Domestic Box Office For May 1, 2002
Data as of May 2, 2:59 PDT
Key:New This Day
| TD | YD | Release | Daily | %± YD | %± LW | Theaters | Avg | To Date | Days | Distributor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | The Scorpion King | $930,885 | -11.5% | -42.5% | 3,449 | $269 | $64,332,920 | 13 | Universal Pictures |
| 2 | - | Frailty | $638,475 | - | +284.6% | 1,059 | $602 | $10,828,869 | 20 | Lionsgate Films |
| 3 | - | National Lampoon's Van Wilder | $584,135 | - | +231.9% | 1,352 | $432 | $20,197,285 | 27 | Artisan Entertainment |
| 4 | 2 | Changing Lanes | $533,000 | -9.4% | -19.5% | 2,642 | $201 | $46,256,642 | 20 | Paramount Pictures |
| 5 | - | Blade II | $478,226 | - | +176.4% | 1,208 | $395 | $79,924,508 | 41 | New Line Cinema |
| 6 | 3 | Murder by Numbers | $476,509 | -9.1% | -26.8% | 2,663 | $178 | $19,817,702 | 13 | Warner Bros. |
| 7 | - | Monster's Ball | $411,075 | - | - | 414 | $992 | $29,686,150 | 127 | Lionsgate Films |
| 8 | - | And Your Mother Too | $393,452 | - | - | 282 | $1,395 | $7,637,875 | 48 | IFC Films |
| 9 | 4 | Life or Something Like It | $368,875 | -13.2% | - | 2,606 | $141 | $7,404,521 | 6 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 10 | - | Space Station 3D | $358,330 | - | - | 28 | $12,797 | $1,688,605 | 13 | IMAX |
| 11 | 5 | Jason X | $300,000 | -9.9% | - | 1,878 | $159 | $7,664,006 | 6 | New Line Cinema |
| 12 | - | Clockstoppers | $291,058 | - | +219.8% | 1,847 | $157 | $34,783,321 | 34 | Paramount Pictures |
| 13 | - | My Big Fat Greek Wedding | $273,990 | - | - | 141 | $1,943 | $1,900,741 | 13 | IFC Films |
| 14 | 6 | Panic Room | $272,000 | -12.8% | -25.9% | 2,463 | $110 | $88,604,590 | 34 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 15 | - | Monsoon Wedding | $269,580 | - | - | 239 | $1,127 | $8,398,376 | 69 | USA Films |
| 16 | 8 | The Rookie | $236,045 | -5.8% | -21.4% | 2,543 | $92 | $61,516,763 | 34 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 17 | 7 | The Sweetest Thing | $234,075 | -18.9% | -32.9% | 2,124 | $110 | $22,031,065 | 20 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 18 | 9 | High Crimes | $218,288 | -7.9% | -16.3% | 2,054 | $106 | $35,754,018 | 27 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 19 | - | We Were Soldiers | $208,027 | - | - | 602 | $345 | $76,415,904 | 62 | Paramount Pictures |
| 20 | 10 | Ice Age | $204,899 | -4.6% | -23% | 2,594 | $78 | $166,456,835 | 48 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 21 | - | The Cat's Meow | $184,035 | - | - | 135 | $1,363 | $970,956 | 20 | Lionsgate Films |
| 22 | - | The Other Side of Heaven | $144,044 | - | - | 197 | $731 | $4,144,623 | 139 | Excel Entertainment |
| 23 | - | Shackleton's Antarctic Adventure | $126,711 | - | - | 25 | $5,068 | $11,047,479 | 446 | - |
| 24 | - | Beauty and the Beast 2000 IMAX Release | $91,039 | - | - | 67 | $1,358 | $24,565,389 | 121 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 25 | - | All About the Benjamins | $65,708 | - | - | 237 | $277 | $25,117,920 | 55 | New Line Cinema |
| 26 | - | Return to Never Land | $63,331 | - | - | 267 | $237 | $48,038,806 | 76 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 27 | 11 | The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring | $63,215 | -6.8% | -6.2% | 529 | $119 | $308,270,024 | 134 | New Line Cinema |
| 28 | - | The Count of Monte Cristo | $62,194 | - | - | 159 | $391 | $53,856,123 | 97 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 29 | - | Amélie | $56,865 | - | - | 104 | $546 | $32,588,014 | 181 | Miramax |
| 30 | - | Enigma 2001 Re-release | $56,196 | - | - | 27 | $2,081 | $418,170 | 13 | - |
| 31 | 12 | A Beautiful Mind | $49,885 | -6.2% | -16.4% | 626 | $79 | $169,495,676 | 132 | Universal Pictures |
| 32 | - | Gosford Park | $49,121 | - | - | 120 | $409 | $40,962,115 | 127 | USA Films |
| 33 | - | Snow Dogs | $44,827 | - | - | 198 | $226 | $80,766,428 | 104 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 34 | - | Dogtown and Z-Boys | $42,797 | - | - | 20 | $2,139 | $146,152 | 6 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 35 | - | Italian for Beginners | $42,434 | - | - | 97 | $437 | $3,896,359 | 104 | Miramax |
| 36 | - | Big Trouble | $41,727 | - | +61.8% | 174 | $239 | $7,069,655 | 27 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 37 | - | Crush | $40,408 | - | - | 117 | $345 | $477,663 | 27 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 38 | - | John Q | $36,304 | - | - | 191 | $190 | $71,062,935 | 76 | New Line Cinema |
| 39 | - | T-Rex: Back to the Cretaceous | $35,804 | - | - | 5 | $7,160 | $38,434,985 | 1,287 | IMAX |
| 40 | - | Resident Evil | $35,015 | - | - | 176 | $198 | $39,466,942 | 48 | Screen Gems |
| 41 | - | Last Orders | $34,884 | - | - | 56 | $622 | $1,907,380 | 66 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 42 | 13 | Kissing Jessica Stein | $34,644 | -15.7% | -18.2% | 242 | $143 | $5,723,669 | 50 | - |
| 43 | - | Iris | $33,930 | - | - | 118 | $287 | $5,509,357 | 139 | Miramax |
| 44 | - | Nine Queens | $32,340 | - | - | 16 | $2,021 | $185,369 | 13 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 45 | - | In the Bedroom | $31,866 | - | - | 149 | $213 | $35,842,020 | 160 | Miramax |
| 46 | - | Human Nature | $28,634 | - | - | 41 | $698 | $679,799 | 20 | Fine Line Features |
| 47 | - | The Royal Tenenbaums | $28,581 | - | - | 48 | $595 | $52,061,262 | 139 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 48 | - | 40 Days and 40 Nights | $26,967 | - | - | 93 | $289 | $37,705,104 | 62 | Miramax |
| 49 | - | Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone | $25,273 | - | - | 43 | $587 | $317,373,152 | 167 | Warner Bros. |
| 50 | - | The Triumph of Love | $25,037 | - | - | 46 | $544 | $189,145 | 15 | Paramount Classics |
| 51 | 15 | E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial 20th Anniversary | $23,405 | +0.7% | -31.8% | 671 | $34 | $34,804,050 | 41 | Universal Pictures |
| 52 | - | The Last Waltz 2002 Re-release | $21,709 | - | - | 15 | $1,447 | $232,234 | 27 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) |
| 53 | 14 | The Time Machine | $21,210 | -11.6% | +70.6% | 299 | $70 | $56,140,920 | 55 | DreamWorks Distribution |
| 54 | - | Circuit | $21,014 | - | - | 3 | $7,004 | $61,902 | 6 | - |
| 55 | - | The Piano Teacher | $19,988 | - | - | 8 | $2,498 | $280,518 | 34 | Kino International |
| 56 | - | Time Out | $16,147 | - | - | 13 | $1,242 | $230,097 | 34 | THINKFilm |
| 57 | 16 | The Salton Sea | $15,836 | -11.1% | - | 15 | $1,055 | $218,260 | 6 | Warner Bros. |
| 58 | - | Son of the Bride | $13,890 | - | - | 12 | $1,157 | $269,889 | 41 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 59 | - | Amadeus Director's Cut | $13,732 | - | - | 14 | $980 | $325,358 | 27 | Warner Bros. |
| 60 | - | Monsters, Inc. | $7,538 | - | - | 41 | $183 | $253,060,490 | 181 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 61 | - | Rain | $7,325 | - | - | 1 | $7,325 | $22,547 | 6 | IDP Distribution |
| 62 | 17 | Death to Smoochy | $6,610 | -10.7% | +30.8% | 155 | $42 | $8,328,744 | 34 | Warner Bros. |
| 63 | 18 | Showtime | $6,073 | -4.8% | -35.4% | 133 | $45 | $37,534,785 | 48 | Warner Bros. |
| 64 | 19 | Queen of the Damned | $4,596 | -15.7% | -52.5% | 99 | $46 | $30,273,134 | 69 | Warner Bros. |
| 65 | - | Night at the Golden Eagle | $3,936 | - | - | 3 | $1,312 | $11,316 | 6 | - |
| 66 | - | Vulgar | $3,746 | - | - | 2 | $1,873 | $13,123 | 6 | Lionsgate Films |
| 67 | 20 | Collateral Damage | $3,561 | -18.3% | -67.3% | 87 | $40 | $40,059,731 | 83 | Warner Bros. |
| 68 | - | Chelsea Walls | $3,322 | - | - | 3 | $1,107 | $25,430 | 13 | Lionsgate Films |
| 69 | 21 | A Walk to Remember | $2,872 | -14.4% | -34% | 72 | $39 | $41,236,460 | 97 | Warner Bros. |
| 70 | - | A Grin Without A Cat | $2,574 | - | - | 1 | $2,574 | $2,574 | 1 | Icarus Films |
| 71 | 22 | Super Troopers | $863 | -26.7% | -47.7% | 16 | $53 | $18,491,504 | 76 | - |
| 72 | - | Spooky House | $708 | - | - | 24 | $29 | $65,238 | 13 | - |
| 73 | 23 | Brotherhood of the Wolf | $350 | -9.1% | -82.1% | 7 | $50 | $10,926,823 | 111 | Universal Pictures |
| 74 | 24 | Mulholland Drive | $250 | -9.1% | +4.2% | 5 | $50 | $7,217,783 | 206 | Universal Pictures |
