# List of 2002 box office number-one films in the United States

This is a list of films that have placed number one at the weekend box office in the United States during 2002.

## Number-one films

| † | This implies the highest-grossing movie of the year. |
| # no | Weekend end date | Film | Box office | Notes |
| 1 | January 6, 2002 | The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring | $23,006,447 | |
| 2 | January 13, 2002 | The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring | $16,201,260 | The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring became the first film since How the Grinch Stole Christmas to top the box office for four consecutive weekends. |
| 3 | January 20, 2002 | Black Hawk Down | $28,611,736 | Black Hawk Down reached #1 after three weekends of limited release. It also broke Save the Last Dance's record ($23.4 mil) for the highest Martin Luther King weekend debut. |
| 4 | January 27, 2002 | Black Hawk Down | $17,012,268 | |
| 5 | February 3, 2002 | Black Hawk Down | $11,112,555 | Black Hawk Down and The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring became the first two films to win at least three consecutive weekends in a row since The Birdcage and Primal Fear in 1996. |
| 6 | February 10, 2002 | Collateral Damage | $15,058,432 | |
| 7 | February 17, 2002 | John Q. | $20,275,194 | John Q. broke The Wedding Singer's record ($18.9 mil) for the highest President's Day weekend debut. |
| 8 | February 24, 2002 | Queen of the Damned | $14,757,535 | |
| 9 | March 3, 2002 | We Were Soldiers | $20,212,543 | |
| 10 | March 10, 2002 | The Time Machine | $22,610,437 | |
| 11 | March 17, 2002 | Ice Age | $46,312,454 | Ice Age broke Liar Liar's records ($31.4 mil) for the highest weekend debut in March and for a spring release. |
| 12 | March 24, 2002 | Blade II | $32,528,016 | |
| 13 | March 31, 2002 | Panic Room | $30,056,751 | Panic Room broke The Matrix's record ($27.7 mill) for the highest Easter weekend debut. |
| 14 | April 7, 2002 | Panic Room | $18,244,157 | |
| 15 | April 14, 2002 | Changing Lanes | $17,128,062 | |
| 16 | April 21, 2002 | The Scorpion King | $36,075,875 | The Scorpion King broke The Matrix's record ($27.8 mil) for the highest weekend debut in April. |
| 17 | April 28, 2002 | The Scorpion King | $18,038,270 | |
| 18 | May 5, 2002 | Spider-Man † | $114,844,116 | Spider-Man's $39.4 million opening day gross broke Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone's record ($32.3 mil) for the highest single-day tally of all-time, a record it would then break in its second day of release with $43.6 million. It also broke Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone's records for the highest weekend debut for a non-sequel and of all-time, The Lost World: Jurassic Park's records ($72.1 mil) for the highest weekend debut in May, in the summer, and for a PG-13 rated film, and X-Men's record ($54.7 mil) for the highest weekend debut for a superhero film. Spider-Man was the first film ever to gross more than $100 million in 3 days, and had the highest weekend debut of 2002. |
| 19 | May 12, 2002 | Spider-Man † | $71,417,527 | Spider-Man broke Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone's record ($57.5 mil) for the highest second weekend gross. |
| 20 | May 19, 2002 | Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones | $80,027,814 | Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones broke Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace's record ($64.8 mil) for the highest weekend debut for a prequel. In second place, Spider-Man broke Titanic's record ($33.3 mil) for the highest third weekend gross. |
| 21 | May 26, 2002 | Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones | $47,880,532 | |
| 22 | June 2, 2002 | The Sum of All Fears | $31,178,526 | |
| 23 | June 9, 2002 | The Sum of All Fears | $19,230,111 | |
| 24 | June 16, 2002 | Scooby-Doo | $54,155,312 | |
| 25 | June 23, 2002 | Minority Report | $35,677,125 | In second place, Lilo & Stitch's $35.2 million opening weekend broke Unbreakable's record ($30.3 million) for the highest weekend debut for a film that did not open in first place. Initial estimates had Lilo & Stitch ahead of Minority Report. |
| 26 | June 30, 2002 | Mr. Deeds | $37,162,787 | |
| 27 | July 7, 2002 | Men in Black II | $52,148,751 | Men in Black II broke Men in Black's record ($51.1 mil) for the highest Fourth of July weekend debut. |
| 28 | July 14, 2002 | Men in Black II | $24,410,311 | |
| 29 | July 21, 2002 | Road to Perdition | $15,412,515 | Road to Perdition reached #1 in its second weekend of release. Initial estimates had Stuart Little 2 ahead of Road to Perdition. |
| 30 | July 28, 2002 | Austin Powers in Goldmember | $73,071,188 | Austin Powers in Goldmember broke Planet of the Apes' record ($68.5 mil) for the highest weekend debut in July. It also broke Mission: Impossible 2's record ($57.8 mil) for the highest weekend debut for a spy film. |
| 31 | August 4, 2002 | Signs | $60,117,080 | |
| 32 | August 11, 2002 | XXX | $44,506,103 | |
| 33 | August 18, 2002 | XXX | $22,111,421 | |
| 34 | August 25, 2002 | Signs | $14,285,028 | Signs reclaimed #1 in its fourth weekend of release. |
| 35 | September 1, 2002 | Signs | $13,441,194 | Signs became the first film since The Sixth Sense to top the box office in its fifth weekend. |
| 36 | September 8, 2002 | Swimfan | $11,326,601 | |
| 37 | September 15, 2002 | Barbershop | $20,627,433 | |
| 38 | September 22, 2002 | Barbershop | $12,817,223 | |
| 39 | September 29, 2002 | Sweet Home Alabama | $35,648,740 | Sweet Home Alabama broke Rush Hour's record ($33.0 mil) for the highest weekend debut in September. |
| 40 | October 6, 2002 | Red Dragon | $36,540,945 | Red Dragon broke Meet the Parents's record ($28.6 mil) for the highest weekend debut in October and for any fall release. |
| 41 | October 13, 2002 | Red Dragon | $17,655,750 | |
| 42 | October 20, 2002 | The Ring | $15,015,393 | |
| 43 | October 27, 2002 | Jackass: The Movie | $22,763,437 | |
| 44 | November 3, 2002 | The Santa Clause 2 | $29,008,696 | |
| 45 | November 10, 2002 | 8 Mile | $51,240,555 | |
| 46 | November 17, 2002 | Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets | $88,357,488 | |
| 47 | November 24, 2002 | Die Another Day | $47,072,040 | |
| 48 | December 1, 2002 | Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets | $32,117,496 | Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets reclaimed #1 in its third weekend on Thanksgiving Holiday. |
| 49 | December 8, 2002 | Die Another Day | $12,843,007 | Die Another Day reclaimed #1 in its third weekend of release. |
| 50 | December 15, 2002 | Maid in Manhattan | $18,711,407 | |
| 51 | December 22, 2002 | The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers | $62,007,528 | The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers broke The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring's record ($47.2 mil) for the highest weekend debut in December. |
| 52 | December 29, 2002 | The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers | $48,875,549 | |

## Highest-grossing films
### Calendar Gross

Highest-grossing films of 2002 by Calendar Gross
| Rank | Title | Studio(s) | Actor(s) | Director(s) | Gross |
| 1. | Spider-Man | Columbia Pictures | Tobey Maguire, Willem Dafoe, Kirsten Dunst, James Franco, Cliff Robertson, Rosemary Harris and J.K. Simmons | Sam Raimi | $403,706,375 |
| 2. | Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones | 20th Century Fox | Ewan McGregor, Natalie Portman, Hayden Christensen, Ian McDiarmid, Samuel L. Jackson, Christopher Lee, Anthony Daniels, Kenny Baker and Frank Oz | George Lucas | $302,191,252 |
| 3. | Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets | Warner Bros. Pictures | Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, Emma Watson, Kenneth Branagh, John Cleese, Robbie Coltrane, Warwick Davis, Richard Griffiths, Richard Harris, Jason Isaacs, Alan Rickman, Fiona Shaw, Maggie Smith and Julie Walters | Chris Columbus | $243,867,371 |
| 4. | Signs | Walt Disney Studios | Mel Gibson, Joaquin Phoenix, Rory Culkin and Abigail Breslin | M. Night Shyamalan | $227,486,621 |
| 5. | My Big Fat Greek Wedding | IFC Films | Nia Vardalos, John Corbett, Lainie Kazan, Michael Constantine, Gia Carides, Louis Mandylor, Andrea Martin and Joey Fatone | Joel Zwick | $223,900,343 |
| 6. | The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers | New Line Cinema | Elijah Wood, Ian McKellen, Liv Tyler, Viggo Mortensen, Sean Astin, Cate Blanchett, John Rhys-Davies, Bernard Hill, Christopher Lee, Billy Boyd, Dominic Monaghan, Orlando Bloom, Hugo Weaving, Miranda Otto, David Wenham, Brad Dourif, Sean Bean and Andy Serkis | Peter Jackson | $218,595,905 |
| 7. | Austin Powers in Goldmember | New Line Cinema | Mike Myers, Beyoncé Knowles, Seth Green, Michael York, Robert Wagner, Mindy Sterling, Verne Troyer and Michael Caine | Jay Roach | $212,864,437 |
| 8. | Men in Black II | Columbia Pictures | Tommy Lee Jones, Will Smith, Lara Flynn Boyle, Johnny Knoxville, Rosario Dawson, Tony Shalhoub and Rip Torn | Barry Sonnenfeld | $190,418,803 |
| 9. | Ice Age | 20th Century Fox | voices of Ray Romano, John Leguizamo, Denis Leary, Goran Višnjić and Jack Black | Chris Wedge | $176,387,405 |
| 10. | A Beautiful Mind | Universal Pictures | Russell Crowe, Ed Harris, Jennifer Connelly, Paul Bettany, Adam Goldberg, Judd Hirsch, Josh Lucas, Anthony Rapp and Christopher Plummer | Ron Howard | $154,865,545 |

### In-Year Release

Highest-grossing films of 2002 by In-year release :
| Rank | Title | Distributor | Domestic gross |
| 1. | Spider-Man | Columbia | $403,706,375 |
| 2. | The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers | New Line Cinema | $339,789,881 |
| 3. | Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones | 20th Century Fox | $302,191,252 |
| 4. | Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets | Warner Bros. | $261,988,482 |
| 5. | My Big Fat Greek Wedding | IFC | $241,438,208 |
| 6. | Signs | Disney | $227,966,634 |
| 7. | Austin Powers in Goldmember | New Line Cinema | $213,307,889 |
| 8. | Men in Black II | Columbia | $190,418,803 |
| 9. | Ice Age | 20th Century Fox | $176,387,405 |
| 10. | Chicago | Miramax | $170,687,518 |
Highest-grossing films by MPAA rating of 2002 :
| G | The Rookie |
| PG | Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones |
| PG-13 | Spider-Man |
| R | 8 Mile |