Box Office Performance for Based on Book/Short Story Movies in 2003

Rank	Movie	Genre	MPAA	2003 Gross	Tickets Sold	Inflation- Adjusted Gross
1	The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King	Adventure	PG-13	$290,410,961	48,161,022	$379,990,464
2	Seabiscuit	Drama	PG-13	$120,197,488	19,933,248	$157,273,327
3	The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers	Adventure	PG-13	$110,878,967	18,387,888	$145,080,436
4	How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$105,807,520	17,546,852	$138,444,662
5	The Cat in the Hat	Comedy	PG	$99,383,495	16,481,508	$130,039,098
6	Catch Me if You Can	Drama	PG-13	$92,948,800	15,414,395	$121,619,577
7	Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World	Adventure	PG-13	$83,006,144	13,765,530	$108,610,032
8	Holes	Drama	PG	$67,383,924	11,174,780	$88,169,014
9	About Schmidt	Drama	R	$62,432,406	10,353,633	$81,690,164
10	Open Range	Western	R	$58,328,680	9,673,081	$76,320,609
11	Mystic River	Drama	R	$54,300,385	9,005,039	$71,049,758
12	Runaway Jury	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$49,022,597	8,129,784	$64,143,996
13	The Jungle Book 2	Adventure	G	$47,879,731	7,940,254	$62,648,604
14	Cold Mountain	Drama	R	$43,737,222	7,253,271	$57,228,308
15	Under the Tuscan Sun	Comedy	PG-13	$43,323,006	7,184,578	$56,686,320
16	The Hours	Drama	PG-13	$41,259,208	6,842,323	$53,985,928
17	Paycheck	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$38,644,452	6,408,699	$50,564,635
18	Good Boy!	Comedy	PG	$37,653,301	6,244,329	$49,267,756
19	Matchstick Men	Comedy	PG-13	$36,873,198	6,114,958	$48,247,019
20	Peter Pan	Adventure	PG	$34,179,235	5,668,198	$44,722,082
21	Dreamcatcher	Drama	R	$33,685,268	5,586,280	$44,075,749
22	The Missing	Western	R	$26,121,804	4,331,974	$34,179,275
23	Whale Rider	Drama	PG-13	$20,772,796	3,444,908	$27,180,324
24	Timeline	Adventure	PG-13	$19,113,238	3,169,691	$25,008,862
25	Adaptation	Comedy	R	$18,423,536	3,055,313	$24,106,420
26	Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets	Adventure	PG	$15,991,880	2,652,053	$20,924,698
27	How to Deal	Drama	PG-13	$14,108,518	2,339,721	$18,460,399
28	25th Hour	Drama	R	$12,727,387	2,110,678	$16,653,249
29	The Quiet American	Drama	R	$12,654,251	2,098,549	$16,557,552
30	Die Another Day	Action	PG-13	$10,870,247	1,802,694	$14,223,256
31	Le Divorce	Comedy	PG-13	$9,074,550	1,504,900	$11,873,661
32	Big Fish	Drama	PG-13	$8,454,208	1,402,025	$11,061,977
33	Nowhere in Africa	Drama	R	$6,173,485	1,023,795	$8,077,743
34	House of Sand and Fog	Drama	R	$5,383,663	892,813	$7,044,295
35	The Human Stain	Drama	R	$5,361,450	889,129	$7,015,228
36	Treasure Planet	Adventure	PG	$5,270,684	874,077	$6,896,468
37	Rabbit-Proof Fence	Drama	PG	$5,213,959	864,670	$6,822,246
38	Cidade de Deus	Drama	R	$4,792,553	794,785	$6,270,854
39	In the Cut	Thriller/Suspense	R	$4,717,455	782,331	$6,172,592
40	The Secret Lives of Dentists	Drama	R	$3,707,201	614,793	$4,850,717
41	The Dancer Upstairs	Drama	R	$2,374,732	393,820	$3,107,240
42	Young Black Stallion	Adventure	G	$2,349,976	389,714	$3,074,843
43	Sur Le Seuil	Drama	Not Rated	$2,013,052	333,839	$2,633,990
44	Pinocchio	Adventure	G	$1,879,105	311,626	$2,458,729
45	Spider	Drama	R	$1,641,788	272,270	$2,148,210
46	Nicholas Nickleby	Drama	PG	$1,519,936	252,062	$1,988,769
47	El crimen de padre Amaro	Drama	R	$1,456,246	241,500	$1,905,435
48	I Capture the Castle	Romantic Comedy	R	$1,174,139	194,716	$1,536,309
49	Bubba Ho-Tep	Comedy	R	$1,154,791	191,508	$1,510,998
50	The Book of Mormon Movie, Volume 1: The Journey	Drama	PG	$1,124,502	186,485	$1,471,367
51	Owning Mahowny	Drama	R	$1,011,054	167,671	$1,322,924
52	Girl with a Pearl Earring	Drama	PG-13	$865,240	143,489	$1,132,128
53	China: The Panda Adventure	Drama	Not Rated	$557,142	92,395	$728,997
54	The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring	Adventure	PG-13	$473,463	78,518	$619,507
55	The Emperor's Club	Drama	PG-13	$436,140	72,328	$570,668
56	Tuck Everlasting	Drama	PG	$362,750	60,158	$474,647
57	Buffalo Soldiers	Comedy	R	$353,743	58,664	$462,859
58	Apollo 13 (IMAX)	Drama	PG	$345,030	57,219	$451,458
59	Charly	Drama	PG	$236,542	39,228	$309,509
60	Secretary	Drama	R	$210,398	34,892	$275,298
61	Personal Velocity	Drama	R	$186,991	31,010	$244,669
62	Auto Focus	Drama	R	$78,565	13,029	$102,799
63	Cet amour-l�	Drama	Not Rated	$72,036	11,946	$94,254
64	Betty Fisher et autres histoires	Drama	Not Rated	$22,204	3,682	$29,051
Total Gross of All Movies				$1,782,168,418
Total Tickets Sold					295,550,318
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices						$2,331,892,009

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.