New Zealand Box Office For 2003
| Rank | Release | Gross | Theaters | Total Gross | Release Date | Distributor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King | $4,138,062 | 114 | $9,479 | Dec 18 | Roadshow Films |
| 2 | The Matrix Reloaded | $3,740,994 | 70 | $3,740,994 | May 16 | - |
| 3 | Finding Nemo | $3,721,191 | 72 | $76 | Sep 4 | Walt Disney Pictures |
| 4 | The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers | $3,350,019 | 103 | $6,227,011 | Dec 19 | - |
| 5 | Whale Rider | $3,144,790 | 53 | $160 | Jan 31 | - |
| 6 | Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl | $2,773,373 | 68 | $2,773,373 | Sep 11 | - |
| 7 | Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines | $2,266,064 | 64 | $2,362,096 | Jul 17 | - |
| 8 | The Matrix Revolutions | $2,199,301 | 77 | $2,209,697 | Nov 6 | - |
| 9 | X2: X-Men United | $2,089,070 | 61 | $2,089,070 | Apr 30 | - |
| 10 | Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle | $2,072,675 | 51 | $2,072,675 | Jul 3 | - |
| 11 | Die Another Day | $1,788,758 | 50 | $1,788,758 | Jan 2 | - |
| 12 | Calendar Girls | $1,667,358 | 54 | $1,825,812 | Oct 9 | - |
| 13 | 2 Fast 2 Furious | $1,566,163 | 45 | $1,566,163 | Jun 12 | - |
| 14 | Chicago | $1,524,299 | 35 | $1,524,299 | Feb 6 | - |
| 15 | Love Actually | $1,390,488 | 52 | $2,013,318 | Nov 27 | - |
| 16 | Bruce Almighty | $1,224,262 | 54 | $1,781,024 | Jun 19 | - |
| 17 | 8 Mile | $1,208,083 | 45 | $1,208,083 | Jan 23 | - |
| 18 | American Wedding | $1,124,264 | 49 | $1,124,264 | Oct 2 | - |
| 19 | Hulk | $1,078,444 | 64 | $1,078,444 | Jun 26 | - |
| 20 | Johnny English | $1,074,193 | 45 | $1,074,193 | Apr 10 | - |
| 21 | The Italian Job | $1,047,360 | 47 | $1,047,360 | Aug 14 | - |
| 22 | Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets | $1,021,329 | 69 | $103 | Nov 28 | Warner Bros. |
| 23 | The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen | $994,068 | 50 | $994,068 | - | - |
| 24 | Daddy Day Care | $947,318 | 47 | $947,318 | Jun 26 | - |
| 25 | Bad Boys II | $891,966 | 57 | $891,966 | Sep 25 | - |
| 26 | Maid in Manhattan | $877,525 | 50 | $877,525 | Apr 10 | - |
| 27 | Confidence | $877,058 | 37 | $877,058 | Oct 9 | - |
| 28 | Daredevil | $858,908 | 40 | $858,908 | Apr 3 | - |
| 29 | Gangs of New York | $840,658 | 42 | $840,658 | Feb 27 | - |
| 30 | Rugrats Go Wild | $771,516 | 59 | $771,516 | Sep 18 | - |
| 31 | S.W.A.T. | $758,343 | 52 | $758,343 | Oct 23 | - |
| 32 | Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde | $741,961 | 45 | $741,961 | Sep 18 | - |
| 33 | The Pianist | $741,381 | 15 | $741,381 | Mar 6 | - |
| 34 | Scary Movie 3 | $703,218 | 31 | $756,374 | Dec 11 | - |
| 35 | The Ring | $641,805 | 45 | $641,805 | Mar 6 | - |
| 36 | How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days | $641,590 | 44 | $641,590 | Jun 5 | - |
| 37 | Shanghai Knights | $628,420 | 40 | $628,420 | Apr 10 | - |
| 38 | Lara Croft: Tomb Raider - The Cradle of Life | $625,896 | 56 | $625,896 | Sep 18 | - |
| 39 | Kill Bill: Vol. 1 | $623,374 | 30 | $623,374 | Oct 16 | - |
| 40 | Underworld | $539,835 | 40 | $567,421 | Dec 4 | - |
| 41 | Kangaroo Jack | $521,516 | 31 | $521,516 | Apr 10 | - |
| 42 | Two Weeks Notice | $490,779 | 44 | $780,030 | Jan 16 | - |
| 43 | Intolerable Cruelty | $474,917 | 47 | $474,917 | Oct 23 | - |
| 44 | My Big Fat Greek Wedding | $471,327 | 27 | $1,626,877 | Oct 24 | - |
| 45 | The Jungle Book 2 2003 Re-release | $469,112 | 45 | $469,112 | Apr 10 | - |
| 46 | Just Married | $449,034 | 35 | $449,034 | Feb 13 | - |
| 47 | Piglet's Big Movie | $448,317 | 41 | $448,317 | - | - |
| 48 | Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas | $422,221 | 40 | $422,221 | Jul 3 | - |
| 49 | The Hours | $408,263 | 14 | $408,263 | Feb 20 | - |
| 50 | Tears of the Sun | $373,968 | 40 | $373,968 | Aug 7 | - |
| 51 | Elf | $372,482 | 39 | $391,723 | Nov 20 | Roadshow Films |
| 52 | Bulletproof Monk | $363,988 | 45 | $363,988 | Jul 24 | - |
| 53 | Anger Management | $352,064 | 46 | $723,578 | May 29 | - |
| 54 | The Wild Thornberrys | $350,861 | 51 | $350,861 | Apr 10 | - |
| 55 | Catch Me If You Can | $335,409 | 31 | $874,106 | Jan 9 | - |
| 56 | Agent Cody Banks | $332,100 | 35 | $332,100 | Sep 25 | - |
| 57 | Freaky Friday | $328,224 | 50 | $364,096 | Dec 4 | - |
| 58 | Looney Tunes: Back in Action | $318,591 | 59 | $416,198 | Dec 11 | - |
| 59 | Identity | $314,857 | 41 | $314,857 | Aug 28 | - |
| 60 | What a Girl Wants | $314,348 | 30 | $314,348 | Apr 3 | - |
| 61 | I Spy | $313,503 | 47 | $313,503 | Feb 13 | - |
| 62 | Dreamcatcher | $311,819 | 35 | $311,819 | Apr 10 | - |
| 63 | Final Destination 2 | $308,292 | 35 | $308,292 | Jul 31 | - |
| 64 | Bowling for Columbine | $307,258 | 7 | $341,349 | Dec 26 | - |
| 65 | The Magdalene Sisters Canadian Release | $305,814 | 10 | $314,757 | Apr 17 | - |
| 66 | Dinner Rush 2003 Re-release | $299,174 | 10 | $299,174 | May 8 | - |
| 67 | Seabiscuit | $294,478 | 52 | $300,101 | Nov 13 | - |
| 68 | Runaway Jury | $292,056 | 35 | $292,056 | Oct 30 | - |
| 69 | 28 Days Later | $287,122 | 35 | $287,122 | Oct 9 | - |
| 70 | Bringing Down the House | $279,511 | 31 | $279,511 | Mar 27 | - |
| 71 | Ghost Ship | $270,651 | 30 | $270,651 | Feb 20 | - |
| 72 | Winged Migration 2003 Re-release | $267,544 | 7 | $267,544 | Aug 7 | - |
| 73 | Star Trek: Nemesis | $259,801 | 39 | $259,801 | Apr 17 | - |
| 74 | The Lizzie McGuire Movie | $258,502 | 40 | $258,502 | Jun 26 | - |
| 75 | Jackass: The Movie | $255,218 | 34 | $270,257 | Jul 31 | - |
| 76 | View from the Top | $252,593 | 31 | $252,593 | Jul 24 | - |
| 77 | Ned Kelly | $246,645 | 48 | $246,645 | Jul 24 | - |
| 78 | Jeepers Creepers 2 | $245,735 | 35 | $245,735 | Nov 13 | - |
| 79 | The Quiet American | $245,408 | 11 | $306,413 | Jan 16 | - |
| 80 | Brother Bear | $244,636 | 48 | $851,758 | Dec 25 | - |
| 81 | About Schmidt | $243,554 | 14 | $243,554 | Feb 13 | - |
| 82 | Phone Booth | $239,051 | 35 | $239,051 | Jun 5 | - |
| 83 | Freddy vs. Jason | $230,401 | 41 | $231,368 | Nov 27 | - |
| 84 | Down with Love | $227,933 | 35 | $227,933 | Aug 28 | - |
| 85 | Mystic River | $222,069 | 18 | $439,082 | Nov 27 | - |
| 86 | Holes | $221,152 | 25 | $221,152 | Oct 30 | - |
| 87 | I Capture the Castle | $218,957 | 12 | $218,957 | Jul 31 | - |
| 88 | The Tuxedo | $218,760 | 27 | $443,445 | Jan 16 | - |
| 89 | Nowhere in Africa | $212,338 | 4 | $232,731 | Apr 17 | - |
| 90 | Sweet Home Alabama | $208,337 | 35 | $493,139 | Dec 26 | - |
| 91 | Peter Pan | $207,895 | 55 | $587,869 | Dec 26 | - |
| 92 | Crackerjack | $198,516 | 45 | $198,516 | Mar 6 | - |
| 93 | Matchstick Men | $197,068 | 31 | $197,068 | Nov 13 | - |
| 94 | A Man Apart | $189,558 | 37 | $189,558 | Aug 14 | - |
| 95 | The Recruit | $187,274 | 30 | $360,518 | Mar 13 | - |
| 96 | The Guru | $179,472 | 45 | $188,434 | Feb 6 | - |
| 97 | Spy Kids 2: Island of Lost Dreams | $176,467 | 38 | $611,504 | Jan 9 | - |
| 98 | Far from Heaven | $172,068 | 21 | $172,068 | Feb 6 | - |
| 99 | Real Women Have Curves | $160,924 | 14 | $160,924 | Mar 13 | - |
| 100 | Frida | $147,161 | 10 | $193,284 | Dec 26 | - |
| 101 | Secretary | $136,311 | 7 | $156,893 | Sep 4 | - |
| 102 | Basic | $127,741 | 32 | $127,741 | Jun 5 | - |
| 103 | City of God | $121,464 | 5 | $161,002 | Aug 14 | - |
| 104 | The Hot Chick | $114,899 | 17 | $211,462 | Jan 16 | - |
| 105 | Russian Ark Canadian Release | $112,460 | 4 | $126,630 | Jun 19 | - |
| 106 | Mostly Martha | $111,932 | 9 | $111,932 | Apr 17 | - |
| 107 | Spirited Away | $106,667 | 17 | $99 | Mar 27 | Independent Films |
| 108 | Confessions of a Dangerous Mind | $106,457 | 7 | $117,716 | Aug 21 | - |
| 109 | The Life of David Gale | $105,323 | 29 | $105,323 | May 8 | - |
| 110 | Analyze That | $104,698 | 38 | $104,698 | Mar 13 | - |
| 111 | A Mighty Wind | $99,482 | 8 | $99,482 | Jul 31 | - |
| 112 | Uptown Girls | $96,276 | 35 | $96,276 | Oct 16 | - |
| 113 | The Good Girl | $87,561 | 6 | $87,561 | Apr 24 | - |
| 114 | The Locals | $86,541 | 22 | $86,541 | Oct 2 | - |
| 115 | The Four Feathers | $85,927 | 14 | $85,927 | May 8 | - |
| 116 | The Divorce | $85,159 | 15 | $85,159 | Nov 20 | - |
| 117 | The Country Bears | $82,724 | 42 | $87,056 | Jan 1 | - |
| 118 | White Oleander | $82,146 | 33 | $82,146 | Oct 30 | - |
| 119 | Cradle 2 the Grave | $80,322 | 34 | $224,706 | - | - |
| 120 | Adaptation. | $79,949 | 12 | $123,937 | Jan 31 | - |
| 121 | The Mother | $78,428 | 7 | $92,281 | Oct 23 | - |
| 122 | Solaris | $71,441 | 15 | $71,441 | Mar 27 | - |
| 123 | Very Annie Mary | $70,682 | 7 | $257,938 | Oct 17 | - |
| 124 | American Splendor | $66,556 | 3 | $81,406 | Aug 7 | - |
| 125 | Kombi Nation | $64,601 | 11 | $64,601 | Aug 21 | - |
| 126 | Talk to Her 2002 Re-release | $64,445 | 4 | $64,445 | Mar 6 | - |
| 127 | Two Men Went to War | $61,318 | 7 | $61,318 | Oct 23 | - |
| 128 | The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers 2003 Re-release | $60,742 | 3 | $64,107 | Dec 11 | Roadshow Films |
| 129 | The Rules of Attraction | $56,271 | 13 | $56,271 | May 22 | - |
| 130 | Arthur's Dyke | $52,573 | 2 | $76,065 | Jun 25 | - |
| 131 | Barbershop | $51,769 | 10 | $51,861 | Aug 7 | - |
| 132 | Bright Young Things | $51,287 | 14 | $151,354 | Dec 25 | - |
| 133 | Treasure Planet | $47,720 | 43 | $155,418 | Dec 12 | - |
| 134 | Sex and Lucía | $46,643 | 6 | $58,392 | Nov 20 | - |
| 135 | 25th Hour | $46,523 | 6 | $46,523 | Jun 5 | - |
| 136 | The Adventures of Pluto Nash | $45,440 | 29 | $45,440 | Mar 20 | - |
| 137 | Brotherhood of the Wolf | $45,007 | 6 | $45,007 | Apr 3 | - |
| 138 | The Good Thief | $43,665 | - | $43,665 | Jul 10 | - |
| 139 | The Core | $42,082 | 42 | $146,244 | May 29 | - |
| 140 | Below | $42,001 | 29 | $42,001 | May 22 | - |
| 141 | The Other Side of Heaven 2003 Re-release | $39,643 | 5 | $39,643 | Feb 27 | - |
| 142 | Nicholas Nickleby | $39,054 | 15 | $83,717 | May 29 | - |
| 143 | Dog Soldiers | $38,574 | 20 | $38,574 | May 8 | - |
| 144 | The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring 2003 Extended Edition | $36,623 | 3 | $38,094 | Dec 4 | - |
| 145 | Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress | $34,207 | 5 | $54,587 | Oct 23 | - |
| 146 | The Man from Elysian Fields | $33,061 | 4 | $46,199 | May 15 | - |
| 147 | Step Into Liquid | $32,925 | 13 | $89,673 | Dec 25 | - |
| 148 | Wilbur Wants to Kill Himself | $32,274 | 5 | $47,551 | Nov 6 | - |
| 149 | Punch-Drunk Love | $32,255 | 5 | $460 | Mar 13 | Park Circus |
| 150 | Bloody Sunday | $29,979 | 3 | $58,681 | Oct 2 | - |
| 151 | Samsara | $29,095 | 7 | $92,963 | Dec 26 | - |
| 152 | Dark Blue | $28,897 | 11 | $28,897 | Jul 24 | - |
| 153 | Anita & Me | $27,727 | 17 | $27,727 | Jun 26 | - |
| 154 | Jet Lag 2003 Re-release | $24,411 | 3 | $24,411 | Oct 17 | - |
| 155 | Lawless Heart | $23,502 | 6 | $48,231 | Jun 19 | - |
| 156 | The Spanish Apartment 2003 Re-release | $23,473 | 8 | $59,543 | Dec 25 | - |
| 157 | Sweet Sixteen | $21,978 | 3 | $21,978 | Sep 11 | - |
| 158 | The Dancer Upstairs | $20,651 | 3 | $20,651 | Sep 4 | - |
| 159 | All or Nothing | $20,640 | 3 | $20,640 | Sep 25 | - |
| 160 | Igby Goes Down | $20,494 | 5 | $22,667 | Jun 26 | - |
| 161 | Hey Arnold! The Movie | $20,108 | 41 | $52,299 | Dec 19 | - |
| 162 | Thunderpants | $19,884 | 24 | $49,978 | May 29 | - |
| 163 | Read My Lips | $18,357 | 4 | $38,919 | Jul 31 | - |
| 164 | Together | $18,246 | 4 | $57,277 | Dec 25 | - |
| 165 | Dogville | $17,329 | 4 | $57,385 | Dec 25 | - |
| 166 | Standing in the Shadows of Motown | $17,084 | 2 | $56,647 | Aug 11 | - |
| 167 | Once Upon a Time in the Midlands | $14,288 | 3 | $49,643 | Aug 23 | - |
| 168 | Molokai | $13,102 | 5 | $13,102 | Feb 20 | - |
| 169 | The Santa Clause 2 | $12,818 | 23 | $228,356 | Dec 5 | - |
| 170 | Taking Sides | $12,315 | 6 | $19,521 | Jun 12 | - |
| 171 | Toy Love | $10,960 | 4 | $10,960 | May 16 | - |
| 172 | Donnie Darko | $10,319 | 6 | $89,596 | Nov 5 | Madman Entertainment |
| 173 | Baise-moi 2001 Re-release | $10,135 | 7 | $58,860 | Dec 12 | - |
| 174 | Mrs Caldicot's Cabbage War | $9,509 | 9 | $415,001 | Jun 20 | - |
| 175 | Cypher | $9,180 | 6 | $9,180 | Dec 11 | - |
| 176 | 8 Women | $8,651 | 3 | $17,013 | Dec 26 | - |
| 177 | Narc | $7,056 | 6 | $7,056 | Jun 5 | - |
| 178 | Lost in La Mancha | $6,289 | 2 | $17,432 | Oct 23 | - |
| 179 | The Transporter | $5,798 | 14 | $307,089 | Nov 21 | - |
| 180 | Pollock 2002 Re-release | $5,504 | 1 | $11,994 | Jan 2 | - |
| 181 | The Tunnel 2003 Re-release | $4,753 | 1 | $59,867 | Jan 2 | - |
| 182 | Morvern Callar | $2,426 | 3 | $7,144 | Dec 11 | - |
