| Rank | Release
| Genre
| Budget
| Running Time
| Gross | Theaters | Total Gross | Release Date | Distributor
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets | - | - | - | $32,117,496 | 3,682 | $261,988,482 | Nov 15 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 2 | Die Another Day | - | - | - | $31,010,183 | 3,377 | $160,942,139 | Nov 22 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false |
| 3 | The Santa Clause 2 | - | - | - | $12,133,257 | 3,352 | $139,236,327 | Nov 1 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 4 | Treasure Planet | - | - | - | $12,083,248 | 3,227 | $38,176,783 | Nov 27 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 5 | Eight Crazy Nights | - | - | - | $9,434,175 | 2,503 | $23,586,598 | Nov 27 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 6 | Friday After Next | - | - | - | $7,363,181 | 1,621 | $33,253,609 | Nov 22 | New Line Cinema | true |
| 7 | Solaris | - | - | - | $6,752,722 | 2,406 | $14,973,382 | Nov 27 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 8 | 8 Mile | - | - | - | $5,758,815 | 2,585 | $116,750,901 | Nov 8 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 9 | The Ring | - | - | - | $5,261,634 | 2,927 | $129,128,133 | Oct 18 | DreamWorks Distribution | false |
| 10 | They | - | - | - | $5,144,090 | 1,623 | $12,840,842 | Nov 27 | Dimension Films | true |
| 11 | My Big Fat Greek Wedding | - | - | - | $3,985,057 | 2,016 | $241,438,208 | Apr 19 | IFC Films | true |
| 12 | The Emperor's Club | - | - | - | $3,523,795 | 811 | $14,118,751 | Nov 22 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 13 | Extreme Ops | - | - | - | $2,233,525 | 1,800 | $4,842,259 | Nov 27 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 14 | Frida | - | - | - | $2,125,156 | 794 | $25,885,000 | Oct 25 | Miramax | false |
| 15 | Far from Heaven | - | - | - | $1,639,138 | 291 | $15,901,849 | Nov 8 | Focus Features | false |
| 16 | Half Past Dead | - | - | - | $1,333,462 | 2,113 | $15,567,860 | Nov 15 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 17 | Bowling for Columbine | - | - | - | $966,682 | 248 | $21,576,018 | Oct 11 | United Artists | false |
| 18 | Séraphin: Heart of Stone | - | - | - | $880,723 | 123 | $6,749,187 | Nov 29 | Alliance Atlantis Vivafilm | false |
| 19 | The Crime of Padre Amaro | - | - | - | $700,103 | 137 | $5,717,044 | Nov 15 | IDP Distribution | false |
| 20 | Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones 2002 IMAX Release | - | - | - | $631,802 | 58 | $8,485,488 | Nov 1 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 21 | Jackass: The Movie | - | - | - | $568,710 | 2,532 | $64,255,312 | Oct 25 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 22 | Real Women Have Curves | - | - | - | $460,186 | 163 | $5,853,194 | Oct 18 | Newmarket Films | false |
| 23 | Sweet Home Alabama | - | - | - | $410,837 | 3,313 | $127,223,418 | Sep 27 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 24 | Signs | - | - | - | $282,173 | 3,453 | $227,966,634 | Aug 2 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 25 | Ararat | - | - | - | $251,750 | 42 | $1,555,959 | Nov 15 | Miramax | false |
| 26 | Standing in the Shadows of Motown | - | - | - | $222,102 | 59 | $1,722,119 | Nov 15 | Artisan Entertainment | false |
| 27 | Space Station 3D | - | - | - | $218,273 | 64 | $93,383,953 | Apr 19 | IMAX | false |
| 28 | Santa vs. the Snowman 3D | - | - | - | $210,255 | 25 | $1,934,053 | Nov 1 | IMAX | false |
| 29 | The Tuxedo | - | - | - | $199,701 | 3,022 | $50,547,998 | Sep 27 | DreamWorks Distribution | false |
| 30 | Punch-Drunk Love | - | - | - | $171,813 | 1,293 | $17,844,216 | Oct 11 | Revolution Studios | false |
| 31 | Jonah: A VeggieTales Movie | - | - | - | $151,811 | 1,625 | $25,581,229 | Oct 4 | Artisan Entertainment | false |
| 32 | Spy Kids 2: Island of Lost Dreams | - | - | - | $151,347 | 3,307 | $85,846,429 | Aug 7 | Dimension Films | false |
| 33 | I Spy | - | - | - | $150,051 | 3,182 | $33,561,137 | Nov 1 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 34 | xXx | - | - | - | $137,031 | 3,536 | $142,109,382 | Aug 9 | Revolution Studios | false |
| 35 | Stuart Little 2 | - | - | - | $131,552 | 3,282 | $64,956,806 | Jul 19 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 36 | The Quiet American | - | - | - | $111,193 | 396 | $12,988,801 | Nov 22 | Miramax | false |
| 37 | Talk to Her 2002 Re-release | - | - | - | $93,223 | 255 | $9,285,469 | Nov 22 | Sony Pictures Classics | false |
| 38 | Roger Dodger | - | - | - | $90,601 | 61 | $1,266,828 | Oct 25 | Artisan Entertainment | false |
| 39 | Rabbit-Proof Fence | - | - | - | $88,352 | 153 | $6,199,600 | Nov 27 | Miramax | false |
| 40 | Barbershop | - | - | - | $85,586 | 2,176 | $75,782,105 | Sep 13 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false |
| 41 | Red Dragon | - | - | - | $77,090 | 3,363 | $93,149,898 | Oct 4 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 42 | Ghost Ship | - | - | - | $75,095 | 2,787 | $30,113,491 | Oct 25 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 43 | Comedian | - | - | - | $72,626 | 244 | $2,751,988 | Oct 11 | Miramax | false |
| 44 | White Oleander | - | - | - | $66,568 | 1,510 | $16,357,770 | Oct 11 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 45 | The Man from Elysian Fields | - | - | - | $62,798 | 50 | $1,435,016 | Sep 27 | IDP Distribution | false |
| 46 | Brown Sugar | - | - | - | $58,404 | 1,378 | $27,363,891 | Oct 11 | Fox Searchlight Pictures | false |
| 47 | Spirited Away | - | - | - | $57,706 | 714 | $10,055,859 | Sep 20 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 48 | Auto Focus | - | - | - | $48,973 | 461 | $2,063,196 | Oct 18 | Sony Pictures Classics | false |
| 49 | Jee Aayan Nu | - | - | - | $48,780 | 9 | $393,117 | Nov 8 | - | false |
| 50 | Femme Fatale | - | - | - | $47,355 | 1,066 | $6,630,252 | Nov 6 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 51 | Bollywood/Hollywood | - | - | - | $46,473 | 44 | $1,454,510 | Oct 25 | Cinebella Entertainment | false |
| 52 | Secretary | - | - | - | $46,294 | 149 | $4,059,680 | Sep 20 | Lionsgate | false |
| 53 | Personal Velocity | - | - | - | $46,221 | 43 | $811,299 | Nov 22 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false |
| 54 | Tuck Everlasting | - | - | - | $43,021 | 1,460 | $19,161,999 | Oct 11 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 55 | The Transporter | - | - | - | $36,578 | 2,610 | $25,296,447 | Oct 11 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 56 | Spider-Man/Men in Black II Double Bill | - | - | - | $36,522 | 2,078 | $6,632,970 | Sep 6 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 57 | 8 Women | - | - | - | $35,438 | 85 | $3,098,776 | Sep 6 | Focus Features | false |
| 58 | The Way Home | - | - | - | $34,175 | 20 | $445,367 | Nov 15 | Paramount Classics | false |
| 59 | Tully | - | - | - | $32,673 | 13 | $466,664 | Nov 1 | Small Planet Pictures | false |
| 60 | T-Rex: Back to the Cretaceous | - | - | - | $29,737 | 38 | $53,354,743 | Oct 23 | IMAX | false |
| 61 | Cirque du Soleil: Journey of Man | - | - | - | $29,634 | 22 | $15,627,434 | May 5 | Sony Pictures Classics | false |
| 62 | Haunted Castle | - | - | - | $29,325 | 10 | $13,651,656 | Feb 23 | nWave Pictures | false |
| 63 | The Grey Zone | - | - | - | $29,315 | 36 | $517,872 | Oct 18 | Lionsgate | false |
| 64 | The Banger Sisters | - | - | - | $28,458 | 2,739 | $30,307,416 | Sep 20 | Fox Searchlight Pictures | false |
| 65 | Mostly Martha | - | - | - | $27,981 | 143 | $4,160,475 | Aug 16 | Paramount Classics | false |
| 66 | One Hour Photo | - | - | - | $24,409 | 1,332 | $31,597,131 | Aug 21 | Fox Searchlight Pictures | false |
| 67 | Singin' in the Rain 2002 Re-release | - | - | - | $22,944 | 3 | $120,420 | Nov 8 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 68 | The Trials of Henry Kissinger | - | - | - | $20,835 | 8 | $516,726 | Sep 25 | First Run | false |
| 69 | Bloody Sunday | - | - | - | $19,722 | 54 | $773,228 | Oct 4 | Paramount Classics | false |
| 70 | Igby Goes Down | - | - | - | $18,054 | 156 | $4,777,465 | Sep 13 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false |
| 71 | Shackleton's Antarctic Adventure | - | - | - | $15,879 | 26 | $15,553,324 | Feb 10 | WGBH Giant-Screen Films | false |
| 72 | Apollo 13 The IMAX Experience | - | - | - | $14,317 | 19 | $1,766,621 | Sep 20 | IMAX | false |
| 73 | Heaven | - | - | - | $13,770 | 38 | $784,399 | Oct 4 | Miramax | false |
| 74 | Kurosawa & Mifune Festival | - | - | - | $12,650 | 5 | $561,692 | Jul 26 | Cowboy Pictures | false |
| 75 | The Bread, My Sweet | - | - | - | $10,984 | 8 | $1,023,156 | Jan 18 | Panorama Entertainment | false |
| 76 | Sordid Lives | - | - | - | $10,965 | 8 | $1,111,273 | May 11 | Regent Releasing | false |
| 77 | Charly | - | - | - | $10,789 | 36 | $814,666 | Sep 27 | Excel Entertainment | false |
| 78 | O Fantasma | - | - | - | $10,434 | 1 | $126,783 | Nov 22 | Picture This! Entertainment | false |
| 79 | The Good Girl | - | - | - | $10,319 | 688 | $14,018,296 | Aug 7 | Fox Searchlight Pictures | false |
| 80 | Moonlight Mile | - | - | - | $8,971 | 437 | $6,835,856 | Sep 27 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 81 | Metropolis 2002 Re-release | - | - | - | $8,868 | 8 | $650,422 | Jul 12 | Kino International | false |
| 82 | Galapagos | - | - | - | $8,181 | 14 | $18,630,372 | Oct 29 | IMAX | false |
| 83 | Power and Terror: Noam Chomsky in Our Times | - | - | - | $7,809 | 4 | $290,767 | Nov 22 | First Run | false |
| 84 | The Last Kiss | - | - | - | $7,154 | 31 | $1,048,950 | Aug 16 | THINKFilm | false |
| 85 | Welcome to Collinwood | - | - | - | $6,380 | 45 | $336,620 | Oct 4 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 86 | Alias Betty | - | - | - | $5,748 | 8 | $208,400 | Sep 13 | Wellspring Media | false |
| 87 | Encounter in the Third Dimension | - | - | - | $5,500 | 16 | $7,195,792 | Feb 26 | nWave Pictures | false |
| 88 | China: The Panda Adventure | - | - | - | $5,131 | 21 | $3,921,642 | Jun 9 | IMAX | false |
| 89 | Skins | - | - | - | $5,076 | 18 | $249,204 | Sep 27 | First Look International | false |
| 90 | Fidel | - | - | - | $4,882 | 2 | $121,304 | Oct 18 | First Run | false |
| 91 | The Producers | - | - | - | $4,855 | 3 | $111,866 | Jun 7 | Rialto Pictures | false |
| 92 | Swimfan | - | - | - | $4,308 | 2,860 | $28,564,995 | Sep 6 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 93 | Nightcap | - | - | - | $4,265 | 8 | $443,238 | Jul 31 | Empire Pictures Inc. | false |
| 94 | Forgive Me Father | - | - | - | $4,262 | 6 | $582,787 | Jan 26 | The Myriad Entertainment Group LLC | false |
| 95 | Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner | - | - | - | $3,436 | 57 | $3,789,952 | Apr 12 | Lot 47 Films | false |
| 96 | On Guard | - | - | - | $3,429 | 4 | $97,552 | Oct 18 | Empire Pictures Inc. | false |
| 97 | Tarkovsky At 70 Film Festival | - | - | - | $3,398 | 2 | $177,345 | Sep 13 | Kino International | false |
| 98 | All or Nothing | - | - | - | $3,152 | 16 | $201,546 | Oct 25 | United Artists | false |
| 99 | Interview with the Assassin | - | - | - | $3,047 | 18 | $48,058 | Nov 15 | Magnolia Pictures | false |
| 100 | The Bank | - | - | - | $3,040 | 5 | $88,414 | Aug 28 | The Cinema Guild | false |
| 101 | Children of the Century | - | - | - | $2,957 | 5 | $56,611 | Sep 13 | Empire Pictures Inc. | false |
| 102 | Mad Love | - | - | - | $2,915 | 17 | $280,046 | Aug 30 | Sony Pictures Classics | false |
| 103 | Abandon | - | - | - | $2,471 | 2,347 | $10,727,683 | Oct 18 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 104 | Late Marriage | - | - | - | $2,387 | 38 | $1,656,445 | May 17 | Magnolia Pictures | false |
| 105 | Thrill Ride: The Science of Fun | - | - | - | $2,338 | 81 | $18,798,590 | Jul 11 | Sony Pictures Classics | false |
| 106 | Derrida | - | - | - | $2,148 | 6 | $157,200 | Oct 23 | Zeitgeist Films | false |
| 107 | Seven Samurai 2002 Re-release | - | - | - | $2,091 | 4 | $271,841 | Aug 30 | Cowboy Pictures | false |
| 108 | 13 Conversations About One Thing | - | - | - | $1,913 | 68 | $3,288,164 | May 24 | Sony Pictures Classics | false |
| 109 | Dead or Alive: Final | - | - | - | $1,841 | 1 | $2,591 | Nov 29 | Kino International | false |
| 110 | I Am Trying to Break Your Heart | - | - | - | $1,747 | 13 | $445,522 | Jul 26 | Cowboy Pictures | false |
| 111 | God Is Great and I'm Not | - | - | - | $1,672 | 1 | $73,181 | Nov 6 | Empire Pictures Inc. | false |
| 112 | 24 Hour Party People | - | - | - | $1,597 | 37 | $1,184,096 | Aug 9 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false |
| 113 | Satin Rouge | - | - | - | $1,500 | 10 | $231,879 | Aug 23 | Zeitgeist Films | false |
| 114 | Mark Twain's America in | - | - | - | $1,363 | 2 | $2,297,096 | Jul 2 | Sony Pictures Classics | false |
| 115 | Pokemon 4Ever: Celebi - Voice of the Forest | - | - | - | $1,329 | 249 | $1,727,447 | Oct 11 | Dimension Films | false |
| 116 | Les Destinées | - | - | - | $1,250 | 5 | $230,900 | Apr 5 | Wellspring Media | false |
| 117 | Alien Adventure | - | - | - | $1,250 | 10 | $8,959,784 | Aug 20 | nWave Pictures | false |
| 118 | How I Killed My Father | - | - | - | $1,175 | 5 | $145,396 | Aug 23 | New Yorker Films | false |
| 119 | Extreme | - | - | - | $1,050 | 21 | $12,475,172 | Apr 2 | IMAX | false |
| 120 | Across the Sea of Time | - | - | - | $1,021 | 2 | $16,015,639 | Oct 20 | Sony Pictures Classics | false |
| 121 | Etoiles: Dancers of the Paris Opera Ballet | - | - | - | $920 | 1 | $46,412 | Nov 8 | First Run | false |
| 122 | Tosca | - | - | - | $779 | 2 | $69,613 | Jul 12 | Avatar Films | false |
| 123 | A Grin Without A Cat | - | - | - | $672 | 1 | $43,616 | May 1 | Icarus Films | false |
| 124 | In Praise of Love | - | - | - | $558 | 11 | $252,074 | Sep 6 | Manhattan Pictures International | false |
| 125 | Dekalog | - | - | - | $415 | 1 | $655,720 | Jun 9 | New Yorker Films | false |
| 126 | Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars | - | - | - | $407 | 5 | $162,547 | Jul 10 | Cowboy Pictures | false |
| 127 | Lan Yu | - | - | - | $399 | 3 | $116,325 | Jul 3 | Strand Releasing | false |
| 128 | Hybrid | - | - | - | $382 | 2 | $164,386 | May 10 | Indican Pictures | false |
| 129 | The Crocodile Hunter: Collision Course | - | - | - | $380 | 2,535 | $28,442,574 | Jul 12 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false |
| 130 | Promises | - | - | - | $250 | 5 | $247,948 | Mar 15 | Cowboy Pictures | false |
| 131 | Beauty and the Beast 2002 Re-release | - | - | - | $185 | 3 | $138,503 | Jun 21 | Cowboy Pictures | false |
| 132 | The Other Side of Heaven | - | - | - | $77 | 306 | $4,720,371 | Dec 14 | Excel Entertainment | false |
