Box Office Performance for Horror Movies in 2003

Rank	Movie	Genre	MPAA	2003 Gross	Tickets Sold	Inflation- Adjusted Gross
1	Freddy vs. Jason	Horror	R	$82,622,655	13,701,933	$94,269,299
2	The Texas Chainsaw Massacre	Horror	R	$80,288,112	13,314,778	$91,605,673
3	Gothika	Horror	R	$58,224,334	9,655,777	$66,431,746
4	Final Destination 2	Horror	R	$46,896,664	7,777,225	$53,507,308
5	28 Days Later...	Horror	R	$45,064,915	7,473,452	$51,417,350
6	Jeepers Creepers II	Horror	R	$35,623,801	5,907,761	$40,645,396
7	Cradle 2 the Grave	Horror	R	$34,657,731	5,747,551	$39,543,151
8	Darkness Falls	Horror	PG-13	$32,539,681	5,396,299	$37,126,537
9	Cabin Fever	Horror	R	$21,158,188	3,508,821	$24,140,688
10	Alien	Horror	R	$20,779,697	3,446,053	$23,708,845
11	Wrong Turn	Horror	R	$15,417,771	2,556,844	$17,591,087
12	House of 1,000 Corpses	Horror	R	$12,634,962	2,095,350	$14,416,008
13	The House of the Dead	Horror	R	$10,199,354	1,691,435	$11,637,073
14	Willard	Horror	PG-13	$6,882,696	1,141,409	$7,852,894
15	The Ring	Horror	PG-13	$1,863,594	309,054	$2,126,292
16	Ghost Ship	Horror	R	$234,046	38,814	$267,040
17	They	Horror	PG-13	$147,221	24,415	$167,975
Total Gross of All Movies				$505,235,422
Total Tickets Sold					83,786,971
Total Gross of All Movies at 2008 ticket prices						$576,454,360

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.