#1 of 10 2002 · Comedy, Romance
$180.6M worldwide · 60% of the chart's total
Sweet Home Alabama (2002) is the highest-grossing English-language movie released in week 39 of 2002 (Sep 22–28), with $180.6M worldwide, ahead of The Tuxedo (2002) at $104.4M and Moonlight Mile (2002) at $10M. 10 English-language films released that week report a worldwide gross, $299.1M in all, 63% of it from the US & Canada. 2 films crossed $100 million; none reached $1 billion. That is up 165% on Week 38, 2002, whose releases took $113.1M. By genre, Comedy leads with $285.1M across 3 English releases.
#1 of 10 2002 · Comedy, Romance
$180.6M worldwide · 60% of the chart's total
Sweet Home Alabama (2002) leads with $180.6M, 60% of the total. The top 5 together took $297.7M, almost all of what the 10 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 39 of 2002 (Sep 22–28).
Sep 27, 2002 US and Canada: $127.2M Rest of the world: $53.4M Worldwide: $180.6M
Sep 27, 2002 US and Canada: $50.5M Rest of the world: $53.8M Worldwide: $104.4M
Sep 27, 2002 US and Canada: $6.8M Rest of the world: $3.2M Worldwide: $10M
Sep 27, 2002 US and Canada: $1.4M Rest of the world: $571.4K Worldwide: $2M
Sep 27, 2002 US and Canada: $712.4K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $712.4K
Sep 25, 2002 US and Canada: $516.7K Rest of the world: $4.5K Worldwide: $521.3K
Sep 23, 2002 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $429.2K
Sep 25, 2002 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $329.2K
Sep 27, 2002 US and Canada: $64.4K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $64.4K
Sep 27, 2002 US and Canada: $21.7K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $21.7K Of the top 10, Shanghai Ghetto (2002) earned the biggest share at home (100% in the US & Canada), while The Tuxedo (2002) made 52% of its gross abroad. Across all 10 films, $187.4M (63%) came from the US & Canada. 2 films of the top 10 report no US & Canada figure.
2 of 10 films crossed $100M and took $285M between them, 95% of the total. 7 films, 70% of the list, earned under $10M.
Week 39 releases took $299.1M. The biggest of these 9 weeks is week 39 (Sep 22–28) with $299.1M, led by Sweet Home Alabama (2002).
Of these 10 years, Week 39, 2002 earned the most: $299.1M from 10 films, led by Sweet Home Alabama (2002).
| Week | Films | Worldwide | Change | Biggest film |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Week 39, 1993 Sep 19–25 6 films | 6 | $110.1M | – | The Good Son (1993) $60.6M |
| Week 39, 1994 Sep 18–24 2 films · −85% | 2 | $16.7M | −85% | Terminal Velocity (1994) $16.5M |
| Week 39, 1995 Sep 24–30 5 films · +266% | 5 | $61M | +266% | Dead Presidents (1995) $24.1M |
| Week 39, 1996 Sep 22–28 4 films · −31% | 4 | $42M | −31% | Extreme Measures (1996) $17.4M |
| Week 39, 1997 Sep 21–27 5 films · +286% | 5 | $161.8M | +286% | The Peacemaker (1997) $110.5M |
| Week 39, 1998 Sep 20–26 8 films · −27% | 8 | $118.7M | −27% | Urban Legend (1998) $72.5M |
| Week 39, 1999 Sep 19–25 8 films · +59% | 8 | $188.8M | +59% | Double Jeopardy (1999) $177.8M |
| Week 39, 2000 Sep 17–23 8 films · −52% | 8 | $90.4M | −52% | Dancer in the Dark (2000) $40.1M |
| Week 39, 2001 Sep 23–29 7 films · +10% | 7 | $99.3M | +10% | Zoolander (2001) $60.8M |
| Week 39, 2002 Sep 22–28 10 films · +201% | 10 | $299.1M | +201% | Sweet Home Alabama (2002) $180.6M |
Comedy took $285.1M across 3 films, 95% of the total, ahead of Romance ($192.7M) and Thriller ($104.8M). A film counts once for each of its genres.
53 weeks of 2002 with reported grosses; the biggest is week 18 (Apr 28–May 4) with $840.9M, led by Spider-Man (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 10 films as the chart.
Sweet Home Alabama (2002) leads with $180.6M worldwide, $127.2M of it in the US & Canada. Next come The Tuxedo (2002) at $104.4M and Moonlight Mile (2002) at $10M.
10 English-language films released in week 39 of 2002 (Sep 22–28) report a worldwide gross, $299.1M in all, or $29.9M per film on average. Week 38, 2002 releases took $113.1M.
None. 2 films crossed $100 million, led by Sweet Home Alabama (2002) with $180.6M.
Films are ranked by lifetime worldwide gross in US dollars, not adjusted for inflation, and grouped by their release date in week 39 of 2002 (Sep 22–28). 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, and so are films whose stored language is most likely wrong.
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.