Domestic 2003 Weekend 33
August 15-17, 2003
Key:New This WeekEstimated
| Rank | LW | Release | Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | - | Freddy vs. Jason | $36,400,000 | - | 3,014 | - | $12,076 | $36,400,000 | 1 | New Line Cinema |
| 2 | 1 | S.W.A.T. | $18,122,486 | -51.1% | 3,220 | +18 | $5,628 | $69,672,843 | 2 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 3 | - | Open Range | $14,047,781 | - | 2,075 | - | $6,770 | $14,047,781 | 1 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 4 | 2 | Freaky Friday | $13,434,285 | -39.5% | 2,979 | +25 | $4,509 | $58,416,557 | 2 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 5 | - | Uptown Girls | $11,277,367 | - | 2,495 | - | $4,519 | $11,277,367 | 1 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) |
| 6 | 4 | Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl | $9,167,599 | -29.6% | 2,710 | -460 | $3,382 | $248,720,985 | 6 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 7 | 3 | American Wedding | $8,402,760 | -45.7% | 2,985 | -190 | $2,814 | $80,856,345 | 3 | Universal Pictures |
| 8 | 5 | Seabiscuit | $8,087,670 | -32.4% | 2,462 | +34 | $3,285 | $83,012,545 | 4 | Universal Pictures |
| 9 | 6 | Spy Kids 3: Game Over | $5,200,000 | -48.5% | 3,003 | -385 | $1,731 | $96,800,000 | 4 | Dimension Films |
| 10 | 7 | Bad Boys II | $3,143,914 | -48% | 1,785 | -664 | $1,761 | $128,856,716 | 5 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 11 | 8 | Lara Croft: Tomb Raider - The Cradle of Life | $2,786,977 | -46.6% | 1,926 | -1,110 | $1,447 | $59,079,023 | 4 | Paramount Pictures |
| 12 | - | Grind | $2,511,403 | - | 2,253 | - | $1,114 | $2,511,403 | 1 | Warner Bros. |
| 13 | 19 | Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle | $1,980,432 | +254.8% | 816 | +143 | $2,427 | $97,740,542 | 8 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 14 | 9 | Finding Nemo | $1,358,901 | -45.9% | 1,037 | -465 | $1,310 | $327,793,194 | 12 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 15 | 20 | The Divorce | $942,594 | +82.4% | 180 | +146 | $5,236 | $1,688,798 | 2 | - |
| 16 | 10 | Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines | $816,420 | -49.7% | 633 | -642 | $1,289 | $147,611,218 | 7 | Warner Bros. |
| 17 | 13 | Whale Rider | $721,540 | -22.2% | 348 | -86 | $2,073 | $14,053,529 | 11 | Newmarket Films |
| 18 | 16 | Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde | $648,151 | -24.8% | 1,007 | -200 | $643 | $88,002,442 | 7 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) |
| 19 | 17 | Swimming Pool | $596,938 | -28.6% | 257 | -2 | $2,322 | $7,520,148 | 7 | Focus Features |
| 20 | 11 | The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen | $593,487 | -61.5% | 584 | -742 | $1,016 | $63,554,390 | 6 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 21 | 21 | Dirty Pretty Things | $557,263 | +35.7% | 142 | +80 | $3,924 | $1,986,903 | 5 | Miramax |
| 22 | 15 | 28 Days Later | $456,133 | -49.9% | 336 | -311 | $1,357 | $43,025,325 | 8 | - |
| 23 | 32 | The Secret Lives of Dentists | $331,952 | +74.2% | 63 | +40 | $5,269 | $824,502 | 3 | - |
| 24 | 22 | Bruce Almighty | $325,715 | -20.6% | 329 | -49 | $990 | $239,855,525 | 13 | Universal Pictures |
| 25 | 12 | Johnny English | $318,985 | -69.8% | 343 | -559 | $929 | $26,925,075 | 5 | Universal Pictures |
| 26 | 14 | Bend It Like Beckham | $316,601 | -65.4% | 277 | -572 | $1,142 | $30,942,939 | 23 | - |
| 27 | 25 | The Matrix Reloaded | $295,347 | -18.7% | 104 | +3 | $2,839 | $278,285,565 | 14 | Warner Bros. |
| 28 | 27 | Winged Migration 2003 Re-release | $260,332 | -15.3% | 144 | -11 | $1,807 | $8,057,441 | 18 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 29 | 26 | Daddy Day Care | $223,286 | -35.2% | 287 | -37 | $778 | $102,379,618 | 15 | Revolution Studios |
| 30 | 29 | Hulk | $212,080 | -26.1% | 241 | -66 | $880 | $131,164,155 | 9 | Universal Pictures |
| 31 | 44 | Rugrats Go Wild | $204,864 | +212.1% | 263 | +117 | $778 | $38,802,248 | 10 | Paramount Pictures |
| 32 | 35 | Step Into Liquid | $201,387 | +48.1% | 16 | +11 | $12,586 | $418,856 | 2 | Artisan Entertainment |
| 33 | 31 | Camp | $192,828 | -13.8% | 60 | +17 | $3,213 | $696,280 | 4 | IFC Films |
| 34 | 39 | The Magdalene Sisters 2003 Re-release | $189,586 | +75.8% | 26 | +17 | $7,291 | $507,372 | 3 | Miramax |
| 35 | 23 | The Italian Job | $187,348 | -52.2% | 118 | -99 | $1,587 | $96,603,732 | 12 | Paramount Pictures |
| 36 | 28 | 2 Fast 2 Furious | $177,310 | -38.8% | 238 | -64 | $745 | $126,236,060 | 11 | Universal Pictures |
| 37 | - | American Splendor | $159,705 | - | 6 | - | $26,617 | $159,705 | 1 | Fine Line Features |
| 38 | 24 | Seducing Doctor Lewis | $146,333 | -60.1% | 31 | -39 | $4,720 | $5,114,233 | 6 | Odeon |
| 39 | 34 | Space Station 3D | $137,432 | -13% | 22 | +1 | $6,246 | $42,621,384 | 70 | IMAX |
| 40 | 30 | Koi... Mil Gaya | $125,987 | -54.2% | 54 | -1 | $2,333 | $473,788 | 2 | Yash Raj Films |
| 41 | - | Passionada | $123,568 | - | 74 | - | $1,669 | $123,568 | 1 | IDP Distribution |
| 42 | 33 | Northfork | $97,705 | -39% | 71 | - | $1,376 | $982,372 | 6 | Paramount Classics |
| 43 | 38 | Ghosts of the Abyss | $96,879 | -17.3% | 32 | +2 | $3,027 | $13,913,455 | 19 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 44 | 37 | Spellbound | $76,051 | -37.8% | 51 | -24 | $1,491 | $5,122,868 | 16 | THINKFilm |
| 45 | 41 | T-Rex: Back to the Cretaceous | $70,530 | -18.2% | 9 | -1 | $7,836 | $44,547,424 | 252 | IMAX |
| 46 | 42 | And Now Ladies & Gentlemen | $61,648 | -20.9% | 32 | +10 | $1,926 | $244,550 | 3 | Paramount Classics |
| 47 | 40 | Capturing the Friedmans | $61,339 | -37.1% | 53 | -9 | $1,157 | $2,794,120 | 12 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 48 | 36 | I Capture the Castle | $60,270 | -52.2% | 35 | -7 | $1,722 | $884,437 | 6 | IDP Distribution |
| 49 | - | Hollywood Homicide | $58,929 | - | 96 | - | $613 | $30,119,990 | 10 | Revolution Studios |
| 50 | 45 | Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas | $42,320 | -34.7% | 129 | -53 | $328 | $25,935,826 | 7 | DreamWorks Distribution |
| 51 | 43 | X2: X-Men United | $41,388 | -43.2% | 81 | -34 | $510 | $214,813,155 | 16 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 52 | 47 | Buffalo Soldiers | $40,745 | -33.2% | 24 | +3 | $1,697 | $213,664 | 4 | Miramax |
| 53 | 50 | Chicago | $33,582 | -39.1% | 76 | -32 | $441 | $170,617,614 | 34 | Miramax |
| 54 | 55 | The Holy Land | $32,643 | -27.9% | 15 | - | $2,176 | $301,287 | 6 | - |
| 55 | 62 | Haunted Castle | $30,976 | +2.7% | 3 | - | $10,325 | $6,886,150 | 130 | - |
| 56 | 58 | Wrong Turn | $27,323 | -27.9% | 51 | -15 | $535 | $15,312,960 | 12 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 57 | 54 | Masked and Anonymous | $26,387 | -44.9% | 12 | -11 | $2,198 | $248,340 | 4 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 58 | 57 | Nowhere in Africa | $24,873 | -37.8% | 29 | -11 | $857 | $5,997,933 | 24 | Zeitgeist Films |
| 59 | 68 | Owning Mahowny | $22,928 | +1.2% | 24 | +7 | $955 | $852,934 | 16 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 60 | 67 | Shackleton's Antarctic Adventure | $21,698 | -4.7% | 8 | - | $2,712 | $15,133,057 | 132 | - |
| 61 | 51 | Holes | $20,741 | -61.2% | 55 | -59 | $377 | $67,383,924 | 18 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 62 | - | A Mighty Wind | $20,195 | - | 44 | - | $458 | $17,548,613 | 18 | Warner Bros. |
| 63 | 18 | Gigli | $18,702 | -97.2% | 73 | -2,142 | $256 | $6,068,735 | 3 | Revolution Studios |
| 64 | 60 | Mambo Italiano | $18,269 | -44.4% | 11 | -2 | $1,660 | $2,902,700 | 11 | - |
| 65 | 52 | Respiro | $16,823 | -65.7% | 18 | -3 | $934 | $936,689 | 13 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 66 | 70 | Man on the Train | $16,732 | -22.4% | 29 | +3 | $576 | $2,435,796 | 15 | Paramount Classics |
| 67 | 91 | The Trip | $16,051 | +138% | 5 | +2 | $3,210 | $266,038 | 15 | TLA Releasing |
| 68 | 101 | The Cuckoo | $15,731 | +254.5% | 8 | +4 | $1,966 | $84,266 | 6 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 69 | 69 | The Spanish Apartment 2003 Re-release | $15,367 | -32% | 18 | -8 | $853 | $2,764,070 | 14 | - |
| 70 | 63 | A Housekeeper | $15,246 | -47.1% | 13 | -5 | $1,172 | $328,046 | 6 | Palm Pictures |
| 71 | 75 | Mondays in the Sun | $14,704 | +3.2% | 12 | +1 | $1,225 | $94,506 | 4 | Lionsgate |
| 72 | 71 | Thrill Ride: The Science of Fun | $13,430 | -21.2% | 3 | - | $4,476 | $18,656,799 | 319 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 73 | 72 | The Weather Underground | $13,062 | -15.2% | 4 | -3 | $3,265 | $241,583 | 11 | Shadow Distribution |
| 74 | 65 | Lucía, Lucía | $12,588 | -46.9% | 17 | -9 | $740 | $254,889 | 4 | - |
| 75 | - | Confessions of a Dangerous Mind | $12,537 | - | 2 | - | $6,268 | $15,962,786 | 33 | Miramax |
| 76 | 73 | Rivers and Tides | $12,132 | -17.9% | 9 | -2 | $1,348 | $2,011,297 | 60 | Roxie Releasing |
| 77 | 80 | Cirque du Soleil: Journey of Man | $10,758 | -7.8% | 4 | - | $2,689 | $15,490,588 | 172 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 78 | - | The Gatekeeper | $8,601 | - | 2 | - | $4,300 | $89,697 | 17 | - |
| 79 | 74 | City of God | $8,474 | -41% | 2 | -1 | $4,237 | $4,558,932 | 31 | Miramax |
| 80 | 110 | Washington Heights | $8,448 | +306.9% | 4 | -1 | $2,112 | $156,021 | 15 | MAC Releasing |
| 81 | 76 | Boys Life 4: Four Play | $7,510 | -44.7% | 2 | - | $3,755 | $44,298 | 3 | Strand Releasing |
| 82 | 95 | Kurosawa & Mifune Festival | $7,357 | +21.6% | 4 | +2 | $1,839 | $544,496 | 56 | Cowboy Pictures |
| 83 | 93 | Russian Ark | $7,271 | +12.2% | 10 | +4 | $727 | $2,269,031 | 36 | Wellspring Media |
| 84 | 85 | Gigantic (A Tale of Two Johns) | $7,269 | -15.7% | 4 | +1 | $1,817 | $129,726 | 13 | Cowboy Pictures |
| 85 | 87 | Together | $6,928 | -11.1% | 8 | -5 | $866 | $1,092,752 | 12 | United Artists |
| 86 | 77 | The Princess Blade | $6,545 | -48.1% | 4 | - | $1,636 | $25,101 | 2 | ADV Films |
| 87 | 94 | Gloomy Sunday | $6,244 | -2.4% | 1 | - | $6,244 | $92,146 | 9 | Menemsha Films |
| 88 | 81 | The Eye | $5,652 | -40.9% | 8 | -4 | $706 | $467,977 | 11 | Palm Pictures |
| 89 | 92 | Madame Satã | $5,419 | -16.5% | 3 | - | $1,806 | $97,479 | 6 | Wellspring Media |
| 90 | - | Confusion of Genders 2003 Re-release | $5,169 | - | 3 | - | $1,723 | $26,267 | 6 | - |
| 91 | 86 | The Man Without a Past | $5,160 | -39.5% | 6 | -3 | $860 | $903,604 | 20 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 92 | 88 | The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers | $5,105 | -34.5% | 10 | -3 | $510 | $339,781,747 | 35 | New Line Cinema |
| 93 | 90 | Shanghai Ghetto | $5,028 | -32.5% | 2 | - | $2,514 | $693,952 | 47 | Menemsha Films |
| 94 | 103 | Bowling for Columbine | $4,953 | +16.3% | 5 | -4 | $990 | $21,568,100 | 45 | United Artists |
| 95 | 83 | The Bread, My Sweet | $4,428 | -52% | 2 | -4 | $2,214 | $737,707 | 135 | Panorama Entertainment |
| 96 | 82 | The Heart of Me | $4,062 | -56.4% | 6 | -2 | $677 | $180,187 | 10 | THINKFilm |
| 97 | 79 | Jet Lag 2003 Re-release | $3,949 | -66.5% | 10 | -8 | $394 | $524,783 | 10 | Miramax |
| 98 | - | On_Line | $3,800 | - | 2 | - | $1,900 | $103,350 | 8 | Indican Pictures |
| 99 | 89 | Charlotte Sometimes | $3,623 | -53% | 1 | - | $3,623 | $121,771 | 16 | - |
| 100 | - | Seven Samurai 2002 Re-release | $3,412 | - | 1 | - | $3,412 | $258,154 | 51 | Cowboy Pictures |
| 101 | 99 | China: The Panda Adventure | $3,186 | -38.2% | 3 | -1 | $1,062 | $3,196,779 | 115 | IMAX |
| 102 | 129 | The Girl from Paris | $3,170 | +213.2% | 3 | +1 | $1,056 | $127,268 | 22 | Films Philos |
| 103 | 100 | Seaside | $3,069 | -35.2% | 1 | - | $3,069 | $12,484 | 2 | First Run |
| 104 | 104 | Tycoon: A New Russian | $2,520 | -38.5% | 1 | -2 | $2,520 | $92,715 | 10 | New Yorker Films |
| 105 | 122 | The Red Circle | $2,458 | +76.3% | 3 | +2 | $819 | $348,734 | 32 | Rialto Pictures |
| 106 | 98 | Bonhoeffer | $2,412 | -54.1% | 1 | -1 | $2,412 | $153,437 | 9 | First Run |
| 107 | 125 | Km. 0 - Kilometer Zero | $2,121 | +70.1% | 1 | - | $2,121 | $64,898 | 6 | TLA Releasing |
| 108 | 114 | The Dancer Upstairs | $2,048 | +16.6% | 6 | - | $341 | $2,374,732 | 16 | - |
| 109 | 107 | The R.M. | $1,895 | -18.1% | 3 | -1 | $631 | $1,054,148 | 29 | - |
| 110 | 96 | The Cremaster Cycle | $1,856 | -67.2% | 2 | - | $928 | $421,149 | 17 | Palm Pictures |
| 111 | - | A Woman Is a Woman | $1,629 | - | 1 | - | $1,629 | $85,647 | 14 | Rialto Pictures |
| 112 | 97 | Stone Reader | $1,508 | -72.3% | 2 | -2 | $754 | $221,459 | 27 | - |
| 113 | 124 | Levity | $1,441 | +12.3% | 2 | - | $720 | $209,151 | 20 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 114 | 120 | Galapagos | $1,368 | -12.3% | 2 | - | $684 | $12,586,737 | 199 | IMAX |
| 115 | 133 | Ikiru | $1,344 | +99.7% | 2 | +1 | $672 | $50,786 | 34 | Cowboy Pictures |
| 116 | 112 | Chaos 2002 Re-release | $1,278 | -32.4% | 2 | -1 | $639 | $196,303 | 29 | New Yorker Films |
| 117 | 136 | Marooned in Iraq | $1,268 | +451.3% | 2 | - | $634 | $125,748 | 17 | Wellspring Media |
| 118 | 126 | New Suit | $1,136 | -7.6% | 1 | -1 | $1,136 | $52,094 | 16 | - |
| 119 | 121 | September 11 | $1,068 | -29.2% | 1 | -1 | $1,068 | $36,130 | 5 | Empire Pictures Inc. |
| 120 | 130 | Encounter in the Third Dimension | $1,062 | +34.9% | 2 | - | $531 | $6,923,605 | 234 | - |
| 121 | 102 | Assassination Tango | $1,045 | -75.7% | 4 | -7 | $261 | $1,000,673 | 21 | United Artists |
| 122 | 113 | Time Changer | $996 | -44% | 2 | -2 | $498 | $1,278,056 | 43 | Five & Two Pictures |
| 123 | - | The Good Old Naughty Days | $951 | - | 1 | - | $951 | $55,645 | 21 | Strand Releasing |
| 124 | 117 | Lawless Heart | $591 | -64.3% | 1 | - | $591 | $330,067 | 26 | First Look International |
| 125 | 134 | Alien Adventure | $515 | +8.4% | 1 | - | $515 | $4,297,204 | 209 | - |
| 126 | 119 | Secret Lives: Hidden Children and Their Rescuers During WWII | $474 | -70.1% | 1 | -1 | $474 | $30,685 | 14 | The Cinema Guild |
| 127 | 132 | Apollo 13 The IMAX Experience | $444 | -34.1% | 1 | - | $444 | $1,651,261 | 48 | IMAX |
| 128 | 111 | Garmento | $320 | -83.8% | 1 | - | $320 | $13,602 | 11 | - |
| 129 | 123 | A Family Affair | $244 | -81.9% | 1 | -1 | $244 | $50,075 | 26 | - |
| 130 | 137 | Across the Sea of Time | $197 | +16.6% | 1 | - | $197 | $15,993,529 | 409 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 131 | 116 | This Thing of Ours | $155 | -90.7% | 1 | -3 | $155 | $37,227 | 5 | - |
| 132 | 108 | Morvern Callar | $145 | -93.5% | 2 | -1 | $72 | $266,860 | 35 | Cowboy Pictures |
