Please answer the given financial question based on the context.
Context: vornado realty trust 77 cash flows the company expects to contribute $ 959000 to the plans in 2004 . 11 . leases as lessor : the company leases space to tenants under operating leases . most of the leases provide for the payment of fixed base rentals payable monthly in advance . shopping center leases provide for the pass-through to tenants of real estate taxes , insurance and maintenance . office building leases generally require the tenants to reimburse the company for operating costs and real estate taxes above their base year costs . shopping center leases also provide for the payment by the lessee of additional rent based on a percentage of the tenants 2019 sales . as of december 31 , 2003 , future base rental revenue under non-cancelable operating leases , excluding rents for leases with an original term of less than one year and rents resulting from the exercise of renewal options , is as follows : ( amounts in thousands ) year ending december 31: .
|2004|$ 1084934|
|2005|968162|
|2006|846345|
|2007|770228|
|2008|608267|
|thereafter|3423083|
these amounts do not include rentals based on tenants 2019 sales . these percentage rents approximated $ 3662000 , $ 1832000 , and $ 2157000 , for the years ended december 31 , 2003 , 2002 , and 2001 . except for the u.s . government , which accounted for 12.7% ( 12.7 % ) of the company 2019s revenue , none of the company 2019s tenants represented more than 10% ( 10 % ) of total revenues for the year ended december 31 , 2003 . former bradlees locations property rentals for the year ended december 31 , 2003 , include $ 5000000 of additional rent which , effective december 31 , 2002 , was re-allocated to the former bradlees locations in marlton , turnersville , bensalem and broomall and is payable by stop & shop , pursuant to the master agreement and guaranty , dated may 1 , 1992 . this amount is in addition to all other rent guaranteed by stop & shop for the former bradlees locations . on january 8 , 2003 , stop & shop filed a complaint with the united states district court claiming the company has no right to reallocate and therefore continue to collect the $ 5000000 of annual rent from stop & shop because of the expiration of the east brunswick , jersey city , middletown , union and woodbridge leases to which the $ 5000000 of additional rent was previously allocated . the company believes the additional rent provision of the guaranty expires at the earliest in 2012 and will vigorously oppose stop & shop 2019s complaint . in february 2003 , koninklijke ahold nv , parent of stop & shop , announced that it overstated its 2002 and 2001 earnings by at least $ 500 million and is under investigation by the u.s . justice department and securities and exchange commission . the company cannot predict what effect , if any , this situation may have on stop & shop 2019s ability to satisfy its obligation under the bradlees guarantees and rent for existing stop & shop leases aggregating approximately $ 10.5 million per annum . notes to consolidated financial statements sr-176_fin_l02p53_82v1.qxd 4/8/04 2:42 pm page 77 .
Question: total percentage rents approximated what in thousands for the years ended december 31 , 2002 and 2001?


Answer: The answer is:3989000.0