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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.
The top 10 films released in 2002 by worldwide gross are as follows:[1]
Rank | Title | Distributor | Worldwide gross |
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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).
Palme d'Or (Cannes Film Festival):
Golden Lion (Venice Film Festival):
Golden Bear (Berlin Film Festival):
Month | Date | Name | Age | Country | Profession | Notable films |
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January | 1 | Carol Ohmart | 74 | US | Actress | |
1 | Julia Phillips | 57 | US | Producer | ||
6 | Mario Nascimbene | 88 | Italy | Composer | ||
7 | Avery Schreiber | 66 | US | Actor | ||
9 | Bill McCutcheon | 77 | US | Actor | ||
11 | Henri Verneuil | 81 | Turkey | Director, Screenwriter | ||
12 | Stanley Unwin | 90 | UK | Actor | ||
13 | Ted Demme | 38 | US | Director, Producer | ||
15 | Jeremy Hawk | 83 | UK | Actor | ||
17 | Queenie Leonard | 96 | UK | Actress | ||
19 | Roy Conrad | 61 | US | Actor | ||
20 | Harold Kasket | 75 | UK | Actor | ||
21 | Peggy Lee | 81 | US | Singer, Actress | ||
23 | Howard A. Smith | 89 | US | Film Editor | ||
29 | Stratford Johns | 76 | UK | Actor | ||
29 | Harold Russell | 88 | Canada | Actor | ||
February | 1 | Hildegard Knef | 76 | Germany | Actress | |
4 | George Nader | 80 | US | Actor | ||
6 | Guy Stockwell | 68 | US | Actor | ||
7 | Diane Hart | 75 | UK | Actress | ||
11 | Barry Foster | 74 | UK | Actor | ||
13 | Waylon Jennings | 64 | US | Singer, Actor | ||
15 | Lucille Lund | 88 | US | Actress | ||
18 | Giustino Durano | 78 | Italy | Actor | ||
18 | Jack Lambert | 81 | US | Actor | ||
18 | Byrne Piven | 72 | US | Actor | ||
19 | Gene Ruggiero | 91 | US | Film Editor | ||
20 | Fredric Steinkamp | 73 | US | Film Editor | ||
21 | John Thaw | 60 | UK | Actor | ||
22 | Chuck Jones | 89 | US | Animator, Director | ||
25 | Claire Davenport | 68 | UK | Actress | ||
26 | Lawrence Tierney | 82 | US | Actor | ||
27 | Spike Milligan | 83 | India | Actor | ||
28 | Mary Stuart | 75 | US | Actress | ||
March | 2 | Mary Grant | 85 | UK | Costume Designer | |
4 | Eric Flynn | 62 | China | Actor | ||
4 | Shirley Russell | 66 | UK | Costume Designer | ||
10 | Irene Worth | 85 | US | Actress | ||
16 | Carmelo Bene | 64 | Italy | Actor, Director | ||
17 | William Witney | 86 | US | Director | ||
18 | Denis Forest | 41 | Canada | Actor | ||
23 | Richard Sylbert | 73 | US | Production Designer | ||
23 | James Culliford | 74 | UK | Actor | ||
26 | Louis M. Heyward | 81 | US | Producer, Screenwriter | ||
27 | Milton Berle | 93 | US | Actor, Comedian | ||
27 | Dudley Moore | 66 | UK | Actor | ||
27 | Billy Wilder | 95 | Austria | Director, Screenwriter | ||
April | 2 | Jack Kruschen | 80 | Canada | Actor | |
3 | Roy Huggins | 87 | US | Screenwriter | ||
4 | Harry O'Connor | 44 | US | Stuntman | ||
6 | Nobu McCarthy | 67 | Canada | Actress | ||
7 | John Agar | 81 | US | Actor | ||
8 | María Félix | 88 | Mexico | Actress | ||
15 | Dave King | 72 | UK | Actor | ||
16 | Alexander Doré | 78 | UK | Actor | ||
16 | Robert Urich | 55 | US | Actor | ||
17 | James Copeland | 84 | UK | Actor | ||
19 | Reginald Rose | 81 | US | Screenwriter | ||
21 | Terry Walsh | 62 | UK | Stuntman, Actor | ||
22 | Linda Lovelace | 53 | US | Porn Actress | ||
23 | Carla Fry | 40 | US | Producer, Executive | ||
25 | Michael Bryant | 74 | UK | Actor | ||
28 | John Wilkinson | 82 | US | Sound Engineer | ||
May | 2 | Ron Soble | 74 | US | Actor | |
5 | George Sidney | 85 | US | Director | ||
8 | Lou Lombardo | 91 | US | Film Editor | ||
10 | Linda Francis | 62 | US | Casting Director | ||
11 | Bill Peet | 87 | US | Screenwriter | ||
14 | Ray Stricklyn | 73 | US | Actor | ||
15 | Bryan Pringle | 67 | UK | Actor | ||
23 | Dorothy Spencer | 93 | US | Film Editor | ||
25 | Pat Coombs | 75 | UK | Actress | ||
June | 2 | Herman Cohen | 76 | US | Producer | |
3 | Lew Wasserman | 89 | US | Studio Executive | ||
3 | Sam Whipple | 41 | US | Actor | ||
7 | Signe Hasso | 86 | Sweden | Actress | ||
22 | Chang Cheh | 79 | China | Director, Screenwriter | ||
25 | Charles C. Bennett | 62 | US | Production Designer | ||
26 | Dolores Gray | 78 | US | Actress | ||
28 | François Périer | 82 | France | Actor | ||
29 | Rosemary Clooney | 74 | US | Singer, Actress | ||
July | 4 | Ivan Moffat | 84 | Cuba | Screenwriter | |
5 | Katy Jurado | 78 | Mexico | Actress | ||
6 | John Frankenheimer | 72 | US | Director, Producer | ||
8 | Ward Kimball | 88 | US | Animator | ||
9 | Gerald Campion | 81 | UK | Actor | ||
9 | Rod Steiger | 77 | US | Actor | ||
15 | Phil Roth | 72 | US | Actor | ||
17 | Harry W. Gerstad | 93 | US | Film Editor | ||
23 | Leo McKern | 82 | Australia | Actor | ||
24 | Maurice Denham | 92 | UK | Actor | ||
26 | Buddy Baker | 84 | US | Composer | ||
August | 3 | Peter Miles | 64 | US | Actor | |
9 | Peter Matz | 73 | US | Composer, Arranger, Conductor | ||
14 | Peter R. Hunt | 77 | UK | Film Editor, Director | ||
15 | Henry Batista | 88 | US | Film Editor | ||
15 | Yuriy Yakovlev | 71 | Bulgaria | Actor | ||
16 | Jeff Corey | 88 | US | Actor | ||
18 | Dean Riesner | 83 | US | Screenwriter | ||
23 | Dennis Fimple | 78 | US | Actor | ||
25 | Stanley R. Greenberg | 74 | US | Screenwriter | ||
30 | J. Lee Thompson | 88 | UK | Director | ||
September | 3 | Ted Ross | 68 | US | Actor | |
5 | Cliff Gorman | 65 | US | Actor | ||
7 | Katrin Cartlidge | 41 | UK | Actress | ||
7 | Michael Elphick | 55 | UK | Actor | ||
11 | Kim Hunter | 79 | US | Actress | ||
14 | LaWanda Page | 81 | US | Actress | ||
16 | James Gregory | 90 | US | Actor | ||
18 | Hazel Brooks | 78 | South Africa | Actress | ||
22 | Carmen Phillips | 65 | US | Actress | ||
27 | P.A. Lundgren | 91 | Sweden | Art Director, Production Designer | ||
28 | Whitney Blake | 76 | US | Actress | ||
October | 3 | Tad Horino | 81 | US | Actor | |
4 | André Delvaux | 76 | Belgium | Director | ||
4 | Buddy Lester | 85 | US | Actor | ||
8 | Phyllis Calvert | 87 | UK | Actress | ||
9 | Charles Guggenheim | 78 | US | Documentarian | ||
12 | Hilyard M. Brown | 92 | US | Art Director | ||
13 | Keene Curtis | 79 | US | Actor | ||
13 | Dennis Patrick | 84 | US | Actor | ||
18 | Chuck Domanico | 58 | US | Musician | ||
21 | George Hall | 85 | Canada | Actor | ||
23 | Adolph Green | 87 | US | Screenwriter, Lyricist, Actor | ||
23 | Nathan Juran | 95 | Romania | Director | ||
24 | Charmian May | 65 | UK | Actress | ||
24 | Peggy Moran | 84 | US | Actress | ||
24 | Scott Plank | 43 | US | Actor | ||
25 | Micheline Cheirel | 85 | France | Actress | ||
25 | Richard Harris | 72 | UK | Actor | ||
27 | André de Toth | 90 | Hungary | Director, Screenwriter | ||
28 | Margaret Booth | 104 | US | Film Editor | ||
28 | Lawrence Dobkin | 83 | US | Actor, Director | ||
29 | Marina Berti | 78 | Italy | Actress | ||
29 | Glenn McQueen | 41 | Canada | Animator | ||
30 | Lee H. Katzin | 67 | US | Director | ||
31 | Raf Vallone | 86 | Italy | Actor | ||
November | 1 | Keith A. Wester | 62 | US | Sound Engineer | |
2 | Lo Lieh | 63 | Indonesia | Actor | ||
4 | Antonio Margheriti | 72 | Italy | Director, Screenwriter | ||
14 | Eddie Bracken | 87 | US | Actor | ||
17 | Marvin Mirisch | 84 | US | Producer | ||
18 | James Coburn | 74 | US | Actor | ||
22 | Parley Baer | 88 | US | Actor | ||
22 | Joan Barclay | 88 | US | Actress | ||
22 | Adele Jergens | 84 | US | Actress | ||
24 | Noel Davis | 75 | UK | Casting Director | ||
25 | Karel Reisz | 76 | Czech Republic | Director, Producer | ||
26 | Stanley Black | 89 | UK | Composer, Conductor | ||
27 | Billie Bird | 94 | US | Actress | ||
27 | Wolfgang Preiss | 92 | Germany | Actor | ||
29 | Daniel Gélin | 81 | France | Actor | ||
29 | John Justin | 85 | UK | Actor | ||
December | 2 | Edgar Scherick | 78 | US | Producer | |
3 | Glenn Quinn | 32 | Ireland | Actor | ||
10 | Peter Tanner | 88 | UK | Film Editor | ||
12 | Brad Dexter | 85 | US | Actor | ||
14 | Sidney Glazier | 86 | US | Producer | ||
14 | Ruth Kobart | 78 | US | Actress | ||
15 | Arthur Jeph Parker | 79 | US | Set Decorator | ||
17 | James Hazeldine | 55 | UK | Actor | ||
18 | Edward Norris | 91 | US | Actor | ||
22 | Duke Callaghan | 88 | US | Cinematographer | ||
22 | Susan Fleming | 94 | US | Actress | ||
22 | Clay Tanner | 71 | US | Actor | ||
22 | Kenneth Tobey | 85 | US | Actor | ||
27 | George Roy Hill | 81 | US | Director | ||
30 | Mary Brian | 96 | US | Actress |