Domestic 2003 Week 39
September 26-October 2, 2003
Key:New This WeekEstimated
| Rank | LW | Release | Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | - | The Rundown | $22,983,275 | - | 3,152 | - | $7,291 | $22,983,275 | 1 | Universal Pictures |
| 2 | - | Under the Tuscan Sun | $13,058,769 | - | 1,226 | - | $10,651 | $13,058,769 | 1 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 3 | 1 | Underworld | $12,133,722 | -56% | 2,928 | +13 | $4,144 | $39,740,617 | 2 | Screen Gems |
| 4 | 2 | Secondhand Lions | $10,235,404 | -32.7% | 3,038 | +25 | $3,369 | $25,441,111 | 2 | New Line Cinema |
| 5 | 4 | The Fighting Temptations | $7,461,703 | -45.6% | 2,026 | - | $3,682 | $21,189,704 | 2 | Paramount Pictures |
| 6 | 3 | Once Upon a Time in Mexico | $6,478,622 | -53.8% | 2,922 | -367 | $2,217 | $50,441,793 | 3 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 7 | - | Duplex | $5,688,916 | - | 2,189 | - | $2,598 | $5,688,916 | 1 | Miramax |
| 8 | 5 | Cold Creek Manor | $5,591,399 | -45.4% | 2,035 | - | $2,747 | $15,829,064 | 2 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 9 | 6 | Matchstick Men | $5,571,835 | -42.4% | 2,666 | -45 | $2,089 | $31,920,599 | 3 | Warner Bros. |
| 10 | 10 | Lost in Translation | $4,912,668 | +35.8% | 488 | +305 | $10,066 | $9,864,082 | 3 | Focus Features |
| 11 | 9 | Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star | $3,297,559 | -23.5% | 1,953 | -130 | $1,688 | $21,124,928 | 4 | Paramount Pictures |
| 12 | 8 | Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl | $2,962,722 | -31.5% | 1,443 | -303 | $2,053 | $296,301,501 | 13 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 13 | 7 | Cabin Fever | $2,726,534 | -47.1% | 1,629 | -476 | $1,673 | $18,696,363 | 3 | Lionsgate |
| 14 | 11 | Freaky Friday | $1,534,422 | -47.7% | 1,422 | -428 | $1,079 | $107,026,845 | 9 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 15 | - | Luther | $1,273,117 | - | 400 | - | $3,182 | $1,273,117 | 1 | R.S. Entertainment |
| 16 | 13 | Seabiscuit | $1,152,190 | -45.4% | 876 | -541 | $1,315 | $117,668,490 | 10 | Universal Pictures |
| 17 | 14 | Open Range | $911,066 | -51.3% | 930 | -535 | $979 | $57,133,273 | 7 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 18 | 12 | Anything Else | $881,579 | -58.7% | 1,033 | - | $853 | $3,018,430 | 2 | DreamWorks Distribution |
| 19 | 17 | Mambo Italiano 2003 Re-release | $699,508 | -31.8% | 183 | +5 | $3,822 | $1,724,716 | 2 | IDP Distribution |
| 20 | 15 | S.W.A.T. | $611,364 | -61% | 642 | -636 | $952 | $115,648,934 | 8 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 21 | 16 | Jeepers Creepers 2 | $566,369 | -55% | 577 | -781 | $981 | $34,409,354 | 5 | United Artists |
| 22 | 21 | Thirteen | $445,250 | -30.8% | 210 | -33 | $2,120 | $3,834,960 | 7 | - |
| 23 | 24 | Finding Nemo | $445,203 | -16.7% | 405 | -75 | $1,099 | $335,818,325 | 18 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 24 | 19 | American Splendor | $389,727 | -43.1% | 179 | -81 | $2,177 | $5,204,599 | 7 | Fine Line Features |
| 25 | 18 | American Wedding | $353,690 | -49.9% | 332 | -229 | $1,065 | $103,886,775 | 9 | Universal Pictures |
| 26 | 37 | Bad Boys II | $321,067 | +23.9% | 269 | +40 | $1,193 | $137,982,828 | 11 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 27 | 23 | Whale Rider | $304,114 | -43.6% | 237 | -104 | $1,283 | $20,149,739 | 17 | Newmarket Films |
| 28 | 20 | Uptown Girls | $300,907 | -53.3% | 374 | -302 | $804 | $36,693,953 | 7 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) |
| 29 | 27 | The Italian Job | $285,037 | -35.4% | 263 | -157 | $1,083 | $105,701,967 | 18 | Paramount Pictures |
| 30 | 25 | Scarface 2003 Re-release | $278,241 | -39.7% | 12 | - | $23,186 | $739,905 | 2 | Focus Features |
| 31 | 29 | The Magdalene Sisters 2003 Re-release | $248,119 | -38.8% | 174 | -50 | $1,425 | $4,143,831 | 9 | Miramax |
| 32 | 26 | Spy Kids 3: Game Over | $248,115 | -44.9% | 377 | -190 | $658 | $110,423,379 | 10 | Dimension Films |
| 33 | 22 | Freddy vs. Jason | $236,930 | -57.9% | 299 | -332 | $792 | $81,654,555 | 7 | New Line Cinema |
| 34 | 35 | Bruce Almighty | $216,225 | -20.6% | 204 | -21 | $1,059 | $242,251,635 | 19 | Universal Pictures |
| 35 | 34 | Step Into Liquid | $208,376 | -24.3% | 87 | -4 | $2,395 | $3,189,916 | 8 | Artisan Entertainment |
| 36 | 28 | Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines | $176,471 | -59.1% | 281 | -54 | $628 | $150,194,207 | 14 | Warner Bros. |
| 37 | 40 | The Matrix Reloaded | $166,139 | -14.2% | 115 | -81 | $1,444 | $281,097,951 | 21 | Warner Bros. |
| 38 | 36 | Father and Sons | $161,938 | -39.5% | 49 | - | $3,304 | $429,747 | 2 | Odeon |
| 39 | 39 | Seducing Doctor Lewis | $155,676 | -21.4% | 44 | -6 | $3,538 | $7,570,061 | 12 | Odeon |
| 40 | 43 | Winged Migration 2003 Re-release | $155,648 | -11.4% | 88 | -30 | $1,768 | $10,250,596 | 24 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 41 | 41 | Space Station 3D | $140,340 | -27.2% | 22 | +2 | $6,379 | $43,813,087 | 76 | IMAX |
| 42 | - | The Gospel of John | $136,975 | - | 14 | - | $9,783 | $139,966 | 1 | THINKFilm |
| 43 | 38 | Daddy Day Care | $131,452 | -34.5% | 165 | -42 | $796 | $103,940,298 | 21 | Revolution Studios |
| 44 | 46 | Gaz Bar Blues | $129,285 | -16.3% | 18 | -5 | $7,182 | $579,492 | 4 | Odeon |
| 45 | 42 | The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen | $123,149 | -30.4% | 155 | -60 | $794 | $66,264,638 | 12 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 46 | 47 | The Order | $119,404 | -19.1% | 74 | -222 | $1,613 | $7,565,433 | 4 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 47 | 45 | The Book of Mormon Movie, Volume 1: The Journey | $115,125 | -26% | 37 | -1 | $3,111 | $460,839 | 3 | - |
| 48 | 33 | The Divorce | $110,282 | -62.8% | 112 | -140 | $984 | $8,960,286 | 8 | - |
| 49 | 48 | Bend It Like Beckham | $98,533 | -21% | 99 | -18 | $995 | $32,471,304 | 30 | - |
| 50 | 44 | The Secret Lives of Dentists | $95,834 | -42.8% | 86 | -34 | $1,114 | $3,425,915 | 9 | - |
| 51 | 31 | The Medallion | $83,259 | -73.6% | 122 | -185 | $682 | $21,846,022 | 6 | TriStar Pictures |
| 52 | 32 | My Boss's Daughter | $81,071 | -72.9% | 152 | -231 | $533 | $15,399,044 | 6 | Dimension Films |
| 53 | 54 | Ghosts of the Abyss | $73,843 | +1.5% | 17 | -5 | $4,343 | $14,685,833 | 25 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 54 | 51 | 28 Days Later | $67,137 | -22% | 93 | -43 | $721 | $44,992,518 | 14 | - |
| 55 | 59 | Bubba Ho-Tep | $65,152 | +5.8% | 3 | +1 | $21,717 | $126,707 | 2 | Vitagraph Films |
| 56 | 49 | Swimming Pool | $64,585 | -44.5% | 65 | -28 | $993 | $10,046,556 | 14 | Focus Features |
| 57 | 60 | Demonlover | $64,191 | +7% | 12 | +4 | $5,349 | $124,206 | 2 | Palm Pictures |
| 58 | - | My Life Without Me | $57,818 | - | 7 | - | $8,259 | $57,818 | 1 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 59 | 53 | Party Monster | $57,454 | -23% | 12 | +3 | $4,787 | $457,506 | 5 | Strand Releasing |
| 60 | 64 | T-Rex: Back to the Cretaceous | $47,361 | -6.9% | 7 | -1 | $6,765 | $46,093,439 | 258 | IMAX |
| 61 | 50 | Lara Croft: Tomb Raider - The Cradle of Life | $45,343 | -48.9% | 79 | -35 | $573 | $65,142,775 | 10 | Paramount Pictures |
| 62 | 63 | Casa de los babys | $44,896 | -14.2% | 8 | -1 | $5,612 | $97,206 | 2 | IFC Films |
| 63 | 66 | Haunted Castle | $40,084 | +0.5% | 3 | - | $13,361 | $7,220,020 | 136 | - |
| 64 | 70 | To Be and to Have | $38,161 | +22% | 3 | - | $12,720 | $78,268 | 2 | New Yorker Films |
| 65 | 65 | Red Betsy | $37,313 | -8.4% | 22 | - | $1,696 | $78,039 | 2 | Lang Films |
| 66 | 62 | Spellbound | $35,966 | -36.2% | 28 | -8 | $1,284 | $5,640,339 | 23 | THINKFilm |
| 67 | 104 | Yossi & Jagger | $31,995 | +345.9% | 1 | - | $31,995 | $39,170 | 2 | Strand Releasing |
| 68 | 58 | 2 Fast 2 Furious | $31,595 | -50% | 43 | -39 | $734 | $127,126,040 | 17 | Universal Pictures |
| 69 | 103 | Dorm Daze | $31,514 | +331.3% | 34 | - | $926 | $38,820 | 2 | 120 Degree Films |
| 70 | 56 | Hulk | $29,218 | -58.7% | 44 | -51 | $664 | $132,165,088 | 15 | Universal Pictures |
| 71 | 68 | In This World | $29,174 | -16.5% | 10 | - | $2,917 | $64,122 | 2 | Sundance Film Series |
| 72 | 81 | Masked and Anonymous | $22,752 | +5% | 17 | -3 | $1,338 | $449,386 | 11 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 73 | 84 | Shackleton's Antarctic Adventure | $21,348 | +8.3% | 8 | +1 | $2,668 | $15,282,199 | 138 | - |
| 74 | 101 | Don't Touch the Loot | $21,203 | +150.8% | 2 | +1 | $10,601 | $84,445 | 4 | Rialto Pictures |
| 75 | 75 | The Weather Underground | $20,125 | -16.6% | 14 | +6 | $1,437 | $404,407 | 18 | Shadow Distribution |
| 76 | 79 | Taking Sides | $19,684 | -11.5% | 9 | +3 | $2,187 | $105,558 | 4 | New Yorker Films |
| 77 | 82 | And Now Ladies & Gentlemen | $18,216 | -15.3% | 26 | +3 | $700 | $694,308 | 9 | Paramount Classics |
| 78 | 105 | A Housekeeper | $17,965 | +182.1% | 10 | +3 | $1,796 | $402,522 | 12 | Palm Pictures |
| 79 | 90 | Galapagos | $16,928 | +14% | 2 | - | $8,464 | $14,108,811 | 205 | IMAX |
| 80 | 87 | Km. 0 - Kilometer Zero | $16,831 | -4% | 6 | - | $2,805 | $135,133 | 12 | TLA Releasing |
| 81 | 88 | The Bread, My Sweet | $16,658 | +2.9% | 6 | - | $2,776 | $807,559 | 142 | Panorama Entertainment |
| 82 | 69 | Hangman's Curse | $16,593 | -51.3% | 9 | -7 | $1,843 | $137,348 | 3 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 83 | 78 | I Capture the Castle | $16,048 | -28% | 17 | - | $944 | $1,179,035 | 12 | IDP Distribution |
| 84 | 95 | Emerald Cowboy | $15,839 | +31.6% | 6 | +2 | $2,639 | $27,879 | 2 | Indican Pictures |
| 85 | 99 | The Cuckoo | $15,293 | +47.5% | 6 | - | $2,548 | $199,878 | 12 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 86 | 89 | Rivers and Tides | $14,240 | -10.4% | 6 | +1 | $2,373 | $2,105,338 | 67 | Roxie Releasing |
| 87 | 73 | The Legend of Johnny Lingo | $13,149 | -53.2% | 10 | -10 | $1,314 | $404,517 | 5 | Innovation Film Group (IFG) |
| 88 | 76 | Capturing the Friedmans | $12,845 | -46.4% | 21 | -3 | $611 | $3,103,212 | 18 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 89 | 98 | Owning Mahowny | $12,566 | +17.2% | 18 | +5 | $698 | $991,999 | 22 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 90 | 77 | Passionada | $12,089 | -48.8% | 11 | -7 | $1,099 | $540,833 | 7 | IDP Distribution |
| 91 | 71 | Northfork | $11,791 | -59.3% | 24 | -7 | $491 | $1,375,998 | 12 | Paramount Classics |
| 92 | 91 | So Close | $11,780 | -18.5% | 9 | +1 | $1,308 | $73,994 | 3 | Strand Releasing |
| 93 | 92 | Tibet: Cry of the Snow Lion | $10,363 | -26% | 1 | - | $10,363 | $24,363 | 2 | Artistic License |
| 94 | 100 | Bonhoeffer | $9,823 | +2.1% | 2 | -2 | $4,911 | $207,151 | 15 | First Run |
| 95 | 80 | Nowhere in Africa | $9,569 | -56.7% | 14 | +3 | $683 | $6,170,586 | 30 | Zeitgeist Films |
| 96 | 86 | City of God | $9,312 | -47% | 2 | -1 | $4,656 | $4,654,024 | 37 | Miramax |
| 97 | - | Prey for Rock & Roll | $8,956 | - | 1 | - | $8,956 | $8,928 | 1 | MAC Releasing |
| 98 | - | Monty Python and the Holy Grail 2001 Re-release | $8,862 | - | 5 | - | $1,772 | $1,793,868 | 120 | Rainbow Releasing |
| 99 | - | Ikiru | $8,313 | - | 1 | - | $8,313 | $60,239 | 40 | Cowboy Pictures |
| 100 | 106 | The Cremaster Cycle | $8,283 | +44.2% | 3 | - | $2,761 | $464,948 | 23 | Palm Pictures |
| 101 | 72 | Camp | $8,196 | -71.7% | 13 | -18 | $630 | $1,621,239 | 10 | IFC Films |
| 102 | 93 | Once Upon a Time in the Midlands | $7,903 | -39.2% | 7 | - | $1,129 | $110,437 | 5 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 103 | 85 | The Holy Land | $7,809 | -58.6% | 5 | -4 | $1,561 | $457,005 | 12 | Cavu Pictures |
| 104 | 94 | Respiro | $7,775 | -39.7% | 12 | -1 | $647 | $1,051,147 | 19 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 105 | - | Bollywood/Hollywood 2003 Re-release | $7,668 | - | 3 | - | $2,556 | $7,668 | 1 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 106 | - | Camera Obscura | $7,368 | - | 1 | - | $7,368 | $7,368 | 1 | - |
| 107 | 109 | September 11 | $7,340 | +36.2% | 3 | - | $2,446 | $100,447 | 11 | Empire Pictures Inc. |
| 108 | 117 | Manna from Heaven | $7,080 | +66.4% | 3 | +2 | $2,360 | $433,249 | 61 | Five Sisters Productions |
| 109 | 108 | Madame Satã | $6,939 | +28.2% | 6 | - | $1,156 | $171,476 | 13 | Wellspring Media |
| 110 | 136 | Stoked: The Rise and Fall of Gator | $6,064 | +436.2% | 5 | +4 | $1,212 | $123,638 | 6 | Palm Pictures |
| 111 | 110 | Apollo 13 The IMAX Experience | $5,926 | +11.7% | 2 | - | $2,963 | $1,702,599 | 54 | IMAX |
| 112 | - | The Embalmer | $5,194 | - | 2 | - | $2,597 | $40,904 | 11 | First Run |
| 113 | 116 | Tycoon: A New Russian | $5,115 | +14.7% | 3 | +1 | $1,705 | $118,424 | 16 | New Yorker Films |
| 114 | 107 | The Legend of Suriyothai | $4,939 | -9.7% | 7 | -1 | $705 | $431,448 | 15 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 115 | 74 | Dummy | $4,609 | -81.2% | 2 | -3 | $2,304 | $70,086 | 3 | Artisan Entertainment |
| 116 | 96 | Man on the Train | $4,457 | -59.5% | 9 | -8 | $495 | $2,510,530 | 21 | Paramount Classics |
| 117 | 115 | Cirque du Soleil: Journey of Man | $4,410 | -3.6% | 3 | - | $1,470 | $15,547,968 | 178 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 118 | 114 | Gloomy Sunday | $4,125 | -13% | 1 | - | $4,125 | $131,343 | 15 | Menemsha Films |
| 119 | 118 | The Princess Blade | $3,697 | -8.1% | 5 | +2 | $739 | $66,025 | 8 | ADV Films |
| 120 | 102 | Together | $3,671 | -51.9% | 7 | -4 | $524 | $1,143,393 | 18 | United Artists |
| 121 | 127 | Gigantic (A Tale of Two Johns) | $3,460 | +46.7% | 1 | -2 | $3,460 | $159,599 | 19 | Cowboy Pictures |
| 122 | 112 | China: The Panda Adventure | $3,350 | -31.7% | 2 | - | $1,675 | $3,516,110 | 121 | IMAX |
| 123 | 141 | Autumn Spring 2003 Re-release | $3,312 | +419.9% | 2 | +1 | $1,656 | $49,018 | 6 | First Look International |
| 124 | 135 | Marooned in Iraq | $3,267 | +170.9% | 6 | +3 | $544 | $135,298 | 23 | Wellspring Media |
| 125 | 124 | The Gatekeeper | $2,519 | -21.4% | 1 | - | $2,519 | $107,407 | 23 | - |
| 126 | 123 | On_Line | $2,462 | -25.8% | 1 | - | $2,462 | $134,698 | 14 | Indican Pictures |
| 127 | - | Power and Terror: Noam Chomsky in Our Times | $2,394 | - | 1 | - | $2,394 | $290,767 | 45 | First Run |
| 128 | 113 | Buffalo Soldiers | $2,288 | -53.1% | 8 | -1 | $286 | $354,421 | 10 | Miramax |
| 129 | 133 | Friday Night | $2,000 | +28% | 2 | - | $1,000 | $147,459 | 19 | Wellspring Media |
| 130 | 134 | The Girl from Paris | $1,867 | +25.4% | 3 | - | $622 | $157,303 | 28 | Films Philos |
| 131 | 126 | Stone Reader | $1,750 | -28.6% | 2 | - | $875 | $247,724 | 34 | - |
| 132 | 122 | The Eye | $1,683 | -49.8% | 2 | -2 | $841 | $490,029 | 17 | Palm Pictures |
| 133 | 137 | Encounter in the Third Dimension | $1,604 | +49.8% | 2 | - | $802 | $6,935,833 | 240 | - |
| 134 | 119 | The Other Side of the Bed 2003 Re-release | $1,584 | -60.5% | 2 | -2 | $792 | $113,543 | 5 | Sundance Film Series |
| 135 | - | O Fantasma | $1,555 | - | 1 | - | $1,555 | $118,099 | 45 | - |
| 136 | 97 | Millennium Actress | $1,415 | -87% | 3 | -3 | $471 | $37,641 | 3 | - |
| 137 | 129 | Russian Ark | $1,407 | -25.7% | 3 | -5 | $469 | $2,320,067 | 42 | Wellspring Media |
| 138 | 128 | Carnage | $1,338 | -42.6% | 1 | - | $1,338 | $20,494 | 4 | Wellspring Media |
| 139 | - | New Suit | $1,335 | - | 2 | - | $667 | $66,586 | 22 | - |
| 140 | - | Suddenly | $1,156 | - | 1 | - | $1,156 | $14,444 | 6 | Empire Pictures Inc. |
| 141 | 138 | Time Changer | $1,081 | +25.4% | 3 | - | $360 | $1,284,142 | 49 | Five & Two Pictures |
| 142 | 139 | Alien Adventure | $1,039 | +26.7% | 1 | - | $1,039 | $4,305,189 | 215 | - |
| 143 | - | The Heart of Me | $876 | - | 2 | - | $438 | $194,195 | 16 | THINKFilm |
| 144 | 131 | Teknolust | $458 | -71.5% | - | - | - | $28,342 | 6 | THINKFilm |
| 145 | 125 | The Fassbinder Series Film Festival | $350 | -88% | 1 | -1 | $350 | $148,728 | 33 | Wellspring Media |
