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	$331,347,831
2	Seabiscuit	Drama	PG-13	$120,277,854	19,946,576	$137,232,443
3	How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$105,807,520	17,546,852	$120,722,342
4	The Cat in the Hat	Comedy	PG	$99,383,495	16,481,508	$113,392,775
5	Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World	Adventure	PG-13	$83,006,144	13,765,530	$94,706,846
6	The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers	Adventure	PG-13	$80,752,776	13,391,837	$92,135,839
7	Holes	Drama	PG	$67,383,924	11,174,780	$76,882,486
8	Catch Me if You Can	Drama	PG-13	$67,169,179	11,139,167	$76,637,469
9	Open Range	Western	R	$58,328,680	9,673,081	$66,550,797
10	Mystic River	Drama	R	$54,300,385	9,005,039	$61,954,668
11	About Schmidt	Drama	R	$52,976,753	8,785,531	$60,444,453
12	Runaway Jury	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$49,022,597	8,129,784	$55,932,914
13	Cold Mountain	Drama	R	$43,737,222	7,253,271	$49,902,504
14	Under the Tuscan Sun	Comedy	PG-13	$43,323,006	7,184,578	$49,429,897
15	The Hours	Drama	PG-13	$40,605,138	6,733,854	$46,328,916
16	Paycheck	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$38,644,452	6,408,699	$44,091,849
17	Good Boy!	Comedy	PG	$37,653,301	6,244,329	$42,960,984
18	Matchstick Men	Comedy	PG-13	$36,873,198	6,114,958	$42,070,911
19	Peter Pan	Adventure	PG	$34,179,235	5,668,198	$38,997,202
20	Beauty and the Beast	Musical	G	$34,007,906	5,639,785	$38,801,721
21	Dreamcatcher	Drama	R	$33,685,268	5,586,280	$38,433,606
22	The Missing	Western	R	$26,121,804	4,331,974	$29,803,981
23	Whale Rider	Drama	PG-13	$20,779,666	3,446,047	$23,708,803
24	Timeline	Adventure	PG-13	$19,113,238	3,169,691	$21,807,474
25	Adaptation	Comedy	R	$16,398,149	2,719,428	$18,709,665
26	Confessions of a Dangerous Mind	Drama	R	$16,007,718	2,654,680	$18,264,198
27	How to Deal	Drama	PG-13	$14,108,518	2,339,721	$16,097,280
28	The Quiet American	Drama	R	$12,654,251	2,098,549	$14,438,017
29	25th Hour	Drama	R	$12,459,662	2,066,279	$14,216,000
30	Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets	Adventure	PG	$9,889,935	1,640,122	$11,284,039
31	Le Divorce	Comedy	PG-13	$9,074,550	1,504,900	$10,353,712
32	Big Fish	Drama	PG-13	$8,454,208	1,402,025	$9,645,932
33	Nowhere in Africa	Drama	R	$6,173,485	1,023,795	$7,043,710
34	House of Sand and Fog	Drama	R	$5,383,663	892,813	$6,142,553
35	The Human Stain	Drama	R	$5,361,450	889,129	$6,117,208
36	City of God	Drama	R	$4,792,553	794,785	$5,468,121
37	In the Cut	Thriller/Suspense	R	$4,717,455	782,331	$5,382,437
38	Rabbit-Proof Fence	Drama	PG	$4,516,644	749,029	$5,153,320
39	The Secret Lives of Dentists	Drama	R	$3,707,201	614,793	$4,229,776
40	The Dancer Upstairs	Drama	R	$2,374,732	393,820	$2,709,482
41	Young Black Stallion	Adventure	G	$2,349,976	389,714	$2,681,232
42	Treasure Planet	Adventure	PG	$2,299,682	381,373	$2,623,846
43	Sur Le Seuil	Drama	Not Rated	$2,013,052	333,839	$2,296,812
44	Spider	Drama	R	$1,641,788	272,270	$1,873,218
45	The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring	Adventure	PG-13	$1,412,056	234,172	$1,611,103
46	Nicholas Nickleby	Drama	PG	$1,334,282	221,274	$1,522,365
47	I Capture the Castle	Romantic Comedy	R	$1,174,139	194,716	$1,339,646
48	El Crimen de Padre	Drama	R	$1,160,699	192,487	$1,324,311
49	Bubba Ho-Tep	Comedy	R	$1,154,791	191,508	$1,317,575
50	The Book of Mormon Movie, Volume 1: The Journey	Drama	PG	$1,124,502	186,485	$1,283,017
51	Owning Mahowny	Drama	R	$1,011,054	167,671	$1,153,576
52	Girl with a Pearl Earring	Drama	PG-13	$865,240	143,489	$987,204
53	China: The Panda Adventure	Drama	Not Rated	$554,858	92,016	$633,070
54	Buffalo Soldiers	Comedy	R	$353,743	58,664	$403,608
55	Apollo 13 (IMAX)	Drama	PG	$333,055	55,233	$380,003
56	Pinocchio	Adventure	G	$317,289	52,618	$362,012
57	Tuck Everlasting	Drama	PG	$247,021	40,965	$281,839
58	The Emperor's Club	Drama	PG-13	$231,310	38,360	$263,917
59	Charly	Drama	PG	$220,841	36,624	$251,973
60	Secretary	Drama	R	$172,129	28,545	$196,390
61	Personal Velocity	Drama	R	$106,363	17,639	$121,356
62	That Love	Drama		$72,036	11,946	$82,188
63	Auto Focus	Drama	R	$54,043	8,962	$61,659
64	Alias Betty	Drama		$20,441	3,390	$23,323
Total Gross of All Movies				$1,693,842,266
Total Tickets Sold					280,902,530
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices						$1,932,609,406

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.