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2002 (MMII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar, the 2002nd year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 2nd year of the 3rd millennium and the 21st century, and the 3rd year of the 2000s decade.
Production[]
- Dexter's Laboratory is renewed for a 4th season.
Theatrical releases[]
Feature films[]
- January 4 - I Am Sam (New Line Cinema) (limited release)
- January 13 - Real Women Have Curves (HBO Films/Newmarket Films)
- January 14 - Cherish (Fine Line Features) (premiered at the Sundance Film Festival)
- January 16 - Hysterical Blindness (HBO Films) (premiered at the Sundance Film Festival)
- January 25
- Storytelling (New Line Cinema/Fine Line Features)
- I Am Sam (New Line Cinema) (wide release)
- A Walk to Remember (Warner Bros.)
- February 8 - Collateral Damage (Warner Bros.)
- February 15 - John Q. (New Line Cinema)
- February 22 - Queen of the Damned (Warner Bros.)
- March 8
- The Time Machine (Warner Bros./DreamWorks Pictures)
- All About the Benjamins (New Line Cinema)
- March 15 - Showtime (Warner Bros.)
- March 22 - Blade II (New Line Cinema/Marvel Entertainment)
- March 29 - Death to Smoochy (Warner Bros.)
- April 12 - Human Nature (Fine Line Features)
- April 19
- Murder by Numbers (Warner Bros./Castle Rock Entertainment)
- My Big Fat Greek Wedding (HBO Films/IFC Films) (studio-credit only)
- April 26
- Jason X (New Line Cinema)
- The Salton Sea (Warner Bros./Castle Rock Entertainment)
- April 30 - Talk to Her (Warner Sogefilms) (premiered at Telluride Film Festival)
- May 19 - Punch-Drunk Love (New Line Cinema) (premiered on Cannes Film Festival in France)
- May 22 - About Schmidt (New Line Cinema) (premiered on Cannes Film Festival in France)
- May 24 - Insomnia (Warner Bros.)
- June 7
- Cherish (Fine Line Features)
- Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood (Warner Bros.)
- June 14 - Scooby-Doo (Warner Bros./Hanna-Barbera)
- June 21 - Juwanna Mann (Warner Bros.)
- June 28 - Mr. Deeds (New Line Cinema/Columbia Pictures)
- July 3 - The Powerpuff Girls Movie (Warner Bros./Cartoon Network)
- July 16 - Eight Legged Freaks (Warner Bros.) (premiere release)
- July 17 - Eight Legged Freaks (Warner Bros.)
- July 26 - Austin Powers in Goldmember (New Line Cinema)
- August 9 - Blood Work (Warner Bros.)
- August 16
- The Adventures of Pluto Nash (Warner Bros./Castle Rock Entertainment)
- Possession (Warner Bros./Focus Features)
- August 23
- Simone (New Line Cinema)
- A Clockwork Orange (Warner Bros.) (Moonlit Maines Film Festival)
- August 30 - FeardotCom (Warner Bros.)
- September 6 - City by the Sea (Warner Bros.)
- September 20
- Cheats (New Line Cinema)
- Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever (Warner Bros.)
- Invincible (Fine Line Features)
- October 5
- Real Women Have Curves (HBO Films/Newmarket Films) (premiered on Chicago International Film Festival)
- Punch-Drunk Love (New Line Cinema) (premiered on New York Film Festival)
- October 8 - Punch-Drunk Love (New Line Cinema) (premiered on Chicago International Film Festival)
- October 10 - Real Women Have Curves (HBO Films/Newmarket Films) (premiered on Austin Film Festival)
- October 11
- White Oleander (Warner Bros.)
- Knockaround Guys (New Line Cinema)
- Punch-Drunk Love (New Line Cinema) (premiered in Los Angeles, California and in New York City)
- October 13 - Talk to Her (Warner Sogefilms) (premiered on New York Film Festival)
- October 15 - Real Women Have Curves (HBO Films/Newmarket Films) (premiere release)
- October 16 - Real Women Have Curves (HBO Films/Newmarket Films) (premiered at New Orleans Film Festival)
- October 18
- Welcome to Collinwood (Warner Bros.)
- Real Women Have Curves (HBO Films/Newmarket Films) (limited release)
- October 25 - Ghost Ship (Warner Bros.)
- November 1 - Punch-Drunk Love (New Line Cinema) (wide release)
- November 6 - Femme Fatale (Warner Bros.)
- November 8 - Real Women Have Curves (HBO Films/Newmarket Films) (wide release)
- November 15 - Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Warner Bros.)
- November 17 - Talk to Her (Warner Sogefilms) (premiered at AFI Fest)
- November 22
- Friday After Next (New Line Cinema)
- Talk to Her (Warner Sogefilms) (premiered in New York City)
- December 5 - The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (New Line Cinema) (premiered on Ziegfeld Theatre)
- December 6 - Analyze That (Warner Bros.)
- December 13 - Talk to Her (Warner Sogefilms) (premiered in Los Angeles)
- December 18 - The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (New Line Cinema)
- December 20
- Two Weeks Notice (Warner Bros./Castle Rock Entertainment)
- About Schmidt (New Line Cinema)
- December 25 - Talk to Her (Warner Sogefilms) (limited release)
Shorts[]
- July 3 - Chicken Scratch (Warner Bros./Cartoon Network)
Television[]
- January 10 - The Laramie Project (HBO Films) is premiered on HBO.
- April 27 - The Gathering Storm (HBO Films/BBC Films) is premiered on HBO.
- May 18 - Path to War (HBO Films) is premiered on HBO.
- June 22 - Point of Origin (HBO Films) is premiered on HBO.
- August 21 - Hysterical Blindness (HBO Films) is premiered on HBO.
- September 14 - The 1st season of What's New, Scooby-Doo? (Warner Bros. Animation/Hanna-Barbera) was premiered on Kids' WB
- December 6 - The 1st season of Codename: Kids Next Door (Cartoon Network) was premiered on Cartoon Network.
- December 7 - Live from Baghdad (HBO Films) is premiered on HBO.
Theme parks[]
- April 6
- Warner Bros. Movie World Madrid (now known as Parque Warner Madrid), the third and final Warner Bros. Recreational Enterprises produced theme park opens.
- Superman: Ultimate Flight opens at Six Flags Over Georgia.
- June 17 - Scooby-Doo Spooky Coaster opens at Warner Bros. Movie World.
Home video releases[]
VHS releases[]
- January 22
- MVP 2: Most Vertical Primate
- Rock Star
- February 12 - Hearts in Atlantis
- February 26 - Bones
- March 5 - Scooby-Doo! and the Reluctant Werewolf
- March 12
- March 19
- Samurai Jack: The Premiere Movie
- Training Day
- March 26
- April 2 - Thirteen Days
- May 7 - Ocean's Eleven
- May 28 - Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
- June 18
- June 25 - The Affair of the Necklace
- July 9 - A Walk to Remember
- July 16 - John Q
- July 30 - Collateral Damage
- August 6 - The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
- August 13 - Showtime
- August 20 - All About The Benjamins
- August 27 - Queen of the Damned
- September 3 - Blade II
- September 17 - Death to Smoochy
- September 24 - Murder by Numbers
- October 8 - Jason X
- October 11 - Scooby-Doo
- October 15 - Insomnia
- October 29 - Eight Legged Freaks
- November 5
- November 12 - The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring: Extended Edition
- November 19 - Juwanna Mann
- November 26 - When in Rome
- December 3 - Austin Powers in Goldmember
- December 24
- December 27 - Blood Work
DVD releases[]
- February 12
- Passport to Paris
- Winning London
- March 26 - Tom and Jerry: The Movie
- June 11
- Billboard Dad
- Getting There
- Switching Goals
- July 9 - Innerspace
Video games[]
- TBA
People[]
Births[]
- September 30 - Levi Miller (actor and model)
- December 23 - Finn Wolfhard (actor and musician)
Deaths[]
- January 1
- Carol Ohmart (actress and model)
- Julia Phillips (film producer and author)
- January 7 - Avery Schreiber (comedian and actor)
- January 15 - Jeremy Hawk (actor)
- January 16 - Ron Taylor (actor, singer and writer)
- January 17 - Queenie Leonard (actress and singer)
- January 21 - Peggy Lee (singer, songwriter, composer, actress and voice actress)
- January 24 - Stuart Burge (director, actor and producer)
- February 6 - Guy Stockwell (actor)
- February 9 - Judson Pratt (actor)
- February 11 - Barry Foster (actor)
- February 15 - Howard K. Smith (journalist, radio reporter, television anchorman, political commentator and film actor)
- February 18 - Jack Lambert (actor)
- February 22 - Chuck Jones (animator, author, screenwriter, producer and director)
- February 23 - Peaches Jackson (actress)
- February 24 - Mel Stewart (actor, television director and musician)
- February 26 - Tony Young (actor)
- February 28 - Mary Stuart (actress, guitarist, singer and songwriter)
- March 4
- Eric Flynn (actor)
- Prunella Ransome (actress)
- March 27
- Milton Berle (actor and comedian)
- Dudley Moore (actor, comedian, musician and composer)
- April 3 - Roy Huggins (novelist, writer and producer)
- April 7 - John Agar (actor)
- April 15 - Moe Keale (musician and actor)
- April 16
- Bill Carney (animation department)
- Robert Urich (actor and producer)
- April 24 - Robert McQueeney (actor and Roman Catholic priest)
- May 6 - Bill Days (actor)
- May 20 - Jerry Dunphy (news anchor)
- May 23 - Albert Carrier (actor)
- May 25 - Pat Coombs (actress)
- June 19 - Margaret Johnston (actress)
- July 5 - Katy Jurado (actress)
- July 9 - Rod Steiger (actor)
- July 18 - Vince Howard (actor)
- July 24 - Maurice Denham (actor)
- August 3 - Peter Miles (child actor)
- August 9 - Don Chastain (actor, singer and screenwriter)
- August 16 - Jeff Corey (actor and acting teacher)
- September 3 - Ted Ross (actor)
- September 5
- Jackie Kelk (actor and stand-up comedian)
- Cliff Gorman (actor)
- September 14 - LaWanda Page (actress, comedian and dancer)
- September 16 - James Gregory (actor)
- September 20 - Fanny Carby (actress)
- September 28 - Whitney Blake (actress, director and producer)
- October 4 - Buddy Lester (actor and comedian)
- October 8 - Phyllis Calvert (actress)
- October 13 - Keene Curtis (actor)
- October 20 - Bernard Fresson (actor)
- October 21 - George Hall (actor)
- October 24 - Peggy Moran (actress)
- October 25 - Richard Harris (actor and singer)
- October 28 - Lawrence Dobkin (director, actor and screenwriter)
- November 8 - Irv Wyner (background artist)
- November 14 - Eddie Bracken (actor, comedian and singer)
- November 18 - James Coburn (actor and voice actor)
- November 22
- Parley Baer (actor)
- Adele Jergens (actress)
- November 23 - Lin McCarthy (actor)
- November 27 - Billie Bird (actress and comedian)
- December 14 - Ruth Kobart (actress and singer)
- December 18 - Edward Norris (actor)
- December 22
- Susan Fleming (actress)
- Kenneth Tobey (actor)
- December 25 - William T. Orr (actor and producer)
- December 27 - George Roy Hill (director and actor)
- December 30 - Mary Brian (actress)
Character debuts[]
- June 14 - Emile Mondavarious, Mary Jane, Zarkos, Luna Ghost
- November 15 - Dobby, Colin Creevey, Lucius Malfoy, Cornelius Fudge, Madam Pomfrey, Arthur Weasley, Moaning Myrtle, Pomona Sprout, Aragog, Lavender Brown, Justin Finch-Fletchley
- November 16 - Blaze, Bo' Rai Cho, Drahmin, Frost, Hsu Hao, Kenshi Takahashi, Li Mei, Mavado, Mokap, Moloch, Nitara
- December 6 - Delightful Children From Down the Lane
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