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	$345,796,138
2	Seabiscuit	Drama	PG-13	$120,197,488	19,933,248	$143,120,721
3	The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers	Adventure	PG-13	$110,878,967	18,387,888	$132,025,036
4	How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$105,807,520	17,546,852	$125,986,397
5	The Cat in the Hat	Comedy	PG	$99,383,495	16,481,508	$118,337,227
6	Catch Me if You Can	Drama	PG-13	$92,948,800	15,414,395	$110,675,356
7	Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World	Adventure	PG-13	$83,006,144	13,765,530	$98,836,505
8	Holes	Drama	PG	$67,383,924	11,174,780	$80,234,920
9	About Schmidt	Drama	R	$62,432,406	10,353,633	$74,339,085
10	Open Range	Western	R	$58,328,680	9,673,081	$69,452,722
11	Mystic River	Drama	R	$54,300,385	9,005,039	$64,656,180
12	Runaway Jury	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$49,022,597	8,129,784	$58,371,849
13	Cold Mountain	Drama	R	$43,737,222	7,253,271	$52,078,486
14	Under the Tuscan Sun	Comedy	PG-13	$43,323,006	7,184,578	$51,585,270
15	The Hours	Drama	PG-13	$41,259,208	6,842,323	$49,127,879
16	Paycheck	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$38,644,452	6,408,699	$46,014,459
17	Good Boy!	Comedy	PG	$37,653,301	6,244,329	$44,834,282
18	Matchstick Men	Comedy	PG-13	$36,873,198	6,114,958	$43,905,398
19	Peter Pan	Adventure	PG	$34,179,235	5,668,198	$40,697,662
20	Dreamcatcher	Drama	R	$33,685,268	5,586,280	$40,109,490
21	The Missing	Western	R	$26,121,804	4,331,974	$31,103,573
22	Whale Rider	Drama	PG-13	$20,772,796	3,444,908	$24,734,439
23	Timeline	Adventure	PG-13	$19,113,238	3,169,691	$22,758,381
24	Adaptation	Comedy	R	$18,423,536	3,055,313	$21,937,147
25	Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets	Adventure	PG	$15,991,880	2,652,053	$19,041,741
26	How to Deal	Drama	PG-13	$14,108,518	2,339,721	$16,799,197
27	25th Hour	Drama	R	$12,727,387	2,110,678	$15,154,668
28	The Quiet American	Drama	R	$12,654,251	2,098,549	$15,067,582
29	Le Divorce	Comedy	PG-13	$9,074,550	1,504,900	$10,805,182
30	Big Fish	Drama	PG-13	$8,454,208	1,402,025	$10,066,540
31	Nowhere in Africa	Drama	R	$6,173,485	1,023,795	$7,350,848
32	House of Sand and Fog	Drama	R	$5,383,663	892,813	$6,410,397
33	The Human Stain	Drama	R	$5,361,450	889,129	$6,383,946
34	Treasure Planet	Adventure	PG	$5,270,684	874,077	$6,275,873
35	Rabbit-Proof Fence	Drama	PG	$5,213,959	864,670	$6,208,331
36	City of God	Drama	R	$4,792,553	794,785	$5,706,556
37	In the Cut	Thriller/Suspense	R	$4,717,455	782,331	$5,617,137
38	The Secret Lives of Dentists	Drama	R	$3,707,201	614,793	$4,414,214
39	The Dancer Upstairs	Drama	R	$2,374,732	393,820	$2,827,628
40	Young Black Stallion	Adventure	G	$2,349,976	389,714	$2,798,147
41	Sur Le Seuil	Drama	Not Rated	$2,013,052	333,839	$2,396,964
42	Pinocchio	Adventure	G	$1,879,105	311,626	$2,237,475
43	Spider	Drama	R	$1,641,788	272,270	$1,954,899
44	Nicholas Nickleby	Drama	PG	$1,519,936	252,062	$1,809,805
45	El Crimen de Padre	Drama	R	$1,456,246	241,500	$1,733,970
46	I Capture the Castle	Romantic Comedy	R	$1,174,139	194,716	$1,398,061
47	Bubba Ho-Tep	Comedy	R	$1,154,791	191,508	$1,375,027
48	The Book of Mormon Movie, Volume 1: The Journey	Drama	PG	$1,124,502	186,485	$1,338,962
49	Owning Mahowny	Drama	R	$1,011,054	167,671	$1,203,878
50	Girl with a Pearl Earring	Drama	PG-13	$865,240	143,489	$1,030,251
51	China: The Panda Adventure	Drama	Not Rated	$557,142	92,395	$663,396
52	The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring	Adventure	PG-13	$473,463	78,518	$563,759
53	The Emperor's Club	Drama	PG-13	$436,140	72,328	$519,315
54	Tuck Everlasting	Drama	PG	$362,750	60,158	$431,934
55	Buffalo Soldiers	Comedy	R	$353,743	58,664	$421,208
56	Apollo 13 (IMAX)	Drama	PG	$345,030	57,219	$410,832
57	Charly	Drama	PG	$236,542	39,228	$281,657
58	Secretary	Drama	R	$210,398	34,892	$250,525
59	Personal Velocity	Drama	R	$186,991	31,010	$222,652
60	Auto Focus	Drama	R	$78,565	13,029	$93,548
61	That Love	Drama	Not Rated	$72,036	11,946	$85,772
62	Alias Betty	Drama	Not Rated	$22,204	3,682	$26,437
Total Gross of All Movies				$1,723,418,440
Total Tickets Sold					285,807,370
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices						$2,052,096,917

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.