Box Office Performance for Drama Movies in 2003

Rank	Movie	Genre	MPAA	2003 Gross	Tickets Sold	Inflation- Adjusted Gross
1	Seabiscuit	Drama	PG-13	$120,277,854	19,946,576	$137,232,443
2	Holes	Drama	PG	$67,383,924	11,174,780	$76,882,486
3	Catch Me if You Can	Drama	PG-13	$67,169,179	11,139,167	$76,637,469
4	Mystic River	Drama	R	$54,300,385	9,005,039	$61,954,668
5	About Schmidt	Drama	R	$52,976,753	8,785,531	$60,444,453
6	Radio	Drama	PG	$51,801,566	8,590,641	$59,103,610
7	Mona Lisa Smile	Drama	PG-13	$50,006,766	8,292,996	$57,055,812
8	Cold Mountain	Drama	R	$43,737,222	7,253,271	$49,902,504
9	Secondhand Lions	Drama	PG	$42,023,715	6,969,107	$47,947,456
10	The Hours	Drama	PG-13	$40,605,138	6,733,854	$46,328,916
11	Dreamcatcher	Drama	R	$33,685,268	5,586,280	$38,433,606
12	Bend it Like Beckham	Drama	PG-13	$32,543,449	5,396,924	$37,130,837
13	Lost in Translation	Drama	R	$31,586,561	5,238,236	$36,039,064
14	The Pianist	Drama	R	$31,518,811	5,227,000	$35,961,760
15	Gangs of New York	Drama	R	$30,648,441	5,082,660	$34,968,701
16	Honey	Drama	PG-13	$28,816,190	4,778,804	$32,878,172
17	Whale Rider	Drama	PG-13	$20,779,666	3,446,047	$23,708,803
18	Confessions of a Dangerous Mind	Drama	R	$16,007,718	2,654,680	$18,264,198
19	Antwone Fisher	Drama	PG-13	$14,959,579	2,480,859	$17,068,310
20	Alex & Emma	Drama	PG-13	$14,208,384	2,356,283	$16,211,227
21	How to Deal	Drama	PG-13	$14,108,518	2,339,721	$16,097,280
22	Gods and Generals	Drama	PG-13	$12,882,934	2,136,473	$14,698,934
23	The Quiet American	Drama	R	$12,654,251	2,098,549	$14,438,017
24	25th Hour	Drama	R	$12,459,662	2,066,279	$14,216,000
25	Confidence	Drama	R	$12,212,417	2,025,276	$13,933,899
26	Dark Blue	Drama	R	$9,237,470	1,531,919	$10,539,603
27	Big Fish	Drama	PG-13	$8,454,208	1,402,025	$9,645,932
28	Dirty Pretty Things	Drama	R	$8,075,861	1,339,280	$9,214,246
29	21 Grams	Drama	R	$7,272,165	1,205,998	$8,297,266
30	Hable con ella	Drama	R	$6,980,079	1,157,559	$7,964,006
31	Nowhere in Africa	Drama	R	$6,173,485	1,023,795	$7,043,710
32	A Common Thread	Drama	Not Rated	$6,049,187	1,003,182	$6,901,892
33	American Splendor	Drama	R	$6,003,587	995,620	$6,849,866
34	Luther	Drama	PG-13	$5,781,086	958,721	$6,596,000
35	House of Sand and Fog	Drama	R	$5,383,663	892,813	$6,142,553
36	The Human Stain	Drama	R	$5,361,450	889,129	$6,117,208
37	In America	Drama	PG-13	$5,305,891	879,916	$6,053,822
38	The Barbarian Invasions	Drama	R	$4,958,643	822,329	$5,657,624
39	The Magdalene Sisters	Drama	R	$4,890,878	811,091	$5,580,306
40	City of God	Drama	R	$4,792,553	794,785	$5,468,121
41	Far From Heaven	Drama	PG-13	$4,671,789	774,758	$5,330,335
42	The Station Agent	Drama	R	$4,641,611	769,753	$5,295,901
43	Thirteen	Drama	R	$4,601,043	763,025	$5,249,612
44	Frida	Drama	R	$4,595,921	762,176	$5,243,771
45	Rabbit-Proof Fence	Drama	PG	$4,516,644	749,029	$5,153,320
46	Beyond Borders	Drama	R	$4,426,297	734,046	$5,050,236
47	Scarface	Drama		$3,983,232	660,569	$4,544,715
48	Better Luck Tomorrow	Drama	R	$3,802,390	630,579	$4,338,384
49	The Secret Lives of Dentists	Drama	R	$3,707,201	614,793	$4,229,776
50	Laurel Canyon	Drama	R	$3,661,906	607,281	$4,178,093
51	The Good Thief	Drama	R	$3,517,797	583,383	$4,013,675
52	The Gospel of John	Drama	PG-13	$3,095,971	513,428	$3,532,385
53	Russian Ark	Drama	Not Rated	$2,820,975	467,823	$3,218,622
54	The Man on the Train	Drama	R	$2,541,320	421,446	$2,899,548
55	The Dancer Upstairs	Drama	R	$2,374,732	393,820	$2,709,482
56	Shattered Glass	Drama	PG-13	$2,105,024	349,092	$2,401,753
57	Raising Victor Vargas	Drama	R	$2,073,984	343,944	$2,366,335
58	Sur Le Seuil	Drama	Not Rated	$2,013,052	333,839	$2,296,812
59	Kal Ho Naa Ho	Drama	Not Rated	$1,936,933	321,216	$2,209,966
60	The Cooler	Drama	R	$1,836,224	304,515	$2,095,063
61	Spider	Drama	R	$1,641,788	272,270	$1,873,218
62	Veronica Guerin	Drama	R	$1,569,918	260,351	$1,791,215
63	8 Mile	Drama	R	$1,453,810	241,096	$1,658,740
64	Northfork	Drama	PG-13	$1,420,578	235,585	$1,620,825
65	Nicholas Nickleby	Drama	PG	$1,334,282	221,274	$1,522,365
66	Sylvia	Drama	R	$1,302,242	215,961	$1,485,812
67	Elephant	Drama	R	$1,257,377	208,520	$1,434,618
68	Main Prem Ki Diwani Hoon	Drama	Not Rated	$1,225,908	203,301	$1,398,711
69	El Crimen de Padre	Drama	R	$1,160,699	192,487	$1,324,311
70	Together	Drama	PG	$1,145,190	189,915	$1,306,615
71	The Book of Mormon Movie, Volume 1: The Journey	Drama	PG	$1,124,502	186,485	$1,283,017
72	Respiro	Drama	PG-13	$1,072,534	177,866	$1,223,718
73	Wonderland	Drama	R	$1,056,102	175,141	$1,204,970
74	Owning Mahowny	Drama	R	$1,011,054	167,671	$1,153,576
75	Assassination Tango	Drama	R	$1,000,673	165,949	$1,141,729
76	Baghban	Drama	Not Rated	$967,555	160,457	$1,103,944
77	Empire	Drama	R	$893,510	148,177	$1,019,458
78	Gaz Bar Blues	Drama	Not Rated	$884,664	146,710	$1,009,365
79	Girl with a Pearl Earring	Drama	PG-13	$865,240	143,489	$987,204
80	Irreversible	Drama	Not Rated	$792,200	131,376	$903,867
81	Time Changer	Drama	PG	$737,040	122,229	$840,936
82	And now... Ladies and Gentlemen	Drama	PG-13	$736,762	122,183	$840,619
83	The Shape of Things	Drama	R	$732,241	121,433	$835,459
84	Koi� Mil Gaya	Drama	Not Rated	$680,979	112,932	$776,972
85	The Holy Land	Drama	R	$593,945	98,498	$677,666
86	L.O.C. (Kargil)	Drama	Not Rated	$587,978	97,509	$670,862
87	Poolhall Junkies	Drama	R	$563,711	93,484	$643,170
88	China: The Panda Adventure	Drama	Not Rated	$554,858	92,016	$633,070
89	All the Real Girls	Drama	R	$549,666	91,155	$627,146
90	Masked and Anonymous	Drama	PG-13	$533,344	88,448	$608,522
91	Blizzard	Drama		$504,600	83,682	$575,732
92	Casa de los Babys	Drama	R	$475,940	78,929	$543,032
93	Blue Car	Drama	R	$464,126	76,969	$529,547
94	Evelyn	Drama	PG	$440,496	73,051	$502,591
95	Apollo 13 (IMAX)	Drama	PG	$333,055	55,233	$380,003
96	City of Ghosts	Drama	R	$325,491	53,979	$371,376
97	The Company	Drama	PG-13	$316,013	52,407	$360,560
98	Armaan	Drama		$301,010	49,919	$343,443
99	Amen	Drama		$274,299	45,489	$312,964
100	Encounter in the Third Dimension	Drama	Not Rated	$265,482	44,027	$302,906
101	Alexandra's Project	Drama	Not Rated	$259,492	43,033	$296,067
102	Gerry	Drama	R	$254,683	42,236	$290,584
103	Civil Brand	Drama	R	$254,293	42,171	$290,136
104	Tuck Everlasting	Drama	PG	$247,021	40,965	$281,839
105	Far Side of the Moon	Drama	Not Rated	$234,608	38,907	$267,680
106	The Emperor's Club	Drama	PG-13	$231,310	38,360	$263,917
107	Charly	Drama	PG	$220,841	36,624	$251,973
108	Love Lisa	Drama	R	$211,724	35,112	$241,571
109	Tully	Drama	Not Rated	$208,294	34,543	$237,656
110	Ararat	Drama	R	$182,693	30,297	$208,443
111	Secretary	Drama	R	$172,129	28,545	$196,390
112	September 11	Drama		$122,732	20,354	$140,036
113	Charlotte Sometimes	Drama	R	$121,771	20,194	$138,935
114	Personal Velocity	Drama	R	$106,363	17,639	$121,356
115	Solaris	Drama	PG-13	$105,924	17,566	$120,854
116	Monster	Drama	R	$103,599	17,181	$118,205
117	Kaante	Drama	R	$96,956	16,079	$110,624
118	That Love	Drama		$72,036	11,946	$82,188
119	I Vitelloni	Drama		$59,659	9,894	$68,071
120	Auto Focus	Drama	R	$54,043	8,962	$61,659
121	Across The Sea of Time	Drama	G	$53,395	8,855	$60,922
122	Carnage	Drama		$52,703	8,740	$60,131
123	Boys Life 4: Four Play	Drama		$50,914	8,443	$58,088
124	Moonlight Mile	Drama	PG-13	$45,018	7,466	$51,366
125	Fat Girl	Drama	Not Rated	$44,455	7,372	$50,719
126	Balthazar	Drama		$39,388	6,532	$44,940
127	This Thing of Ours	Drama		$37,227	6,174	$42,477
128	All or Nothing	Drama	R	$31,192	5,173	$35,590
129	What Alice Found	Drama	R	$28,190	4,675	$32,164
130	Bolivia	Drama		$26,272	4,357	$29,976
131	The Fast Runner	Drama	R	$22,714	3,767	$25,917
132	Alias Betty	Drama		$20,441	3,390	$23,323
133	AKA	Drama	R	$20,424	3,387	$23,303
134	Blackboards	Drama		$17,907	2,970	$20,434
135	All About Lily Chou-Chou	Drama		$15,083	2,501	$17,207
136	Hukkle	Drama		$12,493	2,072	$14,255
137	Bloody Sunday	Drama	R	$12,433	2,062	$14,187
138	Camera Obscura	Drama		$11,384	1,888	$12,989
139	The Calling	Drama	PG	$10,592	1,757	$12,088
140	Acts of Worship	Drama	R	$9,377	1,555	$10,698
141	Chinwaseon	Drama		$8,196	1,359	$9,350
142	El Bonaerense	Drama		$7,170	1,189	$8,180
143	Wings of Courage	Drama	G	$5,249	870	$5,986
144	Kandahar	Drama	Not Rated	$4,839	802	$5,518
145	Blindness	Drama		$1,432	237	$1,631
Total Gross of All Movies				$1,108,058,124
Total Tickets Sold					183,757,564
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices						$1,264,252,040

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.