Domestic 2002 Week 51
December 20-26, 2002
Key:New This WeekEstimated
| Rank | LW | Release | Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers | $111,143,998 | +177.6% | 3,622 | - | $30,685 | $151,182,682 | 2 | New Line Cinema |
| 2 | - | Two Weeks Notice | $27,526,010 | - | 2,755 | - | $9,991 | $27,526,010 | 1 | Warner Bros. |
| 3 | 2 | Maid in Manhattan | $19,882,058 | -19% | 2,908 | +70 | $6,837 | $44,426,058 | 2 | Revolution Studios |
| 4 | - | Gangs of New York | $18,924,344 | - | 2,170 | - | $8,720 | $18,924,344 | 1 | Miramax |
| 5 | - | Catch Me If You Can | $18,593,303 | - | 3,156 | - | $5,891 | $18,593,303 | 1 | DreamWorks Distribution |
| 6 | 4 | Drumline | $13,276,691 | -12.9% | 1,837 | +1 | $7,227 | $28,511,187 | 2 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 7 | - | The Wild Thornberrys | $11,053,852 | - | 3,012 | - | $3,669 | $11,053,852 | 1 | Paramount Pictures |
| 8 | 7 | Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets | $9,382,994 | +15.1% | 2,505 | -520 | $3,745 | $233,833,266 | 6 | Warner Bros. |
| 9 | 6 | The Hot Chick | $8,190,343 | -10.9% | 2,246 | +29 | $3,646 | $17,387,506 | 2 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 10 | 5 | Die Another Day | $7,870,071 | -24.3% | 1,875 | -1,502 | $4,197 | $142,334,345 | 5 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) |
| 11 | 3 | Star Trek: Nemesis | $7,740,612 | -64.9% | 2,642 | -69 | $2,929 | $29,792,393 | 2 | Paramount Pictures |
| 12 | 9 | The Santa Clause 2 | $6,756,679 | +28.4% | 1,511 | -696 | $4,471 | $133,389,516 | 8 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 13 | 8 | Analyze That | $4,211,047 | -42.1% | 1,611 | -1,024 | $2,613 | $25,793,958 | 3 | Warner Bros. |
| 14 | 12 | My Big Fat Greek Wedding | $3,452,332 | +45.8% | 973 | -257 | $3,548 | $219,756,772 | 36 | IFC Films |
| 15 | 11 | Treasure Planet | $2,697,594 | -29% | 1,414 | -778 | $1,907 | $31,299,890 | 5 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 16 | 10 | Empire | $2,281,655 | -41.5% | 520 | -349 | $4,387 | $14,103,655 | 3 | Universal Pictures |
| 17 | 26 | Adaptation. | $2,042,665 | +389.2% | 109 | +102 | $18,740 | $3,041,109 | 3 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 18 | 25 | About Schmidt | $1,306,284 | +209.9% | 34 | +28 | $38,420 | $1,727,770 | 2 | New Line Cinema |
| 19 | 89 | Antwone Fisher | $1,191,357 | +13,744.9% | 191 | +188 | $6,237 | $1,199,962 | 2 | - |
| 20 | 19 | Far from Heaven | $1,070,753 | -0.1% | 235 | -35 | $4,556 | $9,401,508 | 7 | Focus Features |
| 21 | - | The Lion King 2002 IMAX Release | $964,120 | - | 66 | - | $14,607 | $964,120 | - | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 22 | 17 | Frida | $898,485 | -27.9% | 263 | -235 | $3,416 | $19,754,438 | 9 | Miramax |
| 23 | 21 | Bowling for Columbine | $695,619 | -21.3% | 195 | -39 | $3,567 | $14,786,528 | 11 | United Artists |
| 24 | - | Pinocchio | $651,243 | - | 1,195 | - | $544 | $651,243 | 1 | Miramax |
| 25 | 23 | Séraphin: Heart of Stone | $618,193 | -9.4% | 94 | -25 | $6,576 | $3,606,743 | 4 | Alliance Atlantis Vivafilm |
| 26 | 14 | The Ring | $610,483 | -66.8% | 237 | -1,045 | $2,575 | $126,463,602 | 10 | DreamWorks Distribution |
| 27 | - | Kaante | $602,189 | - | 26 | - | $23,161 | $602,189 | 1 | Media Partners |
| 28 | 15 | 8 Mile | $569,925 | -68.1% | 306 | -522 | $1,862 | $114,360,475 | 7 | Universal Pictures |
| 29 | 16 | Friday After Next | $533,451 | -66.7% | 202 | -902 | $2,640 | $31,952,334 | 5 | New Line Cinema |
| 30 | 38 | Sweet Home Alabama | $443,443 | +290.3% | 326 | +123 | $1,360 | $125,013,992 | 13 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 31 | 28 | Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones 2002 IMAX Release | $393,730 | +19.1% | 15 | -23 | $26,248 | $7,802,090 | 8 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 32 | 36 | Talk to Her 2002 Re-release | $350,619 | +166% | 58 | +54 | $6,045 | $908,916 | 5 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 33 | 13 | Eight Crazy Nights | $338,931 | -84.3% | 176 | -2,001 | $1,925 | $23,260,824 | 5 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 34 | 31 | Santa vs. the Snowman 3D | $319,075 | +24.2% | 25 | - | $12,763 | $1,549,701 | 8 | IMAX |
| 35 | 41 | Evelyn | $286,540 | +204.7% | 136 | +121 | $2,106 | $380,573 | 2 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) |
| 36 | 24 | The Crime of Padre Amaro | $286,421 | -32.9% | 105 | -32 | $2,727 | $4,052,349 | 6 | IDP Distribution |
| 37 | 20 | The Emperor's Club | $282,410 | -72.8% | 162 | -289 | $1,743 | $13,514,580 | 5 | Universal Pictures |
| 38 | 29 | Real Women Have Curves | $276,339 | -7.8% | 114 | -20 | $2,424 | $4,969,411 | 10 | Newmarket Films |
| 39 | 72 | Ghost Ship | $260,791 | +984.9% | 173 | +138 | $1,507 | $29,425,123 | 9 | Warner Bros. |
| 40 | 30 | Space Station 3D | $259,054 | -11.1% | 49 | -1 | $5,286 | $29,693,535 | 36 | IMAX |
| 41 | 47 | Rabbit-Proof Fence | $245,685 | +229.7% | 84 | +75 | $2,924 | $551,279 | 5 | Miramax |
| 42 | 76 | 25th Hour | $218,204 | +893.3% | 5 | - | $43,640 | $240,172 | 2 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 43 | 44 | Jonah: A VeggieTales Movie | $210,396 | +167% | 421 | +174 | $499 | $25,041,156 | 12 | Artisan Entertainment |
| 44 | 52 | Jackass: The Movie | $151,979 | +139.6% | 182 | +69 | $835 | $63,948,929 | 9 | Paramount Pictures |
| 45 | 35 | Standing in the Shadows of Motown | $136,443 | -14.1% | 58 | -1 | $2,352 | $1,180,018 | 6 | Artisan Entertainment |
| 46 | - | Saathiya | $134,710 | - | 29 | - | $4,645 | $134,710 | 1 | Yash Raj Films |
| 47 | 34 | Signs | $131,364 | -18.5% | 123 | -98 | $1,068 | $227,440,930 | 21 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 48 | 32 | Personal Velocity | $126,205 | -35.9% | 29 | -9 | $4,351 | $569,631 | 5 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) |
| 49 | - | Narc | $121,930 | - | 6 | - | $20,321 | $121,930 | 1 | Paramount Pictures |
| 50 | 18 | They | $98,105 | -91.3% | 127 | -1,144 | $772 | $12,618,376 | 5 | Dimension Films |
| 51 | 37 | Ararat | $88,792 | -27.8% | 27 | -10 | $3,288 | $1,423,442 | 6 | Miramax |
| 52 | 42 | Barbershop | $86,188 | -6.4% | 93 | -26 | $926 | $75,521,783 | 15 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) |
| 53 | 22 | Solaris | $77,756 | -88.9% | 74 | -335 | $1,050 | $14,808,191 | 5 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 54 | 49 | Stuart Little 2 | $72,242 | -1.5% | 122 | -64 | $592 | $64,807,356 | 23 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 55 | 40 | The Tuxedo | $66,053 | -31.1% | 75 | -61 | $880 | $50,383,993 | 13 | DreamWorks Distribution |
| 56 | 46 | xXx | $64,725 | -13.4% | 62 | -41 | $1,043 | $141,991,910 | 20 | Revolution Studios |
| 57 | 53 | Spy Kids 2: Island of Lost Dreams | $50,741 | -17.9% | 73 | -48 | $695 | $85,697,646 | 21 | Dimension Films |
| 58 | 57 | Russian Ark | $48,816 | +4.5% | 2 | - | $24,408 | $95,524 | 2 | Wellspring Media |
| 59 | 48 | Secretary | $40,846 | -44.8% | 25 | -11 | $1,633 | $3,818,335 | 14 | Lionsgate |
| 60 | 50 | Roger Dodger | $38,870 | -46.5% | 50 | -10 | $777 | $1,184,761 | 9 | Artisan Entertainment |
| 61 | 51 | Red Dragon | $36,721 | -45.7% | 67 | -41 | $548 | $93,111,873 | 12 | Universal Pictures |
| 62 | 56 | Brown Sugar | $36,174 | -25.3% | 44 | -41 | $822 | $27,238,195 | 11 | - |
| 63 | 54 | The Way Home | $35,972 | -32.7% | 19 | -1 | $1,893 | $280,538 | 6 | Paramount Classics |
| 64 | 58 | The Man from Elysian Fields | $35,652 | -18.6% | 13 | -15 | $2,742 | $1,334,583 | 13 | IDP Distribution |
| 65 | 60 | Spirited Away | $33,258 | -16.5% | 38 | +9 | $875 | $5,361,865 | 14 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 66 | - | The Pianist | $31,936 | - | 3 | - | $10,645 | $31,936 | 1 | Focus Features |
| 67 | 27 | Equilibrium | $30,186 | -92.3% | 26 | -275 | $1,161 | $1,203,794 | 3 | Dimension Films |
| 68 | 59 | Auto Focus | $29,797 | -28.2% | 29 | -7 | $1,027 | $1,965,214 | 10 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 69 | 70 | Haunted Castle | $27,500 | +8.6% | - | - | - | $5,534,202 | 96 | - |
| 70 | 67 | Cirque du Soleil: Journey of Man | $24,229 | -9.4% | 5 | - | $4,845 | $14,521,303 | 138 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 71 | - | Morvern Callar | $23,390 | - | 3 | - | $7,796 | $22,448 | 1 | Cowboy Pictures |
| 72 | 55 | The Transporter | $21,925 | -56.3% | 31 | -36 | $707 | $25,259,642 | 11 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 73 | 62 | Comedian | $17,821 | -46.9% | 14 | -17 | $1,272 | $2,751,988 | 11 | Miramax |
| 74 | 64 | Apollo 13 The IMAX Experience | $16,402 | -47.4% | 5 | -1 | $3,280 | $1,374,394 | 14 | IMAX |
| 75 | 71 | The Trials of Henry Kissinger | $15,312 | -39.2% | - | - | - | $363,349 | 14 | First Run |
| 76 | 74 | Tuck Everlasting | $15,070 | -36.1% | 27 | -46 | $558 | $18,789,684 | 11 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 77 | 69 | Tully | $14,400 | -43.3% | 8 | -5 | $1,800 | $231,037 | 8 | - |
| 78 | - | Sordid Lives | $14,400 | - | 4 | - | $3,600 | $982,999 | 85 | Regent Releasing |
| 79 | 65 | Shackleton's Antarctic Adventure | $14,371 | -48.4% | 9 | - | $1,596 | $13,755,148 | 98 | - |
| 80 | 87 | Intacto 2002 Re-release | $14,036 | +28.8% | 1 | - | $14,036 | $24,932 | 2 | Lionsgate |
| 81 | 33 | Extreme Ops | $13,669 | -91.6% | 69 | -46 | $198 | $4,758,220 | 5 | Paramount Pictures |
| 82 | - | Spider | $11,432 | - | 1 | - | $11,432 | $11,432 | 1 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 83 | 92 | The Bread, My Sweet | $11,088 | +35.2% | 5 | +1 | $2,217 | $329,488 | 102 | Panorama Entertainment |
| 84 | 75 | One Hour Photo | $10,803 | -54.1% | 22 | -12 | $491 | $31,578,737 | 19 | - |
| 85 | 98 | China: The Panda Adventure | $10,563 | +76.1% | 4 | - | $2,640 | $2,985,973 | 81 | IMAX |
| 86 | 93 | Charly | $10,215 | +32% | 10 | +3 | $1,021 | $569,682 | 13 | Excel Entertainment |
| 87 | 85 | The Komediant | $9,436 | -21.8% | 2 | - | $4,718 | $108,444 | 38 | New Yorker Films |
| 88 | 81 | Alias Betty | $8,323 | -45.8% | 7 | -1 | $1,189 | $181,491 | 15 | Wellspring Media |
| 89 | 91 | Metropolis 2002 Re-release | $7,989 | -2.8% | 2 | -4 | $3,994 | $569,449 | 24 | Kino International |
| 90 | 84 | Mostly Martha | $7,542 | -41.2% | 13 | -7 | $580 | $4,127,074 | 19 | Paramount Classics |
| 91 | 96 | Encounter in the Third Dimension | $7,500 | +15.4% | - | - | - | $6,681,012 | 200 | - |
| 92 | 111 | Devils on the Doorstep | $6,482 | +389.6% | 1 | - | $6,482 | $7,806 | 2 | Cowboy Pictures |
| 93 | - | The Sound of Trumpets | $5,934 | - | 1 | - | $5,934 | $5,934 | 1 | Cowboy Pictures |
| 94 | 88 | Children of the Century | $5,082 | -46.1% | 5 | +1 | $1,016 | $54,139 | 15 | Empire Pictures Inc. |
| 95 | 80 | Bloody Sunday | $5,046 | -67.2% | 5 | -12 | $1,009 | $754,478 | 12 | Paramount Classics |
| 96 | 97 | O Fantasma | $4,940 | -22.5% | 1 | - | $4,940 | $56,405 | 5 | - |
| 97 | 100 | Power and Terror: Noam Chomsky in Our Times | $4,875 | -16.3% | - | - | - | $45,010 | 5 | First Run |
| 98 | - | Smokers Only | $4,683 | - | 1 | - | $4,683 | $4,683 | 1 | Strand Releasing |
| 99 | 112 | God Is Great and I'm Not | $3,550 | +214.7% | 1 | - | $3,550 | $64,223 | 8 | Empire Pictures Inc. |
| 100 | 120 | On Guard | $3,399 | +721% | 2 | +1 | $1,699 | $67,233 | 10 | Empire Pictures Inc. |
| 101 | 103 | Alien Adventure | $3,000 | +9.1% | - | - | - | $4,232,504 | 175 | - |
| 102 | 99 | Nightcap | $2,883 | -51.2% | 3 | -3 | $961 | $431,138 | 22 | Empire Pictures Inc. |
| 103 | 86 | Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars | $2,762 | -75.7% | 1 | -3 | $2,762 | $144,636 | 25 | Cowboy Pictures |
| 104 | 106 | Thrill Ride: The Science of Fun | $2,736 | +15.8% | 2 | - | $1,368 | $18,324,666 | 285 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 105 | 78 | The Banger Sisters | $2,710 | -82.8% | 5 | -24 | $542 | $30,307,416 | 14 | - |
| 106 | - | Les Destinées | $2,550 | - | 2 | - | $1,275 | $230,900 | 38 | Wellspring Media |
| 107 | 95 | Beauty and the Beast 2002 Re-release | $2,141 | -69.2% | 2 | +1 | $1,070 | $116,030 | 27 | Cowboy Pictures |
| 108 | 82 | Skins | $2,004 | -85.5% | 4 | -12 | $501 | $245,693 | 13 | First Look International |
| 109 | 104 | The Ignorant Fairies | $1,529 | -37.2% | 1 | - | $1,529 | $118,452 | 14 | Strand Releasing |
| 110 | 107 | Kurosawa & Mifune Festival | $1,304 | -37.9% | - | - | - | $383,416 | 22 | Cowboy Pictures |
| 111 | 119 | How I Killed My Father | $1,235 | +182% | 2 | +1 | $617 | $129,256 | 18 | New Yorker Films |
| 112 | 110 | Extreme | $1,180 | -12.6% | - | - | - | $12,339,965 | 195 | IMAX |
| 113 | 83 | Seven Samurai 2002 Re-release | $912 | -93.3% | 1 | - | $912 | $181,798 | 17 | Cowboy Pictures |
| 114 | 102 | Trembling Before G-d | $899 | -77.6% | 1 | -1 | $899 | $788,555 | 62 | New Yorker Films |
| 115 | 105 | In Praise of Love | $668 | -72.5% | 1 | -4 | $668 | $231,642 | 16 | - |
| 116 | 116 | Mark Twain's America in | $485 | -39.1% | 2 | +1 | $242 | $2,291,748 | 235 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 117 | 109 | Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner | $464 | -66% | - | - | - | $3,764,911 | 37 | Lot 47 Films |
| 118 | 117 | The Cockettes | $75 | -88.4% | 1 | - | $75 | $217,644 | 33 | Strand Releasing |
