Domestic 2003 Week 50
December 12-18, 2003
Key:Estimated
| Rank | Release | Weekly | Weekend | % of Week | Weekdays | % of Week | Theaters | Week | Distributor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King | $51,470,821 | - | - | - | - | 3,703 | 1 | New Line Cinema |
| 2 | Something's Gotta Give | $22,013,040 | $16,064,723 | 73% | $5,948,317 | 27% | 2,677 | 1 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 3 | The Last Samurai | $18,930,609 | $14,087,074 | 74.4% | $4,843,535 | 25.6% | 2,908 | 2 | Warner Bros. |
| 4 | Stuck on You | $11,699,883 | $9,411,055 | 80.4% | $2,288,828 | 19.6% | 3,003 | 1 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 5 | Bad Santa | $8,106,284 | $6,200,000 | - | - | - | 2,540 | 4 | Dimension Films |
| 6 | Elf | $7,820,275 | $6,200,000 | - | - | - | 2,876 | 6 | New Line Cinema |
| 7 | Love Don't Cost a Thing | $7,442,035 | $6,315,311 | 84.9% | $1,126,724 | 15.1% | 1,844 | 1 | Warner Bros. |
| 8 | The Haunted Mansion | $7,263,380 | $6,139,023 | 84.5% | $1,124,357 | 15.5% | 3,001 | 4 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 9 | Honey | $5,972,310 | $4,860,975 | 81.4% | $1,111,335 | 18.6% | 1,928 | 2 | Universal Pictures |
| 10 | The Cat in the Hat | $5,051,220 | $4,166,590 | 82.5% | $884,630 | 17.5% | 2,320 | 4 | Universal Pictures |
| 11 | Gothika | $3,660,581 | $2,725,221 | 74.4% | $935,360 | 25.6% | 1,221 | 4 | Warner Bros. |
| 12 | Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World | $3,210,999 | $2,381,479 | 74.2% | $829,520 | 25.8% | 1,161 | 5 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 13 | Love Actually | $2,981,940 | $2,114,095 | 70.9% | $867,845 | 29.1% | 1,566 | 6 | Universal Pictures |
| 14 | The Missing | $1,968,332 | $1,516,818 | 77.1% | $451,514 | 22.9% | 1,070 | 4 | Revolution Studios |
| 15 | The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers 2003 Re-release | $1,269,232 | $727,645 | - | - | - | 126 | 1 | New Line Cinema |
| 16 | Timeline | $1,101,347 | $869,644 | 79% | $231,703 | 21% | 872 | 4 | Paramount Pictures |
| 17 | The Matrix Revolutions | $967,103 | $722,041 | 74.7% | $245,062 | 25.3% | 272 | 7 | Warner Bros. |
| 18 | Brother Bear | $854,491 | $655,405 | 76.7% | $199,086 | 23.3% | 1,031 | 8 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 19 | The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring 2003 Extended Edition | $564,495 | - | - | - | - | 126 | 2 | New Line Cinema |
| 20 | Mystic River | $554,750 | $397,403 | 71.6% | $157,347 | 28.4% | 302 | 11 | Warner Bros. |
| 21 | 21 Grams | $465,062 | $322,069 | - | - | - | 74 | 4 | Focus Features |
| 22 | Santa vs. the Snowman 3D 2003 Re-release | $423,546 | $271,537 | 64.1% | $152,009 | 35.9% | 46 | 7 | IMAX |
| 23 | In America | $389,172 | $275,435 | 70.8% | $113,737 | 29.2% | 47 | 4 | Fox Searchlight Pictures |
| 24 | Lost in Translation | $337,310 | $217,008 | 64.3% | $120,302 | 35.7% | 148 | 14 | Focus Features |
| 25 | Big Fish | $323,466 | $207,377 | 64.1% | $116,089 | 35.9% | 6 | 2 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 26 | The Station Agent | $294,227 | $206,962 | 70.3% | $87,265 | 29.7% | 189 | 11 | Miramax |
| 27 | Looney Tunes: Back in Action | $270,233 | $231,252 | 85.6% | $38,981 | 14.4% | 253 | 5 | Warner Bros. |
| 28 | T-Rex: Back to the Cretaceous | $239,586 | $9,314 | 3.9% | $230,272 | 96.1% | 6 | 269 | IMAX |
| 29 | Red Nose | $217,232 | $150,596 | 69.3% | $66,636 | 30.7% | 76 | 3 | Christal Films |
| 30 | Kal Ho Naa Ho | $200,279 | $160,832 | 80.3% | $39,447 | 19.7% | 43 | 4 | Yash Raj Films |
| 31 | Radio | $198,275 | $155,279 | 78.3% | $42,996 | 21.7% | 285 | 8 | Revolution Studios |
| 32 | Freaky Friday | $195,511 | $149,447 | 76.4% | $46,064 | 23.6% | 244 | 20 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 33 | Blizzard | $184,222 | $145,525 | 79% | $38,697 | 21% | 136 | 1 | Alliance Atlantis Vivafilm |
| 34 | Runaway Jury | $168,861 | $124,865 | 74% | $43,996 | 26% | 257 | 9 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 35 | China: The Panda Adventure | $137,033 | $917 | 0.7% | $136,116 | 99.3% | 2 | 132 | IMAX |
| 36 | Girl with a Pearl Earring | $134,589 | $89,472 | 66.5% | $45,117 | 33.5% | 7 | 1 | Lionsgate |
| 37 | Shattered Glass | $126,627 | $88,079 | 69.6% | $38,548 | 30.4% | 123 | 7 | Lionsgate |
| 38 | Kill Bill: Vol. 1 | $123,420 | $80,433 | 65.2% | $42,987 | 34.8% | 113 | 10 | Miramax |
| 39 | The Human Stain | $123,261 | $83,183 | 67.5% | $40,078 | 32.5% | 144 | 7 | Miramax |
| 40 | Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl | $119,590 | $84,836 | 70.9% | $34,754 | 29.1% | 213 | 24 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 41 | Space Station 3D | $117,225 | $53,672 | 45.8% | $63,553 | 54.2% | 19 | 87 | IMAX |
| 42 | School of Rock | $111,796 | $85,135 | 76.2% | $26,661 | 23.8% | 152 | 11 | Paramount Pictures |
| 43 | Scary Movie 3 | $106,644 | $83,206 | 78% | $23,438 | 22% | 228 | 8 | Dimension Films |
| 44 | The Texas Chainsaw Massacre | $106,643 | $73,644 | 69.1% | $32,999 | 30.9% | 165 | 9 | New Line Cinema |
| 45 | Pieces of April | $105,028 | $71,030 | 67.6% | $33,998 | 32.4% | 101 | 9 | United Artists |
| 46 | The Gospel of John | $99,900 | $69,153 | 69.2% | $30,747 | 30.8% | 76 | 12 | THINKFilm |
| 47 | The Legend of Johnny Lingo | $89,225 | $55,770 | 62.5% | $33,455 | 37.5% | 6 | 16 | Innovation Film Group (IFG) |
| 48 | Spy Kids 3: Game Over | $83,984 | $65,093 | 77.5% | $18,891 | 22.5% | 208 | 21 | Dimension Films |
| 49 | Intolerable Cruelty | $69,815 | $49,450 | 70.8% | $20,365 | 29.2% | 157 | 10 | Universal Pictures |
| 50 | The Cooler | $67,083 | $45,419 | 67.7% | $21,664 | 32.3% | 11 | 4 | Lionsgate |
| 51 | The Triplets of Belleville | $65,657 | $44,805 | 68.2% | $20,852 | 31.8% | 6 | 4 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 52 | Elephant | $63,233 | $38,348 | 60.6% | $24,885 | 39.4% | 36 | 8 | Fine Line Features |
| 53 | The Barbarian Invasions 2003 Re-release | $58,668 | $37,302 | 63.6% | $21,366 | 36.4% | 11 | 4 | Miramax |
| 54 | Duplex | $58,643 | $39,992 | 68.2% | $18,651 | 31.8% | 113 | 12 | Miramax |
| 55 | The Statement | $57,621 | $37,220 | 64.6% | $20,401 | 35.4% | 7 | 1 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 56 | Under the Tuscan Sun | $56,988 | $35,327 | 62% | $21,661 | 38% | 95 | 12 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 57 | Once Upon a Time in Mexico | $54,637 | $35,997 | 65.9% | $18,640 | 34.1% | 94 | 14 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 58 | Secondhand Lions | $53,984 | $36,927 | 68.4% | $17,057 | 31.6% | 103 | 13 | New Line Cinema |
| 59 | Bubba Ho-Tep | $46,263 | $29,002 | 62.7% | $17,261 | 37.3% | 19 | 13 | Vitagraph Films |
| 60 | Gloomy Sunday | $39,777 | $25,232 | 63.4% | $14,545 | 36.6% | 15 | 26 | Menemsha Films |
| 61 | Out of Time | $39,241 | $27,446 | 69.9% | $11,795 | 30.1% | 58 | 11 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) |
| 62 | Pride and Prejudice | $38,037 | $26,713 | 70.2% | $11,324 | 29.8% | 18 | 2 | Excel Entertainment |
| 63 | Sylvia | $36,682 | $22,343 | 60.9% | $14,339 | 39.1% | 41 | 9 | Focus Features |
| 64 | Bugs! | $36,473 | $18,782 | 51.5% | $17,691 | 48.5% | 17 | 41 | SK Films |
| 65 | To Be and to Have | $36,099 | $16,269 | 45.1% | $19,830 | 54.9% | 14 | 13 | New Yorker Films |
| 66 | The Fighting Temptations | $34,655 | $25,943 | 74.9% | $8,712 | 25.1% | 69 | 13 | Paramount Pictures |
| 67 | My Architect | $34,640 | $22,830 | 65.9% | $11,810 | 34.1% | 3 | 6 | New Yorker Films |
| 68 | Haunted Castle | $33,400 | $21,750 | 65.1% | $11,650 | 34.9% | 5 | 147 | nWave Pictures |
| 69 | Tibet: Cry of the Snow Lion | $31,024 | $22,688 | 73.1% | $8,336 | 26.9% | 15 | 13 | Artistic License |
| 70 | Good Boy | $22,453 | $17,431 | 77.6% | $5,022 | 22.4% | 117 | 10 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) |
| 71 | Die, Mommie, Die! | $21,214 | $14,485 | 68.3% | $6,729 | 31.7% | 17 | 7 | Sundance Film Series |
| 72 | The Animation Show | $20,291 | $12,856 | 63.4% | $7,435 | 36.6% | 7 | 15 | The Animation Show |
| 73 | Tupac: Resurrection | $18,529 | $11,263 | 60.8% | $7,266 | 39.2% | 39 | 5 | Paramount Pictures |
| 74 | The Revolution Will Not Be Televised | $17,420 | $11,371 | 65.3% | $6,049 | 34.7% | 8 | 8 | Vitagraph Films |
| 75 | My Life Without Me | $16,167 | $10,811 | 66.9% | $5,356 | 33.1% | 16 | 12 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 76 | Ghosts of the Abyss | $15,949 | $9,669 | 60.6% | $6,280 | 39.4% | 7 | 36 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 77 | Party Monster | $15,831 | $10,126 | 64% | $5,705 | 36% | 10 | 16 | Strand Releasing |
| 78 | City of God | $15,697 | $10,168 | 64.8% | $5,529 | 35.2% | 5 | 48 | Miramax |
| 79 | Dirty Pretty Things | $14,301 | $9,426 | 65.9% | $4,875 | 34.1% | 9 | 22 | Miramax |
| 80 | I Vitelloni 2003 Re-release | $13,130 | $6,553 | 49.9% | $6,577 | 50.1% | 1 | 5 | Kino International |
| 81 | AKA | $11,842 | $7,553 | 63.8% | $4,289 | 36.2% | 3 | 1 | Empire Pictures Inc. |
| 82 | Au hasard Balthazar | $11,486 | $5,468 | 47.6% | $6,018 | 52.4% | 1 | 9 | Rialto Pictures |
| 83 | The Holy Land | $11,164 | $6,748 | 60.4% | $4,416 | 39.6% | 5 | 23 | Cavu Pictures |
| 84 | The Bread, My Sweet | $10,590 | $8,502 | 80.3% | $2,088 | 19.7% | 6 | 153 | Panorama Entertainment |
| 85 | Yossi & Jagger | $9,814 | $6,682 | 68.1% | $3,132 | 31.9% | 3 | 13 | Strand Releasing |
| 86 | Galapagos | $9,048 | $3,958 | 43.7% | $5,090 | 56.3% | 4 | 216 | IMAX |
| 87 | Seducing Doctor Lewis | $8,013 | $3,807 | 47.5% | $4,206 | 52.5% | 2 | 23 | Odeon |
| 88 | The Singing Detective | $7,632 | $4,899 | 64.2% | $2,733 | 35.8% | 16 | 8 | Paramount Classics |
| 89 | Winged Migration 2003 Re-release | $7,510 | $5,286 | 70.4% | $2,224 | 29.6% | 11 | 35 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 90 | Mambo Italiano 2003 Re-release | $7,156 | $5,079 | 71% | $2,077 | 29% | 14 | 13 | IDP Distribution |
| 91 | Bus 174 | $7,022 | $4,272 | 60.8% | $2,750 | 39.2% | 3 | 11 | THINKFilm |
| 92 | The Flower of Evil | $6,855 | $4,515 | 65.9% | $2,340 | 34.1% | 10 | 10 | Palm Pictures |
| 93 | The Gatekeeper | $6,774 | $4,215 | 62.2% | $2,559 | 37.8% | 2 | 34 | Gatekeeper Productions |
| 94 | Rivers and Tides | $6,098 | $3,771 | 61.8% | $2,327 | 38.2% | 3 | 78 | Roxie Releasing |
| 95 | Cirque du Soleil: Journey of Man | $5,018 | $1,501 | 29.9% | $3,517 | 70.1% | 2 | 189 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 96 | What Alice Found | $4,959 | $2,971 | 59.9% | $1,988 | 40.1% | 1 | 2 | Castle Hill Productions |
| 97 | The Weather Underground | $4,877 | $2,510 | 51.5% | $2,367 | 48.5% | 7 | 29 | Shadow Distribution |
| 98 | The Far Side of the Moon | $4,681 | - | - | - | - | 3 | 9 | Odeon |
| 99 | Thirteen | $4,096 | $2,733 | 66.7% | $1,363 | 33.3% | 6 | 18 | Fox Searchlight Pictures |
| 100 | Gaz Bar Blues | $3,867 | $2,912 | 75.3% | $955 | 24.7% | 1 | 15 | Odeon |
| 101 | The Cremaster Cycle | $3,629 | $3,629 | 100% | $0 | - | 1 | 34 | Palm Pictures |
| 102 | Autumn Spring 2003 Re-release | $3,515 | $2,922 | 83.1% | $593 | 16.9% | 4 | 17 | First Look International |
| 103 | In My Skin | $2,998 | $1,719 | 57.3% | $1,279 | 42.7% | 3 | 6 | Wellspring Media |
| 104 | The Secret Lives of Dentists | $2,973 | $1,798 | 60.5% | $1,175 | 39.5% | 3 | 20 | Manhattan Pictures International |
| 105 | Carnage | $2,851 | $1,986 | 69.7% | $865 | 30.3% | 3 | 15 | Wellspring Media |
| 106 | The Embalmer | $2,808 | $1,542 | 54.9% | $1,266 | 45.1% | 2 | 22 | First Run |
| 107 | Girls Will Be Girls | $2,506 | $1,694 | 67.6% | $812 | 32.4% | 5 | 10 | IFC Films |
| 108 | Porn Theatre | $2,424 | $2,424 | 100% | $0 | - | 2 | 10 | Strand Releasing |
| 109 | 9 Dead Gay Guys | $2,303 | $1,827 | 79.3% | $476 | 20.7% | 2 | 9 | TLA Releasing |
| 110 | Bonhoeffer | $2,193 | $2,115 | 96.4% | $78 | 3.6% | 1 | 26 | First Run |
| 111 | Once Upon a Time in the Midlands | $2,163 | $1,429 | 66.1% | $734 | 33.9% | 4 | 16 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 112 | The Book of Mormon Movie, Volume 1: The Journey | $2,113 | $874 | 41.4% | $1,239 | 58.6% | 3 | 14 | Mormon Movies LLC |
| 113 | Thrill Ride: The Science of Fun | $2,107 | $1,045 | 49.6% | $1,062 | 50.4% | 1 | 336 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 114 | Monty Python and the Holy Grail 2001 Re-release | $2,071 | $2,071 | 100% | $0 | - | 1 | 131 | Rainbow Releasing |
| 115 | Billabong Odyssey | $2,000 | $1,500 | 75% | $500 | 25% | 2 | 6 | ArenaPlex LLC |
| 116 | Evil Words | $1,816 | $1,214 | 66.8% | $602 | 33.2% | 2 | 11 | Odeon |
| 117 | Finding Nemo | $1,767 | $1,156 | 65.4% | $611 | 34.6% | 21 | 29 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 118 | Hukkle | $1,726 | $639 | 37% | $1,087 | 63% | 2 | 5 | Shadow Distribution |
| 119 | My Flesh and Blood | $1,399 | $1,399 | 100% | $0 | - | 4 | 3 | Strand Releasing |
| 120 | Red Betsy | $1,381 | $1,024 | 74.2% | $357 | 25.8% | 2 | 13 | Lang Films |
| 121 | Demonlover | $1,058 | $676 | 63.9% | $382 | 36.1% | 2 | 13 | Palm Pictures |
| 122 | Encounter in the Third Dimension | $950 | $500 | 52.6% | $450 | 47.4% | 1 | 251 | nWave Pictures |
| 123 | Masked and Anonymous | $863 | $638 | 73.9% | $225 | 26.1% | 2 | 22 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 124 | Taking Sides | $720 | $504 | 70% | $216 | 30% | 1 | 15 | New Yorker Films |
| 125 | Northfork | $653 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 23 | Paramount Classics |
| 126 | Alien Adventure | $575 | $300 | 52.2% | $275 | 47.8% | 1 | 226 | nWave Pictures |
| 127 | Apollo 13 The IMAX Experience | $393 | $72 | 18.3% | $321 | 81.7% | 1 | 65 | IMAX |
| 128 | Madame Satã | $378 | $250 | 66.1% | $128 | 33.9% | 1 | 24 | Wellspring Media |
| 129 | No News from God | $307 | $181 | 59% | $126 | 41% | 1 | 17 | First Look International |
| - | Suddenly | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 17 | Empire Pictures Inc. |
| - | Forget Baghdad: Jews and Arabs - The Iraqi Connection | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | Arab Film Distribution |
| - | Venus Boyz 2003 Re-release | - | - | - | - | - | - | 17 | First Run |
| - | Luther | - | - | - | - | - | - | 12 | R.S. Entertainment |
| - | Eyes Without a Face | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7 | Rialto Pictures |
| - | Girlhood | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8 | Wellspring Media |
| - | Seaside | - | - | - | - | - | - | 20 | First Run |
| - | The Rundown | - | $25,197 | - | - | - | - | 12 | Universal Pictures |
