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	$157,273,327
2	Catch Me if You Can	Drama	PG-13	$92,948,800	15,414,395	$121,619,577
3	Holes	Drama	PG	$67,383,924	11,174,780	$88,169,014
4	About Schmidt	Drama	R	$62,432,406	10,353,633	$81,690,164
5	Mystic River	Drama	R	$54,300,385	9,005,039	$71,049,758
6	Radio	Drama	PG	$51,801,566	8,590,641	$67,780,157
7	Mona Lisa Smile	Drama	PG-13	$50,006,766	8,292,996	$65,431,738
8	Cold Mountain	Drama	R	$43,737,222	7,253,271	$57,228,308
9	Secondhand Lions	Drama	PG	$42,023,715	6,969,107	$54,986,254
10	The Hours	Drama	PG-13	$41,259,208	6,842,323	$53,985,928
11	Gangs of New York	Drama	R	$40,135,500	6,655,970	$52,515,603
12	Dreamcatcher	Drama	R	$33,685,268	5,586,280	$44,075,749
13	Bend it Like Beckham	Drama	PG-13	$32,541,719	5,396,637	$42,579,466
14	The Pianist	Drama	R	$32,376,125	5,369,175	$42,362,791
15	Lost in Translation	Drama	R	$31,586,561	5,238,236	$41,329,682
16	Honey	Drama	PG-13	$28,816,190	4,778,804	$37,704,764
17	Whale Rider	Drama	PG-13	$20,772,796	3,444,908	$27,180,324
18	Antwone Fisher	Drama	PG-13	$18,076,799	2,997,811	$23,652,729
19	Alex & Emma	Drama	PG-13	$14,208,384	2,356,283	$18,591,073
20	How to Deal	Drama	PG-13	$14,108,518	2,339,721	$18,460,399
21	Gods and Generals	Drama	PG-13	$12,882,934	2,136,473	$16,856,772
22	25th Hour	Drama	R	$12,727,387	2,110,678	$16,653,249
23	The Quiet American	Drama	R	$12,654,251	2,098,549	$16,557,552
24	Confidence	Drama	R	$12,212,417	2,025,276	$15,979,428
25	Dark Blue	Drama	R	$9,237,470	1,531,919	$12,086,841
26	Big Fish	Drama	PG-13	$8,454,208	1,402,025	$11,061,977
27	Dirty Pretty Things	Drama	R	$8,075,861	1,339,280	$10,566,919
28	Hable con ella	Drama	R	$7,945,715	1,317,697	$10,396,629
29	21 Grams	Drama	R	$7,272,165	1,205,998	$9,515,324
30	Nowhere in Africa	Drama	R	$6,173,485	1,023,795	$8,077,743
31	American Splendor	Drama	R	$6,003,587	995,620	$7,855,442
32	Far From Heaven	Drama	PG-13	$5,853,444	970,720	$7,658,981
33	Luther	Drama	PG-13	$5,781,086	958,721	$7,564,309
34	Frida	Drama	R	$5,579,078	925,220	$7,299,986
35	House of Sand and Fog	Drama	R	$5,383,663	892,813	$7,044,295
36	The Human Stain	Drama	R	$5,361,450	889,129	$7,015,228
37	In America	Drama	PG-13	$5,305,891	879,916	$6,942,537
38	Rabbit-Proof Fence	Drama	PG	$5,213,959	864,670	$6,822,246
39	Seraphin un Homme et Son	Drama	Not Rated	$5,058,187	838,837	$6,618,424
40	Les invasions barbares	Drama	R	$4,958,643	822,329	$6,488,176
41	The Magdalene Sisters	Drama	R	$4,890,878	811,091	$6,399,508
42	Cidade de Deus	Drama	R	$4,792,553	794,785	$6,270,854
43	The Station Agent	Drama	R	$4,641,611	769,753	$6,073,351
44	Thirteen	Drama	R	$4,599,680	762,799	$6,018,484
45	Beyond Borders	Drama	R	$4,426,297	734,046	$5,791,623
46	Scarface	Drama	Not Rated	$3,983,232	660,569	$5,211,889
47	Better Luck Tomorrow	Drama	R	$3,799,339	630,073	$4,971,276
48	The Secret Lives of Dentists	Drama	R	$3,707,201	614,793	$4,850,717
49	Laurel Canyon	Drama	R	$3,661,906	607,281	$4,791,447
50	The Good Thief	Drama	R	$3,517,797	583,383	$4,602,892
51	The Gospel of John	Drama	PG-13	$3,095,971	513,428	$4,050,947
52	Russian Ark	Drama	Not Rated	$2,885,606	478,542	$3,775,696
53	L'homme du train	Drama	R	$2,541,320	421,446	$3,325,209
54	The Dancer Upstairs	Drama	R	$2,374,732	393,820	$3,107,240
55	Empire	Drama	R	$2,334,570	387,159	$3,054,685
56	Shattered Glass	Drama	PG-13	$2,105,024	349,092	$2,754,336
57	Raising Victor Vargas	Drama	R	$2,073,984	343,944	$2,713,718
58	8 Mile	Drama	R	$2,016,980	334,491	$2,639,134
59	Sur Le Seuil	Drama	Not Rated	$2,013,052	333,839	$2,633,990
60	Kal Ho Naa Ho	Drama	Not Rated	$1,936,933	321,216	$2,534,394
61	The Cooler	Drama	R	$1,836,224	304,515	$2,402,623
62	Spider	Drama	R	$1,641,788	272,270	$2,148,210
63	Veronica Guerin	Drama	R	$1,569,918	260,351	$2,054,169
64	Nicholas Nickleby	Drama	PG	$1,519,936	252,062	$1,988,769
65	El crimen de padre Amaro	Drama	R	$1,456,246	241,500	$1,905,435
66	Northfork	Drama	PG-13	$1,420,578	235,585	$1,858,766
67	Sylvia	Drama	R	$1,302,242	215,961	$1,703,932
68	Elephant	Drama	R	$1,257,377	208,520	$1,645,223
69	Main Prem Ki Diwani Hoon	Drama	Not Rated	$1,225,908	203,301	$1,604,045
70	He ni zai yi qi	Drama	PG	$1,145,190	189,915	$1,498,429
71	The Book of Mormon Movie, Volume 1: The Journey	Drama	PG	$1,124,502	186,485	$1,471,367
72	Respiro	Drama	PG-13	$1,072,534	177,866	$1,403,363
73	Wonderland	Drama	R	$1,056,102	175,141	$1,381,862
74	Owning Mahowny	Drama	R	$1,011,054	167,671	$1,322,924
75	Assassination Tango	Drama	R	$1,000,673	165,949	$1,309,338
76	Baghban	Drama	Not Rated	$967,555	160,457	$1,266,006
77	Gaz Bar Blues	Drama	Not Rated	$884,664	146,710	$1,157,542
78	Girl with a Pearl Earring	Drama	PG-13	$865,240	143,489	$1,132,128
79	Evelyn	Drama	PG	$853,300	141,509	$1,116,506
80	Irreversible	Drama	Not Rated	$792,200	131,376	$1,036,557
81	And now... Ladies and Gentlemen	Drama	PG-13	$736,762	122,183	$964,024
82	The Shape of Things	Drama	R	$732,241	121,433	$958,106
83	Koi� Mil Gaya	Drama	Not Rated	$671,372	111,339	$878,465
84	The Holy Land	Drama	R	$593,945	98,498	$777,149
85	L.O.C. (Kargil)	Drama	Not Rated	$587,978	97,509	$769,346
86	Poolhall Junkies	Drama	R	$562,059	93,210	$735,427
87	China: The Panda Adventure	Drama	Not Rated	$557,142	92,395	$728,997
88	All the Real Girls	Drama	R	$548,712	90,997	$717,966
89	Masked and Anonymous	Drama	PG-13	$533,344	88,448	$697,855
90	Time Changer	Drama	PG	$520,254	86,278	$680,733
91	Cremaster 3	Drama	Not Rated	$513,961	85,234	$672,496
92	Max	Drama	R	$509,040	84,418	$666,058
93	Blizzard	Drama	Not Rated	$504,600	83,682	$660,251
94	Casa de los Babys	Drama	R	$475,940	78,929	$622,750
95	Blue Car	Drama	R	$464,126	76,969	$607,285
96	Monster	Drama	R	$455,848	75,597	$596,460
97	The Emperor's Club	Drama	PG-13	$436,140	72,328	$570,668
98	Tuck Everlasting	Drama	PG	$362,750	60,158	$474,647
99	Apollo 13 (IMAX)	Drama	PG	$345,030	57,219	$451,458
100	City of Ghosts	Drama	R	$325,491	53,979	$425,894
101	The Company	Drama	PG-13	$316,013	52,407	$413,491
102	Armaan	Drama	Not Rated	$301,010	49,919	$393,861
103	Amen	Drama	Not Rated	$274,299	45,489	$358,908
104	Encounter in the Third Dimension	Drama	Not Rated	$270,782	44,906	$354,308
105	Alexandra's Project	Drama	Not Rated	$259,492	43,033	$339,530
106	Gerry	Drama	R	$254,683	42,236	$333,242
107	Civil Brand	Drama	R	$243,347	40,356	$318,409
108	Charly	Drama	PG	$236,542	39,228	$309,509
109	Far Side of the Moon	Drama	Not Rated	$234,608	38,907	$306,976
110	Ararat	Drama	R	$233,537	38,729	$305,572
111	Kaante	Drama	R	$227,734	37,767	$297,982
112	Secretary	Drama	R	$210,398	34,892	$275,298
113	Tully	Drama	Not Rated	$208,294	34,543	$272,544
114	Personal Velocity	Drama	R	$186,991	31,010	$244,669
115	Solaris	Drama	PG-13	$139,664	23,162	$182,748
116	11'09''01 - September 11	Drama	Not Rated	$122,732	20,354	$160,593
117	Charlotte Sometimes	Drama	R	$121,771	20,194	$159,331
118	Auto Focus	Drama	R	$78,565	13,029	$102,799
119	Cet amour-l�	Drama	Not Rated	$72,036	11,946	$94,254
120	I Vitelloni	Drama	Not Rated	$59,659	9,894	$78,064
121	Across The Sea of Time	Drama	G	$53,395	8,855	$69,866
122	Carnages	Drama	Not Rated	$52,703	8,740	$68,959
123	Boys Life 4: Four Play	Drama	Not Rated	$50,914	8,443	$66,615
124	Moonlight Mile	Drama	PG-13	$45,018	7,466	$58,907
125	Fat Girl	Drama	Not Rated	$42,717	7,084	$55,893
126	Au Hasard Balthazar	Drama	Not Rated	$39,388	6,532	$51,537
127	This Thing of Ours	Drama	Not Rated	$37,227	6,174	$48,713
128	Japanese Story	Drama	R	$32,699	5,423	$42,787
129	All or Nothing	Drama	R	$31,192	5,173	$40,815
130	What Alice Found	Drama	R	$28,190	4,675	$36,886
131	Bolivia	Drama	Not Rated	$26,272	4,357	$34,377
132	The Fast Runner	Drama	R	$22,714	3,767	$29,722
133	Betty Fisher et autres histoires	Drama	Not Rated	$22,204	3,682	$29,051
134	AKA	Drama	R	$20,424	3,387	$26,723
135	Takht� siah	Drama	Not Rated	$17,907	2,970	$23,433
136	Bloody Sunday	Drama	R	$16,804	2,787	$21,989
137	Riri Shushu no subete	Drama	Not Rated	$15,083	2,501	$19,733
138	Hukkle	Drama	Not Rated	$12,493	2,072	$16,348
139	Postmen in the Mountains	Drama	Not Rated	$12,307	2,041	$16,103
140	One Hour Photo	Drama	R	$11,476	1,903	$15,015
141	Camera Obscura	Drama	Not Rated	$11,384	1,888	$14,896
142	Secret Things	Drama	Not Rated	$9,421	1,562	$12,324
143	Acts of Worship	Drama	R	$9,377	1,555	$12,269
144	Chinwaseon	Drama	Not Rated	$8,196	1,359	$10,723
145	El Bonaerense	Drama	Not Rated	$7,170	1,189	$9,381
146	The Calling	Drama	PG	$6,092	1,010	$7,969
147	Wings of Courage	Drama	G	$5,249	870	$6,864
148	Kandahar	Drama	Not Rated	$4,839	802	$6,328
149	Blindness	Drama	Not Rated	$1,432	237	$1,870
Total Gross of All Movies				$1,149,079,297
Total Tickets Sold					190,560,414
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices						$1,503,521,666

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.