Box Office Performance for Adventure Movies in 2003

Rank	Movie	Genre	MPAA	2003 Gross	Tickets Sold	Inflation- Adjusted Gross
1	Finding Nemo	Adventure	G	$339,714,367	56,337,374	$404,502,345
2	Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl	Adventure	PG-13	$305,411,224	50,648,628	$363,657,149
3	The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King	Adventure	PG-13	$290,410,961	48,161,022	$345,796,138
4	Hulk	Adventure	PG-13	$132,160,047	21,917,089	$157,364,699
5	Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over	Adventure	PG	$111,678,621	18,520,501	$132,977,197
6	The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers	Adventure	PG-13	$110,878,967	18,387,888	$132,025,036
7	The Italian Job	Adventure	PG-13	$106,126,012	17,599,670	$126,365,631
8	Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle	Adventure	PG-13	$100,814,328	16,718,794	$120,040,941
9	Brother Bear	Adventure	G	$83,297,298	13,813,814	$99,183,185
10	Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World	Adventure	PG-13	$83,006,144	13,765,530	$98,836,505
11	The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen	Adventure	PG-13	$66,462,600	11,021,990	$79,137,888
12	Lara Croft: Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life	Adventure	PG-13	$65,653,758	10,887,854	$78,174,792
13	Shanghai Knights	Adventure	PG-13	$60,470,220	10,028,229	$72,002,684
14	The Jungle Book 2	Adventure	G	$47,879,731	7,940,254	$57,011,024
15	Rugrats Go Wild	Adventure	PG	$39,399,750	6,533,955	$46,913,797
16	Peter Pan	Adventure	PG	$34,179,235	5,668,198	$40,697,662
17	The Core	Adventure	PG-13	$31,111,260	5,159,413	$37,044,585
18	Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas	Adventure	PG	$26,466,286	4,389,102	$31,513,752
19	Timeline	Adventure	PG-13	$19,113,238	3,169,691	$22,758,381
20	Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets	Adventure	PG	$15,991,880	2,652,053	$19,041,741
21	The Wild Thornberrys	Adventure	PG	$15,314,925	2,539,789	$18,235,685
22	The Lion King (IMAX)	Adventure	G	$12,892,910	2,138,128	$15,351,759
23	Star Trek: Nemesis	Adventure	PG-13	$6,517,348	1,080,821	$7,760,295
24	Treasure Planet	Adventure	PG	$5,270,684	874,077	$6,275,873
25	Grind	Adventure	PG-13	$5,111,630	847,700	$6,086,486
26	Spirited Away	Adventure	PG	$4,653,810	771,776	$5,541,352
27	T-Rex: Back to the Cretaceous	Adventure	Not Rated	$4,180,339	693,257	$4,977,585
28	Haunted Castle	Adventure	PG	$2,420,483	401,407	$2,882,102
29	Young Black Stallion	Adventure	G	$2,349,976	389,714	$2,798,147
30	Pinocchio	Adventure	G	$1,879,105	311,626	$2,237,475
31	Santa vs. The Snowman	Adventure	Not Rated	$1,163,102	192,886	$1,384,921
32	Cowboy Bebop	Adventure	R	$999,435	165,744	$1,190,042
33	The Legend of Johnny Lingo	Adventure	G	$974,693	161,641	$1,160,582
34	Pokemon Heroes	Adventure	G	$744,928	123,537	$886,996
35	Star Wars: Attack of the Clones (IMAX)	Adventure	PG	$548,547	90,970	$653,165
36	The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring	Adventure	PG-13	$473,463	78,518	$563,759
37	Jonah: A VeggieTales Movie	Adventure	G	$397,720	65,957	$473,571
38	Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams	Adventure	PG	$269,632	44,715	$321,054
39	Alien Adventure	Adventure	Not Rated	$86,255	14,304	$102,703
Total Gross of All Movies				$2,136,474,912
Total Tickets Sold					354,307,616
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices						$2,543,928,683

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.