Box Office Flashback: 2002

[claws]

2002 DOMESTIC GROSSES

#1–20

01. $403,706,375 - Spider-Man
02. $339,789,881 - The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
03. $302,191,252 - Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones
04. $261,988,482 - Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
05. $241,438,208 - My Big Fat Greek Wedding
06. $227,966,634 - Signs
07. $213,307,889 - Austin Powers in Goldmember
08. $190,418,803 - Men in Black II
09. $176,387,405 - Ice Age
10. $170,687,518 - Chicago

11. $164,615,351 - Catch Me If You Can
12. $160,942,139 - Die Another Day
13. $153,294,164 - Scooby-Doo
14. $145,794,338 - Lilo & Stitch
15. $142,109,382 - XXX
16. $139,236,327 - The Santa Clause 2
17. $132,072,926 - Minority Report
18. $129,128,133 - The Ring
19. $127,223,418 - Sweet Home Alabama
20. $126,293,452 - Mr. Deeds

Never seen but I've been curious about My Big Fat Greek Wedding ever since.

[Psycho Circus]

Seen about five or six of these all the way through, only thought "Catch Me If You Can" was good. Again, everything seems geared toward purely making as much money as possible from computerised effects and cheap humour.

[Pilgermann]

Never seen but I've been curious about My Big Fat Greek Wedding ever since.

Do not watch it, it's just dumb.  There are worse films for sure, but there's nothing special about it.

[El Misfit]

01. $403,706,375 - Spider-Man- Okay, I guess
02. $339,789,881 - The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers- Awesome movie, surprised that it isn't a billion dollar success
03. $302,191,252 - Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones- 
04. $261,988,482 - Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets- The Best of the series
05. $241,438,208 - My Big Fat Greek Wedding-never seen
06. $227,966,634 - Signs- okay
07. $213,307,889 - Austin Powers in Goldmember- never seen
08. $190,418,803 - Men in Black II- not good
09. $176,387,405 - Ice Age- horrible
10. $170,687,518 - Chicago- A well made movie IMO

11. $164,615,351 - Catch Me If You Can- Loved It, surprised that it isn't in the top 10
12. $160,942,139 - Die Another Day- meh, the Vanquish was okay
13. $153,294,164 - Scooby-Doo-WTF?!
14. $145,794,338 - Lilo & Stitch-Fine I guess
15. $142,109,382 - XXX-never seen
16. $139,236,327 - The Santa Clause 2- ?
17. $132,072,926 - Minority Report-Never heard of
18. $129,128,133 - The Ring- Don't like those kind of movies
19. $127,223,418 - Sweet Home Alabama-Plays WAAAY too much on USA
20. $126,293,452 - Mr. Deeds- never heard of it.

[JaseSF]

2002 DOMESTIC GROSSES

#1–20

01. $403,706,375 - Spider-Man - I enjoyed it quite a bit at the time. Much better than I was expecting it to be.
02. $339,789,881 - The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers - great stuff.
03. $302,191,252 - Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones- hey, I liked it. Lots of monsters but bogged down by sappy, unbelievable romance.
04. $261,988,482 - Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets- haven't seen this.
05. $241,438,208 - My Big Fat Greek Wedding- didn't catch this either.
06. $227,966,634 - Signs- I liked it but it's nothing great.
07. $213,307,889 - Austin Powers in Goldmember - honestly I enjoyed it and had some good laughs. Not as good as the previous ones though.
08. $190,418,803 - Men in Black II - I liked this too but again not as good as the original.
09. $176,387,405 - Ice Age - really enjoyed this to be honest but felt a bit guilty about liking it.
10. $170,687,518 - Chicago- haven't seen this yet. Looks good.

11. $164,615,351 - Catch Me If You Can - haven't seen this yet either.
12. $160,942,139 - Die Another Day- disappointing but has a few moments.
13. $153,294,164 - Scooby-Doo- awful!
14. $145,794,338 - Lilo & Stitch- haven't seen this.
15. $142,109,382 - XXX- haven't seen this.
16. $139,236,327 - The Santa Clause 2- never caught this.
17. $132,072,926 - Minority Report- this was actually pretty good but not great.
18. $129,128,133 - The Ring- Good and scary. Liked Ringu better though.
19. $127,223,418 - Sweet Home Alabama- haven't seen but it's a fave of my girlfriend's so I'm sure I will...
20. $126,293,452 - Mr. Deeds- haven't seen this.

[akiratubo]

01. $403,706,375 - Spider-Man
Was good until he became Spider-Man, then it sucked.  Although I love the part where Green Goblin busts in on Aunt May saying her prayers.  "Finish it!"  "From Eeeee-villllll!"  "AHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!"

02. $339,789,881 - The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
Boring.  OH MY GOD IS IT EVER BORING.  They get to Helm's Deep, and it's like, "Something's finally going to happen!"  And then the battle is played as a freakin' JOKE!  Gimli runs around making wisecracks while Legolas stands around looking blonde and Aragorn points at stuff.  Also, Gollum is one of the most annoying creations ever put on screen.

03. $302,191,252 - Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones
Boring, and full of epically bad acting, but I like the Yoda lightsaber fight.

04. $261,988,482 - Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
The best of the four I saw.

05. $241,438,208 - My Big Fat Greek Wedding
It manages to avoid many rom-com cliches but runs headlong into many others.  Also vaguely racist.

06. $227,966,634 - Signs
Water is like acid to the aliens.  So they invade a planet covered with water.  Where water falls from the sky quite often.  And they choose to run around nearly naked in cornfields during early morning hours, when the corn is covered with dew, which is water.  Yes, yes, that's only the surface and I'm supposed to look Deep to find the True Message.

07. $213,307,889 - Austin Powers in Goldmember
Not funny.

08. $190,418,803 - Men in Black II
One of the worst sequels ever.

09. $176,387,405 - Ice Age
Surprisingly good.

10. $170,687,518 - Chicago
???

11. $164,615,351 - Catch Me If You Can
???

12. $160,942,139 - Die Another Day
Never saw.

13. $153,294,164 - Scooby-Doo
Skinny Velma?  No.

14. $145,794,338 - Lilo & Stitch
Pretty good.

15. $142,109,382 - XXX
???  Oh ... is this that Vin Diesel movie?  Never saw.

16. $139,236,327 - The Santa Clause 2
No.

17. $132,072,926 - Minority Report
Remember that scene near the beginning, where Tom Cruise likens predestination to a wooden ball rolling off the edge of a table?  Why didn't anyone point out that a wooden ball can't choose what it does and a person can?  When no such line of dialog was forthcoming, I began to suspect that Minority Report was not going to be a thoughtful sci-fi film, it was just going to be another big dumb action movie.  And I was right.

18. $129,128,133 - The Ring
This is the movie the Japanese original should have been.

19. $127,223,418 - Sweet Home Alabama
People from the south!  It's funny, because they aren't from LA or NYC!  Hahaha!

20. $126,293,452 - Mr. Deeds
???

[Hammock Rider]

2002 DOMESTIC GROSSES

#1–20

01. $403,706,375 - Spider-Man- Organic webshooters- otherwise not bad. Could have used a little more humor

02. $339,789,881 - The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers- good stuff Maynard! Loved it.

03. $302,191,252 - Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones-I tried to like ti but I just can't buy young Darth Vader as a pouty, boy band lookin' whiner.

04. $261,988,482 - Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets-I haven't seen any of them.

05. $241,438,208 - My Big Fat Greek Wedding-Nope

06. $227,966,634 - Signs-I saw it on cable. I want that month's fee back.

07. $213,307,889 - Austin Powers in Goldmember-Disappointed

08. $190,418,803 - Men in Black II-Also disappointing

09. $176,387,405 - Ice Age-I thought it was pretty funny. I liked it.

10. $170,687,518 - Chicago-Nope

11. $164,615,351 - Catch Me If You Can-Better than I thought it would be.

12. $160,942,139 - Die Another Day-So-so

13. $153,294,164 - Scooby-Doo-Good for the kiddies. But they made Shaggy a vegetarian and for that I will never forgive them

14. $145,794,338 - Lilo & Stitch- A very good Disney flick.

15. $142,109,382 - XXX- Nope

16. $139,236,327 - The Santa Clause 2  Double Nope

17. $132,072,926 - Minority Report- I went for the Philip K. Dick adaptation, I fell asleep for the bad Philip K. Dick adaptation.

18. $129,128,133 - The Ring-Missed it

19. $127,223,418 - Sweet Home Alabama-Missed it on purpose

20. $126,293,452 - Mr. Deeds- I liked the original. It had style, wit and charm and even a little message. This one had a blonde Winona Ryder.

[Flick James]

Never seen but I've been curious about My Big Fat Greek Wedding ever since.

Do not watch it, it's just dumb.  There are worse films for sure, but there's nothing special about it.

Oh, come on, it was okay. It's not a great movie, it's not a terrible movie. If you've got a wife or girlfriend there are worse movies you could be subjected to.

[bob]

01. $403,706,375 - Spider-Man - enjoyed this, haven't see it in years
02. $339,789,881 - The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers - the second of the 3 walking movies, hate this...yet I'm giving it another chance soon since some movies are better then 3rd time you see them
03. $302,191,252 - Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones - I hate this one, the dialogue sucks, the acting is wooden, and it's incredibly boring
06. $227,966,634 - Signs - I liked this...haven't seen this in years
07. $213,307,889 - Austin Powers in Goldmember - didn't like this one much
08. $190,418,803 - Men in Black II - urggg
11. $164,615,351 - Catch Me If You Can - this is really good
12. $160,942,139 - Die Another Day - haven't seen this in a while...guessing there is a reason for this even though I own it
15. $142,109,382 - XXX - I liked this
18. $129,128,133 - The Ring - very good
20. $126,293,452 - Mr. Deeds - didn't like this much at all


haven't seen the rest

[Mr. DS]

Spider-Man -  I think it was the last one I saw in the theater when I was living back home.  I recall my wife getting mad at me because she wanted to see it with me.   This annoying girl was sitting next to me and got on my nerves during the whole thing.

Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones - Saw in the theater with my wife it is the worst of the franchise.

My Big Fat Greek Wedding - A pleasant surprise for me.  This was a compromise film for my wife and I may have ended up enjoying it as much as she did.

Austin Powers in Goldmember - Saw this opening weekend, another huge sequel letdown.

The Ring - My wife and I can't agree if we saw this in the theater.  I think we did.  I found it very creepy to be honest.

Sweet Home Alabama - Ug...another compromise film...I hated this film.  I thought she picked the wrong guy at the end.