Box Office Performance for Drama Movies in 2003

Rank	Movie	Genre	MPAA	2003 Gross	Tickets Sold	Inflation- Adjusted Gross
1	Seabiscuit	Drama	PG-13	$120,197,488	19,933,248	$143,120,721
2	Catch Me if You Can	Drama	PG-13	$92,948,800	15,414,395	$110,675,356
3	Holes	Drama	PG	$67,383,924	11,174,780	$80,234,920
4	About Schmidt	Drama	R	$62,432,406	10,353,633	$74,339,085
5	Mystic River	Drama	R	$54,300,385	9,005,039	$64,656,180
6	Radio	Drama	PG	$51,801,566	8,590,641	$61,680,802
7	Mona Lisa Smile	Drama	PG-13	$50,006,766	8,292,996	$59,543,711
8	Cold Mountain	Drama	R	$43,737,222	7,253,271	$52,078,486
9	Secondhand Lions	Drama	PG	$42,023,715	6,969,107	$50,038,188
10	The Hours	Drama	PG-13	$41,259,208	6,842,323	$49,127,879
11	Gangs of New York	Drama	R	$40,135,500	6,655,970	$47,789,865
12	Dreamcatcher	Drama	R	$33,685,268	5,586,280	$40,109,490
13	Bend it Like Beckham	Drama	PG-13	$32,541,719	5,396,637	$38,747,854
14	The Pianist	Drama	R	$32,376,125	5,369,175	$38,550,677
15	Lost in Translation	Drama	R	$31,586,561	5,238,236	$37,610,534
16	Honey	Drama	PG-13	$28,816,190	4,778,804	$34,311,813
17	Whale Rider	Drama	PG-13	$20,772,796	3,444,908	$24,734,439
18	Antwone Fisher	Drama	PG-13	$18,076,799	2,997,811	$21,524,283
19	Alex & Emma	Drama	PG-13	$14,208,384	2,356,283	$16,918,112
20	How to Deal	Drama	PG-13	$14,108,518	2,339,721	$16,799,197
21	Gods and Generals	Drama	PG-13	$12,882,934	2,136,473	$15,339,876
22	25th Hour	Drama	R	$12,727,387	2,110,678	$15,154,668
23	The Quiet American	Drama	R	$12,654,251	2,098,549	$15,067,582
24	Confidence	Drama	R	$12,212,417	2,025,276	$14,541,482
25	Dark Blue	Drama	R	$9,237,470	1,531,919	$10,999,178
26	Big Fish	Drama	PG-13	$8,454,208	1,402,025	$10,066,540
27	Dirty Pretty Things	Drama	R	$8,075,861	1,339,280	$9,616,030
28	Talk to Her	Drama	R	$7,945,715	1,317,697	$9,461,064
29	21 Grams	Drama	R	$7,272,165	1,205,998	$8,659,066
30	Nowhere in Africa	Drama	R	$6,173,485	1,023,795	$7,350,848
31	American Splendor	Drama	R	$6,003,587	995,620	$7,148,552
32	Far From Heaven	Drama	PG-13	$5,853,444	970,720	$6,969,770
33	Luther	Drama	PG-13	$5,781,086	958,721	$6,883,617
34	Frida	Drama	R	$5,579,078	925,220	$6,643,080
35	House of Sand and Fog	Drama	R	$5,383,663	892,813	$6,410,397
36	The Human Stain	Drama	R	$5,361,450	889,129	$6,383,946
37	In America	Drama	PG-13	$5,305,891	879,916	$6,317,797
38	Rabbit-Proof Fence	Drama	PG	$5,213,959	864,670	$6,208,331
39	A Common Thread	Drama	Not Rated	$5,058,187	838,837	$6,022,850
40	The Barbarian Invasions	Drama	R	$4,958,643	822,329	$5,904,322
41	The Magdalene Sisters	Drama	R	$4,890,878	811,091	$5,823,633
42	City of God	Drama	R	$4,792,553	794,785	$5,706,556
43	The Station Agent	Drama	R	$4,641,611	769,753	$5,526,827
44	Thirteen	Drama	R	$4,599,680	762,799	$5,476,897
45	Beyond Borders	Drama	R	$4,426,297	734,046	$5,270,450
46	Scarface	Drama	Not Rated	$3,983,232	660,569	$4,742,885
47	Better Luck Tomorrow	Drama	R	$3,799,339	630,073	$4,523,924
48	The Secret Lives of Dentists	Drama	R	$3,707,201	614,793	$4,414,214
49	Laurel Canyon	Drama	R	$3,661,906	607,281	$4,360,278
50	The Good Thief	Drama	R	$3,517,797	583,383	$4,188,690
51	The Gospel of John	Drama	PG-13	$3,095,971	513,428	$3,686,413
52	Russian Ark	Drama	Not Rated	$2,885,606	478,542	$3,435,932
53	The Man on the Train	Drama	R	$2,541,320	421,446	$3,025,982
54	The Dancer Upstairs	Drama	R	$2,374,732	393,820	$2,827,628
55	Empire	Drama	R	$2,334,570	387,159	$2,779,802
56	Shattered Glass	Drama	PG-13	$2,105,024	349,092	$2,506,481
57	Raising Victor Vargas	Drama	R	$2,073,984	343,944	$2,469,518
58	8 Mile	Drama	R	$2,016,980	334,491	$2,401,645
59	Sur Le Seuil	Drama	Not Rated	$2,013,052	333,839	$2,396,964
60	Kal Ho Naa Ho	Drama	Not Rated	$1,936,933	321,216	$2,306,331
61	The Cooler	Drama	R	$1,836,224	304,515	$2,186,418
62	Spider	Drama	R	$1,641,788	272,270	$1,954,899
63	Veronica Guerin	Drama	R	$1,569,918	260,351	$1,869,320
64	Nicholas Nickleby	Drama	PG	$1,519,936	252,062	$1,809,805
65	El Crimen de Padre	Drama	R	$1,456,246	241,500	$1,733,970
66	Northfork	Drama	PG-13	$1,420,578	235,585	$1,691,500
67	Sylvia	Drama	R	$1,302,242	215,961	$1,550,600
68	Elephant	Drama	R	$1,257,377	208,520	$1,497,174
69	Main Prem Ki Diwani Hoon	Drama	Not Rated	$1,225,908	203,301	$1,459,701
70	Together	Drama	PG	$1,145,190	189,915	$1,363,590
71	The Book of Mormon Movie, Volume 1: The Journey	Drama	PG	$1,124,502	186,485	$1,338,962
72	Respiro	Drama	PG-13	$1,072,534	177,866	$1,277,078
73	Wonderland	Drama	R	$1,056,102	175,141	$1,257,512
74	Owning Mahowny	Drama	R	$1,011,054	167,671	$1,203,878
75	Assassination Tango	Drama	R	$1,000,673	165,949	$1,191,514
76	Baghban	Drama	Not Rated	$967,555	160,457	$1,152,081
77	Gaz Bar Blues	Drama	Not Rated	$884,664	146,710	$1,053,378
78	Girl with a Pearl Earring	Drama	PG-13	$865,240	143,489	$1,030,251
79	Evelyn	Drama	PG	$853,300	141,509	$1,016,035
80	Irreversible	Drama	Not Rated	$792,200	131,376	$943,280
81	And now... Ladies and Gentlemen	Drama	PG-13	$736,762	122,183	$877,274
82	The Shape of Things	Drama	R	$732,241	121,433	$871,889
83	Koi� Mil Gaya	Drama	Not Rated	$671,372	111,339	$799,414
84	The Holy Land	Drama	R	$593,945	98,498	$707,216
85	L.O.C. (Kargil)	Drama	Not Rated	$587,978	97,509	$700,115
86	Poolhall Junkies	Drama	R	$562,059	93,210	$669,248
87	China: The Panda Adventure	Drama	Not Rated	$557,142	92,395	$663,396
88	All the Real Girls	Drama	R	$548,712	90,997	$653,358
89	Masked and Anonymous	Drama	PG-13	$533,344	88,448	$635,057
90	Time Changer	Drama	PG	$520,254	86,278	$619,476
91	Cremaster 3	Drama	Not Rated	$513,961	85,234	$611,980
92	Max	Drama	R	$509,040	84,418	$606,121
93	Blizzard	Drama	Not Rated	$504,600	83,682	$600,837
94	Casa de los Babys	Drama	R	$475,940	78,929	$566,710
95	Blue Car	Drama	R	$464,126	76,969	$552,637
96	Monster	Drama	R	$455,848	75,597	$542,786
97	The Emperor's Club	Drama	PG-13	$436,140	72,328	$519,315
98	Tuck Everlasting	Drama	PG	$362,750	60,158	$431,934
99	Apollo 13 (IMAX)	Drama	PG	$345,030	57,219	$410,832
100	City of Ghosts	Drama	R	$325,491	53,979	$387,569
101	The Company	Drama	PG-13	$316,013	52,407	$376,282
102	Armaan	Drama	Not Rated	$301,010	49,919	$358,418
103	Amen	Drama	Not Rated	$274,299	45,489	$326,611
104	Encounter in the Third Dimension	Drama	Not Rated	$270,782	44,906	$322,425
105	Alexandra's Project	Drama	Not Rated	$259,492	43,033	$308,977
106	Gerry	Drama	R	$254,683	42,236	$303,254
107	Civil Brand	Drama	R	$243,347	40,356	$289,756
108	Charly	Drama	PG	$236,542	39,228	$281,657
109	Far Side of the Moon	Drama	Not Rated	$234,608	38,907	$279,352
110	Ararat	Drama	R	$233,537	38,729	$278,074
111	Kaante	Drama	R	$227,734	37,767	$271,167
112	Secretary	Drama	R	$210,398	34,892	$250,525
113	Tully	Drama	Not Rated	$208,294	34,543	$248,019
114	Personal Velocity	Drama	R	$186,991	31,010	$222,652
115	Solaris	Drama	PG-13	$139,664	23,162	$166,303
116	September 11	Drama	Not Rated	$122,732	20,354	$146,142
117	Charlotte Sometimes	Drama	R	$121,771	20,194	$144,993
118	Auto Focus	Drama	R	$78,565	13,029	$93,548
119	That Love	Drama	Not Rated	$72,036	11,946	$85,772
120	I Vitelloni	Drama	Not Rated	$59,659	9,894	$71,039
121	Across The Sea of Time	Drama	G	$53,395	8,855	$63,579
122	Carnage	Drama	Not Rated	$52,703	8,740	$62,753
123	Boys Life 4: Four Play	Drama	Not Rated	$50,914	8,443	$60,621
124	Moonlight Mile	Drama	PG-13	$45,018	7,466	$53,606
125	Fat Girl	Drama	Not Rated	$42,717	7,084	$50,863
126	Balthazar	Drama	Not Rated	$39,388	6,532	$46,900
127	This Thing of Ours	Drama	Not Rated	$37,227	6,174	$44,329
128	Japanese Story	Drama	R	$32,699	5,423	$38,937
129	All or Nothing	Drama	R	$31,192	5,173	$37,142
130	What Alice Found	Drama	R	$28,190	4,675	$33,567
131	Bolivia	Drama	Not Rated	$26,272	4,357	$31,283
132	The Fast Runner	Drama	R	$22,714	3,767	$27,047
133	Alias Betty	Drama	Not Rated	$22,204	3,682	$26,437
134	AKA	Drama	R	$20,424	3,387	$24,319
135	Blackboards	Drama	Not Rated	$17,907	2,970	$21,325
136	Bloody Sunday	Drama	R	$16,804	2,787	$20,011
137	All About Lily Chou-Chou	Drama	Not Rated	$15,083	2,501	$17,957
138	Hukkle	Drama	Not Rated	$12,493	2,072	$14,877
139	Postmen in the Mountains	Drama	Not Rated	$12,307	2,041	$14,654
140	One Hour Photo	Drama	R	$11,476	1,903	$13,664
141	Camera Obscura	Drama	Not Rated	$11,384	1,888	$13,556
142	Secret Things	Drama	Not Rated	$9,421	1,562	$11,215
143	Acts of Worship	Drama	R	$9,377	1,555	$11,165
144	Chinwaseon	Drama	Not Rated	$8,196	1,359	$9,758
145	El Bonaerense	Drama	Not Rated	$7,170	1,189	$8,537
146	The Calling	Drama	PG	$6,092	1,010	$7,252
147	Wings of Courage	Drama	G	$5,249	870	$6,247
148	Kandahar	Drama	Not Rated	$4,839	802	$5,758
149	Blindness	Drama	Not Rated	$1,432	237	$1,702
Total Gross of All Movies				$1,149,079,297
Total Tickets Sold					190,560,414
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices						$1,368,223,773

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.