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	$444,501,881
2	Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl	Adventure	PG-13	$305,411,224	50,648,628	$399,617,675
3	The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King	Adventure	PG-13	$290,410,961	48,161,022	$379,990,464
4	Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over	Adventure	PG	$111,678,621	18,520,501	$146,126,753
5	The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers	Adventure	PG-13	$110,878,967	18,387,888	$145,080,436
6	The Italian Job	Adventure	PG-13	$106,126,012	17,599,670	$138,861,396
7	Brother Bear	Adventure	G	$83,297,298	13,813,814	$108,990,992
8	Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World	Adventure	PG-13	$83,006,144	13,765,530	$108,610,032
9	The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen	Adventure	PG-13	$66,462,600	11,021,990	$86,963,501
10	Lara Croft: Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life	Adventure	PG-13	$65,653,758	10,887,854	$85,905,168
11	Shanghai Knights	Adventure	PG-13	$60,470,220	10,028,229	$79,122,727
12	The Jungle Book 2	Adventure	G	$47,879,731	7,940,254	$62,648,604
13	Rugrats Go Wild	Adventure	PG	$39,399,750	6,533,955	$51,552,905
14	Peter Pan	Adventure	PG	$34,179,235	5,668,198	$44,722,082
15	Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas	Adventure	PG	$26,466,286	4,389,102	$34,630,015
16	Timeline	Adventure	PG-13	$19,113,238	3,169,691	$25,008,862
17	Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets	Adventure	PG	$15,991,880	2,652,053	$20,924,698
18	The Wild Thornberrys	Adventure	PG	$15,314,925	2,539,789	$20,038,935
19	The Lion King (IMAX)	Adventure	G	$12,892,910	2,138,128	$16,869,830
20	Star Trek: Nemesis	Adventure	PG-13	$6,517,348	1,080,821	$8,527,678
21	Treasure Planet	Adventure	PG	$5,270,684	874,077	$6,896,468
22	Grind	Adventure	PG-13	$5,111,630	847,700	$6,688,353
23	Spirited Away	Adventure	PG	$4,653,810	771,776	$6,089,313
24	T-Rex: Back to the Cretaceous	Adventure	Not Rated	$4,180,339	693,257	$5,469,798
25	Haunted Castle	Adventure	PG	$2,420,483	401,407	$3,167,101
26	Young Black Stallion	Adventure	G	$2,349,976	389,714	$3,074,843
27	Pinocchio	Adventure	G	$1,879,105	311,626	$2,458,729
28	Santa vs. The Snowman	Adventure	Not Rated	$1,163,102	192,886	$1,521,871
29	Cowboy Bebop	Adventure	R	$999,435	165,744	$1,307,720
30	The Legend of Johnny Lingo	Adventure	G	$974,693	161,641	$1,275,347
31	Pokemon Heroes	Adventure	G	$744,928	123,537	$974,707
32	Star Wars: Attack of the Clones (IMAX)	Adventure	PG	$548,547	90,970	$717,753
33	The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring	Adventure	PG-13	$473,463	78,518	$619,507
34	Jonah: A VeggieTales Movie	Adventure	G	$397,720	65,957	$520,401
35	Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams	Adventure	PG	$269,632	44,715	$352,801
36	Alien Adventure	Adventure	Not Rated	$86,255	14,304	$112,859
Total Gross of All Movies				$1,872,389,277
Total Tickets Sold					310,512,320
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices						$2,449,942,205

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.