique Cloutier, Marc Messier, Pierre Lebeau 1 hr 48 min | Christal Films | Limited |
 Rishtey
Action
Drama
Romance
With: Anil Kapoor, Karisma Kapoor, Shilpa Shetty Kundra, Kaivalya Chheda 2 hr 44 min | Eros Worldwide | Limited |
 | Sony Pictures Releasing | Limited |
 My Kingdom
Crime
Drama
With: Richard Harris, Lynn Redgrave, Reece Noi, Lorraine Pilkington 1 hr 57 min | First Look International | Limited |
 Blackboards
Drama
War
With: Said Mohamadi, Behnaz Jafari, Bahman Ghobadi, Mohamad Karim Rahmati 1 hr 28 min | Leisure Time Features | Limited |
| December 13, 2002 | ||
 Maid in Manhattan
Comedy
Drama
Romance
With: Jennifer Lopez, Ralph Fiennes, Natasha Richardson, Stanley Tucci 1 hr 45 min | Revolution Studios | Wide |
 Star Trek: Nemesis
Action
Adventure
Sci-Fi
Thriller
With: Patrick Stewart, Jonathan Frakes, Brent Spiner, LeVar Burton 1 hr 56 min | Paramount Pictures | Wide |
 The Hot Chick
Comedy
Fantasy
With: Rob Schneider, Rachel McAdams, Anna Faris, Matthew Lawrence 1 hr 44 min | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | Wide |
 Drumline
Comedy
Drama
Music
Romance
With: Nick Cannon, Zoe Saldaña, Orlando Jones, Leonard Roberts 1 hr 58 min | Twentieth Century Fox | Wide |
 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | Limited |
 | New Line Cinema | Limited |
 Russian Ark
Drama
Fantasy
History
Mystery
With: Sergey Dreyden, Mariya Kuznetsova, Leonid Mozgovoy, Mikhail Piotrovsky 1 hr 39 min | Wellspring Media | Limited |
 Intacto2002 Re-release
Drama
Fantasy
Romance
Thriller
With: Max von Sydow, Eusebio Poncela, Leonardo Sbaraglia, Mónica López 1 hr 48 min | Lionsgate | Limited |
 | First Look International | Limited |
| December 18, 2002 | ||
 The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
Adventure
Drama
Fantasy
With: Elijah Wood, Ian McKellen, Viggo Mortensen, Orlando Bloom 2 hr 59 min | New Line Cinema | Wide |
 Devils on the Doorstep
Comedy
Drama
War
With: Wen Jiang, Kenya Sawada, Hongbo Jiang, Teruyuki Kagawa 2 hr 19 min | Cowboy Pictures | Limited |
| December 19, 2002 | ||
 Antwone Fisher
Biography
Drama
With: Denzel Washington, Derek Luke, Joy Bryant, Malcolm David Kelley 2 hr | Fox Searchlight Pictures | Limited |
 25th Hour
Drama
With: Edward Norton, Barry Pepper, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Rosario Dawson 2 hr 15 min | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | Limited |
| December 20, 2002 | ||
 The Wild Thornberrys
Adventure
Animation
Comedy
Family
Fantasy
With: Tim Curry, Rupert Everett, Flea, Lacey Chabert 1 hr 25 min | Paramount Pictures | Wide |
 | Warner Bros. | Wide |
 Gangs of New York
Crime
Drama
With: Leonardo DiCaprio, Cameron Diaz, Daniel Day-Lewis, Jim Broadbent 2 hr 47 min | Miramax | Wide |
 | Yash Raj Films | Limited |
 Kaante
Action
Crime
Drama
Thriller
With: Amitabh Bachchan, Sanjay Dutt, Suniel Shetty, Mahesh Manjrekar 2 hr 34 min | Media Partners | Limited |
 | Paramount Pictures | Limited |
 Morvern Callar
Drama
With: Samantha Morton, Kathleen McDermott, Linda McGuire, Paul Popplewell 1 hr 37 min | Cowboy Pictures | Limited |
 Smokers Only
Drama
Romance
With: Cecilia Bengolea, Leonardo Brzezicki, Adrián Fondari, Pablo Razuk 1 hr 31 min | Strand Releasing | Limited |
 The Sound of Trumpets
Drama
With: Sandro Panseri, Loredana Detto, Corrado Aprile, Guido Chiti 1 hr 33 min | Cowboy Pictures | Limited |
 Spider
Drama
Mystery
Thriller
With: Ralph Fiennes, Miranda Richardson, Gabriel Byrne, Lynn Redgrave 1 hr 38 min | Sony Pictures Classics | Limited |
| December 25, 2002 | ||
 Catch Me If You Can
Biography
Crime
Drama
With: Leonardo DiCaprio, Tom Hanks, Christopher Walken, Martin Sheen 2 hr 21 min | DreamWorks Distribution | Wide |
 Pinocchio
Comedy
Family
Fantasy
With: Roberto Benigni, Nicoletta Braschi, Carlo Giuffrè, Mino Bellei 1 hr 48 min | Miramax | Wide |
 The Pianist
Biography
Drama
Music
War
With: Adrien Brody, Thomas Kretschmann, Frank Finlay, Emilia Fox 2 hr 30 min | Focus Features | Limited |
| December 27, 2002 | ||
 Chicago
Comedy
Crime
Musical
With: Renée Zellweger, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Richard Gere, Taye Diggs 1 hr 53 min | Miramax | Limited |
 The Lion King2002 IMAX Release
Adventure
Animation
Drama
Family
Musical
IMAX With: Matthew Broderick, Jeremy Irons, James Earl Jones, Whoopi Goldberg 1 hr 28 min | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | Limited |
 The Hours
Drama
Romance
With: Meryl Streep, Nicole Kidman, Julianne Moore, Stephen Dillane 1 hr 50 min | Paramount Pictures | Limited |
 | Lionsgate | Limited |
 | Gold Circle Films | Limited |
 Nicholas Nickleby
Adventure
Drama
Romance
With: Charlie Hunnam, Jamie Bell, Christopher Plummer, Jim Broadbent 2 hr 12 min | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | Limited |
 | Cowboy Pictures | Limited |
| December 30, 2002 | ||
 Love Liza
Comedy
Drama
With: Philip Seymour Hoffman, Annie Morgan, Kathy Bates, J.D. Walsh 1 hr 30 min | Sony Pictures Classics | Limited |
| December 31, 2002 | ||
 Confessions of a Dangerous Mind
Biography
Comedy
Crime
Drama
Romance
Thriller
With: Sam Rockwell, Drew Barrymore, George Clooney, Julia Roberts 1 hr 53 min | Miramax | Limited |
| January 1, 2003 | ||
 Journey
Documentary
IMAX With: Warren Miller, Josh Haskins, Glen Plake, Christopher Loucks 1 hr 38 min | Warren Miller Entertainment | Limited |
