Domestic Box Office For Q3 2002
Q3 2002 is July 1-September 30.
Limited releases are those released in fewer than 600 theaters.
Key:Estimated
| Rank | Release | Gross | Max Th | Opening | % of Total | Open Th | Open | Close | Distributor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spirited Away | $10,055,859 | 714 | $449,839 | 4.5% | 26 | Sep 20 | Sep 4 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 2 | Moonlight Mile | $6,835,856 | 437 | $329,771 | 4.8% | 22 | Sep 27 | Mar 13 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 3 | Igby Goes Down | $4,777,465 | 156 | $306,705 | 6.4% | 10 | Sep 13 | - | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) |
| 4 | Mostly Martha | $4,160,475 | 143 | $40,446 | 1% | 2 | Aug 16 | Jan 26 | Paramount Classics |
| 5 | Secretary | $4,059,680 | 149 | $182,306 | 4.5% | 11 | Sep 20 | Feb 13 | Lionsgate |
| 6 | 8 Women | $3,098,776 | 85 | $52,489 | 1.7% | 3 | Sep 6 | Dec 19 | Focus Features |
| 7 | Tadpole | $2,891,288 | 180 | $80,682 | 2.8% | 6 | Jul 19 | Jan 23 | Miramax |
| 8 | Full Frontal | $2,512,846 | 214 | $739,834 | 29.4% | 208 | Aug 2 | Sep 26 | Miramax |
| 9 | Apollo 13 The IMAX Experience | $1,766,621 | 19 | $200,645 | 11.4% | 18 | Sep 20 | Mar 10 | IMAX |
| 10 | Sex and Lucía | $1,594,779 | 33 | $47,591 | 3% | 7 | Jul 12 | Nov 14 | Palm Pictures |
| 11 | Read My Lips | $1,471,911 | 45 | $27,080 | 1.8% | 1 | Jul 5 | Nov 22 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 12 | The Kid Stays in the Picture | $1,439,232 | 56 | $89,087 | 6.2% | 4 | Jul 26 | Oct 10 | Focus Features |
| 13 | The Man from Elysian Fields | $1,435,016 | 50 | $46,353 | 3.2% | 6 | Sep 27 | Jan 23 | IDP Distribution |
| 14 | 24 Hour Party People | $1,184,096 | 37 | $34,940 | 3% | 2 | Aug 9 | - | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) |
| 15 | My Wife Is an Actress | $1,121,233 | 38 | $49,204 | 4.4% | 7 | Jul 12 | Nov 14 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 16 | The Last Kiss | $1,048,950 | 31 | $33,561 | 3.2% | 5 | Aug 16 | Dec 12 | THINKFilm |
| 17 | Pandora's Box | $881,950 | 42 | $85,710 | 9.7% | 14 | Aug 9 | Jan 5 | Rainforest Films |
| 18 | Charly | $814,666 | 36 | $56,900 | 7% | 36 | Sep 27 | May 8 | Excel Entertainment |
| 19 | Shanghai Ghetto | $712,446 | 13 | $10,356 | 1.5% | 1 | Sep 27 | Sep 18 | Menemsha Films |
| 20 | Metropolis 2002 Re-release | $650,422 | 8 | $19,386 | 3% | 1 | Jul 12 | Aug 10 | Kino International |
| 21 | Kurosawa & Mifune Festival | $561,692 | 5 | $15,942 | 2.8% | 1 | Jul 26 | - | Cowboy Pictures |
| 22 | The Trials of Henry Kissinger | $516,726 | 8 | $14,667 | 2.8% | 1 | Sep 25 | Jun 26 | First Run |
| 23 | Manna from Heaven | $505,675 | 33 | - | - | - | Aug 2 | Oct 2 | Five Sisters Productions |
| 24 | I Am Trying to Break Your Heart | $445,522 | 13 | $10,776 | 2.4% | 1 | Jul 26 | Jul 17 | Cowboy Pictures |
| 25 | Nightcap | $443,238 | 8 | $14,868 | 3.4% | 1 | Jul 31 | Feb 2 | Empire Pictures Inc. |
| 26 | Little Secrets | $405,792 | 366 | $191,747 | 47.3% | 366 | Aug 23 | Sep 26 | IDP Distribution |
| 27 | Lawrence of Arabia 2002 Re-release | $342,481 | 6 | $20,846 | 6.1% | 2 | Sep 20 | Oct 27 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 28 | Never Again | $307,631 | 35 | $33,088 | 10.8% | 5 | Jul 12 | Aug 15 | Focus Features |
| 29 | Me Without You | $304,909 | 13 | $12,816 | 4.2% | 1 | Jul 5 | Oct 3 | IDP Distribution |
| 30 | Mad Love | $280,046 | 17 | $23,869 | 8.5% | 3 | Aug 30 | Dec 19 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 31 | Seven Samurai 2002 Re-release | $271,841 | 4 | $21,830 | 8% | 2 | Aug 30 | Sep 25 | Cowboy Pictures |
| 32 | Who Is Cletis Tout? | $252,706 | 36 | $64,867 | 25.7% | 18 | Jul 26 | Oct 17 | Paramount Classics |
| 33 | In Praise of Love | $252,074 | 11 | $38,844 | 15.4% | 3 | Sep 6 | May 15 | Manhattan Pictures International |
| 34 | Skins | $249,204 | 18 | $23,439 | 9.4% | 9 | Sep 27 | Dec 29 | First Look International |
| 35 | Happy Times | $240,093 | 14 | $31,084 | 12.9% | 6 | Jul 26 | Nov 14 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 36 | Satin Rouge | $231,879 | 10 | $18,880 | 8.1% | 2 | Aug 23 | Dec 19 | Zeitgeist Films |
| 37 | The Ignorant Fairies | $215,449 | 4 | $18,316 | 8.5% | 4 | Sep 20 | Jun 26 | Strand Releasing |
| 38 | Alias Betty | $208,400 | 8 | $23,929 | 11.5% | 4 | Sep 13 | Mar 27 | Wellspring Media |
| 39 | The Château | $202,272 | 8 | $15,968 | 7.9% | 2 | Aug 9 | Nov 24 | IFC Films |
| 40 | Tarkovsky At 70 Film Festival | $177,345 | 2 | $11,537 | 6.5% | 1 | Sep 13 | Jul 31 | Kino International |
| 41 | Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars | $162,547 | 5 | $6,816 | 4.2% | 1 | Jul 10 | Sep 21 | Cowboy Pictures |
| 42 | How I Killed My Father | $145,396 | 5 | $7,480 | 5.1% | 3 | Aug 23 | May 22 | New Yorker Films |
| 43 | The Experiment 2002 Re-release | $144,634 | 11 | $19,857 | 13.7% | 4 | Sep 20 | Oct 31 | IDP Distribution |
| 44 | I'm Going Home | $140,872 | 6 | $12,024 | 8.5% | 1 | Aug 14 | Nov 3 | Milestone |
| 45 | Road | $136,700 | 20 | $73,636 | 53.9% | 17 | Sep 27 | Oct 17 | Media Partners |
| 46 | Amy's Orgasm | $119,664 | 8 | $9,750 | 8.1% | 1 | Aug 23 | Sep 15 | Magic Lamp |
| 47 | Lan Yu | $116,325 | 3 | $7,583 | 6.5% | 1 | Jul 3 | Jun 19 | Strand Releasing |
| 48 | Secret Ballot | $114,909 | 11 | $14,609 | 12.7% | 5 | Aug 9 | Oct 17 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 49 | Wasabi | $97,220 | 10 | $17,560 | 18.1% | 5 | Sep 27 | - | TriStar Pictures |
| 50 | Biggie & Tupac | $94,874 | 6 | $5,728 | 6% | 1 | Sep 20 | Nov 10 | Roxie Releasing |
| 51 | The Bank | $88,414 | 5 | $10,380 | 11.7% | 2 | Aug 28 | Apr 6 | The Cinema Guild |
| 52 | Invincible | $81,954 | 9 | $14,293 | 17.4% | 4 | Sep 20 | Oct 24 | Fine Line Features |
| 53 | D-Tox | $79,161 | 78 | $32,300 | - | 78 | Sep 20 | - | DEJ Productions |
| 54 | Baraka 2002 Re-release | $77,873 | 2 | $21,555 | 27.7% | 2 | Aug 27 | Sep 12 | Vitagraph Films |
| 55 | Snipes | $70,569 | 43 | $14,027 | 19.9% | 6 | Sep 4 | Oct 17 | Ruff Nation Films |
| 56 | Tosca | $69,613 | 2 | $5,601 | 8% | 2 | Jul 12 | - | Avatar Films |
| 57 | BBC2 Play of the Week: Langrishe Go Down | $69,338 | 1 | $10,041 | 14.5% | 1 | Jul 17 | - | Castle Hill Productions |
| 58 | Just a Kiss | $64,389 | 21 | $7,239 | 11.2% | 5 | Sep 27 | Nov 28 | Paramount Classics |
| 59 | Children of the Century | $56,611 | 5 | $8,044 | 14.2% | 1 | Sep 13 | Jan 2 | Empire Pictures Inc. |
| 60 | Ciao America | $54,965 | 19 | $21,559 | 39.2% | 19 | Sep 20 | - | National Amusements |
| 61 | Agnivarsha: The Fire and the Rain | $51,549 | 8 | $18,887 | 36.6% | 8 | Aug 30 | - | Cinebella Entertainment |
| 62 | Bolivar Is Me | $48,911 | 8 | $18,416 | 37.7% | 8 | Jul 26 | - | Venevision International |
| 63 | The Pinochet Case | $35,701 | 1 | $10,773 | 30.2% | 1 | Sep 11 | - | First Run |
| 64 | What to Do in Case of Fire | $33,545 | 3 | $7,874 | 23.5% | 3 | Jul 19 | - | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 65 | Ayurveda: Art of Being | $32,267 | 2 | $1,938 | 6% | 1 | Jul 17 | Jan 23 | Kino International |
| 66 | All About Lily Chou-Chou | $26,485 | 2 | $3,064 | 11.6% | 1 | Jul 12 | Apr 3 | Cowboy Pictures |
| 67 | Liars Club | $23,792 | 1 | $13,623 | 57.3% | 1 | Sep 13 | - | Odyssey Pictures Corporation |
| 68 | Crazy as Hell | $21,679 | 7 | $13,341 | 61.5% | 7 | Sep 27 | Oct 10 | Artistic License |
| 69 | The Isle | $20,666 | 2 | $4,546 | 22% | 1 | Aug 23 | Dec 8 | Empire Pictures Inc. |
| 70 | Love and a Bullet | $18,926 | 14 | $9,994 | 52.8% | 14 | Aug 30 | - | Screen Gems |
| 71 | Quitting | $18,531 | 6 | $7,908 | 42.7% | 5 | Sep 13 | Oct 17 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 72 | Scarlet Diva | $18,062 | 1 | $4,547 | 25.2% | 1 | Aug 9 | - | Media Blasters |
| 73 | Last Dance | $15,515 | 1 | $3,477 | 22.4% | 1 | Jul 12 | Jun 12 | First Run |
| 74 | Crop Circles: Quest for Truth | $11,562 | 1 | $5,763 | 49.8% | 1 | Aug 23 | - | OpenEdge |
| 75 | The Mesmerist | $11,422 | 1 | $11,422 | 100% | 1 | Sep 20 | - | Seventh Art Releasing |
| 76 | The Dogwalker | $7,420 | 1 | $4,726 | 63.7% | 1 | Sep 13 | Sep 26 | Outrider Pictures |
| 77 | Group | $7,281 | 2 | $2,260 | 31% | 1 | Jul 5 | Aug 8 | Artistic License |
| 78 | Buddha Heads | $6,739 | 1 | $6,739 | 100% | 1 | Aug 9 | - | Pathfinder Pictures |
| 79 | All My Loved Ones | $6,237 | 1 | $3,222 | 51.7% | 1 | Aug 16 | Aug 29 | Northern Arts Entertainment |
| 80 | Ted Bundy | $6,073 | 2 | $1,710 | 28.2% | 1 | Sep 13 | - | Tartan |
| 81 | Hera Purple | $4,123 | 1 | $1,926 | 46.7% | 1 | Sep 27 | - | Pathfinder Pictures |
| 82 | Revolution OS | $3,500 | 1 | $3,500 | 100% | 1 | Aug 23 | - | Seventh Art Releasing |
| 83 | Tattoo Bar | $2,964 | 1 | $1,812 | 61.1% | 1 | Jul 5 | - | ArtMattan Productions |
| 84 | Stripped | $2,151 | 1 | $2,151 | 100% | 1 | Aug 9 | - | - |
| 85 | Choice of Weapons | $2,032 | 1 | $2,032 | 100% | 1 | Jul 12 | - | Outrider Pictures |
| 86 | The Opera Lover | $1,798 | 2 | $1,167 | 64.9% | 2 | Sep 27 | Oct 3 | Outrider Pictures |
| 87 | Heartbreak Hospital | $1,480 | 1 | $1,480 | 100% | 1 | Sep 6 | - | Seventh Art Releasing |
| 88 | The Execution of Wanda Jean | $1,386 | 1 | $1,386 | 100% | 1 | Sep 6 | - | Seventh Art Releasing |
| 89 | The Lonely Affair of the Heart | $932 | 1 | $932 | 100% | 1 | Sep 27 | - | Pathfinder Pictures |
