2002 Films

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:

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

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
* 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
** Emma Schweiger, American actress
* 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

Film debuts

References

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

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