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2002 in film is an overview of events, including the highest-grossing films, award ceremonies, festivals, a list of country- and genre- specific lists of films released, notable deaths and film debuts. Paramount Pictures celebrated its 90th anniversary in 2002.

Highest-grossing films

The top 10 films released in 2002 by worldwide gross are as follows:[1]

Highest-grossing films of 2002
RankTitleDistributorWorldwide gross
1 The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers New Line $936,689,735
2 Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets Warner Bros. $878,979,634
3 Spider-Man Sony Pictures $821,708,551
4 Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones 20th Century Fox $653,741,940
5 Men in Black II Sony Pictures $441,818,803
6 Die Another Day MGM / 20th Century Fox $431,971,116
7 Signs Buena Vista $408,247,917
8 Ice Age 20th Century Fox $383,257,136
9 My Big Fat Greek Wedding IFC $368,744,044
10 Minority Report 20th Century Fox / DreamWorks $358,372,926

2002 was the first year to see three films cross the eight-hundred-million-dollar milestone, surpassing the previous year's record of two eight-hundred-million-dollar films. It also surpasses the previous year's record of having the most ticket sales in a single year (fueled by the success of various sequels and the first Spider-Man movie).

Events

Awards

Category/Organization8th Critics' Choice Awards
January 17, 2003
60th Golden Globe Awards
January 19, 2003
56th BAFTA Awards
February 23, 2003
Producers, Directors, Screen Actors, and Writers Guild Awards75th Academy Awards
March 23, 2003
DramaMusical or Comedy
Best FilmChicagoThe HoursChicagoThe PianistChicago
Best DirectorSteven Spielberg
Catch Me If You Can and Minority Report
Martin Scorsese
Gangs of New York
Roman Polanski
The Pianist
Rob Marshall
Chicago
Roman Polanski
The Pianist
Best ActorJack Nicholson
About Schmidt
Daniel Day-Lewis
Gangs of New York
Jack Nicholson
About Schmidt
Richard Gere
Chicago
Daniel Day-Lewis
Gangs of New York
Adrien Brody
The Pianist
Best ActressJulianne Moore
Far from Heaven
Nicole Kidman
The Hours
Renée Zellweger
Chicago
Nicole Kidman
The Hours
Renée Zellweger
Chicago
Nicole Kidman
The Hours
Best Supporting ActorChris Cooper
Adaptation.
Christopher Walken
Catch Me If You Can
Chris Cooper
Adaptation.
Best Supporting ActressCatherine Zeta-Jones
Chicago
Meryl Streep
Adaptation.
Catherine Zeta-Jones
Chicago
Best Screenplay, AdaptedAdaptation. and Confessions of a Dangerous Mind
Charlie Kaufman
About Schmidt
Alexander Payne and Jim Taylor
Adaptation.
Charlie and Donald Kaufman
The Hours
David Hare
The Pianist
Ronald Harwood
Best Screenplay, OriginalTalk to Her
Pedro Almodóvar
Bowling for Columbine
Michael Moore
Talk to Her
Pedro Almodóvar
Best Animated FilmSpirited AwaySpirited Away
Best Original SongLose Yourself
8 Mile
The Hands That Built America
Gangs of New York
Lose Yourself
8 Mile
Best Original ScoreCatch Me If You Can
John Williams
Frida
Elliot Goldenthal
The Hours
Philip Glass
Frida
Elliot Goldenthal
Best Foreign Language FilmY Tu Mamá TambiénTalk to HerNowhere in Africa

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

2002 films

By country/region

By genre/medium

Births

Deaths

MonthDateNameAgeCountryProfessionNotable films
January 1Carol Ohmart74USActress
1Julia Phillips57USProducer
6Mario Nascimbene88ItalyComposer
7Avery Schreiber66USActor
9Bill McCutcheon77USActor
11Henri Verneuil81TurkeyDirector, Screenwriter
12Stanley Unwin90UKActor
13Ted Demme38USDirector, Producer
15Jeremy Hawk83UKActor
17Queenie Leonard96UKActress
19Roy Conrad61USActor
20Harold Kasket75UKActor
21Peggy Lee81USSinger, Actress
23Howard A. Smith89USFilm Editor
29Stratford Johns76UKActor
29Harold Russell88CanadaActor
February 1Hildegard Knef76GermanyActress
4George Nader80USActor
6Guy Stockwell68USActor
7Diane Hart75UKActress
11Barry Foster74UKActor
13Waylon Jennings64USSinger, Actor
15Lucille Lund88USActress
18Giustino Durano78ItalyActor
18Jack Lambert81USActor
18Byrne Piven72USActor
19Gene Ruggiero91USFilm Editor
20Fredric Steinkamp73USFilm Editor
21John Thaw60UKActor
22Chuck Jones89USAnimator, Director
25Claire Davenport68UKActress
26Lawrence Tierney82USActor
27Spike Milligan83IndiaActor
28Mary Stuart75USActress
March 2Mary Grant85UKCostume Designer
4Eric Flynn62ChinaActor
4Shirley Russell66UKCostume Designer
10Irene Worth85USActress
16Carmelo Bene64ItalyActor, Director
17William Witney86USDirector
18Denis Forest41CanadaActor
23Richard Sylbert73USProduction Designer
23James Culliford74UKActor
26Louis M. Heyward81USProducer, Screenwriter
27Milton Berle93USActor, Comedian
27Dudley Moore66UKActor
27Billy Wilder95AustriaDirector, Screenwriter
April 2Jack Kruschen80CanadaActor
3Roy Huggins87USScreenwriter
4Harry O'Connor44USStuntman
6Nobu McCarthy67CanadaActress
7John Agar81USActor
8María Félix88MexicoActress
15Dave King72UKActor
16Alexander Doré78UKActor
16Robert Urich55USActor
17James Copeland84UKActor
19Reginald Rose81USScreenwriter
21Terry Walsh62UKStuntman, Actor
22Linda Lovelace53USPorn Actress
23Carla Fry40USProducer, Executive
25Michael Bryant74UKActor
28John Wilkinson82USSound Engineer
May 2Ron Soble74USActor
5George Sidney85USDirector
8Lou Lombardo91USFilm Editor
10Linda Francis62USCasting Director
11Bill Peet87USScreenwriter
14Ray Stricklyn73USActor
15Bryan Pringle67UKActor
23Dorothy Spencer93USFilm Editor
25Pat Coombs75UKActress
June 2Herman Cohen76USProducer
3Lew Wasserman89USStudio Executive
3Sam Whipple41USActor
7Signe Hasso86SwedenActress
22Chang Cheh79ChinaDirector, Screenwriter
25Charles C. Bennett62USProduction Designer
26Dolores Gray78USActress
28François Périer82FranceActor
29Rosemary Clooney74USSinger, Actress
July 4Ivan Moffat84CubaScreenwriter
5Katy Jurado78MexicoActress
6John Frankenheimer72USDirector, Producer
8Ward Kimball88USAnimator
9Gerald Campion81UKActor
9Rod Steiger77USActor
15Phil Roth72USActor
17Harry W. Gerstad93USFilm Editor
23Leo McKern82AustraliaActor
24Maurice Denham92UKActor
26Buddy Baker84USComposer
August 3Peter Miles64USActor
9Peter Matz73USComposer, Arranger, Conductor
14Peter R. Hunt77UKFilm Editor, Director
15Henry Batista88USFilm Editor
15Yuriy Yakovlev71BulgariaActor
16Jeff Corey88USActor
18Dean Riesner83USScreenwriter
23Dennis Fimple78USActor
25Stanley R. Greenberg74USScreenwriter
30J. Lee Thompson88UKDirector
September 3Ted Ross68USActor
5Cliff Gorman65USActor
7Katrin Cartlidge41UKActress
7Michael Elphick55UKActor
11Kim Hunter79USActress
14LaWanda Page81USActress
16James Gregory90USActor
18Hazel Brooks78South AfricaActress
22Carmen Phillips65USActress
27P.A. Lundgren91SwedenArt Director, Production Deigner
28Whitney Blake76USActress
October 3Tad Horino81USActor
4André Delvaux76BelgiumDirector
4Buddy Lester85USActor
8Phyllis Calvert87UKActress
9Charles Guggenheim78USDocumentarian
12Hilyard M. Brown92USArt Director
13Keene Curtis79USActor
13Dennis Patrick84USActor
18Chuck Domanico58USMusician
21George Hall85CanadaActor
23Adolph Green87USScreenwriter, Lyricist, Actor
23Nathan Juran95RomaniaDirector
24Charmian May65UKActress
24Peggy Moran84USActress
24Scott Plank43USActor
25Micheline Cheirel85FranceActress
25Richard Harris72UKActor
27André de Toth90HungaryDirector, Screenwriter
28Margaret Booth104USFilm Editor
28Lawrence Dobkin83USActor, Director
29Marina Berti78ItalyActress
29Glenn McQueen41CanadaAnimator
30Lee H. Katzin67USDirector
31Raf Vallone86ItalyActor
November 1Keith A. Wester62USSound Engineer
2Lo Lieh63IndonesiaActor
4Antonio Margheriti72ItalyDirector, Screenwriter
14Eddie Bracken87USActor
17Marvin Mirisch84USProducer
18James Coburn74USActor
22Parley Baer88USActor
22Joan Barclay88USActress
22Adele Jergens84USActress
24Noel Davis75UKCasting Director
25Karel Reisz76Czech RepublicDirector, Producer
26Stanley Black89UKComposer, Conductor
27Billie Bird94USActress
27Wolfgang Preiss92GermanyActor
29Daniel Gélin81FranceActor
29John Justin85UKActor
December 2Edgar Scherick78USProducer
3Glenn Quinn32IrelandActor
10Peter Tanner88UKFilm Editor
12Brad Dexter85USActor
14Sidney Glazier86USProducer
14Ruth Kobart78USActress
15Arthur Jeph Parker79USSet Decorator
17James Hazeldine55UKActor
18Edward Norris91USActor
22Duke Callaghan88USCinematographer
22Susan Fleming94USActress
22Clay Tanner71USActor
22Kenneth Tobey85USActor
27George Roy Hill81USDirector
30Mary Brian96USActress

Film debuts

References

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