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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.

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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/Organization 8th 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 Awards 75th Academy Awards
March 23, 2003
DramaMusical 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 Adaptation. 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, Original Talk to Her
Pedro Almodóvar
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 Catch Me If You Can
John Williams
Frida
Elliot Goldenthal
The Hours
Philip Glass
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

Births

Deaths

MonthDateNameAgeCountryProfessionNotable films
January 1 Carol Ohmart 74USActress
1 Julia Phillips 57USProducer
6 Mario Nascimbene 88ItalyComposer
7 Avery Schreiber 66USActor
9 Bill McCutcheon 77USActor
11 Henri Verneuil 81TurkeyDirector, Screenwriter
12 Stanley Unwin 90UKActor
13 Ted Demme 38USDirector, Producer
15 Jeremy Hawk 83UKActor
17 Queenie Leonard 96UKActress
19 Roy Conrad 61USActor
20 Harold Kasket 75UKActor
21 Peggy Lee 81USSinger, Actress
23Howard A. Smith89USFilm Editor
29 Stratford Johns 76UKActor
29 Harold Russell 88CanadaActor
February 1 Hildegard Knef 76GermanyActress
4 George Nader 80USActor
6 Guy Stockwell 68USActor
7 Diane Hart 75UKActress
11 Barry Foster 74UKActor
13 Waylon Jennings 64USSinger, Actor
15 Lucille Lund 88USActress
18 Giustino Durano 78ItalyActor
18 Jack Lambert 81USActor
18 Byrne Piven 72USActor
19 Gene Ruggiero 91USFilm Editor
20 Fredric Steinkamp 73USFilm Editor
21 John Thaw 60UKActor
22 Chuck Jones 89USAnimator, Director
25 Claire Davenport 68UKActress
26 Lawrence Tierney 82USActor
27 Spike Milligan 83IndiaActor
28 Mary Stuart 75USActress
March 2 Mary Grant 85UKCostume Designer
4 Eric Flynn 62ChinaActor
4 Shirley Russell 66UKCostume Designer
10 Irene Worth 85USActress
16 Carmelo Bene 64ItalyActor, Director
17 William Witney 86USDirector
18 Denis Forest 41CanadaActor
23 Richard Sylbert 73USProduction Designer
23 James Culliford 74UKActor
26 Louis M. Heyward 81USProducer, Screenwriter
27 Milton Berle 93USActor, Comedian
27 Dudley Moore 66UKActor
27 Billy Wilder 95AustriaDirector, Screenwriter
April 2 Jack Kruschen 80CanadaActor
3 Roy Huggins 87USScreenwriter
4Harry O'Connor44USStuntman
6 Nobu McCarthy 67CanadaActress
7 John Agar 81USActor
8 María Félix 88MexicoActress
15 Dave King 72UKActor
16 Alexander Doré 78UKActor
16 Robert Urich 55USActor
17 James Copeland 84UKActor
19 Reginald Rose 81USScreenwriter
21 Terry Walsh 62UKStuntman, Actor
22 Linda Lovelace 53USPorn Actress
23Carla Fry40USProducer, Executive
25 Michael Bryant 74UKActor
28 John Wilkinson 82USSound Engineer
May 2 Ron Soble 74USActor
5 George Sidney 85USDirector
8 Lou Lombardo 91USFilm Editor
10Linda Francis62USCasting Director
11 Bill Peet 87USScreenwriter
14 Ray Stricklyn 73USActor
15 Bryan Pringle 67UKActor
23 Dorothy Spencer 93USFilm Editor
25 Pat Coombs 75UKActress
June 2 Herman Cohen 76USProducer
3 Lew Wasserman 89USStudio Executive
3 Sam Whipple 41USActor
7 Signe Hasso 86SwedenActress
22 Chang Cheh 79ChinaDirector, Screenwriter
25Charles C. Bennett62USProduction Designer
26 Dolores Gray 78USActress
28 François Périer 82FranceActor
29 Rosemary Clooney 74USSinger, Actress
July 4 Ivan Moffat 84CubaScreenwriter
5 Katy Jurado 78MexicoActress
6 John Frankenheimer 72USDirector, Producer
8 Ward Kimball 88USAnimator
9 Gerald Campion 81UKActor
9 Rod Steiger 77USActor
15 Phil Roth 72USActor
17 Harry W. Gerstad 93USFilm Editor
23 Leo McKern 82AustraliaActor
24 Maurice Denham 92UKActor
26 Buddy Baker 84USComposer
August 3 Peter Miles 64USActor
9 Peter Matz 73USComposer, Arranger, Conductor
14 Peter R. Hunt 77UKFilm Editor, Director
15 Henry Batista 88USFilm Editor
15 Yuriy Yakovlev 71BulgariaActor
16 Jeff Corey 88USActor
18 Dean Riesner 83USScreenwriter
23 Dennis Fimple 78USActor
25 Stanley R. Greenberg 74USScreenwriter
30 J. Lee Thompson 88UKDirector
September 3 Ted Ross 68USActor
5 Cliff Gorman 65USActor
7 Katrin Cartlidge 41UKActress
7 Michael Elphick 55UKActor
11 Kim Hunter 79USActress
14 LaWanda Page 81USActress
16 James Gregory 90USActor
18 Hazel Brooks 78South AfricaActress
22 Carmen Phillips 65USActress
27 P.A. Lundgren 91SwedenArt Director, Production Designer
28 Whitney Blake 76USActress
October 3 Tad Horino 81USActor
4 André Delvaux 76BelgiumDirector
4 Buddy Lester 85USActor
8 Phyllis Calvert 87UKActress
9 Charles Guggenheim 78USDocumentarian
12 Hilyard M. Brown 92USArt Director
13 Keene Curtis 79USActor
13 Dennis Patrick 84USActor
18 Chuck Domanico 58USMusician
21 George Hall 85CanadaActor
23 Adolph Green 87USScreenwriter, Lyricist, Actor
23 Nathan Juran 95RomaniaDirector
24 Charmian May 65UKActress
24 Peggy Moran 84USActress
24 Scott Plank 43USActor
25 Micheline Cheirel 85FranceActress
25 Richard Harris 72UKActor
27 André de Toth 90HungaryDirector, Screenwriter
28 Margaret Booth 104USFilm Editor
28 Lawrence Dobkin 83USActor, Director
29 Marina Berti 78ItalyActress
29 Glenn McQueen 41CanadaAnimator
30 Lee H. Katzin 67USDirector
31 Raf Vallone 86ItalyActor
November 1 Keith A. Wester 62USSound Engineer
2 Lo Lieh 63IndonesiaActor
4 Antonio Margheriti 72ItalyDirector, Screenwriter
14 Eddie Bracken 87USActor
17 Marvin Mirisch 84USProducer
18 James Coburn 74USActor
22 Parley Baer 88USActor
22 Joan Barclay 88USActress
22 Adele Jergens 84USActress
24 Noel Davis 75UKCasting Director
25 Karel Reisz 76Czech RepublicDirector, Producer
26 Stanley Black 89UKComposer, Conductor
27 Billie Bird 94USActress
27 Wolfgang Preiss 92GermanyActor
29 Daniel Gélin 81FranceActor
29 John Justin 85UKActor
December 2 Edgar Scherick 78USProducer
3 Glenn Quinn 32IrelandActor
10 Peter Tanner 88UKFilm Editor
12 Brad Dexter 85USActor
14 Sidney Glazier 86USProducer
14 Ruth Kobart 78USActress
15 Arthur Jeph Parker 79USSet Decorator
17 James Hazeldine 55UKActor
18 Edward Norris 91USActor
22 Duke Callaghan 88USCinematographer
22 Susan Fleming 94USActress
22 Clay Tanner 71USActor
22 Kenneth Tobey 85USActor
27 George Roy Hill 81USDirector
30 Mary Brian 96USActress

Film debuts

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