Domestic Box Office For May 3, 2002
Data as of May 4, 12:01 PDT
Key:New This Day
| TD | YD | Release | Daily | %± YD | %± LW | Theaters | Avg | To Date | Days | Distributor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | - | Spider-Man | $39,406,872 | - | - | 3,615 | $10,900 | $39,406,872 | 1 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 2 | 1 | The Scorpion King | $2,946,500 | +235% | -41.5% | 3,465 | $850 | $68,158,915 | 15 | Universal Pictures |
| 3 | 2 | Changing Lanes | $1,699,000 | +246.7% | -33.6% | 2,642 | $643 | $48,447,120 | 22 | Paramount Pictures |
| 4 | 4 | Life or Something Like It | $1,220,056 | +263.7% | -44.4% | 2,609 | $467 | $8,960,048 | 8 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 5 | 3 | Murder by Numbers | $1,171,190 | +159.4% | -37.6% | 2,565 | $456 | $21,440,423 | 15 | Warner Bros. |
| 6 | - | Deuces Wild | $1,020,000 | - | - | 1,480 | $689 | $1,020,000 | 1 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) |
| 7 | 7 | The Rookie | $984,802 | +276% | -31.8% | 2,351 | $418 | $62,763,472 | 36 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 8 | 5 | Jason X | $771,000 | +183.5% | -70.3% | 1,879 | $410 | $8,718,144 | 8 | New Line Cinema |
| 9 | - | John Q | $693,867 | - | - | - | - | $71,756,802 | 78 | New Line Cinema |
| 10 | 6 | Panic Room | $679,000 | +150.6% | -44% | 1,827 | $371 | $89,555,010 | 36 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 11 | - | Hollywood Ending | $671,000 | - | - | 765 | $877 | $671,000 | 1 | DreamWorks Distribution |
| 12 | 10 | Ice Age | $614,221 | +200.8% | -45% | 2,137 | $287 | $167,275,237 | 50 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 13 | 8 | High Crimes | $583,730 | +167.3% | -37.5% | 1,451 | $402 | $36,556,163 | 29 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 14 | 9 | The Sweetest Thing | $362,002 | +68.8% | -61.4% | 1,125 | $321 | $22,607,544 | 22 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 15 | - | Frailty | $169,967 | - | - | 552 | $307 | $10,998,837 | 22 | Lionsgate Films |
| 16 | - | And Your Mother Too | $153,638 | - | - | 274 | $560 | $7,791,513 | 50 | IFC Films |
| 17 | - | My Big Fat Greek Wedding | $135,587 | - | - | 147 | $922 | $2,036,329 | 15 | IFC Films |
| 18 | - | Space Station 3D | $131,668 | - | - | 32 | $4,114 | $1,820,274 | 15 | IMAX |
| 19 | 11 | The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring | $125,837 | +80% | -37.7% | 408 | $308 | $308,465,760 | 136 | New Line Cinema |
| 20 | - | Monsoon Wedding | $118,869 | - | - | 254 | $467 | $8,517,245 | 71 | USA Films |
| 21 | - | Clockstoppers | $116,797 | - | - | 1,352 | $86 | $34,900,119 | 36 | Paramount Pictures |
| 22 | - | Blade II | $111,018 | - | - | 687 | $161 | $80,035,526 | 43 | New Line Cinema |
| 23 | 12 | A Beautiful Mind | $97,265 | +82.6% | -49.1% | 397 | $245 | $169,646,196 | 134 | Universal Pictures |
| 24 | - | Monster's Ball | $93,529 | - | - | 323 | $289 | $29,779,680 | 129 | Lionsgate Films |
| 25 | - | National Lampoon's Van Wilder | $92,484 | - | - | 575 | $160 | $20,289,770 | 29 | Artisan Entertainment |
| 26 | - | The Cat's Meow | $75,063 | - | - | 153 | $490 | $1,046,020 | 22 | Lionsgate Films |
| 27 | 15 | The Time Machine | $73,018 | +242.7% | +4.3% | 254 | $287 | $56,235,246 | 57 | DreamWorks Distribution |
| 28 | - | We Were Soldiers | $72,091 | - | - | 448 | $160 | $76,487,996 | 64 | Paramount Pictures |
| 29 | 13 | Kissing Jessica Stein | $70,531 | +100% | -34.6% | 171 | $412 | $5,829,470 | 52 | - |
| 30 | 19 | Showtime | $54,401 | +987.6% | +109.1% | 278 | $195 | $37,594,188 | 50 | Warner Bros. |
| 31 | 22 | A Walk to Remember | $41,152 | +1,082.5% | +196.2% | - | - | $41,281,092 | 99 | Warner Bros. |
| 32 | 14 | E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial 20th Anniversary | $39,375 | +46.7% | -58.1% | 375 | $105 | $34,870,265 | 43 | Universal Pictures |
| 33 | - | Shackleton's Antarctic Adventure | $34,246 | - | - | 25 | $1,369 | $11,081,726 | 448 | - |
| 34 | - | Enigma 2001 Re-release | $34,131 | - | - | 37 | $922 | $452,301 | 15 | - |
| 35 | 16 | The Salton Sea | $30,479 | +121.2% | -43.4% | 17 | $1,792 | $262,516 | 8 | Warner Bros. |
| 36 | - | Beauty and the Beast 2000 IMAX Release | $30,435 | - | - | 62 | $490 | $24,595,825 | 123 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 37 | - | Dogtown and Z-Boys | $27,089 | - | - | 35 | $773 | $173,242 | 8 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 38 | - | All About the Benjamins | $26,045 | - | - | 142 | $183 | $25,143,966 | 57 | New Line Cinema |
| 39 | - | The Other Side of Heaven | $24,378 | - | - | 103 | $236 | $4,169,001 | 141 | Excel Entertainment |
| 40 | - | Amélie | $19,641 | - | - | 85 | $231 | $32,607,656 | 183 | Miramax |
| 41 | - | Return to Never Land | $19,385 | - | - | 227 | $85 | $48,058,192 | 78 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 42 | - | Nine Queens | $17,595 | - | - | 28 | $628 | $202,965 | 15 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 43 | - | The Count of Monte Cristo | $17,461 | - | - | 125 | $139 | $53,873,585 | 99 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 44 | - | Italian for Beginners | $16,742 | - | - | 97 | $172 | $3,913,102 | 106 | Miramax |
| 45 | - | 40 Days and 40 Nights | $16,460 | - | - | 203 | $81 | $37,721,565 | 64 | Miramax |
| 46 | - | Snow Dogs | $15,930 | - | - | 183 | $87 | $80,782,359 | 106 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 47 | 21 | Collateral Damage | $13,719 | +260.4% | +15.5% | - | - | $40,077,257 | 85 | Warner Bros. |
| 48 | - | Crush | $13,471 | - | - | 57 | $236 | $491,135 | 29 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 49 | - | Gosford Park | $12,245 | - | - | 85 | $144 | $40,974,361 | 129 | USA Films |
| 50 | - | The Piano Teacher | $11,723 | - | - | 12 | $976 | $292,242 | 36 | Kino International |
| 51 | - | Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone | $11,668 | - | - | 40 | $291 | $317,384,821 | 169 | Warner Bros. |
| 52 | - | Resident Evil | $11,667 | - | - | 67 | $174 | $39,478,610 | 50 | Screen Gems |
| 53 | - | Last Orders | $11,474 | - | - | 43 | $266 | $1,918,855 | 68 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 54 | - | T-Rex: Back to the Cretaceous | $9,678 | - | - | 6 | $1,613 | $38,444,663 | 1,289 | IMAX |
| 55 | 20 | Queen of the Damned | $7,586 | +66% | -51.1% | 65 | $116 | $30,285,291 | 71 | Warner Bros. |
| 56 | - | Unfaithful | $7,580 | - | - | 2 | $3,790 | $7,581 | - | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 57 | - | The Royal Tenenbaums | $7,173 | - | - | 44 | $163 | $52,068,436 | 141 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 58 | - | In the Bedroom | $6,909 | - | - | 83 | $83 | $35,848,930 | 162 | Miramax |
| 59 | 17 | Death to Smoochy | $6,658 | -7.6% | -69.8% | 44 | $151 | $8,342,607 | 36 | Warner Bros. |
| 60 | - | Rain | $6,400 | - | - | 7 | $914 | $28,948 | 8 | IDP Distribution |
| 61 | - | The Triumph of Love | $6,368 | - | - | 27 | $235 | $195,514 | 17 | Paramount Classics |
| 62 | - | Iris | $6,346 | - | - | 62 | $102 | $5,515,704 | 141 | Miramax |
| 63 | - | Night at the Golden Eagle | $6,327 | - | - | - | - | $17,643 | 8 | - |
| 64 | - | Son of the Bride | $5,728 | - | - | 14 | $409 | $275,618 | 43 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 65 | - | The Last Waltz 2002 Re-release | $5,500 | - | - | 12 | $458 | $237,735 | 29 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) |
| 66 | - | Big Trouble | $4,504 | - | - | 46 | $97 | $7,074,160 | 29 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 67 | - | The Mystic Masseur | $3,648 | - | - | 2 | $1,824 | $3,649 | 1 | THINKFilm |
| 68 | - | Murderous Maids | $3,524 | - | - | 4 | $881 | $56,783 | 15 | Rialto Pictures |
| 69 | - | Time Out | $3,490 | - | - | 10 | $349 | $233,588 | 36 | THINKFilm |
| 70 | - | Monsters, Inc. | $3,472 | - | - | 44 | $78 | $253,063,962 | 183 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 71 | - | Baran | $3,120 | - | - | 4 | $780 | $38,922 | 148 | Miramax |
| 72 | - | Amadeus Director's Cut | $3,059 | - | - | 9 | $339 | $328,418 | 29 | Warner Bros. |
| 73 | 18 | A Grin Without A Cat | $3,037 | -40.8% | - | 1 | $3,037 | $10,737 | 3 | Icarus Films |
| 74 | - | Pauline and Paulette | $2,782 | - | - | 12 | $231 | $85,551 | 50 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 75 | 24 | Brotherhood of the Wolf | $1,387 | +230.2% | +7.1% | 6 | $231 | $10,928,630 | 113 | Universal Pictures |
| 76 | 25 | Mulholland Drive | $311 | +13.1% | -72.4% | 4 | $77 | $7,218,369 | 208 | Universal Pictures |
| 77 | - | Chelsea Walls | $244 | - | - | 1 | $244 | $25,675 | 15 | Lionsgate Films |
| 78 | - | Lagaan: Once Upon a Time in India 2002 Re-release | $140 | - | - | 2 | $70 | $141 | - | Sony Pictures Classics |
