Domestic 2003 Week 33
August 15-21, 2003
Key:New This WeekEstimated
| Rank | LW | Release | Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | - | Freddy vs. Jason | $48,044,640 | - | 3,014 | - | $15,940 | $48,044,640 | 1 | New Line Cinema |
| 2 | 1 | S.W.A.T. | $25,715,381 | -50.1% | 3,220 | +18 | $7,986 | $77,265,738 | 2 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 3 | 2 | Freaky Friday | $20,144,778 | -40.9% | 2,979 | +25 | $6,762 | $65,127,050 | 3 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 4 | - | Open Range | $19,835,938 | - | 2,075 | - | $9,559 | $19,835,938 | 1 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 5 | - | Uptown Girls | $16,711,216 | - | 2,495 | - | $6,697 | $16,711,216 | 1 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) |
| 6 | 4 | Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl | $14,096,864 | -28.9% | 2,710 | -460 | $5,201 | $253,650,250 | 7 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 7 | 3 | American Wedding | $12,597,735 | -44.5% | 2,985 | -190 | $4,220 | $85,051,320 | 3 | Universal Pictures |
| 8 | 5 | Seabiscuit | $11,841,065 | -31.8% | 2,462 | +34 | $4,809 | $86,765,940 | 4 | Universal Pictures |
| 9 | 6 | Spy Kids 3: Game Over | $7,879,795 | -44.9% | 3,003 | -385 | $2,623 | $99,485,190 | 4 | Dimension Films |
| 10 | 7 | Bad Boys II | $4,580,340 | -47.1% | 1,785 | -664 | $2,566 | $130,293,142 | 5 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 11 | 8 | Lara Croft: Tomb Raider - The Cradle of Life | $4,211,616 | -46% | 1,926 | -1,110 | $2,186 | $60,503,662 | 4 | Paramount Pictures |
| 12 | - | Grind | $3,703,747 | - | 2,253 | - | $1,643 | $3,703,747 | 1 | Warner Bros. |
| 13 | 20 | Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle | $2,753,848 | +213.1% | 816 | +143 | $3,374 | $98,513,958 | 8 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 14 | 9 | Finding Nemo | $2,316,829 | -42.5% | 1,037 | -465 | $2,234 | $328,751,122 | 12 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 15 | 21 | The Divorce | $1,444,013 | +93.5% | 180 | +146 | $8,022 | $2,190,217 | 2 | - |
| 16 | 10 | Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines | $1,212,661 | -50.1% | 633 | -642 | $1,915 | $148,007,459 | 8 | Warner Bros. |
| 17 | 14 | Whale Rider | $1,105,505 | -22.3% | 348 | -86 | $3,176 | $14,437,494 | 11 | Newmarket Films |
| 18 | 16 | Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde | $964,298 | -27.6% | 1,007 | -200 | $957 | $88,318,589 | 8 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) |
| 19 | 11 | The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen | $897,207 | -61.4% | 584 | -742 | $1,536 | $63,858,110 | 6 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 20 | 17 | Swimming Pool | $896,689 | -26.1% | 257 | -2 | $3,489 | $7,819,899 | 8 | Focus Features |
| 21 | 30 | Seducing Doctor Lewis | $886,340 | +141.8% | 31 | -39 | $28,591 | $5,854,240 | 6 | Odeon |
| 22 | 25 | Dirty Pretty Things | $827,929 | +42.5% | 142 | +80 | $5,830 | $2,257,569 | 5 | Miramax |
| 23 | 15 | 28 Days Later | $720,225 | -48% | 336 | -311 | $2,143 | $43,289,417 | 8 | - |
| 24 | 12 | Johnny English | $528,190 | -68.1% | 343 | -559 | $1,539 | $27,134,280 | 5 | Universal Pictures |
| 25 | 24 | The Matrix Reloaded | $517,504 | -11.7% | 104 | +3 | $4,976 | $278,507,722 | 15 | Warner Bros. |
| 26 | 13 | Bend It Like Beckham | $509,818 | -64.5% | 277 | -572 | $1,840 | $31,136,156 | 24 | - |
| 27 | 23 | Bruce Almighty | $506,665 | -19.7% | 329 | -49 | $1,540 | $240,036,475 | 13 | Universal Pictures |
| 28 | 33 | The Secret Lives of Dentists | $461,455 | +48.6% | 63 | +40 | $7,324 | $954,005 | 3 | - |
| 29 | 19 | Winged Migration 2003 Re-release | $443,316 | -58% | 144 | -11 | $3,078 | $8,240,425 | 18 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 30 | 29 | Space Station 3D | $376,155 | -7.3% | 22 | +1 | $17,097 | $42,860,107 | 70 | IMAX |
| 31 | 35 | Step Into Liquid | $360,016 | +65.5% | 16 | +11 | $22,501 | $577,485 | 2 | Artisan Entertainment |
| 32 | 26 | Daddy Day Care | $359,889 | -34.2% | 287 | -37 | $1,253 | $102,516,221 | 15 | Revolution Studios |
| 33 | 44 | Rugrats Go Wild | $338,522 | +206.7% | 263 | +117 | $1,287 | $38,935,906 | 10 | Paramount Pictures |
| 34 | 28 | Hulk | $322,945 | -28.9% | 241 | -66 | $1,340 | $131,275,020 | 9 | Universal Pictures |
| 35 | 22 | The Italian Job | $303,862 | -52.1% | 118 | -99 | $2,575 | $96,720,246 | 12 | Paramount Pictures |
| 36 | 40 | The Magdalene Sisters 2003 Re-release | $301,135 | +75% | 26 | +17 | $11,582 | $618,921 | 3 | Miramax |
| 37 | 27 | 2 Fast 2 Furious | $293,930 | -37% | 238 | -64 | $1,235 | $126,352,680 | 11 | Universal Pictures |
| 38 | - | American Splendor | $262,596 | - | 6 | - | $43,766 | $261,407 | 1 | Fine Line Features |
| 39 | - | Passionada | $201,936 | - | 74 | - | $2,728 | $201,936 | 1 | IDP Distribution |
| 40 | 36 | Ghosts of the Abyss | $186,031 | -10.9% | 32 | +2 | $5,813 | $14,002,607 | 19 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 41 | 31 | Koi... Mil Gaya | $160,127 | -54% | 54 | -1 | $2,965 | $507,928 | 2 | Yash Raj Films |
| 42 | 34 | Northfork | $150,724 | -33% | 71 | - | $2,122 | $1,035,391 | 6 | Paramount Classics |
| 43 | 38 | T-Rex: Back to the Cretaceous | $148,969 | -20.6% | 9 | -1 | $16,552 | $44,625,863 | 252 | IMAX |
| 44 | 37 | Spellbound | $126,917 | -34.1% | 51 | -24 | $2,488 | $5,175,309 | 17 | THINKFilm |
| 45 | - | Hollywood Homicide | $103,309 | - | 96 | - | $1,076 | $30,164,370 | 10 | Revolution Studios |
| 46 | 43 | And Now Ladies & Gentlemen | $96,706 | -13.4% | 32 | +10 | $3,022 | $279,608 | 3 | Paramount Classics |
| 47 | 41 | Capturing the Friedmans | $92,417 | -38.3% | 53 | -9 | $1,743 | $2,825,198 | 12 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 48 | 39 | I Capture the Castle | $87,920 | -51.1% | 35 | -7 | $2,512 | $912,087 | 6 | IDP Distribution |
| 49 | 48 | Buffalo Soldiers | $66,772 | -27.1% | 24 | +3 | $2,782 | $239,691 | 4 | Miramax |
| 50 | 45 | Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas | $66,298 | -38.2% | 129 | -53 | $513 | $25,960,604 | 8 | DreamWorks Distribution |
| 51 | 52 | Haunted Castle | $65,396 | -3.8% | 3 | - | $21,798 | $6,920,570 | 130 | - |
| 52 | 42 | X2: X-Men United | $64,426 | -44.6% | 81 | -34 | $795 | $214,836,193 | 16 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 53 | 49 | Chicago | $54,078 | -40.9% | 76 | -32 | $711 | $170,638,110 | 34 | Miramax |
| 54 | 54 | The Holy Land | $51,234 | -19.8% | 15 | - | $3,415 | $319,878 | 6 | Cavu Pictures |
| 55 | 57 | Nowhere in Africa | $44,945 | -21.6% | 30 | -10 | $1,498 | $6,018,005 | 24 | Zeitgeist Films |
| 56 | 51 | Masked and Anonymous | $43,766 | -42% | 12 | -11 | $3,647 | $265,719 | 5 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 57 | 56 | Wrong Turn | $40,843 | -30% | 51 | -15 | $800 | $15,326,480 | 12 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 58 | - | Kurosawa & Mifune Festival | $40,033 | - | 5 | +3 | $8,006 | $577,172 | 56 | Cowboy Pictures |
| 59 | 58 | Mambo Italiano | $37,643 | -24.7% | 11 | -2 | $3,422 | $2,922,070 | 11 | - |
| 60 | 18 | Gigli | $37,509 | -96.5% | 73 | -2,142 | $513 | $6,087,542 | 3 | Revolution Studios |
| 61 | 65 | Owning Mahowny | $37,044 | +13.3% | 24 | +7 | $1,543 | $867,050 | 16 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 62 | - | A Mighty Wind | $36,068 | - | 44 | - | $819 | $17,564,486 | 19 | Warner Bros. |
| 63 | 66 | Man on the Train | $28,539 | -11.2% | 29 | +3 | $984 | $2,447,603 | 15 | Paramount Classics |
| 64 | 67 | Thrill Ride: The Science of Fun | $27,068 | -4.9% | 3 | - | $9,022 | $18,674,145 | 319 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 65 | 88 | The Trip | $25,722 | +131.1% | 5 | +2 | $5,144 | $275,709 | 15 | TLA Releasing |
| 66 | 55 | Respiro | $25,676 | -59.6% | 18 | -3 | $1,426 | $945,542 | 13 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 67 | 61 | Shackleton's Antarctic Adventure | $25,361 | -37.8% | 8 | - | $3,170 | $15,136,719 | 132 | - |
| 68 | 62 | The Spanish Apartment 2003 Re-release | $25,245 | -34.2% | 18 | -8 | $1,402 | $2,773,948 | 14 | - |
| 69 | 69 | The Weather Underground | $24,202 | -2.9% | 4 | -3 | $6,050 | $252,244 | 12 | Shadow Distribution |
| 70 | 96 | The Cuckoo | $24,187 | +264.3% | 8 | +4 | $3,023 | $92,722 | 6 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 71 | - | Thirteen | $23,600 | - | 2 | - | $11,800 | $23,600 | 1 | - |
| 72 | 72 | Mondays in the Sun | $22,250 | +5.2% | 12 | +1 | $1,854 | $102,052 | 4 | Lionsgate |
| 73 | 60 | A Housekeeper | $21,618 | -49.5% | 13 | -5 | $1,662 | $334,418 | 6 | Palm Pictures |
| 74 | 70 | Rivers and Tides | $21,483 | -12.8% | 9 | -2 | $2,387 | $2,020,648 | 61 | Roxie Releasing |
| 75 | - | Confessions of a Dangerous Mind | $20,036 | - | 2 | - | $10,018 | $15,970,285 | 34 | Miramax |
| 76 | 63 | Lucía, Lucía | $19,502 | -46.3% | 17 | -9 | $1,147 | $261,803 | 4 | - |
| 77 | 68 | Cirque du Soleil: Journey of Man | $19,274 | -26.4% | 4 | - | $4,818 | $15,501,138 | 172 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 78 | 76 | Gigantic (A Tale of Two Johns) | $15,538 | -9.7% | 4 | +1 | $3,884 | $138,083 | 13 | Cowboy Pictures |
| 79 | 71 | City of God | $15,002 | -30.9% | 2 | -1 | $7,501 | $4,565,460 | 31 | Miramax |
| 80 | 74 | Boys Life 4: Four Play | $11,947 | -37.1% | 2 | - | $5,973 | $48,435 | 3 | Strand Releasing |
| 81 | 89 | The Gatekeeper | $11,312 | +9% | 2 | +1 | $5,656 | $92,408 | 17 | - |
| 82 | 75 | The Princess Blade | $11,261 | -39.3% | 4 | - | $2,815 | $29,817 | 2 | ADV Films |
| 83 | 84 | Together | $10,982 | -11.7% | 8 | -5 | $1,372 | $1,096,806 | 12 | United Artists |
| 84 | 85 | Russian Ark | $10,934 | -9.2% | 10 | +4 | $1,093 | $2,272,694 | 36 | Wellspring Media |
| 85 | 103 | Washington Heights | $10,242 | +218.8% | 4 | -1 | $2,560 | $157,815 | 15 | MAC Releasing |
| 86 | 87 | China: The Panda Adventure | $9,953 | -13.3% | 3 | -1 | $3,317 | $3,203,546 | 115 | IMAX |
| 87 | 81 | The Bread, My Sweet | $9,046 | -32.6% | 2 | -4 | $4,523 | $742,325 | 136 | Panorama Entertainment |
| 88 | 78 | The Eye | $8,921 | -39.7% | 8 | -4 | $1,115 | $471,246 | 11 | Palm Pictures |
| 89 | 86 | The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers | $8,539 | -28.4% | 10 | -3 | $853 | $339,785,181 | 36 | New Line Cinema |
| 90 | 91 | Madame Satã | $8,371 | -13% | 3 | - | $2,790 | $100,431 | 7 | Wellspring Media |
| 91 | 93 | Gloomy Sunday | $8,288 | -1.9% | 1 | - | $8,288 | $94,190 | 9 | Menemsha Films |
| 92 | - | Confusion of Genders 2003 Re-release | $7,917 | - | 3 | - | $2,639 | $29,015 | 7 | - |
| 93 | 94 | Bowling for Columbine | $7,875 | +7.1% | 5 | -4 | $1,575 | $21,571,022 | 45 | United Artists |
| 94 | 82 | The Man Without a Past | $7,432 | -44.3% | 6 | -3 | $1,238 | $905,876 | 20 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 95 | 73 | Jet Lag 2003 Re-release | $7,253 | -65.7% | 10 | -8 | $725 | $528,087 | 10 | Miramax |
| 96 | 80 | Shanghai Ghetto | $7,230 | -47.5% | 2 | - | $3,615 | $696,154 | 47 | Menemsha Films |
| 97 | - | Seven Samurai 2002 Re-release | $6,870 | - | 1 | - | $6,870 | $261,612 | 51 | Cowboy Pictures |
| 98 | 79 | The Legend of Suriyothai | $5,548 | -60.8% | 4 | -4 | $1,387 | $386,107 | 9 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 99 | - | On_Line | $5,302 | - | 2 | - | $2,651 | $104,852 | 8 | Indican Pictures |
| 100 | 77 | The Heart of Me | $4,843 | -70.4% | 6 | -2 | $807 | $180,968 | 10 | THINKFilm |
| 101 | 105 | The Dancer Upstairs | $4,664 | +60.1% | 6 | - | $777 | $2,377,348 | 16 | - |
| 102 | 92 | The Cremaster Cycle | $4,504 | -49.7% | 2 | - | $2,252 | $423,797 | 17 | Palm Pictures |
| 103 | 122 | The Girl from Paris | $4,503 | +345% | 3 | +1 | $1,501 | $128,601 | 22 | Films Philos |
| 104 | 121 | Encounter in the Third Dimension | $3,766 | +219.2% | 2 | - | $1,883 | $6,926,309 | 234 | - |
| 105 | 83 | Bonhoeffer | $3,726 | -71% | 1 | -1 | $3,726 | $154,751 | 9 | First Run |
| 106 | 107 | The Red Circle | $3,718 | +29.7% | 3 | +2 | $1,239 | $349,994 | 32 | Rialto Pictures |
| 107 | 99 | Tycoon: A New Russian | $3,647 | -38% | 1 | -2 | $3,647 | $93,842 | 10 | New Yorker Films |
| 108 | 100 | The R.M. | $3,509 | -28.6% | 3 | -1 | $1,169 | $1,055,752 | 29 | - |
| 109 | 113 | Km. 0 - Kilometer Zero | $3,346 | +40.9% | 1 | - | $3,346 | $66,123 | 6 | TLA Releasing |
| 110 | 102 | September 11 | $2,966 | -11% | 1 | -1 | $2,966 | $38,028 | 5 | Empire Pictures Inc. |
| 111 | - | A Woman Is a Woman | $2,597 | - | 1 | - | $2,597 | $86,615 | 14 | Rialto Pictures |
| 112 | 118 | Ikiru | $2,484 | +45.2% | 2 | +1 | $1,242 | $51,926 | 34 | Cowboy Pictures |
| 113 | - | The Fassbinder Series Film Festival | $2,100 | - | - | - | - | $129,963 | 27 | Wellspring Media |
| 114 | 116 | Levity | $1,985 | -2.2% | 2 | - | $992 | $209,695 | 20 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 115 | 125 | Marooned in Iraq | $1,924 | +381% | 2 | - | $962 | $126,404 | 17 | Wellspring Media |
| 116 | 108 | Chaos 2002 Re-release | $1,893 | -29.7% | 2 | -1 | $946 | $196,918 | 30 | New Yorker Films |
| 117 | 97 | Assassination Tango | $1,876 | -69.9% | 4 | -7 | $469 | $1,001,504 | 21 | United Artists |
| 118 | 117 | Galapagos | $1,612 | -13.8% | 2 | - | $806 | $12,586,981 | 199 | IMAX |
| 119 | 123 | Apollo 13 The IMAX Experience | $1,557 | +67.4% | 1 | - | $1,557 | $1,652,374 | 48 | IMAX |
| 120 | 120 | Alien Adventure | $1,518 | +2.6% | 1 | - | $1,518 | $4,298,207 | 209 | - |
| 121 | 110 | Time Changer | $1,393 | -44.4% | 2 | -2 | $696 | $1,278,453 | 43 | Five & Two Pictures |
| 122 | 119 | New Suit | $1,363 | -11.1% | 1 | -1 | $1,363 | $52,321 | 16 | - |
| 123 | - | The Good Old Naughty Days | $1,251 | - | 1 | - | $1,251 | $55,945 | 21 | Strand Releasing |
| 124 | 101 | Friday Night | $576 | -84% | - | - | - | $104,421 | 13 | Wellspring Media |
| 125 | 114 | Morvern Callar | $363 | -83.7% | 2 | -1 | $181 | $267,078 | 35 | Cowboy Pictures |
| 126 | 106 | Garmento | $320 | -88.9% | 1 | - | $320 | $13,602 | 11 | - |
| 127 | 126 | Across the Sea of Time | $197 | +16.6% | 1 | - | $197 | $15,993,529 | 409 | Sony Pictures Classics |
