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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	$404,502,345
2	Bruce Almighty	Comedy	PG-13	$242,701,167	40,248,950	$288,987,461
3	Elf	Comedy	PG	$170,837,644	28,331,284	$203,418,619
4	Anger Management	Comedy	PG-13	$135,560,942	22,481,085	$161,414,190
5	Bringing Down the House	Comedy	PG-13	$132,675,402	22,002,554	$157,978,338
6	Daddy Day Care	Comedy	PG	$104,148,781	17,271,771	$124,011,316
7	The Last Samurai	Action	R	$90,017,337	14,928,248	$107,184,821
8	Brother Bear	Adventure	G	$83,297,298	13,813,814	$99,183,185
9	Something's Gotta Give	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$81,211,676	13,467,940	$96,699,809
10	The School of Rock	Comedy	PG-13	$80,232,030	13,305,478	$95,533,332
11	Old School	Comedy	R	$75,155,000	12,463,516	$89,488,045
12	Kill Bill: Volume 1	Action	R	$69,655,060	11,551,420	$82,939,196
13	Kangaroo Jack	Comedy	PG	$66,723,216	11,065,210	$79,448,208
14	Gothika	Horror	R	$58,224,334	9,655,777	$69,328,479
15	Love Actually	Romantic Comedy	R	$57,429,915	9,524,032	$68,382,550
16	Bad Santa	Comedy	R	$56,909,596	9,437,744	$67,763,002
17	Just Married	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$56,127,162	9,307,987	$66,831,347
18	The Recruit	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$52,784,696	8,753,681	$62,851,430
19	Identity	Thriller/Suspense	R	$52,131,264	8,645,317	$62,073,376
20	Underworld	Action	R	$51,892,664	8,605,749	$61,789,278
21	Mona Lisa Smile	Drama	PG-13	$50,006,766	8,292,996	$59,543,711
22	The Rundown	Action	PG-13	$47,641,743	7,900,787	$56,727,651
23	Agent Cody Banks	Comedy	PG	$47,545,060	7,884,753	$56,612,527
24	Phone Booth	Thriller/Suspense	R	$46,563,158	7,721,917	$55,443,364
25	28 Days Later...	Horror	R	$45,063,889	7,473,282	$53,658,165
26	Tears of the Sun	Action	R	$43,632,458	7,235,897	$51,953,740
27	Secondhand Lions	Drama	PG	$42,023,715	6,969,107	$50,038,188
28	Out of Time	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$41,067,004	6,810,448	$48,899,017
29	Gangs of New York	Drama	R	$40,135,500	6,655,970	$47,789,865
30	Two Weeks Notice	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$38,437,918	6,374,447	$45,768,529
31	Head of State	Comedy	PG-13	$37,788,228	6,266,704	$44,994,935
32	Uptown Girls	Comedy	PG-13	$37,095,657	6,151,850	$44,170,283
33	National Security	Action	PG-13	$36,288,951	6,018,068	$43,209,728
34	Intolerable Cruelty	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$35,296,248	5,853,441	$42,027,706
35	Cradle 2 the Grave	Horror	R	$34,657,731	5,747,551	$41,267,416
36	The Hunted	Action	R	$34,234,008	5,677,282	$40,762,885
37	Bend it Like Beckham	Drama	PG-13	$32,541,719	5,396,637	$38,747,854
38	Darkness Falls	Horror	PG-13	$32,539,681	5,396,299	$38,745,427
39	Lost in Translation	Drama	R	$31,586,561	5,238,236	$37,610,534
40	The Core	Adventure	PG-13	$31,111,260	5,159,413	$37,044,585
41	Stuck On You	Comedy	PG-13	$30,721,406	5,094,761	$36,580,384
42	The Fighting Temptations	Comedy	PG-13	$30,238,577	5,014,689	$36,005,467
43	Hollywood Homicide	Action	PG-13	$30,207,785	5,009,583	$35,968,806
44	Honey	Drama	PG-13	$28,816,190	4,778,804	$34,311,813
45	Maid in Manhattan	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$28,394,896	4,708,938	$33,810,175
46	Johnny English	Comedy	PG	$28,013,509	4,645,690	$33,356,054
47	Basic	Thriller/Suspense	R	$26,599,248	4,411,152	$31,672,071
48	A Man Apart	Action	R	$26,500,000	4,394,693	$31,553,896
49	Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star	Comedy	PG-13	$22,734,486	3,770,230	$27,070,251
50	The Medallion	Comedy	PG-13	$22,108,977	3,666,497	$26,325,448
51	Cold Creek Manor	Thriller/Suspense	R	$21,384,035	3,546,274	$25,462,247
52	Cabin Fever	Horror	R	$21,156,247	3,508,499	$25,191,023
53	Down with Love	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$20,298,207	3,366,203	$24,169,338
54	The Life of David Gale	Thriller/Suspense	R	$19,694,635	3,266,109	$23,450,663
55	A Mighty Wind	Comedy	PG-13	$17,583,468	2,915,998	$20,936,866
56	Deliver Us From Eva	Romantic Comedy	R	$17,573,594	2,914,361	$20,925,112
57	View from the Top	Comedy	PG-13	$15,614,000	2,589,386	$18,591,791
58	My Boss's Daughter	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$15,549,702	2,578,723	$18,515,231
59	A Guy Thing	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$15,543,862	2,577,755	$18,508,281
60	Wrong Turn	Horror	R	$15,417,771	2,556,844	$18,358,140
61	Drumline	Comedy	PG-13	$15,268,162	2,532,033	$18,179,997
62	Alex & Emma	Drama	PG-13	$14,208,384	2,356,283	$16,918,112
63	The Lion King (IMAX)	Adventure	G	$12,892,910	2,138,128	$15,351,759
64	House of 1,000 Corpses	Horror	R	$12,583,510	2,086,818	$14,983,353
65	Confidence	Drama	R	$12,212,417	2,025,276	$14,541,482
66	Narc	Thriller/Suspense	R	$10,274,484	1,703,895	$12,233,966
67	Swimming Pool	Thriller/Suspense	R	$10,105,505	1,675,871	$12,032,754
68	The Hot Chick	Comedy	PG-13	$9,766,550	1,619,660	$11,629,159
69	Duplex	Comedy	PG-13	$9,652,000	1,600,663	$11,492,760
70	Dark Blue	Drama	R	$9,237,470	1,531,919	$10,999,178
71	Boat Trip	Comedy	R	$8,586,376	1,423,943	$10,223,911
72	Dirty Pretty Things	Drama	R	$8,075,861	1,339,280	$9,616,030
73	Grande Seduction, La	Comedy	Not Rated	$8,009,736	1,328,314	$9,537,295
74	Talk to Her	Drama	R	$7,945,715	1,317,697	$9,461,064
75	The Order	Thriller/Suspense	R	$7,659,747	1,270,273	$9,120,560
76	It Runs in the Family	Comedy	PG-13	$7,365,324	1,221,447	$8,769,989
77	21 Grams	Drama	R	$7,272,165	1,205,998	$8,659,066
78	Calendar Girls	Comedy	PG-13	$6,953,194	1,153,100	$8,279,258
79	Chasing Papi	Comedy	PG	$6,126,237	1,015,960	$7,294,593
80	Gigli	Romantic Comedy	R	$6,068,735	1,006,424	$7,226,124
81	Far From Heaven	Drama	PG-13	$5,853,444	970,720	$6,969,770
82	In America	Drama	PG-13	$5,305,891	879,916	$6,317,797
83	Grind	Adventure	PG-13	$5,111,630	847,700	$6,086,486
84	A Common Thread	Drama	Not Rated	$5,058,187	838,837	$6,022,850
85	The Barbarian Invasions	Drama	R	$4,958,643	822,329	$5,904,322
86	The Magdalene Sisters	Drama	R	$4,890,878	811,091	$5,823,633
87	Spirited Away	Adventure	PG	$4,653,810	771,776	$5,541,352
88	The Station Agent	Drama	R	$4,641,611	769,753	$5,526,827
89	Thirteen	Drama	R	$4,599,680	762,799	$5,476,897
90	Beyond Borders	Drama	R	$4,426,297	734,046	$5,270,450
91	T-Rex: Back to the Cretaceous	Adventure	Not Rated	$4,180,339	693,257	$4,977,585
92	L'auberge espagnole	Comedy	R	$3,895,664	646,047	$4,638,617
93	Better Luck Tomorrow	Drama	R	$3,799,339	630,073	$4,523,924
94	Laurel Canyon	Drama	R	$3,661,906	607,281	$4,360,278
95	Anything Else	Romantic Comedy	R	$3,203,044	531,185	$3,813,908
96	The Gospel of John	Drama	PG-13	$3,095,971	513,428	$3,686,413
97	The Guru	Comedy	R	$3,051,221	506,007	$3,633,130
98	Russian Ark	Drama	Not Rated	$2,885,606	478,542	$3,435,932
99	The Man on the Train	Drama	R	$2,541,320	421,446	$3,025,982
100	Haunted Castle	Adventure	PG	$2,420,483	401,407	$2,882,102
101	Pieces of April	Comedy	PG-13	$2,376,152	394,055	$2,829,315
102	Empire	Drama	R	$2,334,570	387,159	$2,779,802
103	DysFunkTional Family	Concert/Performance	R	$2,255,000	373,964	$2,685,062
104	Raising Victor Vargas	Drama	R	$2,073,984	343,944	$2,469,518
105	8 Mile	Drama	R	$2,016,980	334,491	$2,401,645
106	Kal Ho Naa Ho	Drama	Not Rated	$1,936,933	321,216	$2,306,331
107	The Cooler	Drama	R	$1,836,224	304,515	$2,186,418
108	Sweet Home Alabama	Comedy	PG-13	$1,798,776	298,304	$2,141,823
109	Nez Rouge	Romantic Comedy	Not Rated	$1,678,108	278,293	$1,998,144
110	Marci X	Comedy	R	$1,646,664	273,079	$1,960,707
111	Camp	Comedy	PG-13	$1,628,154	270,009	$1,938,665
112	Northfork	Drama	PG-13	$1,420,578	235,585	$1,691,500
113	Elephant	Drama	R	$1,257,377	208,520	$1,497,174
114	Main Prem Ki Diwani Hoon	Drama	Not Rated	$1,225,908	203,301	$1,459,701
115	Cirque du Soleil - Journey of Man	Musical	G	$1,215,571	201,587	$1,447,395
116	Together	Drama	PG	$1,145,190	189,915	$1,363,590
117	The R.M.	Comedy	PG	$1,111,615	184,347	$1,323,611
118	Les Triplettes de Belleville	Musical	PG-13	$1,097,053	181,933	$1,306,279
119	Respiro	Drama	PG-13	$1,072,534	177,866	$1,277,078
120	He Loves Me... He Loves Me Not	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$1,009,827	167,467	$1,202,413
121	Assassination Tango	Drama	R	$1,000,673	165,949	$1,191,514
122	The Legend of Johnny Lingo	Adventure	G	$974,693	161,641	$1,160,582
123	Baghban	Drama	Not Rated	$967,555	160,457	$1,152,081
124	The Man Without a Past	Comedy	PG-13	$921,547	152,827	$1,097,298
125	Euro Pudding (L'Auberge Espagnole)	Romantic Comedy	R	$901,873	149,564	$1,073,870
126	Gaz Bar Blues	Drama	Not Rated	$884,664	146,710	$1,053,378
127	Irreversible	Drama	Not Rated	$792,200	131,376	$943,280
128	And now... Ladies and Gentlemen	Drama	PG-13	$736,762	122,183	$877,274
129	The Bread, My Sweet	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$697,864	115,732	$830,956
130	Koi… Mil Gaya	Drama	Not Rated	$671,372	111,339	$799,414
131	Pere et Fils	Comedy	Not Rated	$633,016	104,978	$753,742
132	The Holy Land	Drama	R	$593,945	98,498	$707,216
133	Poolhall Junkies	Drama	R	$562,059	93,210	$669,248
134	Barbershop	Comedy	PG-13	$552,651	91,650	$658,047
135	All the Real Girls	Drama	R	$548,712	90,997	$653,358
136	Jet Lag (US Release)	Romantic Comedy	R	$544,434	90,288	$648,268
137	Passionada	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$536,906	89,039	$639,300
138	Masked and Anonymous	Drama	PG-13	$533,344	88,448	$635,057
139	Time Changer	Drama	PG	$520,254	86,278	$619,476
140	Blizzard	Drama	Not Rated	$504,600	83,682	$600,837
141	Ghost Ship	Horror	R	$497,730	82,542	$592,652
142	Casa de los Babys	Drama	R	$475,940	78,929	$566,710
143	Blue Car	Drama	R	$464,126	76,969	$552,637
144	Signs	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$430,524	71,397	$512,630
145	The Tuxedo	Action	PG-13	$396,821	65,808	$472,501
146	Bollywood/Hollywood	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$329,136	54,583	$391,906
147	City of Ghosts	Drama	R	$325,491	53,979	$387,569
148	The Company	Drama	PG-13	$316,013	52,407	$376,282
149	Armaan	Drama	Not Rated	$301,010	49,919	$358,418
150	Annie Brocoli dans les fonds marins	Comedy	Not Rated	$291,844	48,399	$347,505
151	The Battle of Shaker Heights	Comedy	PG-13	$279,282	46,315	$332,542
152	Eight Crazy Nights	Musical	PG-13	$265,700	44,063	$316,372
153	Alexandra's Project	Drama	Not Rated	$259,492	43,033	$308,977
154	Civil Brand	Drama	R	$243,347	40,356	$289,756
155	Ararat	Drama	R	$233,537	38,729	$278,074
156	Kaante	Drama	R	$227,734	37,767	$271,167
157	Half Past Dead	Action	PG-13	$206,323	34,216	$245,671
158	Chaos	Comedy	Not Rated	$204,274	33,876	$243,230
159	They	Horror	PG-13	$191,168	31,703	$227,628
160	1 + 1 = 11	Comedy	Not Rated	$132,498	21,973	$157,766
161	September 11	Drama	Not Rated	$122,732	20,354	$146,142
162	Charlotte Sometimes	Drama	R	$121,771	20,194	$144,993
163	Almost Salinas	Comedy	PG	$120,011	19,902	$142,896
164	Brown Sugar	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$96,468	15,998	$114,866
165	Igby Goes Down	Comedy	R	$95,962	15,914	$114,263
166	Autumn Spring	Comedy	PG-13	$90,303	14,976	$107,528
167	30 Years to Life	Comedy	R	$86,291	14,310	$102,746
168	Alien Adventure	Adventure	Not Rated	$86,255	14,304	$102,703
169	Tadpole	Comedy	PG-13	$71,169	11,802	$84,738
170	The Man from Elysian Fields	Comedy	R	$69,103	11,460	$82,283
171	Roger Dodger	Black Comedy	R	$65,081	10,793	$77,494
172	Extreme Ops	Action	PG-13	$64,401	10,680	$76,682
173	Across The Sea of Time	Drama	G	$53,395	8,855	$63,579
174	Carnage	Drama	Not Rated	$52,703	8,740	$62,753
175	Moonlight Mile	Drama	PG-13	$45,018	7,466	$53,606
176	Fat Girl	Drama	Not Rated	$42,717	7,084	$50,863
177	Balthazar	Drama	Not Rated	$39,388	6,532	$46,900
178	The Bank	Thriller/Suspense	Not Rated	$35,993	5,969	$42,857
179	All or Nothing	Drama	R	$31,192	5,173	$37,142
180	Mostly Martha (Drei Sterne)	Comedy	PG	$28,839	4,783	$34,342
181	The Transporter	Action	PG-13	$27,278	4,524	$32,482
182	Bolivia	Drama	Not Rated	$26,272	4,357	$31,283
183	Nine Dead Gay Guys	Comedy	R	$23,330	3,869	$27,779
184	AKA	Drama	R	$20,424	3,387	$24,319
185	Blackboards	Drama	Not Rated	$17,907	2,970	$21,325
186	All About Lily Chou-Chou	Drama	Not Rated	$15,083	2,501	$17,957
187	The Anarchist Cookbook	Comedy	R	$14,369	2,383	$17,110
188	Postmen in the Mountains	Drama	Not Rated	$12,307	2,041	$14,654
189	One Hour Photo	Drama	R	$11,476	1,903	$13,664
190	Camera Obscura	Drama	Not Rated	$11,384	1,888	$13,556
191	Acts of Worship	Drama	R	$9,377	1,555	$11,165
192	Chinwaseon	Drama	Not Rated	$8,196	1,359	$9,758
193	El Bonaerense	Drama	Not Rated	$7,170	1,189	$8,537
194	The Calling	Drama	PG	$6,092	1,010	$7,252
195	Wings of Courage	Drama	G	$5,249	870	$6,247
196	Kandahar	Drama	Not Rated	$4,839	802	$5,758
197	Blue Gate Crossing	Romantic Comedy	Not Rated	$4,025	667	$4,789
198	Blindness	Drama	Not Rated	$1,432	237	$1,702
199	Big Shot's Funeral	Comedy	PG	$529	88	$632
Total Gross of All Movies				$3,623,270,690
Total Tickets Sold					600,874,075
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices						$4,314,275,859

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.

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