Domestic Box Office For Q4 2002
Q4 2002 is October 1-December 31.
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 | Chicago | $170,687,518 | 2,701 | $2,074,929 | 1.2% | 77 | Dec 27 | Sep 4 | Miramax |
| 2 | About Schmidt | $65,016,287 | 1,240 | $282,367 | 0.4% | 6 | Dec 13 | May 29 | New Line Cinema |
| 3 | The Hours | $41,675,994 | 1,010 | $338,622 | 0.8% | 11 | Dec 27 | May 22 | Paramount Pictures |
| 4 | The Pianist | $32,572,577 | 842 | $111,261 | 0.3% | 6 | Dec 25 | Jun 8 | Focus Features |
| 5 | Adaptation. | $22,498,520 | 672 | $384,478 | 1.7% | 7 | Dec 6 | May 22 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 6 | Bowling for Columbine | $21,576,018 | 248 | $209,148 | 1% | 8 | Oct 11 | Sep 18 | United Artists |
| 7 | Antwone Fisher | $21,078,145 | 1,021 | $210,013 | 1% | 15 | Dec 19 | May 15 | Fox Searchlight Pictures |
| 8 | Confessions of a Dangerous Mind | $16,007,718 | 1,776 | $87,199 | 0.5% | 4 | Dec 31 | Sep 4 | Miramax |
| 9 | Far from Heaven | $15,901,849 | 291 | $211,279 | 1.3% | 6 | Nov 8 | May 4 | Focus Features |
| 10 | The Lion King 2002 IMAX Release | $15,686,215 | 66 | $1,825,849 | 11.6% | 66 | Dec 27 | May 29 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 11 | 25th Hour | $13,084,595 | 495 | $108,865 | 0.8% | 5 | Dec 19 | May 4 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 12 | The Quiet American | $12,988,801 | 396 | $101,663 | 0.8% | 6 | Nov 22 | Aug 7 | Miramax |
| 13 | Narc | $10,465,659 | 822 | $63,303 | 0.6% | 6 | Dec 20 | Mar 20 | Paramount Pictures |
| 14 | Talk to Her 2002 Re-release | $9,285,469 | 255 | $104,396 | 1.1% | 2 | Nov 22 | Jun 19 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 15 | Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones 2002 IMAX Release | $8,485,488 | 58 | $1,435,259 | 16.9% | 58 | Nov 1 | Apr 30 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 16 | Séraphin: Heart of Stone | $6,749,187 | 123 | $880,723 | 13% | 123 | Nov 29 | Apr 13 | Alliance Atlantis Vivafilm |
| 17 | Rabbit-Proof Fence | $6,199,600 | 153 | $88,352 | 1.4% | 9 | Nov 27 | May 18 | Miramax |
| 18 | Real Women Have Curves | $5,853,194 | 163 | $183,772 | 3.1% | 55 | Oct 18 | May 15 | Newmarket Films |
| 19 | The Crime of Padre Amaro | $5,717,044 | 137 | $504,681 | 8.8% | 43 | Nov 15 | May 4 | IDP Distribution |
| 20 | Paid in Full | $3,090,862 | 273 | $1,328,789 | 43% | 268 | Oct 25 | Dec 19 | Miramax |
| 21 | Comedian | $2,751,988 | 244 | $60,224 | 2.2% | 4 | Oct 11 | Dec 26 | Miramax |
| 22 | Russian Ark | $2,326,979 | 22 | $29,022 | 1.2% | 2 | Dec 13 | - | Wellspring Media |
| 23 | Auto Focus | $2,063,196 | 461 | $123,761 | 6% | 11 | Oct 18 | Jan 30 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 24 | Santa vs. the Snowman 3D | $1,934,053 | 25 | $21,892 | 1.1% | 8 | Nov 1 | Jan 16 | IMAX |
| 25 | Pokemon 4Ever: Celebi - Voice of the Forest | $1,727,447 | 249 | $717,061 | 41.5% | 249 | Oct 11 | Dec 5 | Dimension Films |
| 26 | Standing in the Shadows of Motown | $1,722,119 | 59 | $114,442 | 6.6% | 23 | Nov 15 | May 8 | Artisan Entertainment |
| 27 | Spider | $1,642,483 | 54 | $5,575 | 0.3% | 1 | Dec 20 | Jul 31 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 28 | Nicholas Nickleby | $1,587,173 | 100 | $42,864 | 2.7% | 5 | Dec 27 | May 1 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) |
| 29 | Ararat | $1,555,959 | 42 | $211,130 | 13.6% | 6 | Nov 15 | Jan 30 | Miramax |
| 30 | Evelyn | $1,487,645 | 137 | $65,344 | 4.4% | 15 | Dec 13 | May 8 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) |
| 31 | Bollywood/Hollywood | $1,454,510 | 44 | - | - | - | Oct 25 | Jan 5 | Cinebella Entertainment |
| 32 | Time Changer | $1,285,167 | 169 | $300,103 | 23.4% | 169 | Oct 25 | Oct 2 | Five & Two Pictures |
| 33 | Roger Dodger | $1,266,828 | 61 | $47,431 | 3.7% | 4 | Oct 25 | Jan 23 | Artisan Entertainment |
| 34 | Equilibrium | $1,203,794 | 301 | $541,512 | 45% | 301 | Dec 6 | Dec 26 | Dimension Films |
| 35 | Kaante | $1,041,228 | 29 | $425,975 | 40.9% | 26 | Dec 20 | Jan 20 | Media Partners |
| 36 | Personal Velocity | $811,299 | 43 | $29,943 | 3.7% | 2 | Nov 22 | Mar 27 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) |
| 37 | Heaven | $784,399 | 38 | $51,909 | 6.6% | 4 | Oct 4 | Dec 15 | Miramax |
| 38 | Bloody Sunday | $773,228 | 54 | $29,419 | 3.8% | 2 | Oct 4 | Jan 26 | Paramount Classics |
| 39 | Below | $605,562 | 353 | $201,431 | 33.3% | 168 | Oct 11 | Oct 31 | Dimension Films |
| 40 | Swept Away | $598,645 | 196 | $354,052 | 59.1% | 196 | Oct 11 | Oct 27 | Screen Gems |
| 41 | Max | $539,879 | 37 | $30,157 | 5.6% | 6 | Dec 27 | May 1 | Lionsgate |
| 42 | The Grey Zone | $517,872 | 36 | $24,526 | 4.7% | 8 | Oct 18 | Dec 19 | Lionsgate |
| 43 | Tully | $466,664 | 13 | $21,162 | 4.5% | 6 | Nov 1 | May 1 | Small Planet Pictures |
| 44 | The Way Home | $445,367 | 20 | $29,737 | 6.7% | 3 | Nov 15 | May 8 | Paramount Classics |
| 45 | Jee Aayan Nu | $393,117 | 9 | - | - | - | Nov 8 | Dec 8 | - |
| 46 | Dangerous People | $341,280 | 85 | $157,280 | 46.1% | 85 | Dec 6 | - | Christal Films |
| 47 | Welcome to Collinwood | $336,620 | 45 | $75,180 | 22.3% | 16 | Oct 4 | Dec 12 | Warner Bros. |
| 48 | Saathiya | $317,564 | 29 | $71,400 | 22.5% | 29 | Dec 20 | Jan 16 | Yash Raj Films |
| 49 | Intacto 2002 Re-release | $307,333 | 31 | $7,362 | 2.4% | 1 | Dec 13 | Feb 13 | Lionsgate |
| 50 | Power and Terror: Noam Chomsky in Our Times | $290,767 | 4 | $9,442 | 3.2% | 1 | Nov 22 | Oct 2 | First Run |
| 51 | Morvern Callar | $267,907 | 9 | $13,836 | 5.2% | 3 | Dec 20 | Sep 4 | Cowboy Pictures |
| 52 | Waking Up in Reno | $267,109 | 197 | $108,930 | 40.8% | 197 | Oct 25 | Nov 21 | Miramax |
| 53 | Love Liza | $213,137 | 10 | $15,522 | 7.3% | 4 | Dec 30 | Apr 17 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 54 | All or Nothing | $201,546 | 16 | $25,890 | 12.8% | 7 | Oct 25 | - | United Artists |
| 55 | North Station | $171,400 | 46 | - | - | - | Nov 8 | - | Equinox Films |
| 56 | Derrida | $157,200 | 6 | $11,473 | 7.3% | 1 | Oct 23 | Feb 20 | Zeitgeist Films |
| 57 | Hansel & Gretel | $154,642 | 59 | $100,477 | 65% | 59 | Oct 18 | Oct 31 | Innovation Film Group (IFG) |
| 58 | Jenny Lamour | $152,961 | 2 | $9,632 | 6.3% | 1 | Oct 25 | - | Rialto Pictures |
| 59 | Naqoyqatsi | $133,058 | 9 | $17,154 | 12.9% | 2 | Oct 18 | Nov 26 | Miramax |
| 60 | O Fantasma | $126,783 | 1 | $10,953 | 8.6% | 1 | Nov 22 | Nov 13 | Picture This! Entertainment |
| 61 | Fidel | $121,304 | 2 | $19,320 | 15.9% | 2 | Oct 18 | May 8 | First Run |
| 62 | Singin' in the Rain 2002 Re-release | $120,420 | 3 | $13,643 | 11.3% | 1 | Nov 8 | Jan 5 | Warner Bros. |
| 63 | Rishtey | $119,537 | 28 | $71,047 | 59.4% | 28 | Dec 6 | - | Eros Worldwide |
| 64 | The Weight of Water | $109,130 | 27 | $45,888 | 42% | 27 | Nov 1 | Nov 21 | Lionsgate |
| 65 | Handcart | $98,666 | 14 | $14,035 | 14.2% | 14 | Oct 11 | Apr 20 | Media Partners Entertainment |
| 66 | On Guard | $97,552 | 4 | $11,756 | 12.1% | 1 | Oct 18 | Feb 13 | Empire Pictures Inc. |
| 67 | Kehtaa Hai Dil Baar Baar | $95,415 | 13 | $49,387 | 51.8% | 12 | Nov 15 | - | Video Sound |
| 68 | God Is Great and I'm Not | $73,181 | 1 | $13,850 | 18.9% | 1 | Nov 6 | Jan 26 | Empire Pictures Inc. |
| 69 | Ikiru | $60,239 | 2 | $2,149 | 3.6% | 1 | Dec 27 | - | Cowboy Pictures |
| 70 | Interview with the Assassin | $48,058 | 18 | $10,497 | 21.8% | 5 | Nov 15 | Dec 12 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 71 | Etoiles: Dancers of the Paris Opera Ballet | $46,412 | 1 | $4,117 | 8.9% | 1 | Nov 8 | Sep 11 | First Run |
| 72 | Food of Love | $43,922 | 4 | $3,692 | 8.4% | 1 | Oct 25 | Feb 9 | TLA Releasing |
| 73 | Sonny | $30,005 | 6 | $17,639 | 58.8% | 6 | Dec 27 | Jan 2 | Gold Circle Films |
| 74 | Massoud, the Afghan 2002 Re-release | $26,747 | 1 | $5,859 | 21.9% | 1 | Dec 4 | May 18 | New Yorker Films |
| 75 | Safe Conduct | $25,440 | 3 | $6,811 | 26.8% | 2 | Oct 9 | Nov 21 | Empire Pictures Inc. |
| 76 | All the Queen's Men | $23,662 | 17 | $15,026 | 63.5% | 17 | Oct 25 | Nov 10 | Strand Releasing |
| 77 | Blackboards | $23,520 | 2 | $3,416 | 14.5% | 1 | Dec 6 | Jan 30 | Leisure Time Features |
| 78 | Hush! | $21,278 | 2 | $5,322 | 25% | 2 | Nov 8 | Jul 3 | Strand Releasing |
| 79 | Devils on the Doorstep | $18,944 | 1 | $3,227 | 17% | 1 | Dec 18 | May 22 | Cowboy Pictures |
| 80 | Hell House | $18,279 | 2 | $6,950 | 38% | 2 | Oct 18 | Nov 3 | Seventh Art Releasing |
| 81 | Pipe Dream | $15,430 | 3 | $7,998 | 51.8% | 3 | Oct 4 | Oct 24 | Castle Hill Productions |
| 82 | Smokers Only | $11,871 | 1 | $3,102 | 26.1% | 1 | Dec 20 | May 1 | Strand Releasing |
| 83 | Family Fundamentals | $11,344 | 4 | $7,352 | 64.8% | 4 | Oct 11 | Oct 17 | Focus Features |
| 84 | Love in the Time of Money | $10,410 | 4 | $6,040 | 58% | 4 | Nov 1 | Nov 14 | THINKFilm |
| 85 | Revolution #9 | $10,133 | 1 | $4,936 | 48.7% | 1 | Nov 15 | Nov 28 | Exile Pictures |
| 86 | Take Care of My Cat | $9,866 | 2 | $3,137 | 31.8% | 2 | Oct 18 | Jan 23 | Kino International |
| 87 | The Sound of Trumpets | $9,080 | 1 | $2,581 | 28.4% | 1 | Dec 20 | Jun 19 | Cowboy Pictures |
| 88 | The Rising Place | $8,360 | 2 | $7,565 | 90.5% | 2 | Nov 8 | Nov 14 | Flatland Pictures |
| 89 | The Phantom of Liberty 2002 Re-release | $6,172 | 1 | $6,172 | 100% | 1 | Nov 8 | - | Rialto Pictures |
| 90 | Perfect Pie | $5,000 | 3 | $5,000 | - | 3 | Oct 18 | - | Odeon Films |
| 91 | My Kingdom | $4,296 | 1 | $2,607 | 60.7% | 1 | Dec 6 | Dec 12 | First Look International |
| 92 | Looking Through Lillian | $3,300 | 1 | $1,707 | 51.7% | 1 | Oct 25 | Oct 31 | Pathfinder Pictures |
| 93 | A Cuban Legend | $3,212 | 1 | $2,590 | 80.6% | 1 | Oct 11 | Oct 17 | - |
| 94 | Ash Wednesday | $2,942 | 2 | $2,942 | 100% | 2 | Oct 11 | - | Empire Pictures Inc. |
| 95 | Dead or Alive: Final | $2,591 | 1 | $1,841 | 71.1% | 1 | Nov 29 | Dec 5 | Kino International |
| 96 | The 4th Tenor | $2,152 | 2 | $2,152 | 100% | 2 | Nov 22 | - | - |
| 97 | Stealing the Fire | $2,139 | 1 | $1,053 | 49.2% | 1 | Oct 16 | Oct 24 | Friedman/Nadler Productions |
| 98 | By Hook or by Crook | $1,802 | 2 | $1,802 | 100% | 2 | Oct 25 | - | Artistic License |
| 99 | Besotted | $1,379 | 1 | $656 | 47.6% | 1 | Nov 1 | Nov 14 | Artistic License |
| 100 | The Jimmy Show | $1,000 | 1 | $703 | 70.3% | 1 | Dec 13 | Dec 19 | First Look International |
| 101 | 'R Xmas | $850 | 1 | $850 | 100% | 1 | Nov 8 | Nov 10 | Pathfinder Pictures |
