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Box Office Performance for Science Fiction Movies in 2002

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RankMovieRelease
Date		 GenreMPAA
Rating		2002 GrossTickets Sold
1 Star Wars Ep. II: Attack of… May 16, 2002 Adventure PG $310,676,740 53,472,760
2 Signs Aug 2, 2002 Thriller/Suspense PG-13 $227,750,028 39,199,660
3 Men in Black 2 Jul 3, 2002 Action PG-13 $190,418,803 32,774,320
4 Minority Report Jun 21, 2002 Action PG-13 $132,024,714 22,723,702
5 E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial Jun 11, 1982 Adventure PG $75,752,422 13,038,282
6 The Time Machine Mar 8, 2002 Adventure PG-13 $56,684,819 9,756,423
7 The Tuxedo Sep 27, 2002 Action PG-13 $50,189,179 8,638,412
8 Resident Evil Mar 15, 2002 Horror R $40,119,709 6,905,285
9 Star Trek: Nemesis Dec 13, 2002 Adventure PG-13 $39,825,707 6,854,682
10 Clockstoppers Mar 29, 2002 Adventure PG $36,985,501 6,365,834
11 The Mothman Prophecies Jan 25, 2002 Horror PG-13 $35,228,696 6,063,458
12 Rollerball Feb 8, 2002 Action PG-13 $18,990,542 3,268,595
13 Solaris Nov 27, 2002 Drama PG-13 $14,864,114 2,558,367
14 S1m0ne Aug 23, 2002 Comedy PG-13 $9,680,913 1,666,250
15 The Adventures of Pluto Nash Aug 16, 2002 Comedy PG-13 $4,411,102 759,225
16 T-Rex: Back to the Cretaceous Oct 23, 1998 Adventure Not Rated $4,301,999 740,447
17 Impostor Jan 4, 2002 Thriller/Suspense PG-13 $3,091,714 532,136
18 Equilibrium Dec 6, 2002 Action R $1,190,018 204,822
19 Metropolis Jan 25, 2002 Adventure PG-13 $673,414 115,906
20 Metropolis Mar 13, 1927 Action Not Rated $583,182 100,375
21 Alien Adventure Apr 14, 2000 Comedy Not Rated $316,045 54,396
22 Planet of the Apes Jul 27, 2001 Adventure PG-13 $170,202 29,294
Total Gross of All Movies$1,253,929,563
Total Tickets Sold215,822,631

Note: This chart ranks movies by the amount they earned during 2002. It includes movies released in previous years that earned money during 2002. For example, a movie released over Thanksgiving in 2010 will most likely earn money in 2010 and 2011. Click on the individual movie to see its total gross over all the years in which it played.

Inflation-adjusted figures are based ticket sale estimates, and may not be precise due to rounding errors.

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