#1 of 16 2002 · Drama, Thriller
$34.4M worldwide · 43% of the chart's total
Swimfan (2002) is the highest-grossing drama movie released in week 36 of 2002 (Sep 1–7), with $34.4M worldwide, ahead of City by the Sea (2002) at $29.7M and Naked (2002) at $5.7M. 16 drama films released that week report a worldwide gross, $79.6M in all, 64% of it from the US & Canada. That is 4.8 times the total of Week 35, 2002, whose releases took $16.6M. By language, English leads with $67M across 5 drama releases.
#1 of 16 2002 · Drama, Thriller
$34.4M worldwide · 43% of the chart's total
Swimfan (2002) leads with $34.4M, 43% of the total. The top 5 together took $74.3M, 93% of what all 16 films earned. Each bar splits a film's gross into the US & Canada and the rest of the world.
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Number 5 US & Canada (domestic) Rest of the world
Lifetime worldwide grosses in US dollars, not adjusted for inflation; domestic means the US & Canada. Films are grouped by their release date in week 36 of 2002 (Sep 1–7).
Sep 6, 2002 US and Canada: $28.6M Rest of the world: $5.8M Worldwide: $34.4M
Sep 6, 2002 US and Canada: $22.4M Rest of the world: $7.2M Worldwide: $29.7M
Sep 2, 2002 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $5.7M
Sep 6, 2002 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $2.9M
Sep 6, 2002 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $1.5M
Sep 7, 2002 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $1.5M
Sep 7, 2002 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $1.1M
Sep 6, 2002 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $1M
Sep 5, 2002 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $919.6K
Sep 6, 2002 US and Canada: $252.1K Rest of the world: $251.5K Worldwide: $503.5K
Sep 4, 2002 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $100.5K
Sep 1, 2002 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $92K
Sep 3, 2002 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $14.4K
Sep 4, 2002 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $892
Sep 2, 2002 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $85 Of the top 10, Swimfan (2002) earned the biggest share at home (83% in the US & Canada), while In Praise of Love (2002) made 50% of its gross abroad. Across all 16 films, $51.3M (64%) came from the US & Canada. 7 films of the top 10 report no US & Canada figure.
None of the 16 films reached $100M. 14 films, 88% of the list, earned under $10M. Each band shows its films and its share of the $79.6M total.
Week 36 releases took $79.6M. The biggest of these 9 weeks is week 31 (Jul 28–Aug 3) with $426.5M, led by Signs (2002).
Of these 10 years, Week 36, 2002 earned the most: $79.6M from 16 films, led by Swimfan (2002).
| Week | Films | Worldwide | Change | Biggest film |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Week 36, 1993 Aug 29–Sep 4 7 films | 7 | $20.7M | – | Iron Monkey (1993) $14.7M |
| Week 36, 1994 Aug 28–Sep 3 6 films · +186% | 6 | $59.2M | +186% | The Shawshank Redemption (1994) $29.3M |
| Week 36, 1995 Sep 3–9 8 films · −11% | 8 | $52.7M | −11% | To Wong Foo Thanks for Everything, Julie Newmar (1995) $47.8M |
| Week 36, 1996 Sep 1–7 8 films · −97% | 8 | $1.7M | −97% | Twelfth Night (1996) $588.6K |
| Week 36, 1997 Aug 31–Sep 6 5 films · +244% | 5 | $5.8M | +244% | Mrs. Dalloway (1997) $3.3M |
| Week 36, 1998 Aug 30–Sep 5 4 films · −59% | 4 | $2.4M | −59% | Dancing at Lughnasa (1998) $2.3M |
| Week 36, 1999 Aug 29–Sep 4 4 films · +237% | 4 | $8.1M | +237% | Outside Providence (1999) $7.3M |
| Week 36, 2000 Aug 27–Sep 2 6 films · −86% | 6 | $1.1M | −86% | Wildflowers (2000) $751K |
| Week 36, 2001 Sep 2–8 18 films · +6448% | 18 | $73.3M | +6448% | The Musketeer (2001) $32.5M |
| Week 36, 2002 Sep 1–7 16 films · +9% | 16 | $79.6M | +9% | Swimfan (2002) $34.4M |
English-language drama films took $67M across 5 films, 84% of the total, ahead of German-language drama films ($5.7M) and French-language drama films ($2.1M).
53 weeks of 2002 with reported grosses; the biggest is week 52 (Dec 22–28) with $588.8M, led by Catch Me If You Can (2002).
The chart's numbers in short: the #1 film, the total, the billion-dollar hits and the US & Canada share, answered from the same 16 films as the chart.
Swimfan (2002) leads with $34.4M worldwide, $28.6M of it in the US & Canada. Next come City by the Sea (2002) at $29.7M and Naked (2002) at $5.7M.
16 drama films released in week 36 of 2002 (Sep 1–7) report a worldwide gross, $79.6M in all, or $5M per film on average. Week 35, 2002 releases took $16.6M.
None. The biggest, Swimfan (2002), earned $34.4M.
Films are ranked by lifetime worldwide gross in US dollars, not adjusted for inflation, and grouped by their release date in week 36 of 2002 (Sep 1–7). The figures are the reported box office grosses in our database. A gross that looks misattributed, such as one figure shared by two unrelated films or a blockbuster total on an obscure title, is left out rather than shown as a fact.
Grosses change while films are in theaters and whenever a new figure is reported; this chart reads the latest numbers in our database, so an older film can still move after a re-release.