| Rank | Release
| Genre
| Budget
| Running Time
| Gross | Theaters | Total Gross | Release Date | Distributor
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | The Cat in the Hat | - | - | - | $24,459,685 | 3,467 | $101,149,285 | Nov 21 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 2 | The Haunted Mansion | - | - | - | $24,278,410 | 3,122 | $75,847,266 | Nov 26 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 3 | Elf | - | - | - | $22,200,000 | 3,381 | $173,398,518 | Nov 7 | New Line Cinema | true |
| 4 | Gothika | - | - | - | $12,868,471 | 2,382 | $59,694,580 | Nov 21 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 5 | Bad Santa | - | - | - | $12,500,000 | 2,540 | $60,060,328 | Nov 26 | Dimension Films | true |
| 6 | Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World | - | - | - | $12,048,731 | 3,101 | $93,927,920 | Nov 14 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 7 | The Missing | - | - | - | $10,833,633 | 2,756 | $27,011,180 | Nov 26 | Revolution Studios | false |
| 8 | Timeline | - | - | - | $8,440,629 | 2,787 | $19,481,943 | Nov 26 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 9 | Love Actually | - | - | - | $8,218,630 | 1,714 | $59,827,019 | Nov 7 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 10 | Brother Bear | - | - | - | $4,872,344 | 3,030 | $85,336,277 | Oct 24 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 11 | The Matrix Revolutions | - | - | - | $4,787,326 | 3,502 | $139,313,948 | Nov 5 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 12 | Looney Tunes: Back in Action | - | - | - | $2,507,465 | 2,903 | $20,991,364 | Nov 14 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 13 | Radio | - | - | - | $1,705,022 | 3,074 | $52,333,738 | Oct 24 | Revolution Studios | false |
| 14 | Mystic River | - | - | - | $1,610,234 | 1,581 | $90,135,191 | Oct 8 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 15 | Scary Movie 3 | - | - | - | $1,118,090 | 3,505 | $110,003,217 | Oct 24 | Dimension Films | true |
| 16 | 21 Grams | - | - | - | $988,321 | 411 | $16,290,476 | Nov 21 | Focus Features | false |
| 17 | Kal Ho Naa Ho | - | - | - | $758,211 | 52 | $1,991,922 | Nov 26 | Yash Raj Films | false |
| 18 | Runaway Jury | - | - | - | $702,317 | 2,815 | $49,443,628 | Oct 17 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 19 | Lost in Translation | - | - | - | $544,363 | 882 | $44,585,453 | Sep 12 | Focus Features | true |
| 20 | The Human Stain | - | - | - | $514,498 | 388 | $5,381,908 | Oct 31 | Miramax | true |
| 21 | School of Rock | - | - | - | $512,951 | 2,951 | $81,261,177 | Oct 3 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 22 | The Station Agent | - | - | - | $431,767 | 198 | $5,739,376 | Oct 3 | Miramax | false |
| 23 | Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl | - | - | - | $430,070 | 3,416 | $305,413,918 | Jul 9 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 24 | Tupac: Resurrection | - | - | - | $397,968 | 804 | $7,718,961 | Nov 14 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 25 | Shattered Glass | - | - | - | $387,251 | 215 | $2,220,008 | Oct 31 | Lionsgate | false |
| 26 | Santa vs. the Snowman 3D 2003 Re-release | - | - | - | $343,698 | 46 | $3,045,032 | Oct 31 | IMAX | false |
| 27 | Kill Bill: Vol. 1 | - | - | - | $331,371 | 3,102 | $70,099,045 | Oct 10 | Miramax | false |
| 28 | Freaky Friday | - | - | - | $291,586 | 3,067 | $110,230,332 | Aug 6 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 29 | The Texas Chainsaw Massacre | - | - | - | $281,347 | 3,018 | $80,571,655 | Oct 17 | New Line Cinema | false |
| 30 | Pieces of April | - | - | - | $254,799 | 101 | $2,528,664 | Oct 17 | United Artists | false |
| 31 | Red Nose | - | - | - | $217,000 | 90 | $2,004,814 | Nov 28 | Christal Films | false |
| 32 | In America | - | - | - | $205,229 | 403 | $15,539,656 | Nov 26 | Fox Searchlight Pictures | false |
| 33 | The Gospel of John | - | - | - | $200,103 | 113 | $4,069,090 | Sep 26 | THINKFilm | false |
| 34 | Under the Tuscan Sun | - | - | - | $156,960 | 1,701 | $43,610,723 | Sep 26 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 35 | Spy Kids 3: Game Over | - | - | - | $152,936 | 3,388 | $111,761,982 | Jul 25 | Dimension Films | false |
| 36 | Intolerable Cruelty | - | - | - | $138,615 | 2,570 | $35,327,628 | Oct 10 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 37 | The Cooler | - | - | - | $128,973 | 408 | $8,291,572 | Nov 26 | Lionsgate | false |
| 38 | Space Station 3D | - | - | - | $115,483 | 64 | $93,383,953 | Apr 19 | IMAX | false |
| 39 | The Triplets of Belleville | - | - | - | $108,080 | 463 | $7,007,149 | Nov 26 | Sony Pictures Classics | false |
| 40 | The Fighting Temptations | - | - | - | $96,665 | 2,026 | $30,250,745 | Sep 19 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 41 | Out of Time | - | - | - | $79,200 | 3,076 | $41,088,845 | Oct 3 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false |
| 42 | Elephant | - | - | - | $78,915 | 38 | $1,266,955 | Oct 24 | Fine Line Features | false |
| 43 | Good Boy | - | - | - | $78,501 | 3,225 | $37,667,746 | Oct 10 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false |
| 44 | Seabiscuit | - | - | - | $71,540 | 2,573 | $120,277,854 | Jul 25 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 45 | The Barbarian Invasions 2003 Re-release | - | - | - | $70,248 | 139 | $3,435,749 | Nov 21 | Miramax | false |
| 46 | The Rundown | - | - | - | $66,025 | 3,154 | $47,726,342 | Sep 26 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 47 | Luther | - | - | - | $46,400 | 400 | $5,791,328 | Sep 26 | R.S. Entertainment | false |
| 48 | Bugs! | - | - | - | $46,045 | 33 | $19,063,544 | Mar 12 | SK Films | false |
| 49 | To Be and to Have | - | - | - | $43,664 | 14 | $777,129 | Sep 19 | New Yorker Films | false |
| 50 | My Architect | - | - | - | $43,265 | 39 | $2,750,707 | Nov 12 | New Yorker Films | false |
| 51 | Sylvia | - | - | - | $40,803 | 109 | $1,315,498 | Oct 17 | Focus Features | false |
| 52 | Bubba Ho-Tep | - | - | - | $38,767 | 25 | $1,239,183 | Sep 19 | Vitagraph Films | false |
| 53 | Haunted Castle | - | - | - | $33,132 | 10 | $13,651,656 | Feb 23 | nWave Pictures | false |
| 54 | Die, Mommie, Die! | - | - | - | $32,534 | 17 | $320,092 | Oct 31 | Sundance Film Series | false |
| 55 | Tibet: Cry of the Snow Lion | - | - | - | $29,487 | 15 | $578,241 | Sep 19 | Artistic License | false |
| 56 | Ghosts of the Abyss | - | - | - | $27,611 | 97 | $17,040,871 | Apr 11 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 57 | T-Rex: Back to the Cretaceous | - | - | - | $24,731 | 38 | $53,354,743 | Oct 23 | IMAX | false |
| 58 | The Singing Detective | - | - | - | $24,245 | 46 | $337,174 | Oct 24 | Paramount Classics | false |
| 59 | My Flesh and Blood | - | - | - | $18,763 | 7 | $40,573 | Nov 28 | Strand Releasing | false |
| 60 | Mambo Italiano 2003 Re-release | - | - | - | $18,188 | 183 | $3,205,730 | Sep 19 | IDP Distribution | false |
| 61 | Finding Nemo | - | - | - | $17,845 | 3,425 | $339,714,978 | May 30 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 62 | American Splendor | - | - | - | $16,718 | 272 | $6,010,990 | Aug 15 | Fine Line Features | false |
| 63 | The Bread, My Sweet | - | - | - | $16,534 | 8 | $1,023,156 | Jan 18 | Panorama Entertainment | false |
| 64 | Shackleton's Antarctic Adventure | - | - | - | $15,481 | 26 | $15,553,324 | Feb 10 | WGBH Giant-Screen Films | false |
| 65 | Winged Migration 2003 Re-release | - | - | - | $15,044 | 202 | $10,764,402 | Apr 18 | Sony Pictures Classics | false |
| 66 | The Secret Lives of Dentists | - | - | - | $14,889 | 181 | $3,707,346 | Aug 1 | Manhattan Pictures International | false |
| 67 | The Book of Mormon Movie, Volume 1: The Journey | - | - | - | $14,275 | 38 | $1,680,020 | Sep 12 | Mormon Movies LLC | false |
| 68 | The Flower of Evil | - | - | - | $13,840 | 16 | $182,163 | Oct 10 | Palm Pictures | false |
| 69 | Wonderland | - | - | - | $11,015 | 195 | $1,060,512 | Oct 3 | Lionsgate | false |
| 70 | My Life Without Me | - | - | - | $10,503 | 39 | $400,948 | Sep 26 | Sony Pictures Classics | false |
| 71 | Dirty Pretty Things | - | - | - | $10,079 | 493 | $8,112,414 | Jul 18 | Miramax | false |
| 72 | The Far Side of the Moon | - | - | - | $10,071 | 7 | $235,926 | Oct 20 | Odeon | false |
| 73 | Yossi & Jagger | - | - | - | $8,602 | 6 | $267,005 | Sep 24 | Strand Releasing | false |
| 74 | Red Betsy | - | - | - | $8,443 | 22 | $164,520 | Sep 19 | Lang Films | false |
| 75 | Seducing Doctor Lewis | - | - | - | $8,329 | 80 | $9,354,342 | Jul 11 | Odeon | false |
| 76 | Open Range | - | - | - | $8,100 | 2,268 | $58,331,254 | Aug 15 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 77 | Cabin Fever | - | - | - | $7,996 | 2,105 | $21,158,188 | Sep 12 | Lionsgate | false |
| 78 | Girls Will Be Girls | - | - | - | $6,533 | 14 | $148,047 | Oct 10 | IFC Films | false |
| 79 | Rivers and Tides | - | - | - | $6,289 | 15 | $2,200,276 | Jun 26 | Roxie Releasing | false |
| 80 | The Legend of Leigh Bowery | - | - | - | $6,038 | 1 | $11,989 | Nov 28 | Palm Pictures | false |
| 81 | El bonaerense | - | - | - | $5,550 | 1 | $9,470 | Nov 26 | Menemsha Films | false |
| 82 | Billabong Odyssey | - | - | - | $5,500 | 27 | $156,000 | Nov 7 | ArenaPlex LLC | false |
| 83 | Cold Creek Manor | - | - | - | $5,412 | 2,035 | $21,386,011 | Sep 19 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 84 | Monty Python and the Holy Grail 2001 Re-release | - | - | - | $5,126 | 26 | $1,827,696 | Jun 15 | Rainbow Releasing | false |
| 85 | Veronica Guerin | - | - | - | $4,997 | 472 | $1,571,504 | Oct 17 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 86 | Thirteen | - | - | - | $4,963 | 243 | $4,601,043 | Aug 20 | Fox Searchlight Pictures | false |
| 87 | Galapagos | - | - | - | $4,880 | 14 | $18,630,372 | Oct 29 | IMAX | false |
| 88 | Gaz Bar Blues | - | - | - | $4,844 | 23 | $884,664 | Sep 5 | Odeon | false |
| 89 | Alien 2003 Director's Cut | - | - | - | $4,403 | 347 | $1,986,910 | Oct 29 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 90 | Bonhoeffer | - | - | - | $4,109 | 7 | $296,181 | Jun 20 | First Run | false |
| 91 | Evil Words | - | - | - | $3,973 | 61 | $2,014,071 | Oct 3 | Odeon | false |
| 92 | Party Monster | - | - | - | $3,564 | 13 | $742,898 | Aug 29 | Strand Releasing | false |
| 93 | Taking Sides | - | - | - | $3,449 | 9 | $188,952 | Sep 5 | New Yorker Films | false |
| 94 | Cirque du Soleil: Journey of Man | - | - | - | $3,394 | 22 | $15,627,434 | May 5 | Sony Pictures Classics | false |
| 95 | Don't Touch the Loot | - | - | - | $3,313 | 2 | $131,548 | Sep 5 | Rialto Pictures | false |
| 96 | Anything But Love | - | - | - | $3,308 | 16 | $81,451 | Nov 14 | IDP Distribution | false |
| 97 | City of God | - | - | - | $3,209 | 242 | $7,564,459 | Jan 17 | Miramax | false |
| 98 | The Holy Land | - | - | - | $2,956 | 17 | $603,520 | Jul 11 | Cavu Pictures | false |
| 99 | The Weather Underground | - | - | - | $2,354 | 14 | $564,632 | Jun 4 | Shadow Distribution | false |
| 100 | Emerald Cowboy | - | - | - | $2,354 | 6 | $101,358 | Sep 19 | Indican Pictures | false |
| 101 | Eyes Without a Face | - | - | - | $2,142 | 3 | $58,565 | Oct 31 | Rialto Pictures | false |
| 102 | The Legend of Johnny Lingo | - | - | - | $2,110 | 63 | $1,690,767 | Aug 29 | Innovation Film Group (IFG) | false |
| 103 | Hukkle | - | - | - | $2,104 | 4 | $53,715 | Nov 14 | Shadow Distribution | false |
| 104 | The Gatekeeper | - | - | - | $2,017 | 3 | $312,434 | Apr 25 | Gatekeeper Productions | false |
| 105 | Girlhood | - | - | - | $1,990 | 3 | $37,977 | Oct 29 | Wellspring Media | false |
| 106 | Masked and Anonymous | - | - | - | $1,661 | 23 | $533,569 | Jul 24 | Sony Pictures Classics | false |
| 107 | The Revolution Will Not Be Televised | - | - | - | $1,543 | 8 | $153,859 | Oct 24 | Vitagraph Films | false |
| 108 | In My Skin | - | - | - | $1,534 | 3 | $31,046 | Nov 7 | Wellspring Media | false |
| 109 | I Vitelloni 2003 Re-release | - | - | - | $1,399 | 3 | $116,428 | Nov 14 | Kino International | false |
| 110 | Acts of Worship | - | - | - | $1,242 | 1 | $9,377 | Nov 21 | Manifesto Vision | false |
| 111 | On_Line | - | - | - | $1,152 | 7 | $167,102 | Jun 27 | Indican Pictures | false |
| 112 | Sans Soleil | - | - | - | $1,148 | 1 | $30,878 | Oct 10 | New Yorker Films | false |
| 113 | The Animation Show | - | - | - | $1,000 | 10 | $366,344 | Sep 5 | The Animation Show | false |
| 114 | Km. 0 - Kilometer Zero | - | - | - | $993 | 6 | $159,338 | Jul 11 | TLA Releasing | false |
| 115 | Independent Spirits: Faith Hubley/John Hubley | - | - | - | $960 | 1 | $1,551 | Nov 28 | Cinema Four | false |
| 116 | Demonlover | - | - | - | $822 | 15 | $232,044 | Sep 19 | Palm Pictures | false |
| 117 | 9 Dead Gay Guys | - | - | - | $805 | 2 | $26,377 | Oct 17 | TLA Releasing | false |
| 118 | September 11 | - | - | - | $741 | 6 | $127,035 | Jul 18 | Empire Pictures Inc. | false |
| 119 | Thrill Ride: The Science of Fun | - | - | - | $734 | 81 | $18,798,590 | Jul 11 | Sony Pictures Classics | false |
| 120 | Autumn Spring 2003 Re-release | - | - | - | $677 | 5 | $96,269 | Aug 22 | First Look International | false |
| 121 | New Suit | - | - | - | $657 | 7 | $71,743 | May 2 | Trillion Entertainment | false |
| 122 | Madame Satã | - | - | - | $615 | 9 | $198,309 | Jul 9 | Wellspring Media | false |
| 123 | Spellbound | - | - | - | $605 | 117 | $5,728,581 | Apr 30 | THINKFilm | false |
| 124 | Encounter in the Third Dimension | - | - | - | $454 | 16 | $7,195,792 | Feb 26 | nWave Pictures | false |
| 125 | Suddenly | - | - | - | $446 | 3 | $44,806 | Aug 27 | Empire Pictures Inc. | false |
| 126 | Prey for Rock & Roll | - | - | - | $407 | 5 | $58,040 | Sep 26 | MAC Releasing | false |
| 127 | China: The Panda Adventure | - | - | - | $346 | 21 | $3,921,642 | Jun 9 | IMAX | false |
| 128 | Apollo 13 The IMAX Experience | - | - | - | $324 | 19 | $1,766,621 | Sep 20 | IMAX | false |
| 129 | Across the Sea of Time | - | - | - | $300 | 2 | $16,015,639 | Oct 20 | Sony Pictures Classics | false |
| 130 | American Storytellers | - | - | - | $274 | 1 | $24,082 | Nov 7 | Indican Pictures | false |
| 131 | Alien Adventure | - | - | - | $253 | 10 | $8,959,784 | Aug 20 | nWave Pictures | false |
| 132 | Once Upon a Time in the Midlands | - | - | - | $203 | 17 | $172,564 | Aug 29 | Sony Pictures Classics | false |
| 133 | The Good Old Naughty Days | - | - | - | $185 | 2 | $60,862 | Mar 28 | Strand Releasing | false |
| 134 | Venus Boyz 2003 Re-release | - | - | - | $128 | 1 | $18,515 | Aug 22 | First Run | false |
