Box Office Performance for Contemporary Fiction Movies in 2003

Rank	Movie	Genre	MPAA	2003 Gross	Tickets Sold	Inflation- Adjusted Gross
1	Bad Boys II	Action	R	$138,540,870	22,975,269	$158,069,851
2	Anger Management	Comedy	PG-13	$135,560,942	22,481,085	$154,669,865
3	Bringing Down the House	Comedy	PG-13	$132,675,402	22,002,554	$151,377,572
4	2 Fast 2 Furious	Action	PG-13	$127,120,058	21,081,270	$145,039,138
5	S.W.A.T.	Action	PG-13	$116,877,597	19,382,686	$133,352,880
6	Freaky Friday	Comedy	PG	$110,180,505	18,272,057	$125,711,752
7	Scary Movie 3	Comedy	PG-13	$109,563,395	18,169,717	$125,007,653
8	The Italian Job	Adventure	PG-13	$106,126,012	17,599,670	$121,085,730
9	How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$105,807,520	17,546,852	$120,722,342
10	American Wedding	Comedy	R	$104,354,205	17,305,838	$119,064,165
11	Daddy Day Care	Comedy	PG	$104,148,781	17,271,771	$118,829,784
12	Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle	Adventure	PG-13	$100,814,328	16,718,794	$115,025,303
13	Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde	Comedy	PG	$90,639,088	15,031,358	$103,415,743
14	Cheaper by the Dozen	Comedy	PG	$85,620,095	14,199,021	$97,689,264
15	Freddy vs. Jason	Horror	R	$82,622,655	13,701,933	$94,269,299
16	Something's Gotta Give	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$81,211,676	13,467,940	$92,659,427
17	The School of Rock	Comedy	PG-13	$80,232,030	13,305,478	$91,541,689
18	Old School	Comedy	R	$75,155,000	12,463,516	$85,748,990
19	Kill Bill: Volume 1	Action	R	$69,655,060	11,551,420	$79,473,770
20	Holes	Drama	PG	$67,383,924	11,174,780	$76,882,486
21	Lara Croft: Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life	Adventure	PG-13	$65,653,758	10,887,854	$74,908,436
22	Gothika	Horror	R	$58,224,334	9,655,777	$66,431,746
23	Love Actually	Romantic Comedy	R	$57,429,915	9,524,032	$65,525,340
24	Bad Santa	Comedy	R	$56,909,596	9,437,744	$64,931,679
25	Once Upon a Time in Mexico	Action	R	$56,330,657	9,341,734	$64,271,130
26	Just Married	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$56,127,162	9,307,987	$64,038,951
27	Mystic River	Drama	R	$54,300,385	9,005,039	$61,954,668
28	About Schmidt	Drama	R	$52,976,753	8,785,531	$60,444,453
29	The Recruit	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$52,784,696	8,753,681	$60,225,325
30	Identity	Thriller/Suspense	R	$52,131,264	8,645,317	$59,479,781
31	Underworld	Action	R	$51,892,664	8,605,749	$59,207,553
32	Runaway Jury	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$49,022,597	8,129,784	$55,932,914
33	The Rundown	Action	PG-13	$47,641,743	7,900,787	$54,357,415
34	Phone Booth	Thriller/Suspense	R	$46,566,212	7,722,423	$53,130,270
35	Tears of the Sun	Action	R	$43,632,458	7,235,897	$49,782,971
36	Under the Tuscan Sun	Comedy	PG-13	$43,323,006	7,184,578	$49,429,897
37	The Lizzie McGuire Movie	Comedy	PG	$42,734,455	7,086,974	$48,758,381
38	Out of Time	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$41,067,004	6,810,448	$46,855,882
39	Head of State	Comedy	PG-13	$37,788,228	6,266,704	$43,114,924
40	Uptown Girls	Comedy	PG-13	$37,095,657	6,151,850	$42,324,728
41	Matchstick Men	Comedy	PG-13	$36,873,198	6,114,958	$42,070,911
42	National Security	Action	PG-13	$36,288,951	6,018,068	$41,404,308
43	What a Girl Wants	Comedy	PG	$35,990,505	5,968,575	$41,063,796
44	Intolerable Cruelty	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$35,296,248	5,853,441	$40,271,674
45	Cradle 2 the Grave	Horror	R	$34,657,731	5,747,551	$39,543,151
46	Malibu's Most Wanted	Comedy	PG-13	$34,308,901	5,689,702	$39,145,150
47	The Hunted	Action	R	$34,234,008	5,677,282	$39,059,700
48	Bend it Like Beckham	Drama	PG-13	$32,543,449	5,396,924	$37,130,837
49	Lost in Translation	Drama	R	$31,586,561	5,238,236	$36,039,064
50	Stuck On You	Comedy	PG-13	$30,721,406	5,094,761	$35,051,956
51	The Fighting Temptations	Comedy	PG-13	$30,238,577	5,014,689	$34,501,060
52	Hollywood Homicide	Action	PG-13	$30,207,785	5,009,583	$34,465,931
53	Honey	Drama	PG-13	$28,816,190	4,778,804	$32,878,172
54	Johnny English	Comedy	PG	$28,013,509	4,645,690	$31,962,347
55	Basic	Thriller/Suspense	R	$26,599,248	4,411,152	$30,348,726
56	A Man Apart	Action	R	$26,500,000	4,394,693	$30,235,488
57	Dumb and Dumberer: When Harry Met Lloyd	Comedy	PG-13	$26,214,846	4,347,404	$29,910,140
58	Two Weeks Notice	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$24,544,839	4,070,454	$28,004,724
59	Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star	Comedy	PG-13	$22,734,486	3,770,230	$25,939,182
60	Biker Boyz	Action	PG-13	$21,908,034	3,633,173	$24,996,230
61	Cabin Fever	Horror	R	$21,158,188	3,508,821	$24,140,688
62	Whale Rider	Drama	PG-13	$20,779,666	3,446,047	$23,708,803
63	The In-Laws	Comedy	PG-13	$20,440,627	3,389,822	$23,321,975
64	The Life of David Gale	Thriller/Suspense	R	$19,694,635	3,266,109	$22,470,830
65	Maid in Manhattan	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$17,604,283	2,919,450	$20,085,816
66	A Mighty Wind	Comedy	PG-13	$17,583,468	2,915,998	$20,062,066
67	Deliver Us From Eva	Romantic Comedy	R	$17,573,594	2,914,361	$20,050,804
68	Adaptation	Comedy	R	$16,398,149	2,719,428	$18,709,665
69	View from the Top	Comedy	PG-13	$15,614,000	2,589,386	$17,814,976
70	My Boss's Daughter	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$15,549,702	2,578,723	$17,741,614
71	A Guy Thing	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$15,543,862	2,577,755	$17,734,954
72	Wrong Turn	Horror	R	$15,417,771	2,556,844	$17,591,087
73	Alex & Emma	Drama	PG-13	$14,208,384	2,356,283	$16,211,227
74	How to Deal	Drama	PG-13	$14,108,518	2,339,721	$16,097,280
75	My Big Fat Greek Wedding	Comedy	PG	$13,538,922	2,245,261	$15,447,396
76	House of 1,000 Corpses	Horror	R	$12,634,962	2,095,350	$14,416,008
77	25th Hour	Drama	R	$12,459,662	2,066,279	$14,216,000
78	Confidence	Drama	R	$12,212,417	2,025,276	$13,933,899
79	The House of the Dead	Horror	R	$10,199,354	1,691,435	$11,637,073
80	Narc	Thriller/Suspense	R	$10,150,491	1,683,332	$11,581,324
81	Swimming Pool	Thriller/Suspense	R	$10,130,108	1,679,952	$11,558,070
82	Duplex	Comedy	PG-13	$9,652,000	1,600,663	$11,012,561
83	Dark Blue	Drama	R	$9,237,470	1,531,919	$10,539,603
84	Le Divorce	Comedy	PG-13	$9,074,550	1,504,900	$10,353,712
85	Drumline	Comedy	PG-13	$8,858,944	1,469,145	$10,107,718
86	Boat Trip	Comedy	R	$8,586,376	1,423,943	$9,796,728
87	Dirty Pretty Things	Drama	R	$8,075,861	1,339,280	$9,214,246
88	Grande Seduction, La	Comedy	Not Rated	$8,009,736	1,328,314	$9,138,800
89	The Order	Thriller/Suspense	R	$7,659,747	1,270,273	$8,739,478
90	It Runs in the Family	Comedy	PG-13	$7,375,836	1,223,190	$8,415,547
91	21 Grams	Drama	R	$7,272,165	1,205,998	$8,297,266
92	Die Another Day	Action	PG-13	$7,181,206	1,190,913	$8,193,481
93	Hable con ella	Drama	R	$6,980,079	1,157,559	$7,964,006
94	Calendar Girls	Comedy	PG-13	$6,953,194	1,153,100	$7,933,328
95	Willard	Horror	PG-13	$6,882,696	1,141,409	$7,852,894
96	Mambo Italiano (US Release)	Comedy	R	$6,250,949	1,036,642	$7,132,097
97	Chasing Papi	Comedy	PG	$6,126,237	1,015,960	$6,989,805
98	Gigli	Romantic Comedy	R	$6,087,542	1,009,543	$6,945,656
99	American Splendor	Drama	R	$6,003,587	995,620	$6,849,866
100	House of Sand and Fog	Drama	R	$5,383,663	892,813	$6,142,553
101	The Human Stain	Drama	R	$5,361,450	889,129	$6,117,208
102	In America	Drama	PG-13	$5,305,891	879,916	$6,053,822
103	The Hot Chick	Comedy	PG-13	$5,228,678	867,111	$5,965,724
104	Grind	Adventure	PG-13	$5,111,630	847,700	$5,832,176
105	The Barbarian Invasions	Drama	R	$4,958,643	822,329	$5,657,624
106	From Justin to Kelly	Musical	PG	$4,922,166	816,280	$5,616,006
107	City of God	Drama	R	$4,792,553	794,785	$5,468,121
108	In the Cut	Thriller/Suspense	R	$4,717,455	782,331	$5,382,437
109	The Station Agent	Drama	R	$4,641,611	769,753	$5,295,901
110	Thirteen	Drama	R	$4,601,043	763,025	$5,249,612
111	L'auberge espagnole	Comedy	R	$3,895,664	646,047	$4,444,803
112	Better Luck Tomorrow	Drama	R	$3,802,390	630,579	$4,338,384
113	The Secret Lives of Dentists	Drama	R	$3,707,201	614,793	$4,229,776
114	Laurel Canyon	Drama	R	$3,661,906	607,281	$4,178,093
115	The Good Thief	Drama	R	$3,517,797	583,383	$4,013,675
116	Anything Else	Romantic Comedy	R	$3,203,044	531,185	$3,654,553
117	The Guru	Comedy	R	$3,051,221	506,007	$3,481,328
118	Mambo Italiano	Comedy	R	$3,031,801	502,786	$3,459,168
119	The Man on the Train	Drama	R	$2,541,320	421,446	$2,899,548
120	Pieces of April	Comedy	PG-13	$2,376,152	394,055	$2,711,098
121	The Dancer Upstairs	Drama	R	$2,374,732	393,820	$2,709,482
122	Raising Victor Vargas	Drama	R	$2,073,984	343,944	$2,366,335
123	Sur Le Seuil	Drama	Not Rated	$2,013,052	333,839	$2,296,812
124	Kal Ho Naa Ho	Drama	Not Rated	$1,936,933	321,216	$2,209,966
125	The Ring	Horror	PG-13	$1,863,594	309,054	$2,126,292
126	The Cooler	Drama	R	$1,836,224	304,515	$2,095,063
127	Nez Rouge	Romantic Comedy	Not Rated	$1,678,108	278,293	$1,914,656
128	Marci X	Comedy	R	$1,646,664	273,079	$1,878,784
129	Spider	Drama	R	$1,641,788	272,270	$1,873,218
130	Camp	Comedy	PG-13	$1,629,862	270,292	$1,859,609
131	8 Mile	Drama	R	$1,453,810	241,096	$1,658,740
132	Analyze That	Comedy	R	$1,344,557	222,978	$1,534,089
133	Elephant	Drama	R	$1,257,377	208,520	$1,434,618
134	Main Prem Ki Diwani Hoon	Drama	Not Rated	$1,225,908	203,301	$1,398,711
135	Together	Drama	PG	$1,145,190	189,915	$1,306,615
136	Sweet Home Alabama	Comedy	PG-13	$1,127,192	186,931	$1,286,085
137	The R.M.	Comedy	PG	$1,111,615	184,347	$1,268,307
138	Respiro	Drama	PG-13	$1,072,534	177,866	$1,223,718
139	He Loves Me... He Loves Me Not	Thriller/Suspense	PG-13	$1,009,827	167,467	$1,152,173
140	Assassination Tango	Drama	R	$1,000,673	165,949	$1,141,729
141	The Legend of Johnny Lingo	Adventure	G	$974,693	161,641	$1,112,090
142	Baghban	Drama	Not Rated	$967,555	160,457	$1,103,944
143	Euro Pudding (L'Auberge Espagnole)	Romantic Comedy	R	$901,873	149,564	$1,029,000
144	Empire	Drama	R	$893,510	148,177	$1,019,458
145	Gaz Bar Blues	Drama	Not Rated	$884,664	146,710	$1,009,365
146	Irreversible	Drama	Not Rated	$792,200	131,376	$903,867
147	The Shape of Things	Drama	R	$732,241	121,433	$835,459
148	The Bread, My Sweet	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$697,864	115,732	$796,236
149	Friday After Next	Comedy	R	$665,316	110,334	$759,098
150	Pere et Fils	Comedy	Not Rated	$634,968	105,301	$724,471
151	The Holy Land	Drama	R	$593,945	98,498	$677,666
152	Poolhall Junkies	Drama	R	$563,711	93,484	$643,170
153	Barbershop	Comedy	PG-13	$552,651	91,650	$630,552
154	Real Women Have Curves	Comedy	PG-13	$491,646	81,533	$560,947
155	Casa de los Babys	Drama	R	$475,940	78,929	$543,032
156	I Spy	Action	PG-13	$455,537	75,545	$519,750
157	Bollywood/Hollywood	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$329,136	54,583	$375,531
158	The Singing Detective	Comedy	R	$327,314	54,281	$373,453
159	City of Ghosts	Drama	R	$325,491	53,979	$371,376
160	The Company	Drama	PG-13	$316,013	52,407	$360,560
161	Alexandra's Project	Drama	Not Rated	$259,492	43,033	$296,067
162	Civil Brand	Drama	R	$254,293	42,171	$290,136
163	Ghost Ship	Horror	R	$234,046	38,814	$267,040
164	Charly	Drama	PG	$220,841	36,624	$251,973
165	Half Past Dead	Action	PG-13	$206,323	34,216	$235,406
166	Chaos	Comedy		$204,274	33,876	$233,067
167	Ararat	Drama	R	$182,693	30,297	$208,443
168	Sordid Lives	Comedy	R	$173,707	28,807	$198,192
169	Secretary	Drama	R	$172,129	28,545	$196,390
170	They	Horror	PG-13	$147,221	24,415	$167,975
171	Charlotte Sometimes	Drama	R	$121,771	20,194	$138,935
172	Personal Velocity	Drama	R	$106,363	17,639	$121,356
173	Kaante	Drama	R	$96,956	16,079	$110,624
174	Igby Goes Down	Comedy	R	$95,962	15,914	$109,488
175	Tadpole	Comedy	PG-13	$80,395	13,333	$91,731
176	Jackass: The Movie	Comedy	R	$73,211	12,141	$83,530
177	That Love	Drama		$72,036	11,946	$82,188
178	Brown Sugar	Romantic Comedy	PG-13	$54,913	9,107	$62,656
179	Across The Sea of Time	Drama	G	$53,395	8,855	$60,922
180	Carnage	Drama		$52,703	8,740	$60,131
181	National Lampoon's Dorm Daze			$47,153	7,820	$53,802
182	Moonlight Mile	Drama	PG-13	$45,018	7,466	$51,366
183	Fat Girl	Drama	Not Rated	$44,455	7,372	$50,719
184	Roger Dodger	Black Comedy	R	$44,011	7,299	$50,217
185	The Man from Elysian Fields	Comedy	R	$33,891	5,620	$38,666
186	Extreme Ops	Action	PG-13	$27,196	4,510	$31,029
187	Mostly Martha (Drei Sterne)	Comedy	PG	$21,058	3,492	$24,025
188	The Transporter	Action	PG-13	$12,567	2,084	$14,338
189	Camera Obscura	Drama		$11,384	1,888	$12,989
190	The Calling	Drama	PG	$10,592	1,757	$12,088
191	Kandahar	Drama	Not Rated	$4,839	802	$5,518
Total Gross of All Movies				$4,229,467,156
Total Tickets Sold					701,404,169
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices						$4,825,660,683

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.