Box Office Performance for Contemporary Fiction Movies in 2003

Rank	Movie	Genre	MPAA	2003 Gross	Tickets Sold	Inflation- Adjusted Gross
1	Bad Boys II	Action	R	$138,540,870	22,975,269	$181,274,872
2	Anger Management	Comedy	PG-13	$135,560,942	22,481,085	$177,375,761
3	Bringing Down the House	Comedy	PG-13	$132,675,402	22,002,554	$173,600,151
4	2 Fast 2 Furious	Action	PG-13	$127,120,058	21,081,270	$166,331,220
5	S.W.A.T.	Action	PG-13	$116,877,597	19,382,686	$152,929,393
6	Freaky Friday	Comedy	PG	$110,180,505	18,272,057	$144,166,530
7	Scary Movie 3	Comedy	PG-13	$109,563,395	18,169,717	$143,359,067
8	The Italian Job	Adventure	PG-13	$106,126,012	17,599,670	$138,861,396
9	How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$105,807,520	17,546,852	$138,444,662
10	American Wedding	Comedy	R	$104,354,205	17,305,838	$136,543,062
11	Daddy Day Care	Comedy	PG	$104,148,781	17,271,771	$136,274,273
12	Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle	Action	PG-13	$100,814,328	16,718,794	$131,911,285
13	Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde	Comedy	PG	$90,168,825	14,953,371	$117,982,097
14	Cheaper by the Dozen	Comedy	PG	$85,620,095	14,199,021	$112,030,276
15	Freddy vs. Jason	Horror	R	$82,490,748	13,680,058	$107,935,658
16	Something's Gotta Give	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$81,211,676	13,467,940	$106,262,047
17	The School of Rock	Comedy	PG-13	$80,232,030	13,305,478	$104,980,221
18	Old School	Comedy	R	$75,155,000	12,463,516	$98,337,141
19	Kill Bill: Volume 1	Action	R	$69,655,060	11,551,420	$91,140,704
20	Holes	Drama	PG	$67,383,924	11,174,780	$88,169,014
21	Lara Croft: Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life	Adventure	PG-13	$65,653,758	10,887,854	$85,905,168
22	About Schmidt	Drama	R	$62,432,406	10,353,633	$81,690,164
23	Gothika	Horror	R	$58,224,334	9,655,777	$76,184,081
24	Love Actually	Romantic Comedy	R	$57,429,915	9,524,032	$75,144,612
25	Bad Santa	Comedy	R	$56,909,596	9,437,744	$74,463,800
26	Once Upon a Time in Mexico	Action	R	$56,330,657	9,341,734	$73,706,281
27	Just Married	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$56,127,162	9,307,987	$73,440,017
28	Mystic River	Drama	R	$54,300,385	9,005,039	$71,049,758
29	The Recruit	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$52,784,696	8,753,681	$69,066,543
30	Identity	Thriller/Suspense	R	$52,131,264	8,645,317	$68,211,551
31	Underworld	Action	R	$51,892,664	8,605,749	$67,899,360
32	Runaway Jury	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$49,022,597	8,129,784	$64,143,996
33	The Rundown	Action	PG-13	$47,641,743	7,900,787	$62,337,209
34	Phone Booth	Thriller/Suspense	R	$46,563,158	7,721,917	$60,925,925
35	Tears of the Sun	Action	R	$43,632,458	7,235,897	$57,091,227
36	Under the Tuscan Sun	Comedy	PG-13	$43,323,006	7,184,578	$56,686,320
37	The Lizzie McGuire Movie	Comedy	PG	$42,672,630	7,076,721	$55,835,329
38	Out of Time	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$41,067,004	6,810,448	$53,734,435
39	Two Weeks Notice	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$38,437,918	6,374,447	$50,294,387
40	Head of State	Comedy	PG-13	$37,788,228	6,266,704	$49,444,295
41	Uptown Girls	Comedy	PG-13	$37,095,657	6,151,850	$48,538,097
42	Matchstick Men	Comedy	PG-13	$36,873,198	6,114,958	$48,247,019
43	National Security	Action	PG-13	$36,288,951	6,018,068	$47,482,557
44	What a Girl Wants	Comedy	PG	$35,990,505	5,968,575	$47,092,057
45	Intolerable Cruelty	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$35,296,248	5,853,441	$46,183,649
46	Cradle 2 the Grave	Horror	R	$34,657,731	5,747,551	$45,348,177
47	Malibu's Most Wanted	Comedy	PG-13	$34,308,901	5,689,702	$44,891,749
48	The Hunted	Action	R	$34,234,008	5,677,282	$44,793,755
49	Bend it Like Beckham	Drama	PG-13	$32,541,719	5,396,637	$42,579,466
50	Lost in Translation	Drama	R	$31,586,561	5,238,236	$41,329,682
51	Stuck On You	Comedy	PG-13	$30,721,406	5,094,761	$40,197,664
52	The Fighting Temptations	Comedy	PG-13	$30,238,577	5,014,689	$39,565,896
53	Hollywood Homicide	Action	PG-13	$30,207,785	5,009,583	$39,525,610
54	Honey	Drama	PG-13	$28,816,190	4,778,804	$37,704,764
55	Maid in Manhattan	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$28,394,896	4,708,938	$37,153,521
56	Johnny English	Comedy	PG	$28,013,509	4,645,690	$36,654,494
57	Basic	Thriller/Suspense	R	$26,599,248	4,411,152	$34,803,989
58	A Man Apart	Action	R	$26,500,000	4,394,693	$34,674,128
59	Dumb and Dumberer: When Harry Met Lloyd	Comedy	PG-13	$26,214,846	4,347,404	$34,301,018
60	Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star	Comedy	PG-13	$22,734,486	3,770,230	$29,747,115
61	Biker Boyz	Action	PG-13	$21,908,034	3,633,173	$28,665,735
62	Cabin Fever	Horror	R	$21,156,247	3,508,499	$27,682,057
63	Whale Rider	Drama	PG-13	$20,772,796	3,444,908	$27,180,324
64	The In-Laws	Comedy	PG-13	$20,440,627	3,389,822	$26,745,696
65	The Life of David Gale	Thriller/Suspense	R	$19,694,635	3,266,109	$25,769,600
66	Adaptation	Comedy	R	$18,423,536	3,055,313	$24,106,420
67	A Mighty Wind	Comedy	PG-13	$17,583,468	2,915,998	$23,007,224
68	Deliver Us From Eva	Romantic Comedy	R	$17,573,594	2,914,361	$22,994,308
69	View from the Top	Comedy	PG-13	$15,614,000	2,589,386	$20,430,256
70	My Boss's Daughter	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$15,549,702	2,578,723	$20,346,124
71	A Guy Thing	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$15,543,862	2,577,755	$20,338,487
72	Wrong Turn	Horror	R	$15,417,771	2,556,844	$20,173,499
73	Drumline	Comedy	PG-13	$15,268,162	2,532,033	$19,977,740
74	Alex & Emma	Drama	PG-13	$14,208,384	2,356,283	$18,591,073
75	How to Deal	Drama	PG-13	$14,108,518	2,339,721	$18,460,399
76	25th Hour	Drama	R	$12,727,387	2,110,678	$16,653,249
77	House of 1,000 Corpses	Horror	R	$12,583,510	2,086,818	$16,464,994
78	Confidence	Drama	R	$12,212,417	2,025,276	$15,979,428
79	Die Another Day	Action	PG-13	$10,870,247	1,802,694	$14,223,256
80	Narc	Thriller/Suspense	R	$10,274,484	1,703,895	$13,443,732
81	The House of the Dead	Horror	R	$10,199,354	1,691,435	$13,345,422
82	Swimming Pool	Thriller/Suspense	R	$10,105,505	1,675,871	$13,222,622
83	The Hot Chick	Comedy	PG-13	$9,766,550	1,619,660	$12,779,117
84	Duplex	Comedy	PG-13	$9,652,000	1,600,663	$12,629,231
85	Dark Blue	Drama	R	$9,237,470	1,531,919	$12,086,841
86	Le Divorce	Comedy	PG-13	$9,074,550	1,504,900	$11,873,661
87	Boat Trip	Comedy	R	$8,586,376	1,423,943	$11,234,910
88	Dirty Pretty Things	Drama	R	$8,075,861	1,339,280	$10,566,919
89	Grande Seduction, La	Comedy	Not Rated	$8,009,736	1,328,314	$10,480,397
90	Hable con ella	Drama	R	$7,945,715	1,317,697	$10,396,629
91	The Order	Thriller/Suspense	R	$7,659,747	1,270,273	$10,022,454
92	It Runs in the Family	Comedy	PG-13	$7,365,324	1,221,447	$9,637,217
93	21 Grams	Drama	R	$7,272,165	1,205,998	$9,515,324
94	Calendar Girls	Comedy	PG-13	$6,953,194	1,153,100	$9,097,959
95	Willard	Horror	PG-13	$6,882,696	1,141,409	$9,005,717
96	Mambo Italiano (US Release)	Comedy	R	$6,250,949	1,036,642	$8,179,105
97	Chasing Papi	Comedy	PG	$6,126,237	1,015,960	$8,015,924
98	Gigli	Romantic Comedy	R	$6,068,735	1,006,424	$7,940,685
99	American Splendor	Drama	R	$6,003,587	995,620	$7,855,442
100	House of Sand and Fog	Drama	R	$5,383,663	892,813	$7,044,295
101	The Human Stain	Drama	R	$5,361,450	889,129	$7,015,228
102	In America	Drama	PG-13	$5,305,891	879,916	$6,942,537
103	Grind	Adventure	PG-13	$5,111,630	847,700	$6,688,353
104	Les invasions barbares	Drama	R	$4,958,643	822,329	$6,488,176
105	From Justin to Kelly	Musical	PG	$4,922,166	816,280	$6,440,449
106	Cidade de Deus	Drama	R	$4,792,553	794,785	$6,270,854
107	In the Cut	Thriller/Suspense	R	$4,717,455	782,331	$6,172,592
108	The Station Agent	Drama	R	$4,641,611	769,753	$6,073,351
109	Thirteen	Drama	R	$4,599,680	762,799	$6,018,484
110	Analyze That	Comedy	R	$4,259,895	706,450	$5,573,891
111	L'auberge espagnole	Comedy	R	$3,895,664	646,047	$5,097,311
112	Better Luck Tomorrow	Drama	R	$3,799,339	630,073	$4,971,276
113	The Secret Lives of Dentists	Drama	R	$3,707,201	614,793	$4,850,717
114	Laurel Canyon	Drama	R	$3,661,906	607,281	$4,791,447
115	The Good Thief	Drama	R	$3,517,797	583,383	$4,602,892
116	Anything Else	Romantic Comedy	R	$3,203,044	531,185	$4,191,050
117	The Guru	Comedy	R	$3,051,221	506,007	$3,992,395
118	Mambo Italiano	Comedy	R	$3,031,801	502,786	$3,966,982
119	L'homme du train	Drama	R	$2,541,320	421,446	$3,325,209
120	Pieces of April	Comedy	PG-13	$2,376,152	394,055	$3,109,094
121	The Dancer Upstairs	Drama	R	$2,374,732	393,820	$3,107,240
122	Empire	Drama	R	$2,334,570	387,159	$3,054,685
123	The Ring	Horror	PG-13	$2,332,999	386,899	$3,052,633
124	Raising Victor Vargas	Drama	R	$2,073,984	343,944	$2,713,718
125	8 Mile	Drama	R	$2,016,980	334,491	$2,639,134
126	Sur Le Seuil	Drama	Not Rated	$2,013,052	333,839	$2,633,990
127	Kal Ho Naa Ho	Drama	Not Rated	$1,936,933	321,216	$2,534,394
128	The Cooler	Drama	R	$1,836,224	304,515	$2,402,623
129	Sweet Home Alabama	Comedy	PG-13	$1,798,776	298,304	$2,353,619
130	Nez Rouge	Romantic Comedy	Not Rated	$1,678,108	278,293	$2,195,732
131	Marci X	Comedy	R	$1,646,664	273,079	$2,154,593
132	Spider	Drama	R	$1,641,788	272,270	$2,148,210
133	Camp	Comedy	PG-13	$1,628,154	270,009	$2,130,371
134	Elephant	Drama	R	$1,257,377	208,520	$1,645,223
135	Main Prem Ki Diwani Hoon	Drama	Not Rated	$1,225,908	203,301	$1,604,045
136	He ni zai yi qi	Drama	PG	$1,145,190	189,915	$1,498,429
137	The R.M.	Comedy	PG	$1,111,615	184,347	$1,454,498
138	Respiro	Drama	PG-13	$1,072,534	177,866	$1,403,363
139	Friday After Next	Comedy	R	$1,032,919	171,297	$1,351,533
140	� la folie... pas du tout	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$1,009,827	167,467	$1,321,315
141	Assassination Tango	Drama	R	$1,000,673	165,949	$1,309,338
142	The Legend of Johnny Lingo	Adventure	G	$974,693	161,641	$1,275,347
143	Baghban	Drama	Not Rated	$967,555	160,457	$1,266,006
144	Euro Pudding (L'Auberge Espagnole)	Romantic Comedy	R	$901,873	149,564	$1,180,060
145	Gaz Bar Blues	Drama	Not Rated	$884,664	146,710	$1,157,542
146	Irreversible	Drama	Not Rated	$792,200	131,376	$1,036,557
147	Real Women Have Curves	Comedy	PG-13	$739,964	122,714	$968,213
148	The Shape of Things	Drama	R	$732,241	121,433	$958,106
149	The Bread, My Sweet	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$697,864	115,732	$913,125
150	Pere et Fils	Comedy	Not Rated	$633,016	104,978	$828,276
151	The Holy Land	Drama	R	$593,945	98,498	$777,149
152	Poolhall Junkies	Drama	R	$562,059	93,210	$735,427
153	Barbershop	Comedy	PG-13	$552,651	91,650	$723,119
154	Jet Lag (US Release)	Romantic Comedy	R	$544,434	90,288	$712,372
155	Passionada	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$536,906	89,039	$702,518
156	Ghost Ship	Horror	R	$497,730	82,542	$651,256
157	Casa de los Babys	Drama	R	$475,940	78,929	$622,750
158	I Spy	Action	PG-13	$455,537	75,545	$596,050
159	Bollywood/Hollywood	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$329,136	54,583	$430,660
160	The Singing Detective	Comedy	R	$327,314	54,281	$428,277
161	City of Ghosts	Drama	R	$325,491	53,979	$425,894
162	The Company	Drama	PG-13	$316,013	52,407	$413,491
163	Alexandra's Project	Drama	Not Rated	$259,492	43,033	$339,530
164	Civil Brand	Drama	R	$243,347	40,356	$318,409
165	Charly	Drama	PG	$236,542	39,228	$309,509
166	Ararat	Drama	R	$233,537	38,729	$305,572
167	Kaante	Drama	R	$227,734	37,767	$297,982
168	Secretary	Drama	R	$210,398	34,892	$275,298
169	Half Past Dead	Action	PG-13	$206,323	34,216	$269,964
170	Chaos	Comedy	Not Rated	$204,274	33,876	$267,282
171	They	Horror	PG-13	$191,168	31,703	$250,137
172	Personal Velocity	Drama	R	$186,991	31,010	$244,669
173	Jackass: The Movie	Comedy	R	$186,709	30,963	$244,298
174	Sordid Lives	Comedy	R	$163,553	27,123	$214,000
175	Charlotte Sometimes	Drama	R	$121,771	20,194	$159,331
176	Brown Sugar	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$96,468	15,998	$126,224
177	Igby Goes Down	Comedy	R	$95,962	15,914	$125,561
178	Cet amour-l�	Drama	Not Rated	$72,036	11,946	$94,254
179	Tadpole	Comedy	PG-13	$71,169	11,802	$93,118
180	The Man from Elysian Fields	Comedy	R	$69,103	11,460	$90,419
181	Roger Dodger	Black Comedy	R	$65,081	10,793	$85,157
182	Extreme Ops	Action	PG-13	$64,401	10,680	$84,265
183	Across The Sea of Time	Drama	G	$53,395	8,855	$69,866
184	Carnages	Drama	Not Rated	$52,703	8,740	$68,959
185	National Lampoon's Dorm Daze		Not Rated	$47,153	7,820	$61,700
186	Moonlight Mile	Drama	PG-13	$45,018	7,466	$58,907
187	Fat Girl	Drama	Not Rated	$42,717	7,084	$55,893
188	Mostly Martha (Drei Sterne)	Comedy	PG	$28,839	4,783	$37,738
189	The Transporter	Action	PG-13	$27,278	4,524	$35,694
190	One Hour Photo	Drama	R	$11,476	1,903	$15,015
191	Camera Obscura	Drama	Not Rated	$11,384	1,888	$14,896
192	Pandora's Box	Thriller/Suspense	R	$6,778	1,124	$8,868
193	The Calling	Drama	PG	$6,092	1,010	$7,969
194	Kandahar	Drama	Not Rated	$4,839	802	$6,328
195	The Producers	Comedy	Not Rated	$2,433	403	$3,180
Total Gross of All Movies				$4,275,930,585
Total Tickets Sold					709,109,547
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices						$5,594,874,326

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.