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	$339,714,367	56,337,374	$444,501,881
2	The Matrix Reloaded	Action	R	$281,553,689	46,692,154	$368,401,095
3	Bruce Almighty	Comedy	PG-13	$242,701,167	40,248,950	$317,564,216
4	Elf	Comedy	PG	$170,837,644	28,331,284	$223,533,831
5	Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines	Action	R	$150,350,192	24,933,697	$196,726,869
6	Bad Boys II	Action	R	$138,540,870	22,975,269	$181,274,872
7	The Matrix Revolutions	Action	R	$138,294,428	22,934,399	$180,952,408
8	Anger Management	Comedy	PG-13	$135,560,942	22,481,085	$177,375,761
9	Bringing Down the House	Comedy	PG-13	$132,675,402	22,002,554	$173,600,151
10	Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over	Adventure	PG	$111,678,621	18,520,501	$146,126,753
11	Scary Movie 3	Comedy	PG-13	$109,563,395	18,169,717	$143,359,067
12	American Wedding	Comedy	R	$104,354,205	17,305,838	$136,543,062
13	Daddy Day Care	Comedy	PG	$104,148,781	17,271,771	$136,274,273
14	Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde	Comedy	PG	$90,168,825	14,953,371	$117,982,097
15	The Last Samurai	Action	R	$90,017,337	14,928,248	$117,783,877
16	Brother Bear	Adventure	G	$83,297,298	13,813,814	$108,990,992
17	Something's Gotta Give	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$81,211,676	13,467,940	$106,262,047
18	The School of Rock	Comedy	PG-13	$80,232,030	13,305,478	$104,980,221
19	Old School	Comedy	R	$75,155,000	12,463,516	$98,337,141
20	Kill Bill: Volume 1	Action	R	$69,655,060	11,551,420	$91,140,704
21	Kangaroo Jack	Comedy	PG	$66,723,216	11,065,210	$87,304,507
22	Shanghai Knights	Adventure	PG-13	$60,470,220	10,028,229	$79,122,727
23	Gothika	Horror	R	$58,224,334	9,655,777	$76,184,081
24	Love Actually	Romantic Comedy	R	$57,429,915	9,524,032	$75,144,612
25	Bad Santa	Comedy	R	$56,909,596	9,437,744	$74,463,800
26	Once Upon a Time in Mexico	Action	R	$56,330,657	9,341,734	$73,706,281
27	Just Married	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$56,127,162	9,307,987	$73,440,017
28	The Recruit	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$52,784,696	8,753,681	$69,066,543
29	Identity	Thriller/Suspense	R	$52,131,264	8,645,317	$68,211,551
30	Underworld	Action	R	$51,892,664	8,605,749	$67,899,360
31	Mona Lisa Smile	Drama	PG-13	$50,006,766	8,292,996	$65,431,738
32	The Rundown	Action	PG-13	$47,641,743	7,900,787	$62,337,209
33	Agent Cody Banks	Comedy	PG	$47,545,060	7,884,753	$62,210,701
34	Final Destination 2	Horror	R	$46,896,664	7,777,225	$61,362,305
35	Phone Booth	Thriller/Suspense	R	$46,563,158	7,721,917	$60,925,925
36	28 Days Later...	Horror	R	$45,063,889	7,473,282	$58,964,195
37	Tears of the Sun	Action	R	$43,632,458	7,235,897	$57,091,227
38	Secondhand Lions	Drama	PG	$42,023,715	6,969,107	$54,986,254
39	Out of Time	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$41,067,004	6,810,448	$53,734,435
40	Gangs of New York	Drama	R	$40,135,500	6,655,970	$52,515,603
41	Two Weeks Notice	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$38,437,918	6,374,447	$50,294,387
42	Head of State	Comedy	PG-13	$37,788,228	6,266,704	$49,444,295
43	Uptown Girls	Comedy	PG-13	$37,095,657	6,151,850	$48,538,097
44	National Security	Action	PG-13	$36,288,951	6,018,068	$47,482,557
45	Jeepers Creepers II	Horror	R	$35,623,801	5,907,761	$46,612,234
46	Intolerable Cruelty	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$35,296,248	5,853,441	$46,183,649
47	Cradle 2 the Grave	Horror	R	$34,657,731	5,747,551	$45,348,177
48	The Hunted	Action	R	$34,234,008	5,677,282	$44,793,755
49	Bend it Like Beckham	Drama	PG-13	$32,541,719	5,396,637	$42,579,466
50	Darkness Falls	Horror	PG-13	$32,539,681	5,396,299	$42,576,799
51	Lost in Translation	Drama	R	$31,586,561	5,238,236	$41,329,682
52	The Core	Action	PG-13	$31,111,260	5,159,413	$40,707,769
53	Stuck On You	Comedy	PG-13	$30,721,406	5,094,761	$40,197,664
54	The Fighting Temptations	Comedy	PG-13	$30,238,577	5,014,689	$39,565,896
55	Hollywood Homicide	Action	PG-13	$30,207,785	5,009,583	$39,525,610
56	Honey	Drama	PG-13	$28,816,190	4,778,804	$37,704,764
57	Maid in Manhattan	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$28,394,896	4,708,938	$37,153,521
58	Johnny English	Comedy	PG	$28,013,509	4,645,690	$36,654,494
59	Basic	Thriller/Suspense	R	$26,599,248	4,411,152	$34,803,989
60	A Man Apart	Action	R	$26,500,000	4,394,693	$34,674,128
61	Dumb and Dumberer: When Harry Met Lloyd	Comedy	PG-13	$26,214,846	4,347,404	$34,301,018
62	Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star	Comedy	PG-13	$22,734,486	3,770,230	$29,747,115
63	The Medallion	Comedy	PG-13	$22,108,977	3,666,497	$28,928,661
64	Cold Creek Manor	Thriller/Suspense	R	$21,384,035	3,546,274	$27,980,102
65	Cabin Fever	Horror	R	$21,156,247	3,508,499	$27,682,057
66	Down with Love	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$20,298,207	3,366,203	$26,559,342
67	The Life of David Gale	Thriller/Suspense	R	$19,694,635	3,266,109	$25,769,600
68	A Mighty Wind	Comedy	PG-13	$17,583,468	2,915,998	$23,007,224
69	Deliver Us From Eva	Romantic Comedy	R	$17,573,594	2,914,361	$22,994,308
70	View from the Top	Comedy	PG-13	$15,614,000	2,589,386	$20,430,256
71	My Boss's Daughter	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$15,549,702	2,578,723	$20,346,124
72	A Guy Thing	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$15,543,862	2,577,755	$20,338,487
73	Wrong Turn	Horror	R	$15,417,771	2,556,844	$20,173,499
74	Drumline	Comedy	PG-13	$15,268,162	2,532,033	$19,977,740
75	Alex & Emma	Drama	PG-13	$14,208,384	2,356,283	$18,591,073
76	The Lion King (IMAX)	Adventure	G	$12,892,910	2,138,128	$16,869,830
77	House of 1,000 Corpses	Horror	R	$12,583,510	2,086,818	$16,464,994
78	Confidence	Drama	R	$12,212,417	2,025,276	$15,979,428
79	Narc	Thriller/Suspense	R	$10,274,484	1,703,895	$13,443,732
80	Swimming Pool	Thriller/Suspense	R	$10,105,505	1,675,871	$13,222,622
81	The Hot Chick	Comedy	PG-13	$9,766,550	1,619,660	$12,779,117
82	Duplex	Comedy	PG-13	$9,652,000	1,600,663	$12,629,231
83	Dark Blue	Drama	R	$9,237,470	1,531,919	$12,086,841
84	Boat Trip	Comedy	R	$8,586,376	1,423,943	$11,234,910
85	Dirty Pretty Things	Drama	R	$8,075,861	1,339,280	$10,566,919
86	Grande Seduction, La	Comedy	Not Rated	$8,009,736	1,328,314	$10,480,397
87	Hable con ella	Drama	R	$7,945,715	1,317,697	$10,396,629
88	The Order	Thriller/Suspense	R	$7,659,747	1,270,273	$10,022,454
89	It Runs in the Family	Comedy	PG-13	$7,365,324	1,221,447	$9,637,217
90	21 Grams	Drama	R	$7,272,165	1,205,998	$9,515,324
91	Calendar Girls	Comedy	PG-13	$6,953,194	1,153,100	$9,097,959
92	Chasing Papi	Comedy	PG	$6,126,237	1,015,960	$8,015,924
93	Gigli	Romantic Comedy	R	$6,068,735	1,006,424	$7,940,685
94	Far From Heaven	Drama	PG-13	$5,853,444	970,720	$7,658,981
95	In America	Drama	PG-13	$5,305,891	879,916	$6,942,537
96	Grind	Adventure	PG-13	$5,111,630	847,700	$6,688,353
97	Seraphin un Homme et Son	Drama	Not Rated	$5,058,187	838,837	$6,618,424
98	Les invasions barbares	Drama	R	$4,958,643	822,329	$6,488,176
99	The Magdalene Sisters	Drama	R	$4,890,878	811,091	$6,399,508
100	Spirited Away	Adventure	PG	$4,653,810	771,776	$6,089,313
101	The Station Agent	Drama	R	$4,641,611	769,753	$6,073,351
102	Thirteen	Drama	R	$4,599,680	762,799	$6,018,484
103	Beyond Borders	Drama	R	$4,426,297	734,046	$5,791,623
104	Analyze That	Comedy	R	$4,259,895	706,450	$5,573,891
105	T-Rex: Back to the Cretaceous	Adventure	Not Rated	$4,180,339	693,257	$5,469,798
106	L'auberge espagnole	Comedy	R	$3,895,664	646,047	$5,097,311
107	Better Luck Tomorrow	Drama	R	$3,799,339	630,073	$4,971,276
108	The Santa Clause 2	Comedy	G	$3,766,083	624,558	$4,927,763
109	Laurel Canyon	Drama	R	$3,661,906	607,281	$4,791,447
110	Anything Else	Romantic Comedy	R	$3,203,044	531,185	$4,191,050
111	The Gospel of John	Drama	PG-13	$3,095,971	513,428	$4,050,947
112	The Guru	Comedy	R	$3,051,221	506,007	$3,992,395
113	Russian Ark	Drama	Not Rated	$2,885,606	478,542	$3,775,696
114	L'homme du train	Drama	R	$2,541,320	421,446	$3,325,209
115	Haunted Castle	Adventure	PG	$2,420,483	401,407	$3,167,101
116	Pieces of April	Comedy	PG-13	$2,376,152	394,055	$3,109,094
117	Empire	Drama	R	$2,334,570	387,159	$3,054,685
118	Raising Victor Vargas	Drama	R	$2,073,984	343,944	$2,713,718
119	8 Mile	Drama	R	$2,016,980	334,491	$2,639,134
120	Kal Ho Naa Ho	Drama	Not Rated	$1,936,933	321,216	$2,534,394
121	The Cooler	Drama	R	$1,836,224	304,515	$2,402,623
122	Sweet Home Alabama	Comedy	PG-13	$1,798,776	298,304	$2,353,619
123	Nez Rouge	Romantic Comedy	Not Rated	$1,678,108	278,293	$2,195,732
124	Marci X	Comedy	R	$1,646,664	273,079	$2,154,593
125	Camp	Comedy	PG-13	$1,628,154	270,009	$2,130,371
126	Northfork	Drama	PG-13	$1,420,578	235,585	$1,858,766
127	Elephant	Drama	R	$1,257,377	208,520	$1,645,223
128	Main Prem Ki Diwani Hoon	Drama	Not Rated	$1,225,908	203,301	$1,604,045
129	Cirque du Soleil - Journey of Man	Musical	G	$1,215,571	201,587	$1,590,521
130	He ni zai yi qi	Drama	PG	$1,145,190	189,915	$1,498,429
131	The R.M.	Comedy	PG	$1,111,615	184,347	$1,454,498
132	Les Triplettes de Belleville	Musical	PG-13	$1,097,053	181,933	$1,435,451
133	Respiro	Drama	PG-13	$1,072,534	177,866	$1,403,363
134	Friday After Next	Comedy	R	$1,032,919	171,297	$1,351,533
135	� la folie... pas du tout	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$1,009,827	167,467	$1,321,315
136	Assassination Tango	Drama	R	$1,000,673	165,949	$1,309,338
137	The Legend of Johnny Lingo	Adventure	G	$974,693	161,641	$1,275,347
138	Baghban	Drama	Not Rated	$967,555	160,457	$1,266,006
139	The Man Without a Past	Comedy	PG-13	$921,547	152,827	$1,205,805
140	Euro Pudding (L'Auberge Espagnole)	Romantic Comedy	R	$901,873	149,564	$1,180,060
141	Gaz Bar Blues	Drama	Not Rated	$884,664	146,710	$1,157,542
142	Irreversible	Drama	Not Rated	$792,200	131,376	$1,036,557
143	And now... Ladies and Gentlemen	Drama	PG-13	$736,762	122,183	$964,024
144	The Bread, My Sweet	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$697,864	115,732	$913,125
145	Koi� Mil Gaya	Drama	Not Rated	$671,372	111,339	$878,465
146	Pere et Fils	Comedy	Not Rated	$633,016	104,978	$828,276
147	The Holy Land	Drama	R	$593,945	98,498	$777,149
148	Poolhall Junkies	Drama	R	$562,059	93,210	$735,427
149	Barbershop	Comedy	PG-13	$552,651	91,650	$723,119
150	All the Real Girls	Drama	R	$548,712	90,997	$717,966
151	Star Wars: Attack of the Clones (IMAX)	Adventure	PG	$548,547	90,970	$717,753
152	Jet Lag (US Release)	Romantic Comedy	R	$544,434	90,288	$712,372
153	Passionada	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$536,906	89,039	$702,518
154	Masked and Anonymous	Drama	PG-13	$533,344	88,448	$697,855
155	Time Changer	Drama	PG	$520,254	86,278	$680,733
156	Cremaster 3	Drama	Not Rated	$513,961	85,234	$672,496
157	Blizzard	Drama	Not Rated	$504,600	83,682	$660,251
158	Ghost Ship	Horror	R	$497,730	82,542	$651,256
159	Casa de los Babys	Drama	R	$475,940	78,929	$622,750
160	Blue Car	Drama	R	$464,126	76,969	$607,285
161	Signs	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$430,524	71,397	$563,322
162	The Tuxedo	Action	PG-13	$396,821	65,808	$519,225
163	Bollywood/Hollywood	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$329,136	54,583	$430,660
164	City of Ghosts	Drama	R	$325,491	53,979	$425,894
165	The Company	Drama	PG-13	$316,013	52,407	$413,491
166	Armaan	Drama	Not Rated	$301,010	49,919	$393,861
167	Annie Brocoli dans les fonds marins	Comedy	Not Rated	$291,844	48,399	$381,868
168	The Battle of Shaker Heights	Comedy	PG-13	$279,282	46,315	$365,425
169	Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams	Adventure	PG	$269,632	44,715	$352,801
170	Eight Crazy Nights	Musical	PG-13	$265,700	44,063	$347,657
171	Alexandra's Project	Drama	Not Rated	$259,492	43,033	$339,530
172	Civil Brand	Drama	R	$243,347	40,356	$318,409
173	Ararat	Drama	R	$233,537	38,729	$305,572
174	Kaante	Drama	R	$227,734	37,767	$297,982
175	Half Past Dead	Action	PG-13	$206,323	34,216	$269,964
176	Chaos	Comedy	Not Rated	$204,274	33,876	$267,282
177	They	Horror	PG-13	$191,168	31,703	$250,137
178	Ek Aur Ek Gyarah	Comedy	Not Rated	$132,498	21,973	$173,367
179	11'09''01 - September 11	Drama	Not Rated	$122,732	20,354	$160,593
180	Charlotte Sometimes	Drama	R	$121,771	20,194	$159,331
181	Almost Salinas	Comedy	PG	$120,011	19,902	$157,027
182	Brown Sugar	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$96,468	15,998	$126,224
183	Igby Goes Down	Comedy	R	$95,962	15,914	$125,561
184	Bab� l�to	Comedy	PG-13	$90,303	14,976	$118,161
185	30 Years to Life	Comedy	R	$86,291	14,310	$112,906
186	Alien Adventure	Adventure	Not Rated	$86,255	14,304	$112,859
187	Tadpole	Comedy	PG-13	$71,169	11,802	$93,118
188	The Man from Elysian Fields	Comedy	R	$69,103	11,460	$90,419
189	Roger Dodger	Black Comedy	R	$65,081	10,793	$85,157
190	Extreme Ops	Action	PG-13	$64,401	10,680	$84,265
191	Across The Sea of Time	Drama	G	$53,395	8,855	$69,866
192	Carnages	Drama	Not Rated	$52,703	8,740	$68,959
193	Moonlight Mile	Drama	PG-13	$45,018	7,466	$58,907
194	Fat Girl	Drama	Not Rated	$42,717	7,084	$55,893
195	Au Hasard Balthazar	Drama	Not Rated	$39,388	6,532	$51,537
196	The Bank	Thriller/Suspense	Not Rated	$35,993	5,969	$47,095
197	All or Nothing	Drama	R	$31,192	5,173	$40,815
198	Mostly Martha (Drei Sterne)	Comedy	PG	$28,839	4,783	$37,738
199	The Transporter	Action	PG-13	$27,278	4,524	$35,694
200	Bolivia	Drama	Not Rated	$26,272	4,357	$34,377
201	18 ans apr�s	Comedy	Not Rated	$25,611	4,247	$33,509
202	Nine Dead Gay Guys	Comedy	R	$23,330	3,869	$30,526
203	AKA	Drama	R	$20,424	3,387	$26,723
204	Takht� siah	Drama	Not Rated	$17,907	2,970	$23,433
205	Riri Shushu no subete	Drama	Not Rated	$15,083	2,501	$19,733
206	The Anarchist Cookbook	Comedy	R	$14,369	2,383	$18,802
207	Postmen in the Mountains	Drama	Not Rated	$12,307	2,041	$16,103
208	One Hour Photo	Drama	R	$11,476	1,903	$15,015
209	Camera Obscura	Drama	Not Rated	$11,384	1,888	$14,896
210	Acts of Worship	Drama	R	$9,377	1,555	$12,269
211	Chinwaseon	Drama	Not Rated	$8,196	1,359	$10,723
212	El Bonaerense	Drama	Not Rated	$7,170	1,189	$9,381
213	Pandora's Box	Thriller/Suspense	R	$6,778	1,124	$8,868
214	The Calling	Drama	PG	$6,092	1,010	$7,969
215	Wings of Courage	Drama	G	$5,249	870	$6,864
216	Kandahar	Drama	Not Rated	$4,839	802	$6,328
217	Lanse da men	Romantic Comedy	Not Rated	$4,025	667	$5,263
218	The Producers	Comedy	Not Rated	$2,433	403	$3,180
219	Blindness	Drama	Not Rated	$1,432	237	$1,870
220	Da wan	Comedy	PG	$529	88	$694
Total Gross of All Movies				$4,981,481,962
Total Tickets Sold					826,116,408
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices						$6,518,058,459

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.