100 English films of 2002 ranked by box office. #1: The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers ($945.1 million).
| # | Film | Lead | Director | Budget | Box office | Multiple |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers | Peter Jackson | $94 million | $945.1 million | 10.05x | |
| 2 | Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets | Chris Columbus | $100 million | $883.4 million | 8.83x | |
| 3 | Spider-Man | Sam Raimi | $139 million | $826.8 million | 5.95x | |
| 4 | Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones | George Lucas | $115 million | $653.8 million | 5.69x | |
| 5 | Men in Black II | Barry Sonnenfeld | $140 million | $445 million | 3.18x | |
| 6 | Die Another Day | Lee Tamahori | $142 million | $432 million | 3.04x | |
| 7 | Signs | M. Night Shyamalan | $72 million | $408.2 million | 5.67x | |
| 8 | My Big Fat Greek Wedding | Joel Zwick | $5 million | $368.7 million | 73.74x | |
| 9 | Minority Report | Steven Spielberg | $102 million | $358.4 million | 3.51x | |
| 10 | Catch Me If You Can | Steven Spielberg | $52 million | $352.1 million | 6.77x | |
| 11 | Chicago | Rob Marshall | $45 million | $306.8 million | 6.82x | |
| 12 | Austin Powers in Goldmember | Jay Roach | $63 million | $296.9 million | 4.71x | |
| 13 | xXx | Rob Cohen | $120 million | $277.4 million | 2.31x | |
| 14 | Scooby-Doo | Raja Gosnell | $84 million | $275 million | 3.27x | |
| 15 | the dig bick | Gore Verbinski | $48 million | $249.3 million | 5.19x | |
| 16 | 8 Mile | Curtis Hanson | $41 million | $242.9 million | 5.92x | |
| 17 | The Bourne Identity | Doug Liman | $60 million | $214 million | 3.57x | |
| 18 | Red Dragon | Brett Ratner | $78 million | $209.2 million | 2.68x | |
| 19 | Two Weeks Notice | Marc Lawrence | $60 million | $199 million | 3.32x | |
| 20 | Panic Room | David Fincher | $48 million | $197.1 million | 4.11x | |
| 21 | The Sum of All Fears | Phil Alden Robinson | $68 million | $194 million | 2.85x | |
| 22 | Gangs of New York | Martin Scorsese | $97 million | $193.8 million | 2.00x | |
| 23 | Road to Perdition | Sam Mendes | $80 million | $183.4 million | 2.29x | |
| 24 | Sweet Home Alabama | Andy Tennant | $30 million | $180.6 million | 6.02x | |
| 25 | The Scorpion King | Chuck Russell | $60 million | $178.8 million | 2.98x | |
| 26 | The Santa Clause 2 | Michael Lembeck | $65 million | $172.9 million | 2.66x | |
| 27 | Mr. Deeds | Steven Brill | $50 million | $171.3 million | 3.43x | |
| 28 | Stuart Little 2 | Rob Minkoff | $120 million | $170 million | 1.42x | |
| 29 | Blade II | Guillermo del Toro | $54 million | $155 million | 2.87x | |
| 30 | Maid in Manhattan | Wayne Wang | $55 million | $154.9 million | 2.82x | |
| 31 | About a Boy | Paul Weitz | $30 million | $130.5 million | 4.35x | |
| 32 | Space Station 3D | Toni Myers | $1 million | $128.4 million | 128.36x | |
| 33 | The Time Machine | Simon Wells | $80 million | $123.7 million | 1.55x | |
| 34 | The Pianist | Roman Polanski | $35 million | $120.1 million | 3.43x | |
| 35 | Unfaithful | Adrian Lyne | $50 million | $119.1 million | 2.38x | |
| 36 | Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams | Robert Rodriguez | $38 million | $119 million | 3.13x | |
| 37 | We Were Soldiers | Randall Wallace | $70 million | $115.4 million | 1.65x | |
| 38 | Snow Dogs | Brian Levant | $33 million | $115 million | 3.48x | |
| 39 | Insomnia | Christopher Nolan | $46 million | $113.8 million | 2.47x | |
| 40 | The Hours | Stephen Daldry | $25 million | $108.8 million | 4.35x | |
| 41 | About Schmidt | Alexander Payne | $30 million | $105.8 million | 3.53x | |
| 42 | The Tuxedo | Kevin Donovan | $60 million | $104.4 million | 1.74x | |
| 43 | Resident Evil | Paul W. S. Anderson | $33 million | $103 million | 3.12x | |
| 44 | John Q | Nick Cassavetes | $36 million | $102.2 million | 2.84x | |
| 45 | Phone Booth | Joel Schumacher | $13 million | $97.8 million | 7.52x | |
| 46 | 40 Days and 40 Nights | Michael Lehmann | $17 million | $95.1 million | 5.59x | |
| 47 | Changing Lanes | Roger Michell | $45 million | $94.9 million | 2.11x | |
| 48 | Bend It Like Beckham | Gurinder Chadha | £3.6 million | $92.2 million | ||
| 49 | 28 Days Later | Danny Boyle | $8 million | $82.8 million | 10.35x | |
| 50 | Reign of Fire | Rob Bowman | $60 million | $82.2 million | 1.37x | |
| 51 | The Rookie | John Lee Hancock | $22 million | $80.7 million | 3.67x | |
| 52 | Jackass: The Movie | Jeff Tremaine | $5 million | $79.5 million | 15.90x | |
| 53 | Collateral Damage | Andrew Davis | $85 million | $78.4 million | 0.92x | |
| 54 | Showtime | Tom Dey | $85 million | $77.7 million | 0.91x | |
| 55 | Barbershop | Tim Story | $12 million | $77 million | 6.42x | |
| 56 | Windtalkers | John Woo | $115 million | $76.7 million | 0.67x | |
| 57 | The Count of Monte Cristo | Kevin Reynolds | $35 million | $75.4 million | 2.15x | |
| 58 | Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood | Callie Khouri | $27 million | $73.8 million | 2.73x | |
| 59 | The Sweetest Thing | Roger Kumble | $43 million | $68.7 million | 1.60x | |
| 60 | Ghost Ship | Steve Beck | $20 million | $68.3 million | 3.42x | |
| 61 | Star Trek: Nemesis | Stuart Baird | $60 million | $67.3 million | 1.12x | |
| 62 | Bad Company | Joel Schumacher | $70 million | $66 million | 0.94x | |
| 63 | K-19: The Widowmaker | Kathryn Bigelow | $100 million | $65.7 million | 0.66x | |
| 64 | High Crimes | Carl Franklin | $42 million | $63.8 million | 1.52x | |
| 65 | Like Mike | John Schultz | $30 million | $62.3 million | 2.08x | |
| 66 | Crossroads | Tamra Davis | $12 million | $61.7 million | 5.14x | |
| 67 | The Wild Thornberrys Movie | Jeff McGrath | $25 million | $60.7 million | 2.43x | |
| 68 | I Spy | Betty Thomas | $70 million | $60.3 million | 0.86x | |
| 69 | Bowling for Columbine | Michael Moore | $4 million | $58 million | 14.50x | |
| 70 | Drumline | Charles Stone III | $20 million | $57.6 million | 2.88x | |
| 71 | Murder by Numbers | Barbet Schroeder | $50 million | $56.7 million | 1.13x | |
| 72 | Frida | Julie Taymor | $12 million | $56.3 million | 4.69x | |
| 73 | The Mothman Prophecies | Mark Pellington | $32 million | $55.2 million | 1.73x | |
| 74 | Analyze That | Harold Ramis | $60 million | $55 million | 0.92x | |
| 74 | Blue Crush | John Stockwell | $30 million | $55 million | 1.83x | |
| 76 | The Hot Chick | Tom Brady | $34 million | $54.6 million | 1.61x | |
| 77 | Big Fat Liar | Shawn Levy | $15 million | $53 million | 3.53x | |
| 78 | Dragonfly | Tom Shadyac | $60 million | $52.3 million | 0.87x | |
| 79 | One Hour Photo | Mark Romanek | $12 million | $52.2 million | 4.35x | |
| 80 | Enough | Michael Apted | $38 million | $51.8 million | 1.36x | |
| 81 | A Walk to Remember | Adam Shankman | $11.8 million | $47.5 million | 4.03x | |
| 82 | Eight Legged Freaks | Ellory Elkayem | $30 million | $45.9 million | 1.53x | |
| 83 | Queen of the Damned | Michael Rymer | $35 million | $45.3 million | 1.29x | |
| 84 | The Transporter | Corey Yuen | $20.5 million | $43.9 million | 2.14x | |
| 85 | The Master of Disguise | Perry Andelin Blake | $16 million | $43.4 million | 2.71x | |
| 86 | Orange County | Jake Kasdan | $18 million | $43.3 million | 2.41x | |
| 87 | Undercover Brother | Malcolm D. Lee | $25 million | $41.6 million | 1.66x | |
| 88 | Whale Rider | Niki Caro | NZD 9.2 million | $41.4 million | ||
| 89 | Love and a Bullet | Kantz | $7 million | $40 million | 5.71x | |
| 90 | Clockstoppers | Jonathan Frakes | $26 million | $38.8 million | 1.49x | |
| 91 | National Lampoon's Van Wilder | Walt Becker | $5 million | $38.3 million | 7.66x | |
| 92 | The Banger Sisters | Bob Dolman | $10 million | $38.1 million | 3.81x | |
| 93 | Halloween: Resurrection | Rick Rosenthal | $15 million | $37.6 million | 2.51x | |
| 94 | Swimfan | John Polson | $10 million | $34.4 million | 3.44x | |
| 94 | Darkness | Jaume Balagueró | $10.6 million | $34.4 million | 3.25x | |
| 96 | Friday After Next | Marcus Raboy | $10 million | $33.5 million | 3.35x | |
| 97 | The Crocodile Hunter: Collision Course | John Stainton | $12 million | $33.4 million | 2.78x | |
| 98 | L'Auberge espagnole | Cédric Klapisch | €5 million | $33.3 million | ||
| 99 | Hart's War | Gregory Hoblit | $70 million | $33.1 million | 0.47x | |
| 99 | Confessions of a Dangerous Mind | George Clooney | $30 million | $33.1 million | 1.10x |
Figures are shown in the currency they were reported in (Wikipedia, Wikidata or TMDB); no conversion.