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Sunday, July 6, 2008

Box Office Performance for Adventure Movies in 2003

RankMovieGenreMPAA2003 GrossTickets SoldInflation-
Adjusted
Gross
1 Finding Nemo Adventure G $339,714,978 56,337,476 $387,601,835
2 Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl Adventure PG-13 $305,411,224 50,648,628 $348,462,561
3 The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King Adventure PG-13 $290,410,961 48,161,022 $331,347,831
4 Hulk Adventure PG-13 $132,160,047 21,917,089 $150,789,572
5 Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over Adventure PG $111,678,621 18,520,501 $127,421,047
6 The Italian Job Adventure PG-13 $106,126,012 17,599,670 $121,085,730
7 Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle Adventure PG-13 $100,814,328 16,718,794 $115,025,303
8 Brother Bear Adventure G $83,297,298 13,813,814 $95,039,040
9 Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World Adventure PG-13 $83,006,144 13,765,530 $94,706,846
10 The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers Adventure PG-13 $80,752,776 13,391,837 $92,135,839
11 The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen Adventure PG-13 $66,462,600 11,021,990 $75,831,291
12 Lara Croft: Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life Adventure PG-13 $65,653,758 10,887,854 $74,908,436
13 Shanghai Knights Adventure PG-13 $60,470,220 10,028,229 $68,994,216
14 The Jungle Book 2 Adventure G $47,879,731 7,940,254 $54,628,948
15 Rugrats Go Wild Adventure PG $39,402,572 6,534,423 $44,956,830
16 Peter Pan Adventure PG $34,179,235 5,668,198 $38,997,202
17 The Core Adventure PG-13 $31,111,260 5,159,413 $35,496,761
18 Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas Adventure PG $26,466,286 4,389,102 $30,197,022
19 Timeline Adventure PG-13 $19,113,238 3,169,691 $21,807,474
20 Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets Adventure PG $9,889,935 1,640,122 $11,284,039
21 The Lion King (IMAX) Adventure G $9,696,253 1,608,002 $11,063,054
22 The Wild Thornberrys Adventure PG $8,356,046 1,385,746 $9,533,932
23 Grind Adventure PG-13 $5,111,630 847,700 $5,832,176
24 Spirited Away Adventure PG $4,587,566 760,790 $5,234,235
25 T-Rex: Back to the Cretaceous Adventure Not Rated $4,180,339 693,257 $4,769,608
26 Star Trek: Nemesis Adventure PG-13 $3,563,232 590,917 $4,065,509
27 Haunted Castle Adventure PG $2,400,483 398,090 $2,738,859
28 Young Black Stallion Adventure G $2,349,976 389,714 $2,681,232
29 Treasure Planet Adventure PG $2,299,682 381,373 $2,623,846
30 The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring Adventure PG-13 $1,412,056 234,172 $1,611,103
31 Cowboy Bebop Adventure R $999,435 165,744 $1,140,319
32 The Legend of Johnny Lingo Adventure G $974,693 161,641 $1,112,090
33 Santa vs. The Snowman Adventure Not Rated $931,021 154,398 $1,062,258
34 Pokemon Heroes Adventure G $744,928 123,537 $849,935
35 Star Wars: Attack of the Clones (IMAX) Adventure PG $384,014 63,684 $438,146
36 Pinocchio Adventure G $317,289 52,618 $362,012
37 Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams Adventure PG $275,928 45,759 $314,822
38 Jonah: A VeggieTales Movie Adventure G $163,153 27,057 $186,152
39 Alien Adventure Adventure Not Rated $82,855 13,740 $94,531
Total Gross of All Movies$2,082,831,803
Total Tickets Sold345,411,576
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices$2,376,431,643

Note: This chart ranks movies by the amount they earned during 2003. It includes movies released in previous years that earned money during 2003. For example, a movie released over Thanksgiving in 2002 will most likely earn money in 2002 and 2003. Click on the individual movie to see its total gross over all the years in which it played.

Each box office year ends on the first Sunday of the following year. The next year starts the following day (Monday). For example, the "2004 box office year" ended on Sunday, January 2, 2005.

Inflation-adjusted figures are based ticket sale estimates, and may not be precise due to rounding errors.