| Rank | Release
| Genre
| Budget
| Running Time
| Gross | Theaters | Total Gross | Release Date | Distributor
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | The Last Samurai | - | - | - | $24,271,354 | 2,938 | $111,127,263 | Dec 5 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 2 | Honey | - | - | - | $12,856,040 | 1,972 | $30,308,417 | Dec 5 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 3 | The Haunted Mansion | - | - | - | $9,394,185 | 3,122 | $75,847,266 | Nov 26 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 4 | Elf | - | - | - | $8,100,000 | 3,381 | $173,398,518 | Nov 7 | New Line Cinema | true |
| 5 | The Cat in the Hat | - | - | - | $7,141,855 | 3,467 | $101,149,285 | Nov 21 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 6 | Bad Santa | - | - | - | $7,100,000 | 2,540 | $60,060,328 | Nov 26 | Dimension Films | true |
| 7 | Gothika | - | - | - | $5,250,356 | 2,382 | $59,694,580 | Nov 21 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 8 | The Missing | - | - | - | $4,034,563 | 2,756 | $27,011,180 | Nov 26 | Revolution Studios | false |
| 9 | Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World | - | - | - | $3,722,008 | 3,101 | $93,927,920 | Nov 14 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 10 | Love Actually | - | - | - | $3,561,360 | 1,714 | $59,827,019 | Nov 7 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 11 | Timeline | - | - | - | $2,729,568 | 2,787 | $19,481,943 | Nov 26 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 12 | The Matrix Revolutions | - | - | - | $1,352,380 | 3,502 | $139,313,948 | Nov 5 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 13 | Brother Bear | - | - | - | $1,259,466 | 3,030 | $85,336,277 | Oct 24 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 14 | Mystic River | - | - | - | $622,480 | 1,581 | $90,135,191 | Oct 8 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 15 | Looney Tunes: Back in Action | - | - | - | $531,429 | 2,903 | $20,991,364 | Nov 14 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 16 | 21 Grams | - | - | - | $502,327 | 411 | $16,290,476 | Nov 21 | Focus Features | true |
| 17 | The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring 2003 Extended Edition | - | - | - | $473,463 | 126 | $1,412,056 | Dec 5 | New Line Cinema | true |
| 18 | Radio | - | - | - | $401,494 | 3,074 | $52,333,738 | Oct 24 | Revolution Studios | false |
| 19 | Kal Ho Naa Ho | - | - | - | $303,623 | 52 | $1,991,922 | Nov 26 | Yash Raj Films | false |
| 20 | Lost in Translation | - | - | - | $283,758 | 882 | $44,585,453 | Sep 12 | Focus Features | false |
| 21 | The Station Agent | - | - | - | $272,920 | 198 | $5,739,376 | Oct 3 | Miramax | false |
| 22 | Runaway Jury | - | - | - | $241,346 | 2,815 | $49,443,628 | Oct 17 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 23 | Santa vs. the Snowman 3D 2003 Re-release | - | - | - | $221,873 | 46 | $3,045,032 | Oct 31 | IMAX | false |
| 24 | Scary Movie 3 | - | - | - | $218,739 | 3,505 | $110,003,217 | Oct 24 | Dimension Films | false |
| 25 | Red Nose | - | - | - | $195,725 | 90 | $2,004,814 | Nov 28 | Christal Films | false |
| 26 | The Human Stain | - | - | - | $188,290 | 388 | $5,381,908 | Oct 31 | Miramax | false |
| 27 | Freaky Friday | - | - | - | $186,638 | 3,067 | $110,230,332 | Aug 6 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 28 | Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl | - | - | - | $165,101 | 3,416 | $305,413,918 | Jul 9 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 29 | Shattered Glass | - | - | - | $154,266 | 215 | $2,220,008 | Oct 31 | Lionsgate | false |
| 30 | School of Rock | - | - | - | $146,742 | 2,951 | $81,261,177 | Oct 3 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 31 | In America | - | - | - | $143,380 | 403 | $15,539,656 | Nov 26 | Fox Searchlight Pictures | false |
| 32 | The Gospel of John | - | - | - | $126,628 | 113 | $4,069,090 | Sep 26 | THINKFilm | false |
| 33 | Kill Bill: Vol. 1 | - | - | - | $124,871 | 3,102 | $70,099,045 | Oct 10 | Miramax | false |
| 34 | The Texas Chainsaw Massacre | - | - | - | $111,347 | 3,018 | $80,571,655 | Oct 17 | New Line Cinema | false |
| 35 | Pieces of April | - | - | - | $108,865 | 101 | $2,528,664 | Oct 17 | United Artists | false |
| 36 | Spy Kids 3: Game Over | - | - | - | $93,295 | 3,388 | $111,761,982 | Jul 25 | Dimension Films | false |
| 37 | The Cooler | - | - | - | $75,699 | 408 | $8,291,572 | Nov 26 | Lionsgate | false |
| 38 | The Legend of Johnny Lingo | - | - | - | $72,963 | 63 | $1,690,767 | Aug 29 | Innovation Film Group (IFG) | false |
| 39 | Under the Tuscan Sun | - | - | - | $67,797 | 1,701 | $43,610,723 | Sep 26 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 40 | Intolerable Cruelty | - | - | - | $64,350 | 2,570 | $35,327,628 | Oct 10 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 41 | Once Upon a Time in Mexico | - | - | - | $60,021 | 3,289 | $56,359,780 | Sep 12 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 42 | Space Station 3D | - | - | - | $59,613 | 64 | $93,383,953 | Apr 19 | IMAX | false |
| 43 | The Triplets of Belleville | - | - | - | $57,907 | 463 | $7,007,149 | Nov 26 | Sony Pictures Classics | false |
| 44 | The Barbarian Invasions 2003 Re-release | - | - | - | $54,934 | 139 | $3,435,749 | Nov 21 | Miramax | false |
| 45 | Bubba Ho-Tep | - | - | - | $51,670 | 25 | $1,239,183 | Sep 19 | Vitagraph Films | false |
| 46 | The Fighting Temptations | - | - | - | $51,184 | 2,026 | $30,250,745 | Sep 19 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 47 | Elephant | - | - | - | $50,841 | 38 | $1,266,955 | Oct 24 | Fine Line Features | false |
| 48 | Tupac: Resurrection | - | - | - | $50,041 | 804 | $7,718,961 | Nov 14 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 49 | Secondhand Lions | - | - | - | $42,416 | 3,038 | $42,070,939 | Sep 19 | New Line Cinema | false |
| 50 | Pride and Prejudice | - | - | - | $38,329 | 20 | $377,271 | Dec 5 | Excel Entertainment | false |
| 51 | Bugs! | - | - | - | $33,480 | 33 | $19,063,544 | Mar 12 | SK Films | false |
| 52 | Out of Time | - | - | - | $31,306 | 3,076 | $41,088,845 | Oct 3 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false |
| 53 | The Rundown | - | - | - | $30,318 | 3,154 | $47,726,342 | Sep 26 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 54 | To Be and to Have | - | - | - | $27,670 | 14 | $777,129 | Sep 19 | New Yorker Films | false |
| 55 | Haunted Castle | - | - | - | $27,500 | 10 | $13,651,656 | Feb 23 | nWave Pictures | false |
| 56 | Seabiscuit | - | - | - | $26,528 | 2,573 | $120,277,854 | Jul 25 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 57 | My Architect | - | - | - | $25,617 | 39 | $2,750,707 | Nov 12 | New Yorker Films | false |
| 58 | Sylvia | - | - | - | $22,041 | 109 | $1,315,498 | Oct 17 | Focus Features | false |
| 59 | Tibet: Cry of the Snow Lion | - | - | - | $21,062 | 15 | $578,241 | Sep 19 | Artistic License | false |
| 60 | Good Boy | - | - | - | $20,103 | 3,225 | $37,667,746 | Oct 10 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false |
| 61 | Die, Mommie, Die! | - | - | - | $18,282 | 17 | $320,092 | Oct 31 | Sundance Film Series | false |
| 62 | Gloomy Sunday | - | - | - | $18,228 | 16 | $585,604 | Jun 20 | Menemsha Films | false |
| 63 | From Here to Eternity | - | - | - | $18,176 | 5 | $36,416 | Dec 5 | Sony Pictures Repertory | false |
| 64 | Luther | - | - | - | $15,330 | 400 | $5,791,328 | Sep 26 | R.S. Entertainment | false |
| 65 | Shackleton's Antarctic Adventure | - | - | - | $11,727 | 26 | $15,553,324 | Feb 10 | WGBH Giant-Screen Films | false |
| 66 | Mambo Italiano 2003 Re-release | - | - | - | $11,693 | 183 | $3,205,730 | Sep 19 | IDP Distribution | false |
| 67 | Bus 174 | - | - | - | $11,395 | 5 | $217,201 | Oct 8 | THINKFilm | false |
| 68 | The Bread, My Sweet | - | - | - | $11,136 | 8 | $1,023,156 | Jan 18 | Panorama Entertainment | false |
| 69 | Dirty Pretty Things | - | - | - | $10,484 | 493 | $8,112,414 | Jul 18 | Miramax | false |
| 70 | Party Monster | - | - | - | $10,196 | 13 | $742,898 | Aug 29 | Strand Releasing | false |
| 71 | T-Rex: Back to the Cretaceous | - | - | - | $8,924 | 38 | $53,354,743 | Oct 23 | IMAX | false |
| 72 | The Holy Land | - | - | - | $8,491 | 17 | $603,520 | Jul 11 | Cavu Pictures | false |
| 73 | City of God | - | - | - | $7,732 | 242 | $7,564,459 | Jan 17 | Miramax | false |
| 74 | The Animation Show | - | - | - | $7,638 | 10 | $366,344 | Sep 5 | The Animation Show | false |
| 75 | The Weather Underground | - | - | - | $7,064 | 14 | $564,632 | Jun 4 | Shadow Distribution | false |
| 76 | The Singing Detective | - | - | - | $6,762 | 46 | $337,174 | Oct 24 | Paramount Classics | false |
| 77 | Ghosts of the Abyss | - | - | - | $6,729 | 97 | $17,040,871 | Apr 11 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 78 | What Alice Found | - | - | - | $6,720 | 3 | $67,436 | Dec 5 | Castle Hill Productions | false |
| 79 | Winged Migration 2003 Re-release | - | - | - | $6,418 | 202 | $10,764,402 | Apr 18 | Sony Pictures Classics | false |
| 80 | The Revolution Will Not Be Televised | - | - | - | $6,000 | 8 | $153,859 | Oct 24 | Vitagraph Films | false |
| 81 | The Flower of Evil | - | - | - | $5,854 | 16 | $182,163 | Oct 10 | Palm Pictures | false |
| 82 | My Flesh and Blood | - | - | - | $5,555 | 7 | $40,573 | Nov 28 | Strand Releasing | false |
| 83 | Finding Nemo | - | - | - | $4,918 | 3,425 | $339,714,978 | May 30 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 84 | Seducing Doctor Lewis | - | - | - | $4,811 | 80 | $9,354,342 | Jul 11 | Odeon | false |
| 85 | My Life Without Me | - | - | - | $4,526 | 39 | $400,948 | Sep 26 | Sony Pictures Classics | false |
| 86 | The Far Side of the Moon | - | - | - | $4,186 | 7 | $235,926 | Oct 20 | Odeon | false |
| 87 | The Secret Lives of Dentists | - | - | - | $4,175 | 181 | $3,707,346 | Aug 1 | Manhattan Pictures International | false |
| 88 | Taking Sides | - | - | - | $4,112 | 9 | $188,952 | Sep 5 | New Yorker Films | false |
| 89 | The Gatekeeper | - | - | - | $3,722 | 3 | $312,434 | Apr 25 | Gatekeeper Productions | false |
| 90 | Girls Will Be Girls | - | - | - | $3,151 | 14 | $148,047 | Oct 10 | IFC Films | false |
| 91 | Gaz Bar Blues | - | - | - | $3,036 | 23 | $884,664 | Sep 5 | Odeon | false |
| 92 | Galapagos | - | - | - | $2,988 | 14 | $18,630,372 | Oct 29 | IMAX | false |
| 93 | The Cremaster Cycle | - | - | - | $2,840 | 7 | $514,622 | Apr 25 | Palm Pictures | false |
| 94 | Demonlover | - | - | - | $2,787 | 15 | $232,044 | Sep 19 | Palm Pictures | false |
| 95 | Red Betsy | - | - | - | $2,766 | 22 | $164,520 | Sep 19 | Lang Films | false |
| 96 | Bonhoeffer | - | - | - | $2,710 | 7 | $296,181 | Jun 20 | First Run | false |
| 97 | Thirteen | - | - | - | $2,656 | 243 | $4,601,043 | Aug 20 | Fox Searchlight Pictures | false |
| 98 | Hukkle | - | - | - | $2,474 | 4 | $53,715 | Nov 14 | Shadow Distribution | false |
| 99 | Porn Theatre | - | - | - | $2,372 | 2 | $31,653 | Oct 10 | Strand Releasing | false |
| 100 | Masked and Anonymous | - | - | - | $2,230 | 23 | $533,569 | Jul 24 | Sony Pictures Classics | false |
| 101 | Cirque du Soleil: Journey of Man | - | - | - | $2,216 | 22 | $15,627,434 | May 5 | Sony Pictures Classics | false |
| 102 | Forget Baghdad: Jews and Arabs - The Iraqi Connection | - | - | - | $2,207 | 1 | $3,741 | Dec 5 | Arab Film Distribution | false |
| 103 | Autumn Spring 2003 Re-release | - | - | - | $2,202 | 5 | $96,269 | Aug 22 | First Look International | false |
| 104 | 9 Dead Gay Guys | - | - | - | $2,174 | 2 | $26,377 | Oct 17 | TLA Releasing | false |
| 105 | Monty Python and the Holy Grail 2001 Re-release | - | - | - | $2,137 | 26 | $1,827,696 | Jun 15 | Rainbow Releasing | false |
| 106 | Billabong Odyssey | - | - | - | $2,000 | 27 | $156,000 | Nov 7 | ArenaPlex LLC | false |
| 107 | Evil Words | - | - | - | $1,971 | 61 | $2,014,071 | Oct 3 | Odeon | false |
| 108 | Manna from Heaven | - | - | - | $1,880 | 33 | $505,675 | Aug 2 | Five Sisters Productions | false |
| 109 | The Legend of Leigh Bowery | - | - | - | $1,789 | 1 | $11,989 | Nov 28 | Palm Pictures | false |
| 110 | Carnage | - | - | - | $1,749 | 6 | $60,158 | Sep 5 | Wellspring Media | false |
| 111 | The Book of Mormon Movie, Volume 1: The Journey | - | - | - | $1,486 | 38 | $1,680,020 | Sep 12 | Mormon Movies LLC | false |
| 112 | Yossi & Jagger | - | - | - | $1,258 | 6 | $267,005 | Sep 24 | Strand Releasing | false |
| 113 | Madame Satã | - | - | - | $1,014 | 9 | $198,309 | Jul 9 | Wellspring Media | false |
| 114 | China: The Panda Adventure | - | - | - | $918 | 21 | $3,921,642 | Jun 9 | IMAX | false |
| 115 | Encounter in the Third Dimension | - | - | - | $700 | 16 | $7,195,792 | Feb 26 | nWave Pictures | false |
| 116 | The Girl from Paris | - | - | - | $683 | 5 | $183,266 | Mar 21 | Films Philos | false |
| 117 | Thrill Ride: The Science of Fun | - | - | - | $567 | 81 | $18,798,590 | Jul 11 | Sony Pictures Classics | false |
| 118 | Spellbound | - | - | - | $523 | 117 | $5,728,581 | Apr 30 | THINKFilm | false |
| 119 | In My Skin | - | - | - | $415 | 3 | $31,046 | Nov 7 | Wellspring Media | false |
| 120 | Alien Adventure | - | - | - | $400 | 10 | $8,959,784 | Aug 20 | nWave Pictures | false |
| 121 | Emerald Cowboy | - | - | - | $338 | 6 | $101,358 | Sep 19 | Indican Pictures | false |
| 122 | Northfork | - | - | - | $250 | 71 | $1,420,578 | Jul 11 | Paramount Classics | false |
| 123 | Km. 0 - Kilometer Zero | - | - | - | $127 | 6 | $159,338 | Jul 11 | TLA Releasing | false |
| 124 | The Good Old Naughty Days | - | - | - | $120 | 2 | $60,862 | Mar 28 | Strand Releasing | false |
| 125 | Once Upon a Time in the Midlands | - | - | - | $116 | 17 | $172,564 | Aug 29 | Sony Pictures Classics | false |
| 126 | Apollo 13 The IMAX Experience | - | - | - | $105 | 19 | $1,766,621 | Sep 20 | IMAX | false |
| 127 | Prey for Rock & Roll | - | - | - | $91 | 5 | $58,040 | Sep 26 | MAC Releasing | false |
