Domestic Box Office For 2003

Limited releases are those released in fewer than 600 theaters.

Key:Estimated

RankRelease GrossMax ThOpening% of Total Open ThOpenCloseDistributor
1Big Fish$66,809,6932,514$207,3770.3%6Dec 10May 20Sony Pictures Releasing
2Monster$34,469,2101,093$86,8310.3%4Dec 24Jun 3Newmarket Films
3Whale Rider$20,779,666556$137,4180.7%9Jun 6Nov 27Newmarket Films
4Bugs!$19,063,54433---Mar 12Aug 19SK Films
5Ghosts of the Abyss$17,040,87197$1,408,4748.3%97Apr 11Oct 13Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
621 Grams$16,290,476411$274,4541.7%8Nov 21Apr 15Focus Features
7In America$15,539,656403$205,2291.3%11Nov 26Jun 10Fox Searchlight Pictures
8House of Sand and Fog$13,040,288598$45,5720.3%2Dec 19Apr 15DreamWorks Distribution
9Girl with a Pearl Earring$11,670,971402$89,4720.8%7Dec 12May 9Lionsgate
10Winged Migration
2003 Re-release
$10,764,402202$33,1280.3%1Apr 18Dec 18Sony Pictures Classics
11Swimming Pool$10,130,108259$287,296-13Jul 2Oct 23Focus Features
12Seducing Doctor Lewis$9,354,34280$895,6999.6%78Jul 11Dec 21Odeon
13The Cooler$8,291,572408$128,9731.6%11Nov 26Apr 15Lionsgate
14Dirty Pretty Things$8,112,414493$100,5121.2%5Jul 18Feb 19Miramax
15City of God$7,564,459242$88,292-5Jan 17Jun 24Miramax
16The Triplets of Belleville$7,007,149463$108,0801.5%6Nov 26Jul 8Sony Pictures Classics
17The Young Black Stallion$6,751,38951$629,9999.3%51Dec 25Sep 5Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
18Nowhere in Africa$6,180,20078$22,0700.4%2Mar 7Oct 16Zeitgeist Films
19Chasing Papi$6,130,049585$2,404,55739.2%585Apr 16Jun 5Twentieth Century Fox
20American Splendor$6,010,990272$159,7052.7%6Aug 15Dec 4Fine Line Features
21Luther$5,791,328400$908,446-400Sep 26Dec 18R.S. Entertainment
22The Station Agent$5,739,376198$57,7851%3Oct 3Apr 4Miramax
23Spellbound$5,728,581117$17,5080.3%1Apr 30Dec 11THINKFilm
24The Human Stain$5,381,908388$1,034,195-160Oct 31Feb 5Miramax
25The Barbarian Invasions$5,109,226134$461,363-134May 9Oct 23Alliance Atlantis Vivafilm
26Thirteen$4,601,043243$116,2602.5%5Aug 20Dec 18Fox Searchlight Pictures
27The Magdalene Sisters
2003 Re-release
$4,583,889295$84,5531.8%5Aug 1Nov 23Miramax
28The Fog of War$4,198,566261$41,4491%3Dec 19May 20Sony Pictures Classics
29The Gospel of John$4,069,090113$98,3632.4%14Sep 26Apr 15THINKFilm
30Better Luck Tomorrow$3,802,390387$360,7729.5%13Apr 11Jun 26Paramount Pictures
31The Secret Lives of Dentists$3,707,346181$121,7693.3%12Aug 1Jan 1Manhattan Pictures International
32Step Into Liquid$3,681,80391$135,9853.7%5Aug 8Nov 13Artisan Entertainment
33Laurel Canyon$3,663,356121$149,0994.1%10Mar 7Jul 31Sony Pictures Classics
34The Good Thief$3,517,797222$131,5803.7%9Apr 2Jul 20Fox Searchlight Pictures
35The Barbarian Invasions
2003 Re-release
$3,435,749139$79,6502.3%6Nov 21Jun 3Miramax
36Mambo Italiano
2003 Re-release
$3,205,730183$734,570-178Sep 19Dec 18IDP Distribution
37Capturing the Friedmans$3,119,11378$65,1542.1%3May 30Oct 16Magnolia Pictures
38The Guru$3,095,50698$613,48519.8%62Jan 31May 8Universal Pictures
39Mambo Italiano$3,047,296100$406,65113.3%99Jun 6-Equinox Films
40Santa vs. the Snowman 3D
2003 Re-release
$3,045,03246$14,5680.5%6Oct 31Jan 22IMAX
41The Spanish Apartment
2003 Re-release
$2,830,361100$59,3152.1%11May 16-Fox Searchlight Pictures
42My Architect$2,750,70739$37,929-2Nov 12Aug 5New Yorker Films
43Man on the Train$2,542,02085$41,1381.6%5May 9Nov 30Paramount Classics
44Pieces of April$2,528,664101$48,4221.9%6Oct 17Feb 29United Artists
45The Dancer Upstairs$2,377,348152$106,1424.5%13May 2Aug 21Fox Searchlight Pictures
46The Company$2,283,91455$93,7764.1%11Dec 25May 13Sony Pictures Classics
47Shattered Glass$2,220,008215$77,5403.5%8Oct 31Jan 29Lionsgate
48Raising Victor Vargas$2,078,66169$33,1661.6%2Mar 28Aug 13IDP Distribution
49Evil Words$2,014,07161$514,76225.6%61Oct 3-Odeon
50Red Nose$2,004,81490$217,00010.8%32Nov 28Jan 19Christal Films
51The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
2003 Re-release
$1,996,877126$727,645-126Dec 12Dec 16New Line Cinema
52Kal Ho Naa Ho$1,991,92252$758,21138.1%52Nov 26Feb 12Yash Raj Films
53Alien
2003 Director's Cut
$1,986,910347$1,023,66551.5%347Oct 29Dec 4Twentieth Century Fox
54The Legend of Johnny Lingo$1,690,76763$109,868-63Aug 29Jan 29Innovation Film Group (IFG)
55The Book of Mormon Movie, Volume 1: The Journey$1,680,02038$114,5736.8%29Sep 12May 13Mormon Movies LLC
56Camp$1,629,862116$54,2943.3%3Jul 25Oct 16IFC Films
57Veronica Guerin$1,571,504472$611,27638.9%472Oct 17Dec 4Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
58Northfork$1,420,57871$61,4814.3%5Jul 11Dec 28Paramount Classics
59The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
2003 Extended Edition
$1,412,056126$473,463-126Dec 5Dec 16New Line Cinema
60Sylvia$1,315,498109$58,9404.5%3Oct 17Dec 25Focus Features
61Elephant$1,266,95538$93,3567.4%6Oct 24Jan 8Fine Line Features
62Bubba Ho-Tep$1,239,18325$35,6362.9%2Sep 19Jan 11Vitagraph Films
63Main Prem Ki Diwani Hoon$1,232,22860$672,89154.6%60Jun 27Jul 24-
64I Capture the Castle$1,179,03542$51,9704.4%8Jul 11Oct 2IDP Distribution
65Together$1,151,94147$69,2096%6May 30Oct 9United Artists
66The R.M.$1,111,61530$130,35211.7%15Jan 31Sep 28Halestone Distribution
67Respiro$1,072,83432$71,6776.7%7May 23Nov 20Sony Pictures Classics
68The Spanish Apartment$1,067,43823$57,6925.4%11Mar 21--
69Wonderland$1,060,512195$91,7988.7%5Oct 3Dec 4Lionsgate
70Baghban$1,058,80350$345,04132.6%50Oct 3Nov 20Eros Worldwide
71Assassination Tango$1,013,27245$64,4746.4%7Mar 28Aug 21United Artists
72Owning Mahowny$1,011,87124$33,2873.3%9May 2Oct 23Sony Pictures Classics
73He Loves Me, He Loves Me Not$1,011,10223$76,000-13Feb 14Jul 24IDP Distribution
74Cowboy Bebop: The Movie$1,000,04529$234,429-19Apr 4Jul 17IDP Distribution
75The Man Without a Past$921,84731$23,2812.5%2Apr 4Sep 25Sony Pictures Classics
76Gaz Bar Blues$884,66423$90,61010.2%15Sep 5-Odeon
77Chalte Chalte$836,22561$150,00017.9%22Jun 13-Eros Worldwide
78Irreversible$792,20035$60,0867.6%7Mar 7May 18Lionsgate
79To Be and to Have$777,12914$20,5282.6%3Sep 19Jun 24New Yorker Films
80The Statement$765,63751$37,2204.9%7Dec 12Apr 1Sony Pictures Classics
81Alexandra's Project$752,14829$37,0784.9%10Dec 19Feb 26Alliance Atlantis Vivafilm
82Pokémon Heroes$746,381200$260,372-196May 16Jul 10Miramax
83Party Monster$742,89813$15,1632%1Aug 29Mar 4Strand Releasing
84Scarface
2003 Re-release
$739,90512$242,82132.8%12Sep 19Oct 2Focus Features
85And Now Ladies & Gentlemen$736,87248$49,1766.7%6Aug 1Nov 27Paramount Classics
86The Shape of Things$735,99260$173,246-40May 9Jun 19Focus Features
87Lost in La Mancha$732,39324$63,3038.6%8Jan 31Jun 26IFC Films
88Koi... Mil Gaya$671,37255$274,85140.9%55Aug 8-Yash Raj Films
89Father and Sons$634,96849$178,92928.2%49Sep 19-Odeon
90LOC: Kargil$621,10358$223,79336%58Dec 25Jan 11Eros Worldwide
91The Holy Land$603,52017$19,0143.2%1Jul 11Jan 29Cavu Pictures
92Gloomy Sunday$585,60416$7,1021.2%1Jun 20Feb 16Menemsha Films
93Tibet: Cry of the Snow Lion$578,24115$9,4821.6%1Sep 19Jun 17Artistic License
94The Weather Underground$564,63214$13,9842.5%1Jun 4Jun 13Shadow Distribution
95A Fish Tale$563,91134$57,62610.2%34Feb 28-TVA Films
96Poolhall Junkies$563,711179$301,856-179Feb 28Mar 27Gold Circle Films
97All the Real Girls$549,66625$39,417-6Feb 14Jul 10Sony Pictures Classics
98Jet Lag
2003 Re-release
$544,96424$20,4543.8%2Jun 13Sep 11Miramax
99Passionada$540,83374$123,568-74Aug 15Oct 2IDP Distribution
100Masked and Anonymous$533,56923$30,7835.8%4Jul 24Dec 18Sony Pictures Classics
101The Cremaster Cycle$514,6227$10,7852.1%1Apr 25Jan 22Palm Pictures
102The Eye$512,04923---Jun 6-Palm Pictures
103Blizzard$504,600136$145,52528.8%136Dec 12Jan 4Alliance Atlantis Vivafilm
104Taxi 3$497,20837$288,00057.9%37May 30-Christal Films
105Casa de los babys$478,03171$36,4567.6%9Sep 19Nov 27IFC Films
106A Housekeeper$467,28824$42,0839%6Jul 11-Palm Pictures
107Blue Car$465,31028$30,0876.5%6May 2Jul 24Miramax
108Foolproof$458,990189$230,31250.2%189Oct 3-Odeon
109The Legend of Suriyothai$454,73622$45,90410.1%7Jun 20-Sony Pictures Classics
110Lockdown$449,48275$200,000-75Feb 14Mar 16Innovation Film Group (IFG)
111The Hard Word$426,88038$9,4222.2%1Jun 13Aug 7Lionsgate
112Divine Intervention$421,3439$13,2283.1%1Jan 17Dec 25Avatar Films
113Spun$411,11924$15,1603.7%1Mar 14May 22Newmarket Films
114Hawayein$409,9785---Aug 15-Megastar
115Amandla!$405,33116$14,1813.5%1Feb 19May 8Artisan Entertainment
116My Life Without Me$400,94839$40,51510.1%7Sep 26Dec 18Sony Pictures Classics
117Blind Spot. Hitler's Secretary$378,38212$9,2162.4%1Jan 24Jul 10Sony Pictures Classics
118Pride and Prejudice$377,27120$38,32910.2%18Dec 5Jul 8Excel Entertainment
119Annie Brocoli dans les fonds marins$374,36055$48,17412.9%55Dec 19Jan 19TVA Films
120The Red Circle$369,9704$14,8434%1Jan 10Sep 18Rialto Pictures
121The Animation Show$366,34410$18,4875%4Sep 5Apr 22The Animation Show
122City of Ghosts$357,19720$30,5478.6%6Apr 25Jul 31United Artists
123Buffalo Soldiers$354,42124$30,9778.7%6Jul 25Oct 2Miramax
124How My Mother Gave Birth to Me During Menopause$353,27541$150,000-39Feb 7-Alliance Atlantis Vivafilm
125Dil Ka Rishta$352,12818---Jan 17Feb 2Tips
126The Singing Detective$337,17446$28,3248.4%5Oct 24Feb 5Paramount Classics
127Lawless Heart$330,06718$15,5444.7%1Feb 21Aug 17First Look International
128Die, Mommie, Die!$320,09217$54,12916.9%10Oct 31Dec 21Sundance Film Series
129The Safety of Objects$319,29943$86,250-32Mar 7Jun 26IFC Films
130Sweet Sixteen$316,31921$26,6678.4%3May 16Jul 17Lionsgate
131The Gatekeeper$312,4343---Apr 25May 13Gatekeeper Productions
132The Trip$306,5679$13,7744.5%1May 9-TLA Releasing
133Khushi$305,20530$140,00045.9%30Feb 7Feb 23Eros Worldwide
134Armaan$301,01050$225,68475%50May 16-Eros Worldwide
135Bonhoeffer$296,1817$10,0993.4%1Jun 20Apr 4First Run
136The Hero: Love Story of a Spy$285,39423$130,20045.6%21Apr 11-Video Sound
137The Battle of Shaker Heights$280,35113$42,56915.2%5Aug 22Sep 18Miramax
138Amen.$274,2999$16,2845.9%5Jan 24Aug 10Kino International
139Lucía, Lucía$269,58653$70,77326.3%49Jul 25Aug 28Fox Searchlight Pictures
140Yossi & Jagger$267,0056$19,3957.3%1Sep 24May 6Strand Releasing
141Stone Reader$260,5237$5,6822.2%1Feb 12Nov 13Jet Films LLC
142Gerry$254,68315$26,28510.3%2Feb 14May 4THINKFilm
143Civil Brand$254,29335$99,296-35Aug 29Oct 16Lionsgate
144Jet Lag$250,00040$42,10916.8%40Feb 21Mar 16Christal Films
145The Cuckoo$243,93614$16,4736.8%6Jul 11Nov 20Sony Pictures Classics
146The Far Side of the Moon$235,9267$27,86511.8%6Oct 20-Odeon
147Demonlover$232,04415$39,28416.9%8Sep 19Jan 29Palm Pictures
148Kuch Naa Kaho$224,83132$92,19741%32Sep 5-Eros Worldwide
149Steal$220,944125$123,08755.7%125Apr 25-Alliance Atlantis Vivafilm
150Bus 174$217,2015$8,6254%1Oct 8Apr 29THINKFilm
151Levity$209,69517$30,59914.6%10Apr 4Aug 21Sony Pictures Classics
152Chaos
2002 Re-release
$206,7895$20,5709.9%3Jan 29Sep 11New Yorker Films
153Madame Satã$198,3099$23,65411.9%4Jul 9Dec 18Wellspring Media
154The Heart of Me$196,06711$21,95611.2%5Jun 13-THINKFilm
155The Butterfly$189,14412$31,20016.5%12May 9--
156Taking Sides$188,9529$22,05111.7%2Sep 5Mar 14New Yorker Films
157Lilya 4-Ever$184,0237$33,73118.3%4Apr 18May 29Newmarket Films
158The Girl from Paris$183,2665$8,2804.5%1Mar 21Feb 8Films Philos
159The Flower of Evil$182,16316$12,4196.8%2Oct 10Jan 15Palm Pictures
160No Good Deed$181,600402$127,000-402Sep 12Sep 18MAC Releasing
161Once Upon a Time in the Midlands$172,56417$21,47512.4%6Aug 29Dec 18Sony Pictures Classics
162Hangman's Curse$168,40618$78,08446.4%18Sep 12-Twentieth Century Fox
163On_Line$167,1027$25,65815.4%6Jun 27Jan 1Indican Pictures
164Red Betsy$164,52022$29,86418.2%22Sep 19-Lang Films
165Modern Times
2003 Re-release
$163,5777$35,80921.9%7Dec 26Oct 28Kino International
166The Fassbinder Series
Film Festival
$162,8857$11,6237.1%1Feb 14-Wellspring Media
167Gigantic (A Tale of Two Johns)$160,6215$6,4114%1May 23Oct 5Cowboy Pictures
168Washington Heights$160,29127$61,33238.3%27May 9Aug 24MAC Releasing
169Km. 0 - Kilometer Zero$159,3386$7,4004.6%1Jul 11Dec 11TLA Releasing
170Friday Night$156,9185$9,3816%3May 23Nov 6Wellspring Media
171Billabong Odyssey$156,00027$54,00034.6%27Nov 7Dec 18ArenaPlex LLC
172The Revolution Will Not Be Televised$153,8598$6,1014%1Oct 24Dec 21Vitagraph Films
173Mondays in the Sun$153,25620$22,40114.6%7Jul 25Sep 4Lionsgate
174Charlotte Sometimes$150,4455$3,2842.2%1May 2Sep 25Small Planet Pictures
175May$150,2779$34,98923.3%9Feb 7Jul 10Lionsgate
176Stoked: The Rise and Fall of Gator$150,26813$10,9987.3%1Aug 22-Palm Pictures
177Bon Voyage$148,72716$38,68226%16Oct 17-TVA Films
178Girls Will Be Girls$148,04714$14,3619.7%2Oct 10Dec 18IFC Films
179Marooned in Iraq$141,2436$6,6964.7%1Apr 25-Wellspring Media
180Super Sucker$137,628115$89,55165.1%115Jan 24Feb 2Purple Rose Films
181Open Hearts$136,17013$14,22410.4%2Feb 21May 1Newmarket Films
182Concert for George$134,600105$67,71150.3%105Oct 3Nov 13ArenaPlex LLC
1831+1=11$132,49818$92,34269.7%18Mar 28-Eros Worldwide
184Darna Mana Hai$132,34826$82,34762.2%26Jul 25-Eros Worldwide
185Don't Touch the Loot$131,5482$21,67416.5%2Sep 5Feb 12Rialto Pictures
186Friends and Family$127,2124$8,8046.9%1May 16-Regent Releasing
187September 11$127,0356$7,0465.5%1Jul 18Mar 4Empire Pictures Inc.
188People I Know$126,7938$34,21127%5Apr 23May 22Miramax
189Green Card Fever$125,59618$67,52953.8%18Aug 22-Net Effect Media
190Tycoon: A New Russian$123,1593$13,34210.8%2Jun 13-New Yorker Films
191Till Human Voices Wake Us$120,60117$7,9686.6%5Feb 21May 18Paramount Classics
192I Vitelloni
2003 Re-release
$116,4283$14,79012.7%1Nov 14Jun 10Kino International
193The Other Side of the Bed
2003 Re-release
$113,54310$41,59736.6%10Aug 29-Sundance Film Series
194Bhoot$106,77419$60,00056.2%19May 30-Spark Media
195Fellini: I'm a Born Liar$106,6865$8,9818.4%1Apr 2Jun 5First Look International
196Ten$105,9904$10,55910%1Mar 5Jun 12Zeitgeist Films
197XX/XY$104,13014$17,08916.4%5Apr 11Jun 19IFC Films
198Stevie$103,40113$9,3839.1%4Mar 28May 8Lionsgate
199Emerald Cowboy$101,3586$9,7089.6%4Sep 19Mar 4Indican Pictures
200Dum$101,00018$46,70046.2%18Jan 24Feb 9Eros Worldwide