#1 of 397 #1 drama movie of 2002
2002 · Sci-Fi, Drama
$408.2M worldwide · 8% of the chart's total
$228M US & Canada · 56% $180.3M elsewhere · 44%
Drama box office · 2002
Drama Box Office 2002: Highest-Grossing Drama Movies, Page 2
Signs (2002) is the highest-grossing drama movie released in 2002, with $408.2M worldwide, ahead of Catch Me If You Can (2002) at $352.1M and 8 Mile (2002) at $242.9M. 397 drama films released in 2002 report a worldwide gross, $5.2B in all, 54% of it from the US & Canada. 14 films crossed $100 million; none reached $1 billion. That is up 14% on 2001, whose releases took $4.6B. By language, English leads with $4.2B across 186 drama releases.
- 2002 releases with a gross
- 397
- combined worldwide
- $5.2B
- films crossed $100M
- 14
- vs 2001
- +14%
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Every Drama Release of 2002, Ranked by Worldwide Gross
Ranks 51 to 100 of 397. Lifetime worldwide grosses in US dollars, not adjusted for inflation; domestic means the US & Canada. Films are grouped by their release date in 2002.
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Oct 4, 2002 US and Canada: $25.6M Rest of the world: $40.1K Worldwide: $25.6M - 52
Nov 15, 2002 US and Canada: $445.4K Rest of the world: $24.5M Worldwide: $25M - 53
Oct 11, 2002 US and Canada: $17.8M Rest of the world: $6.8M Worldwide: $24.7M - 54
Dec 19, 2002 US and Canada: $13.1M Rest of the world: $10.9M Worldwide: $23.9M - 55
Nov 27, 2002 US and Canada: $23.6M Rest of the world: $246.5K Worldwide: $23.8M - 56
Dec 19, 2002 US and Canada: $21.1M Rest of the world: $2.3M Worldwide: $23.4M - 57
Oct 11, 2002 US and Canada: $16.4M Rest of the world: $5.3M Worldwide: $21.7M - 58
Aug 23, 2002 US and Canada: $9.7M Rest of the world: $9.9M Worldwide: $19.6M - 59
Oct 11, 2002 US and Canada: $19.2M Rest of the world: $182.6K Worldwide: $19.3M - 60
Dec 6, 2002 US and Canada: $17.6M Rest of the world: $990.8K Worldwide: $18.6M - 61
The Importance of Being Earnest (2002)May 22, 2002 US and Canada: $8.4M Rest of the world: $9.6M Worldwide: $18M
May 22, 2002 · English · Drama, Comedy, Romance $18M worldwide - 62
Nov 20, 2002 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $17.8M - 63
Aug 2, 2002 US and Canada: $1M Rest of the world: $16.7M Worldwide: $17.8M - 64
Apr 12, 2002 US and Canada: $13.1M Rest of the world: $4.3M Worldwide: $17.4M - 65
Aug 7, 2002 US and Canada: $14M Rest of the world: $2.8M Worldwide: $16.9M - 66
Nov 22, 2002 US and Canada: $14.1M Rest of the world: $2.2M Worldwide: $16.3M - 67
Nov 29, 2002 US and Canada: $6.2M Rest of the world: $10M Worldwide: $16.2M - 68
Aug 23, 2002 US and Canada: $12.8M Rest of the world: $2.2M Worldwide: $14.9M - 69
Aug 16, 2002 US and Canada: $10.1M Rest of the world: $4.7M Worldwide: $14.8M - 70
Sep 13, 2002 US and Canada: $14M Rest of the world: $240.6K Worldwide: $14.3M - 71
Jun 21, 2002 US and Canada: $13.7M Rest of the world: $131.9K Worldwide: $13.8M - 72
Sep 18, 2002 US and Canada: $144.6K Rest of the world: $13.6M Worldwide: $13.8M - 73
Sep 20, 2002 US and Canada: $7.1M Rest of the world: $6.3M Worldwide: $13.4M - 74
Oct 11, 2002 US and Canada: $11.7M Rest of the world: $1.1M Worldwide: $12.8M - 75
Dec 20, 2002 US and Canada: $10.5M Rest of the world: $2.2M Worldwide: $12.6M - 76
Oct 18, 2002 US and Canada: $10.7M Rest of the world: $1.6M Worldwide: $12.3M - 77
Oct 11, 2002 US and Canada: $6.5M Rest of the world: $5.3M Worldwide: $11.8M - 78
Jan 25, 2002 US and Canada: $1M Rest of the world: $10.8M Worldwide: $11.8M - 79
Jun 28, 2002 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $10.6M - 80
Sep 27, 2002 US and Canada: $97.2K Rest of the world: $10.3M Worldwide: $10.4M - 81
Sep 27, 2002 US and Canada: $6.8M Rest of the world: $3.2M Worldwide: $10M - 82
Aug 16, 2002 US and Canada: $4.2M Rest of the world: $5.7M Worldwide: $9.9M - 83
Nov 14, 2002 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $9.8M - 84
Mar 6, 2002 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $9.5M - 85
Aug 30, 2002 US and Canada: $280K Rest of the world: $9M Worldwide: $9.3M - 86
Sep 20, 2002 US and Canada: $4.1M Rest of the world: $5.2M Worldwide: $9.3M - 87
Mar 22, 2002 US and Canada: $624.8K Rest of the world: $8.1M Worldwide: $8.8M - 88
Mar 4, 2002 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $8.7M - 89
Jan 4, 2002 US and Canada: $6.3M Rest of the world: $2.4M Worldwide: $8.7M - 90
Nov 29, 2002 US and Canada: $3M Rest of the world: $5.6M Worldwide: $8.7M - 91
Oct 18, 2002 US and Canada: $5.9M Rest of the world: $1.9M Worldwide: $7.8M - 92
Jul 12, 2002 US and Canada: $1.6M Rest of the world: $6M Worldwide: $7.6M - 93
Feb 22, 2002 US and Canada: $92.8K Rest of the world: $7.2M Worldwide: $7.3M - 94
May 18, 2002 US and Canada: $1.1M Rest of the world: $6.2M Worldwide: $7.3M - 95
Sep 13, 2002 US and Canada: $4.8M Rest of the world: $2.1M Worldwide: $6.9M - 96
Mar 29, 2002 US and Canada: $1M Rest of the world: $5.8M Worldwide: $6.8M - 97
Apr 26, 2002 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $6.6M - 98
May 4, 2002 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $6.1M - 99
Dec 12, 2002 US and Canada: $1.6K Rest of the world: $5.9M Worldwide: $5.9M - 100
Dec 20, 2002 US and Canada: $1.6M Rest of the world: $4.2M Worldwide: $5.8M
Archive
Drama Box Office Year by Year
Every year from 1919 to 2026 with its total and its biggest film. 2019 leads with $13.9B, led by The Lion King (2019).
2020s 7 years · $50.1B
2010s 10 years · $113.6B
- 2019 $13.9B #1 The Lion King (2019)
- 2018 $12.7B #1 Black Panther (2018)
- 2017 $12.5B #1 Wolf Warrior 2 (2017)
- 2016 $11.1B #1 The Jungle Book (2016)
- 2015 $11.6B #1 Inside Out (2015)
- 2014 $10.3B #1 The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1 (2014)
- 2013 $12.1B #1 The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug (2013)
- 2012 $12B #1 The Dark Knight Rises (2012)
- 2011 $7.8B #1 The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1 (2011)
- 2010 $9.6B #1 Inception (2010)
2000s 10 years · $70.7B
- 2009 $9.9B #1 2012 (2009)
- 2008 $10.6B #1 The Dark Knight (2008)
- 2007 $7.6B #1 I Am Legend (2007)
- 2006 $7.5B #1 The Devil Wears Prada (2006)
- 2005 $8.1B #1 War of the Worlds (2005)
- 2004 $6.4B #1 The Passion of the Christ (2004)
- 2003 $5B #1 Bruce Almighty (2003)
- 2002 $5.2B #1 Signs (2002)
- 2001 $4.6B #1 Pearl Harbor (2001)
- 2000 $5.8B #1 Gladiator (2000)
1990s 10 years · $42.3B
- 1999 $5.2B #1 The Sixth Sense (1999)
- 1998 $4.9B #1 Saving Private Ryan (1998)
- 1997 $5.9B #1 Titanic (1997)
- 1996 $4.5B #1 Twister (1996)
- 1995 $4.8B #1 Apollo 13 (1995)
- 1994 $4.3B #1 The Lion King (1994)
- 1993 $4.7B #1 Mrs. Doubtfire (1993)
- 1992 $2.9B #1 The Bodyguard (1992)
- 1991 $2.4B #1 Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (1991)
- 1990 $2.7B #1 Ghost (1990)
1980s 10 years · $14.2B
- 1989 $2B #1 Dead Poets Society (1989)
- 1988 $2.1B #1 Rain Man (1988)
- 1987 $1.7B #1 Fatal Attraction (1987)
- 1986 $1.4B #1 Top Gun (1986)
- 1985 $1.5B #1 Rocky IV (1985)
- 1984 $1.4B #1 Beverly Hills Cop (1984)
- 1983 $1.1B #1 Terms of Endearment (1983)
- 1982 $1.3B #1 Tootsie (1982)
- 1981 $889.5M #1 On Golden Pond (1981)
- 1980 $674.6M #1 Coal Miner's Daughter (1980)
1970s 10 years · $5B
- 1979 $919.3M #1 Kramer vs. Kramer (1979)
- 1978 $585M #1 Jaws 2 (1978)
- 1977 $832.1M #1 Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)
- 1976 $378.6M #1 Rocky (1976)
- 1975 $303.6M #1 One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)
- 1974 $439.5M #1 The Towering Inferno (1974)
- 1973 $869.6M #1 The Exorcist (1973)
- 1972 $337M #1 The Godfather (1972)
- 1971 $133.4M #1 The French Connection (1971)
- 1970 $229.2M #1 Airport (1970)
1960s 10 years · $865.1M
- 1969 $164M #1 Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)
- 1968 $59.2M #1 Funny Girl (1968)
- 1967 $166.8M #1 The Graduate (1967)
- 1966 $29.7M #1 Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966)
- 1965 $272.6M #1 The Sound of Music (1965)
- 1964 $74.9M #1 My Fair Lady (1964)
- 1963 $63.5M #1 Cleopatra (1963)
- 1962 $6M #1 The Manchurian Candidate (1962)
- 1961 $6.5M #1 Mother and a Guest (1961)
- 1960 $21.9M #1 The Apartment (1960)
1950s 10 years · $438.7M
- 1959 $75M #1 Ben-Hur (1959)
- 1958 $3.3M #1 Touch of Evil (1958)
- 1957 $32.5M #1 The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)
- 1956 $119.9M #1 The Ten Commandments (1956)
- 1955 $95.8M #1 Lady and the Tramp (1955)
- 1954 $32.7M #1 The Caine Mutiny (1954)
- 1953 $36.8M #1 The Robe (1953)
- 1952 $36.5M #1 The Greatest Show on Earth (1952)
- 1951 $4.5M #1 Ace in the Hole (1951)
- 1950 $1.5M #1 Shadow on the Wall (1950)
1940s 10 years · $775.9M
- 1949 $164.2K #1 Stray Dog (1949)
- 1948 $6.2M #1 The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)
- 1947 $11.1M #1 It's a Wonderful Life (1947)
- 1946 $54.6M #1 The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
- 1945 $22M #1 The Bells of St. Mary’s (1945)
- 1944 $102.5K #1 Henry V (1944)
- 1943 $4.9M #1 Casablanca (1943)
- 1942 $270.1M #1 Bambi (1942)
- 1941 $1.8M #1 Citizen Kane (1941)
- 1940 $404.9M #1 Gone with the Wind (1940)
1930s 10 years · $2.8M
- 1939 $1.1M #1 Wuthering Heights (1939)
- 1938 $47.4K #1 Port of Shadows (1938)
- 1937 $19.3K #1 Stage Door (1937)
- 1936 $536.4K #1 Modern Times (1936)
- 1935 $516K #1 Sylvia Scarlett (1935)
- 1934 $13.2K #1 L’Atalante (1934)
- 1933 $451.3K #1 Baby Face (1933)
- 1932 $47.1K #1 The Old Dark House (1932)
- 1931 $46.6K #1 M (1931)
- 1930 $5.1K #1 The Blue Angel (1930)
1920s 8 years · $10.4M
- 1929 $89.2K #1 Pandora’s Box (1929)
- 1928 $40.9K #1 The Air Circus (1928)
- 1927 $161.5K #1 Sunrise (1927)
- 1926 $720.7K #1 Flesh and the Devil (1926)
- 1925 $82.5K #1 The Gold Rush (1925)
- 1923 $12.9K #1 A Woman of Paris: A Drama of Fate (1923)
- 1921 $9.2M #1 The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse (1921)
- 1920 $9.3K #1 The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920)