#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 6
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 251 to 300 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.
- 251
Aug 18, 2002 US and Canada: $119.5K Rest of the world: $151.4K Worldwide: $270.9K - 252
Jan 11, 2002 US and Canada: $195.8K Rest of the world: $69.7K Worldwide: $265.5K - 253
Apr 26, 2002 US and Canada: $235.1K Rest of the world: $26.1K Worldwide: $261.2K - 254
Apr 25, 2002 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $256.5K - 255
Apr 26, 2002 US and Canada: $254.9K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $254.9K - 256
May 10, 2002 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $251.9K - 257
Sep 27, 2002 US and Canada: $249.2K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $249.2K - 258
Jan 11, 2002 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $243.7K - 259
Jan 23, 2002 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $233.5K - 260
Dec 30, 2002 US and Canada: $213.1K Rest of the world: $10.3K Worldwide: $223.4K - 261
May 23, 2002 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $218.1K - 262
Jan 25, 2002 US and Canada: $66.1K Rest of the world: $149.7K Worldwide: $215.9K - 263
The Bankers of God: The Calvi Affair (2002)Mar 7, 2002 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $211.8K
Mar 7, 2002 · Italian · Drama, Thriller $211.8K worldwide - 264
Mar 27, 2002 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $210.6K - 265
Jan 27, 2002 US and Canada: $21.9K Rest of the world: $184.9K Worldwide: $206.8K - 266
Jan 18, 2002 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $191.4K - 267
Sep 20, 2002 US and Canada: $82K Rest of the world: $98.7K Worldwide: $180.6K - 268
Jun 7, 2002 US and Canada: $179.8K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $179.8K - 269
Sep 13, 2002 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $177.1K - 270
Oct 18, 2002 US and Canada: $175.7K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $175.7K - 271
Jul 12, 2002 US and Canada: $26.5K Rest of the world: $145.3K Worldwide: $171.8K - 272
Sep 20, 2002 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $171.7K - 273
Nov 8, 2002 US and Canada: $171.4K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $171.4K - 274
Mar 21, 2002 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $165.2K - 275
Mar 1, 2002 US and Canada: $134.7K Rest of the world: $28.6K Worldwide: $163.3K - 276
Sep 10, 2002 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $156K - 277
Oct 11, 2002 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $154.6K - 278
Oct 11, 2002 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $151.5K - 279
May 24, 2002 US and Canada: $148.5K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $148.5K - 280
Jun 21, 2002 US and Canada: $144K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $144K - 281
Feb 14, 2002 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $143.7K - 282
Dec 27, 2002 US and Canada: $30K Rest of the world: $102.2K Worldwide: $132.2K - 283
Feb 22, 2002 US and Canada: $129.3K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $129.3K - 284
Don Quixote, Knight Errant (2002)Sep 4, 2002 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $128.8K
Sep 4, 2002 · Spanish · Adventure, Comedy, Drama $128.8K worldwide - 285
Jul 25, 2002 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $128.3K - 286
Apr 5, 2002 US and Canada: $127.5K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $127.5K - 287
Oct 25, 2002 US and Canada: $23.7K Rest of the world: $97.6K Worldwide: $121.3K - 288
Aug 22, 2002 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $118.9K - 289
Feb 10, 2002 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $118.3K - 290
May 26, 2002 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $117.4K - 291
Jan 25, 2002 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $115.6K - 292
Oct 25, 2002 US and Canada: $43.9K Rest of the world: $69.2K Worldwide: $113.2K - 293
Sep 27, 2002 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $112.4K - 294
Jan 25, 2002 US and Canada: $111.8K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $111.8K - 295
Feb 7, 2002 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $109.6K - 296
Feb 24, 2002 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $108.6K - 297
Jul 3, 2002 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $105.4K - 298
Feb 22, 2002 US and Canada: $104.3K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $104.3K - 299
Mar 21, 2002 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $104.2K - 300
Apr 19, 2002 US and Canada: $103.9K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $103.9K
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)