2002 in film explained

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
Rank	Title	Distributor	Worldwide gross
1		New Line	$936,689,735
2	Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets	Warner Bros.	$878,979,634
3	Spider-Man	Sony Pictures	$825,776,725
4		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

March 1 — Paramount Pictures reveals a new-on screen logo that was used until December 2011 to celebrate its 90th anniversary.
May – The Pianist directed by Roman Polanski wins the "Palme d'Or" at the Cannes Film Festival.
May 3–5 – Spider-Man becomes the first film to earn $100 million in one weekend. This surpassed the previous all-time opening weekend record held by Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, as well as the previous May opening weekend record held by .^[2] The film went on to earn over $800 million worldwide, surpassing Batman to become the highest-grossing superhero film of all time and Men in Black to become Sony's most successful film.^[3] ^[4]
May 16 – opens in theaters. Although a huge success, it was the first Star Wars film not to be the highest-grossing of the year.
Amélie directed by Jean-Pierre Jeunet wins the 2002 César Award for Best Film, Best Director, Best Music, and Best Art Direction. Amélie also became the highest-grossing French-language film in the United States ever.
Another French-language film Brotherhood of the Wolf also became the second-highest-grossing French-language film in the United States in the last two decades.

Awards

Category/Organization	8th Critics' Choice Awards January 17, 2003	60th Golden Globe Awards January 19, 2003		56th BAFTA Awards February 23, 2003		75th Academy Awards March 23, 2003
Category/Organization	8th Critics' Choice Awards January 17, 2003	width=200	Drama !	56th BAFTA Awards February 23, 2003		75th Academy Awards March 23, 2003	Musical or Comedy
Best Film	Chicago	The Hours	Chicago	The Pianist	Chicago
Best Director	Steven 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 Actor	Jack 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 Actress	Julianne Moore Far from Heaven	Nicole Kidman The Hours	Renée Zellweger Chicago	Nicole Kidman The Hours	Renée Zellweger Chicago	Nicole Kidman The Hours
Best Supporting Actor	Chris Cooper Adaptation.			Christopher Walken Catch Me If You Can		Chris Cooper Adaptation.
Best Supporting Actress	Catherine Zeta-Jones Chicago	Meryl Streep Adaptation.		Catherine Zeta-Jones Chicago
Best Screenplay, Adapted				The Hours David Hare	The Pianist Ronald Harwood
Best Screenplay, Original			Bowling for Columbine Michael Moore	Talk to Her Pedro Almodóvar
Best Animated Film	Spirited Away					Spirited Away
Best Original Song	Lose Yourself 8 Mile	The Hands That Built America Gangs of New York			Lose Yourself 8 Mile
Best Original Score						Frida Elliot Goldenthal
Best Foreign Language Film	Y Tu Mamá También	Talk to Her				Nowhere 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

List of action films of 2002
List of animated feature films of 2002
List of avant-garde films of 2002
List of crime films of 2002
List of comedy films of 2002
List of drama films of 2002
List of horror films of 2002
List of science fiction films of 2002
List of thriller films of 2002
List of western films of 2002

Births

January 4 – Tunisha Sharma, Indian actress (died 2022)
January 18 – Samuel Joslin, British actor
January 20
- Michael Barbieri, American actor
January 30
- Tyla (South African singer), South African singer an songwriter
- Joshua Colley, American actor
February 2 – Madina Nalwanga, Ugandan actress
February 13 – Sophia Lillis, American actress
February 23 – Emilia Jones, English actress, singer and songwriter
March 4 – Jacob Hopkins, American actor
March 10 – Júlia Gomes, Brazilian actress
March 15 – Sam McCarthy, American actor
March 27 – Ty Tennant, English actor
April 2 – Emma Myers, American actress
April 4 – Damian Hurley, English actor and model
April 8 – Skai Jackson, American actress
April 16 – Sadie Sink, American actress
May 6 – Emily Alyn Lind, American actress
May 7
- Andrew Barth Feldman, American actor
- Jake Bongiovi, American actor
May 16 – Isaac Kragten, Canadian actor
May 22 – Maisa Silva, Brazilian actress and television host
May 26 – Georgie Farmer, English actor
June 2 – Madison Hu, American actress
June 3 – Eva Bella, American actress
June 5 – Lewis MacDougall, Scottish actor
July 2 – Abraham Attah, Ghanaian actor
July 16 – Milly Shapiro, American actress and singer
July 24 – Benjamin Flores Jr., American actor and rapper
July 25 – Shunsuke Michieda, Japanese actor and singer
August 1 – Oona Laurence, American actress
August 12 – Iman Vellani, Pakistani-Canadian actress
August 16 – Talia Ryder, American actress
August 23 – Indiana Massara, Australian actress and singer
August 30 – Raffey Cassidy, English actress
September 6 – Asher Angel, American actor
September 8 – Gaten Matarazzo, American actor
September 13 – Chiara Aurelia, American actress
September 20 - Gabriel LaBelle, Canadian actor
September 22 – Cody Veith, American actor
September 24 – Elijah Richardson, American actor
September 27 – Jenna Ortega, American actress
September 28 – Kyline Alcantara, Filipino actress, singer and television host
September 30
- Levi Miller, Australian actor
- Maddie Ziegler, American actress
October 9 – Choi Min-young, South Korean actor
October 12 – Iris Apatow, American actress
October 16 - Madison Wolfe, American actress
October 26 - Julian Dennison, New Zealand actor
October 28 – Lola Tung, American actress
December 12 – Allegra Acosta, American actress
December 13 – AC Bonifacio, Canadian actress, dancer, singer, vlogger
December 17 – Guilherme Seta, Brazilian actor
December 23 – Finn Wolfhard, Canadian actor

Deaths

Month	Date	Name	Age	Country	Profession
January	1		74	US	Actress
	1		57	US	Producer
	6		88	Italy	Composer
	7		66	US	Actor
	9		77	US	Actor
	11		81	Turkey	Director, Screenwriter
	12		90	UK	Actor
	13		38	US	Director, Producer
	15		83	UK	Actor
	17		96	UK	Actress
	19		61	US	Actor
	20		75	UK	Actor
	21		81	US	Singer, Actress
	23	Howard A. Smith	89	US	Film Editor
	29		76	UK	Actor
	29		88	Canada	Actor
February	1		76	Germany	Actress
	4		80	US	Actor
	6		68	US	Actor
	7		75	UK	Actress
	11		74	UK	Actor
	13		64	US	Singer, Actor
	15		88	US	Actress
	18		78	Italy	Actor
	18		81	US	Actor
	18		72	US	Actor
	19		91	US	Film Editor
	20		73	US	Film Editor
	21		60	UK	Actor
	22		89	US	Animator, Director
	25		68	UK	Actress
	26		82	US	Actor
	27		83	India	Actor
	28		75	US	Actress
March	2		85	UK	Costume Designer
	4		62	China	Actor
	4		66	UK	Costume Designer
	10		85	US	Actress
	16		64	Italy	Actor, Director
	17		86	US	Director
	18		41	Canada	Actor
	23		73	US	Production Designer
	23		74	UK	Actor
	26		81	US	Producer, Screenwriter
	27		93	US	Actor, Comedian
	27		66	UK	Actor
	27		95	Austria	Director, Screenwriter
April	2		80	Canada	Actor
	3		87	US	Screenwriter
	4	Harry O'Connor	44	US	Stuntman
	6		67	Canada	Actress
	7		81	US	Actor
	8		88	Mexico	Actress
	15		72	UK	Actor
	16		78	UK	Actor
	16		55	US	Actor
	17		84	UK	Actor
	19		81	US	Screenwriter
	21		62	UK	Stuntman, Actor
	22		53	US	Porn Actress
	23	Carla Fry	40	US	Producer, Executive
	25		74	UK	Actor
	28		82	US	Sound Engineer
May	2		74	US	Actor
	5		85	US	Director
	8		91	US	Film Editor
	10	Linda Francis	62	US	Casting Director
	11		87	US	Screenwriter
	14		73	US	Actor
	15		67	UK	Actor
	23		93	US	Film Editor
	25		75	UK	Actress
June	2		76	US	Producer
	3		89	US	Studio Executive
	3		41	US	Actor
	7		86	Sweden	Actress
	22		79	China	Director, Screenwriter
	25	Charles C. Bennett	62	US	Production Designer
	26		78	US	Actress
	28		82	France	Actor
	29		74	US	Singer, Actress
July	4		84	Cuba	Screenwriter
	5		78	Mexico	Actress
	6		72	US	Director, Producer
	8		88	US	Animator
	9		81	UK	Actor
	9		77	US	Actor
	15		72	US	Actor
	17		93	US	Film Editor
	23		82	Australia	Actor
	24		92	UK	Actor
	26		84	US	Composer
August	3		64	US	Actor
	9		73	US	Composer, Arranger, Conductor
	14		77	UK	Film Editor, Director
	15		88	US	Film Editor
	15		71	Bulgaria	Actor
	16		88	US	Actor
	18		83	US	Screenwriter
	23		78	US	Actor
	25		74	US	Screenwriter
	30		88	UK	Director
September	3		68	US	Actor
	5		65	US	Actor
	7		41	UK	Actress
	7		55	UK	Actor
	11		79	US	Actress
	14		81	US	Actress
	16		90	US	Actor
	18		78	South Africa	Actress
	22		65	US	Actress
	27		91	Sweden	Art Director, Production Designer
	28		76	US	Actress
October	3		81	US	Actor
	4		76	Belgium	Director
	4		85	US	Actor
	8		87	UK	Actress
	9		78	US	Documentarian
	12		92	US	Art Director
	13		79	US	Actor
	13		84	US	Actor
	18		58	US	Musician
	21		85	Canada	Actor
	23		87	US	Screenwriter, Lyricist, Actor
	23		95	Romania	Director
	24		65	UK	Actress
	24		84	US	Actress
	24		43	US	Actor
	25		85	France	Actress
	25		72	UK	Actor
	27		90	Hungary	Director, Screenwriter
	28		104	US	Film Editor
	28		83	US	Actor, Director
	29		78	Italy	Actress
	29		41	Canada	Animator
	30		67	US	Director
	31		86	Italy	Actor
November	1		62	US	Sound Engineer
	2		63	Indonesia	Actor
	4		72	Italy	Director, Screenwriter
	14		87	US	Actor
	17		84	US	Producer
	18		74	US	Actor
	22		88	US	Actor
	22		88	US	Actress
	22		84	US	Actress
	24		75	UK	Casting Director
	25		76	Czech Republic	Director, Producer
	26		89	UK	Composer, Conductor
	27		94	US	Actress
	27		92	Germany	Actor
	29		81	France	Actor
	29		85	UK	Actor
December	2		78	US	Producer
	3		32	Ireland	Actor
	10		88	UK	Film Editor
	12		85	US	Actor
	14		86	US	Producer
	14		78	US	Actress
	15		79	US	Set Decorator
	17		55	UK	Actor
	18		91	US	Actor
	22		88	US	Cinematographer
	22		94	US	Actress
	22		71	US	Actor
	22		85	US	Actor
	27		81	US	Director
	30		96	US	Actress

External links

List of 2002 films at IMDb
2002 Domestic Grosses at Box Office Mojo
List of 2002 deaths at IMDb
List of 2002 births at IMDb

Notes and References

Web site: 2002 Worldwide Box Office . Box Office Mojo. IMDb. March 7, 2020.
Karger. Dave. Spider-Man earns a record $114 million. Entertainment Weekly. February 17, 2022. May 6, 2002. February 20, 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220220193636/https://ew.com/article/2002/05/06/spider-man-earns-record-114-million/. live.
Web site: Gray . Brandon . May 20, 2002 . 'Spider-Man,' 'About a Boy' Survive and Thrive Under 'Attack' . January 1, 2023 . Box Office Mojo . January 1, 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230101161553/https://www.boxofficemojo.com/article/ed2054423556/ . live .
Web site: 20 years ago, the best superhero franchise of all time changed movies forever. 3 May 2022 . May 6, 2022. May 6, 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220506161224/https://www.inverse.com/entertainment/spider-man-20-year-anniversary-sam-raimi-marvel. live.