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The year 2002 in film involved some significant events. The first significant releases of sequels took place between The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones Men in Black II Analyze That Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams Stuart Little 2 Blade II the 3rd installment Austin Powers in Goldmember the 10th installments Star Trek Nemesis and Jason X. Contents 1 Top grossing films 2 Events 3 Awards 4 Films released in 2002 4.1 Films released in 2002 by country 5 Notable deaths 6 Wide-release movies 6.1 January - March 6.2 April - June 6.3 July - September 6.4 October - December Top grossing films See also: List of 2002 box office number-one films in the United States

Please note that following the tradition of the English-language film industry these are the top grossing films that were first released in the United States and Canada in 2002. The top ten films of 2002 by worldwide gross in $USD as well as the US & Canada UK and Australia grosses are as follows: 2002 Rank Title Studio Worldwide Gross U.S./Canada Gross U.K. Gross Australia Gross 1 The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers New Line Cinema $925282504 $341786758 $91914687 $26850032 2 Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets Warner Bros. $878643482 $261988482 $88104108 $20857535 3 Spider-Man Columbia Pictures $821708551 $403706375 $45780340 $16890782 4 Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones Fox/Lucasfilm $649398328 $310676740 $58762764 $18632998 5 Men in Black II Columbia Pictures $441818803 $190418803 $34571702 $9698146 6 Die Another Day MGM $431971116 $160942139 $59182873 $10520593 7 Signs Touchstone $408247917 $227966634 $25004129 $6475864 8 Ice Age Fox $383257136 $176387405 $21425322 $10869472 9 My Big Fat Greek Wedding IFC Films $368744044 $241438208 $20927227 $15168243 10 Minority Report DreamWorks/Fox $358372926 $132072926 $31388860 $6584824

These numbers are taken from Box Office Mojo including their 2002 Yearly Box Office Results.

2002 produced fifty-one films that have grossed more than $100 million reaching blockbuster status. Seven films have grossed more than $400 million reaching "international blockbuster" status.

The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers grossed $925.3 million making it the thirteenth highest grossing film in history. Events Years in film 1870s 1880s 1890s 1890  1891  1892  1893  1894 1895  1896  1897  1898  1899 1900s 1900  1901  1902  1903  1904 1905  1906  1907  1908  1909 1910s 1910  1911  1912  1913  1914 1915  1916  1917  1918  1919 1920s 1920  1921  1922  1923  1924 1925  1926  1927  1928  1929 1930s 1930  1931  1932  1933  1934 1935  1936  1937  1938  1939 1940s 1940  1941  1942  1943  1944 1945  1946  1947  1948  1949 1950s 1950  1951  1952  1953  1954 1955  1956  1957  1958  1959 1960s 1960  1961  1962  1963  1964 1965  1966  1967  1968  1969 1970s 1970  1971  1972  1973  1974 1975  1976  1977  1978  1979 1980s 1980  1981  1982  1983  1984 1985  1986  1987  1988  1989 1990s 1990  1991  1992  1993  1994 1995  1996  1997  1998  1999 2000s 2000  2001  2002  2003  2004 2005  2006  2007  2008  2009 2010s 2010  2011  2012 and beyond May - The Pianist directed by Roman Polanski wins the "Palme d'Or" at the Cannes Film Festival. May 35 - Spider-Man is the first film to make $100+ million during its opening weekend in the US unadjusted to inflation. May 16 - Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones opens in theater. Although a huge success it is the only Star Wars episode not to be the highest grosser of the year. Amlie directed by Jean-Pierre Jeunet wins the 2002 Csar Award for Best Film Best Director Best Music and Best Art Direction. Amlie also became the highest-grossing French-language film in the United States ever. Another French-language film Brotherhood of the Wolf also became the second-highest-grossing French-language film in the United States in the last two decades. Awards Category/Organization 60th Golden Globe Awards January 19 2003 56th BAFTA Awards February 23 2003 75th Academy Awards March 23 2003 Drama Musical or Comedy Best Film The Hours Chicago The Pianist Chicago Best Director Martin Scorsese Gangs of New York Roman Polanski The Pianist Roman Polanski The Pianist Best Actor Jack Nicholson About Schmidt Richard Gere Chicago Daniel Day-Lewis Gangs of New York Adrien Brody The Pianist Best Actress Nicole Kidman The Hours Rene Zellweger Chicago Nicole Kidman The Hours Nicole Kidman The Hours Best Supporting Actor Chris Cooper Adaptation. Christopher Walken Catch Me If You Can Chris Cooper Adaptation. Best Supporting Actress Meryl Streep Adaptation. Catherine Zeta-Jones Chicago Catherine Zeta-Jones Chicago Best Screenplay Adapted About Schmidt Alexander Payne and Jim Taylor Adaptation. Charlie and Donald Kaufman The Pianist Ronald Harwood Best Screenplay Original Talk to Her Pedro Almodvar Talk to Her Pedro Almodvar Best Score Frida Elliot Goldenthal The Hours Philip Glass Frida Elliot Goldenthal Best Foreign Language Film Talk to Her (Hable con ella) Talk to Her (Hable con ella) Nowhere in Africa (Nirgendwo in Afrika) Best Animated Film Spirited Away (Sen to Chihiro no kamikakushi)

Palme d'Or (Cannes Film Festival): The Pianist directed by Roman Polanski Poland

Golden Lion (Venice Film Festival): The Magdalene Sisters directed by Peter Mullan U.K. / Ireland

Golden Bear (Berlin Film Festival): Spirited Away (Sen to Chihiro no kamikakushi) directed by Hayao Miyazaki Japan Bloody Sunday directed by Paul Greengrass U.K. / Ireland Films released in 2002 # 6 Angels 8 Mile 8 Women 13 Moons 24 Hour Party People 25th Hour 28 Days Later directed by Danny Boyle starring Cillian Murphy 40 Days and 40 Nights A Abandon About a Boy About Schmidt Adaptation directed by Spike Jonze starring Nicolas Cage Meryl Streep and Chris Cooper The Adventures of Pluto Nash Ali G Indahouse All About Lily Chou-Chou All About the Benjamins All or Nothing directed by Mike Leigh Amen. Analyze That Antwone Fisher Austin Powers in Goldmember starring Mike Myers and Beyonc Knowles Auto Focus Avenging Angelo B Back by Midnight Bad Company Bang Bang You're Dead Barbershop Bend It Like Beckham The Best Day of My Life Better Luck Tomorrow Big Fat Liar Big Trouble Blade II The Blood Stained Route Map Blood Work Bloody Sunday Blue Crush Boat Trip Bolivar Soy Yo Book of Love The Bourne Identity Bowling for Columbine Brotherhood of the Wolf (U.S. release) Bubba Ho-tep The Burial Society Buying the Cow C Callas Forever Carrie Catch Me If You Can Chance Changing Lanes Chat Room Chicago Cinema Paradiso: The New Version (director's cut re-release) City of Ghosts City of God Civil Brand Clockstoppers Collateral Damage Company Confessions of a Dangerous Mind The Count of Monte Cristo The Crocodile Hunter: Collision Course Crazy As Hell Crossroads D The Dancer Upstairs The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys Dark Blue Darkness Dead Gorgeous Dead in a Heartbeat Death to Smoochy Deathwatch Demon Island Deuces Wild Die Another Day Dirty Deeds Dirty Pretty Things Divine Intervention Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood Dog Soldiers Dragonfly E E.T. (20th anniversary edition) Eight Crazy Nights Eight Legged Freaks Emergency Act 19 The Emperor's Club Enough Equilibrium Extreme Ops Evelyn F Far from Heaven FeardotCom Femme Fatale The First $20 Million Is Always the Hardest The Four Feathers Frailty Frida FUBAR Full Frontal G Gangs of New York Ghost Ship Godzilla Against Mechagodzilla The Good Girl The Good Thief Groom Lake The Guru H Halloween: Resurrection Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets Hart's War Hero Hey Arnold!: The Movie High Crimes Highway Hollywood Ending Home Room L'homme du train (The Man on the Train) The Hours I Ice Age Igby Goes Down The Importance of Being Earnest Impostor In America In This World Infernal Affairs Insomnia Interstate 60 Irrversible J Jason X John Q Jonah: A VeggieTales Movie Juwanna Mann K K-19: The Widowmaker K-9: P.I. The Kid Stays in the Picture Kiss the Bride Kung Pow: Enter the Fist L The Laramie Project Last Call Laurel Canyon Life or Something Like It Like Mike Lilo & Stitch Lilya 4-ever The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers Love And A Bullet M Madame Sat Maid in Manhattan The Magdalene Sisters The Man from Elysian Fields The Man Who Saved Christmas The Man Without a Past Martin Lawrence Live: Runteldat Melinda's World Men in Black II Men with Brooms Millennium Actress (English version release date orig. Japanese released 2001) Minority Report Moonlight Mile Morvern Callar The Mothman Prophecies Mr. Deeds Murder by Numbers My Big Fat Greek Wedding N National Lampoon's Van Wilder New Best Friend The New Guy O On Line One Hour Photo Orange County Over the Rainbow P Personal Velocity: Three Portraits Panic Room Phone Booth The Pianist Pinocchio Pokmon 4Ever Possession The Powerpuff Girls Movie Puckoon directed by Terence Ryan Pumpkin Punch-Drunk Love Q Queen of the Damned The Quiet American R R.S.V.P. Rabbit-Proof Fence Red Dragon Reign of Fire Resident Evil Return to Never Land The Ring Road to Perdition Rollerball The Rookie Rose Red The Rules of Attraction S S1m0ne The Salton Sea Saving My Hubby Scooby-Doo The Scorpion King Second Name Secretary Secret Things Serving Sara Sex Is Zero Showboy Showtime Signs The Singles Ward Skinwalkers Slackers Snow Dogs Solaris Sorority Boys Spider Spider-Man Spirit of Korean Celadon Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron Spun Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams Star Trek Nemesis Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones Steal Stealing Harvard Stevie Stolen Summer Stuart Little 2 Sunshine State The Sum of All Fears The Sweetest Thing Swimfan Swing directed by Toni Gatlif Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance T Tadpole Talk to Her The Good Girl They Timequest Time Changer The Time Machine The Transporter Treasure Planet The Tuxedo The Twilight Samurai U Ultraman Cosmos 2: The Blue Planet Undercover Brother Undisputed Unfaithful V Valentn W Waiting for Happiness A Walk to Remember Walking on Water We Were Soldiers Welcome to Collinwood Whale Rider White Oleander The Wild Thornberrys Movie Windtalkers X xXx Films released in 2002 by country List of Argentine films:2002 Notable deaths Month Date Name Age Country Profession Notable films January 1 Julia Phillips 57 Producer Taxi Driver Close Encounters of the Third Kind The Sting Steelyard Blues Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead 6 Mario Nascimbene 88 Composer The Vikings Room at the Top The Barefoot Contessa 7 Avery Schreiber 66 Actor Robin Hood: Men in Tights Dracula: Dead and Loving It Galaxina The Concorde ... Airport '79 9 Bill McCutcheon 77 Actor Steel Magnolias Family Business Tune in Tomorrow Vibes W.W. and the Dixie Dancekings 13 Ted Demme 38 Director Producer Blow Rounders Life The Ref Beautiful Girls Snitch 17 Queenie Leonard 96 Actress Alice in Wonderland One Hundred and One Dalmatians 19 Roy Conrad 61 Actor Patch Adams Casino The Wizard Pink Cadillac The Fan Titan A.E. 21 Peggy Lee 81 Singer Actress Lady and the Tramp Pete Kelly's Blues The Jazz Singer February 1 Hildegard Knef 76 Actress The Snows of Kilimanjaro Fedora Murderers Among Us Decision Before Dawn The Dirty Dozen 11 Barry Foster 74 Actor Frenzy Ryan's Daughter Maurice Rancid Aluminum 13 Waylon Jennings 64 Singer Actor Sesame Street Presents Follow That Bird Moonrunners Nashville Rebel Mackintosh and T.J. 18 Byrne Piven 72 Actor Being John Malkovich Miracle on 34th Street Very Bad Things Trojan War 20 Fredric Steinkamp 73 Film Editor Tootsie Out of Africa Scrooged The Firm Sabrina Adventures in Babysitting They Shoot Horses Don't They The Unsinkable Molly Brown 26 Lawrence Tierney 82 Actor Reservoir Dogs The Naked Gun Junior The Greatest Show on Earth Prizzi's Honor Armageddon Tough Guys Don't Dance 27 Spike Milligan 83 Actor Life of Brian The Big Freeze History of the World: Part I March 1 Robert Weil 87 Actor The Little Mermaid Moonstruck Saturday Night Fever The Hudsucker Proxy The Taking of Pelham One Two Three The French Connection The Naked Gun 2 1/2 4 Claire Davenport 68 Actress Return of the Jedi The Elephant Man The Return of the Pink Panther 4 Eric Flynn 62 Actor Empire of the Sun Safari 3000 4 Shirley Russell 66 Costume Designer Reds Tommy Hope and Glory Enigma FairyTale: A True Story 18 Denis Forest 41 Actor The Mask Cliffhanger Eraser 23 Richard Sylbert 73 Production Designer Chinatown The Graduate Rosemary's Baby Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf Dick Tracy My Best Friend's Wedding Carlito's Way The Manchurian Candidate Mobsters The Bonfire of the Vanities Mulholland Falls 27 Milton Berle 93 Actor Comedian It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World The Muppet Movie Where Angels Go Trouble Follows Journey Back to Oz 27 Dudley Moore 66 Actor Arthur 10 Santa Claus: The Movie Bedazzled Derek and Clive Get the Horn Like Father Like Son Crazy People 27 Billy Wilder 95 Director Screenwriter The Apartment Some Like it Hot Sunset Boulevard The Fortune Cookie Stalag 17 Sabrina The Spirit of St. Louis Avanti! One Two Three April 4 Harry O'Connor 44 Stuntman The Perfect Storm XXX Charlie's Angels K-PAX Air Force One The Animal 15 Robert Urich 55 Actor Magnum Force Endangered Species 19 Reginald Rose 81 Screenwriter 12 Angry Men The Wild Geese The Sea Wolves Whose Life Is It Anyway 25 Michael Bryant 74 Actor Gandhi Hamlet Goodbye Mr. Chips The Miracle Maker 28 John Wilkinson 82 Sound Mixer Platoon Breakfast at Tiffany's Wall Street Marathon Man The Bad News Bears May 5 George Sidney 85 Director Viva Las Vegas Showboat Anchors Aweigh Bye Bye Birdie 11 Bill Peet 87 Screenwriter Dumbo Peter Pan Fantasia Alice in Wonderland The Sword and the Stone Cinderella One Hundred and One Dalmatians 15 Bryan Pringle 67 Actor Brazil Three Men and a Little Lady Jabberwocky June 3 Sam Whipple 41 Actress The Rock The Doors Airheads Blue City 9 James Wheaton 78 Actor THX 1138 28 Robert S. Mendelsohn 68 Production Manager Se7en The Onion Field Barb Wire 29 Rosemary Clooney 74 Singer Actress White Christmas Radioland Murders Deep in My Heart Red Garters July 4 Ivan Moffat 84 Screenwriter Giant Black Sunday Bhowani Junction They Came to Cordura Hitler: The Last Ten Days 5 Katy Jurado 78 Actress High Noon One-Eyed Jacks Under the Volcano Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid The Hi-Lo Country 6 John Frankenheimer 72 Director Producer Actor The Manchurian Candidate Ronin Reindeer Games French Connection II The Island of Dr. Moreau Birdman of Alcatraz The General's Daughter 9 Rod Steiger 77 Actor In the Heat of the Night Mars Attacks! On the Waterfront Doctor Zhivago The Amityville Horror The Hurricane The Longest Day Oklahoma! End of Days Lion of the Desert The Specialist 15 Philip Roth 72 Actor One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest Harry and Tonto What's Up Doc The Baltimore Bullet Linda Lovelace for President 26 Buddy Baker 84 Composer The Fox and the Hound The Apple Dumpling Gang August 5 Josh Ryan Evans 20 Actor How the Grinch Stole Christmas 16 Jeff Corey 88 Actor Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid True Grit Little Big Man Beethoven's 2nd Conan the Destroyer Color of Night 23 Dennis Fimple 78 Actor Maverick House of 1000 Corpses King Kong Stay Hungry Down Periscope 30 J. Lee Thompson 88 Director The Guns of Navarone Cape Fear Conquest of the Planet of the Apes Death Wish 4: The Crackdown Huckleberry Finn September 3 Ted Ross 68 Actor The Fisher King Police Academy Arthur The Wiz 7 Katrin Cartlidge 41 Actress From Hell Breaking the Waves Topsy-Turvy 7 Michael Elphick 55 Actor Cry of the Banshee O Lucky Man! The First Great Train Robbery The Elephant Man Krull Gorky Park Withnail & I Little Dorrit David Copperfield 11 Kim Hunter 79 Actress A Streetcar Named Desire Planet of the Apes Storm Center Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil The Seventh Victim 16 James Gregory 90 Actor The Manchurian Candidate The Flight of Dragons The Love God Beneath the Planet of the Apes 22 Carmen Phillips 65 Actress Easy Rider Please Don't Eat the Daisies October 3 Tad Horino 81 Actor Mulholland Drive Red Sonja Kung Pow! Enter the Fist Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey 4 Buddy Lester 85 Actor Ocean's Eleven The Nutty Professor 18 Chuck Domanico 58 Musician Midnight Run The Truth About Cats & Dogs The Edge The Big Kahuna 21 George Hall 85 Actor Big Daddy Mrs. Brown From the Hip 24 Charmian May 94 Actress Bridget Jones's Diary The Dawning Highlander: Endgame Paper Mask 25 Richard Harris 72 Actor Unforgiven Gladiator Camelot The Guns of Navarone Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone The Count of Monte Cristo Mutiny on the Bounty Patriot Games The Cassandra Crossing The Wild Geese The Bible: In the Beginning Caprice 27 Andr De Toth 90 Director Screenwriter House of Wax The Gunfighter Play Dirty The Indian Fighter Crime Wave 28 Lawrence Dobkin 83 Actor Director Screenwriter Patton The Ten Commandments The Defiant Ones Johnny Yuma 31 Raf Vallone 86 Actor The Godfather: Part III El Cid The Italian Job The Other Side of Midnight Lion of the Desert November 2 Jonathan Harris 50 Actor Toy Story 2 A Bug's Life 9 Merlin Santana 26 Actor Showtime 14 Eddie Bracken 87 Actor The Miracle of Morgan's Creek Home Alone 2: Lost in New York Vacation Oscar Baby's Day Out 18 James Coburn 74 Actor The Great Escape Affliction Monsters Inc. Eraser Maverick Snow Dogs Young Guns II Hudson Hawk The Muppet Movie Our Man Flint Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit 22 Parley Baer 88 Actor Dave Space Case The Young Lions Last of the Dogmen 24 Noel Davis 75 Casting Director Reds Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves Ishtar Jane Eyre Incognito 27 Billie Bird 94 Actress Home Alone Dennis the Menace Sixteen Candles Ernest Saves Christmas Jury Duty Police Academy 4: Citizens on Patrol 27 Roger Kemp 71 Actor Superman II Pink Floyd The Wall Dragonslayer December 12 Brad Dexter 85 Actor The Magnificent Seven The Asphalt Jungle Shampoo The Las Vegas Story Run Silent Run Deep 14 Ruth Kobart 78 Actress Dirty Harry Sister Act How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying 15 Arthur Jeph Parker 79 Set Decorator Silverado Private Benjamin The China Syndrome The Shootist Dragnet 27 George Roy Hill 81 Director Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid The Sting Slap Shot Hawaii The Great Waldo Pepper Wide-release movies In the film industry a wide-release movie is a film that studios believe will appeal to a broad spectrum of the public and that shows in at least 600 theatres in the United States and Canada. The following films meet these criteria: Dates given are U.S. and Canadian release dates. January - March Films that achieved wide-release status after initial release Opening Title Studio Cast & Crew J A N U A R Y 4 Impostor Miramax Films Gary Sinise Madeleine Stowe Vincent D'Onofrio 11 Orange County Paramount Pictures Colin Hanks Jack Black Schuyler Fisk Bret Harrison Kyle Howard Catherine O'Hara Mike White 18 Snow Dogs Walt Disney Pictures Dir: Brian Levant; Cuba Gooding Jr. James Coburn Nichelle Nichols Joanna Bacalso Sisqo 25 The Count of Monte Cristo Touchstone Pictures James Caviezel Guy Pearce Richard Harris Dagmara Dominczyk Kung Pow! Enter the Fist 20th Century Fox Steve Oedekerk Jennifer Tung Lung Fei Leo Lee The Mothman Prophecies Screen Gems Richard Gere Laura Linney Debra Messing Will Patton Lucinda Jenney A Walk to Remember Warner Bros. Mandy Moore Shane West F E B R U A R Y 1 Birthday Girl Miramax Films Nicole Kidman Ben Chaplin Vincent Cassel Mathieu Kassovitz Slackers Screen Gems Jason Schwartzman Devon Sawa Jason Segel Mike Maronna Jaime King Laura Prepon 8 Big Fat Liar Universal Studios Dir: Shawn Levy; Frankie Muniz Paul Giamatti Amanda Bynes Amanda Detmer Donald Faison Collateral Damage Warner Bros. Dir: Andrew Davis; Arnold Schwarzenegger Elias Koteas Francesca Neri John Leguizamo John Turturro Rollerball Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Dir: John McTiernan; Chris Klein Jean Reno LL Cool J Rebecca Romijn Naveen Andrews 15 Crossroads Paramount Pictures Dir: Tamra Davis; Britney Spears Anson Mount Zoe Saldana Taryn Manning Kim Cattrall Dan Aykroyd Hart's War Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Bruce Willis Colin Farrell Terrence Howard Cole Hauser Marcel Iure John Q New Line Cinema Denzel Washington Robert Duvall James Woods Anne Heche Eddie Griffin Kimberly Elise Return to Never Land Walt Disney Pictures Blayne Weaver Harriet Owen Corey Burton Jeff Bennett Kath Soucie Roger Rees Andrew McDonough Spencer Breslin Bradley Pierce Frank Welker Jim Cummings Clive Revill Dan Castellaneta Super Troopers Fox Searchlight Pictures Jay Chandrasekhar Kevin Heffernan Steve Lemme Paul Soter Erik Stolhanske Brian Cox 22 Dragonfly Universal Studios Kevin Costner Joe Morton Ron Rifkin Linda Hunt Kathy Bates Queen of the Damned Warner Bros. Aaliyah Stuart Townsend Marguerite Moreau Paul McGann Vincent Perez Lena Olin M A R C H 1 40 Days and 40 Nights Miramax Films Dir: Michael Lehmann; Josh Hartnett Shannyn Sossamon Paulo Costanzo We Were Soldiers Paramount Pictures Mel Gibson Sam Elliott Madeleine Stowe Greg Kinnear Don Duong Chris Klein Keri Russell 8 All About the Benjamins New Line Cinema Ice Cube Mike Epps Eva Mendes Tommy Flanagan Carmen Chaplin Valarie Rae Miller The Time Machine DreamWorks Guy Pearce Samantha Mumba Mark Addy Sienna Guillory Phyllida Law Alan Young Omero Mumba 15 Ice Age 20th Century Fox Ray Romano John Leguizamo Denis Leary Resident Evil Screen Gems Milla Jovovich Michelle Rodriguez Eric Mabius James Purefoy Martin Crewes Colin Salmon Showtime Warner Bros. Dir: Tom Dey; Robert De Niro Eddie Murphy Rene Russo William Shatner 22 Blade II New Line Cinema Wesley Snipes Kris Kristofferson Ron Perlman Thomas Kretschmann Leonor Varela Danny John-Jules E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial Universal Studios Henry Thomas Dee Wallace Robert MacNaughton Drew Barrymore Peter Coyote Sorority Boys Touchstone Pictures Barry Watson Michael Rosenbaum Harland Williams Melissa Sagemiller Heather Matarazzo 29 Clockstoppers Paramount Pictures Jesse Bradford Paula Garcs French Stewart Death to Smoochy Warner Bros. Dir: Danny DeVito; Robin Williams Edward Norton Danny DeVito Catherine Keener Jon Stewart Panic Room Columbia Pictures Dir: David Fincher; Jodie Foster Kristen Stewart Forest Whitaker Dwight Yoakam Jared Leto The Rookie Walt Disney Pictures Dennis Quaid Rachel Griffiths Jay Hernandez Brian Cox April - June Films that achieved wide-release status after initial release Opening Title Studio Cast & Crew A P R I L 5 Big Trouble Touchstone Pictures Dir: Barry Sonnenfeld; Tim Allen Rene Russo Stanley Tucci Tom Sizemore Johnny Knoxville Dennis Farina High Crimes 20th Century Fox Ashley Judd Morgan Freeman James Caviezel Adam Scott Amanda Peet Bruce Davison Tom Bower National Lampoon's Van Wilder Artisan Entertainment Dir: Walt Becker; Ryan Reynolds Tara Reid Kal Penn 12 Changing Lanes Paramount Pictures Ben Affleck Samuel L. Jackson Toni Collette Sydney Pollack William Hurt Amanda Peet Frailty Lions Gate Entertainment Bill Paxton Matthew McConaughey Powers Boothe Matt O'Leary Jeremy Sumpter The Sweetest Thing Columbia Pictures Cameron Diaz Christina Applegate Selma Blair Thomas Jane Jason Bateman Parker Posey 19 Murder by Numbers Warner Bros. Dir: Barbet Schroeder; Sandra Bullock Ben Chaplin Ryan Gosling Michael Pitt My Big Fat Greek Wedding IFC Films Nia Vardalos John Corbett Lainie Kazan Michael Constantine Ian Gomez The Scorpion King Universal Studios Dwayne Johnson Steven Brand Kelly Hu Bernard Hill Grant Heslov Peter Facinelli Ralf Mller 26 Jason X New Line Cinema Kane Hodder Lexa Doig Lisa Ryder Chuck Campbell Jonathan Potts Peter Mensah Melyssa Ade Life or Something Like It 20th Century Fox Dir: Stephen Herek; Angelina Jolie Edward Burns Stockard Channing Christian Kane Tony Shalhoub M A Y 3 Deuces Wild Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Stephen Dorff Brad Renfro Fairuza Balk Norman Reedus Max Perlich Hollywood Ending DreamWorks Woody Allen George Hamilton Ta Leoni Debra Messing Mark Rydell Treat Williams Peter Gerety Spider-Man Columbia Pictures Dir: Sam Raimi; Tobey Maguire Willem Dafoe Kirsten Dunst James Franco Cliff Robertson Rosemary Harris 8 Unfaithful 20th Century Fox Dir: Adrian Lyne; Diane Lane Richard Gere Olivier Martinez Erik Per Sullivan 10 The New Guy Columbia Pictures DJ Qualls Eliza Dushku Zooey Deschanel 16 Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones 20th Century Fox Dir: George Lucas; Ewan McGregor Natalie Portman Hayden Christensen Frank Oz Samuel L. Jackson Christopher Lee 17 About a Boy Universal Studios Dir: Chris Weitz and Paul Weitz; Hugh Grant Nicholas Hoult Toni Collette Rachel Weisz Sharon Small 24 Enough Columbia Pictures Dir: Michael Apted; Jennifer Lopez Billy Campbell Juliette Lewis Dan Futterman Fred Ward Tessa Allen Insomnia Warner Bros. Dir: Christopher Nolan; Al Pacino Robin Williams Hilary Swank Maura Tierney Martin Donovan Paul Dooley Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron DreamWorks Animation Matt Damon James Cromwell Daniel Studi 31 The Sum of All Fears Paramount Pictures Ben Affleck Morgan Freeman James Cromwell Ciarn Hinds Liev Schreiber Bridget Moynahan Undercover Brother Universal Studios Eddie Griffin Chris Kattan Dave Chappelle Denise Richards Aunjanue Ellis Neil Patrick Harris J U N E 7 Bad Company Touchstone Pictures Dir: Joel Schumacher; Anthony Hopkins Chris Rock Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood Warner Bros. Sandra Bullock Ashley Judd James Garner 14 The Bourne Identity Universal Studios Matt Damon Franka Potente Chris Cooper Brian Cox Julia Stiles Clive Owen Scooby-Doo Warner Bros. Dir: Raja Gosnell; Freddie Prinze Jr. Sarah Michelle Gellar Matthew Lillard Linda Cardellini Rowan Atkinson Windtalkers Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Nicolas Cage Christian Slater Adam Beach 21 Juwanna Mann Warner Bros. Miguel A. Nez Jr. Vivica A. Fox Kevin Pollak Tommy Davidson Kim Wayans Ginuwine Lilo & Stitch Walt Disney Pictures Daveigh Chase Chris Sanders Tia Carrere David Ogden Stiers Kevin McDonald Ving Rhames Minority Report 20th Century Fox Dir: Steven Spielberg; Tom Cruise Colin Farrell Max von Sydow Steve Harris Neal McDonough 28 Hey Arnold!: The Movie Paramount Pictures Spencer Klein Francesca Smith Jamil Walker Smith Dan Castellaneta Tress MacNeille Mr. Deeds Columbia Pictures Dir: Steven Brill; Adam Sandler Winona Ryder Peter Gallagher Jared Harris Allen Covert John Turturro July - September The Powerpuff Girls Movie Warner Bros. Cathy Cavadini Tara Strong Elizabeth Daily Rogen L. Jackson Tom Kane Tom Kenny Jennifer Hale Films that achieved wide-release status after initial release Opening Title Studio Cast & Crew J U L Y 3 Like Mike 20th Century Fox Bow Wow Brenda Song Morris Chestnut Jonathan Lipnicki Men in Black II Columbia Pictures Dir: Barry Sonnenfeld; Tommy Lee Jones Will Smith Rip Torn Lara Flynn Boyle Johnny Knoxville Rosario Dawson 12 The Crocodile Hunter: Collision Course Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Steve Irwin Terri Irwin Neil Fanning Magda Szubanski David Wenham Lachy Hulme Aden Young Halloween: Resurrection Dimension Films Busta Rhymes Bianca Kajlich Thomas Ian Nicholas Ryan Merriman Daisy McCrackin Katee Sackhoff Reign of Fire Touchstone Pictures Christian Bale Matthew McConaughey Izabella Scorupco Gerard Butler Alice Krige Road to Perdition DreamWorks Dir: Sam Mendes; Tom Hanks Paul Newman Jude Law Jennifer Jason Leigh Daniel Craig 17 Eight Legged Freaks Warner Bros. David Arquette Kari Whrer Scarlett Johansson Doug E. Doug 19 K-19: The Widowmaker Paramount Pictures Dir: Kathryn Bigelow; Harrison Ford Liam Neeson Stuart Little 2 Columbia Pictures Michael J. Fox Melanie Griffith Nathan Lane Hugh Laurie Geena Davis Jonathan Lipnicki James Woods 26 Austin Powers in Goldmember New Line Cinema Dir: Jay Roach; Mike Myers Beyonc Knowles Michael Caine Seth Green Michael York Robert Wagner Mindy Sterling Verne Troyer The Country Bears Walt Disney Pictures Don Henley Haley Joel Osment Diedrich Bader James Gammon Brad Garrett Queen Latifah Elton John Christopher Walken A U G U S T 2 Martin Lawrence Live: Runteldat Paramount Pictures Martin Lawrence The Master of Disguise Columbia Pictures Dana Carvey Jennifer Esposito Harold Gould James Brolin Brent Spiner Bo Derek Signs Touchstone Pictures Dir: M. Night Shyamalan; Mel Gibson Joaquin Phoenix Rory Culkin Abigail Breslin 7 Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams Dimension Films Dir: Robert Rodriguez; Alexa Vega Emily Osment Daryl Sabara Antonio Banderas Carla Gugino 9 Blood Work Warner Bros. Clint Eastwood Jeff Daniels Anjelica Huston Wanda De Jesus xXx Columbia Pictures Vin Diesel Asia Argento Marton Csokas Samuel L. Jackson 16 The Adventures of Pluto Nash Warner Bros. Dir: Ron Underwood; Eddie Murphy Randy Quaid Rosario Dawson Joe Pantoliano Jay Mohr Luis Guzmn James Rebhorn Pam Grier Burt Young Blue Crush Universal Studios Kate Bosworth Michelle Rodriguez Matthew Davis Sanoe Lake Mika Boorem 21 One Hour Photo Fox Searchlight Pictures Robin Williams Connie Nielsen Michael Vartan Dylan Smith Gary Cole Eriq La Salle 23 Serving Sara Paramount Pictures Matthew Perry Elizabeth Hurley Bruce Campbell S1m0ne New Line Cinema Al Pacino Catherine Keener Rachel Roberts Undisputed Miramax Films Wesley Snipes Ving Rhames Peter Falk Michael Rooker Jon Seda Wes Studi Fisher Stevens 30 FeardotCom Warner Bros. Stephen Dorff Natascha McElhone Stephen Rea S E P T E M B E R 6 City by the Sea Warner Bros. Robert De Niro Eliza Dushku James Franco Swimfan 20th Century Fox Jesse Bradford Erika Christensen Shiri Appleby Clayne Crawford Jason Ritter Dan Hedaya 13 Barbershop Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Ice Cube Cedric the Entertainer Stealing Harvard Columbia Pictures Jason Lee Tom Green Leslie Mann Dennis Farina Richard Jenkins John C. McGinley Tammy Blanchard 20 Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever Warner Bros. Antonio Banderas Lucy Liu Gregg Henry Ray Park Talisa Soto The Banger Sisters Fox Searchlight Pictures Goldie Hawn Susan Sarandon Geoffrey Rush The Four Feathers Paramount Pictures Heath Ledger Wes Bentley Djimon Hounsou Kate Hudson Trapped Columbia Pictures Charlize Theron Courtney Love Stuart Townsend Kevin Bacon Dakota Fanning 27 Sweet Home Alabama Touchstone Pictures Reese Witherspoon Josh Lucas Patrick Dempsey Fred Ward Candice Bergen Mary Kay Place The Tuxedo DreamWorks Jackie Chan Jennifer Love Hewitt Jason Isaacs October - December Films that achieved wide-release status after initial release Opening Title Studio Cast & Crew O C T O B E R 4 Jonah: A VeggieTales Movie Big Idea Productions Phil Vischer Mike Nawrocki Red Dragon Universal Studios Dir: Brett Ratner; Edward Norton Anthony Hopkins Ralph Fiennes Harvey Keitel Emily Watson Philip Seymour Hoffman 11 Brown Sugar 20th Century Fox Taye Diggs Sanaa Lathan Mos Def Nicole Ari Parker Boris Kodjoe Queen Latifah Knockaround Guys New Line Cinema Barry Pepper Seth Green Vin Diesel John Malkovich Dennis Hopper The Rules of Attraction Lions Gate Entertainment James van der Beek Shannyn Sossamon Ian Somerhalder Kip Pardue Clifton Collins Jr. Kate Bosworth The Transporter 20th Century Fox Jason Statham Shu Qi Matt Schulze Franois Berland Tuck Everlasting Walt Disney Pictures Alexis Bledel William Hurt Sissy Spacek Jonathan Jackson Scott Bairstow Ben Kingsley Victor Garber White Oleander Warner Bros. Alison Lohman Michelle Pfeiffer Robin Wright Penn Renee Zellweger 18 Abandon Paramount Pictures Katie Holmes Benjamin Bratt Zooey Deschanel Elizabeth Whitmere Fred Ward The 51st State Screen Gems Samuel L. Jackson Robert Carlyle Emily Mortimer Meat Loaf The Ring DreamWorks Dir: Gore Verbinski; Naomi Watts Daveigh Chase Martin Henderson David Dorfman Brian Cox 25 Ghost Ship Warner Bros. Gabriel Byrne Julianna Margulies Desmond Harrington Isiah Washington Ron Eldard Karl Urban Jackass: The Movie Paramount Pictures Johnny Knoxville Bam Margera Chris Pontius Steve-O Ryan Dunn Dave England Jason Acua The Truth About Charlie Universal Studios Dir: Jonathan Demme; Mark Wahlberg Thandie Newton Tim Robbins Ted Levine Lisa Gay Hamilton Time Changer Five & Two Pictures Dir: Rich Christiano; D. David Morin Jennifer O'Neill Hal Linden Gavin MacLeod Paul Rodriguez N O V E M B E R 1 I Spy Columbia Pictures Dir: Betty Thomas; Eddie Murphy Owen Wilson Famke Janssen Malcolm McDowell Gary Cole Phill Lewis The Santa Clause 2 Walt Disney Pictures Tim Allen Elizabeth Mitchell David Krumholtz Eric Lloyd Judge Reinhold Wendy Crewson 6 Femme Fatale Warner Bros. Dir: Brian De Palma; Rebecca Romijn Antonio Banderas 8 8 Mile Universal Studios Dir: Curtis Hanson; Eminem Kim Basinger Brittany Murphy Mekhi Phifer 15 Half Past Dead Columbia Pictures Morris Chestnut Steven Seagal Ja Rule Kurupt Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets Warner Bros. Daniel Radcliffe Rupert Grint Emma Watson Richard Harris Maggie Smith Robbie Coltrane Kenneth Branagh Alan Rickman Jason Isaacs Richard Griffiths Fiona Shaw Julie Walters Warwick Davis 22 Die Another Day Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pierce Brosnan Halle Berry Toby Stephens Rick Yune Rosamund Pike Judi Dench Will Yun Lee The Emperor's Club Universal Studios Kevin Kline Emile Hirsch Embeth Davidtz Rob Morrow Edward Hermann Harris Yulin Paul Dano Friday After Next New Line Cinema Ice Cube Mike Epps John Witherspoon Don 'D.C.' Curry Anna Maria Horsford Clifton Powell 27 Eight Crazy Nights Columbia Pictures Adam Sandler Jackie Titone Austin Stout Rob Schneider Extreme Ops Paramount Pictures Devon Sawa Bridgette Wilson-Sampras Rupert Graves Rufus Sewell Solaris 20th Century Fox Dir: Steven Soderbergh; George Clooney Natascha McElhone Viola Davis Jeremy Davies Ulrich Tukur Treasure Planet Walt Disney Pictures Joseph Gordon-Levitt Brian Murray David Hyde Pierce Martin Short Emma Thompson They Dimension Films Laura Regan Marc Blucas Ethan Embry Dagmara Dominczyk Jon Abrahams D E C E M B E R 6 Analyze That Warner Bros. Dir: Harold Ramis; Robert De Niro Billy Crystal Lisa Kudrow Joe Viterelli Cathy Moriarty Empire Universal Studios John Leguizamo Peter Sarsgaard Delilah Cotto Denise Richards 13 Drumline 20th Century Fox Nick Cannon Orlando Jones Leonard Roberts Zoe Saldana Jason Weaver The Hot Chick Touchstone Pictures Rob Schneider Rachel McAdams Anna Faris Matthew Lawrence Eric Christian Olsen Sam Doumit Maid in Manhattan Revolution Studios Dir: Wayne Wang; Jennifer Lopez Ralph Fiennes Natasha Richardson Star Trek Nemesis Paramount Pictures Dir: Stuart Baird; Patrick Stewart Jonathan Frakes Brent Spiner LeVar Burton Gates McFadden 18 The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers New Line Cinema Dir: Peter Jackson; Elijah Wood Ian McKellen Liv Tyler Viggo Mortensen Sean Astin Cate Blanchett John Rhys-Davies 20 Gangs of New York Miramax Films Dir: Martin Scorsese; Leonardo DiCaprio Daniel Day-Lewis Cameron Diaz John C. Reilly Henry Thomas Jim Broadbent Two Weeks Notice Warner Bros. Dir: Marc Lawrence; Sandra Bullock Hugh Grant The Wild Thornberrys Movie Paramount Pictures Lacey Chabert Tom Kane Tim Curry Lynn Redgrave Jodi Carlisle Danielle Harris Flea 25 Catch Me If You Can DreamWorks Dir: Steven Spielberg; Leonardo DiCaprio Tom Hanks Christopher Walken Amy Adams Martin Sheen Nathalie Baye Pinocchio Miramax Films Dir: Roberto Benigni; Roberto Benigni Nicoletta Braschi Carlo Giuffr Fichi d'India Kim Rossi Stuart