Box Office Performance for New Line 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	Elf	Comedy	PG	$170,837,644	28,331,284	$203,418,619
3	The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers	Adventure	PG-13	$110,878,967	18,387,888	$132,025,036
4	Freddy vs. Jason	Horror	R	$82,490,748	13,680,058	$98,222,816
5	The Texas Chainsaw Massacre	Horror	R	$80,288,112	13,314,778	$95,600,106
6	About Schmidt	Drama	R	$62,432,406	10,353,633	$74,339,085
7	Final Destination 2	Horror	R	$46,896,664	7,777,225	$55,840,476
8	Secondhand Lions	Drama	PG	$42,023,715	6,969,107	$50,038,188
9	A Man Apart	Action	R	$26,500,000	4,394,693	$31,553,896
10	Dumb and Dumberer: When Harry Met Lloyd	Comedy	PG-13	$26,214,846	4,347,404	$31,214,361
11	How to Deal	Drama	PG-13	$14,108,518	2,339,721	$16,799,197
12	Willard	Horror	PG-13	$6,882,696	1,141,409	$8,195,317
13	The Real Cancun	Documentary	R	$3,816,594	632,934	$4,544,466
14	Friday After Next	Comedy	R	$1,032,919	171,297	$1,229,912
15	The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring	Adventure	PG-13	$473,463	78,518	$563,759
Total Gross of All Movies				$965,288,253
Total Tickets Sold					160,080,971
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices						$1,149,381,372

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.