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	$164,962,431
2	Anger Management	Comedy	PG-13	$135,560,942	22,481,085	$161,414,190
3	Bringing Down the House	Comedy	PG-13	$132,675,402	22,002,554	$157,978,338
4	2 Fast 2 Furious	Action	PG-13	$127,120,058	21,081,270	$151,363,519
5	S.W.A.T.	Action	PG-13	$116,877,597	19,382,686	$139,167,685
6	Freaky Friday	Comedy	PG	$110,180,505	18,272,057	$131,193,369
7	Scary Movie 3	Comedy	PG-13	$109,563,395	18,169,717	$130,458,568
8	The Italian Job	Adventure	PG-13	$106,126,012	17,599,670	$126,365,631
9	How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$105,807,520	17,546,852	$125,986,397
10	American Wedding	Comedy	R	$104,354,205	17,305,838	$124,255,917
11	Daddy Day Care	Comedy	PG	$104,148,781	17,271,771	$124,011,316
12	Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle	Adventure	PG-13	$100,814,328	16,718,794	$120,040,941
13	Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde	Comedy	PG	$90,168,825	14,953,371	$107,365,204
14	Cheaper by the Dozen	Comedy	PG	$85,620,095	14,199,021	$101,948,971
15	Freddy vs. Jason	Horror	R	$82,490,748	13,680,058	$98,222,816
16	Something's Gotta Give	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$81,211,676	13,467,940	$96,699,809
17	The School of Rock	Comedy	PG-13	$80,232,030	13,305,478	$95,533,332
18	Old School	Comedy	R	$75,155,000	12,463,516	$89,488,045
19	Kill Bill: Volume 1	Action	R	$69,655,060	11,551,420	$82,939,196
20	Holes	Drama	PG	$67,383,924	11,174,780	$80,234,920
21	Lara Croft: Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life	Adventure	PG-13	$65,653,758	10,887,854	$78,174,792
22	About Schmidt	Drama	R	$62,432,406	10,353,633	$74,339,085
23	Gothika	Horror	R	$58,224,334	9,655,777	$69,328,479
24	Love Actually	Romantic Comedy	R	$57,429,915	9,524,032	$68,382,550
25	Bad Santa	Comedy	R	$56,909,596	9,437,744	$67,763,002
26	Once Upon a Time in Mexico	Action	R	$56,330,657	9,341,734	$67,073,650
27	Just Married	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$56,127,162	9,307,987	$66,831,347
28	Mystic River	Drama	R	$54,300,385	9,005,039	$64,656,180
29	The Recruit	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$52,784,696	8,753,681	$62,851,430
30	Identity	Thriller/Suspense	R	$52,131,264	8,645,317	$62,073,376
31	Underworld	Action	R	$51,892,664	8,605,749	$61,789,278
32	Runaway Jury	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$49,022,597	8,129,784	$58,371,849
33	The Rundown	Action	PG-13	$47,641,743	7,900,787	$56,727,651
34	Phone Booth	Thriller/Suspense	R	$46,563,158	7,721,917	$55,443,364
35	Tears of the Sun	Action	R	$43,632,458	7,235,897	$51,953,740
36	Under the Tuscan Sun	Comedy	PG-13	$43,323,006	7,184,578	$51,585,270
37	The Lizzie McGuire Movie	Comedy	PG	$42,672,630	7,076,721	$50,810,857
38	Out of Time	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$41,067,004	6,810,448	$48,899,017
39	Two Weeks Notice	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$38,437,918	6,374,447	$45,768,529
40	Head of State	Comedy	PG-13	$37,788,228	6,266,704	$44,994,935
41	Uptown Girls	Comedy	PG-13	$37,095,657	6,151,850	$44,170,283
42	Matchstick Men	Comedy	PG-13	$36,873,198	6,114,958	$43,905,398
43	National Security	Action	PG-13	$36,288,951	6,018,068	$43,209,728
44	What a Girl Wants	Comedy	PG	$35,990,505	5,968,575	$42,854,369
45	Intolerable Cruelty	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$35,296,248	5,853,441	$42,027,706
46	Cradle 2 the Grave	Horror	R	$34,657,731	5,747,551	$41,267,416
47	Malibu's Most Wanted	Comedy	PG-13	$34,308,901	5,689,702	$40,852,060
48	The Hunted	Action	R	$34,234,008	5,677,282	$40,762,885
49	Bend it Like Beckham	Drama	PG-13	$32,541,719	5,396,637	$38,747,854
50	Lost in Translation	Drama	R	$31,586,561	5,238,236	$37,610,534
51	Stuck On You	Comedy	PG-13	$30,721,406	5,094,761	$36,580,384
52	The Fighting Temptations	Comedy	PG-13	$30,238,577	5,014,689	$36,005,467
53	Hollywood Homicide	Action	PG-13	$30,207,785	5,009,583	$35,968,806
54	Honey	Drama	PG-13	$28,816,190	4,778,804	$34,311,813
55	Maid in Manhattan	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$28,394,896	4,708,938	$33,810,175
56	Johnny English	Comedy	PG	$28,013,509	4,645,690	$33,356,054
57	Basic	Thriller/Suspense	R	$26,599,248	4,411,152	$31,672,071
58	A Man Apart	Action	R	$26,500,000	4,394,693	$31,553,896
59	Dumb and Dumberer: When Harry Met Lloyd	Comedy	PG-13	$26,214,846	4,347,404	$31,214,361
60	Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star	Comedy	PG-13	$22,734,486	3,770,230	$27,070,251
61	Biker Boyz	Action	PG-13	$21,908,034	3,633,173	$26,086,182
62	Cabin Fever	Horror	R	$21,156,247	3,508,499	$25,191,023
63	Whale Rider	Drama	PG-13	$20,772,796	3,444,908	$24,734,439
64	The In-Laws	Comedy	PG-13	$20,440,627	3,389,822	$24,338,922
65	The Life of David Gale	Thriller/Suspense	R	$19,694,635	3,266,109	$23,450,663
66	My Big Fat Greek Wedding	Romantic Comedy	PG	$18,919,958	3,137,638	$22,528,241
67	Adaptation	Comedy	R	$18,423,536	3,055,313	$21,937,147
68	A Mighty Wind	Comedy	PG-13	$17,583,468	2,915,998	$20,936,866
69	Deliver Us From Eva	Romantic Comedy	R	$17,573,594	2,914,361	$20,925,112
70	View from the Top	Comedy	PG-13	$15,614,000	2,589,386	$18,591,791
71	My Boss's Daughter	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$15,549,702	2,578,723	$18,515,231
72	A Guy Thing	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$15,543,862	2,577,755	$18,508,281
73	Wrong Turn	Horror	R	$15,417,771	2,556,844	$18,358,140
74	Drumline	Comedy	PG-13	$15,268,162	2,532,033	$18,179,997
75	Alex & Emma	Drama	PG-13	$14,208,384	2,356,283	$16,918,112
76	How to Deal	Drama	PG-13	$14,108,518	2,339,721	$16,799,197
77	25th Hour	Drama	R	$12,727,387	2,110,678	$15,154,668
78	House of 1,000 Corpses	Horror	R	$12,583,510	2,086,818	$14,983,353
79	Confidence	Drama	R	$12,212,417	2,025,276	$14,541,482
80	Die Another Day	Action	PG-13	$10,870,247	1,802,694	$12,943,343
81	Narc	Thriller/Suspense	R	$10,274,484	1,703,895	$12,233,966
82	The House of the Dead	Horror	R	$10,199,354	1,691,435	$12,144,503
83	Swimming Pool	Thriller/Suspense	R	$10,105,505	1,675,871	$12,032,754
84	The Hot Chick	Comedy	PG-13	$9,766,550	1,619,660	$11,629,159
85	Duplex	Comedy	PG-13	$9,652,000	1,600,663	$11,492,760
86	Dark Blue	Drama	R	$9,237,470	1,531,919	$10,999,178
87	Le Divorce	Comedy	PG-13	$9,074,550	1,504,900	$10,805,182
88	Boat Trip	Comedy	R	$8,586,376	1,423,943	$10,223,911
89	Dirty Pretty Things	Drama	R	$8,075,861	1,339,280	$9,616,030
90	Grande Seduction, La	Comedy	Not Rated	$8,009,736	1,328,314	$9,537,295
91	Talk to Her	Drama	R	$7,945,715	1,317,697	$9,461,064
92	The Order	Thriller/Suspense	R	$7,659,747	1,270,273	$9,120,560
93	It Runs in the Family	Comedy	PG-13	$7,365,324	1,221,447	$8,769,989
94	21 Grams	Drama	R	$7,272,165	1,205,998	$8,659,066
95	Calendar Girls	Comedy	PG-13	$6,953,194	1,153,100	$8,279,258
96	Willard	Horror	PG-13	$6,882,696	1,141,409	$8,195,317
97	Mambo Italiano (US Release)	Comedy	R	$6,250,949	1,036,642	$7,443,090
98	Chasing Papi	Comedy	PG	$6,126,237	1,015,960	$7,294,593
99	Gigli	Romantic Comedy	R	$6,068,735	1,006,424	$7,226,124
100	American Splendor	Drama	R	$6,003,587	995,620	$7,148,552
101	House of Sand and Fog	Drama	R	$5,383,663	892,813	$6,410,397
102	The Human Stain	Drama	R	$5,361,450	889,129	$6,383,946
103	In America	Drama	PG-13	$5,305,891	879,916	$6,317,797
104	Grind	Adventure	PG-13	$5,111,630	847,700	$6,086,486
105	The Barbarian Invasions	Drama	R	$4,958,643	822,329	$5,904,322
106	From Justin to Kelly	Musical	PG	$4,922,166	816,280	$5,860,890
107	City of God	Drama	R	$4,792,553	794,785	$5,706,556
108	In the Cut	Thriller/Suspense	R	$4,717,455	782,331	$5,617,137
109	The Station Agent	Drama	R	$4,641,611	769,753	$5,526,827
110	Thirteen	Drama	R	$4,599,680	762,799	$5,476,897
111	Analyze That	Comedy	R	$4,259,895	706,450	$5,072,311
112	L'auberge espagnole	Comedy	R	$3,895,664	646,047	$4,638,617
113	Better Luck Tomorrow	Drama	R	$3,799,339	630,073	$4,523,924
114	The Secret Lives of Dentists	Drama	R	$3,707,201	614,793	$4,414,214
115	Laurel Canyon	Drama	R	$3,661,906	607,281	$4,360,278
116	The Good Thief	Drama	R	$3,517,797	583,383	$4,188,690
117	Anything Else	Romantic Comedy	R	$3,203,044	531,185	$3,813,908
118	The Guru	Comedy	R	$3,051,221	506,007	$3,633,130
119	Mambo Italiano	Comedy	R	$3,031,801	502,786	$3,610,003
120	The Man on the Train	Drama	R	$2,541,320	421,446	$3,025,982
121	Pieces of April	Comedy	PG-13	$2,376,152	394,055	$2,829,315
122	The Dancer Upstairs	Drama	R	$2,374,732	393,820	$2,827,628
123	Empire	Drama	R	$2,334,570	387,159	$2,779,802
124	The Ring	Horror	PG-13	$2,332,999	386,899	$2,777,935
125	Raising Victor Vargas	Drama	R	$2,073,984	343,944	$2,469,518
126	8 Mile	Drama	R	$2,016,980	334,491	$2,401,645
127	Sur Le Seuil	Drama	Not Rated	$2,013,052	333,839	$2,396,964
128	Kal Ho Naa Ho	Drama	Not Rated	$1,936,933	321,216	$2,306,331
129	The Cooler	Drama	R	$1,836,224	304,515	$2,186,418
130	Sweet Home Alabama	Comedy	PG-13	$1,798,776	298,304	$2,141,823
131	Nez Rouge	Romantic Comedy	Not Rated	$1,678,108	278,293	$1,998,144
132	Marci X	Comedy	R	$1,646,664	273,079	$1,960,707
133	Spider	Drama	R	$1,641,788	272,270	$1,954,899
134	Camp	Comedy	PG-13	$1,628,154	270,009	$1,938,665
135	Elephant	Drama	R	$1,257,377	208,520	$1,497,174
136	Main Prem Ki Diwani Hoon	Drama	Not Rated	$1,225,908	203,301	$1,459,701
137	Together	Drama	PG	$1,145,190	189,915	$1,363,590
138	The R.M.	Comedy	PG	$1,111,615	184,347	$1,323,611
139	Respiro	Drama	PG-13	$1,072,534	177,866	$1,277,078
140	Friday After Next	Comedy	R	$1,032,919	171,297	$1,229,912
141	He Loves Me... He Loves Me Not	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$1,009,827	167,467	$1,202,413
142	Assassination Tango	Drama	R	$1,000,673	165,949	$1,191,514
143	The Legend of Johnny Lingo	Adventure	G	$974,693	161,641	$1,160,582
144	Baghban	Drama	Not Rated	$967,555	160,457	$1,152,081
145	Euro Pudding (L'Auberge Espagnole)	Romantic Comedy	R	$901,873	149,564	$1,073,870
146	Gaz Bar Blues	Drama	Not Rated	$884,664	146,710	$1,053,378
147	Irreversible	Drama	Not Rated	$792,200	131,376	$943,280
148	Real Women Have Curves	Comedy	PG-13	$739,964	122,714	$881,087
149	The Shape of Things	Drama	R	$732,241	121,433	$871,889
150	The Bread, My Sweet	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$697,864	115,732	$830,956
151	Pere et Fils	Comedy	Not Rated	$633,016	104,978	$753,742
152	The Holy Land	Drama	R	$593,945	98,498	$707,216
153	Poolhall Junkies	Drama	R	$562,059	93,210	$669,248
154	Barbershop	Comedy	PG-13	$552,651	91,650	$658,047
155	Jet Lag (US Release)	Romantic Comedy	R	$544,434	90,288	$648,268
156	Passionada	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$536,906	89,039	$639,300
157	Ghost Ship	Horror	R	$497,730	82,542	$592,652
158	Casa de los Babys	Drama	R	$475,940	78,929	$566,710
159	I Spy	Action	PG-13	$455,537	75,545	$542,413
160	Bollywood/Hollywood	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$329,136	54,583	$391,906
161	The Singing Detective	Comedy	R	$327,314	54,281	$389,738
162	City of Ghosts	Drama	R	$325,491	53,979	$387,569
163	The Company	Drama	PG-13	$316,013	52,407	$376,282
164	Alexandra's Project	Drama	Not Rated	$259,492	43,033	$308,977
165	Civil Brand	Drama	R	$243,347	40,356	$289,756
166	Charly	Drama	PG	$236,542	39,228	$281,657
167	Ararat	Drama	R	$233,537	38,729	$278,074
168	Kaante	Drama	R	$227,734	37,767	$271,167
169	Secretary	Drama	R	$210,398	34,892	$250,525
170	Half Past Dead	Action	PG-13	$206,323	34,216	$245,671
171	Chaos	Comedy	Not Rated	$204,274	33,876	$243,230
172	They	Horror	PG-13	$191,168	31,703	$227,628
173	Personal Velocity	Drama	R	$186,991	31,010	$222,652
174	Jackass: The Movie	Comedy	R	$186,709	30,963	$222,314
175	Sordid Lives	Comedy	R	$163,553	27,123	$194,743
176	Charlotte Sometimes	Drama	R	$121,771	20,194	$144,993
177	Brown Sugar	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$96,468	15,998	$114,866
178	Igby Goes Down	Comedy	R	$95,962	15,914	$114,263
179	That Love	Drama	Not Rated	$72,036	11,946	$85,772
180	Tadpole	Comedy	PG-13	$71,169	11,802	$84,738
181	The Man from Elysian Fields	Comedy	R	$69,103	11,460	$82,283
182	Roger Dodger	Black Comedy	R	$65,081	10,793	$77,494
183	Extreme Ops	Action	PG-13	$64,401	10,680	$76,682
184	Across The Sea of Time	Drama	G	$53,395	8,855	$63,579
185	Carnage	Drama	Not Rated	$52,703	8,740	$62,753
186	National Lampoon's Dorm Daze		Not Rated	$47,153	7,820	$56,148
187	Moonlight Mile	Drama	PG-13	$45,018	7,466	$53,606
188	Fat Girl	Drama	Not Rated	$42,717	7,084	$50,863
189	Mostly Martha (Drei Sterne)	Comedy	PG	$28,839	4,783	$34,342
190	The Transporter	Action	PG-13	$27,278	4,524	$32,482
191	One Hour Photo	Drama	R	$11,476	1,903	$13,664
192	Camera Obscura	Drama	Not Rated	$11,384	1,888	$13,556
193	Pandora's Box	Thriller/Suspense	R	$6,778	1,124	$8,070
194	The Calling	Drama	PG	$6,092	1,010	$7,252
195	Kandahar	Drama	Not Rated	$4,839	802	$5,758
Total Gross of All Movies				$4,294,848,110
Total Tickets Sold					712,246,782
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices						$5,113,931,895

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.