2002 in film

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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.

Top grossing films

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	$925,282,504	$341,786,758	$91,914,687	$26,850,032
2	Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets	Warner Bros.	$878,643,482	$261,988,482	$88,104,108	$20,857,535
3	Spider-Man	Columbia Pictures	$821,708,551	$403,706,375	$45,780,340	$16,890,782
4	Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones	Fox/Lucasfilm	$649,398,328	$310,676,740	$58,762,764	$18,632,998
5	Men in Black II	Columbia Pictures	$441,818,803	$190,418,803	$34,571,702	$9,698,146
6	Die Another Day	MGM	$431,971,116	$160,942,139	$59,182,873	$10,520,593
7	Signs	Touchstone	$408,247,917	$227,966,634	$25,004,129	$6,475,864
8	Ice Age	Fox	$383,257,136	$176,387,405	$21,425,322	$10,869,472
9	My Big Fat Greek Wedding	IFC Films	$368,744,044	$241,438,208	$20,927,227	$15,168,243
10	Minority Report	DreamWorks/Fox	$358,372,926	$132,072,926	$31,388,860	$6,584,824

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

May - The Pianist directed by Roman Polanski wins the "Palme d'Or" at the Cannes Film Festival.
May 3–5 - 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.
Amélie directed by Jean-Pierre Jeunet wins the 2002 César Award for Best Film, Best Director, Best Music, and Best Art Direction. Amélie 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
Category/Organization	Drama	Musical or Comedy	56th BAFTA Awards February 23, 2003	75th Academy Awards March 23, 2003
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	Renée 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	About Schmidt Alexander Payne and Jim Taylor		Talk to Her Pedro Almodóvar	Talk to Her Pedro Almodóvar
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 Beyoncé 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

F

Far from Heaven
FeardotCom
Femme Fatale
The First $20 Million Is Always the Hardest
The Four Feathers
Frailty
Frida
FUBAR
Full Frontal

G

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

J

K

L

M

Madame Satã
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

O

P

Q

R

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

U

V

Valentín

W

X

xXx

Films released in 2002 by country

List of Argentine films:2002

Notable deaths

<font-size=100%> Month	<font-size=100%> Date	<font-size=100%> Name	<font-size=100%> Age	<font-size=100%>Country	<font-size=100%> Profession	<font-size=100%> Notable films
<font-size=100%> 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
<font-size=100%> 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
<font-size=100%> 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
<font-size=100%> 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
<font-size=100%> 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
<font-size=100%> 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
<font-size=100%> 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
<font-size=100%> 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
	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
<font-size=100%> 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
<font-size=100%> 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
	27	André 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
<font-size=100%> 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
<font-size=100%> 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*
<font-size=100%> Opening		<font-size=100%> Title	<font-size=100%> Studio	<font-size=100%> Cast & Crew
<font-size=300%>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
<font-size=300%>F E B R U A R Y
	1	Birthday Girl	Miramax Films	Nicole Kidman, Ben Chaplin, Vincent Cassel, Mathieu Kassovitz
	1	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 Iureş
		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
	22	Queen of the Damned	Warner Bros.	Aaliyah, Stuart Townsend, Marguerite Moreau, Paul McGann, Vincent Perez, Lena Olin
<font-size=300%>M A R C H	1	40 Days and 40 Nights	Miramax Films	Dir: Michael Lehmann; Josh Hartnett, Shannyn Sossamon, Paulo Costanzo
	1	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
	8	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 Garcés, 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*
<font-size=100%> Opening		<font-size=100%> Title	<font-size=100%> Studio	<font-size=100%> Cast & Crew
<font-size=300%>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 Möller
	26	Jason X	New Line Cinema	Kane Hodder, Lexa Doig, Lisa Ryder, Chuck Campbell, Jonathan Potts, Peter Mensah, Melyssa Ade
	26	Life or Something Like It	20th Century Fox	Dir: Stephen Herek; Angelina Jolie, Edward Burns, Stockard Channing, Christian Kane, Tony Shalhoub
<font-size=300%>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, Téa 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, Ciarán Hinds, Liev Schreiber, Bridget Moynahan
	31	Undercover Brother	Universal Studios	Eddie Griffin, Chris Kattan, Dave Chappelle, Denise Richards, Aunjanue Ellis, Neil Patrick Harris
<font-size=300%>J U N E	7	Bad Company	Touchstone Pictures	Dir: Joel Schumacher; Anthony Hopkins, Chris Rock
	7	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. Núñez 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
	28	Mr. Deeds	Columbia Pictures	Dir: Steven Brill; Adam Sandler, Winona Ryder, Peter Gallagher, Jared Harris, Allen Covert, John Turturro

July - September

*‡ Films that achieved wide-release status after initial release*
<font-size=100%> Opening		<font-size=100%> Title	<font-size=100%> Studio	<font-size=100%> Cast & Crew
<font-size=300%>J U L Y	3	The Powerpuff Girls Movie	Warner Bros.	Cathy Cavadini, Tara Strong, Elizabeth Daily, Rogen L. Jackson, Tom Kane, Tom Kenny, Jennifer Hale
	5	Like Mike	20th Century Fox	Bow Wow, Brenda Song, Morris Chestnut, Jonathan Lipnicki
	5	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 Wührer, 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, Beyoncé Knowles, Michael Caine, Seth Green, Michael York, Robert Wagner, Mindy Sterling, Verne Troyer
	The Country Bears	26	Walt Disney Pictures	Don Henley, Haley Joel Osment, Diedrich Bader, James Gammon, Brad Garrett, Queen Latifah, Elton John, Christopher Walken
<font-size=300%>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
	9	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 Guzmán, James Rebhorn, Pam Grier, Burt Young
	16	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
<font-size=300%>S E P T E M B E R	6	City by the Sea	Warner Bros.	Robert De Niro, Eliza Dushku, James Franco
	6	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
	13	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
	27	The Tuxedo	DreamWorks	Jackie Chan, Jennifer Love Hewitt, Jason Isaacs

October - December

*‡ Films that achieved wide-release status after initial release*
<font-size=100%> Opening		<font-size=100%> Title	<font-size=100%> Studio	<font-size=100%> Cast & Crew
<font-size=300%>O C T O B E R	4	Jonah: A VeggieTales Movie	Big Idea Productions	Phil Vischer, Mike Nawrocki
	4	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, François Berléand
		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 Acuña
		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
<font-size=300%>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
	1	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
	15	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
<font-size=300%>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
	6	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
	25	Pinocchio	Miramax Films	Dir: Roberto Benigni; Roberto Benigni, Nicoletta Braschi, Carlo Giuffrè, Fichi d'India, Kim Rossi Stuart