Domestic 2003 Week 50
December 12-18, 2003
Key:New This WeekEstimated
| Rank | LW | Release | Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | - | The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King | $51,470,821 | - | 3,703 | - | $13,899 | $51,470,821 | 1 | New Line Cinema |
| 2 | - | Something's Gotta Give | $22,013,040 | - | 2,677 | - | $8,223 | $22,013,040 | 1 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 3 | 1 | The Last Samurai | $18,930,609 | -42.3% | 2,908 | - | $6,509 | $51,717,865 | 2 | Warner Bros. |
| 4 | - | Stuck on You | $11,699,883 | - | 3,003 | - | $3,896 | $11,699,883 | 1 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 5 | 5 | Bad Santa | $8,106,284 | -15.4% | 2,540 | +449 | $3,191 | $37,808,741 | 4 | Dimension Films |
| 6 | 4 | Elf | $7,820,275 | -21.7% | 2,876 | -243 | $2,719 | $149,310,332 | 6 | New Line Cinema |
| 7 | - | Love Don't Cost a Thing | $7,442,035 | - | 1,844 | - | $4,035 | $7,442,035 | 1 | Warner Bros. |
| 8 | 3 | The Haunted Mansion | $7,263,380 | -34.2% | 3,001 | -121 | $2,420 | $54,873,821 | 4 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 9 | 2 | Honey | $5,972,310 | -60% | 1,928 | -14 | $3,097 | $20,887,705 | 2 | Universal Pictures |
| 10 | 6 | The Cat in the Hat | $5,051,220 | -39.9% | 2,320 | -1,089 | $2,177 | $91,612,815 | 4 | Universal Pictures |
| 11 | 7 | Gothika | $3,660,581 | -47.1% | 1,221 | -984 | $2,998 | $54,869,275 | 4 | Warner Bros. |
| 12 | 9 | Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World | $3,210,999 | -35.5% | 1,161 | -1,183 | $2,765 | $77,021,610 | 5 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 13 | 10 | Love Actually | $2,981,940 | -38.8% | 1,566 | -106 | $1,904 | $53,039,415 | 6 | Universal Pictures |
| 14 | 8 | The Missing | $1,968,332 | -63.5% | 1,070 | -1,686 | $1,839 | $25,131,555 | 4 | Revolution Studios |
| 15 | - | The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers 2003 Re-release | $1,269,232 | - | 126 | - | $10,073 | $1,996,877 | 1 | New Line Cinema |
| 16 | 11 | Timeline | $1,101,347 | -69.2% | 872 | -1,915 | $1,263 | $18,750,888 | 4 | Paramount Pictures |
| 17 | 12 | The Matrix Revolutions | $967,103 | -48.6% | 272 | -985 | $3,555 | $137,169,274 | 7 | Warner Bros. |
| 18 | 13 | Brother Bear | $854,491 | -46.2% | 1,031 | -585 | $828 | $80,659,222 | 8 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 19 | 15 | The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring 2003 Extended Edition | $564,495 | -33.4% | 126 | - | $4,480 | $1,412,056 | 2 | New Line Cinema |
| 20 | 14 | Mystic River | $554,750 | -34.8% | 302 | -203 | $1,836 | $52,683,698 | 11 | Warner Bros. |
| 21 | 16 | 21 Grams | $465,062 | -33.3% | 74 | - | $6,284 | $3,049,207 | 4 | Focus Features |
| 22 | 23 | Santa vs. the Snowman 3D 2003 Re-release | $423,546 | +31.5% | 46 | +1 | $9,207 | $1,696,660 | 7 | IMAX |
| 23 | 30 | In America | $389,172 | +94.7% | 47 | +36 | $8,280 | $916,991 | 4 | - |
| 24 | 19 | Lost in Translation | $337,310 | -16.8% | 148 | -8 | $2,279 | $29,769,045 | 14 | Focus Features |
| 25 | 48 | Big Fish | $323,466 | +334.7% | 6 | - | $53,911 | $397,884 | 2 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 26 | 20 | The Station Agent | $294,227 | -23.9% | 189 | -9 | $1,556 | $3,978,433 | 11 | Miramax |
| 27 | 17 | Looney Tunes: Back in Action | $270,233 | -56.5% | 253 | -757 | $1,068 | $19,796,187 | 5 | Warner Bros. |
| 28 | 66 | T-Rex: Back to the Cretaceous | $239,586 | +1,086% | 6 | -2 | $39,931 | $46,748,370 | 269 | IMAX |
| 29 | 24 | Red Nose | $217,232 | -26.6% | 76 | -14 | $2,858 | $927,542 | 3 | Christal Films |
| 30 | 22 | Kal Ho Naa Ho | $200,279 | -38.9% | 43 | -8 | $4,657 | $1,692,835 | 4 | Yash Raj Films |
| 31 | 18 | Radio | $198,275 | -60.3% | 285 | -230 | $695 | $50,904,258 | 8 | Revolution Studios |
| 32 | 27 | Freaky Friday | $195,511 | -15.4% | 244 | -32 | $801 | $109,794,502 | 20 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 33 | - | Blizzard | $184,222 | - | 136 | - | $1,354 | $184,222 | 1 | Alliance Atlantis Vivafilm |
| 34 | 21 | Runaway Jury | $168,861 | -48.7% | 257 | -80 | $657 | $48,680,980 | 9 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 35 | 113 | China: The Panda Adventure | $137,033 | +7,633.2% | 2 | -2 | $68,516 | $3,680,348 | 132 | IMAX |
| 36 | - | Girl with a Pearl Earring | $134,589 | - | 7 | - | $19,227 | $134,589 | 1 | Lionsgate |
| 37 | 29 | Shattered Glass | $126,627 | -40.1% | 123 | -19 | $1,029 | $1,964,619 | 7 | Lionsgate |
| 38 | 31 | Kill Bill: Vol. 1 | $123,420 | -36.6% | 113 | -34 | $1,092 | $69,465,650 | 10 | Miramax |
| 39 | 25 | The Human Stain | $123,261 | -55.1% | 144 | -89 | $855 | $5,270,294 | 7 | Miramax |
| 40 | 28 | Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl | $119,590 | -44.5% | 213 | -70 | $561 | $305,302,724 | 24 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 41 | 37 | Space Station 3D | $117,225 | -2.5% | 19 | -1 | $6,169 | $45,689,191 | 87 | IMAX |
| 42 | 33 | School of Rock | $111,796 | -41.2% | 152 | -150 | $735 | $79,030,384 | 11 | Paramount Pictures |
| 43 | 26 | Scary Movie 3 | $106,644 | -60.2% | 228 | -245 | $467 | $109,030,003 | 8 | Dimension Films |
| 44 | 35 | The Texas Chainsaw Massacre | $106,643 | -27.1% | 165 | -30 | $646 | $80,093,858 | 9 | New Line Cinema |
| 45 | 34 | Pieces of April | $105,028 | -30.3% | 101 | +7 | $1,039 | $2,269,465 | 9 | United Artists |
| 46 | 32 | The Gospel of John | $99,900 | -48% | 76 | -23 | $1,314 | $3,015,125 | 12 | THINKFilm |
| 47 | 36 | The Legend of Johnny Lingo | $89,225 | -30.3% | 6 | -4 | $14,870 | $971,489 | 16 | Innovation Film Group (IFG) |
| 48 | 38 | Spy Kids 3: Game Over | $83,984 | -26.1% | 208 | -19 | $403 | $11,508,327 | 21 | Dimension Films |
| 49 | 42 | Intolerable Cruelty | $69,815 | -20% | 157 | +14 | $444 | $35,188,940 | 10 | Universal Pictures |
| 50 | 40 | The Cooler | $67,083 | -27.7% | 11 | - | $6,098 | $393,684 | 4 | Lionsgate |
| 51 | 43 | The Triplets of Belleville | $65,657 | -22.5% | 6 | - | $10,942 | $326,071 | 4 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 52 | 45 | Elephant | $63,233 | -18.6% | 36 | - | $1,756 | $1,165,489 | 8 | Fine Line Features |
| 53 | 44 | The Barbarian Invasions 2003 Re-release | $58,668 | -27.2% | 11 | +1 | $5,333 | $355,686 | 4 | Miramax |
| 54 | - | Duplex | $58,643 | - | 113 | - | $518 | $9,670,651 | 12 | Miramax |
| 55 | - | The Statement | $57,621 | - | 7 | - | $8,231 | $57,621 | 1 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 56 | 39 | Under the Tuscan Sun | $56,988 | -42.6% | 95 | -24 | $599 | $42,956,405 | 12 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 57 | 41 | Once Upon a Time in Mexico | $54,637 | -38.1% | 94 | -30 | $581 | $56,311,561 | 14 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 58 | 50 | Secondhand Lions | $53,984 | -7.4% | 103 | -5 | $524 | $42,005,653 | 13 | New Line Cinema |
| 59 | 46 | Bubba Ho-Tep | $46,263 | -40.4% | 19 | -6 | $2,434 | $1,129,467 | 13 | Vitagraph Films |
| 60 | 62 | Gloomy Sunday | $39,777 | +43.6% | 15 | +8 | $2,651 | $326,678 | 26 | Menemsha Films |
| 61 | 52 | Out of Time | $39,241 | -24.1% | 58 | -23 | $676 | $41,010,482 | 11 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) |
| 62 | 51 | Pride and Prejudice | $38,037 | -31.5% | 18 | - | $2,113 | $93,560 | 2 | Excel Entertainment |
| 63 | 56 | Sylvia | $36,682 | -3.6% | 41 | +8 | $894 | $1,288,094 | 9 | Focus Features |
| 64 | 61 | Bugs! | $36,473 | +25.5% | 17 | - | $2,145 | $4,248,175 | 41 | SK Films |
| 65 | 57 | To Be and to Have | $36,099 | -2.9% | 14 | +4 | $2,578 | $491,071 | 13 | New Yorker Films |
| 66 | 49 | The Fighting Temptations | $34,655 | -46.3% | 69 | -30 | $502 | $30,221,738 | 13 | Paramount Pictures |
| 67 | 59 | My Architect | $34,640 | +7.3% | 3 | - | $11,546 | $262,528 | 6 | New Yorker Films |
| 68 | 55 | Haunted Castle | $33,400 | -13% | 5 | - | $6,680 | $7,922,186 | 147 | - |
| 69 | 60 | Tibet: Cry of the Snow Lion | $31,024 | +2.5% | 15 | +1 | $2,068 | $336,972 | 13 | Artistic License |
| 70 | 63 | Good Boy | $22,453 | -15.4% | 117 | +14 | $191 | $37,632,239 | 10 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) |
| 71 | 64 | Die, Mommie, Die! | $21,214 | -18.8% | 17 | +2 | $1,247 | $312,395 | 7 | Sundance Film Series |
| 72 | 82 | The Animation Show | $20,291 | +127.2% | 7 | +3 | $2,898 | $287,538 | 15 | - |
| 73 | 47 | Tupac: Resurrection | $18,529 | -75.2% | 39 | -67 | $475 | $7,689,521 | 5 | Paramount Pictures |
| 74 | 77 | The Revolution Will Not Be Televised | $17,420 | +63% | 8 | +3 | $2,177 | $144,702 | 8 | Vitagraph Films |
| 75 | 85 | My Life Without Me | $16,167 | +111.3% | 16 | +6 | $1,010 | $400,948 | 12 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 76 | 76 | Ghosts of the Abyss | $15,949 | +43.6% | 7 | -2 | $2,278 | $15,204,926 | 36 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 77 | 70 | Party Monster | $15,831 | +6.6% | 10 | +2 | $1,583 | $717,211 | 16 | Strand Releasing |
| 78 | 72 | City of God | $15,697 | +17.6% | 5 | +1 | $3,139 | $4,771,257 | 48 | Miramax |
| 79 | 67 | Dirty Pretty Things | $14,301 | -21% | 9 | -3 | $1,589 | $8,054,914 | 22 | Miramax |
| 80 | 117 | I Vitelloni 2003 Re-release | $13,130 | +1,432.1% | 1 | - | $13,130 | $50,594 | 5 | Kino International |
| 81 | - | AKA | $11,842 | - | 3 | - | $3,947 | $11,842 | 1 | Empire Pictures Inc. |
| 82 | - | Au hasard Balthazar | $11,486 | - | 1 | - | $11,486 | $45,406 | 9 | Rialto Pictures |
| 83 | 71 | The Holy Land | $11,164 | -17.7% | 5 | -1 | $2,232 | $590,854 | 23 | - |
| 84 | 73 | The Bread, My Sweet | $10,590 | -18.9% | 6 | - | $1,765 | $963,169 | 153 | Panorama Entertainment |
| 85 | 112 | Yossi & Jagger | $9,814 | +417.1% | 3 | - | $3,271 | $177,401 | 13 | Strand Releasing |
| 86 | 74 | Galapagos | $9,048 | -23.7% | 4 | +1 | $2,262 | $14,245,186 | 216 | IMAX |
| 87 | 83 | Seducing Doctor Lewis | $8,013 | -8.9% | 2 | -3 | $4,006 | $8,007,984 | 23 | Odeon |
| 88 | 79 | The Singing Detective | $7,632 | -23.2% | 16 | -12 | $477 | $321,629 | 8 | Paramount Classics |
| 89 | 80 | Winged Migration 2003 Re-release | $7,510 | -22.9% | 11 | - | $682 | $10,764,402 | 35 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 90 | 68 | Mambo Italiano 2003 Re-release | $7,156 | -60.3% | 14 | -2 | $511 | $3,205,730 | 13 | IDP Distribution |
| 91 | 69 | Bus 174 | $7,022 | -60.2% | 3 | -2 | $2,340 | $154,174 | 11 | THINKFilm |
| 92 | 84 | The Flower of Evil | $6,855 | -21.5% | 10 | +2 | $685 | $176,204 | 10 | Palm Pictures |
| 93 | 90 | The Gatekeeper | $6,774 | +20.9% | 2 | - | $3,387 | $154,100 | 34 | - |
| 94 | - | Rivers and Tides | $6,098 | - | 3 | - | $2,032 | $2,177,365 | 78 | Roxie Releasing |
| 95 | 101 | Cirque du Soleil: Journey of Man | $5,018 | +49.3% | 2 | -1 | $2,509 | $15,598,294 | 189 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 96 | 78 | What Alice Found | $4,959 | -52.1% | 1 | - | $4,959 | $15,306 | 2 | Castle Hill Productions |
| 97 | 86 | The Weather Underground | $4,877 | -32.7% | 7 | -3 | $696 | $493,274 | 29 | Shadow Distribution |
| 98 | 106 | The Far Side of the Moon | $4,681 | +48.8% | 3 | -1 | $1,560 | $235,926 | 9 | Odeon |
| 99 | 93 | Thirteen | $4,096 | -9.7% | 6 | -1 | $682 | $4,601,043 | 18 | - |
| 100 | 91 | Gaz Bar Blues | $3,867 | -23.6% | 1 | -1 | $3,867 | $883,731 | 15 | Odeon |
| 101 | 94 | The Cremaster Cycle | $3,629 | -12.3% | 1 | - | $3,629 | $513,665 | 34 | Palm Pictures |
| 102 | 108 | Autumn Spring 2003 Re-release | $3,515 | +18.4% | 4 | - | $878 | $89,495 | 17 | First Look International |
| 103 | 119 | In My Skin | $2,998 | +280% | 3 | +2 | $999 | $25,311 | 6 | Wellspring Media |
| 104 | 87 | The Secret Lives of Dentists | $2,973 | -53.2% | 3 | -1 | $991 | $3,704,377 | 20 | - |
| 105 | 110 | Carnage | $2,851 | +20.3% | 3 | - | $950 | $51,359 | 15 | Wellspring Media |
| 106 | - | The Embalmer | $2,808 | - | 2 | - | $1,404 | $55,035 | 22 | First Run |
| 107 | 92 | Girls Will Be Girls | $2,506 | -46.7% | 5 | -1 | $501 | $148,047 | 10 | IFC Films |
| 108 | 97 | Porn Theatre | $2,424 | -35.1% | 2 | +1 | $1,212 | $23,490 | 10 | Strand Releasing |
| 109 | 104 | 9 Dead Gay Guys | $2,303 | -30.4% | 2 | +1 | $1,151 | $22,927 | 9 | TLA Releasing |
| 110 | 95 | Bonhoeffer | $2,193 | -46.4% | 1 | - | $2,193 | $264,589 | 26 | First Run |
| 111 | 124 | Once Upon a Time in the Midlands | $2,163 | +1,269% | 4 | +3 | $540 | $172,564 | 16 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 112 | 65 | The Book of Mormon Movie, Volume 1: The Journey | $2,113 | -89.5% | 3 | -2 | $704 | $1,124,113 | 14 | - |
| 113 | 99 | Thrill Ride: The Science of Fun | $2,107 | -40.2% | 1 | - | $2,107 | $18,796,667 | 336 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 114 | 111 | Monty Python and the Holy Grail 2001 Re-release | $2,071 | -3.1% | 1 | -1 | $2,071 | $1,819,468 | 131 | Rainbow Releasing |
| 115 | 107 | Billabong Odyssey | $2,000 | -33.3% | 2 | -2 | $1,000 | $156,000 | 6 | - |
| 116 | 102 | Evil Words | $1,816 | -45.8% | 2 | -4 | $908 | $2,014,071 | 11 | Odeon |
| 117 | 88 | Finding Nemo | $1,767 | -72% | 21 | -23 | $84 | $339,714,978 | 29 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 118 | 96 | Hukkle | $1,726 | -56.5% | 2 | - | $863 | $10,426 | 5 | Shadow Distribution |
| 119 | 81 | My Flesh and Blood | $1,399 | -84.7% | 4 | -2 | $349 | $35,838 | 3 | Strand Releasing |
| 120 | 98 | Red Betsy | $1,381 | -61.4% | 2 | -2 | $690 | $164,172 | 13 | Lang Films |
| 121 | 105 | Demonlover | $1,058 | -67.2% | 2 | -3 | $529 | $226,408 | 13 | Palm Pictures |
| 122 | 118 | Encounter in the Third Dimension | $950 | +18.8% | 1 | - | $950 | $6,953,095 | 251 | - |
| 123 | 109 | Masked and Anonymous | $863 | -70% | 2 | -2 | $431 | $533,569 | 22 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 124 | 89 | Taking Sides | $720 | -87.3% | 1 | -2 | $720 | $175,390 | 15 | New Yorker Films |
| 125 | 122 | Northfork | $653 | +8.8% | 1 | - | $653 | $1,418,344 | 23 | Paramount Classics |
| 126 | 121 | Alien Adventure | $575 | -11.5% | 1 | - | $575 | $4,318,634 | 226 | - |
| 127 | 125 | Apollo 13 The IMAX Experience | $393 | +222.1% | 1 | - | $393 | $1,722,360 | 65 | IMAX |
| 128 | 114 | Madame Satã | $378 | -69.8% | 1 | -1 | $378 | $198,309 | 24 | Wellspring Media |
| 129 | - | No News from God | $307 | - | 1 | - | $307 | $77,858 | 17 | First Look International |
