Domestic Box Office For December 2003

RankRelease GrossTheatersTotal GrossRelease DateDistributor
1The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King$249,445,9273,703$377,027,325Dec 17New Line Cinema
2The Last Samurai$79,722,5062,938$111,127,263Dec 5Warner Bros.
3Something's Gotta Give$65,230,7652,876$124,728,738Dec 12Sony Pictures Releasing
4Cheaper by the Dozen$55,618,7443,307$138,614,544Dec 25Twentieth Century Fox
5Mona Lisa Smile$38,594,1452,714$63,860,942Dec 19Revolution Studios
6Elf$38,537,0003,381$173,398,518Nov 7New Line Cinema
7Bad Santa$36,048,0002,540$60,060,328Nov 26Dimension Films
8The Haunted Mansion$32,970,1773,122$75,847,266Nov 26Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
9Cold Mountain$28,051,5142,802$95,636,509Dec 25Miramax
10Honey$27,368,2001,972$30,308,417Dec 5Universal Pictures
11Stuck on You$26,763,6563,007$33,832,741Dec 12Twentieth Century Fox
12Paycheck$25,022,0772,762$53,790,451Dec 25Paramount Pictures
13The Cat in the Hat$22,220,1903,467$101,149,285Nov 21Universal Pictures
14Peter Pan$22,111,4652,813$48,462,608Dec 25Universal Pictures
15Love Don't Cost a Thing$17,602,6761,844$21,924,226Dec 12Warner Bros.
16Gothika$16,434,2372,382$59,694,580Nov 21Warner Bros.
17Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World$14,899,2313,101$93,927,920Nov 14Twentieth Century Fox
18Love Actually$13,056,1001,714$59,696,144Nov 7Universal Pictures
19The Missing$10,672,6802,756$27,011,180Nov 26Revolution Studios
20Timeline$6,643,3352,787$19,481,943Nov 26Paramount Pictures
21Big Fish$4,965,5332,514$66,809,693Dec 10Sony Pictures Releasing
22Brother Bear$4,885,0333,030$85,336,277Oct 24Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
23The Matrix Revolutions$4,708,7373,502$139,313,948Nov 5Warner Bros.
2421 Grams$3,857,100411$16,290,476Nov 21Focus Features
25In America$3,420,853403$15,539,656Nov 26-
26House of Sand and Fog$2,945,925598$13,040,288Dec 19DreamWorks Distribution
27Mystic River$2,816,7431,581$90,135,191Oct 8Warner Bros.
28Lost in Translation$2,328,207882$44,585,453Sep 12Focus Features
29Santa vs. the Snowman 3D
2003 Re-release
$2,039,11346$3,045,032Oct 31IMAX
30The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
2003 Re-release
$1,996,832126$1,996,877Dec 12New Line Cinema
31Looney Tunes: Back in Action$1,710,6972,903$20,991,364Nov 14Warner Bros.
32The Station Agent$1,470,244198$5,739,376Oct 3Miramax
33Scary Movie 3$1,436,2443,505$110,003,217Oct 24Dimension Films
34The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
2003 Extended Edition
$1,412,195126$1,412,056Dec 5New Line Cinema
35Radio$1,411,9823,074$52,333,738Oct 24Revolution Studios
36Red Nose$1,300,20190$2,004,814Nov 28Christal Films
37Kal Ho Naa Ho$1,272,74152$1,991,922Nov 26Yash Raj Films
38School of Rock$1,219,1632,951$81,261,177Oct 3Paramount Pictures
39Calendar Girls$1,065,244967$31,041,759Dec 19Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
40Freaky Friday$936,5673,067$110,230,332Aug 6Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
41Runaway Jury$896,4572,815$49,443,628Oct 17Twentieth Century Fox
42The Human Stain$855,631388$5,381,908Oct 31Miramax
43Space Station 3D$848,04764$93,383,953Apr 19IMAX
44The Young Black Stallion$735,52551$6,751,389Dec 25Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
45Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl$728,2053,416$305,413,918Jul 9Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
46The Cooler$714,835408$8,291,572Nov 26Lionsgate
47Kill Bill: Vol. 1$713,3363,102$70,099,045Oct 10Miramax
48Shattered Glass$706,059215$2,220,008Oct 31Lionsgate
49The Triplets of Belleville$665,652463$7,007,149Nov 26Sony Pictures Classics
50Girl with a Pearl Earring$599,763402$11,670,971Dec 12Lionsgate
51The Texas Chainsaw Massacre$589,4343,018$80,571,655Oct 17New Line Cinema
52The Gospel of John$513,607113$4,069,090Sep 26THINKFilm
53Under the Tuscan Sun$495,8641,701$43,610,723Sep 26Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
54LOC: Kargil$470,60758$621,103Dec 25Eros Worldwide
55Blizzard$459,323136$504,600Dec 12Alliance Atlantis Vivafilm
56Spy Kids 3: Game Over$429,3833,388$111,761,982Jul 25Dimension Films
57Pieces of April$407,505101$2,528,664Oct 17United Artists
58Once Upon a Time in Mexico$397,7923,289$56,359,780Sep 12Sony Pictures Releasing
59T-Rex: Back to the Cretaceous$360,67638$53,354,743Oct 23IMAX
60Secondhand Lions$314,5133,038$42,070,939Sep 19New Line Cinema
61The Barbarian Invasions
2003 Re-release
$304,835139$3,435,749Nov 21Miramax
62Elephant$275,86538$1,266,955Oct 24Fine Line Features
63Tupac: Resurrection$244,823804$7,718,961Nov 14Paramount Pictures
64The Statement$237,45651$765,637Dec 12Sony Pictures Classics
65Intolerable Cruelty$234,7322,570$35,327,628Oct 10Universal Pictures
66The Legend of Johnny Lingo$221,82163$1,690,767Aug 29Innovation Film Group (IFG)
67Annie Brocoli dans les fonds marins$221,79655$374,360Dec 19-
68Bubba Ho-Tep$200,60025$1,239,183Sep 19Vitagraph Films
69Underworld$186,3082,928$51,970,690Sep 19Screen Gems
70The Fog of War$177,993261$4,198,566Dec 19Sony Pictures Classics
71Alexandra's Project$173,23229$752,148Dec 19Alliance Atlantis Vivafilm
72My Architect$166,04439$2,750,707Nov 12New Yorker Films
73Monster$158,6401,093$34,469,210Dec 24Newmarket Films
74The Fighting Temptations$145,7462,026$30,250,745Sep 19Paramount Pictures
75China: The Panda Adventure$141,02221$3,921,642Jun 9IMAX
76Pride and Prejudice$140,81520$377,271Dec 5Excel Entertainment
77Out of Time$136,1283,076$41,088,845Oct 3Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
78Sylvia$134,541109$1,315,498Oct 17Focus Features
79The Rundown$133,5173,154$47,726,342Sep 26Universal Pictures
80Haunted Castle$129,29810$13,651,656Feb 23-
81The Company$128,27055$2,283,914Dec 25Sony Pictures Classics
82Gloomy Sunday$125,11016$585,604Jun 20Menemsha Films
83Bugs!$124,66033$19,063,544Mar 12SK Films
84To Be and to Have$117,27514$777,129Sep 19New Yorker Films
85Tibet: Cry of the Snow Lion$113,91915$578,241Sep 19Artistic License
86Ghosts of the Abyss$102,79197$17,040,871Apr 11Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
87Seabiscuit$84,0892,573$120,277,854Jul 25Universal Pictures
88Duplex$80,1272,191$9,692,135Sep 26Miramax
89Die, Mommie, Die!$78,01617$320,092Oct 31Sundance Film Series
90Good Boy$70,7843,225$37,667,746Oct 10Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
91Modern Times
2003 Re-release
$60,7267$163,577Dec 26Kino International
92The Bread, My Sweet$57,4438$1,023,156Jan 18Panorama Entertainment
93Dirty Pretty Things$54,511493$8,112,414Jul 18Miramax
94Luther$54,456400$5,791,328Sep 26R.S. Entertainment
95The Hebrew Hammer$53,2018$82,157Dec 19Strand Releasing
96Munna Bhai M.B.B.S.$48,77217$48,772Dec 19Eros Worldwide
97City of God$45,533242$7,564,459Jan 17Miramax
98The Animation Show$45,46910$366,344Sep 5-
99Seducing Doctor Lewis$45,12380$9,354,342Jul 11Odeon
100Jeepers Creepers 2$42,4513,124$35,667,218Aug 29United Artists
101Party Monster$40,71613$742,898Aug 29Strand Releasing
102Mambo Italiano
2003 Re-release
$39,621183$3,205,730Sep 19IDP Distribution
103The Revolution Will Not Be Televised$38,4668$153,859Oct 24Vitagraph Films
104Galapagos$36,57014$18,630,372Oct 29IMAX
105From Here to Eternity$36,4165$36,416Dec 5Sony Pictures Repertory
106S.W.A.T.$35,2293,220$116,934,650Aug 8Sony Pictures Releasing
107Shackleton's Antarctic Adventure$34,17926$15,553,324Feb 10-
108My Life Without Me$33,15139$400,948Sep 26Sony Pictures Classics
109The Singing Detective$32,87546$337,174Oct 24Paramount Classics
110The Book of Mormon Movie, Volume 1: The Journey$32,79238$1,680,020Sep 12-
111Winged Migration
2003 Re-release
$32,181202$10,764,402Apr 18Sony Pictures Classics
112The Holy Land$31,31717$603,520Jul 11-
113Bus 174$30,8315$217,201Oct 8THINKFilm
114Rivers and Tides$29,00115$2,200,276Jun 26Roxie Releasing
115The Flower of Evil$28,03416$182,163Oct 10Palm Pictures
116What Alice Found$27,3413$67,436Dec 5Castle Hill Productions
117Bruce Almighty$27,0863,549$242,829,261May 23Universal Pictures
118Yossi & Jagger$26,5796$267,005Sep 24Strand Releasing
119The Gatekeeper$25,4813$312,434Apr 25-
120The Secret Lives of Dentists$25,104181$3,707,346Aug 1-
121My Flesh and Blood$24,9877$40,573Nov 28Strand Releasing
122Divine Intervention$23,3909$421,343Jan 17Avatar Films
123Finding Nemo$20,1703,425$339,714,978May 30Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
124The Far Side of the Moon$19,3427$235,926Oct 20Odeon
125The Weather Underground$18,22314$564,632Jun 4Shadow Distribution
126I Vitelloni
2003 Re-release
$15,7113$116,428Nov 14Kino International
127Gaz Bar Blues$15,52023$884,664Sep 5Odeon
128American Splendor$13,780272$6,010,990Aug 15Fine Line Features
129Bonhoeffer$13,6407$296,181Jun 20First Run
130Cirque du Soleil: Journey of Man$13,62422$15,627,434May 5Sony Pictures Classics
131AKA$12,9673$49,988Dec 12Empire Pictures Inc.
132Autumn Spring
2003 Re-release
$12,5635$96,269Aug 22First Look International
133Girls Will Be Girls$12,00314$148,047Oct 10IFC Films
134Postmen in the Mountains$11,8627$203,975Dec 25Shadow Distribution
135Red Betsy$11,63222$164,520Sep 19Lang Films
136Au hasard Balthazar$11,4861$45,406Oct 17Rialto Pictures
137Thirteen$11,306243$4,601,043Aug 20-
138Evil Words$10,30961$2,014,071Oct 3Odeon
139Don't Touch the Loot$9,7922$131,548Sep 5Rialto Pictures
140Taking Sides$9,6159$188,952Sep 5New Yorker Films
141Wonderland$8,812195$1,060,512Oct 3Lionsgate
142Monty Python and the Holy Grail
2001 Re-release
$8,75026$1,827,696Jun 15Rainbow Releasing
143Billabong Odyssey$8,71227$156,000Nov 7ArenaPlex LLC
144The Cremaster Cycle$8,3767$514,622Apr 25Palm Pictures
145The Legend of Leigh Bowery$8,2771$11,989Nov 28Palm Pictures
146Thrill Ride: The Science of Fun$7,95381$18,798,590Jul 11Sony Pictures Classics
147Hukkle$7,6634$53,715Nov 14Shadow Distribution
148Japanese Story$7,48821$647,054Dec 31IDP Distribution
1499 Dead Gay Guys$7,1572$26,377Oct 17TLA Releasing
150Eyes Without a Face$6,8733$58,565Oct 31Rialto Pictures
151Masked and Anonymous$6,42423$533,569Jul 24Sony Pictures Classics
152Carnage$6,2246$60,158Sep 5Wellspring Media
153Porn Theatre$6,1612$31,653Oct 10Strand Releasing
154Open Range$6,0962,268$58,331,254Aug 15Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
155In My Skin$6,0873$31,046Nov 7Wellspring Media
156Cabin Fever$5,6762,105$21,158,188Sep 12Lionsgate
157Demonlover$5,56815$232,044Sep 19Palm Pictures
158El bonaerense$4,4841$9,470Nov 26Menemsha Films
159Alien
2003 Director's Cut
$4,356347$1,986,910Oct 29Twentieth Century Fox
160Cold Creek Manor$4,2202,035$21,386,011Sep 19Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
161Girlhood$4,1613$37,977Oct 29Wellspring Media
162On_Line$4,0867$167,102Jun 27Indican Pictures
163The Embalmer$3,9072$56,878Jul 18First Run
164Veronica Guerin$3,760472$1,571,504Oct 17Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
165Forget Baghdad: Jews and Arabs - The Iraqi Connection$3,7421$3,741Dec 5Arab Film Distribution
166Encounter in the Third Dimension$3,61616$7,195,792Feb 26-
167Northfork$3,48771$1,420,578Jul 11Paramount Classics
168The Butterfly
2003 Re-release
$3,4802$38,438Dec 19First Run
169Anything But Love$3,00416$81,451Nov 14IDP Distribution
170Alien Adventure$2,80910$8,959,784Aug 20-
171Millennium Mambo$2,5321$14,904Dec 31Palm Pictures
172Emerald Cowboy$2,5326$101,358Sep 19Indican Pictures
173Once Upon a Time in the Midlands$2,47717$172,564Aug 29Sony Pictures Classics
174Madame Satã$2,4529$198,309Jul 9Wellspring Media
175Manna from Heaven$1,88033$505,675Aug 2Five Sisters Productions
176The Girl from Paris$1,8335$183,266Mar 21Films Philos
177American Storytellers$1,8321$24,082Nov 7Indican Pictures
178Suddenly$1,1253$44,806Aug 27Empire Pictures Inc.
179Sans Soleil$1,0841$30,878Oct 10New Yorker Films
180Spellbound$1,077117$5,728,581Apr 30THINKFilm
181Km. 0 - Kilometer Zero$1,0056$159,338Jul 11TLA Releasing
182Apollo 13
The IMAX Experience
$92619$1,766,621Sep 20IMAX
183Prey for Rock & Roll$9085$58,040Sep 26MAC Releasing
184Independent Spirits: Faith Hubley/John Hubley$8841$1,551Nov 28Cinema Four
185Venus Boyz
2003 Re-release
$7581$18,515Aug 22First Run
186September 11$6926$127,035Jul 18Empire Pictures Inc.
187Seaside$6161$15,290Aug 6First Run
188New Suit$5287$71,743May 2-
189No News from God$3075$77,858Aug 22First Look International
190The Good Old Naughty Days$2242$60,862Mar 28Strand Releasing
191Across the Sea of Time$1062$16,015,639Oct 20Sony Pictures Classics