There were a bunch of high-quality blockbusters that made heaps of cash in the summer of 2002, such as the first Sam Raimi
Spider-Man movie (still one of the high points of superhero cinema),
Lilo & Stitch and
Minority Report. But you did have a bunch of outright abysmal movies also selling lots of tickets (a phenomenon far from uncommon in the summertime), such as the worst
Star Wars movie,
Attack Of The Clones, that live-action
Scooby-Doo abomination and a middling
Men In Black sequel. It's a pity those three duds were able to ride brand name recognition to major success while the vastly superior original movie
Reign Of Fire had to settle for box office scraps.
