A mummy, Shrek, Hannibal and Wilson the volleyball – in sum, freaky characters are reeling in gobal auds to the theater. Evan though no one film has surpassed the worldwide gross of 2000’s top grossers, “Mission:Impossible 2”; ($545 million) and “Gladiator”; ($449 million), the globe has yet to witness the expected “everybody”; movie thrills of Warner Bros.’ “Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone” and Disney’s “Monsters, Inc.” Only one foreign film has pierced the top 50 list: No. 33, “Spirited Away” from Japan.
| Rank |
Title (distribs) |
Domestic B.O. |
Intl. |
Global |
| 1 |
The Mummy Returns (U/UIP) |
201.2 |
213.9 |
415.1 |
| 2 |
Shrek (DreamWorks) |
259.5 |
143.4 |
402.9 |
| 3 |
Pearl Harbor (BV) |
195.1 |
205.5 |
400.6 |
| 4 |
Hannibal (MGM/U/UIP) |
165.1 |
184.4 |
349.5 |
| 5 |
Cast Away (Fox/DreamWorks)* |
123.9 |
191.0 |
314.9 |
| 6 |
Jurassic Park III (U/UIP) |
160.4 |
97.9 |
256.9 |
| 7 |
What Women Want (Par/Icon)* |
67.0 |
189.9 |
256.9 |
| 8 |
Lara Croft: Tomb Raider (Par/Mutual) |
129.9 |
101.1 |
231.0 |
| 9 |
Traffic (USA/IEG)* |
123.7 |
82.3 |
206.0 |
| 10 |
Planet of the Apes (FOX) |
148.7 |
48.5 |
197.2 |
| 11 |
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (Sony Classics/Good Machine)* |
114.6 |
57.1 |
171.7 |
| 12 |
Miss Congeniality (WB/Village Roadshow)* |
60.4 |
104.0 |
164.4 |
| 13 |
Bridget Jones’s Diary (Miramax/U/UIP)
|
71.5 |
92.4 |
163.9 |
| 14 |
A.I. Artificial Intelligence (WB/DreamWorks) |
77.9 |
72.6 |
150.5 |
| 15 |
Dr. Dolittle 2 (Fox) |
108.6 |
41.5 |
150.1 |
| 16 |
Chocolat (Miramax)* |
67.3 |
78.6 |
145.9 |
| 17 |
Vertical Limit (Sony)* |
16.6 |
125.0 |
141.6 |
| 18 |
Rush Hour 2 (New Line) |
133.5 |
8.0 |
141.5 |
| 19 |
The Fast and the Furious (U/UIP) |
139.2 |
00.0 |
139.2 |
| 20 |
Spy Kids (Dimension) |
106.4 |
22.8 |
129.2 |
| 21 |
Meet the Parents (U/UIP)* |
4.9 |
121.8 |
126.7 |
| 22 |
The Mexican (U/Dreamworks/Summit) |
66.8 |
58.0 |
124.8 |
| 23 |
Unbreakable (BV)* |
5.0 |
114.8 |
119.8 |
| 24 |
Save the Last Dance (Par/MTV) |
91.1 |
28.0 |
119.1 |
| 25 |
Cats & Dogs (WB/Village Roadshow) |
89.5 |
28.1 |
117.6 |
| 26 |
The Emperor’s New Groove (BV)* |
38.5 |
78.7 |
117.2 |
| 27 |
Atlantis: the Lost Empire (BV) |
81.0 |
21.3 |
102.3 |
| 28 |
102 Dalmatians (BV)* |
8.6 |
93.5 |
102.1 |
| 29 |
Swordfish (WB/Village Roadshow) |
69.0 |
25.3 |
94.3 |
| 30 |
Along Came a Spider (Par) |
74.1 |
19.9 |
94.0 |
|
| 31 |
Enemy at the Gates (Par/Mandalay/Summit) |
51.4 |
41.0 |
92.4 |
| 32 |
The Wedding Planner (Sony/Summit) |
60.4 |
31.8 |
92.2 |
| 33 |
Spirited Away (Sen To Chihiro)(Toho) |
0.0 |
87.5 |
87.5 |
| 34 |
America’s Swethearts (Revolution/Sony) |
83.2 |
0.2 |
83.4 |
| 35 |
Scary Movie 2 (Dimension) |
70.9 |
10.8 |
81.7 |
| 36 |
Legally Blonde (MGM/Fox) |
78.7 |
0.3 |
79.0 |
| 37 |
Evolution (DreamWorks/Sony) |
38.2 |
38.8 |
77.0 |
| 38 |
Exit Wounds (WB/Village RoadShow) |
51.8 |
25.1 |
76.9 |
| 39 |
Finding Forrester (Sony) |
46.5 |
27.9 |
74.4 |
| 40 |
Moulin Rouge (Fox) |
55.1 |
19.0 |
74.1 |
| 41 |
Down to Earth (Par/Village Roadshow) |
64.2 |
3.7 |
67.9 |
| 42 |
Blow (New Line) |
53.1 |
13.2 |
66.3 |
| 43 |
The Score (Par/Mandalay) |
62.4 |
1.9 |
64.3 |
| 44 |
Thirteen Days (New Line/Beacon) |
34.3 |
29.1 |
63.4 |
| 45 |
The Animal (Sony/Revolution) |
55.6 |
6.3 |
61.9 |
| 46 |
The Exorcist (re) (WB) |
0.0 |
61.9 |
61.9 |
| 47 |
The Family Man (U/Beacon)* |
32.6 |
27.4 |
60,0 |
| 48 |
Billy Elliot (U Focus/UIP)* |
4.9 |
53.6 |
58.5 |
| 49 |
A Knight’s Tale (Sony) |
56.1 |
0.4 |
56.5 |
| 50 |
15 Minutes (New Line) |
24.4 |
29.9 |
54.3 |
|
|
