| Rank | Release
| Genre
| Budget
| Running Time
| Gross | Theaters | Total Gross | Release Date | Distributor
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 227 | Trembling Before G-d | - | - | - | $151 | 8 | $788,896 | Oct 24 | New Yorker Films | false |
| 226 | The Decalogue | - | - | - | $722 | 1 | $655,720 | Jun 9 | New Yorker Films | false |
| 225 | Big Shot's Funeral | - | - | - | $820 | 2 | $820 | Jan 17 | Sony Pictures Classics | false |
| 224 | Pandora's Box | - | - | - | $988 | 42 | $881,950 | Aug 9 | - | false |
| 223 | The Cockettes | - | - | - | $1,308 | 6 | $220,165 | May 10 | Strand Releasing | false |
| 222 | How I Killed My Father | - | - | - | $1,424 | 5 | $145,396 | Aug 23 | New Yorker Films | false |
| 221 | The Ballad of Bering Strait | - | - | - | $1,440 | 3 | $1,440 | Feb 19 | Emerging Pictures | false |
| 220 | The Producers | - | - | - | $1,594 | 3 | $111,866 | Jun 7 | Rialto Pictures | false |
| 219 | A Grin Without A Cat | - | - | - | $1,701 | 1 | $43,616 | May 1 | Icarus Films | false |
| 218 | Devils on the Doorstep | - | - | - | $1,733 | 1 | $18,944 | Dec 18 | Cowboy Pictures | false |
| 217 | Dischord | - | - | - | $2,199 | 2 | $2,199 | Feb 28 | Artistic License | false |
| 216 | Ten | - | - | - | $2,277 | 4 | $105,990 | Mar 5 | Zeitgeist Films | false |
| 215 | Kira's Reason: A Love Story | - | - | - | $2,319 | 1 | $4,847 | Jan 17 | First Run | false |
| 214 | Smokers Only | - | - | - | $2,378 | 1 | $11,871 | Dec 20 | Strand Releasing | false |
| 213 | Wings of Courage | - | - | - | $2,926 | 11 | $15,054,636 | Apr 21 | Sony Pictures Classics | false |
| 212 | The Navigators | - | - | - | $3,052 | 1 | $3,052 | Feb 21 | First Look International | false |
| 211 | Lan Yu | - | - | - | $3,105 | 3 | $116,325 | Jul 3 | Strand Releasing | false |
| 210 | I Am Trying to Break Your Heart | - | - | - | $3,279 | 13 | $445,522 | Jul 26 | Cowboy Pictures | false |
| 209 | Hush! | - | - | - | $3,749 | 2 | $21,278 | Nov 8 | Strand Releasing | false |
| 208 | Ordinary Sinner | - | - | - | $4,083 | 1 | $4,083 | Feb 14 | - | false |
| 207 | Mark Twain's America in | - | - | - | $5,075 | 2 | $2,297,096 | Jul 2 | Sony Pictures Classics | false |
| 206 | Take Care of My Cat | - | - | - | $5,381 | 2 | $9,866 | Oct 18 | Kino International | false |
| 205 | Songs from the Second Floor | - | - | - | $5,527 | 2 | $80,334 | Aug 17 | New Yorker Films | false |
| 204 | One Hour Photo | - | - | - | $5,591 | 1,332 | $31,597,131 | Aug 21 | - | false |
| 203 | Monty Python and the Holy Grail 2001 Re-release | - | - | - | $5,936 | 26 | $1,827,696 | Jun 15 | Rainbow Releasing | false |
| 202 | Sex with Strangers | - | - | - | $6,031 | 8 | $254,852 | Feb 22 | - | false |
| 201 | Tosca | - | - | - | $6,133 | 2 | $69,613 | Jul 12 | Avatar Films | false |
| 200 | Ayurveda: Art of Being | - | - | - | $6,213 | 2 | $32,267 | Jul 17 | Kino International | false |
| 199 | A Family Affair | - | - | - | $6,360 | 3 | $50,075 | Feb 21 | - | false |
| 198 | The Komediant | - | - | - | $6,523 | 2 | $119,506 | Apr 5 | New Yorker Films | false |
| 197 | L'Chayim, Comrade Stalin | - | - | - | $6,565 | 1 | $9,397 | Jan 31 | The Cinema Guild | false |
| 196 | Nightcap | - | - | - | $6,845 | 8 | $443,238 | Jul 31 | Empire Pictures Inc. | false |
| 195 | The Scoundrel's Wife | - | - | - | $6,922 | 5 | $8,018 | Feb 28 | Miracle Film Distribution | false |
| 194 | God Is Great and I'm Not | - | - | - | $7,074 | 1 | $73,181 | Nov 6 | Empire Pictures Inc. | false |
| 193 | Massoud, the Afghan 2002 Re-release | - | - | - | $7,189 | 1 | $26,747 | Dec 4 | New Yorker Films | false |
| 192 | Singin' in the Rain 2002 Re-release | - | - | - | $7,296 | 3 | $120,420 | Nov 8 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 191 | In the Mirror of Maya Deren | - | - | - | $8,077 | 2 | $8,077 | Jan 24 | Zeitgeist Films | false |
| 190 | Pinocchio Italian Version | - | - | - | $8,586 | 2 | $8,586 | Feb 7 | Miramax | false |
| 189 | Missing Young Woman | - | - | - | $8,858 | 1 | $8,858 | Feb 21 | Balcony Releasing | false |
| 188 | Etoiles: Dancers of the Paris Opera Ballet | - | - | - | $8,895 | 1 | $46,412 | Nov 8 | First Run | false |
| 187 | Kedma | - | - | - | $10,067 | 2 | $10,067 | Jan 27 | Kino International | false |
| 186 | All About Lily Chou-Chou | - | - | - | $10,717 | 2 | $26,485 | Jul 12 | Cowboy Pictures | false |
| 185 | The Slaughter Rule | - | - | - | $11,716 | 3 | $13,411 | Jan 8 | Cowboy Pictures | false |
| 184 | China: The Panda Adventure | - | - | - | $12,107 | 21 | $3,921,642 | Jun 9 | IMAX | false |
| 183 | Across the Sea of Time | - | - | - | $12,555 | 2 | $16,015,639 | Oct 20 | Sony Pictures Classics | false |
| 182 | The Settlers | - | - | - | $13,234 | 1 | $14,556 | Jan 15 | First Run | false |
| 181 | Beauty and the Beast 2002 Re-release | - | - | - | $13,929 | 3 | $138,503 | Jun 21 | Cowboy Pictures | false |
| 180 | Alias Betty | - | - | - | $14,666 | 8 | $208,400 | Sep 13 | Wellspring Media | false |
| 179 | In Praise of Love | - | - | - | $14,858 | 11 | $252,074 | Sep 6 | - | false |
| 178 | Thrill Ride: The Science of Fun | - | - | - | $15,133 | 81 | $18,798,590 | Jul 11 | Sony Pictures Classics | false |
| 177 | Bloody Sunday | - | - | - | $15,601 | 54 | $773,228 | Oct 4 | Paramount Classics | false |
| 176 | 7th Street | - | - | - | $15,629 | 1 | $15,629 | Jan 17 | - | false |
| 175 | Time Changer | - | - | - | $16,126 | 169 | $1,285,167 | Oct 25 | Five & Two Pictures | false |
| 174 | Blackboards | - | - | - | $17,160 | 2 | $23,520 | Dec 6 | Leisure Time Features | false |
| 173 | Bolivia | - | - | - | $17,288 | 2 | $33,098 | Feb 26 | Cinema Tropical | false |
| 172 | Painted Fire | - | - | - | $17,716 | 5 | $64,029 | Feb 14 | Kino International | false |
| 171 | Alien Adventure | - | - | - | $17,900 | 10 | $8,959,784 | Aug 20 | - | false |
| 170 | Fidel | - | - | - | $18,469 | 2 | $121,304 | Oct 18 | First Run | false |
| 169 | The Transporter | - | - | - | $18,923 | 2,610 | $25,296,447 | Oct 11 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 168 | The Bank | - | - | - | $20,407 | 5 | $88,414 | Aug 28 | The Cinema Guild | false |
| 167 | P.S. Your Cat Is Dead! | - | - | - | $21,221 | 7 | $28,454 | Jan 17 | TLA Releasing | false |
| 166 | On Guard | - | - | - | $22,080 | 4 | $97,552 | Oct 18 | Empire Pictures Inc. | false |
| 165 | Stone Reader | - | - | - | $22,579 | 7 | $260,523 | Feb 12 | - | false |
| 164 | O Fantasma | - | - | - | $23,367 | 1 | $126,783 | Nov 22 | - | false |
| 163 | Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner | - | - | - | $24,641 | 57 | $3,789,952 | Apr 12 | Lot 47 Films | false |
| 162 | Mostly Martha | - | - | - | $25,399 | 143 | $4,160,475 | Aug 16 | Paramount Classics | false |
| 161 | All or Nothing | - | - | - | $25,564 | 16 | $201,546 | Oct 25 | United Artists | false |
| 160 | Food of Love | - | - | - | $26,422 | 4 | $43,922 | Oct 25 | TLA Releasing | false |
| 159 | Handcart | - | - | - | $29,733 | 14 | $98,666 | Oct 11 | - | false |
| 158 | Ikiru | - | - | - | $30,650 | 2 | $60,239 | Dec 27 | Cowboy Pictures | false |
| 157 | Moonlight Mile | - | - | - | $32,206 | 437 | $6,835,856 | Sep 27 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 156 | xXx | - | - | - | $32,366 | 3,536 | $142,109,382 | Aug 9 | Revolution Studios | false |
| 155 | Lawless Heart | - | - | - | $33,797 | 18 | $330,067 | Feb 21 | First Look International | false |
| 154 | Extreme | - | - | - | $33,805 | 21 | $12,475,172 | Apr 2 | IMAX | false |
| 153 | Till Human Voices Wake Us | - | - | - | $33,977 | 17 | $120,601 | Feb 21 | Paramount Classics | false |
| 152 | Fat Girl | - | - | - | $34,342 | 17 | $725,854 | Oct 12 | Cowboy Pictures | false |
| 151 | The Son | - | - | - | $37,869 | 3 | $70,262 | Jan 10 | New Yorker Films | false |
| 150 | Zus & Zo | - | - | - | $38,367 | 4 | $49,468 | Feb 7 | - | false |
| 149 | Tarkovsky At 70 Film Festival | - | - | - | $42,462 | 2 | $177,345 | Sep 13 | Kino International | false |
| 148 | Seven Samurai 2002 Re-release | - | - | - | $43,196 | 4 | $271,841 | Aug 30 | Cowboy Pictures | false |
| 147 | Stuart Little 2 | - | - | - | $43,328 | 3,282 | $64,956,806 | Jul 19 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 146 | Derrida | - | - | - | $45,123 | 6 | $157,200 | Oct 23 | Zeitgeist Films | false |
| 145 | Metropolis 2002 Re-release | - | - | - | $47,477 | 8 | $650,422 | Jul 12 | Kino International | false |
| 144 | Open Hearts | - | - | - | $48,015 | 13 | $136,170 | Feb 21 | Newmarket Films | false |
| 143 | Todo el poder | - | - | - | $49,578 | 17 | $70,920 | Feb 28 | - | false |
| 142 | Sordid Lives | - | - | - | $54,297 | 8 | $1,111,273 | May 11 | Regent Releasing | false |
| 141 | The Fassbinder Series Film Festival | - | - | - | $57,584 | 7 | $162,885 | Feb 14 | Wellspring Media | false |
| 140 | The Man from Elysian Fields | - | - | - | $57,911 | 50 | $1,435,016 | Sep 27 | IDP Distribution | false |
| 139 | Roger Dodger | - | - | - | $59,559 | 61 | $1,266,828 | Oct 25 | Artisan Entertainment | false |
| 138 | Extreme Ops | - | - | - | $60,630 | 1,800 | $4,842,259 | Nov 27 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 137 | Igby Goes Down | - | - | - | $63,872 | 156 | $4,777,465 | Sep 13 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false |
| 136 | Amandla! | - | - | - | $64,751 | 16 | $405,331 | Feb 19 | Artisan Entertainment | false |
| 135 | Ararat | - | - | - | $64,810 | 42 | $1,555,959 | Nov 15 | Miramax | false |
| 134 | Apollo 13 The IMAX Experience | - | - | - | $68,578 | 19 | $1,766,621 | Sep 20 | IMAX | false |
| 133 | Spy Kids 2: Island of Lost Dreams | - | - | - | $69,858 | 3,307 | $85,846,429 | Aug 7 | Dimension Films | false |
| 132 | Jenny Lamour | - | - | - | $70,193 | 2 | $152,961 | Oct 25 | Rialto Pictures | false |
| 131 | Encounter in the Third Dimension | - | - | - | $70,776 | 16 | $7,195,792 | Feb 26 | - | false |
| 130 | Auto Focus | - | - | - | $70,809 | 461 | $2,063,196 | Oct 18 | Sony Pictures Classics | false |
| 129 | Tadpole | - | - | - | $71,258 | 180 | $2,891,288 | Jul 19 | Miramax | false |
| 128 | The Tuxedo | - | - | - | $72,140 | 3,022 | $50,547,998 | Sep 27 | DreamWorks Distribution | false |
| 127 | Saathiya | - | - | - | $75,134 | 29 | $317,564 | Dec 20 | Yash Raj Films | false |
| 126 | Kurosawa & Mifune Festival | - | - | - | $76,418 | 5 | $561,692 | Jul 26 | Cowboy Pictures | false |
| 125 | Galapagos | - | - | - | $76,516 | 14 | $18,630,372 | Oct 29 | IMAX | false |
| 124 | The Ignorant Fairies | - | - | - | $77,442 | 4 | $215,449 | Sep 20 | Strand Releasing | false |
| 123 | The Way Home | - | - | - | $79,607 | 20 | $445,367 | Nov 15 | Paramount Classics | false |
| 122 | Brown Sugar | - | - | - | $79,718 | 1,378 | $27,363,891 | Oct 11 | - | false |
| 121 | Amen. | - | - | - | $82,079 | 9 | $274,299 | Jan 24 | Kino International | false |
| 120 | May | - | - | - | $82,719 | 9 | $150,277 | Feb 7 | Lionsgate Films | false |
| 119 | Santa vs. the Snowman 3D | - | - | - | $92,871 | 25 | $1,934,053 | Nov 1 | IMAX | false |
| 118 | Dum | - | - | - | $101,000 | 18 | $101,000 | Jan 24 | Eros Worldwide | false |
| 117 | The Trials of Henry Kissinger | - | - | - | $105,111 | 8 | $516,726 | Sep 25 | First Run | false |
| 116 | Gerry | - | - | - | $110,617 | 15 | $254,683 | Feb 14 | THINKFilm | false |
| 115 | Chaos 2002 Re-release | - | - | - | $111,706 | 5 | $206,789 | Jan 29 | New Yorker Films | false |
| 114 | Morvern Callar | - | - | - | $113,974 | 9 | $267,907 | Dec 20 | Cowboy Pictures | false |
| 113 | Blind Spot. Hitler's Secretary | - | - | - | $122,189 | 12 | $378,382 | Jan 24 | Sony Pictures Classics | false |
| 112 | Jackass: The Movie | - | - | - | $122,249 | 2,532 | $64,255,312 | Oct 25 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 111 | The Bread, My Sweet | - | - | - | $123,079 | 8 | $1,023,156 | Jan 18 | Panorama Entertainment | false |
| 110 | Divine Intervention | - | - | - | $123,971 | 9 | $421,343 | Jan 17 | Avatar Films | false |
| 109 | Solaris | - | - | - | $125,897 | 2,406 | $14,973,382 | Nov 27 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 108 | The Red Circle | - | - | - | $131,303 | 4 | $369,970 | Jan 10 | Rialto Pictures | false |
| 107 | Super Sucker | - | - | - | $137,628 | 115 | $137,628 | Jan 24 | - | false |
| 106 | Personal Velocity | - | - | - | $139,750 | 43 | $811,299 | Nov 22 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false |
| 105 | Love Liza | - | - | - | $144,161 | 10 | $213,137 | Dec 30 | Sony Pictures Classics | false |
| 104 | Barbershop | - | - | - | $144,386 | 2,176 | $75,782,105 | Sep 13 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false |
| 103 | Power and Terror: Noam Chomsky in Our Times | - | - | - | $146,484 | 4 | $290,767 | Nov 22 | First Run | false |
| 102 | Spirited Away | - | - | - | $156,297 | 714 | $10,055,859 | Sep 20 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 101 | Tully | - | - | - | $158,420 | 13 | $466,664 | Nov 1 | - | false |
| 100 | All the Real Girls | - | - | - | $159,515 | 25 | $549,666 | Feb 14 | Sony Pictures Classics | false |
| 99 | Kaante | - | - | - | $163,042 | 29 | $1,041,228 | Dec 20 | Media Partners | false |
| 98 | Haunted Castle | - | - | - | $171,909 | 10 | $13,651,656 | Feb 23 | - | false |
| 97 | They | - | - | - | $172,734 | 1,623 | $12,840,842 | Nov 27 | Dimension Films | false |
| 96 | Eight Crazy Nights | - | - | - | $182,218 | 2,503 | $23,586,598 | Nov 27 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 95 | Jet Lag | - | - | - | $185,000 | 40 | $250,000 | Feb 21 | Christal Films | false |
| 94 | Half Past Dead | - | - | - | $192,948 | 2,113 | $15,567,860 | Nov 15 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 93 | Charly | - | - | - | $193,825 | 36 | $814,666 | Sep 27 | Excel Entertainment | false |
| 92 | Rivers and Tides | - | - | - | $202,119 | 15 | $2,200,276 | Jun 26 | Roxie Releasing | false |
| 91 | Secretary | - | - | - | $205,456 | 149 | $4,059,680 | Sep 20 | Lionsgate Films | false |
| 90 | Manna from Heaven | - | - | - | $205,901 | 33 | $505,675 | Aug 2 | Five Sisters Productions | false |
| 89 | I Spy | - | - | - | $209,153 | 3,182 | $33,561,137 | Nov 1 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 88 | A Fish Tale | - | - | - | $222,818 | 34 | $563,911 | Feb 28 | - | false |
| 87 | Kandahar | - | - | - | $233,260 | 29 | $1,418,314 | Dec 14 | Avatar Films | false |
| 86 | How My Mother Gave Birth to Me During Menopause | - | - | - | $257,644 | 41 | $353,275 | Feb 7 | Alliance Atlantis Vivafilm | false |
| 85 | Jonah: A VeggieTales Movie | - | - | - | $263,064 | 1,625 | $25,581,229 | Oct 4 | Artisan Entertainment | false |
| 84 | Intacto 2002 Re-release | - | - | - | $263,094 | 31 | $307,333 | Dec 13 | Lionsgate Films | false |
| 83 | Spider | - | - | - | $287,910 | 54 | $1,642,483 | Dec 20 | Sony Pictures Classics | false |
| 82 | T-Rex: Back to the Cretaceous | - | - | - | $298,724 | 38 | $53,354,743 | Oct 23 | IMAX | false |
| 81 | Khushi | - | - | - | $305,205 | 30 | $305,205 | Feb 7 | Eros Worldwide | false |
| 80 | Shanghai Ghetto | - | - | - | $306,928 | 13 | $712,446 | Sep 27 | Menemsha Films | false |
| 79 | Shackleton's Antarctic Adventure | - | - | - | $311,073 | 26 | $15,553,324 | Feb 10 | - | false |
| 78 | He Loves Me, He Loves Me Not | - | - | - | $312,763 | 23 | $1,011,102 | Feb 14 | IDP Distribution | false |
| 77 | Signs | - | - | - | $318,927 | 3,453 | $227,966,634 | Aug 2 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 76 | Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones 2002 IMAX Release | - | - | - | $329,469 | 58 | $8,485,488 | Nov 1 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 75 | Dil Ka Rishta | - | - | - | $352,128 | 18 | $352,128 | Jan 17 | Tips | false |
| 74 | Tuck Everlasting | - | - | - | $356,418 | 1,460 | $19,161,999 | Oct 11 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 73 | Cirque du Soleil: Journey of Man | - | - | - | $373,546 | 22 | $15,627,434 | May 5 | Sony Pictures Classics | false |
| 72 | Ghost Ship | - | - | - | $383,243 | 2,787 | $30,113,491 | Oct 25 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 71 | The Emperor's Club | - | - | - | $394,576 | 811 | $14,118,751 | Nov 22 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 70 | Lockdown | - | - | - | $424,456 | 75 | $449,482 | Feb 14 | Innovation Film Group (IFG) | false |
| 69 | Poolhall Junkies | - | - | - | $426,000 | 179 | $563,711 | Feb 28 | - | false |
| 68 | Standing in the Shadows of Motown | - | - | - | $435,240 | 59 | $1,722,119 | Nov 15 | Artisan Entertainment | false |
| 67 | Lost in La Mancha | - | - | - | $446,793 | 24 | $732,393 | Jan 31 | IFC Films | false |
| 66 | Max | - | - | - | $481,602 | 37 | $539,879 | Dec 27 | Lionsgate Films | false |
| 65 | The R.M. | - | - | - | $485,300 | 30 | $1,111,615 | Jan 31 | - | false |
| 64 | Evelyn | - | - | - | $534,808 | 137 | $1,487,645 | Dec 13 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false |
| 63 | Real Women Have Curves | - | - | - | $583,590 | 163 | $5,853,194 | Oct 18 | Newmarket Films | false |
| 62 | Friday After Next | - | - | - | $789,441 | 1,621 | $33,253,609 | Nov 22 | New Line Cinema | false |
| 61 | Pinocchio | - | - | - | $857,041 | 1,195 | $3,675,719 | Dec 25 | Miramax | false |
| 60 | Russian Ark | - | - | - | $948,903 | 22 | $2,326,979 | Dec 13 | Wellspring Media | false |
| 59 | The Crime of Padre Amaro | - | - | - | $1,205,449 | 137 | $5,717,044 | Nov 15 | IDP Distribution | false |
| 58 | Nicholas Nickleby | - | - | - | $1,373,606 | 100 | $1,587,173 | Dec 27 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false |
| 57 | Sweet Home Alabama | - | - | - | $1,469,864 | 3,313 | $127,223,418 | Sep 27 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 56 | Empire | - | - | - | $1,718,638 | 869 | $17,600,423 | Dec 6 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 55 | 8 Mile | - | - | - | $1,736,035 | 2,585 | $116,750,901 | Nov 8 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 54 | City of God | - | - | - | $1,765,207 | 242 | $7,564,459 | Jan 17 | Miramax | false |
| 53 | The Santa Clause 2 | - | - | - | $1,774,668 | 3,352 | $139,236,327 | Nov 1 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 52 | The Ring | - | - | - | $2,019,301 | 2,927 | $129,128,133 | Oct 18 | DreamWorks Distribution | false |
| 51 | Séraphin: Heart of Stone | - | - | - | $2,041,569 | 123 | $6,749,187 | Nov 29 | Alliance Atlantis Vivafilm | false |
| 50 | Analyze That | - | - | - | $2,465,288 | 2,635 | $32,130,627 | Dec 6 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 49 | The Guru | - | - | - | $2,543,135 | 98 | $3,095,506 | Jan 31 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 48 | Space Station 3D | - | - | - | $3,119,524 | 64 | $93,383,953 | Apr 19 | IMAX | false |
| 47 | Bowling for Columbine | - | - | - | $3,318,805 | 248 | $21,576,018 | Oct 11 | United Artists | false |
| 46 | Treasure Planet | - | - | - | $3,511,889 | 3,227 | $38,176,783 | Nov 27 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 45 | Frida | - | - | - | $3,564,424 | 794 | $25,885,000 | Oct 25 | Miramax | false |
| 44 | Rabbit-Proof Fence | - | - | - | $3,676,413 | 153 | $6,199,600 | Nov 27 | Miramax | false |
| 43 | Far from Heaven | - | - | - | $4,054,844 | 291 | $15,901,849 | Nov 8 | Focus Features | false |
| 42 | Talk to Her 2002 Re-release | - | - | - | $5,239,500 | 255 | $9,285,469 | Nov 22 | Sony Pictures Classics | false |
| 41 | The Quiet American | - | - | - | $5,638,385 | 396 | $12,988,801 | Nov 22 | Miramax | false |
| 40 | Star Trek: Nemesis | - | - | - | $5,925,018 | 2,711 | $43,254,409 | Dec 13 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 39 | Dark Blue | - | - | - | $8,320,067 | 2,176 | $9,250,301 | Feb 21 | United Artists | false |
| 38 | The Hot Chick | - | - | - | $8,545,762 | 2,246 | $35,081,594 | Dec 13 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 37 | The Lion King 2002 IMAX Release | - | - | - | $8,874,023 | 66 | $15,686,215 | Dec 27 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 36 | Gods and Generals | - | - | - | $9,745,196 | 1,533 | $12,882,934 | Feb 21 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 35 | Die Another Day | - | - | - | $9,935,734 | 3,377 | $160,942,139 | Nov 22 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false |
| 34 | Narc | - | - | - | $10,167,541 | 822 | $10,465,659 | Dec 20 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 33 | 25th Hour | - | - | - | $12,296,951 | 495 | $13,084,595 | Dec 19 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 32 | The Wild Thornberrys | - | - | - | $13,200,819 | 3,012 | $40,108,697 | Dec 20 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 31 | Drumline | - | - | - | $13,579,651 | 1,837 | $56,399,184 | Dec 13 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 30 | Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets | - | - | - | $13,746,394 | 3,682 | $261,988,482 | Nov 15 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 29 | The Life of David Gale | - | - | - | $14,988,530 | 2,003 | $19,955,598 | Feb 21 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 28 | Adaptation. | - | - | - | $15,070,156 | 672 | $22,498,520 | Dec 6 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
