Box Office Performance for R Movies in 2003

Rank	Movie	Genre	MPAA	2003 Gross	Tickets Sold	Inflation- Adjusted Gross
1	The Matrix Reloaded	Action	R	$281,553,689	46,692,154	$321,242,020
2	Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines	Action	R	$150,358,296	24,935,041	$171,553,082
3	Bad Boys II	Action	R	$138,540,870	22,975,269	$158,069,851
4	The Matrix Revolutions	Action	R	$138,294,428	22,934,399	$157,788,665
5	American Wedding	Comedy	R	$104,354,205	17,305,838	$119,064,165
6	The Last Samurai	Action	R	$90,017,337	14,928,248	$102,706,346
7	Freddy vs. Jason	Horror	R	$82,622,655	13,701,933	$94,269,299
8	The Texas Chainsaw Massacre	Horror	R	$80,288,112	13,314,778	$91,605,673
9	Old School	Comedy	R	$75,155,000	12,463,516	$85,748,990
10	Kill Bill: Volume 1	Action	R	$69,655,060	11,551,420	$79,473,770
11	Open Range	Western	R	$58,328,680	9,673,081	$66,550,797
12	Gothika	Horror	R	$58,224,334	9,655,777	$66,431,746
13	Love Actually	Romantic Comedy	R	$57,429,915	9,524,032	$65,525,340
14	Bad Santa	Comedy	R	$56,909,596	9,437,744	$64,931,679
15	Once Upon a Time in Mexico	Action	R	$56,330,657	9,341,734	$64,271,130
16	Mystic River	Drama	R	$54,300,385	9,005,039	$61,954,668
17	About Schmidt	Drama	R	$52,976,753	8,785,531	$60,444,453
18	Identity	Thriller/Suspense	R	$52,131,264	8,645,317	$59,479,781
19	Underworld	Action	R	$51,892,664	8,605,749	$59,207,553
20	Final Destination 2	Horror	R	$46,896,664	7,777,225	$53,507,308
21	Phone Booth	Thriller/Suspense	R	$46,566,212	7,722,423	$53,130,270
22	28 Days Later...	Horror	R	$45,064,915	7,473,452	$51,417,350
23	Cold Mountain	Drama	R	$43,737,222	7,253,271	$49,902,504
24	Tears of the Sun	Action	R	$43,632,458	7,235,897	$49,782,971
25	Jeepers Creepers II	Horror	R	$35,623,801	5,907,761	$40,645,396
26	Cradle 2 the Grave	Horror	R	$34,657,731	5,747,551	$39,543,151
27	The Hunted	Action	R	$34,234,008	5,677,282	$39,059,700
28	Dreamcatcher	Drama	R	$33,685,268	5,586,280	$38,433,606
29	Lost in Translation	Drama	R	$31,586,561	5,238,236	$36,039,064
30	The Pianist	Drama	R	$31,518,811	5,227,000	$35,961,760
31	Gangs of New York	Drama	R	$30,648,441	5,082,660	$34,968,701
32	Basic	Thriller/Suspense	R	$26,599,248	4,411,152	$30,348,726
33	A Man Apart	Action	R	$26,500,000	4,394,693	$30,235,488
34	The Missing	Western	R	$26,121,804	4,331,974	$29,803,981
35	Cold Creek Manor	Thriller/Suspense	R	$21,384,035	3,546,274	$24,398,365
36	Cabin Fever	Horror	R	$21,158,188	3,508,821	$24,140,688
37	Alien	Horror	R	$20,779,697	3,446,053	$23,708,845
38	The Life of David Gale	Thriller/Suspense	R	$19,694,635	3,266,109	$22,470,830
39	Deliver Us From Eva	Romantic Comedy	R	$17,573,594	2,914,361	$20,050,804
40	Adaptation	Comedy	R	$16,398,149	2,719,428	$18,709,665
41	Confessions of a Dangerous Mind	Drama	R	$16,007,718	2,654,680	$18,264,198
42	Wrong Turn	Horror	R	$15,417,771	2,556,844	$17,591,087
43	The Quiet American	Drama	R	$12,654,251	2,098,549	$14,438,017
44	House of 1,000 Corpses	Horror	R	$12,634,962	2,095,350	$14,416,008
45	25th Hour	Drama	R	$12,459,662	2,066,279	$14,216,000
46	Confidence	Drama	R	$12,212,417	2,025,276	$13,933,899
47	The House of the Dead	Horror	R	$10,199,354	1,691,435	$11,637,073
48	Narc	Thriller/Suspense	R	$10,150,491	1,683,332	$11,581,324
49	Swimming Pool	Thriller/Suspense	R	$10,130,108	1,679,952	$11,558,070
50	Dark Blue	Drama	R	$9,237,470	1,531,919	$10,539,603
51	Boat Trip	Comedy	R	$8,586,376	1,423,943	$9,796,728
52	Dirty Pretty Things	Drama	R	$8,075,861	1,339,280	$9,214,246
53	Tupac Resurrection	Documentary	R	$7,718,961	1,280,093	$8,807,040
54	The Order	Thriller/Suspense	R	$7,659,747	1,270,273	$8,739,478
55	21 Grams	Drama	R	$7,272,165	1,205,998	$8,297,266
56	Hable con ella	Drama	R	$6,980,079	1,157,559	$7,964,006
57	Mambo Italiano (US Release)	Comedy	R	$6,250,949	1,036,642	$7,132,097
58	Nowhere in Africa	Drama	R	$6,173,485	1,023,795	$7,043,710
59	Gigli	Romantic Comedy	R	$6,087,542	1,009,543	$6,945,656
60	American Splendor	Drama	R	$6,003,587	995,620	$6,849,866
61	Bowling for Columbine	Documentary	R	$5,545,141	919,592	$6,326,793
62	House of Sand and Fog	Drama	R	$5,383,663	892,813	$6,142,553
63	The Human Stain	Drama	R	$5,361,450	889,129	$6,117,208
64	The Barbarian Invasions	Drama	R	$4,958,643	822,329	$5,657,624
65	The Magdalene Sisters	Drama	R	$4,890,878	811,091	$5,580,306
66	City of God	Drama	R	$4,792,553	794,785	$5,468,121
67	In the Cut	Thriller/Suspense	R	$4,717,455	782,331	$5,382,437
68	The Station Agent	Drama	R	$4,641,611	769,753	$5,295,901
69	Thirteen	Drama	R	$4,601,043	763,025	$5,249,612
70	Frida	Drama	R	$4,595,921	762,176	$5,243,771
71	Beyond Borders	Drama	R	$4,426,297	734,046	$5,050,236
72	L'auberge espagnole	Comedy	R	$3,895,664	646,047	$4,444,803
73	The Real Cancun	Documentary	R	$3,816,594	632,934	$4,354,586
74	Better Luck Tomorrow	Drama	R	$3,802,390	630,579	$4,338,384
75	The Secret Lives of Dentists	Drama	R	$3,707,201	614,793	$4,229,776
76	Laurel Canyon	Drama	R	$3,661,906	607,281	$4,178,093
77	The Good Thief	Drama	R	$3,517,797	583,383	$4,013,675
78	Anything Else	Romantic Comedy	R	$3,203,044	531,185	$3,654,553
79	The Guru	Comedy	R	$3,051,221	506,007	$3,481,328
80	Mambo Italiano	Comedy	R	$3,031,801	502,786	$3,459,168
81	The Man on the Train	Drama	R	$2,541,320	421,446	$2,899,548
82	The Dancer Upstairs	Drama	R	$2,374,732	393,820	$2,709,482
83	DysFunkTional Family	Concert/Performance	R	$2,255,000	373,964	$2,572,872
84	Raising Victor Vargas	Drama	R	$2,073,984	343,944	$2,366,335
85	The Cooler	Drama	R	$1,836,224	304,515	$2,095,063
86	Marci X	Comedy	R	$1,646,664	273,079	$1,878,784
87	Spider	Drama	R	$1,641,788	272,270	$1,873,218
88	Veronica Guerin	Drama	R	$1,569,918	260,351	$1,791,215
89	8 Mile	Drama	R	$1,453,810	241,096	$1,658,740
90	Analyze That	Comedy	R	$1,344,557	222,978	$1,534,089
91	Sylvia	Drama	R	$1,302,242	215,961	$1,485,812
92	Elephant	Drama	R	$1,257,377	208,520	$1,434,618
93	I Capture the Castle	Romantic Comedy	R	$1,174,139	194,716	$1,339,646
94	El Crimen de Padre	Drama	R	$1,160,699	192,487	$1,324,311
95	Bubba Ho-Tep	Comedy	R	$1,154,791	191,508	$1,317,575
96	Wonderland	Drama	R	$1,056,102	175,141	$1,204,970
97	Owning Mahowny	Drama	R	$1,011,054	167,671	$1,153,576
98	Assassination Tango	Drama	R	$1,000,673	165,949	$1,141,729
99	Cowboy Bebop	Adventure	R	$999,435	165,744	$1,140,319
100	Euro Pudding (L'Auberge Espagnole)	Romantic Comedy	R	$901,873	149,564	$1,029,000
101	Empire	Drama	R	$893,510	148,177	$1,019,458
102	The Shape of Things	Drama	R	$732,241	121,433	$835,459
103	Party Monster	Comedy	R	$731,387	121,291	$834,482
104	Lost in La Mancha	Documentary	R	$727,733	120,685	$830,313
105	Friday After Next	Comedy	R	$665,316	110,334	$759,098
106	The Holy Land	Drama	R	$593,945	98,498	$677,666
107	Poolhall Junkies	Drama	R	$563,711	93,484	$643,170
108	All the Real Girls	Drama	R	$549,666	91,155	$627,146
109	Casa de los Babys	Drama	R	$475,940	78,929	$543,032
110	Blue Car	Drama	R	$464,126	76,969	$529,547
111	Max		R	$461,818	76,587	$526,919
112	The Legend of Suriyothai		R	$454,255	75,333	$518,291
113	Lockdown		R	$449,482	74,541	$512,842
114	My Life Without Me		R	$432,360	71,701	$493,303
115	The Hard Word		R	$422,688	70,098	$482,274
116	Spun		R	$410,241	68,033	$468,067
117	Buffalo Soldiers	Comedy	R	$353,743	58,664	$403,608
118	The Lawless Heart		R	$330,067	54,737	$376,591
119	The Singing Detective	Comedy	R	$327,314	54,281	$373,453
120	City of Ghosts	Drama	R	$325,491	53,979	$371,376
121	The Statement	Thriller/Suspense	R	$321,081	53,247	$366,339
122	Die Mommie Die		R	$320,092	53,083	$365,211
123	The Safety of Objects		R	$319,125	52,923	$364,110
124	The Animation Show	Multiple Genres	R	$306,362	50,806	$349,545
125	The Girl Next Door	Documentary	R	$256,477	42,533	$292,627
126	Gerry	Drama	R	$254,683	42,236	$290,584
127	Civil Brand	Drama	R	$254,293	42,171	$290,136
128	Jet Lag		R	$250,000	41,459	$285,238
129	Ghost Ship	Horror	R	$234,046	38,814	$267,040
130	Foolproof		R	$230,312	38,194	$262,775
131	Demonlover		R	$227,365	37,706	$259,417
132	Intacto		R	$220,083	36,498	$251,106
133	Love Lisa	Drama	R	$211,724	35,112	$241,571
134	Morvern Callar		R	$210,880	34,972	$240,607
135	Levity		R	$209,151	34,685	$238,633
136	The Heart of Me		R	$196,067	32,515	$223,703
137	Yossi & Jagger		R	$191,273	31,720	$218,234
138	Ararat	Drama	R	$182,693	30,297	$208,443
139	Lilya 4-Ever		R	$181,655	30,125	$207,260
140	The Flower of Evil		R	$180,049	29,859	$205,430
141	Sordid Lives	Comedy	R	$173,707	28,807	$198,192
142	The Gatekeeper		R	$172,716	28,643	$197,064
143	Secretary	Drama	R	$172,129	28,545	$196,390
144	Once Upon a Time in the Midlands		R	$171,830	28,496	$196,052
145	Bus 174	Documentary	R	$167,340	27,751	$190,927
146	Washington Heights		R	$156,022	25,874	$178,013
147	Girls Will Be Girls		R	$147,235	24,417	$167,989
148	May		R	$145,540	24,136	$166,056
149	Stoked: The Rise and Fall of Gator		R	$131,712	21,843	$150,280
150	People I Know		R	$121,972	20,228	$139,169
151	Charlotte Sometimes	Drama	R	$121,771	20,194	$138,935
152	Till Human Voices Wake Us		R	$120,601	20,000	$137,600
153	Personal Velocity	Drama	R	$106,363	17,639	$121,356
154	XX/XY		R	$103,874	17,226	$118,515
155	Monster	Drama	R	$103,599	17,181	$118,205
156	Stevie	Documentary	R	$97,044	16,094	$110,727
157	Kaante	Drama	R	$96,956	16,079	$110,624
158	Igby Goes Down	Comedy	R	$95,962	15,914	$109,488
159	30 Years to Life	Comedy	R	$86,291	14,310	$98,453
160	In This World		R	$74,162	12,299	$84,617
161	Jackass: The Movie	Comedy	R	$73,211	12,141	$83,530
162	Emerald Cowboy		R	$72,928	12,094	$83,207
163	New Suit		R	$71,475	11,853	$81,549
164	Dummy		R	$71,305	11,825	$81,356
165	Returner		R	$69,886	11,590	$79,739
166	Manic		R	$69,716	11,562	$79,547
167	The Princess Blade		R	$69,386	11,507	$79,168
168	Dopamine		R	$64,950	10,771	$74,104
169	The Hebrew Hammer		R	$62,813	10,417	$71,669
170	The Sea		R	$61,122	10,136	$69,736
171	Down & Out with the Dolls		R	$58,936	9,774	$67,245
172	The Young Unknowns		R	$58,163	9,646	$66,364
173	Prey for Rock & Roll		R	$58,040	9,625	$66,220
174	House of Fools		R	$57,722	9,572	$65,855
175	The Event		R	$54,288	9,003	$61,941
176	Auto Focus	Drama	R	$54,043	8,962	$61,659
177	Roger Dodger	Black Comedy	R	$44,011	7,299	$50,217
178	Love the Hard Way		R	$43,571	7,226	$49,715
179	Food of Love		R	$40,230	6,672	$45,903
180	Out of Control		R	$36,486	6,051	$41,631
181	A Decade Under the Influence	Documentary	R	$34,514	5,724	$39,381
182	The Man from Elysian Fields	Comedy	R	$33,891	5,620	$38,666
183	All or Nothing	Drama	R	$31,192	5,173	$35,590
184	Teknolust		R	$28,811	4,778	$32,873
185	What Alice Found	Drama	R	$28,190	4,675	$32,164
186	P.S. Your Cat is Dead		R	$27,823	4,614	$31,744
187	Nine Dead Gay Guys	Comedy	R	$23,330	3,869	$26,619
188	The Fast Runner	Drama	R	$22,714	3,767	$25,917
189	Garage Days		R	$20,600	3,416	$23,502
190	AKA	Drama	R	$20,424	3,387	$23,303
191	Onmyoji		R	$16,234	2,692	$18,521
192	The Anarchist Cookbook	Comedy	R	$14,369	2,383	$16,395
193	The Slaughter Rule		R	$13,134	2,178	$14,985
194	Bloody Sunday	Drama	R	$12,433	2,062	$14,187
195	Hybrid	Documentary	R	$12,035	1,996	$13,732
196	Acts of Worship	Drama	R	$9,377	1,555	$10,698
197	Lan Yu		R	$4,247	704	$4,844
198	Melvin Goes to Dinner		R	$4,168	691	$4,754
199	Jersey Guy		R	$3,943	654	$4,500
200	Gaudi Afternoon		R	$3,838	636	$4,376
201	Home Room		R	$3,467	575	$3,956
202	The Navigators		R	$1,940	322	$2,215
Total Gross of All Movies				$2,689,949,180
Total Tickets Sold					446,094,391
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices						$3,069,129,410

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.