Domestic Box Office For Fall 2002
Fall 2002 is September 3-October 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 | Frida | $25,885,000 | 794 | $205,996 | 0.8% | 5 | Oct 25 | May 26 | Miramax |
| 2 | Bowling for Columbine | $21,576,018 | 248 | $209,148 | 1% | 8 | Oct 11 | Sep 18 | United Artists |
| 3 | Punch-Drunk Love | $17,844,216 | 1,293 | $367,203 | 2.1% | 5 | Oct 11 | Dec 26 | Revolution Studios |
| 4 | Spirited Away | $10,055,859 | 714 | $449,839 | 4.5% | 26 | Sep 20 | Sep 4 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 5 | Moonlight Mile | $6,835,856 | 437 | $329,771 | 4.8% | 22 | Sep 27 | Mar 13 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 6 | Real Women Have Curves | $5,853,194 | 163 | $183,772 | 3.1% | 55 | Oct 18 | May 15 | Newmarket Films |
| 7 | Igby Goes Down | $4,777,465 | 156 | $306,705 | 6.4% | 10 | Sep 13 | - | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) |
| 8 | Secretary | $4,059,680 | 149 | $182,306 | 4.5% | 11 | Sep 20 | Feb 13 | Lionsgate |
| 9 | 8 Women | $3,098,776 | 85 | $52,489 | 1.7% | 3 | Sep 6 | Dec 19 | Focus Features |
| 10 | Paid in Full | $3,090,862 | 273 | $1,328,789 | 43% | 268 | Oct 25 | Dec 19 | Miramax |
| 11 | Comedian | $2,751,988 | 244 | $60,224 | 2.2% | 4 | Oct 11 | Dec 26 | Miramax |
| 12 | Auto Focus | $2,063,196 | 461 | $123,761 | 6% | 11 | Oct 18 | Jan 30 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 13 | Apollo 13 The IMAX Experience | $1,766,621 | 19 | $200,645 | 11.4% | 18 | Sep 20 | Mar 10 | IMAX |
| 14 | Pokemon 4Ever: Celebi - Voice of the Forest | $1,727,447 | 249 | $717,061 | 41.5% | 249 | Oct 11 | Dec 5 | Dimension Films |
| 15 | The Man from Elysian Fields | $1,435,016 | 50 | $46,353 | 3.2% | 6 | Sep 27 | Jan 23 | IDP Distribution |
| 16 | Time Changer | $1,285,167 | 169 | $300,103 | 23.4% | 169 | Oct 25 | Oct 2 | Five & Two Pictures |
| 17 | Roger Dodger | $1,266,828 | 61 | $47,431 | 3.7% | 4 | Oct 25 | Jan 23 | Artisan Entertainment |
| 18 | Charly | $814,666 | 36 | $56,900 | 7% | 36 | Sep 27 | May 8 | Excel Entertainment |
| 19 | Heaven | $784,399 | 38 | $51,909 | 6.6% | 4 | Oct 4 | Dec 15 | Miramax |
| 20 | Bloody Sunday | $773,228 | 54 | $29,419 | 3.8% | 2 | Oct 4 | Jan 26 | Paramount Classics |
| 21 | Shanghai Ghetto | $712,446 | 13 | $10,356 | 1.5% | 1 | Sep 27 | Sep 18 | Menemsha Films |
| 22 | Below | $605,562 | 353 | $201,431 | 33.3% | 168 | Oct 11 | Oct 31 | Dimension Films |
| 23 | Swept Away | $598,645 | 196 | $354,052 | 59.1% | 196 | Oct 11 | Oct 27 | Screen Gems |
| 24 | The Grey Zone | $517,872 | 36 | $24,526 | 4.7% | 8 | Oct 18 | Dec 19 | Lionsgate |
| 25 | The Trials of Henry Kissinger | $516,726 | 8 | $14,667 | 2.8% | 1 | Sep 25 | Jun 26 | First Run |
| 26 | Lawrence of Arabia 2002 Re-release | $342,481 | 6 | $20,846 | 6.1% | 2 | Sep 20 | Oct 27 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 27 | Welcome to Collinwood | $336,620 | 45 | $75,180 | 22.3% | 16 | Oct 4 | Dec 12 | Warner Bros. |
| 28 | Waking Up in Reno | $267,109 | 197 | $108,930 | 40.8% | 197 | Oct 25 | Nov 21 | Miramax |
| 29 | In Praise of Love | $252,074 | 11 | $38,844 | 15.4% | 3 | Sep 6 | May 15 | Manhattan Pictures International |
| 30 | Skins | $249,204 | 18 | $23,439 | 9.4% | 9 | Sep 27 | Dec 29 | First Look International |
| 31 | The Ignorant Fairies | $215,449 | 4 | $18,316 | 8.5% | 4 | Sep 20 | Jun 26 | Strand Releasing |
| 32 | Alias Betty | $208,400 | 8 | $23,929 | 11.5% | 4 | Sep 13 | Mar 27 | Wellspring Media |
| 33 | All or Nothing | $201,546 | 16 | $25,890 | 12.8% | 7 | Oct 25 | - | United Artists |
| 34 | Tarkovsky At 70 Film Festival | $177,345 | 2 | $11,537 | 6.5% | 1 | Sep 13 | Jul 31 | Kino International |
| 35 | Derrida | $157,200 | 6 | $11,473 | 7.3% | 1 | Oct 23 | Feb 20 | Zeitgeist Films |
| 36 | Hansel & Gretel | $154,642 | 59 | $100,477 | 65% | 59 | Oct 18 | Oct 31 | Innovation Film Group (IFG) |
| 37 | Jenny Lamour | $152,961 | 2 | $9,632 | 6.3% | 1 | Oct 25 | - | Rialto Pictures |
| 38 | The Experiment 2002 Re-release | $144,634 | 11 | $19,857 | 13.7% | 4 | Sep 20 | Oct 31 | IDP Distribution |
| 39 | Road | $136,700 | 20 | $73,636 | 53.9% | 17 | Sep 27 | Oct 17 | Media Partners |
| 40 | Naqoyqatsi | $133,058 | 9 | $17,154 | 12.9% | 2 | Oct 18 | Nov 26 | Miramax |
| 41 | Fidel | $121,304 | 2 | $19,320 | 15.9% | 2 | Oct 18 | May 8 | First Run |
| 42 | Handcart | $98,666 | 14 | $14,035 | 14.2% | 14 | Oct 11 | Apr 20 | Media Partners Entertainment |
| 43 | On Guard | $97,552 | 4 | $11,756 | 12.1% | 1 | Oct 18 | Feb 13 | Empire Pictures Inc. |
| 44 | Wasabi | $97,220 | 10 | $17,560 | 18.1% | 5 | Sep 27 | - | TriStar Pictures |
| 45 | Biggie & Tupac | $94,874 | 6 | $5,728 | 6% | 1 | Sep 20 | Nov 10 | Roxie Releasing |
| 46 | Invincible | $81,954 | 9 | $14,293 | 17.4% | 4 | Sep 20 | Oct 24 | Fine Line Features |
| 47 | D-Tox | $79,161 | 78 | $32,300 | - | 78 | Sep 20 | - | DEJ Productions |
| 48 | Snipes | $70,569 | 43 | $14,027 | 19.9% | 6 | Sep 4 | Oct 17 | Ruff Nation Films |
| 49 | Just a Kiss | $64,389 | 21 | $7,239 | 11.2% | 5 | Sep 27 | Nov 28 | Paramount Classics |
| 50 | Children of the Century | $56,611 | 5 | $8,044 | 14.2% | 1 | Sep 13 | Jan 2 | Empire Pictures Inc. |
| 51 | Ciao America | $54,965 | 19 | $21,559 | 39.2% | 19 | Sep 20 | - | National Amusements |
| 52 | Food of Love | $43,922 | 4 | $3,692 | 8.4% | 1 | Oct 25 | Feb 9 | TLA Releasing |
| 53 | The Pinochet Case | $35,701 | 1 | $10,773 | 30.2% | 1 | Sep 11 | - | First Run |
| 54 | Safe Conduct | $25,440 | 3 | $6,811 | 26.8% | 2 | Oct 9 | Nov 21 | Empire Pictures Inc. |
| 55 | Liars Club | $23,792 | 1 | $13,623 | 57.3% | 1 | Sep 13 | - | Odyssey Pictures Corporation |
| 56 | All the Queen's Men | $23,662 | 17 | $15,026 | 63.5% | 17 | Oct 25 | Nov 10 | Strand Releasing |
| 57 | Crazy as Hell | $21,679 | 7 | $13,341 | 61.5% | 7 | Sep 27 | Oct 10 | Artistic License |
| 58 | Quitting | $18,531 | 6 | $7,908 | 42.7% | 5 | Sep 13 | Oct 17 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 59 | Hell House | $18,279 | 2 | $6,950 | 38% | 2 | Oct 18 | Nov 3 | Seventh Art Releasing |
| 60 | Pipe Dream | $15,430 | 3 | $7,998 | 51.8% | 3 | Oct 4 | Oct 24 | Castle Hill Productions |
| 61 | The Mesmerist | $11,422 | 1 | $11,422 | 100% | 1 | Sep 20 | - | Seventh Art Releasing |
| 62 | Family Fundamentals | $11,344 | 4 | $7,352 | 64.8% | 4 | Oct 11 | Oct 17 | Focus Features |
| 63 | Take Care of My Cat | $9,866 | 2 | $3,137 | 31.8% | 2 | Oct 18 | Jan 23 | Kino International |
| 64 | The Dogwalker | $7,420 | 1 | $4,726 | 63.7% | 1 | Sep 13 | Sep 26 | Outrider Pictures |
| 65 | Ted Bundy | $6,073 | 2 | $1,710 | 28.2% | 1 | Sep 13 | - | Tartan |
| 66 | Perfect Pie | $5,000 | 3 | $5,000 | - | 3 | Oct 18 | - | Odeon Films |
| 67 | Hera Purple | $4,123 | 1 | $1,926 | 46.7% | 1 | Sep 27 | - | Pathfinder Pictures |
| 68 | Looking Through Lillian | $3,300 | 1 | $1,707 | 51.7% | 1 | Oct 25 | Oct 31 | Pathfinder Pictures |
| 69 | A Cuban Legend | $3,212 | 1 | $2,590 | 80.6% | 1 | Oct 11 | Oct 17 | - |
| 70 | Ash Wednesday | $2,942 | 2 | $2,942 | 100% | 2 | Oct 11 | - | Empire Pictures Inc. |
| 71 | Stealing the Fire | $2,139 | 1 | $1,053 | 49.2% | 1 | Oct 16 | Oct 24 | Friedman/Nadler Productions |
| 72 | By Hook or by Crook | $1,802 | 2 | $1,802 | 100% | 2 | Oct 25 | - | Artistic License |
| 73 | The Opera Lover | $1,798 | 2 | $1,167 | 64.9% | 2 | Sep 27 | Oct 3 | Outrider Pictures |
| 74 | Heartbreak Hospital | $1,480 | 1 | $1,480 | 100% | 1 | Sep 6 | - | Seventh Art Releasing |
| 75 | The Execution of Wanda Jean | $1,386 | 1 | $1,386 | 100% | 1 | Sep 6 | - | Seventh Art Releasing |
| 76 | The Lonely Affair of the Heart | $932 | 1 | $932 | 100% | 1 | Sep 27 | - | Pathfinder Pictures |
