| # | Date | Film | Gross (USD) | Openings in the top ten |
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| 1 | January 3, 2002 | Monsters, Inc. | $4,346,758 | Monsters, Inc. returned to number one in its third week of release |
| 2 | January 10, 2002 | The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring | $2,268,616 | Riding in Cars with Boys (#5), El Poseido (#10) |
| 3 | January 17, 2002 | American Pie 2 | $2,270,133 | Spy Game (#2), Sexy Beast (#9) |
| 4 | January 24, 2002 | $1,624,060 | Behind Enemy Lines (#2), Un Mundo Raro (#7), Help! I'm a Fish (#10) |
| 5 | January 31, 2002 | Vivir Mata | $1,303,339 | The One (#2), Jeepers Creepers (#3), Hearts in Atlantis (#9) |
| 6 | February 7, 2002 | Ocean's Eleven | $4,106,239 | [2] |
| 7 | February 14, 2002 | $2,364,261 | D-Tox (#3), Corazones Rotos (#10) |
| 12 | March 21, 2002 | Ice Age | $5,993,043 | I Am Sam (#5), The Majestic (#9), The Royal Tenenbaums (#10) |
| 13 | March 28, 2002 | $5,078,780 | Return to Never Land (#4) |
| 14 | April 4, 2002 | $3,539,582 | Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius (#2), E.T. (20th Anniversary) (#3) |
| 16 | April 18, 2002 | The Count of Monte Cristo | $1,278,327 | Not Another Teen Movie (#4), Hart's War (#5) |
| 17 | April 25, 2002 | $1,040,712 | Kate & Leopold (#3), Joe Somebody (#6) |
| 18 | May 2, 2002 | The Scorpion King | $2,892,635 | The Mothman Prophecies (#4), Max Keeble's Big Move (#5) |
| 19 | May 9, 2002 | The Time Machine | $1,757,630 | |
| 20 | May 16, 2002 | $1,488,021 | Queen of the Damned (#5) |
| 21 | May 23, 2002 | Spider-Man † | $12,876,315 | The Man Who Wasn't There (#10) |
| 21 | May 30, 2002 | $7,441,463 | Showtime (#2), 40 Days and 40 Nights (#4), Birthday Girl (#7), Ali (#9) |
| 22 | June 6, 2002 | $4,445,649 | Panic Room (#2), Frailty (#9) |
| 24 | June 13, 2002 | $2,419,189 | Unfaithful (#2), Blade II (#4) |
| 25 | June 20, 2002 | $1,494,045 | The Sum of All Fears (#2), Dragonfly (#4), Don't Tempt Me (#5), Resident Evil (#6) |
| 26 | June 27, 2002 | The Sum of All Fears | $1,079,852 | Insomnia (#4), Murder by Numbers (#7), A Walk to Remember (#8) |
| 27 | July 4, 2002 | Lilo & Stitch | $3,704,496 | |
| 28 | July 11, 2002 | Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones | $3,387,551 | |
| 30 | July 25, 2002 | Men in Black II | $3,091,511 | Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron (#2), We Were Soldiers (#3), The Powerpuff Girls Movie (#5) |
| 31 | August 1, 2002 | Stuart Little 2 | $3,577,587 | |
| 32 | August 8, 2002 | Scooby-Doo | $4,612,559 | Crossroads (#6), Orange County (#9) |
| 33 | August 15, 2002 | $2,737,584 | Enough (#2), Windtalkers (#3), Snow Dogs (#4), About a Boy (#7) |
| 34 | August 22, 2002 | El Crimen del Padre Amaro | $5,410,124 | Long Time Dead (#3), Eight Legged Freaks (#7) |
| 35 | August 29, 2002 | $4,268,423 | Reign of Fire (#2) |
| 36 | September 5, 2002 | $2,539,322 | Road to Perdition (#2), K-19: The Widowmaker (#4), Le Pacte des loups (#7), Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood (#8) |
| 37 | September 12, 2002 | $1,742,899 | Mr. Deeds (#2), One Hour Photo (#5) |
| 38 | September 19, 2002 | Signs | $4,942,272 | |
| 39 | September 26, 2002 | $2,742,666 | Austin Powers in Goldmember (#3), Ciudades Oscuras (#8) |
| 40 | October 3, 2002 | El Tigre de Santa Julia | $1,758,425 | The Sweetest Thing (#3), Changing Lanes (#4), The Country Bears (#10) |
| 41 | October 10, 2002 | xXx | $2,212,780 | Punto y Aparte (#5), Possession (#8), |
| 42 | October 17, 2002 | $1,458,316 | Bad Company (#3), City by the Sea (#5) |
| 43 | October 24, 2002 | The Bourne Identity | $1,513,290 | The Master of Disguise (#4), Blood Work (#8) |
| 44 | October 31, 2002 | $974,351 | Halloween: Resurrection (#2), Swimfan (#5), Heist (#7) |
| 45 | November 7, 2002 | Red Dragon | $2,540,122 | Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams (#2) |
| 46 | November 14, 2002 | $1,504,080 | Amarte Duele (#2), Blue Crush (#5), Talk to Her (#6) |
| 47 | November 21, 2002 | Amarte Duele | $1,501,191 | Ghost Ship (#2), The Tuxedo (#4) |
| 48 | November 28, 2002 | $1,017,267 | |
| 49 | December 5, 2002 | Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets | $5,928,153 | Serving Sara (#6) |
| 50 | December 12, 2002 | $3,316,598 | The Ring (#2), The Santa Clause 2 (#3), The Order (#6) |
| 51 | December 19, 2002 | The Ring | $2,185,615 | Die Another Day (#2), Treasure Planet (#4) |
| 52 | December 26, 2002 | The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers | $5,896,954 | Like Mike (#7), Lucía y el Sexo (#10) |
