Domestic Box Office For May 2, 2003
Data as of May 4, 1:56 PDT
Key:New This DayEstimated
| TD | YD | Release | Daily | %± YD | %± LW | Theaters | Avg | To Date | Days | Distributor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | - | X-Men 2 | $31,247,979 | - | - | 3,741 | $8,352 | $31,247,979 | 1 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 2 | - | The Lizzie McGuire Movie | $5,697,701 | - | - | 2,825 | $2,016 | $5,697,701 | 1 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 3 | 1 | Identity | $3,042,445 | +197.1% | -47.7% | 2,733 | $1,113 | $23,806,013 | 8 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 4 | 2 | Anger Management | $2,700,356 | +228.5% | -45.5% | 3,471 | $777 | $109,579,135 | 22 | Revolution Studios |
| 5 | 3 | Holes | $2,005,893 | +247.1% | -48.8% | 2,402 | $835 | $40,457,252 | 15 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 6 | 5 | Malibu's Most Wanted | $1,361,295 | +426.7% | -46.2% | 2,340 | $581 | $26,286,680 | 15 | Warner Bros. |
| 7 | 4 | Confidence | $766,000 | +136.4% | -48.5% | 1,871 | $409 | $6,730,906 | 8 | Lionsgate Films |
| 8 | 6 | Bulletproof Monk | $471,966 | +86.9% | -64.7% | 1,894 | $249 | $20,579,223 | 17 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) |
| 9 | 8 | It Runs in the Family | $467,316 | +147.4% | -46.8% | 1,207 | $387 | $4,049,396 | 8 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) |
| 10 | 7 | Phone Booth | $463,112 | +113% | -50.6% | 1,196 | $387 | $41,532,628 | 29 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 11 | 12 | Bend It Like Beckham | $377,990 | +228.7% | -12.6% | 483 | $782 | $9,873,947 | 52 | - |
| 12 | 13 | Bringing Down the House | $344,124 | +201.7% | -47.4% | 1,113 | $309 | $126,850,540 | 57 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 13 | 11 | What a Girl Wants | $324,212 | +155.1% | -67.2% | 1,720 | $188 | $33,667,387 | 29 | Warner Bros. |
| 14 | 15 | A Mighty Wind | $282,957 | +189.5% | -29.6% | 157 | $1,802 | $5,412,286 | 17 | Warner Bros. |
| 15 | 9 | Chicago | $276,000 | +93% | -42.9% | 825 | $334 | $164,313,922 | 127 | Miramax |
| 16 | 14 | House of 1000 Corpses | $245,000 | +121.7% | -51.6% | 623 | $393 | $10,321,210 | 22 | Lionsgate Films |
| 17 | 10 | The Real Cancun | $224,000 | +61.2% | -73.2% | 2,261 | $99 | $2,954,671 | 8 | New Line Cinema |
| 18 | 17 | Better Luck Tomorrow | $168,140 | +115.6% | -56.8% | 387 | $434 | $2,706,503 | 22 | Paramount Pictures |
| 19 | - | Ghosts of the Abyss | $160,368 | - | - | 97 | $1,653 | $5,897,796 | 22 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 20 | 36 | Daredevil | $133,250 | +1,291.2% | +275.4% | 182 | $732 | $100,977,661 | 78 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 21 | 22 | The Good Thief | $110,211 | +147.4% | -16.3% | 222 | $496 | $2,275,766 | 31 | - |
| 22 | 25 | Agent Cody Banks | $105,607 | +278.6% | -49.4% | 1,404 | $75 | $46,479,094 | 50 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) |
| 23 | 16 | A Man Apart | $103,600 | +6.8% | -71.4% | 454 | $228 | $25,609,767 | 29 | New Line Cinema |
| 24 | 21 | Head of State | $101,952 | +112.2% | -65.7% | 455 | $224 | $36,681,158 | 36 | DreamWorks Distribution |
| 25 | 18 | Chasing Papi | $99,756 | +75.9% | -67.6% | 292 | $341 | $5,357,222 | 17 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 26 | 19 | The Pianist | $81,500 | +48.5% | -44.9% | 329 | $247 | $31,541,197 | 129 | Focus Features |
| 27 | 24 | Nowhere in Africa | $64,570 | +129% | -11.2% | 70 | $922 | $2,582,083 | 57 | Zeitgeist Films |
| 28 | 35 | Raising Victor Vargas | $58,400 | +372.1% | +17% | 69 | $846 | $660,266 | 36 | IDP Distribution |
| 29 | 26 | Shanghai Knights | $55,657 | +103.1% | -17.2% | 253 | $219 | $59,838,124 | 85 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 30 | - | Space Station 3D | $52,659 | - | - | 30 | $1,755 | $36,844,412 | 379 | IMAX |
| 31 | 28 | Laurel Canyon | $49,757 | +124.8% | -16.6% | 113 | $440 | $2,752,444 | 57 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 32 | 20 | The Core | $49,740 | -3% | -72.5% | 589 | $84 | $30,374,481 | 36 | Paramount Pictures |
| 33 | 27 | The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers | $48,813 | +108.8% | -28.1% | 225 | $216 | $338,092,642 | 136 | New Line Cinema |
| 34 | 23 | Piglet's Big Movie | $45,243 | +41.4% | -66.7% | 463 | $97 | $22,188,468 | 43 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 35 | 29 | The Quiet American | $38,420 | +134.3% | -22.7% | 168 | $228 | $12,387,196 | 162 | Miramax |
| 36 | 37 | Dreamcatcher | $34,211 | +258% | -6.9% | 241 | $141 | $33,404,652 | 43 | Warner Bros. |
| 37 | 30 | How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days | $33,844 | +125.9% | -44.5% | 140 | $241 | $103,974,732 | 85 | Paramount Pictures |
| 38 | - | The Dancer Upstairs | $28,667 | - | - | 13 | $2,205 | $28,667 | 1 | - |
| 39 | 39 | The Hours | $27,789 | +251.3% | +93.1% | 187 | $148 | $41,396,605 | 127 | Paramount Pictures |
| 40 | 44 | The Man Without a Past | $27,481 | +442.7% | +39.8% | 28 | $981 | $288,752 | 29 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 41 | - | Nicholas Nickleby | $24,217 | - | - | - | - | $1,587,173 | 127 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) |
| 42 | - | City of God | $24,170 | - | +16.8% | 61 | $396 | $3,867,127 | 106 | Miramax |
| 43 | 31 | Bowling for Columbine | $22,504 | +59.8% | -26.1% | 88 | $255 | $21,090,060 | 204 | United Artists |
| 44 | 32 | Old School | $22,410 | +70.3% | -49.1% | 93 | $240 | $74,685,832 | 71 | DreamWorks Distribution |
| 45 | 38 | About Schmidt | $21,465 | +135.6% | -25.4% | 134 | $160 | $64,761,238 | 141 | New Line Cinema |
| 46 | - | Basic | $20,673 | - | -80.9% | 112 | $184 | $26,488,353 | 36 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 47 | 34 | The Jungle Book 2 | $20,572 | +59.5% | -40.2% | 213 | $96 | $47,617,108 | 78 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 48 | 49 | Winged Migration 2003 Re-release | $19,635 | +372.2% | +149.1% | 8 | $2,454 | $118,988 | 15 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 49 | 33 | The Recruit | $18,348 | +41.1% | -45.1% | 100 | $183 | $52,685,326 | 92 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 50 | 43 | Kangaroo Jack | $18,210 | +221.8% | -50.5% | 211 | $86 | $66,441,456 | 106 | Warner Bros. |
| 51 | 47 | The Hunted | $16,200 | +274.6% | -23.1% | 145 | $111 | $33,956,467 | 50 | Paramount Pictures |
| 52 | - | T-Rex: Back to the Cretaceous | $13,179 | - | - | 6 | $2,196 | $42,209,843 | 1,653 | IMAX |
| 53 | - | Russian Ark | $12,470 | - | - | 22 | $566 | $1,731,894 | 141 | Wellspring Media |
| 54 | 41 | Assassination Tango | $12,285 | +81.5% | -22.1% | 34 | $361 | $685,554 | 36 | United Artists |
| 55 | 42 | Cradle 2 the Grave | $12,074 | +104.4% | -40.5% | 114 | $105 | $34,538,385 | 64 | Warner Bros. |
| 56 | 46 | National Security | $11,968 | +158.3% | -33.8% | 75 | $159 | $36,146,733 | 106 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 57 | 50 | Cowboy Bebop: The Movie | $10,518 | +235.7% | +17.9% | 21 | $500 | $637,298 | 29 | IDP Distribution |
| 58 | - | Die Another Day | $9,879 | - | - | - | - | $160,942,139 | 162 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) |
| 59 | 40 | Talk to Her 2002 Re-release | $9,597 | +25.1% | -28.3% | 37 | $259 | $9,173,384 | 162 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 60 | 52 | Catch Me If You Can | $9,091 | +200.5% | -26.8% | 77 | $118 | $164,538,527 | 129 | DreamWorks Distribution |
| 61 | - | Owning Mahowny | $8,934 | - | - | 9 | $992 | $8,934 | 1 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 62 | 48 | Final Destination 2 | $8,205 | +90% | -41.8% | 56 | $146 | $46,783,862 | 92 | New Line Cinema |
| 63 | - | The Spanish Apartment | $7,968 | - | - | 23 | $346 | $690,953 | 43 | - |
| 64 | - | Blue Car | $7,925 | - | - | 6 | $1,320 | $7,925 | 1 | Miramax |
| 65 | - | Boat Trip | $7,487 | - | - | 42 | $178 | $8,555,203 | 43 | Artisan Entertainment |
| 66 | 51 | Spider | $5,909 | +89.3% | -38.1% | 23 | $256 | $1,425,518 | 134 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 67 | - | Lawless Heart | $5,887 | - | - | 9 | $654 | $123,189 | 71 | First Look International |
| 68 | - | Haunted Castle | $5,810 | - | - | 4 | $1,452 | $6,058,501 | 799 | - |
| 69 | 54 | People I Know | $5,611 | +97% | -39.9% | 5 | $1,122 | $51,509 | 10 | Miramax |
| 70 | - | Rivers and Tides | $5,482 | - | - | 10 | $548 | $1,455,970 | 311 | Roxie Releasing |
| 71 | - | Time Changer | $5,356 | - | - | 24 | $223 | $1,082,168 | 190 | Five & Two Pictures |
| 72 | 45 | Tears of the Sun | $5,319 | +11.2% | -57.5% | 71 | $74 | $43,533,384 | 57 | Revolution Studios |
| 73 | 56 | Just Married | $4,929 | +97.2% | -35% | 23 | $214 | $56,107,994 | 113 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 74 | - | Spellbound | $4,806 | - | - | 1 | $4,806 | $10,344 | 3 | THINKFilm |
| 75 | 53 | City of Ghosts | $4,742 | +66.1% | -49% | 6 | $790 | $45,590 | 8 | United Artists |
| 76 | - | He Loves Me, He Loves Me Not | $4,512 | - | - | 16 | $282 | $749,805 | 78 | IDP Distribution |
| 77 | - | Lilya 4-Ever | $4,438 | - | - | 5 | $887 | $86,298 | 15 | Newmarket Films |
| 78 | 60 | XX/XY | $4,267 | +259.8% | +55.6% | 14 | $304 | $54,481 | 22 | IFC Films |
| 79 | - | Shackleton's Antarctic Adventure | $3,525 | - | - | 10 | $352 | $14,534,965 | 812 | - |
| 80 | - | Stevie | $3,272 | - | - | 13 | $251 | $83,766 | 36 | Lionsgate Films |
| 81 | - | All the Real Girls | $3,235 | - | - | 16 | $202 | $452,046 | 78 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 82 | - | Fellini: I'm a Born Liar | $3,006 | - | - | 5 | $601 | $71,459 | 31 | First Look International |
| 83 | - | Amandla! | $2,945 | - | - | 15 | $196 | $387,661 | 73 | Artisan Entertainment |
| 84 | - | Adaptation. | $2,806 | - | -54% | 9 | $311 | $22,299,425 | 148 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 85 | - | Lost in La Mancha | $2,782 | - | - | 13 | $214 | $672,284 | 92 | IFC Films |
| 86 | - | New Suit | $2,780 | - | - | 7 | $397 | $2,780 | 1 | - |
| 87 | - | The R.M. | $2,735 | - | - | 17 | $160 | $920,667 | 92 | - |
| 88 | - | Cirque du Soleil: Journey of Man | $2,575 | - | - | 3 | $858 | $15,184,879 | 1,093 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 89 | 59 | Gods and Generals | $2,567 | +82.3% | -18.3% | 16 | $160 | $12,878,051 | 71 | Warner Bros. |
| 90 | 57 | DysFunktional Family | $2,520 | +5.3% | -70.5% | 11 | $229 | $2,237,809 | 29 | Miramax |
| 91 | - | View from the Top | $2,386 | - | -73.7% | 16 | $149 | $15,599,823 | 43 | Miramax |
| 92 | 58 | Spun | $2,191 | -7.6% | -41% | 8 | $273 | $390,954 | 50 | Newmarket Films |
| 93 | - | The Red Circle | $2,181 | - | - | 3 | $727 | $206,084 | 113 | Rialto Pictures |
| 94 | - | Divine Intervention | $2,050 | - | - | 6 | $341 | $296,866 | 106 | Avatar Films |
| 95 | - | Frida | $1,991 | - | - | 19 | $104 | $25,842,049 | 190 | Miramax |
| 96 | - | Stone Reader | $1,896 | - | - | 3 | $632 | $74,814 | 80 | - |
| 97 | 61 | Marooned in Iraq | $1,809 | +70.2% | +2.7% | 6 | $301 | $12,005 | 8 | Wellspring Media |
| 98 | - | Apollo 13 The IMAX Experience | $1,690 | - | - | 3 | $563 | $1,509,927 | 225 | IMAX |
| 99 | - | The Cremaster Cycle | $1,555 | - | -55.3% | 1 | $1,555 | $19,476 | 8 | Palm Pictures |
| 100 | - | Blind Spot. Hitler's Secretary | $1,435 | - | - | 9 | $159 | $319,847 | 99 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 101 | 65 | Antwone Fisher | $1,424 | +93.2% | +0.8% | 11 | $129 | $21,067,721 | 135 | - |
| 102 | 63 | House of Fools | $1,362 | +60% | -28.1% | 5 | $272 | $11,628 | 8 | Paramount Classics |
| 103 | 62 | Irreversible | $1,351 | +28.1% | -32.8% | 4 | $337 | $779,247 | 57 | Lionsgate Films |
| 104 | - | Rabbit-Proof Fence | $1,343 | - | - | 11 | $122 | $6,178,374 | 157 | Miramax |
| 105 | - | Amen. | $1,330 | - | - | 7 | $190 | $197,921 | 99 | Kino International |
| 106 | - | The Lion King 2002 IMAX Release | $1,275 | - | - | 8 | $159 | $15,651,759 | 127 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 107 | 74 | Willard | $1,224 | +903.3% | +216.3% | 1 | $1,224 | $6,880,398 | 50 | New Line Cinema |
| 108 | - | Extreme | $1,171 | - | - | 3 | $390 | $12,425,937 | 1,492 | IMAX |
| 109 | 66 | Two Weeks Notice | $1,130 | +70.2% | -51.8% | 6 | $188 | $93,352,645 | 134 | Warner Bros. |
| 110 | - | Encounter in the Third Dimension | $1,130 | - | - | - | - | $6,843,602 | 1,527 | - |
| 111 | - | O Fantasma | $1,061 | - | - | 1 | $1,061 | $94,749 | 162 | - |
| 112 | - | Painted Fire | $1,056 | - | - | 5 | $211 | $34,082 | 78 | Kino International |
| 113 | 69 | Manic | $996 | +160.1% | -60% | 1 | $996 | $10,562 | 8 | IFC Films |
| 114 | 67 | The Life of David Gale | $898 | +45.5% | -38.9% | 3 | $299 | $19,693,048 | 71 | Universal Pictures |
| 115 | - | Manfast | $824 | - | - | 1 | $824 | $1,292 | 3 | - |
| 116 | - | Onmyoji: The Yin Yang Master | $811 | - | - | 3 | $270 | $9,762 | 8 | Pioneer |
| 117 | - | The Fassbinder Series Film Festival | $746 | - | - | 1 | $746 | $113,384 | 78 | Wellspring Media |
| 118 | 55 | Spirited Away | $738 | -71.2% | -88.8% | 16 | $46 | $9,944,372 | 225 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 119 | - | Galapagos | $697 | - | - | 4 | $174 | $12,542,563 | 1,282 | IMAX |
| 120 | - | Medea | $659 | - | - | 3 | $219 | $6,714 | 15 | - |
| 121 | 73 | The Guru | $641 | +223.7% | -21.6% | 6 | $106 | $3,050,249 | 92 | Universal Pictures |
| 122 | - | Maid in Manhattan | $632 | - | +130.7% | 1 | $632 | $93,931,028 | 141 | Revolution Studios |
| 123 | - | The Young Unknowns | $620 | - | - | 3 | $206 | $35,306 | 22 | Indican Pictures |
| 124 | - | Charlotte Sometimes | $614 | - | - | 1 | $614 | $615 | 1 | - |
| 125 | - | Evelyn | $590 | - | - | 3 | $196 | $1,484,103 | 141 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) |
| 126 | - | Power and Terror: Noam Chomsky in Our Times | $584 | - | - | 3 | $194 | $233,095 | 162 | First Run |
| 127 | - | The Bread, My Sweet | $553 | - | - | 3 | $184 | $556,155 | 835 | Panorama Entertainment |
| 128 | - | Dr. Benny | $522 | - | - | 1 | $522 | $523 | 1 | Outrider Pictures |
| 129 | - | The Good Old Naughty Days | $512 | - | - | 1 | $512 | $36,508 | 36 | Strand Releasing |
| 130 | - | The Trials of Henry Kissinger | $450 | - | - | 1 | $450 | $506,844 | 220 | First Run |
| 131 | - | Seven Samurai 2002 Re-release | $366 | - | - | 1 | $366 | $237,811 | 246 | Cowboy Pictures |
| 132 | - | A Decade Under the Influence | $346 | - | - | 1 | $346 | $4,459 | 8 | IFC Films |
| 133 | 64 | Gangs of New York | $333 | -60.5% | -85.7% | 2 | $166 | $77,726,110 | 134 | Miramax |
| 134 | - | Kurosawa & Mifune Festival | $305 | - | - | 3 | $101 | $515,401 | 281 | Cowboy Pictures |
| 135 | - | The Safety of Objects | $292 | - | - | 3 | $97 | $306,406 | 57 | IFC Films |
| 136 | - | Across the Sea of Time | $280 | - | - | 1 | $280 | $15,981,319 | 2,752 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 137 | - | Fidel | $260 | - | - | 1 | $260 | $119,744 | 197 | First Run |
| 138 | - | The Son | $249 | - | - | 2 | $124 | $50,202 | 113 | New Yorker Films |
| 139 | - | Alien Adventure | $242 | - | - | 1 | $242 | $4,275,062 | 1,352 | - |
| 140 | 77 | Till Human Voices Wake Us | $240 | +220% | +281% | 2 | $120 | $118,377 | 71 | Paramount Classics |
| 141 | 75 | Biker Boyz | $237 | +97.5% | -59.4% | 2 | $118 | $21,906,983 | 92 | DreamWorks Distribution |
| 142 | 70 | The Hot Chick | $235 | -27.5% | -70.6% | 2 | $117 | $35,080,902 | 141 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 143 | - | Manna from Heaven | $232 | - | - | 1 | $232 | $391,247 | 274 | Five Sisters Productions |
| 144 | - | Charly | $201 | - | - | 1 | $201 | $813,458 | 218 | Excel Entertainment |
| 145 | - | Morvern Callar | $174 | - | - | 3 | $58 | $233,341 | 134 | Cowboy Pictures |
| 146 | - | Jersey Guy | $173 | - | - | 1 | $173 | $3,230 | 8 | Castle Hill Productions |
| 147 | 72 | The Way Home | $171 | -37.6% | -58.5% | 3 | $57 | $444,382 | 169 | Paramount Classics |
| 148 | - | Bolivia | $168 | - | - | 1 | $168 | $21,235 | 66 | Cinema Tropical |
| 149 | - | Shanghai Ghetto | $144 | - | - | 1 | $144 | $594,061 | 218 | Menemsha Films |
| 150 | - | Float Like a Butterfly, Sting Like a Bee | $82 | - | - | 1 | $82 | $18,038 | 22 | - |
| 151 | 76 | Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets | $80 | -18.4% | -91.2% | 1 | $80 | $261,988,405 | 169 | Warner Bros. |
| 152 | - | Chaos 2002 Re-release | $75 | - | - | 1 | $75 | $156,049 | 94 | New Yorker Films |
| 153 | - | Thrill Ride: The Science of Fun | $29 | - | - | 1 | $29 | $18,358,785 | 2,122 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 154 | 68 | Levity | $24 | -94.5% | -98.7% | 1 | $24 | $91,523 | 29 | Sony Pictures Classics |
