Movie Theatrical Release Schedule for 2003
| Release Date | Movie | Distributor | Domestic Box Office to Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| January 2003 | |||
| During 2003 | To End All Wars (Wide) | ||
| The Last Minute (Limited) | |||
| January 10 | The Red Circle (Wide) | $372,229 | |
| Just Married (Wide) | 20th Century Fox | $56,127,162 | |
| The Slaughter Rule (Wide) | $13,134 | ||
| The Son (Wide) | New Yorker | $70,034 | |
| January 15 | The Settlers (Wide) | $10,592 | |
| January 17 | A Guy Thing (Wide) | MGM | $15,543,862 |
| Kangaroo Jack (Wide) | Warner Bros. | $66,723,216 | |
| National Security (Wide) | Sony Pictures | $36,288,951 | |
| 7th Street (Limited) | $15,629 | ||
| City of God (Limited) | Miramax | $7,563,397 | |
| Big Shot's Funeral (Limited) | Sony Pictures Classics | $646 | |
| Divine Intervention (Limited) | Avatar | $421,187 | |
| Kira's Reason: A Love Story (Limited) | $4,488 | ||
| P.S. Your Cat is Dead (Limited) | $27,823 | ||
| January 24 | Darkness Falls (Wide) | Sony Pictures | $32,539,681 |
| Amen (Limited) | Kino International | $274,299 | |
| Dil Ka Rishta (Limited) | $345,649 | ||
| Dum (Limited) | $101,000 | ||
| Blind Spot: Hitler's Secretary (Limited) | Sony Pictures Classics | $376,886 | |
| In the Mirror of Maya Deren (Limited) | $6,015 | ||
| Super Sucker Sucker (Limited) | $137,650 | ||
| January 31 | Biker Boyz (Wide) | Dreamworks SKG | $21,908,034 |
| Chaos (Wide) | New Yorker | $204,274 | |
| Final Destination 2 (Wide) | New Line | $46,896,664 | |
| The Guru (Wide) | Universal | $3,051,221 | |
| Khushi (Wide) | $305,205 | ||
| L'Chayim, Comrade Stalin! (Wide) | $3,480 | ||
| The R.M. (Wide) | Halestone | $1,111,615 | |
| The Recruit (Wide) | Walt Disney | $52,784,696 | |
| Lost in La Mancha (Limited) | IFC Films | $734,514 | |
| February 2003 | |||
| February 7 | Comment Ma Mere Accoucha de Moi Durant (Wide) | $300,000 | |
| Deliver Us From Eva (Wide) | Focus Features | $17,573,594 | |
| How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days (Wide) | Paramount Pictures | $105,807,520 | |
| Kedma (Wide) | $8,963 | ||
| Shanghai Knights (Wide) | Walt Disney | $60,470,220 | |
| Zus & Zo (Wide) | $49,468 | ||
| May (Limited) | $145,540 | ||
| February 11 | Ocean Wonderland (IMAX) | 3D Entertainment | |
| February 12 | Stone Reader (Wide) | $257,616 | |
| February 14 | Daredevil (Wide) | 20th Century Fox | $102,543,518 |
| The Jungle Book 2 (Wide) | Walt Disney | $47,901,582 | |
| Love at Times Square (Wide) | |||
| Ordinary Sinner (Wide) | $4,083 | ||
| Painted Fire (Wide) | $59,413 | ||
| He Loves Me... He Loves Me Not (Limited) | Samuel Goldwyn Films | $1,009,827 | |
| All the Real Girls (Limited) | Sony Pictures Classics | $549,666 | |
| Fassbinder in Hollywood (Limited) | $160,854 | ||
| Gerry (Limited) | ThinkFilm | $254,683 | |
| Lockdown (Limited) | $449,482 | ||
| February 19 | The Ballad of Bering Strait (Wide) | Emerging Pictures | $1,440 |
| February 21 | Amandla! A Revolution in Four Part Harmony (Wide) | Artisan | $405,331 |
| Dark Blue (Wide) | MGM | $9,237,470 | |
| A Family Affair (Wide) | $50,075 | ||
| Gods and Generals (Wide) | Warner Bros. | $12,882,934 | |
| The Lawless Heart (Wide) | $330,067 | ||
| The Life of David Gale (Wide) | Universal | $19,694,635 | |
| Old School (Wide) | Dreamworks SKG | $75,155,000 | |
| Open Hearts (Wide) | $135,990 | ||
| Senorita Extraviada (Wide) | $3,775 | ||
| Jet Lag (Limited) | Miramax | $544,434 | |
| The Navigators (Limited) | $1,940 | ||
| Till Human Voices Wake Us (Limited) | $120,601 | ||
| February 26 | Bolivia (Wide) | $26,272 | |
| February 28 | Cradle 2 the Grave (Wide) | Warner Bros. | $34,657,731 |
| Help! I'm a Fish (Wide) | $473,477 | ||
| Dischord (Limited) | |||
| Poolhall Junkies (Limited) | Gold Circle Films | $563,711 | |
| The Scoundrel's Wife (Limited) | |||
| Spider (Limited) | Sony Pictures Classics | $1,641,788 | |
| March 2003 | |||
| March 5 | Ten (2003) (Limited) | $105,656 | |
| March 7 | Bringing Down the House (Wide) | Walt Disney | $132,675,402 |
| Tears of the Sun (Wide) | Sony Pictures | $43,632,458 | |
| Irreversible (Limited) | Lionsgate | $792,200 | |
| Laurel Canyon (Limited) | Sony Pictures Classics | $3,663,356 | |
| Nowhere in Africa (Limited) | Zeitgeist | $6,173,485 | |
| The Safety of Objects (Limited) | $319,125 | ||
| March 12 | Bend it Like Beckham (Limited) | Fox Searchlight | $32,543,449 |
| March 14 | Agent Cody Banks (Wide) | MGM | $47,545,060 |
| The Hunted (Wide) | Paramount Pictures | $34,234,008 | |
| Journey With George (Wide) | $2,264 | ||
| Willard (Wide) | New Line | $6,882,696 | |
| Spun (Limited) | $410,241 | ||
| Under the Skin of the City (Zir-e Poost-e Shahr) (Limited) | $28,757 | ||
| Bugs! (IMAX) | SK Films | $19,084,280 | |
| March 19 | Japon (Limited) | $21,900 | |
| March 20 | Fulltime Killer (Wide) | $14,992 | |
| March 21 | Boat Trip (Wide) | Artisan | $8,586,376 |
| Dreamcatcher (Wide) | Warner Bros. | $33,685,268 | |
| The Girl From Paris (Wide) | $183,266 | ||
| Piglet's Big Movie (Wide) | Walt Disney | $23,103,423 | |
| View from the Top (Wide) | Miramax | $15,614,000 | |
| Down & Out with the Dolls (Limited) | Indican Pictures | $58,936 | |
| Gaudi Afternoon (Limited) | $3,838 | ||
| L'auberge espagnole (Canada Only) | $3,895,664 | ||
| March 26 | Unknown Pleasures (Ren Xiao Yao) (Limited) | $9,776 | |
| March 28 | Basic (Wide) | Sony Pictures | $26,599,248 |
| The Core (Wide) | Paramount Pictures | $31,111,260 | |
| 1 + 1 = 11 (Wide) | Eros Entertainment | $132,498 | |
| The Good Old Naughty Days (Wide) | $60,852 | ||
| Head of State (Wide) | Dreamworks SKG | $37,788,228 | |
| Assassination Tango (Limited) | MGM | $1,000,673 | |
| Blue Collar Comedy Tour: The Movie (Limited) | Warner Bros. | ||
| Raising Victor Vargas (Limited) | Samuel Goldwyn Films | $2,073,984 | |
| Stevie (Limited) | $97,044 | ||
| April 2003 | |||
| April 2 | Fellini: I'm a Born Liar (Limited) | $106,080 | |
| The Good Thief (Limited) | Fox Searchlight | $3,517,797 | |
| April 4 | DysFunkTional Family (Wide) | Miramax | $2,255,000 |
| A Man Apart (Wide) | New Line | $26,500,000 | |
| Phone Booth (Wide) | 20th Century Fox | $46,566,212 | |
| What a Girl Wants (Wide) | Warner Bros. | $35,990,505 | |
| That Love (Limited) | New Yorker | $72,036 | |
| Cowboy Bebop (Limited) | Sony Pictures | $999,435 | |
| The Guys (Limited) | $16,068 | ||
| Levity (Limited) | $209,151 | ||
| The Man Without a Past (Limited) | Sony Pictures Classics | $921,547 | |
| Waiting for Happiness (Heremakono) (Limited) | $6,417 | ||
| April 11 | Anger Management (Wide) | Sony Pictures | $135,560,942 |
| Better Luck Tomorrow (Limited) | Paramount Pictures | $3,802,390 | |
| The Hero (Limited) | $285,394 | ||
| House of 1,000 Corpses (Limited) | Lionsgate | $12,634,962 | |
| Marion Bridge (Limited) | |||
| XX/XY (Limited) | $103,874 | ||
| The Young Unknowns (Limited) | Indican Pictures | $58,163 | |
| Ghosts of the Abyss (IMAX) | Walt Disney | $17,093,668 | |
| April 16 | Bulletproof Monk (Wide) | MGM | $23,010,607 |
| Shark Skin Man and Peach Hip Girl (Wide) | |||
| Chasing Papi (Limited) | 20th Century Fox | $6,126,237 | |
| A Mighty Wind (Limited) | Warner Bros. | $17,583,468 | |
| April 18 | Holes (Wide) | Walt Disney | $67,383,924 |
| Malibu's Most Wanted (Wide) | Warner Bros. | $34,308,901 | |
| Lilya 4-Ever (Limited) | Newmarket Films | $181,655 | |
| Muhammad Ali: The Greatest (Limited, re-release) | $20,073 | ||
| Venus & Mars (Limited) | |||
| Winged Migration (Limited) | Sony Pictures Classics | $11,689,053 | |
| April 23 | Beyond Re-Animator (Limited) | Lionsgate | |
| April 25 | Confidence (Wide) | Lionsgate | $12,212,417 |
| Identity (Wide) | Sony Pictures | $52,131,264 | |
| It Runs in the Family (Wide) | MGM | $7,375,836 | |
| The Real Cancun (Wide) | New Line | $3,816,594 | |
| City of Ghosts (Limited) | MGM | $325,491 | |
| Cremaster 3 (Limited) | Palm Pictures | $514,622 | |
| A Decade Under the Influence (Limited) | $34,514 | ||
| House of Fools (Limited) | $57,722 | ||
| Jake's Booty Call (Limited) | |||
| Jersey Guy (Limited) | $3,943 | ||
| Manic (Limited) | $75,535 | ||
| Marooned in Iraq (Limited) | $141,216 | ||
| Medea (Limited) | $16,087 | ||
| Mr. and Mrs. Iyer (Limited) | |||
| Onmyoji (Limited) | $16,234 | ||
| People I Know (Limited) | Miramax | $121,972 | |
| Steal (Canadian Release) (Limited) | $220,944 | ||
| April 30 | Manfast (Wide) | $11,480 | |
| Spellbound (Limited) | ThinkFilm | $5,728,581 | |
| May 2003 | |||
| May 2 | The Lizzie McGuire Movie (Wide) | Walt Disney | $42,734,455 |
| X2: X-Men United (Wide) | 20th Century Fox | $214,949,694 | |
| 18 ans après (Limited) | $25,611 | ||
| Afghan Stories (Limited) | Seventh Art Releasing | ||
| Blue Car (Limited) | Miramax | $464,126 | |
| Charlotte Sometimes (Limited) | Small Planet | $121,771 | |
| The Dancer Upstairs (Limited) | Fox Searchlight | $2,374,732 | |
| Dr. Benny (Limited) | Outrider Pictures | $3,657 | |
| New Suit (Limited) | $71,475 | ||
| Owning Mahowny (Limited) | Sony Pictures Classics | $1,011,054 | |
| Reno: Rebel Without a Pause (Limited) | |||
| May 9 | Daddy Day Care (Wide) | Sony Pictures | $104,148,781 |
| Down with Love (Wide) | 20th Century Fox | $20,305,251 | |
| The Butterfly (Wide) | $185,700 | ||
| Almost Salinas (Limited) | $120,011 | ||
| Beyond Vanilla (Limited) | Strand Releasing | $27,396 | |
| The Man on the Train (Limited) | Paramount Vantage | $2,541,320 | |
| The Barbarian Invasions (Limited) | Miramax | $8,460,000 | |
| Night of Destiny (Limited) | ArtMattan Films | $1,275 | |
| Only the Strong Survive (Limited) | Miramax | $57,322 | |
| The Shape of Things (Limited) | Focus Features | $732,241 | |
| The Trip (Limited) | $305,403 | ||
| Washington Heights (Limited) | $156,022 | ||
| May 14 | Dracula: Pages from a Virgin's Diary (Limited) | $39,659 | |
| May 15 | The Matrix Reloaded (Wide) | Warner Bros. | $281,553,689 |
| May 16 | Armaan (Limited) | $301,010 | |
| Cinemania (Limited) | WellSpring | $11,305 | |
| Everybody Says I'm Fine (Limited) | $27,225 | ||
| Friends and Family (Limited) | $35,363 | ||
| L'auberge espagnole (Limited) | Fox Searchlight | $3,895,664 | |
| Pokemon Heroes (Limited) | Miramax | $744,928 | |
| The Pursuit of Happiness (Limited) | $6,850 | ||
| The Sea (Limited) | $61,122 | ||
| Secret Lives (Limited) | $37,156 | ||
| Sweet Sixteen (Limited) | $304,676 | ||
| A Woman is a Woman (Limited) | $209,551 | ||
| May 19 | Ichi The Killer (Limited) | Well Go USA | $20,285 |
| May 23 | Bruce Almighty (Wide) | Universal | $242,704,995 |
| The In-Laws (Wide) | Warner Bros. | $20,440,627 | |
| Friday Night (Vendredi Soir) (Limited) | $156,918 | ||
| Gigantic: A Tale of Two Johns (Limited) | $160,621 | ||
| Respiro (Limited) | Sony Pictures Classics | $1,072,534 | |
| May 30 | Finding Nemo (Wide) | Walt Disney | $380,529,370 |
| The Italian Job (Wide) | Paramount Pictures | $106,126,012 | |
| Wrong Turn (Wide) | 20th Century Fox | $15,417,771 | |
| Bhoot (Limited) | |||
| Capturing the Friedmans (Limited) | Magnolia Pictures | $3,117,985 | |
| Together (Limited) | United Artists | $1,145,190 | |
| As Tres Marias (Limited) | |||
| June 2003 | |||
| June 6 | 2 Fast 2 Furious (Wide) | Universal | $127,120,058 |
| The Weather Underground (Wide) | Shadow | $564,632 | |
| The Eye (Limited) | $503,714 | ||
| Garmento (Limited) | $20,591 | ||
| Love the Hard Way (Limited) | $43,571 | ||
| Mambo Italiano (Limited) | Goldwyn Entertainment | $9,282,750 | |
| Whale Rider (Limited) | Newmarket Films | $20,779,666 | |
| June 13 | Dumb and Dumberer: When Harry Met Lloyd (Wide) | New Line | $26,214,846 |
| Hollywood Homicide (Wide) | Sony Pictures | $30,207,785 | |
| Rugrats Go Wild (Wide) | Paramount Pictures | $39,402,572 | |
| The Hard Word (Limited) | $422,688 | ||
| The Heart of Me (Limited) | $196,067 | ||
| Manito (Limited) | |||
| No Turning Back (Limited) | |||
| Tycoon (Limited) | $121,016 | ||
| June 20 | Alex & Emma (Wide) | Warner Bros. | $14,208,384 |
| From Justin to Kelly (Wide) | 20th Century Fox | $4,922,166 | |
| Gloomy Sunday (Wide) | $481,207 | ||
| Hulk (Wide) | Universal | $132,177,234 | |
| Bonhoeffer (Limited) | First Run Features | $296,181 | |
| The Legend of Suriyothai (Limited) | $454,255 | ||
| June 27 | 28 Days Later… (Wide) | Fox Searchlight | $45,064,915 |
| Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle (Wide) | Sony Pictures | $100,814,328 | |
| Hell's Highway (Limited) | $1,225 | ||
| Main Prem Ki Diwani Hoon (Limited) | Yash Raj Films | $1,225,908 | |
| On-Line (Limited) | Indican Pictures | $165,974 | |
| The Room (Limited) | |||
| July 2003 | |||
| July 1 | Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines (Wide) | Warner Bros. | $150,358,296 |
| July 2 | Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde (Wide) | MGM | $90,639,088 |
| Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas (Wide) | Dreamworks SKG | $26,483,452 | |
| July 4 | Gasoline (Limited) | $7,544 | |
| Swimming Pool (Limited) | Focus Features | $10,130,108 | |
| July 9 | Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (Wide) | Walt Disney | $305,410,819 |
| Madame Sata (Limited) | $198,181 | ||
| July 11 | la Confusion des Genres (Wide) | $49,029 | |
| The Journey (Wide) | $19,800 | ||
| The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (Wide) | 20th Century Fox | $66,465,204 | |
| September 11 (Limited) | Empire Pictures | $126,694 | |
| The Cuckoo (Limited) | $243,187 | ||
| Grande Seduction, La (Limited) | Odeon Films | $9,832,874 | |
| The Holy Land (Limited) | CAVU Releasing | $602,990 | |
| The Housekeeper (Limited) | $455,026 | ||
| I Capture the Castle (Limited) | Samuel Goldwyn Films | $1,174,139 | |
| Km. 0 (Kilometro Cero) (Limited) | $159,228 | ||
| Northfork (Limited) | Paramount Vantage | $1,420,578 | |
| July 18 | The Anarchist Cookbook (Wide) | Innovation Film Group | $14,369 |
| Bad Boys II (Wide) | Sony Pictures | $138,540,870 | |
| How to Deal (Wide) | New Line | $14,108,518 | |
| Johnny English (Wide) | Universal | $28,013,509 | |
| The Sea is Watching (Wide) | |||
| Dirty Pretty Things (Limited) | Miramax | $8,112,414 | |
| The Embalmer (Limited) | $56,325 | ||
| Garage Days (Limited) | $20,600 | ||
| The Gatekeeper (Limited) | $309,941 | ||
| This Thing of Ours (Limited) | $37,227 | ||
| July 24 | Aleijadinho (Limited) | ArtMattan Films | $857 |
| Masked and Anonymous (Limited) | Sony Pictures | $533,344 | |
| July 25 | Balseros (Wide) | Seventh Art Releasing | |
| Lara Croft: Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life (Wide) | Paramount Pictures | $65,653,758 | |
| Mondays in the Sun (Wide) | $146,402 | ||
| Scorched (Wide) | |||
| Seabiscuit (Wide) | Universal | $120,277,854 | |
| Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over (Wide) | Miramax/Dimension | $111,760,631 | |
| Buffalo Soldiers (Limited) | Miramax | $353,743 | |
| Camp (Limited) | IFC Films | $1,629,862 | |
| Hotel (Limited) | $28,839 | ||
| Lucia, Lucia (Limited) | $267,495 | ||
| August 2003 | |||
| August 1 | American Wedding (Wide) | Universal | $104,354,205 |
| Boys Life 4: Four Play (Wide) | Strand Releasing | $50,914 | |
| Gigli (Wide) | Sony Pictures | $6,087,542 | |
| The Secret Lives of Dentists (Wide) | Manhattan Pictures International | $3,707,201 | |
| And now... Ladies and Gentlemen (Limited) | Paramount Vantage | $736,762 | |
| The Magdalene Sisters (Limited) | Miramax | $4,890,878 | |
| August 6 | Freaky Friday (Wide) | Walt Disney | $110,222,438 |
| Seaside (Limited) | $14,769 | ||
| August 8 | Koi… Mil Gaya (Wide) | Yash Raj Films | $680,979 |
| S.W.A.T. (Wide) | Sony Pictures | $116,877,597 | |
| Le Divorce (Limited) | Fox Searchlight | $9,074,550 | |
| Fanfan La Tulipe (Limited) | Rialto Pictures | $32,686 | |
| The Princess Blade (Limited) | ADV Films | $69,386 | |
| Sandstorm (Limited) | $3,779 | ||
| Step Into Liquid (Limited) | Artisan | $3,681,803 | |
| August 15 | Freddy vs. Jason (Wide) | New Line | $82,622,655 |
| Grind (Wide) | Warner Bros. | $5,111,630 | |
| Open Range (Wide) | Walt Disney | $58,331,254 | |
| Uptown Girls (Wide) | MGM | $37,095,657 | |
| American Splendor (Limited) | Fine Line | $6,003,587 | |
| Hawayein (Limited) | $409,978 | ||
| Loco Love (Limited) | |||
| Passionada (Limited) | Samuel Goldwyn Films | $536,906 | |
| August 20 | Thirteen (Limited) | Fox Searchlight | $4,601,043 |
| August 22 | Autumn Spring (Wide) | First Look | $92,490 |
| Green Card Fever (Wide) | $125,596 | ||
| Marci X (Wide) | Paramount Pictures | $1,646,664 | |
| The Medallion (Wide) | Sony Pictures | $22,108,977 | |
| My Boss's Daughter (Wide) | Miramax/Dimension | $15,549,702 | |
| Venus Boyz (Wide) | First Run Features | $18,401 | |
| The Battle of Shaker Heights (Limited) | Miramax | $280,351 | |
| Dog Days (Limited) | $13,031 | ||
| Don't Tempt Me (Limited) | $77,732 | ||
| Dust (Limited) | |||
| Rana's Wedding (Limited) | $9,250 | ||
| Stoked: The Rise and Fall of Gator (Limited) | $131,712 | ||
| Teknolust (Limited) | $28,811 | ||
| August 27 | Suddenly (Limited) | $27,007 | |
| August 29 | Jeepers Creepers II (Wide) | MGM | $35,623,801 |
| The Backyard (Limited) | $3,200 | ||
| Civil Brand (Limited) | Lionsgate | $254,293 | |
| The Legend of Johnny Lingo (Limited) | Innovation Film Group | $1,673,997 | |
| Nola (Limited) | $8,058 | ||
| Once Upon a Time in the Midlands (Limited) | $171,830 | ||
| The Other Side of the Bed (Limited) | $113,086 | ||
| Party Monster (Limited) | ContentFilm | $742,898 | |
| September 2003 | |||
| September 5 | Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star (Wide) | Paramount Pictures | $22,734,486 |
| Hope Springs (Wide) | Walt Disney | ||
| The Order (Wide) | 20th Century Fox | $7,659,747 | |
| The Animation Show (Limited) | The Animation Show/IPMA | $343,071 | |
| Carnage (Limited) | WellSpring | $60,158 | |
| Gaz Bar Blues (Limited) | Odeon Films | $884,664 | |
| Home Room (Limited) | $3,467 | ||
| Kuch Naa Kaho (Limited) | $224,831 | ||
| Taking Sides (Limited) | New Yorker | $188,952 | |
| Touchez Pas au Grisbi (Limited) | $104,048 | ||
| Where's the Party Yaar? (Limited) | $85,739 | ||
| Zero Day (Limited) | Avatar | $7,221 | |
| September 12 | Cabin Fever (Wide) | Lionsgate | $21,158,188 |
| Matchstick Men (Wide) | Warner Bros. | $36,873,198 | |
| Once Upon a Time in Mexico (Wide) | Sony Pictures | $56,330,657 | |
| The Book of Mormon Movie, Volume 1: The Journey (Limited) | Distributor Unknown | $1,660,865 | |
| Dummy (Limited) | Artisan | $71,305 | |
| Hangman's Curse (Limited) | $152,078 | ||
| Jogger's Park (Limited) | |||
| Lost in Translation (Limited) | Focus Features | $44,585,453 | |
| Luster (Limited) | $24,137 | ||
| Millenium Actress (Limited) | DreamWorks/Go Fish | $37,285 | |
| No Good Deed (Limited) | Mac Releasing | $129,042 | |
| So Close (Limited) | Sony Pictures | $75,705 | |
| Warrior of Light (Limited) | $2,712 | ||
| September 17 | To Be and To Have (Limited) | New Yorker | $7,610,471 |
| September 19 | Anything Else (Wide) | Dreamworks SKG | $3,203,044 |
| Cold Creek Manor (Wide) | Walt Disney | $21,384,035 | |
| The Fighting Temptations (Wide) | Paramount Pictures | $30,238,577 | |
| Secondhand Lions (Wide) | New Line | $42,070,939 | |
| Underworld (Wide) | Sony Pictures | $51,970,690 | |
| Bubba Ho-Tep (Limited) | Vitagraph Films | $1,239,183 | |
| Casa de los Babys (Limited) | IFC Films | $475,940 | |
| Demonlover (Limited) | Palm Pictures | $231,756 | |
| Emerald Cowboy (Limited) | Indican Pictures | $100,976 | |
| In This World (Limited) | $74,162 | ||
| Pere et Fils (Limited) | Odeon Films | $634,968 | |
| Red Betsy (Limited) | $164,520 | ||
| Tibet - Cry of the Snow Lion (Limited) | Artistic License | $577,841 | |
| September 24 | National Lampoon's Dorm Daze (Limited) | $47,153 | |
| Yossi & Jagger (Limited) | $266,651 | ||
| September 26 | Duplex (Wide) | Miramax | $9,652,000 |
| The Rundown (Wide) | Universal | $47,641,743 | |
| Under the Tuscan Sun (Wide) | Walt Disney | $43,601,508 | |
| Camera Obscura (Limited) | $11,384 | ||
| The Gospel of John (Limited) | ThinkFilm | $4,068,087 | |
| Kart Racer (Limited) | $56,146 | ||
| Luther (Limited) | RS Entertainment | $5,781,086 | |
| My Life Without Me (Limited) | Sony Pictures | $432,360 | |
| Prey for Rock & Roll (Limited) | $58,040 | ||
| October 2003 | |||
| October 3 | Girls Will Be Girls (Wide) | IFC Films | $147,235 |
| Out of Time (Wide) | MGM | $41,083,108 | |
| School of Rock (Wide) | Paramount Pictures | $81,261,177 | |
| Baghban (Limited) | Eros Entertainment | $967,555 | |
| Concert for George (Limited) | $70,000 | ||
| The Event (Limited) | ThinkFilm | $54,288 | |
| Foolproof (Limited) | $230,312 | ||
| The Station Agent (Limited) | Miramax | $5,801,558 | |
| Sur Le Seuil (Limited) | Alliance Atlantis | $2,013,052 | |
| Wonderland (Limited) | Lionsgate | $1,060,512 | |
| The Work and the Story (Limited) | Off-Hollywood Distribution | $16,137 | |
| October 8 | Mystic River (Limited) | Warner Bros. | $90,135,191 |
| Bus 174 (Limited) | ThinkFilm | $216,158 | |
| October 10 | Good Boy! (Wide) | MGM | $37,667,746 |
| House of the Dead (Wide) | Artisan | $10,199,354 | |
| Intolerable Cruelty (Wide) | Universal | $35,327,628 | |
| Kill Bill: Volume 1 (Wide) | Miramax | $70,098,138 | |
| The Calling (Limited, re-release) | Testimony Pictures | $32,092 | |
| Dopamine (Limited) | $64,950 | ||
| The Flower of Evil (Limited) | $181,798 | ||
| Porn Theater (Limited) | $31,481 | ||
| Small Voices (Limited) | $66,235 | ||
| October 17 | Runaway Jury (Wide) | 20th Century Fox | $49,440,996 |
| The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (Wide) | New Line | $80,571,655 | |
| Balthazar (Limited, re-release) | Rialto Pictures | $39,388 | |
| High Times' Potluck (Limited) | $4,827 | ||
| Khachaturian (Limited) | $14,250 | ||
| Nine Dead Gay Guys (Limited) | TLA Releasing | $25,688 | |
| Pieces of April (Limited) | MGM | $2,528,664 | |
| Returner (Limited) | $69,886 | ||
| Sylvia (Limited) | Focus Features | $1,302,242 | |
| Veronica Guerin (Limited) | Walt Disney | $1,569,918 | |
| October 22 | In the Cut (Limited) | Sony Pictures | $4,717,455 |
| October 24 | Beyond Borders (Wide) | Paramount Pictures | $4,426,297 |
| Radio (Wide) | Sony Pictures | $52,333,738 | |
| Scary Movie 3 (Wide) | Miramax/Dimension | $110,000,082 | |
| Brother Bear (Limited) | Walt Disney | $85,336,277 | |
| Elephant (Limited) | Fine Line | $1,266,955 | |
| Far Side of the Moon (Limited) | TLA Releasing | $247,142 | |
| The Party's Over (Limited) | Film Movement | ||
| The Revolution Will Not Be Televised (Limited) | $153,859 | ||
| The Singing Detective (Limited) | Paramount Pictures | $336,456 | |
| Snowboarder (Limited) | $27,732 | ||
| October 27 | Celestino y el vampiro (Limited) | ||
| October 28 | Looney Tunes: Stranger Than Fiction (Limited) | ||
| October 29 | Alien (Limited, re-release) | 20th Century Fox | $65,403,354 |
| October 31 | In the Cut (Expands Wide) | Sony Pictures | $4,717,455 |
| Die Mommie Die (Limited) | $320,092 | ||
| Eyes Without a Face (Limited, re-release) | $52,709 | ||
| Girlhood (Limited) | $54,389 | ||
| The Human Stain (Limited) | Miramax | $5,381,227 | |
| Pinjar (Limited) | $66,290 | ||
| Shattered Glass (Limited) | Lionsgate | $2,207,975 | |
| Suspended Animation (Limited) | $6,869 | ||
| November 2003 | |||
| November 1 | Brother Bear (Expands Wide) | Walt Disney | $85,336,277 |
| November 5 | The Matrix Revolutions (Wide) | Warner Bros. | $139,270,910 |
| November 7 | Elf (Wide) | New Line | $187,061,739 |
| American Storytellers (Limited) | Indican Pictures | $24,082 | |
| Billabong Odyssey (Limited) | $155,500 | ||
| Hidden in Plain Sight (Limited) | $14,876 | ||
| In My Skin (Limited) | $31,046 | ||
| Love Actually (Limited) | Universal | $60,418,011 | |
| Love Forbidden (Limited) | $8,923 | ||
| Martin and Orloff (Limited) | Spit and Glue | $34,222 | |
| November 14 | Looney Tunes: Back in Action (Wide) | Warner Bros. | $20,950,820 |
| Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (Wide) | 20th Century Fox | $93,926,386 | |
| Tupac Resurrection (Wide) | Paramount Pictures | $7,718,961 | |
| Love Actually (Expands Wide) | Universal | $60,418,011 | |
| The Big Empty (Limited) | Artisan | ||
| A House on a Hill (Limited) | $678 | ||
| I Vitelloni (Limited) | Kino International | $115,263 | |
| Melvin Goes to Dinner (Limited) | $4,168 | ||
| My Architect (Limited) | New Yorker | $2,822,522 | |
| Standard Time (Limited) | MGM | $80,776 | |
| November 21 | Dr. Seuss’ The Cat in the Hat (Wide) | Universal | $101,018,283 |
| Gothika (Wide) | Warner Bros. | $59,588,068 | |
| 21 Grams (Limited) | Focus Features | $16,248,701 | |
| Acts of Worship (Limited) | $9,377 | ||
| Blindness (Limited) | Pathfinder | $1,432 | |
| Blue Gate Crossing (Limited) | Strand Releasing | $6,129 | |
| El Leyton (Limited) | $1,332 | ||
| Out of Control (Limited) | $36,486 | ||
| Sans Soleil (Limited) | $30,878 | ||
| November 26 | Bad Santa (Wide) | Miramax/Dimension | $60,060,328 |
| The Haunted Mansion (Wide) | Walt Disney | $75,817,994 | |
| The Missing (Wide) | Sony Pictures | $26,900,336 | |
| Timeline (Wide) | Paramount Pictures | $19,480,739 | |
| El Bonaerense (Limited) | $7,170 | ||
| The Cooler (Limited) | Lionsgate | $8,291,572 | |
| In America (Limited) | Fox Searchlight | $15,539,656 | |
| Kal Ho Naa Ho (Limited) | Yash Raj Films | $1,956,478 | |
| The Legend of Leigh Bowery (Limited) | $10,445 | ||
| My Flesh and Blood (Limited) | $40,112 | ||
| Les Triplettes de Belleville (Limited) | Sony Pictures | $7,301,288 | |
| Valley of the Tears (Limited) | |||
| November 28 | Hukkle (Limited) | Shadow | $52,949 |
| Independent Spirits (Limited) | $960 | ||
| Nez Rouge (Limited) | Christal Films | $2,004,814 | |
| December 2003 | |||
| December 5 | Honey (Wide) | Universal | $30,272,254 |
| The Last Samurai (Wide) | Warner Bros. | $111,110,575 | |
| Forget Baghdad: Jews and Arabs, The Iraqi Connection (Limited) | Arab Film Distribution | $3,741 | |
| From Here to Eternity (Limited, re-release) | $30,500,000 | ||
| The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (Limited, re-release) | New Line | $325,680,679 | |
| Pride and Prejudice (Limited) | Excel Entertainment | $377,271 | |
| What Alice Found (Limited) | Castle Hill Productions | $66,988 | |
| December 10 | Big Fish (Limited) | Sony Pictures | $66,432,867 |
| December 12 | Girl with a Pearl Earring (Wide) | Lionsgate | $11,634,362 |
| Love Don't Cost a Thing (Wide) | Warner Bros. | $21,897,389 | |
| Something's Gotta Give (Wide) | Sony Pictures | $124,685,242 | |
| Stuck On You (Wide) | 20th Century Fox | $33,832,741 | |
| AKA (Limited) | Empire Pictures | $48,079 | |
| Blizzard (Limited) | $504,600 | ||
| The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (Limited) | New Line | $349,701,429 | |
| Morlang (Limited) | |||
| Prisoner of Paradise (Limited) | |||
| The Statement (Limited) | Sony Pictures | $765,637 | |
| December 17 | The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (Wide) | New Line | $383,381,648 |
| December 19 | The Hebrew Hammer (Wide) | Cowboy Pictures | $77,755 |
| Mona Lisa Smile (Wide) | Sony Pictures | $63,803,100 | |
| The Cooler (Expands Wide) | Lionsgate | $8,291,572 | |
| Alexandra's Project (Limited) | Film Movement | $750,241 | |
| Annie Brocoli dans les fonds marins (Limited) | $374,360 | ||
| Calendar Girls (Limited) | Walt Disney | $31,011,616 | |
| The Fog of War (Limited) | Sony Pictures Classics | $4,198,566 | |
| House of Sand and Fog (Limited) | Dreamworks SKG | $13,005,485 | |
| December 24 | Monster (Limited) | Newmarket Films | $34,469,210 |
| December 25 | Cheaper by the Dozen (Wide) | 20th Century Fox | $138,614,544 |
| Cold Mountain (Wide) | Miramax | $95,632,614 | |
| Paycheck (Wide) | Paramount Pictures | $53,789,313 | |
| Peter Pan (Wide) | Universal | $48,417,850 | |
| The Company (Limited) | Sony Pictures | $2,281,585 | |
| L.O.C. (Kargil) (Limited) | Eros Entertainment | $621,103 | |
| Modern Times (Limited, re-release) | Kino International | $163,245 | |
| Young Black Stallion (IMAX) | Walt Disney | $6,751,389 | |
| December 31 | Japanese Story (Wide) | IDP Distribution | $647,054 |
| Millenium Mambo (Wide) | $14,809 | ||