| Rank | Release
| Genre
| Budget
| Running Time
| Gross | Theaters | Total Gross | Release Date | Distributor
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | Die Another Day | - | - | - | $12,843,007 | 3,377 | $160,942,139 | Nov 22 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false |
| 2 | Analyze That | - | - | - | $11,034,422 | 2,635 | $32,130,627 | Dec 6 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 3 | Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets | - | - | - | $10,086,264 | 3,682 | $261,988,482 | Nov 15 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 4 | Empire | - | - | - | $6,281,415 | 869 | $17,600,423 | Dec 6 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 5 | Treasure Planet | - | - | - | $5,547,431 | 3,227 | $38,176,783 | Nov 27 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 6 | The Santa Clause 2 | - | - | - | $5,327,205 | 3,352 | $139,236,327 | Nov 1 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 7 | Eight Crazy Nights | - | - | - | $4,854,255 | 2,503 | $23,586,598 | Nov 27 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 8 | Friday After Next | - | - | - | $2,800,000 | 1,621 | $33,253,609 | Nov 22 | New Line Cinema | true |
| 9 | 8 Mile | - | - | - | $2,548,975 | 2,585 | $116,750,901 | Nov 8 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 10 | The Ring | - | - | - | $2,519,379 | 2,927 | $129,128,133 | Oct 18 | DreamWorks Distribution | false |
| 11 | Solaris | - | - | - | $2,354,888 | 2,406 | $14,973,382 | Nov 27 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 12 | They | - | - | - | $2,300,000 | 1,623 | $12,840,842 | Nov 27 | Dimension Films | true |
| 13 | My Big Fat Greek Wedding | - | - | - | $2,013,029 | 2,016 | $241,438,208 | Apr 19 | IFC Films | true |
| 14 | The Emperor's Club | - | - | - | $1,545,405 | 811 | $14,118,751 | Nov 22 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 15 | Frida | - | - | - | $1,251,136 | 794 | $25,885,000 | Oct 25 | Miramax | false |
| 16 | Far from Heaven | - | - | - | $945,818 | 291 | $15,901,849 | Nov 8 | Focus Features | false |
| 17 | Extreme Ops | - | - | - | $780,654 | 1,800 | $4,842,259 | Nov 27 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 18 | Séraphin: Heart of Stone | - | - | - | $645,660 | 123 | $6,749,187 | Nov 29 | Alliance Atlantis Vivafilm | false |
| 19 | Bowling for Columbine | - | - | - | $629,154 | 248 | $21,576,018 | Oct 11 | United Artists | false |
| 20 | Equilibrium | - | - | - | $541,512 | 301 | $1,203,794 | Dec 6 | Dimension Films | false |
| 21 | The Crime of Padre Amaro | - | - | - | $402,465 | 137 | $5,717,044 | Nov 15 | IDP Distribution | false |
| 22 | Adaptation. | - | - | - | $384,478 | 672 | $22,498,520 | Dec 6 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 23 | Real Women Have Curves | - | - | - | $324,203 | 163 | $5,853,194 | Oct 18 | Newmarket Films | false |
| 24 | Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones 2002 IMAX Release | - | - | - | $288,855 | 58 | $8,485,488 | Nov 1 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 25 | Half Past Dead | - | - | - | $286,921 | 2,113 | $15,567,860 | Nov 15 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 26 | Jackass: The Movie | - | - | - | $181,009 | 2,532 | $64,255,312 | Oct 25 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 27 | Space Station 3D | - | - | - | $171,793 | 64 | $93,383,953 | Apr 19 | IMAX | false |
| 28 | Sweet Home Alabama | - | - | - | $160,365 | 3,313 | $127,223,418 | Sep 27 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 29 | Dangerous People | - | - | - | $157,280 | 85 | $341,280 | Dec 6 | Christal Films | false |
| 30 | Signs | - | - | - | $156,015 | 3,453 | $227,966,634 | Aug 2 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 31 | Santa vs. the Snowman 3D | - | - | - | $139,709 | 25 | $1,934,053 | Nov 1 | IMAX | false |
| 32 | Standing in the Shadows of Motown | - | - | - | $135,319 | 59 | $1,722,119 | Nov 15 | Artisan Entertainment | false |
| 33 | Ararat | - | - | - | $131,421 | 42 | $1,555,959 | Nov 15 | Miramax | false |
| 34 | The Tuxedo | - | - | - | $104,384 | 3,022 | $50,547,998 | Sep 27 | DreamWorks Distribution | false |
| 35 | Personal Velocity | - | - | - | $91,797 | 43 | $811,299 | Nov 22 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false |
| 36 | Stuart Little 2 | - | - | - | $82,227 | 3,282 | $64,956,806 | Jul 19 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 37 | Punch-Drunk Love | - | - | - | $78,478 | 1,293 | $17,844,216 | Oct 11 | Revolution Studios | false |
| 38 | Pandora's Box | - | - | - | $78,168 | 42 | $881,950 | Aug 9 | Rainforest Films | false |
| 39 | xXx | - | - | - | $76,554 | 3,536 | $142,109,382 | Aug 9 | Revolution Studios | false |
| 40 | Talk to Her 2002 Re-release | - | - | - | $74,987 | 255 | $9,285,469 | Nov 22 | Sony Pictures Classics | false |
| 41 | Spy Kids 2: Island of Lost Dreams | - | - | - | $71,642 | 3,307 | $85,846,429 | Aug 7 | Dimension Films | false |
| 42 | Barbershop | - | - | - | $71,585 | 2,176 | $75,782,105 | Sep 13 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false |
| 43 | Rishtey | - | - | - | $71,047 | 28 | $119,537 | Dec 6 | Eros Worldwide | false |
| 44 | Rabbit-Proof Fence | - | - | - | $70,752 | 153 | $6,199,600 | Nov 27 | Miramax | false |
| 45 | Jonah: A VeggieTales Movie | - | - | - | $56,278 | 1,625 | $25,581,229 | Oct 4 | Artisan Entertainment | false |
| 46 | Roger Dodger | - | - | - | $52,970 | 61 | $1,266,828 | Oct 25 | Artisan Entertainment | false |
| 47 | I Spy | - | - | - | $41,766 | 3,182 | $33,561,137 | Nov 1 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 48 | Secretary | - | - | - | $41,509 | 149 | $4,059,680 | Sep 20 | Lionsgate | false |
| 49 | The Way Home | - | - | - | $41,043 | 20 | $445,367 | Nov 15 | Paramount Classics | false |
| 50 | Abandon | - | - | - | $40,218 | 2,347 | $10,727,683 | Oct 18 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 51 | Ghost Ship | - | - | - | $38,552 | 2,787 | $30,113,491 | Oct 25 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 52 | Comedian | - | - | - | $38,208 | 244 | $2,751,988 | Oct 11 | Miramax | false |
| 53 | The Man from Elysian Fields | - | - | - | $37,849 | 50 | $1,435,016 | Sep 27 | IDP Distribution | false |
| 54 | The Transporter | - | - | - | $37,564 | 2,610 | $25,296,447 | Oct 11 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 55 | Spirited Away | - | - | - | $36,309 | 714 | $10,055,859 | Sep 20 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 56 | Solarmax | - | - | - | $35,341 | 6 | $13,400,161 | Sep 15 | Heliograph Productions | false |
| 57 | Red Dragon | - | - | - | $34,431 | 3,363 | $93,149,898 | Oct 4 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 58 | The Grey Zone | - | - | - | $33,891 | 36 | $517,872 | Oct 18 | Lionsgate | false |
| 59 | Auto Focus | - | - | - | $32,288 | 461 | $2,063,196 | Oct 18 | Sony Pictures Classics | false |
| 60 | The Trials of Henry Kissinger | - | - | - | $31,359 | 8 | $516,726 | Sep 25 | First Run | false |
| 61 | Femme Fatale | - | - | - | $30,310 | 1,066 | $6,630,252 | Nov 6 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 62 | Bollywood/Hollywood | - | - | - | $28,111 | 44 | $1,454,510 | Oct 25 | Cinebella Entertainment | false |
| 63 | Brown Sugar | - | - | - | $27,875 | 1,378 | $27,363,891 | Oct 11 | Fox Searchlight Pictures | false |
| 64 | 8 Women | - | - | - | $24,845 | 85 | $3,098,776 | Sep 6 | Focus Features | false |
| 65 | Tuck Everlasting | - | - | - | $24,187 | 1,460 | $19,161,999 | Oct 11 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 66 | Jee Aayan Nu | - | - | - | $23,933 | 9 | $393,117 | Nov 8 | - | false |
| 67 | White Oleander | - | - | - | $23,195 | 1,510 | $16,357,770 | Oct 11 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 68 | The Quiet American | - | - | - | $21,968 | 396 | $12,988,801 | Nov 22 | Miramax | false |
| 69 | T-Rex: Back to the Cretaceous | - | - | - | $20,765 | 38 | $53,354,743 | Oct 23 | IMAX | false |
| 70 | Cirque du Soleil: Journey of Man | - | - | - | $19,472 | 22 | $15,627,434 | May 5 | Sony Pictures Classics | false |
| 71 | One Hour Photo | - | - | - | $17,800 | 1,332 | $31,597,131 | Aug 21 | Fox Searchlight Pictures | false |
| 72 | Haunted Castle | - | - | - | $17,500 | 10 | $13,651,656 | Feb 23 | nWave Pictures | false |
| 73 | The Banger Sisters | - | - | - | $16,427 | 2,739 | $30,307,416 | Sep 20 | Fox Searchlight Pictures | false |
| 74 | Tully | - | - | - | $15,297 | 13 | $466,664 | Nov 1 | Small Planet Pictures | false |
| 75 | Shackleton's Antarctic Adventure | - | - | - | $12,779 | 26 | $15,553,324 | Feb 10 | WGBH Giant-Screen Films | false |
| 76 | Singin' in the Rain 2002 Re-release | - | - | - | $12,620 | 3 | $120,420 | Nov 8 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 77 | Bloody Sunday | - | - | - | $12,109 | 54 | $773,228 | Oct 4 | Paramount Classics | false |
| 78 | The Good Girl | - | - | - | $11,801 | 688 | $14,018,296 | Aug 7 | Fox Searchlight Pictures | false |
| 79 | Mostly Martha | - | - | - | $11,276 | 143 | $4,160,475 | Aug 16 | Paramount Classics | false |
| 80 | Heaven | - | - | - | $10,324 | 38 | $784,399 | Oct 4 | Miramax | false |
| 81 | Sordid Lives | - | - | - | $9,820 | 8 | $1,111,273 | May 11 | Regent Releasing | false |
| 82 | Apollo 13 The IMAX Experience | - | - | - | $9,555 | 19 | $1,766,621 | Sep 20 | IMAX | false |
| 83 | Skins | - | - | - | $9,401 | 18 | $249,204 | Sep 27 | First Look International | false |
| 84 | Igby Goes Down | - | - | - | $8,993 | 156 | $4,777,465 | Sep 13 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false |
| 85 | Kurosawa & Mifune Festival | - | - | - | $8,898 | 5 | $561,692 | Jul 26 | Cowboy Pictures | false |
| 86 | The Last Kiss | - | - | - | $7,361 | 31 | $1,048,950 | Aug 16 | THINKFilm | false |
| 87 | The Bread, My Sweet | - | - | - | $6,748 | 8 | $1,023,156 | Jan 18 | Panorama Entertainment | false |
| 88 | The Komediant | - | - | - | $6,695 | 2 | $119,506 | Apr 5 | New Yorker Films | false |
| 89 | The Bank | - | - | - | $6,611 | 5 | $88,414 | Aug 28 | The Cinema Guild | false |
| 90 | O Fantasma | - | - | - | $6,591 | 1 | $126,783 | Nov 22 | Picture This! Entertainment | false |
| 91 | Charly | - | - | - | $6,433 | 36 | $814,666 | Sep 27 | Excel Entertainment | false |
| 92 | Metropolis 2002 Re-release | - | - | - | $6,144 | 8 | $650,422 | Jul 12 | Kino International | false |
| 93 | Massoud, the Afghan 2002 Re-release | - | - | - | $5,859 | 1 | $26,747 | Dec 4 | New Yorker Films | false |
| 94 | Mad Love | - | - | - | $5,385 | 17 | $280,046 | Aug 30 | Sony Pictures Classics | false |
| 95 | Power and Terror: Noam Chomsky in Our Times | - | - | - | $5,305 | 4 | $290,767 | Nov 22 | First Run | false |
| 96 | Satin Rouge | - | - | - | $5,000 | 10 | $231,879 | Aug 23 | Zeitgeist Films | false |
| 97 | Encounter in the Third Dimension | - | - | - | $4,900 | 16 | $7,195,792 | Feb 26 | nWave Pictures | false |
| 98 | Welcome to Collinwood | - | - | - | $4,751 | 45 | $336,620 | Oct 4 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 99 | Fidel | - | - | - | $4,467 | 2 | $121,304 | Oct 18 | First Run | false |
| 100 | Galapagos | - | - | - | $3,835 | 14 | $18,630,372 | Oct 29 | IMAX | false |
| 101 | China: The Panda Adventure | - | - | - | $3,821 | 21 | $3,921,642 | Jun 9 | IMAX | false |
| 102 | Nightcap | - | - | - | $3,520 | 8 | $443,238 | Jul 31 | Empire Pictures Inc. | false |
| 103 | Blackboards | - | - | - | $3,416 | 2 | $23,520 | Dec 6 | Leisure Time Features | false |
| 104 | I Am Trying to Break Your Heart | - | - | - | $3,159 | 13 | $445,522 | Jul 26 | Cowboy Pictures | false |
| 105 | Tarkovsky At 70 Film Festival | - | - | - | $3,063 | 2 | $177,345 | Sep 13 | Kino International | false |
| 106 | Alias Betty | - | - | - | $2,884 | 8 | $208,400 | Sep 13 | Wellspring Media | false |
| 107 | Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner | - | - | - | $2,832 | 57 | $3,789,952 | Apr 12 | Lot 47 Films | false |
| 108 | My Kingdom | - | - | - | $2,607 | 1 | $4,296 | Dec 6 | First Look International | false |
| 109 | Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars | - | - | - | $2,164 | 5 | $162,547 | Jul 10 | Cowboy Pictures | false |
| 110 | Les Destinées | - | - | - | $1,950 | 5 | $230,900 | Apr 5 | Wellspring Media | false |
| 111 | In Praise of Love | - | - | - | $1,933 | 11 | $252,074 | Sep 6 | Manhattan Pictures International | false |
| 112 | Thrill Ride: The Science of Fun | - | - | - | $1,551 | 81 | $18,798,590 | Jul 11 | Sony Pictures Classics | false |
| 113 | All or Nothing | - | - | - | $1,419 | 16 | $201,546 | Oct 25 | United Artists | false |
| 114 | On Guard | - | - | - | $1,349 | 4 | $97,552 | Oct 18 | Empire Pictures Inc. | false |
| 115 | Alien Adventure | - | - | - | $1,345 | 10 | $8,959,784 | Aug 20 | nWave Pictures | false |
| 116 | Interview with the Assassin | - | - | - | $1,328 | 18 | $48,058 | Nov 15 | Magnolia Pictures | false |
| 117 | Tosca | - | - | - | $1,052 | 2 | $69,613 | Jul 12 | Avatar Films | false |
| 118 | God Is Great and I'm Not | - | - | - | $914 | 1 | $73,181 | Nov 6 | Empire Pictures Inc. | false |
| 119 | Promises | - | - | - | $834 | 5 | $247,948 | Mar 15 | Cowboy Pictures | false |
| 120 | Extreme | - | - | - | $675 | 21 | $12,475,172 | Apr 2 | IMAX | false |
| 121 | Derrida | - | - | - | $656 | 6 | $157,200 | Oct 23 | Zeitgeist Films | false |
| 122 | Across the Sea of Time | - | - | - | $567 | 2 | $16,015,639 | Oct 20 | Sony Pictures Classics | false |
| 123 | 24 Hour Party People | - | - | - | $375 | 37 | $1,184,096 | Aug 9 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false |
| 124 | Mark Twain's America in | - | - | - | $352 | 2 | $2,297,096 | Jul 2 | Sony Pictures Classics | false |
| 125 | Home Movie | - | - | - | $327 | 4 | $119,052 | May 3 | Cowboy Pictures | false |
| 126 | The Isle | - | - | - | $214 | 2 | $20,666 | Aug 23 | Empire Pictures Inc. | false |
