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2002 in film

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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 and Universal Pictures celebrated their 90th anniversaries in 2002.

Highest-grossing films

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

RankTitleDistributorWorldwide gross12345678910
*The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers*New Line$936,689,735
*Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets*Warner Bros.$878,979,634
*Spider-Man*Sony$821,708,551
*Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones*[20th Century Fox](20th-century-fox)$653,741,940
*Men in Black II*Sony$441,818,803
*Die Another Day*MGM / [20th Century Fox](20th-century-studios)$431,971,116
*Signs*Buena Vista$408,247,917
*Ice Age*[20th Century Fox](20th-century-studios)$383,257,136
*My Big Fat Greek Wedding*IFC$368,744,044
*Minority Report*[20th Century Fox](20th-century-studios) / 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 The Lost World: Jurassic Park. 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.
  • May 16 – Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones 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](8th-critics-choice-awards)
January 17, 2003[60th Golden Globe Awards](60th-golden-globe-awards)
January 19, 2003[56th BAFTA Awards](56th-british-academy-film-awards)
February 23, 2003Producers, [Directors](55th-directors-guild-of-america-awards), [Screen Actors](9th-screen-actors-guild-awards), and Writers Guild Awards[75th Academy Awards](75th-academy-awards)
March 23, 2003DramaMusical or Comedy
Best Film*Chicago**The Hours**Chicago**The Pianist**Chicago*
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, 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](8-mile-film)**The Hands That Built America*
*Gangs of New York**Lose Yourself*
*[8 Mile](8-mile-film)*
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

  • List of American films of 2002
  • List of Argentine films of 2002
  • List of Australian films of 2002
  • List of Bangladeshi films of 2002
  • List of British films of 2002
  • List of Canadian films of 2002
  • List of Chinese films of 2002
  • List of French films of 2002
  • List of Hong Kong films of 2002
  • List of Indian films of 2002
    • List of Bengali films of 2002
    • List of Hindi films of 2002
    • List of Kannada films of 2002
    • List of Malayalam films of 2002
    • List of Marathi films of 2002
    • List of Punjabi films of 2002
    • List of Tamil films of 2002
    • List of Telugu films of 2002
  • List of Japanese films of 2002
  • List of Mexican films of 2002
  • List of Nepalese films of 2002
  • List of Pakistani films of 2002
  • List of Russian films of 2002
  • List of South Korean films of 2002
  • List of Spanish films of 2002

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 15 - Levon Hawke, American actor
  • January 18 – Samuel Joslin, British actor
  • January 20 – Michael Barbieri, American actor
  • January 30 - Joshua Colley, American actor
  • February 2 – Madina Nalwanga, Ugandan actress
  • February 13 – Sophia Lillis, American actress
  • February 18 – Mark Eydelshteyn, Russian actor
  • 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 12 - Filip Geljo, Canadian actor
  • April 15 – Clara Galle, Spanish 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 18 – Tyler Lawrence Gray, American 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 19 – Francesco Gheghi, Italian actor
  • August 23 – Indiana Massara, Australian actress and singer
  • 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 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
    • Emma Schweiger, American actress
  • October 28 – Lola Tung, American actress
  • December 13 – AC Bonifacio, Canadian actress, dancer, singer, vlogger
  • December 17 – Guilherme Seta, Brazilian actor
  • December 23 – Finn Wolfhard, Canadian actor

Deaths

MonthDateNameAgeCountryProfessionNotable films
**January***1*Carol Ohmart74USActress
*1*Julia Phillips57USProducer
*6*Mario Nascimbene88ItalyComposer
*7*Avery Schreiber66USActor
*9*Bill McCutcheon77USActor
*11*Henri Verneuil81TurkeyDirector, Screenwriter
*12*Stanley Unwin90UKActor
*13*Ted Demme38USDirector, Producer
*15*Jeremy Hawk83UKActor
*17*Queenie Leonard96UKActress
*19*Roy Conrad61USActor
*20*Harold Kasket75UKActor
*21*Peggy Lee81USSinger, Actress
*23*Howard A. Smith89USFilm Editor
*29*Stratford Johns76UKActor
*29*Harold Russell88CanadaActor
**February***1*Hildegard Knef76GermanyActress
*4*George Nader80USActor
*6*Guy Stockwell68USActor
*7*Diane Hart75UKActress
*11*Barry Foster74UKActor
*13*Waylon Jennings64USSinger, Actor
*15*Lucille Lund88USActress
*18*Giustino Durano78ItalyActor
*18*Jack Lambert81USActor
*18*Byrne Piven72USActor
*19*Gene Ruggiero91USFilm Editor
*20*Fredric Steinkamp73USFilm Editor
*21*John Thaw60UKActor
*22*Chuck Jones89USAnimator, Director
*25*Claire Davenport68UKActress
*26*Lawrence Tierney82USActor
*27*Spike Milligan83IndiaActor
*28*Mary Stuart75USActress
**March***2*Mary Grant85UKCostume Designer
*4*Eric Flynn62ChinaActor
*4*Shirley Russell66UKCostume Designer
*10*Irene Worth85USActress
*16*Carmelo Bene64ItalyActor, Director
*17*Rosetta LeNoire90USActress
*17*William Witney86USDirector
*18*Denis Forest41CanadaActor
*23*Richard Sylbert73USProduction Designer
*23*James Culliford74UKActor
*26*Louis M. Heyward81USProducer, Screenwriter
*27*Milton Berle93USActor, Comedian
*27*Dudley Moore66UKActor
*27*Billy Wilder95AustriaDirector, Screenwriter
**April***2*Jack Kruschen80CanadaActor
*3*Roy Huggins87USScreenwriter
*4*Harry O'Connor44USStuntman
*6*Nobu McCarthy67CanadaActress
*7*John Agar81USActor
*8*María Félix88MexicoActress
*15*Dave King72UKActor
*16*Alexander Doré78UKActor
*16*Robert Urich55USActor
*17*James Copeland84UKActor
*19*Reginald Rose81USScreenwriter
*21*Terry Walsh62UKStuntman, Actor
*22*Linda Lovelace53USPorn Actress
*23*Carla Fry40USProducer, Executive
*25*Michael Bryant74UKActor
*28*John Wilkinson82USSound Engineer
**May***2*Ron Soble74USActor
*5*George Sidney85USDirector
*8*Lou Lombardo91USFilm Editor
*10*Linda Francis62USCasting Director
*11*Bill Peet87USScreenwriter
*14*Ray Stricklyn73USActor
*15*Bryan Pringle67UKActor
*23*Dorothy Spencer93USFilm Editor
*25*Pat Coombs75UKActress
**June***2*Herman Cohen76USProducer
*3*Lew Wasserman89USStudio Executive
*3*Sam Whipple41USActor
*7*Signe Hasso86SwedenActress
*21*Sidney Armus77USActor
*22*Chang Cheh79ChinaDirector, Screenwriter
*25*Charles C. Bennett62USProduction Designer
*26*Dolores Gray78USActress
*28*François Périer82FranceActor
*29*Rosemary Clooney74USSinger, Actress
**July***4*Ivan Moffat84CubaScreenwriter
*5*Katy Jurado78MexicoActress
*6*John Frankenheimer72USDirector, Producer
*8*Ward Kimball88USAnimator
*9*Gerald Campion81UKActor
*9*Rod Steiger77USActor
*15*Phil Roth72USActor
*17*Harry W. Gerstad93USFilm Editor
*23*Leo McKern82AustraliaActor
*24*Maurice Denham92UKActor
*26*Buddy Baker84USComposer
**August***3*Peter Miles64USActor
*9*Peter Matz73USComposer, Arranger, Conductor
*14*Peter R. Hunt77UKFilm Editor, Director
*15*Henry Batista88USFilm Editor
*15*Yuriy Yakovlev71BulgariaActor
*16*Jeff Corey88USActor
*18*Dean Riesner83USScreenwriter
*23*Dennis Fimple78USActor
*25*Stanley R. Greenberg74USScreenwriter
*30*J. Lee Thompson88UKDirector
**September***3*Ted Ross68USActor
*5*Cliff Gorman65USActor
*7*Katrin Cartlidge41UKActress
*7*Michael Elphick55UKActor
*11*Kim Hunter79USActress
*14*LaWanda Page81USActress
*16*James Gregory90USActor
*18*Hazel Brooks78South AfricaActress
*22*Carmen Phillips65USActress
*27*P.A. Lundgren91SwedenArt Director, Production Designer
*28*Whitney Blake76USActress
**October***3*Tad Horino81USActor
*4*André Delvaux76BelgiumDirector
*4*Buddy Lester85USActor
*8*Phyllis Calvert87UKActress
*9*Charles Guggenheim78USDocumentarian
*12*Hilyard M. Brown92USArt Director
*13*Keene Curtis79USActor
*13*Dennis Patrick84USActor
*18*Chuck Domanico58USMusician
*21*George Hall85CanadaActor
*23*Adolph Green87USScreenwriter, Lyricist, Actor
*23*Nathan Juran95RomaniaDirector
*24*Charmian May65UKActress
*24*Peggy Moran84USActress
*24*Scott Plank43USActor
*25*Micheline Cheirel85FranceActress
*25*Richard Harris72UKActor
*27*André de Toth90HungaryDirector, Screenwriter
*28*Margaret Booth104USFilm Editor
*28*Lawrence Dobkin83USActor, Director
*29*Marina Berti78ItalyActress
*29*Glenn McQueen41CanadaAnimator
*30*Lee H. Katzin67USDirector
*31*Raf Vallone86ItalyActor
**November***1*Keith A. Wester62USSound Engineer
*2*Lo Lieh63IndonesiaActor
*4*Antonio Margheriti72ItalyDirector, Screenwriter
*14*Eddie Bracken87USActor
*17*Marvin Mirisch84USProducer
*18*James Coburn74USActor
*22*Parley Baer88USActor
*22*Joan Barclay88USActress
*22*Adele Jergens84USActress
*24*Noel Davis75UKCasting Director
*25*Karel Reisz76Czech RepublicDirector, Producer
*26*Stanley Black89UKComposer, Conductor
*27*Billie Bird94USActress
*27*Wolfgang Preiss92GermanyActor
*29*Daniel Gélin81FranceActor
*29*John Justin85UKActor
**December***2*Edgar Scherick78USProducer
*3*Glenn Quinn32IrelandActor
*10*Peter Tanner88UKFilm Editor
*12*Brad Dexter85USActor
*14*Sidney Glazier86USProducer
*14*Ruth Kobart78USActress
*15*Arthur Jeph Parker79USSet Decorator
*17*James Hazeldine55UKActor
*18*Edward Norris91USActor
*22*Duke Callaghan88USCinematographer
*22*Susan Fleming94USActress
*22*Clay Tanner71USActor
*22*Kenneth Tobey85USActor
*27*George Roy Hill81USDirector
*30*Mary Brian96USActress

Film debuts

  • Fred Armisen – Like Mike
  • Lake Bell – Speakeasy
  • Jon Bernthal – Mary/Mary
  • Abigail Breslin – Signs
  • Kristin Chenoweth – Topa Topa Bluffs
  • Priyanka Chopra – Thamizhan
  • Joshua Close – K-19: The Widowmaker
  • Martin Compston – Sweet Sixteen
  • Jean Dujardin – Ah! Si j'étais riche
  • Jesse Eisenberg – Roger Dodger
  • America Ferrera – Real Women Have Curves
  • Josh Gad – Mary and Joe
  • Romola Garai – Nicholas Nickleby
  • Brian Geraghty – Petty Crimes
  • Maggie Grace – Shop Club
  • Javier Gutiérrez – The Other Side of the Bed
  • Kevin Hart – Paper Soldiers
  • Sally Hawkins – All or Nothing
  • Emile Hirsch – The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys
  • Rachel House – Whale Rider
  • Kevin James – Pinocchio
  • Diane Kruger – The Piano Player
  • Derek Luke – Antwone Fisher
  • Anthony Mackie – 8 Mile
  • Joe Manganiello – Spider-Man
  • Rachel McAdams – My Name Is Tanino
  • Elliot Page – Marion Bridge
  • Nathan Phillips – Australian Rules
  • Rosamund Pike – Die Another Day
  • Clémence Poésy – Olgas Sommer
  • Manolo Solo – Everything in Place
  • Sam Spruell – K-19: The Widowmaker
  • Aaron Taylor-Johnson – Tom & Thomas
  • Natalia Tena – About a Boy
  • Sofía Vergara – Big Trouble
  • Katt Williams – Friday After Next

References

References

  1. "2002 Worldwide Box Office". [[IMDb]].
  2. Karger, Dave. (May 6, 2002). "''Spider-Man'' earns a record $114 million".
  3. Gray, Brandon. (May 20, 2002). "'Spider-Man,' 'About a Boy' Survive and Thrive Under 'Attack'".
  4. (3 May 2022). "20 years ago, the best superhero franchise of all time changed movies forever".
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