Box Office
Worldwide box office · 2003
The top-grossing releases of the year. Switch between worldwide, domestic, and international — every figure shown both as reported and adjusted for inflation, so films from any era are directly comparable.
| # | Title | Worldwide | Adjusted for inflation |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King | $1.12B | $2.01B |
| 2 | Finding Nemo | $871.0M | $1.56B |
| 3 | The Matrix Reloaded | $739.4M | $1.33B |
| 4 | Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl | $654.3M | $1.17B |
| 5 | Bruce Almighty | $484.6M | $869.1M |
| 6 | The Last Samurai | $454.6M | $815.4M |
| 7 | Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines | $433.4M | $777.2M |
| 8 | The Matrix Revolutions | $427.3M | $766.4M |
| 9 | X2: X-Men United | $407.7M | $731.2M |
| 10 | Bad Boys II | $273.3M | $490.2M |
| 11 | Something's Gotta Give | $265.3M | $475.9M |
| 12 | Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle | $259.2M | $464.8M |
| 13 | The Village | $256.7M | $460.4M |
| 14 | Brother Bear | $250.4M | $449.1M |
| 15 | Hulk | $245.3M | $439.9M |
| 16 | Love Actually | $244.9M | $439.3M |
| 17 | 2 Fast 2 Furious | $236.4M | $423.9M |
| 18 | American Wedding | $232.7M | $417.4M |
| 19 | Scary Movie 3 | $220.7M | $395.8M |
| 20 | Elf | $220.4M | $395.4M |
| 21 | Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World | $211.6M | $379.5M |
| 22 | S.W.A.T. | $207.7M | $372.6M |
| 23 | Spy Kids 3: Game Over | $197.0M | $353.3M |
| 24 | Anger Management | $195.7M | $351.1M |
| 25 | Cheaper by the Dozen | $190.2M | $341.1M |
| 26 | The Haunted Mansion | $182.3M | $326.9M |
| 27 | Kill Bill: Vol. 1 | $180.9M | $324.4M |
| 28 | The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen | $179.3M | $321.5M |
| 29 | Daredevil | $179.2M | $321.4M |
| 30 | How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days | $177.5M | $318.3M |
| 31 | The Italian Job | $176.1M | $315.8M |
| 32 | Cold Mountain | $173.0M | $310.3M |
| 33 | Bringing Down the House | $164.7M | $295.4M |
| 34 | Daddy Day Care | $164.4M | $294.9M |
| 35 | Freaky Friday | $160.8M | $288.5M |
| 36 | Johnny English | $160.5M | $287.8M |
| 37 | Lara Croft: Tomb Raider - The Cradle of Life | $160.1M | $287.1M |
| 38 | Mystic River | $156.6M | $280.9M |
| 39 | Bayside Shakedown 2 | $155.1M | $278.2M |
| 40 | Seabiscuit | $148.3M | $266.0M |
| 41 | Gothika | $141.6M | $253.9M |
| 42 | Mona Lisa Smile | $141.3M | $253.5M |
| 43 | The Jungle Book 2 | $135.7M | $243.4M |
| 44 | The Cat in the Hat | $134.0M | $240.3M |
| 45 | School of Rock | $131.1M | $235.1M |
| 46 | Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde | $124.9M | $224.0M |
| 47 | Big Fish | $123.2M | $221.0M |
| 48 | Peter Pan | $122.0M | $218.8M |
| 49 | Intolerable Cruelty | $120.8M | $216.7M |
| 50 | Lost in Translation | $118.7M | $212.9M |
| 51 | Paycheck | $117.2M | $210.3M |
| 52 | Freddy vs. Jason | $116.6M | $209.2M |
| 53 | The Texas Chainsaw Massacre | $107.1M | $192.0M |
| 54 | Just Married | $101.6M | $182.2M |
| 55 | The Recruit | $101.2M | $181.5M |
| 56 | Once Upon a Time in Mexico | $98.1M | $175.9M |
| 57 | Phone Booth | $97.8M | $175.5M |
| 58 | Underworld | $95.7M | $171.7M |
| 59 | Calendar Girls | $93.4M | $167.5M |
| 60 | Final Destination 2 | $90.9M | $163.1M |
| 61 | Identity | $90.3M | $161.9M |
| 62 | Kangaroo Jack | $88.9M | $159.5M |
| 63 | Shanghai Knights | $88.3M | $158.4M |
| 64 | Old School | $87.1M | $156.3M |
| 65 | Tears of the Sun | $86.5M | $155.1M |
| 66 | Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas | $80.8M | $144.9M |
| 67 | The Rundown | $80.7M | $144.7M |
| 68 | Runaway Jury | $80.2M | $143.8M |
| 69 | Good Bye Lenin! | $79.3M | $142.3M |
| 70 | Bad Santa | $76.5M | $137.2M |
| 71 | Dreamcatcher | $75.7M | $135.8M |
| 72 | The Core | $73.5M | $131.8M |
| 73 | Holes | $71.4M | $128.1M |
| 74 | Looney Tunes: Back in Action | $68.5M | $122.9M |
| 75 | Open Range | $68.3M | $122.5M |
| 76 | Stuck on You | $65.8M | $118.0M |
| 77 | Matchstick Men | $65.6M | $117.6M |
| 78 | Taxi 3 | $65.5M | $117.5M |
| 79 | Jeepers Creepers 2 | $63.1M | $113.2M |
| 80 | Piglet's Big Movie | $62.9M | $112.8M |
| 81 | Honey | $62.2M | $111.6M |
| 82 | 21 Grams | $60.4M | $108.4M |
| 83 | Under the Tuscan Sun | $58.9M | $105.6M |
| 84 | Agent Cody Banks | $58.8M | $105.4M |
| 85 | Monster | $58.5M | $104.9M |
| 86 | Cradle 2 the Grave | $56.5M | $101.3M |
| 87 | The Lizzie McGuire Movie | $55.5M | $99.6M |
| 88 | Out of Time | $55.5M | $99.5M |
| 89 | Rugrats Go Wild | $55.3M | $99.1M |
| 90 | Radio | $53.3M | $95.6M |
| 91 | Hollywood Homicide | $51.1M | $91.7M |
| 92 | What a Girl Wants | $50.7M | $91.0M |
| 93 | The Jungle Book 2 2003 Re-release | $50.6M | $90.8M |
| 94 | National Security | $50.1M | $89.8M |
| 95 | Secondhand Lions | $48.2M | $86.5M |
| 96 | Darkness Falls | $47.5M | $85.2M |
| 97 | Torque | $46.5M | $83.5M |
| 98 | The Hunted | $46.1M | $82.6M |
| 99 | Good Boy | $45.3M | $81.3M |
| 100 | Uptown Girls | $44.6M | $80.0M |
“Adjusted for inflation” restates each gross in today’s dollars using US CPI-U annual averages. Domestic and international views are re-ranked from the year’s top releases; some early years report domestic-only figures.