Box Office Performance for Animation/Live Action Movies in 2003

Rank	Movie	Genre	MPAA	2003 Gross	Tickets Sold	Inflation- Adjusted Gross
1	The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King	Adventure	PG-13	$290,410,961	48,161,022	$331,347,831
2	The Matrix Reloaded	Action	R	$281,553,689	46,692,154	$321,242,020
3	Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines	Action	R	$150,358,296	24,935,041	$171,553,082
4	The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers	Adventure	PG-13	$80,752,776	13,391,837	$92,135,839
5	Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets	Adventure	PG	$9,889,935	1,640,122	$11,284,039
6	The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring	Adventure	PG-13	$1,412,056	234,172	$1,611,103
Total Gross of All Movies				$814,377,713
Total Tickets Sold					135,054,348
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices						$929,173,914

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.