Box Office Performance for Adventure Movies in 2003

Rank	Movie	Genre	MPAA	2003 Gross	Tickets Sold	Inflation- Adjusted Gross
1	Finding Nemo	Adventure	G	$339,714,978	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 Sold					345,411,576
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.