2002 in film
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[edit] Events
- May - The Pianist directed by Roman Polanski wins the "Palme d'Or" at the Cannes Film Festival.
- May 3-5 - Spider-Man is the first film to make $100+ million during its opening weekend in the US unadjusted to inflation.
- Amélie from Montmartre directed by Jean-Pierre Jeunet wins the 2002 Cesar Award for Best Film, Best Director, Best Music, and Best Art Direction.
- December - Star Trek: Nemesis, the tenth film in the successful film franchise, opens to poor box office and lukewarm reviews. It is later announced that this film is expected to be the final Star Trek film for the foreseeable future.
[edit] Top grossing films
Please note that following the tradition of the English language film industry, these are the top grossing films that were first released in the United States and Canada in 2002; because they may have made most of their income in a later year, they may not be the top-grossing films for calendar year. The top ten films of 2002 as of January 23, 2006 (U.S. and Canada), January 15, 2006 (UK) and January 15, 2006 (Australia) are as follows:
| 2002 Rank |
Title | Studio | Box Office Gross | |||
| Total Int.l | U.S./Canada | U. K. | Australia | |||
| 1. | The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers | New Line Cinema | $926,287,400 | $341,786,758 | £57,062,828 | $45,183,872 |
| 2. | Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets | Warner Bros. | $876,688,482 | $261,988,482 | £54,036,560 | $37,009,842 |
| 3. | Spider-Man | Sony Pictures Entertainment | $821,708,551 | $403,706,375 | £28,591,639 | $30,465,531 |
| 4. | Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones | 20th Century Fox | $649,398,328 | $310,676,740 | £37,235,880 | $33,432,227 |
| 5. | Men in Black II | Sony Pictures Entertainment | $441,818,803 | $190,418,803 | £22,018,371 | $17,442,997 |
| 6. | Die Another Day | MGM | $431,971,116 | $160,942,139 | £35,924,004 | $18,525,540 |
| 7. | Signs | Buena Vista | $408,247,917 | $227,966,634 | £16,084,656 | $11,851,230 |
| 8. | Ice Age | 20th Century Fox | $382,687,405 | $176,387,405 | £14,856,581 | $20,091,713 |
| 9. | My Big Fat Greek Wedding | IFC Films | $368,744,044 | $241,438,208 | £13,441,558 | $27,114,009 |
| 10. | Minority Report | 20th Century Fox | $358,372,926 | $132,072,926 | £20,245,815 | $11,759,614 |
In total, seven films released in 2002 grossed more than $400 million, reaching international blockbuster motion picture status.
For a complete list of 2002's top-grossing films, follow these links:
- Worldwide: http://boxofficemojo.com/yearly/chart/?view2=worldwide&yr=2006&p=.htm
- U.S. & Canada: http://boxofficemojo.com/yearly/chart/?yr=2006&p=.htm
- United Kingdom: http://www.ukfilmcouncil.org.uk/statistics/boxoffice/
- Australia: http://www.moviemarshal.com/
[edit] Awards
- Best Picture: Chicago
- Best Director: Roman Polanski - The Pianist
- Best Actor: Adrien Brody - The Pianist
- Best Actress: Nicole Kidman - The Hours
- Best Supporting Actor: Chris Cooper - Adaptation.
- Best Supporting Actress: Catherine Zeta-Jones - Chicago
- Best Foreign Language Film: Nowhere in Africa (Nirgendwo in Afrika), directed by Caroline Link, Germany
- Best Animated Feature: Spirited Away (Sen to Chihiro no kamikakushi), directed by Hayao Miyazaki, Japan
- Drama:
- Best Picture: The Hours
- Best Actor: Jack Nicholson - About Schmidt
- Best Actress: Nicole Kidman - The Hours
- Musical or Comedy:
- Best Picture: Chicago
- Best Actor: Richard Gere - Chicago
- Best Actress: Renee Zellweger - Chicago
- Other
- Best Director: Martin Scorsese - Gangs of New York
- Best Foreign Language Film: Talk to Her, Spain
- Best Picture: The Pianist
- Best Actor: Daniel Day-Lewis - Gangs of New York
- Best Actress: Nicole Kidman - The Hours
PALM 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
[edit] Films released in 2002
- 24 Hour Party People
- 28 Days Later
- 40 Days and 40 Nights
- About a Boy
- About Schmidt
- Adaptation.
- The Adventures of Pluto Nash
- All About Lily Chou-Chou
- All about the Benjamins
- Austin Powers in Goldmember
- Bad Company
- Bend It Like Beckham
- Big Fat Liar
- Big Trouble
- Birthday Girl
- Blade II
- Blood Work
- Bloody Sunday - Golden Bear award
- Blue Crush
- Boat Trip
- Bolivar Soy Yo
- The Bourne Identity
- Bubba Ho-tep
- The Burial Society
- Callas Forever
- Changing Lanes
- Chicago - Academy and Golden Globe (Com./Mus.) Awards for Best Picture
- Cinema Paradiso: The New Version (director's cut)
- City of God
- Clockstoppers
- Collateral Damage
- The Count of Monte Cristo
- The Country Bears
- The Crocodile Hunter: Collision Course
- Crazy As Hell
- Crossroads
- The Dancer Upstairs
- The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys
- Dark Blue
- Darkness
- Dead in a Heartbeat
- Death to Smoochy
- Deathwatch
- Deuces Wild
- Die Another Day
- Divine Intervention
- Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood
- Dragonfly
- E.T. (20th anniversary edition)
- Eight Legged Freaks
- Emergency Act 19
- Enough
- FeardotCom
- The First $20 Million Is Always the Hardest
- Full Frontal
- Gangs of New York, directed by Martin Scorsese
- The Good Girl
- The Good Thief, directed by Neil Jordan
- The Guru, starring Jimi Mistry and Heather Graham
- Halloween: Resurrection
- Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
- Hart's War
- Hero
- Hey Arnold!: The Movie
- High Crimes
- Hollywood Ending
- L'homme du train (The Man on the Train) - directed by Patrice Leconte, starring Jean Rochefort and Johnny Hallyday
- The Hours - Golden Globe Award for Best Picture (Drama)
- Ice Age
- Impostor
- In America
- In This World - Golden Bear award
- Infernal Affairs
- Insomnia
- Jason X
- John Q
- Juwanna Mann
- K-19: The Widowmaker
- The Kid Stays in the Picture
- Kung Pow: Enter the Fist
- Life or Something Like It
- Like Mike
- Lilo & Stitch
- The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
- The Magdalene Sisters - Golden Lion award
- Martin Lawrence Live: Runteldat
- The Master of Disguise
- Men in Black II
- Men with Brooms
- Millennium Actress (English version release date, orig. Japanese released 2001)
- Minority Report
- The Mothman Prophecies
- Mr. Deeds
- Murder by Numbers
- My Big Fat Greek Wedding
- National Lampoon's Van Wilder
- New Best Friend
- The New Guy
- On Line
- One Hour Photo
- Orange County
- Personal Velocity: Three Portraits
- Panic Room
- Phone Booth
- The Pianist - BAFTA Award for Best Picture
- Possession
- The Powerpuff Girls Movie
- Pumpkin
- The Queen of the Damned
- Reign of Fire
- Resident Evil
- Return to Never Land
- Road to Perdition
- Rollerball
- The Rookie
- The Rules of Attraction
- S1m0ne
- The Salton Sea
- Scooby-Doo
- The Scorpion King
- Secret Things
- Serving Sara
- Showboy
- Showtime
- Signs
- The Singles Ward
- Skinwalkers
- Slackers
- Snow Dogs
- Sorority Boys
- Spider
- Spider-Man
- Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron
- Spy Kids 2: Island Of Lost Dreams
- Star Trek: Nemesis
- Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones
- Stevie
- Stolen Summer
- Stuart Little 2
- Super Troopers
- The Sum of All Fears
- The Sweetest Thing
- Swing, directed by Toni Gatlif
- Tadpole
- Talk to Her
- The Time Machine
- Treasure Planet
- Undercover Brother
- Undisputed
- Unfaithful
- Valentín
- A Walk to Remember
- We Were Soldiers
- Whale Rider - Golden Space Needle award (for 2003)
- Windtalkers
- XXX
[edit] Births
[edit] Deaths
- January 13 - Ted Demme, 38, director
- February 15 - Kevin Smith, 38, television actor
- February 21 - John Thaw, 60, actor
- February 22 - Chuck Jones, 89, animator
- February 27 - Spike Milligan, 83, comedian
- March 27 - Milton Berle, 93, comedian
- March 27 - Dudley Moore, 66, actor/comedian
- March 27 - Billy Wilder, 95, filmmaker
- April 9 - John Agar, 81, actor
- April 16 - Robert Urich, 55, television actor
- April 22 - Linda Lovelace, 53, porn star (Deep Throat)
- June 5 - Dee Dee Ramone, 49, bassist/songwriter
- June 29 - Rosemary Clooney, 74, singer/actress
- July 5 - Katy Jurado, 78, Mexican actress
- July 6 - John Frankenheimer, 72, director
- July 9 - Rod Steiger, 77, actor
- July 23 - Leo McKern, 82, actor
- August 16 - Jeff Corey, 88, actor, television director
- August 18 - Dean Reisner, 83, screenwriter
- September 7 - Katrin Cartlidge, 41, actress
- September 11 - Kim Hunter, 79, actress
- September 14 LaWanda Page, 81, actress
- September 16 - James Gregory, 90, actor
- October 2 - Bruce Paltrow, 58, director
- October 10 - Teresa Graves, 54, actress
- October 25 - Richard Harris, 72, actor
- November 3 - Jonathan Harris, 87, television actor
- November 18 - James Coburn, 74, actor
- December 3 - Glenn Quinn, 32, television actor
- December 30 - Mary Brian, 96, actress
[edit] Wide-release movies
In the film industry, a wide-release movie is a film that studios believe will appeal to a broad spectrum of the public and that shows in at least 600 theatres in the United States and Canada. The following films meet these criteria:
Dates given are U.S. and Canadian release dates.
