Japanese Box Office For 2002
| Rank | Release | Gross | Theaters | Total Gross | Release Date | Distributor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones | $78,182,528 | 634 | $78,182,528 | Jul 13 | - |
| 2 | Monsters, Inc. | $74,437,612 | 550 | $74,437,612 | Mar 2 | - |
| 3 | The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring | $69,140,370 | 580 | $69,140,370 | Mar 2 | - |
| 4 | Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets | $67,578,962 | 858 | $142,786,414 | Nov 23 | - |
| 5 | Spider-Man | $58,925,689 | 501 | $58,925,689 | May 11 | - |
| 6 | The Cat Returns | $50,590,057 | 306 | $50,590,057 | Jul 20 | - |
| 7 | Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone | $48,543,376 | 586 | $152,993,493 | Dec 1 | - |
| 8 | Ocean's Eleven | $39,915,966 | 367 | $51,987,627 | Feb 2 | - |
| 9 | Men in Black II | $28,136,247 | 529 | $28,136,247 | Jul 6 | - |
| 10 | Signs | $26,463,268 | 399 | $26,463,268 | Sep 21 | - |
| 11 | I Am Sam | $25,789,069 | 189 | $25,789,069 | Jun 8 | - |
| 12 | Detective Conan: The Phantom of Baker Street | $23,103,560 | 272 | $23,103,560 | Apr 20 | - |
| 13 | Shaolin Soccer | $20,420,135 | 344 | $20,420,135 | Jun 1 | - |
| 14 | Pokémon Heroes | $20,121,538 | 301 | $20,121,538 | Jul 13 | - |
| 15 | Resident Evil | $17,477,878 | 285 | $17,477,878 | Aug 31 | - |
| 16 | Ice Age | $16,125,417 | 464 | $16,125,417 | Aug 3 | - |
| 17 | The Sum of All Fears | $16,076,216 | 260 | $16,076,216 | Aug 10 | - |
| 18 | Doraemon: Nobita and the Robot Kingdom | $15,310,458 | 286 | $15,330,458 | Mar 9 | - |
| 19 | Panic Room | $14,912,266 | 291 | $14,912,266 | May 18 | - |
| 20 | A Beautiful Mind | $14,286,836 | 513 | $14,286,836 | Mar 30 | - |
| 21 | The Ring | $13,582,284 | 245 | $14,150,184 | Nov 2 | - |
| 22 | xXx | $13,238,396 | 453 | $13,238,396 | Oct 26 | - |
| 23 | Minority Report | $13,235,089 | 458 | $42,707,326 | Dec 7 | - |
| 24 | Toei Spring Anime Fair | $13,107,237 | 321 | $13,107,237 | Mar 2 | - |
| 25 | Mohou-han | $11,702,775 | 248 | $11,702,775 | Jun 8 | - |
| 26 | Road to Perdition | $11,419,558 | 310 | $11,419,558 | Oct 5 | - |
| 27 | Vanilla Sky | $11,255,306 | 316 | $24,768,144 | Dec 21 | - |
| 28 | Kamen Rider Ryuki: Episode Final | $10,112,538 | 253 | $10,112,538 | Aug 17 | - |
| 29 | The Time Machine | $9,994,922 | 260 | $9,994,922 | Jul 20 | - |
| 30 | Black Hawk Down | $9,667,861 | 266 | $9,667,861 | Mar 30 | - |
| 31 | Returner | $9,564,276 | 263 | $9,564,276 | Aug 31 | - |
| 32 | Leave It to the Nurses | $9,559,016 | 297 | $9,559,016 | May 11 | - |
| 33 | The Scorpion King | $8,824,906 | 363 | $8,824,906 | Jun 8 | - |
| 34 | Kureyon Shin-chan | $8,731,473 | 256 | $8,731,473 | Apr 20 | - |
| 35 | Windtalkers | $8,333,756 | 244 | $8,333,756 | Aug 24 | - |
| 36 | Austin Powers in Goldmember | $8,010,166 | 231 | $8,010,166 | Aug 24 | - |
| 37 | Collateral Damage | $7,343,587 | 255 | $7,343,587 | Apr 20 | - |
| 38 | Insomnia | $7,093,913 | 195 | $7,093,913 | Sep 7 | - |
| 39 | The Twilight Samurai | $6,745,440 | 232 | $6,745,440 | Nov 2 | - |
| 40 | Totsunyûseyo! 'Asama Sansô' jiken | $6,394,240 | 248 | $6,394,240 | May 11 | - |
| 41 | About a Boy | $6,353,114 | 266 | $6,353,114 | Sep 14 | - |
| 42 | Kate & Leopold | $5,855,502 | 234 | $5,855,502 | Jun 15 | - |
| 43 | Stuart Little 2 | $5,410,984 | 418 | $5,410,984 | Jul 20 | - |
| 44 | John Q | $5,409,205 | 226 | $6,077,365 | Nov 23 | - |
| 45 | Spy Game | $5,365,085 | 281 | $17,298,599 | Dec 14 | - |
| 46 | Trick: The Movie | $5,310,620 | 241 | $9,211,504 | Nov 9 | - |
| 47 | The Majestic | $5,303,635 | 228 | $5,303,635 | Jun 22 | - |
| 48 | Bad Company | $5,151,321 | 247 | $5,151,321 | Oct 19 | - |
| 49 | Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack | $5,117,306 | 278 | $18,623,382 | Dec 15 | - |
| 50 | We Were Soldiers | $5,060,280 | 244 | $5,060,280 | Jun 22 | - |
| 51 | Shrek | $5,059,430 | 439 | $18,055,730 | Dec 15 | - |
| 52 | Inochi | $4,187,163 | 226 | $4,187,163 | Sep 14 | - |
| 53 | Scooby-Doo | $4,173,477 | 264 | $4,173,477 | Aug 17 | - |
| 54 | Dolls | $4,123,035 | 183 | $4,123,035 | Oct 12 | - |
| 55 | Behind Enemy Lines | $3,982,077 | 224 | $3,982,077 | Mar 2 | - |
| 56 | Spirited Away | $3,956,428 | 230 | $230,496,084 | Jul 27 | - |
| 57 | Kewaishi | $3,879,492 | 202 | $3,879,492 | Feb 8 | - |
| 58 | Seoul | $3,611,093 | 242 | $3,611,093 | Feb 8 | - |
| 59 | Killing Me Softly | $3,506,151 | 203 | $3,506,151 | Feb 23 | - |
| 60 | Ashita ga aru sa: The Movie | $3,379,129 | 264 | $3,379,129 | Oct 5 | - |
| 61 | Madness in Bloom | $3,265,669 | 209 | $3,265,669 | Oct 19 | - |
| 62 | E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial 20th Anniversary | $3,259,178 | 396 | $5,837,357 | Apr 27 | - |
| 63 | Beyblade: The Movie - Fierce Battle | $3,216,050 | 198 | $3,216,050 | Aug 17 | - |
| 64 | Letter from the Mountain | $3,143,540 | 191 | $3,143,540 | Oct 5 | - |
| 65 | From Hell | $3,014,556 | 158 | $3,014,556 | Jan 18 | - |
| 66 | Hart's War | $2,932,639 | 222 | $2,932,639 | Sep 28 | - |
| 67 | Inuyasha the Movie: Affections Touching Across Time | $2,874,494 | 253 | $10,539,779 | Dec 14 | - |
| 68 | Blade II | $2,586,818 | 202 | $2,586,818 | Jun 15 | - |
| 69 | Don't Say a Word | $2,523,151 | 225 | $2,523,151 | May 25 | - |
| 70 | The Others | $2,504,703 | 169 | $10,682,636 | Apr 27 | - |
| 71 | Life as a House | $2,465,569 | 77 | $2,465,569 | Jul 20 | - |
| 72 | Spy Kids 2: Island of Lost Dreams | $2,422,694 | 128 | $2,422,694 | Sep 7 | - |
| 73 | Mr. Rookie | $2,406,038 | 101 | $2,406,038 | Mar 23 | - |
| 74 | Godzilla Against Mechagodzilla | $2,253,231 | 267 | $14,122,958 | Dec 14 | - |
| 75 | Showtime | $2,223,023 | 199 | $2,223,023 | Nov 16 | - |
| 76 | Bandits | $2,021,609 | 213 | $3,803,718 | Dec 28 | - |
| 77 | Apocalypse Now Redux 2001 Re-release | $1,963,405 | 129 | $3,854,234 | Feb 2 | - |
| 78 | Queen of the Damned | $1,835,700 | 195 | $1,835,700 | Oct 12 | - |
| 79 | Ali | $1,798,192 | 202 | $1,798,192 | May 25 | - |
| 80 | Changing Lanes | $1,784,409 | 228 | $3,270,650 | Nov 9 | - |
| 81 | Hardball | $1,579,946 | 122 | $1,579,946 | Apr 20 | - |
| 82 | The Sea Is Watching | $1,493,114 | 121 | $1,493,114 | Jul 27 | - |
| 83 | K-19: The Widowmaker | $1,486,302 | 239 | $9,841,221 | Dec 14 | - |
| 84 | Atlantis: The Lost Empire | $1,324,273 | 413 | $8,834,890 | Dec 7 | - |
| 85 | K-PAX | $1,276,302 | 198 | $1,276,302 | Apr 13 | - |
| 86 | Toei Summer Anime Fair | $1,209,085 | 238 | $1,209,085 | Jul 20 | - |
| 87 | Out | $1,106,377 | 229 | $1,106,377 | Oct 19 | - |
| 88 | Serendipity | $1,064,147 | 110 | $1,770,081 | - | - |
| 89 | Sennen no koi - Hikaru Genji monogatari | $942,362 | 17 | $5,322,893 | Dec 15 | - |
| 90 | Dark Water | $906,344 | 213 | $906,344 | Jan 18 | - |
| 91 | Hearts in Atlantis | $903,567 | 146 | $903,567 | May 18 | - |
| 92 | The Princess Diaries | $870,498 | 177 | $3,229,000 | Jan 26 | - |
| 93 | Shallow Hal | $840,218 | 91 | $840,218 | Jun 1 | - |
| 94 | Rat Race | $731,626 | 137 | $2,310,386 | Feb 8 | - |
| 95 | Koinu Dan no monogatari | $680,223 | 249 | $3,804,467 | Dec 14 | - |
| 96 | Angel Eyes | $619,486 | 185 | $619,486 | Oct 12 | - |
| 97 | Friend | $550,031 | 66 | $550,031 | Apr 6 | - |
| 98 | The Last Castle | $500,431 | 80 | $500,431 | Nov 16 | - |
| 99 | Free and Easy 13: Hama-chan in Crisis! | $475,889 | 128 | $2,678,868 | Aug 10 | - |
| 100 | The Mothman Prophecies | $372,582 | 146 | $372,582 | Nov 2 | - |
| 101 | Koi ni utaeba | $346,919 | 174 | $346,919 | Nov 16 | - |
| 102 | The Shipping News | $335,759 | 107 | $335,759 | Mar 23 | - |
| 103 | Pinpon | $327,668 | 77 | $1,307,884 | Jul 20 | - |
| 104 | The Sun Rises Again | $317,424 | 170 | $317,424 | Jun 15 | - |
| 105 | The Affair of the Necklace | $314,092 | 70 | $314,092 | Feb 16 | - |
| 106 | America's Sweethearts | $290,862 | 210 | $2,718,680 | Mar 2 | - |
| 107 | Wasabi | $262,172 | 38 | $1,329,252 | Feb 2 | - |
| 108 | Blood Work | $256,102 | 28 | $256,102 | Dec 7 | - |
| 109 | Sensen fukoku | $245,902 | 64 | $245,902 | Oct 5 | - |
| 110 | Legally Blonde | $241,933 | 142 | $1,025,333 | - | - |
| 111 | City by the Sea | $230,995 | 103 | $230,995 | Oct 12 | - |
| 112 | High Crimes | $204,082 | 140 | $204,082 | Jun 15 | - |
| 113 | Rollerball | $190,627 | 184 | $190,627 | May 11 | - |
| 114 | Domestic Disturbance | $175,550 | 98 | $175,550 | Apr 6 | - |
| 115 | Brotherhood of the Wolf | $161,802 | 85 | $591,292 | Feb 2 | - |
| 116 | To Dance with the White Dog | $155,695 | 160 | $155,695 | Apr 13 | - |
| 117 | The Santa Clause 2 | $87,469 | 111 | $87,469 | Dec 7 | - |
| 118 | Volcano High | $79,410 | 12 | $79,410 | Dec 14 | - |
