| Rank | Release
| Genre
| Budget
| Running Time
| Gross | Theaters | Total Gross | Release Date | Distributor
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | Bruce Almighty | - | - | - | $85,734,045 | 3,549 | $242,829,261 | May 23 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 2 | The Matrix Reloaded | - | - | - | $45,612,152 | 3,603 | $281,576,461 | May 15 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 3 | Daddy Day Care | - | - | - | $18,113,333 | 3,472 | $104,297,061 | May 9 | Revolution Studios | false |
| 4 | X2: X-Men United | - | - | - | $13,237,398 | 3,749 | $214,949,694 | May 2 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 5 | The In-Laws | - | - | - | $9,222,334 | 2,652 | $20,453,431 | May 23 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 6 | Down with Love | - | - | - | $5,055,054 | 2,123 | $20,305,251 | May 9 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 7 | The Lizzie McGuire Movie | - | - | - | $4,317,247 | 2,825 | $42,734,455 | May 2 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 8 | Holes | - | - | - | $3,227,634 | 2,452 | $67,406,573 | Apr 18 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 9 | Identity | - | - | - | $2,682,373 | 2,733 | $52,159,536 | Apr 25 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 10 | Anger Management | - | - | - | $2,300,346 | 3,656 | $135,645,823 | Apr 11 | Revolution Studios | false |
| 11 | Bend It Like Beckham | - | - | - | $2,247,321 | 1,002 | $32,543,449 | Mar 12 | Fox Searchlight Pictures | false |
| 12 | A Mighty Wind | - | - | - | $1,738,341 | 770 | $17,781,006 | Apr 16 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 13 | Ghosts of the Abyss | - | - | - | $727,811 | 97 | $17,040,871 | Apr 11 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 14 | The Barbarian Invasions | - | - | - | $682,000 | 134 | $5,109,226 | May 9 | Alliance Atlantis Vivafilm | false |
| 15 | Bringing Down the House | - | - | - | $597,852 | 2,910 | $132,716,677 | Mar 7 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 16 | Chicago | - | - | - | $586,000 | 2,701 | $170,687,518 | Dec 27 | Miramax | false |
| 17 | The Dancer Upstairs | - | - | - | $536,702 | 152 | $2,377,348 | May 2 | Fox Searchlight Pictures | false |
| 18 | Nowhere in Africa | - | - | - | $388,802 | 78 | $6,180,200 | Mar 7 | Zeitgeist Films | false |
| 19 | Malibu's Most Wanted | - | - | - | $324,179 | 2,503 | $34,432,201 | Apr 18 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 20 | Winged Migration 2003 Re-release | - | - | - | $295,745 | 202 | $10,764,402 | Apr 18 | Sony Pictures Classics | false |
| 21 | How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days | - | - | - | $294,179 | 2,923 | $105,813,373 | Feb 7 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 22 | Man on the Train | - | - | - | $271,486 | 85 | $2,542,020 | May 9 | Paramount Classics | false |
| 23 | The Spanish Apartment 2003 Re-release | - | - | - | $252,577 | 100 | $2,830,361 | May 16 | Fox Searchlight Pictures | false |
| 24 | Pokémon Heroes | - | - | - | $247,024 | 200 | $746,381 | May 16 | Miramax | false |
| 25 | Phone Booth | - | - | - | $243,729 | 2,489 | $46,566,212 | Apr 4 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 26 | Spellbound | - | - | - | $226,760 | 117 | $5,728,581 | Apr 30 | THINKFilm | false |
| 27 | Space Station 3D | - | - | - | $224,716 | 64 | $93,383,953 | Apr 19 | IMAX | false |
| 28 | Daredevil | - | - | - | $206,819 | 3,474 | $102,543,518 | Feb 14 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 29 | What a Girl Wants | - | - | - | $178,439 | 2,964 | $36,105,433 | Apr 4 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 30 | Piglet's Big Movie | - | - | - | $175,453 | 2,084 | $23,103,423 | Mar 21 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 31 | Raising Victor Vargas | - | - | - | $151,410 | 69 | $2,078,661 | Mar 28 | IDP Distribution | false |
| 32 | The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers | - | - | - | $151,057 | 3,622 | $339,789,881 | Dec 18 | New Line Cinema | false |
| 33 | The Shape of Things | - | - | - | $136,503 | 60 | $735,992 | May 9 | Focus Features | false |
| 34 | Head of State | - | - | - | $133,270 | 2,256 | $38,125,247 | Mar 28 | DreamWorks Distribution | false |
| 35 | House of 1000 Corpses | - | - | - | $125,925 | 847 | $12,634,962 | Apr 11 | Lionsgate | false |
| 36 | Old School | - | - | - | $125,000 | 2,742 | $75,585,093 | Feb 21 | DreamWorks Distribution | false |
| 37 | Confidence | - | - | - | $121,664 | 1,871 | $12,251,640 | Apr 25 | Lionsgate | false |
| 38 | The Pianist | - | - | - | $101,417 | 842 | $32,572,577 | Dec 25 | Focus Features | false |
| 39 | The Good Thief | - | - | - | $100,655 | 222 | $3,517,797 | Apr 2 | Fox Searchlight Pictures | false |
| 40 | Respiro | - | - | - | $94,452 | 32 | $1,072,834 | May 23 | Sony Pictures Classics | false |
| 41 | Laurel Canyon | - | - | - | $88,904 | 121 | $3,663,356 | Mar 7 | Sony Pictures Classics | false |
| 42 | Shanghai Knights | - | - | - | $88,391 | 2,755 | $60,476,872 | Feb 7 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 43 | Blue Car | - | - | - | $84,213 | 28 | $465,310 | May 2 | Miramax | false |
| 44 | City of God | - | - | - | $69,150 | 242 | $7,564,459 | Jan 17 | Miramax | false |
| 45 | The Man Without a Past | - | - | - | $66,479 | 31 | $921,847 | Apr 4 | Sony Pictures Classics | false |
| 46 | Agent Cody Banks | - | - | - | $66,473 | 3,369 | $47,938,330 | Mar 14 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false |
| 47 | It Runs in the Family | - | - | - | $62,954 | 1,207 | $7,491,839 | Apr 25 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false |
| 48 | Armaan | - | - | - | $62,380 | 50 | $301,010 | May 16 | Eros Worldwide | false |
| 49 | Bulletproof Monk | - | - | - | $60,268 | 2,955 | $23,358,708 | Apr 16 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false |
| 50 | Kangaroo Jack | - | - | - | $55,676 | 2,848 | $66,934,963 | Jan 17 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 51 | T-Rex: Back to the Cretaceous | - | - | - | $52,894 | 38 | $53,354,743 | Oct 23 | IMAX | false |
| 52 | Sweet Sixteen | - | - | - | $51,882 | 21 | $316,319 | May 16 | Lionsgate | false |
| 53 | The Butterfly | - | - | - | $50,300 | 12 | $189,144 | May 9 | - | false |
| 54 | A Man Apart | - | - | - | $50,000 | 2,495 | $26,736,098 | Apr 4 | New Line Cinema | false |
| 55 | The Quiet American | - | - | - | $48,685 | 396 | $12,988,801 | Nov 22 | Miramax | false |
| 56 | The Cremaster Cycle | - | - | - | $47,839 | 7 | $514,622 | Apr 25 | Palm Pictures | false |
| 57 | City of Ghosts | - | - | - | $42,497 | 20 | $357,197 | Apr 25 | United Artists | false |
| 58 | Bowling for Columbine | - | - | - | $39,156 | 248 | $21,576,018 | Oct 11 | United Artists | false |
| 59 | Shackleton's Antarctic Adventure | - | - | - | $35,996 | 26 | $15,553,324 | Feb 10 | WGBH Giant-Screen Films | false |
| 60 | Spider | - | - | - | $34,771 | 54 | $1,642,483 | Dec 20 | Sony Pictures Classics | false |
| 61 | Assassination Tango | - | - | - | $32,640 | 45 | $1,013,272 | Mar 28 | United Artists | false |
| 62 | The Jungle Book 2 | - | - | - | $32,584 | 2,815 | $47,901,582 | Feb 14 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 63 | Chasing Papi | - | - | - | $32,290 | 585 | $6,130,049 | Apr 16 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 64 | Cowboy Bebop: The Movie | - | - | - | $30,836 | 29 | $1,000,045 | Apr 4 | IDP Distribution | false |
| 65 | About Schmidt | - | - | - | $29,549 | 1,240 | $65,016,287 | Dec 13 | New Line Cinema | false |
| 66 | Owning Mahowny | - | - | - | $29,444 | 24 | $1,011,871 | May 2 | Sony Pictures Classics | false |
| 67 | Haunted Castle | - | - | - | $25,146 | 10 | $13,651,656 | Feb 23 | nWave Pictures | false |
| 68 | Friends and Family | - | - | - | $23,754 | 4 | $127,212 | May 16 | Regent Releasing | false |
| 69 | He Loves Me, He Loves Me Not | - | - | - | $23,358 | 23 | $1,011,102 | Feb 14 | IDP Distribution | false |
| 70 | The Hunted | - | - | - | $20,381 | 2,517 | $34,244,097 | Mar 14 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 71 | Marooned in Iraq | - | - | - | $20,003 | 6 | $141,243 | Apr 25 | Wellspring Media | false |
| 72 | Better Luck Tomorrow | - | - | - | $19,280 | 387 | $3,802,390 | Apr 11 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 73 | The Trip | - | - | - | $18,339 | 9 | $306,567 | May 9 | TLA Releasing | false |
| 74 | Manic | - | - | - | $17,913 | 15 | $69,958 | Apr 25 | IFC Films | false |
| 75 | A Woman Is a Woman | - | - | - | $16,876 | 2 | $100,665 | May 16 | Rialto Pictures | false |
| 76 | Time Changer | - | - | - | $15,940 | 169 | $1,285,167 | Oct 25 | Five & Two Pictures | false |
| 77 | All the Real Girls | - | - | - | $15,601 | 25 | $549,666 | Feb 14 | Sony Pictures Classics | false |
| 78 | Dracula: Pages from a Virgin's Diary | - | - | - | $15,142 | 2 | $55,365 | May 14 | Zeitgeist Films | false |
| 79 | The Core | - | - | - | $14,973 | 3,019 | $31,186,896 | Mar 28 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 80 | Apollo 13 The IMAX Experience | - | - | - | $14,543 | 19 | $1,766,621 | Sep 20 | IMAX | false |
| 81 | Shanghai Ghetto | - | - | - | $14,063 | 13 | $712,446 | Sep 27 | Menemsha Films | false |
| 82 | The Sea | - | - | - | $13,007 | 8 | $75,994 | May 16 | Palm Pictures | false |
| 83 | Friday Night | - | - | - | $11,981 | 5 | $156,918 | May 23 | Wellspring Media | false |
| 84 | Lawless Heart | - | - | - | $10,557 | 18 | $330,067 | Feb 21 | First Look International | false |
| 85 | The Bread, My Sweet | - | - | - | $9,820 | 8 | $1,023,156 | Jan 18 | Panorama Entertainment | false |
| 86 | XX/XY | - | - | - | $9,476 | 14 | $104,130 | Apr 11 | IFC Films | false |
| 87 | The Red Circle | - | - | - | $9,462 | 4 | $369,970 | Jan 10 | Rialto Pictures | false |
| 88 | Cirque du Soleil: Journey of Man | - | - | - | $8,648 | 22 | $15,627,434 | May 5 | Sony Pictures Classics | false |
| 89 | Lilya 4-Ever | - | - | - | $7,918 | 7 | $184,023 | Apr 18 | Newmarket Films | false |
| 90 | Encounter in the Third Dimension | - | - | - | $7,395 | 16 | $7,195,792 | Feb 26 | nWave Pictures | false |
| 91 | China: The Panda Adventure | - | - | - | $7,273 | 21 | $3,921,642 | Jun 9 | IMAX | false |
| 92 | Washington Heights | - | - | - | $7,048 | 27 | $160,291 | May 9 | MAC Releasing | false |
| 93 | The Girl from Paris | - | - | - | $6,974 | 5 | $183,266 | Mar 21 | Films Philos | false |
| 94 | Chaos 2002 Re-release | - | - | - | $6,896 | 5 | $206,789 | Jan 29 | New Yorker Films | false |
| 95 | Extreme | - | - | - | $6,592 | 21 | $12,475,172 | Apr 2 | IMAX | false |
| 96 | Gigantic (A Tale of Two Johns) | - | - | - | $6,411 | 5 | $160,621 | May 23 | Cowboy Pictures | false |
| 97 | Beyond Vanilla | - | - | - | $6,266 | 1 | $27,396 | May 16 | Strand Releasing | false |
| 98 | Talk to Her 2002 Re-release | - | - | - | $6,171 | 255 | $9,285,469 | Nov 22 | Sony Pictures Classics | false |
| 99 | Frida | - | - | - | $6,060 | 794 | $25,885,000 | Oct 25 | Miramax | false |
| 100 | Stone Reader | - | - | - | $6,017 | 7 | $260,523 | Feb 12 | Jet Films LLC | false |
| 101 | Blind Spot. Hitler's Secretary | - | - | - | $5,619 | 12 | $378,382 | Jan 24 | Sony Pictures Classics | false |
| 102 | The Lion King 2002 IMAX Release | - | - | - | $5,436 | 66 | $15,686,215 | Dec 27 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 103 | Lost in La Mancha | - | - | - | $4,928 | 24 | $732,393 | Jan 31 | IFC Films | false |
| 104 | Cinemania | - | - | - | $4,792 | 1 | $11,305 | May 16 | Loop Filmworks | false |
| 105 | Levity | - | - | - | $4,658 | 17 | $209,695 | Apr 4 | Sony Pictures Classics | false |
| 106 | The Son | - | - | - | $4,191 | 3 | $70,262 | Jan 10 | New Yorker Films | false |
| 107 | New Suit | - | - | - | $3,559 | 7 | $71,743 | May 2 | Trillion Entertainment | false |
| 108 | Galapagos | - | - | - | $3,275 | 14 | $18,630,372 | Oct 29 | IMAX | false |
| 109 | Secret Lives: Hidden Children and Their Rescuers During WWII | - | - | - | $3,234 | 3 | $42,390 | May 16 | The Cinema Guild | false |
| 110 | Amen. | - | - | - | $3,065 | 9 | $274,299 | Jan 24 | Kino International | false |
| 111 | Divine Intervention | - | - | - | $2,757 | 9 | $421,343 | Jan 17 | Avatar Films | false |
| 112 | Fellini: I'm a Born Liar | - | - | - | $2,742 | 5 | $106,686 | Apr 2 | First Look International | false |
| 113 | Only the Strong Survive | - | - | - | $2,368 | 13 | $57,581 | May 9 | Miramax | false |
| 114 | A Decade Under the Influence | - | - | - | $2,274 | 3 | $34,837 | Apr 25 | IFC Films | false |
| 115 | The Young Unknowns | - | - | - | $2,018 | 5 | $59,166 | Apr 11 | Indican Pictures | false |
| 116 | Everybody Says I'm Fine! | - | - | - | $1,965 | 3 | $27,225 | May 16 | Panorama Entertainment | false |
| 117 | Spirited Away | - | - | - | $1,949 | 714 | $10,055,859 | Sep 20 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 118 | House of Fools | - | - | - | $1,922 | 8 | $57,862 | Apr 25 | Paramount Classics | false |
| 119 | Monty Python and the Holy Grail 2001 Re-release | - | - | - | $1,616 | 26 | $1,827,696 | Jun 15 | Rainbow Releasing | false |
| 120 | Down and Out with the Dolls | - | - | - | $1,296 | 7 | $60,000 | Mar 21 | Indican Pictures | false |
| 121 | Kurosawa & Mifune Festival | - | - | - | $1,243 | 5 | $561,692 | Jul 26 | Cowboy Pictures | false |
| 122 | Manna from Heaven | - | - | - | $1,131 | 33 | $505,675 | Aug 2 | Five Sisters Productions | false |
| 123 | Beauty and the Beast 2002 Re-release | - | - | - | $1,036 | 3 | $138,503 | Jun 21 | Cowboy Pictures | false |
| 124 | Alien Adventure | - | - | - | $1,000 | 10 | $8,959,784 | Aug 20 | nWave Pictures | false |
| 125 | Power and Terror: Noam Chomsky in Our Times | - | - | - | $872 | 4 | $290,767 | Nov 22 | First Run | false |
| 126 | The Trials of Henry Kissinger | - | - | - | $859 | 8 | $516,726 | Sep 25 | First Run | false |
| 127 | Medea | - | - | - | $722 | 3 | $16,714 | Apr 18 | Facets Multimedia Distribution | false |
| 128 | The Good Old Naughty Days | - | - | - | $698 | 2 | $60,862 | Mar 28 | Strand Releasing | false |
| 129 | Ten | - | - | - | $519 | 4 | $105,990 | Mar 5 | Zeitgeist Films | false |
| 130 | Thrill Ride: The Science of Fun | - | - | - | $333 | 81 | $18,798,590 | Jul 11 | Sony Pictures Classics | false |
