Domestic 2003 Week 52
December 26-January 1, 2004
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 | $90,559,979 | $50,598,104 | 55.9% | $39,961,875 | 44.1% | 3,703 | 3 | New Line Cinema |
| 2 | Cheaper by the Dozen | $56,135,964 | $27,557,647 | 49.1% | $28,578,317 | 50.9% | 3,307 | 2 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 3 | Cold Mountain | $27,651,961 | $14,500,000 | - | - | - | 2,163 | 2 | Miramax |
| 4 | Something's Gotta Give | $27,420,609 | $13,816,638 | 50.4% | $13,603,971 | 49.6% | 2,709 | 3 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 5 | Paycheck | $23,654,241 | $13,462,374 | 56.9% | $10,191,867 | 43.1% | 2,762 | 2 | Paramount Pictures |
| 6 | Peter Pan | $21,872,360 | $11,139,495 | 50.9% | $10,732,865 | 49.1% | 2,813 | 2 | Universal Pictures |
| 7 | Mona Lisa Smile | $21,831,141 | $11,351,439 | 52% | $10,479,702 | 48% | 2,677 | 2 | Revolution Studios |
| 8 | The Last Samurai | $16,646,461 | $8,326,947 | 50% | $8,319,514 | 50% | 2,557 | 4 | Warner Bros. |
| 9 | Elf | $7,791,413 | $4,200,000 | - | - | - | 2,015 | 8 | New Line Cinema |
| 10 | Bad Santa | $7,550,664 | $4,500,000 | - | - | - | 1,710 | 6 | Dimension Films |
| 11 | Stuck on You | $7,133,508 | $3,626,868 | 50.8% | $3,506,640 | 49.2% | 2,400 | 3 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 12 | The Haunted Mansion | $6,040,389 | $2,860,015 | 47.4% | $3,180,374 | 52.6% | 1,622 | 6 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 13 | Love Don't Cost a Thing | $4,778,780 | $2,953,073 | 61.8% | $1,825,707 | 38.2% | 1,133 | 3 | Warner Bros. |
| 14 | Big Fish | $4,458,319 | $2,053,733 | 46.1% | $2,404,586 | 53.9% | 125 | 4 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 15 | House of Sand and Fog | $3,504,271 | $1,720,438 | 49.1% | $1,783,833 | 50.9% | 438 | 2 | DreamWorks Distribution |
| 16 | The Cat in the Hat | $2,643,770 | $1,260,080 | 47.7% | $1,383,690 | 52.3% | 1,299 | 6 | Universal Pictures |
| 17 | Honey | $2,522,995 | $1,417,310 | 56.2% | $1,105,685 | 43.8% | 760 | 4 | Universal Pictures |
| 18 | 21 Grams | $2,383,355 | $1,223,891 | - | - | - | 291 | 6 | Focus Features |
| 19 | Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World | $2,360,887 | $1,160,829 | 49.2% | $1,200,058 | 50.8% | 701 | 7 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 20 | Calendar Girls | $2,163,606 | $396,522 | 18.3% | $1,767,084 | 81.7% | 745 | 2 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 21 | In America | $2,154,256 | $1,070,721 | 49.7% | $1,083,535 | 50.3% | 327 | 6 | Fox Searchlight Pictures |
| 22 | Love Actually | $1,640,285 | $828,365 | 50.5% | $811,920 | 49.5% | 408 | 8 | Universal Pictures |
| 23 | The Young Black Stallion | $1,522,192 | $629,999 | 41.4% | $892,193 | 58.6% | 51 | 2 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 24 | Brother Bear | $1,165,918 | $506,627 | 43.4% | $659,291 | 56.6% | 564 | 10 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 25 | Gothika | $1,000,522 | $607,029 | 60.7% | $393,493 | 39.3% | 406 | 6 | Warner Bros. |
| 26 | Lost in Translation | $800,873 | $370,468 | 46.3% | $430,405 | 53.7% | 117 | 16 | Focus Features |
| 27 | Mystic River | $670,275 | $325,183 | 48.5% | $345,092 | 51.5% | 201 | 13 | Warner Bros. |
| 28 | The Cooler | $609,704 | $308,756 | 50.6% | $300,948 | 49.4% | 77 | 6 | Lionsgate |
| 29 | School of Rock | $527,911 | $258,440 | 49% | $269,471 | 51% | 279 | 13 | Paramount Pictures |
| 30 | Santa vs. the Snowman 3D 2003 Re-release | $515,059 | $247,475 | 48% | $267,584 | 52% | 45 | 9 | IMAX |
| 31 | The Matrix Revolutions | $469,749 | $244,279 | 52% | $225,470 | 48% | 116 | 9 | Warner Bros. |
| 32 | Looney Tunes: Back in Action | $431,308 | $188,405 | 43.7% | $242,903 | 56.3% | 336 | 7 | Warner Bros. |
| 33 | Space Station 3D | $430,656 | $207,216 | 48.1% | $223,440 | 51.9% | 16 | 89 | IMAX |
| 34 | Radio | $397,862 | $206,820 | 52% | $191,042 | 48% | 226 | 10 | Revolution Studios |
| 35 | LOC: Kargil | $393,908 | $223,793 | 56.8% | $170,115 | 43.2% | 58 | 2 | Eros Worldwide |
| 36 | Girl with a Pearl Earring | $385,879 | $188,756 | 48.9% | $197,123 | 51.1% | 26 | 3 | Lionsgate |
| 37 | Red Nose | $375,674 | $185,395 | 49.4% | $190,279 | 50.6% | 58 | 5 | Christal Films |
| 38 | The Triplets of Belleville | $374,141 | $195,707 | 52.3% | $178,434 | 47.7% | 46 | 6 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 39 | Scary Movie 3 | $298,017 | $164,287 | 55.1% | $133,730 | 44.9% | 195 | 10 | Dimension Films |
| 40 | The Station Agent | $253,468 | $128,341 | 50.6% | $125,127 | 49.4% | 123 | 13 | Miramax |
| 41 | The Missing | $235,266 | $134,719 | 57.3% | $100,547 | 42.7% | 146 | 6 | Revolution Studios |
| 42 | Under the Tuscan Sun | $217,335 | $101,502 | 46.7% | $115,833 | 53.3% | 158 | 14 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 43 | Monster | $208,438 | $86,831 | 41.7% | $121,607 | 58.3% | 8 | 2 | Newmarket Films |
| 44 | The Company | $189,380 | $93,776 | 49.5% | $95,604 | 50.5% | 11 | 2 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 45 | The Barbarian Invasions 2003 Re-release | $173,864 | $87,936 | 50.6% | $85,928 | 49.4% | 54 | 6 | Miramax |
| 46 | Freaky Friday | $153,435 | $73,068 | 47.6% | $80,367 | 52.4% | 124 | 22 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 47 | Underworld | $150,518 | $79,478 | 52.8% | $71,040 | 47.2% | 103 | 15 | Screen Gems |
| 48 | Annie Brocoli dans les fonds marins | $143,102 | $48,638 | 34% | $94,464 | 66% | 49 | 2 | TVA Films |
| 49 | The Statement | $141,649 | $67,230 | 47.5% | $74,419 | 52.5% | 17 | 3 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 50 | Runaway Jury | $137,556 | $77,726 | 56.5% | $59,830 | 43.5% | 107 | 11 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 51 | Alexandra's Project | $130,453 | $43,523 | 33.4% | $86,930 | 66.6% | 10 | 2 | Alliance Atlantis Vivafilm |
| 52 | Blizzard | $123,084 | $31,985 | 26% | $91,099 | 74% | 88 | 3 | Alliance Atlantis Vivafilm |
| 53 | The Fog of War | $119,019 | $58,137 | 48.8% | $60,882 | 51.2% | 5 | 2 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 54 | Kal Ho Naa Ho | $86,684 | $52,013 | 60% | $34,671 | 40% | 21 | 6 | Yash Raj Films |
| 55 | Timeline | $85,140 | $49,665 | 58.3% | $35,475 | 41.7% | 320 | 6 | Paramount Pictures |
| 56 | Kill Bill: Vol. 1 | $73,554 | $35,998 | 48.9% | $37,556 | 51.1% | 48 | 12 | Miramax |
| 57 | Modern Times 2003 Re-release | $70,850 | $35,809 | 50.5% | $35,041 | 49.5% | 7 | 1 | Kino International |
| 58 | Spy Kids 3: Game Over | $67,352 | $31,329 | 46.5% | $36,023 | 53.5% | 59 | 23 | Dimension Films |
| 59 | The Texas Chainsaw Massacre | $64,668 | $35,264 | 54.5% | $29,404 | 45.5% | 51 | 11 | New Line Cinema |
| 60 | T-Rex: Back to the Cretaceous | $56,395 | $21,561 | 38.2% | $34,834 | 61.8% | 4 | 271 | IMAX |
| 61 | Shattered Glass | $50,518 | $24,974 | 49.4% | $25,544 | 50.6% | 35 | 9 | Lionsgate |
| 62 | My Architect | $44,795 | $19,258 | 43% | $25,537 | 57% | 3 | 8 | New Yorker Films |
| 63 | Ghosts of the Abyss | $42,658 | $17,474 | 41% | $25,184 | 59% | 6 | 38 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 64 | Intolerable Cruelty | $42,286 | $22,724 | 53.7% | $19,562 | 46.3% | 31 | 12 | Universal Pictures |
| 65 | Pieces of April | $34,075 | $18,107 | 53.1% | $15,968 | 46.9% | 25 | 11 | United Artists |
| 66 | Elephant | $30,886 | $13,874 | 44.9% | $17,012 | 55.1% | 14 | 10 | Fine Line Features |
| 67 | Pride and Prejudice | $26,347 | $8,692 | 33% | $17,655 | 67% | 4 | 4 | Excel Entertainment |
| 68 | Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl | $25,816 | $11,061 | 42.8% | $14,755 | 57.2% | 34 | 26 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 69 | The Human Stain | $23,650 | $12,673 | 53.6% | $10,977 | 46.4% | 28 | 9 | Miramax |
| 70 | Out of Time | $22,287 | $13,357 | 59.9% | $8,930 | 40.1% | 39 | 13 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) |
| 71 | The Gospel of John | $20,060 | $11,789 | 58.8% | $8,271 | 41.2% | 18 | 14 | THINKFilm |
| 72 | Haunted Castle | $19,999 | $12,000 | 60% | $7,999 | 40% | 5 | 149 | nWave Pictures |
| 73 | The Hebrew Hammer | $18,927 | $10,369 | 54.8% | $8,558 | 45.2% | 5 | 2 | Strand Releasing |
| 74 | Seducing Doctor Lewis | $14,879 | - | - | - | - | 4 | 25 | Odeon |
| 75 | Postmen in the Mountains | $13,841 | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | Shadow Distribution |
| 76 | The Bread, My Sweet | $13,728 | $11,583 | 84.4% | $2,145 | 15.6% | 6 | 155 | Panorama Entertainment |
| 77 | Tibet: Cry of the Snow Lion | $12,228 | $6,103 | 49.9% | $6,125 | 50.1% | 7 | 15 | Artistic License |
| 78 | The Animation Show | $9,993 | $8,325 | 83.3% | $1,668 | 16.7% | - | 17 | The Animation Show |
| 79 | The Gatekeeper | $9,871 | $3,801 | 38.5% | $6,070 | 61.5% | 2 | 36 | Gatekeeper Productions |
| 80 | Japanese Story | $8,737 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | IDP Distribution |
| 81 | Rivers and Tides | $8,682 | $5,893 | 67.9% | $2,789 | 32.1% | 3 | 80 | Roxie Releasing |
| 82 | Dirty Pretty Things | $8,617 | $4,374 | 50.8% | $4,243 | 49.2% | 8 | 24 | Miramax |
| 83 | City of God | $8,478 | $4,362 | 51.4% | $4,116 | 48.6% | 4 | 50 | Miramax |
| 84 | Good Boy | $6,243 | $2,491 | 39.9% | $3,752 | 60.1% | 57 | 12 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) |
| 85 | Yossi & Jagger | $4,992 | $2,532 | 50.7% | $2,460 | 49.3% | 1 | 15 | Strand Releasing |
| 86 | Galapagos | $4,122 | $1,581 | 38.4% | $2,541 | 61.6% | 2 | 218 | IMAX |
| 87 | On_Line | $3,438 | $2,310 | 67.2% | $1,128 | 32.8% | 1 | 27 | Indican Pictures |
| 88 | Party Monster | $3,098 | $1,542 | 49.8% | $1,556 | 50.2% | 1 | 18 | Strand Releasing |
| 89 | Millennium Mambo | $2,956 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | Palm Pictures |
| 90 | Bus 174 | $2,423 | $1,108 | 45.7% | $1,315 | 54.3% | 1 | 13 | THINKFilm |
| 91 | Bonhoeffer | $2,269 | $2,269 | 100% | $0 | - | 1 | 28 | First Run |
| 92 | Cirque du Soleil: Journey of Man | $1,929 | $1,604 | 83.2% | $325 | 16.8% | 2 | 191 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 93 | The Legend of Johnny Lingo | $1,332 | $1,042 | 78.2% | $290 | 21.8% | 1 | 18 | Innovation Film Group (IFG) |
| 94 | The Secret Lives of Dentists | $1,282 | $1,137 | 88.7% | $145 | 11.3% | 3 | 22 | Manhattan Pictures International |
| 95 | The Flower of Evil | $881 | $1,111 | 126.1% | $-230 | - | 1 | 12 | Palm Pictures |
| 96 | The Singing Detective | $750 | $489 | 65.2% | $261 | 34.8% | 3 | 10 | Paramount Classics |
| 97 | Encounter in the Third Dimension | $699 | $350 | 50.1% | $349 | 49.9% | 1 | 253 | nWave Pictures |
| 98 | China: The Panda Adventure | $610 | $224 | 36.7% | $386 | 63.3% | 1 | 134 | IMAX |
| 99 | Alien Adventure | $550 | $300 | 54.6% | $250 | 45.4% | 1 | 228 | nWave Pictures |
| 100 | Northfork | $66 | $66 | 100% | $0 | - | 1 | 25 | Paramount Classics |
| 101 | Carnage | $55 | $55 | 100% | $0 | - | 1 | 17 | Wellspring Media |
| - | The Weather Underground | - | - | - | - | - | - | 31 | Shadow Distribution |
| - | Venus Boyz 2003 Re-release | - | - | - | - | - | - | 19 | First Run |
| - | Monty Python and the Holy Grail 2001 Re-release | - | - | - | - | - | - | 133 | Rainbow Releasing |
| - | Porn Theatre | - | - | - | - | - | - | 12 | Strand Releasing |
| - | Incantato | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | Odeon |
| - | Hukkle | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7 | Shadow Distribution |
| - | Bugs! | - | - | - | - | - | - | 43 | SK Films |
| - | I Vitelloni 2003 Re-release | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7 | Kino International |
| - | The Embalmer | - | - | - | - | - | - | 24 | First Run |
| - | Jeepers Creepers 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 18 | United Artists |
| - | To Be and to Have | - | - | - | - | - | - | 15 | New Yorker Films |
| - | AKA | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | Empire Pictures Inc. |
| - | Demonlover | - | - | - | - | - | - | 15 | Palm Pictures |
| - | Blue Gate Crossing | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6 | Strand Releasing |
| - | Seaside | - | - | - | - | - | - | 22 | First Run |
