Box Office Performance for Original Screenplay Movies in 2003

Rank	Movie	Genre	MPAA	2003 Gross	Tickets Sold	Inflation- Adjusted Gross
1	Finding Nemo	Adventure	G	$339,714,978	56,337,476	$387,601,835
2	Bruce Almighty	Comedy	PG-13	$242,704,995	40,249,585	$276,917,145
3	Elf	Comedy	PG	$170,837,644	28,331,284	$194,919,234
4	Anger Management	Comedy	PG-13	$135,560,942	22,481,085	$154,669,865
5	Bringing Down the House	Comedy	PG-13	$132,675,402	22,002,554	$151,377,572
6	Daddy Day Care	Comedy	PG	$104,148,781	17,271,771	$118,829,784
7	The Last Samurai	Action	R	$90,017,337	14,928,248	$102,706,346
8	Brother Bear	Adventure	G	$83,297,298	13,813,814	$95,039,040
9	Something's Gotta Give	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$81,211,676	13,467,940	$92,659,427
10	The School of Rock	Comedy	PG-13	$80,232,030	13,305,478	$91,541,689
11	Old School	Comedy	R	$75,155,000	12,463,516	$85,748,990
12	Kill Bill: Volume 1	Action	R	$69,655,060	11,551,420	$79,473,770
13	Kangaroo Jack	Comedy	PG	$66,723,216	11,065,210	$76,128,645
14	Gothika	Horror	R	$58,224,334	9,655,777	$66,431,746
15	Love Actually	Romantic Comedy	R	$57,429,915	9,524,032	$65,525,340
16	Bad Santa	Comedy	R	$56,909,596	9,437,744	$64,931,679
17	Just Married	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$56,127,162	9,307,987	$64,038,951
18	The Recruit	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$52,784,696	8,753,681	$60,225,325
19	Identity	Thriller/Suspense	R	$52,131,264	8,645,317	$59,479,781
20	Underworld	Action	R	$51,892,664	8,605,749	$59,207,553
21	Mona Lisa Smile	Drama	PG-13	$50,006,766	8,292,996	$57,055,812
22	The Rundown	Action	PG-13	$47,641,743	7,900,787	$54,357,415
23	Agent Cody Banks	Comedy	PG	$47,545,060	7,884,753	$54,247,101
24	Phone Booth	Thriller/Suspense	R	$46,566,212	7,722,423	$53,130,270
25	28 Days Later...	Horror	R	$45,064,915	7,473,452	$51,417,350
26	Tears of the Sun	Action	R	$43,632,458	7,235,897	$49,782,971
27	Secondhand Lions	Drama	PG	$42,023,715	6,969,107	$47,947,456
28	Out of Time	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$41,067,004	6,810,448	$46,855,882
29	Head of State	Comedy	PG-13	$37,788,228	6,266,704	$43,114,924
30	Uptown Girls	Comedy	PG-13	$37,095,657	6,151,850	$42,324,728
31	National Security	Action	PG-13	$36,288,951	6,018,068	$41,404,308
32	Intolerable Cruelty	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$35,296,248	5,853,441	$40,271,674
33	Cradle 2 the Grave	Horror	R	$34,657,731	5,747,551	$39,543,151
34	The Hunted	Action	R	$34,234,008	5,677,282	$39,059,700
35	Bend it Like Beckham	Drama	PG-13	$32,543,449	5,396,924	$37,130,837
36	Darkness Falls	Horror	PG-13	$32,539,681	5,396,299	$37,126,537
37	Lost in Translation	Drama	R	$31,586,561	5,238,236	$36,039,064
38	The Core	Adventure	PG-13	$31,111,260	5,159,413	$35,496,761
39	Stuck On You	Comedy	PG-13	$30,721,406	5,094,761	$35,051,956
40	Gangs of New York	Drama	R	$30,648,441	5,082,660	$34,968,701
41	The Fighting Temptations	Comedy	PG-13	$30,238,577	5,014,689	$34,501,060
42	Hollywood Homicide	Action	PG-13	$30,207,785	5,009,583	$34,465,931
43	Honey	Drama	PG-13	$28,816,190	4,778,804	$32,878,172
44	Johnny English	Comedy	PG	$28,013,509	4,645,690	$31,962,347
45	Basic	Thriller/Suspense	R	$26,599,248	4,411,152	$30,348,726
46	A Man Apart	Action	R	$26,500,000	4,394,693	$30,235,488
47	Two Weeks Notice	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$24,544,839	4,070,454	$28,004,724
48	Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star	Comedy	PG-13	$22,734,486	3,770,230	$25,939,182
49	The Medallion	Comedy	PG-13	$22,108,977	3,666,497	$25,225,499
50	Cold Creek Manor	Thriller/Suspense	R	$21,384,035	3,546,274	$24,398,365
51	Cabin Fever	Horror	R	$21,158,188	3,508,821	$24,140,688
52	Alien	Horror	R	$20,779,697	3,446,053	$23,708,845
53	Down with Love	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$20,305,251	3,367,372	$23,167,519
54	The Life of David Gale	Thriller/Suspense	R	$19,694,635	3,266,109	$22,470,830
55	Maid in Manhattan	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$17,604,283	2,919,450	$20,085,816
56	A Mighty Wind	Comedy	PG-13	$17,583,468	2,915,998	$20,062,066
57	Deliver Us From Eva	Romantic Comedy	R	$17,573,594	2,914,361	$20,050,804
58	View from the Top	Comedy	PG-13	$15,614,000	2,589,386	$17,814,976
59	My Boss's Daughter	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$15,549,702	2,578,723	$17,741,614
60	A Guy Thing	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$15,543,862	2,577,755	$17,734,954
61	Wrong Turn	Horror	R	$15,417,771	2,556,844	$17,591,087
62	Alex & Emma	Drama	PG-13	$14,208,384	2,356,283	$16,211,227
63	House of 1,000 Corpses	Horror	R	$12,634,962	2,095,350	$14,416,008
64	Confidence	Drama	R	$12,212,417	2,025,276	$13,933,899
65	Narc	Thriller/Suspense	R	$10,150,491	1,683,332	$11,581,324
66	Swimming Pool	Thriller/Suspense	R	$10,130,108	1,679,952	$11,558,070
67	The Lion King (IMAX)	Adventure	G	$9,696,253	1,608,002	$11,063,054
68	Duplex	Comedy	PG-13	$9,652,000	1,600,663	$11,012,561
69	Dark Blue	Drama	R	$9,237,470	1,531,919	$10,539,603
70	Drumline	Comedy	PG-13	$8,858,944	1,469,145	$10,107,718
71	Boat Trip	Comedy	R	$8,586,376	1,423,943	$9,796,728
72	Dirty Pretty Things	Drama	R	$8,075,861	1,339,280	$9,214,246
73	Grande Seduction, La	Comedy	Not Rated	$8,009,736	1,328,314	$9,138,800
74	The Order	Thriller/Suspense	R	$7,659,747	1,270,273	$8,739,478
75	It Runs in the Family	Comedy	PG-13	$7,375,836	1,223,190	$8,415,547
76	21 Grams	Drama	R	$7,272,165	1,205,998	$8,297,266
77	Hable con ella	Drama	R	$6,980,079	1,157,559	$7,964,006
78	Calendar Girls	Comedy	PG-13	$6,953,194	1,153,100	$7,933,328
79	Chasing Papi	Comedy	PG	$6,126,237	1,015,960	$6,989,805
80	Gigli	Romantic Comedy	R	$6,087,542	1,009,543	$6,945,656
81	A Common Thread	Drama	Not Rated	$6,049,187	1,003,182	$6,901,892
82	In America	Drama	PG-13	$5,305,891	879,916	$6,053,822
83	The Hot Chick	Comedy	PG-13	$5,228,678	867,111	$5,965,724
84	Grind	Adventure	PG-13	$5,111,630	847,700	$5,832,176
85	The Barbarian Invasions	Drama	R	$4,958,643	822,329	$5,657,624
86	The Magdalene Sisters	Drama	R	$4,890,878	811,091	$5,580,306
87	Far From Heaven	Drama	PG-13	$4,671,789	774,758	$5,330,335
88	The Station Agent	Drama	R	$4,641,611	769,753	$5,295,901
89	Thirteen	Drama	R	$4,601,043	763,025	$5,249,612
90	Spirited Away	Adventure	PG	$4,587,566	760,790	$5,234,235
91	Beyond Borders	Drama	R	$4,426,297	734,046	$5,050,236
92	T-Rex: Back to the Cretaceous	Adventure	Not Rated	$4,180,339	693,257	$4,769,608
93	L'auberge espagnole	Comedy	R	$3,895,664	646,047	$4,444,803
94	Better Luck Tomorrow	Drama	R	$3,802,390	630,579	$4,338,384
95	Laurel Canyon	Drama	R	$3,661,906	607,281	$4,178,093
96	Anything Else	Romantic Comedy	R	$3,203,044	531,185	$3,654,553
97	The Gospel of John	Drama	PG-13	$3,095,971	513,428	$3,532,385
98	The Guru	Comedy	R	$3,051,221	506,007	$3,481,328
99	Russian Ark	Drama	Not Rated	$2,820,975	467,823	$3,218,622
100	The Man on the Train	Drama	R	$2,541,320	421,446	$2,899,548
101	Haunted Castle	Adventure	PG	$2,400,483	398,090	$2,738,859
102	Pieces of April	Comedy	PG-13	$2,376,152	394,055	$2,711,098
103	DysFunkTional Family	Concert/Performance	R	$2,255,000	373,964	$2,572,872
104	Raising Victor Vargas	Drama	R	$2,073,984	343,944	$2,366,335
105	Kal Ho Naa Ho	Drama	Not Rated	$1,936,933	321,216	$2,209,966
106	The Cooler	Drama	R	$1,836,224	304,515	$2,095,063
107	Nez Rouge	Romantic Comedy	Not Rated	$1,678,108	278,293	$1,914,656
108	Marci X	Comedy	R	$1,646,664	273,079	$1,878,784
109	Camp	Comedy	PG-13	$1,629,862	270,292	$1,859,609
110	8 Mile	Drama	R	$1,453,810	241,096	$1,658,740
111	Northfork	Drama	PG-13	$1,420,578	235,585	$1,620,825
112	Elephant	Drama	R	$1,257,377	208,520	$1,434,618
113	Main Prem Ki Diwani Hoon	Drama	Not Rated	$1,225,908	203,301	$1,398,711
114	Cirque du Soleil - Journey of Man	Musical	G	$1,215,571	201,587	$1,386,919
115	Together	Drama	PG	$1,145,190	189,915	$1,306,615
116	Sweet Home Alabama	Comedy	PG-13	$1,127,192	186,931	$1,286,085
117	The R.M.	Comedy	PG	$1,111,615	184,347	$1,268,307
118	Les Triplettes de Belleville	Musical	PG-13	$1,097,053	181,933	$1,251,699
119	Respiro	Drama	PG-13	$1,072,534	177,866	$1,223,718
120	He Loves Me... He Loves Me Not	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$1,009,827	167,467	$1,152,173
121	Assassination Tango	Drama	R	$1,000,673	165,949	$1,141,729
122	The Legend of Johnny Lingo	Adventure	G	$974,693	161,641	$1,112,090
123	Baghban	Drama	Not Rated	$967,555	160,457	$1,103,944
124	The Man Without a Past	Comedy	PG-13	$921,547	152,827	$1,051,450
125	Euro Pudding (L'Auberge Espagnole)	Romantic Comedy	R	$901,873	149,564	$1,029,000
126	Empire	Drama	R	$893,510	148,177	$1,019,458
127	Gaz Bar Blues	Drama	Not Rated	$884,664	146,710	$1,009,365
128	Irreversible	Drama	Not Rated	$792,200	131,376	$903,867
129	Time Changer	Drama	PG	$737,040	122,229	$840,936
130	And now... Ladies and Gentlemen	Drama	PG-13	$736,762	122,183	$840,619
131	The Bread, My Sweet	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$697,864	115,732	$796,236
132	Koi� Mil Gaya	Drama	Not Rated	$680,979	112,932	$776,972
133	Pere et Fils	Comedy	Not Rated	$634,968	105,301	$724,471
134	The Holy Land	Drama	R	$593,945	98,498	$677,666
135	Barbershop	Comedy	PG-13	$552,651	91,650	$630,552
136	All the Real Girls	Drama	R	$549,666	91,155	$627,146
137	Masked and Anonymous	Drama	PG-13	$533,344	88,448	$608,522
138	Blizzard	Drama		$504,600	83,682	$575,732
139	Casa de los Babys	Drama	R	$475,940	78,929	$543,032
140	Blue Car	Drama	R	$464,126	76,969	$529,547
141	The Tuxedo	Action	PG-13	$396,821	65,808	$452,759
142	Bollywood/Hollywood	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$329,136	54,583	$375,531
143	City of Ghosts	Drama	R	$325,491	53,979	$371,376
144	The Company	Drama	PG-13	$316,013	52,407	$360,560
145	Armaan	Drama		$301,010	49,919	$343,443
146	Annie Brocoli dans les fonds marins	Comedy		$291,844	48,399	$332,985
147	The Battle of Shaker Heights	Comedy	PG-13	$280,351	46,493	$319,872
148	Alexandra's Project	Drama	Not Rated	$259,492	43,033	$296,067
149	Civil Brand	Drama	R	$254,293	42,171	$290,136
150	Ghost Ship	Horror	R	$234,046	38,814	$267,040
151	Signs	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$219,267	36,363	$250,177
152	Half Past Dead	Action	PG-13	$206,323	34,216	$235,406
153	Chaos	Comedy		$204,274	33,876	$233,067
154	Ararat	Drama	R	$182,693	30,297	$208,443
155	Eight Crazy Nights	Musical	PG-13	$164,078	27,210	$187,205
156	They	Horror	PG-13	$147,221	24,415	$167,975
157	1 + 1 = 11	Comedy		$132,498	21,973	$151,174
158	September 11	Drama		$122,732	20,354	$140,036
159	Charlotte Sometimes	Drama	R	$121,771	20,194	$138,935
160	Almost Salinas	Comedy	PG	$120,011	19,902	$136,926
161	Kaante	Drama	R	$96,956	16,079	$110,624
162	Igby Goes Down	Comedy	R	$95,962	15,914	$109,488
163	Autumn Spring	Comedy	PG-13	$90,303	14,976	$103,035
164	30 Years to Life	Comedy	R	$86,291	14,310	$98,453
165	Alien Adventure	Adventure	Not Rated	$82,855	13,740	$94,531
166	Tadpole	Comedy	PG-13	$80,395	13,333	$91,731
167	Brown Sugar	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$54,913	9,107	$62,656
168	Across The Sea of Time	Drama	G	$53,395	8,855	$60,922
169	Carnage	Drama		$52,703	8,740	$60,131
170	Moonlight Mile	Drama	PG-13	$45,018	7,466	$51,366
171	Fat Girl	Drama	Not Rated	$44,455	7,372	$50,719
172	Roger Dodger	Black Comedy	R	$44,011	7,299	$50,217
173	Balthazar	Drama		$39,388	6,532	$44,940
174	The Bank	Thriller/Suspense		$35,993	5,969	$41,067
175	The Man from Elysian Fields	Comedy	R	$33,891	5,620	$38,666
176	All or Nothing	Drama	R	$31,192	5,173	$35,590
177	Extreme Ops	Action	PG-13	$27,196	4,510	$31,029
178	Bolivia	Drama		$26,272	4,357	$29,976
179	Nine Dead Gay Guys	Comedy	R	$23,330	3,869	$26,619
180	Mostly Martha (Drei Sterne)	Comedy	PG	$21,058	3,492	$24,025
181	AKA	Drama	R	$20,424	3,387	$23,303
182	Blackboards	Drama		$17,907	2,970	$20,434
183	All About Lily Chou-Chou	Drama		$15,083	2,501	$17,207
184	The Anarchist Cookbook	Comedy	R	$14,369	2,383	$16,395
185	The Transporter	Action	PG-13	$12,567	2,084	$14,338
186	Camera Obscura	Drama		$11,384	1,888	$12,989
187	The Calling	Drama	PG	$10,592	1,757	$12,088
188	Acts of Worship	Drama	R	$9,377	1,555	$10,698
189	Chinwaseon	Drama		$8,196	1,359	$9,350
190	El Bonaerense	Drama		$7,170	1,189	$8,180
191	Wings of Courage	Drama	G	$5,249	870	$5,986
192	Kandahar	Drama	Not Rated	$4,839	802	$5,518
193	Blue Gate Crossing	Romantic Comedy		$4,025	667	$4,589
194	Blindness	Drama		$1,432	237	$1,631
195	Big Shot's Funeral	Comedy	PG	$646	107	$736
Total Gross of All Movies				$3,589,386,293
Total Tickets Sold					595,254,774
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices						$4,095,352,845

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.