2002 in film

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.
• March 15 - Blue Sky Studios releases their first feature film, Ice Age, starring the voices of Ray Romano, John Leguizamo, and Denis Leary. The film was a massive box office success, thus launching one of the highest-grossing franchises in film history.
• 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 (55th Cannes Film Festival):

The Pianist, directed by Roman Polanski, Poland

Golden Lion (59th Venice International Film Festival):

The Magdalene Sisters, directed by Peter Mullan, U.K. / Ireland

Golden Bear (52nd Berlin International 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

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 4 - Taylor Ann Thompson, 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

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