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Monday, November 9, 2009

Box Office Performance for Adventure Movies in 2003

RankMovieGenreMPAA2003 GrossTickets SoldInflation-
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 Sold354,307,616
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.