| Rank | Release
| Genre
| Budget
| Running Time
| Gross | Theaters | Total Gross | Release Date | Distributor
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | Scary Movie 3 | - | - | - | $4,416,000 | 3,505 | $110,003,217 | Oct 24 | Dimension Films | true |
| 2 | The Texas Chainsaw Massacre | - | - | - | $3,708,000 | 3,018 | $80,571,655 | Oct 17 | New Line Cinema | true |
| 3 | Radio | - | - | - | $1,994,436 | 3,074 | $52,333,738 | Oct 24 | Revolution Studios | false |
| 4 | Runaway Jury | - | - | - | $1,597,851 | 2,815 | $49,443,628 | Oct 17 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 5 | Mystic River | - | - | - | $1,378,447 | 1,581 | $90,135,191 | Oct 8 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 6 | Kill Bill: Vol. 1 | - | - | - | $949,000 | 3,102 | $70,099,045 | Oct 10 | Miramax | true |
| 7 | School of Rock | - | - | - | $733,886 | 2,951 | $81,261,177 | Oct 3 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 8 | Intolerable Cruelty | - | - | - | $564,740 | 2,570 | $35,327,628 | Oct 10 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 9 | In the Cut | - | - | - | $551,624 | 825 | $4,750,602 | Oct 22 | Screen Gems | false |
| 10 | Good Boy | - | - | - | $415,298 | 3,225 | $37,667,746 | Oct 10 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false |
| 11 | Under the Tuscan Sun | - | - | - | $386,300 | 1,701 | $43,610,723 | Sep 26 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 12 | Alien 2003 Director's Cut | - | - | - | $362,896 | 347 | $1,986,910 | Oct 29 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 13 | The Human Stain | - | - | - | $261,000 | 388 | $5,381,908 | Oct 31 | Miramax | true |
| 14 | Lost in Translation | - | - | - | $252,000 | 882 | $44,585,453 | Sep 12 | Focus Features | true |
| 15 | Beyond Borders | - | - | - | $250,955 | 1,798 | $4,430,101 | Oct 24 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 16 | Out of Time | - | - | - | $244,306 | 3,076 | $41,088,845 | Oct 3 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false |
| 17 | Secondhand Lions | - | - | - | $170,000 | 3,038 | $42,070,939 | Sep 19 | New Line Cinema | true |
| 18 | Underworld | - | - | - | $165,151 | 2,928 | $51,970,690 | Sep 19 | Screen Gems | false |
| 19 | The Rundown | - | - | - | $112,125 | 3,154 | $47,726,342 | Sep 26 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 20 | Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl | - | - | - | $95,000 | 3,416 | $305,413,918 | Jul 9 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | true |
| 21 | The Fighting Temptations | - | - | - | $49,477 | 2,026 | $30,250,745 | Sep 19 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 22 | Pieces of April | - | - | - | $44,946 | 101 | $2,528,664 | Oct 17 | United Artists | false |
| 23 | Seabiscuit | - | - | - | $34,080 | 2,573 | $120,277,854 | Jul 25 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 24 | Matchstick Men | - | - | - | $33,120 | 2,711 | $36,906,460 | Sep 12 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 25 | Shattered Glass | - | - | - | $16,702 | 215 | $2,220,008 | Oct 31 | Lionsgate Films | false |
| 26 | Brother Bear | - | - | - | $16,691 | 3,030 | $85,336,277 | Oct 24 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 27 | S.W.A.T. | - | - | - | $16,141 | 3,220 | $116,934,650 | Aug 8 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 28 | Elephant | - | - | - | $7,692 | 38 | $1,266,955 | Oct 24 | Fine Line Features | false |
| 29 | Lara Croft: Tomb Raider - The Cradle of Life | - | - | - | $6,483 | 3,222 | $65,660,196 | Jul 25 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 30 | The Singing Detective | - | - | - | $5,769 | 46 | $337,174 | Oct 24 | Paramount Classics | false |
| 31 | Whale Rider | - | - | - | $3,285 | 556 | $20,779,666 | Jun 6 | Newmarket Films | false |
| 32 | Thirteen | - | - | - | $3,007 | 243 | $4,601,043 | Aug 20 | - | false |
| 33 | The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen | - | - | - | $2,201 | 3,002 | $66,465,204 | Jul 11 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 34 | The Italian Job | - | - | - | $1,703 | 2,877 | $106,128,601 | May 30 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 35 | Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star | - | - | - | $1,093 | 2,083 | $22,738,671 | Sep 5 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 36 | Northfork | - | - | - | $846 | 71 | $1,420,578 | Jul 11 | Paramount Classics | false |
| 37 | And Now Ladies & Gentlemen | - | - | - | $696 | 48 | $736,872 | Aug 1 | Paramount Classics | false |
| 38 | Man on the Train | - | - | - | $306 | 85 | $2,542,020 | May 9 | Paramount Classics | false |
