Domestic 2003 Weekend 51
December 19-21, 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 | $72,629,713 | - | 3,703 | - | $19,613 | $124,100,534 | 1 | New Line Cinema |
| 2 | - | Mona Lisa Smile | $11,528,498 | - | 2,677 | - | $4,306 | $11,528,498 | 1 | Revolution Studios |
| 3 | 1 | Something's Gotta Give | $11,416,793 | -28.9% | 2,677 | - | $4,264 | $33,429,833 | 2 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 4 | 2 | The Last Samurai | $7,769,301 | -44.8% | 2,938 | +30 | $2,644 | $59,487,166 | 3 | Warner Bros. |
| 5 | 3 | Stuck on You | $5,284,023 | -43.9% | 3,007 | +4 | $1,757 | $16,983,906 | 2 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 6 | 5 | Elf | $5,000,000 | -19.4% | 2,451 | -425 | $2,039 | $154,300,000 | 7 | New Line Cinema |
| 7 | 6 | Bad Santa | $4,300,000 | -30.6% | 2,225 | -315 | $1,932 | $42,100,000 | 4 | Dimension Films |
| 8 | 7 | The Haunted Mansion | $3,928,641 | -36% | 2,414 | -587 | $1,627 | $58,802,462 | 4 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 9 | 4 | Love Don't Cost a Thing | $3,750,265 | -40.6% | 1,844 | - | $2,033 | $11,192,300 | 2 | Warner Bros. |
| 10 | 8 | Honey | $2,708,610 | -44.3% | 1,824 | -148 | $1,484 | $23,596,315 | 3 | Universal Pictures |
| 11 | 9 | The Cat in the Hat | $2,311,890 | -44.5% | 2,121 | -834 | $1,090 | $93,924,705 | 5 | Universal Pictures |
| 12 | 11 | Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World | $1,500,514 | -37% | 1,050 | -573 | $1,429 | $78,522,124 | 6 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 13 | 10 | Gothika | $1,230,085 | -54.9% | 1,055 | -751 | $1,165 | $56,099,360 | 5 | Warner Bros. |
| 14 | 12 | Love Actually | $1,145,395 | -45.8% | 902 | -664 | $1,269 | $54,184,810 | 7 | Universal Pictures |
| 15 | 20 | In America | $505,989 | +83.7% | 146 | +99 | $3,465 | $1,422,980 | 4 | - |
| 16 | 17 | Brother Bear | $451,406 | -31.1% | 724 | -307 | $623 | $81,110,628 | 9 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 17 | 13 | The Missing | $415,502 | -72.6% | 605 | -1,478 | $686 | $25,547,057 | 4 | Revolution Studios |
| 18 | 21 | Santa vs. the Snowman 3D 2003 Re-release | $326,353 | +20.2% | 46 | - | $7,094 | $2,023,014 | 8 | IMAX |
| 19 | 18 | Mystic River | $305,385 | -23.2% | 302 | -108 | $1,011 | $52,989,083 | 11 | Warner Bros. |
| 20 | 46 | The Cooler | $284,871 | +527.2% | 70 | +59 | $4,069 | $678,555 | 4 | Lionsgate |
| 21 | 16 | The Matrix Revolutions | $271,473 | -62.4% | 272 | -361 | $998 | $137,440,747 | 7 | Warner Bros. |
| 22 | 23 | Lost in Translation | $263,089 | +21.2% | 130 | -18 | $2,023 | $30,032,134 | 15 | Focus Features |
| 23 | 19 | 21 Grams | $259,484 | -19.4% | 71 | -3 | $3,654 | $3,308,691 | 5 | Focus Features |
| 24 | 34 | School of Rock | $238,557 | +180.2% | 375 | +223 | $636 | $79,268,941 | 12 | Paramount Pictures |
| 25 | 27 | Radio | $176,389 | +13.6% | 308 | +23 | $572 | $51,080,647 | 9 | Revolution Studios |
| 26 | 24 | Big Fish | $164,641 | -20.6% | 6 | - | $27,440 | $562,525 | 2 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 27 | 25 | The Station Agent | $152,548 | -26.3% | 176 | -13 | $866 | $4,130,981 | 12 | Miramax |
| 28 | - | Calendar Girls | $151,393 | - | 24 | - | $6,308 | $151,393 | 1 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 29 | 14 | Timeline | $135,474 | -84.4% | 620 | -1,295 | $218 | $18,886,362 | 4 | Paramount Pictures |
| 30 | 28 | Red Nose | $116,397 | -22.7% | 69 | -7 | $1,686 | $1,043,939 | 4 | Christal Films |
| 31 | 22 | Looney Tunes: Back in Action | $107,577 | -53.5% | 253 | -202 | $425 | $19,903,764 | 6 | Warner Bros. |
| 32 | 26 | Kal Ho Naa Ho | $94,543 | -41.2% | 37 | -6 | $2,555 | $1,787,378 | 4 | Yash Raj Films |
| 33 | 29 | Freaky Friday | $94,462 | -36.8% | 173 | -71 | $546 | $109,888,964 | 20 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 34 | 31 | Runaway Jury | $86,872 | -30.4% | 168 | -89 | $517 | $48,767,852 | 10 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 35 | 30 | Blizzard | $83,279 | -42.8% | 136 | - | $612 | $267,501 | 2 | Alliance Atlantis Vivafilm |
| 36 | 50 | The Barbarian Invasions 2003 Re-release | $77,513 | +107.8% | 41 | +30 | $1,890 | $433,199 | 5 | Miramax |
| 37 | 32 | Girl with a Pearl Earring | $71,051 | -20.6% | 8 | +1 | $8,881 | $205,640 | 2 | Lionsgate |
| 38 | 47 | The Triplets of Belleville | $65,648 | +46.5% | 15 | +9 | $4,376 | $391,719 | 4 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 39 | 44 | Space Station 3D | $59,069 | +10.1% | 18 | -1 | $3,281 | $45,748,260 | 88 | IMAX |
| 40 | 39 | The Texas Chainsaw Massacre | $54,403 | -26.1% | 113 | -52 | $481 | $80,148,261 | 10 | New Line Cinema |
| 41 | - | Munna Bhai M.B.B.S. | $48,772 | - | 17 | - | $2,868 | $48,772 | 1 | Eros Worldwide |
| 42 | - | Annie Brocoli dans les fonds marins | $48,174 | - | 55 | - | $875 | $48,174 | 1 | - |
| 43 | - | House of Sand and Fog | $45,572 | - | 2 | - | $22,786 | $45,572 | 1 | DreamWorks Distribution |
| 44 | 40 | Pieces of April | $43,978 | -38.1% | 70 | -31 | $628 | $2,313,443 | 10 | United Artists |
| 45 | 38 | Kill Bill: Vol. 1 | $43,141 | -46.4% | 64 | -49 | $674 | $69,508,791 | 11 | Miramax |
| 46 | - | The Fog of War | $41,449 | - | 3 | - | $13,816 | $41,449 | 1 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 47 | 37 | The Human Stain | $41,232 | -50.4% | 68 | -76 | $606 | $5,311,526 | 8 | Miramax |
| 48 | 35 | Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl | $40,528 | -52.2% | 124 | -89 | $326 | $305,343,252 | 24 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 49 | 42 | Spy Kids 3: Game Over | $39,183 | -39.8% | 128 | -80 | $306 | $111,547,510 | 22 | Dimension Films |
| 50 | - | Alexandra's Project | $37,078 | - | 10 | - | $3,707 | $37,078 | 1 | Alliance Atlantis Vivafilm |
| 51 | 36 | Scary Movie 3 | $35,328 | -57.5% | 121 | -107 | $291 | $109,065,331 | 9 | Dimension Films |
| 52 | 33 | Shattered Glass | $34,236 | -61.1% | 62 | -61 | $552 | $1,998,855 | 8 | Lionsgate |
| 53 | 41 | The Gospel of John | $29,729 | -57% | 43 | -37 | $691 | $3,044,854 | 13 | THINKFilm |
| 54 | 45 | Intolerable Cruelty | $26,759 | -45.9% | 59 | -98 | $453 | $35,215,699 | 11 | Universal Pictures |
| 55 | 55 | Bubba Ho-Tep | $25,324 | -12.7% | 17 | -2 | $1,489 | $1,154,791 | 14 | Vitagraph Films |
| 56 | 51 | The Statement | $24,042 | -35.4% | 7 | - | $3,434 | $81,663 | 2 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 57 | 49 | Elephant | $23,718 | -38.2% | 33 | -3 | $718 | $1,189,207 | 9 | Fine Line Features |
| 58 | 59 | Gloomy Sunday | $22,259 | -11.8% | 16 | +1 | $1,391 | $348,937 | 27 | Menemsha Films |
| 59 | 54 | Under the Tuscan Sun | $20,027 | -43.3% | 60 | -35 | $333 | $42,976,432 | 13 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 60 | - | The Hebrew Hammer | $19,539 | - | 8 | - | $2,442 | $19,539 | 1 | Strand Releasing |
| 61 | 53 | Once Upon a Time in Mexico | $19,096 | -47% | 56 | -38 | $341 | $56,330,657 | 15 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 62 | 65 | Bugs! | $18,251 | -2.8% | 16 | -1 | $1,140 | $4,266,426 | 41 | SK Films |
| 63 | 52 | Secondhand Lions | $18,062 | -51.1% | 57 | -46 | $316 | $42,023,715 | 14 | New Line Cinema |
| 64 | 71 | Tupac: Resurrection | $18,042 | +60.2% | 110 | +71 | $164 | $7,707,563 | 6 | Paramount Pictures |
| 65 | 58 | The Fighting Temptations | $16,839 | -35.1% | 69 | - | $244 | $30,238,577 | 14 | Paramount Pictures |
| 66 | 61 | My Architect | $16,185 | -29.1% | 2 | - | $8,092 | $278,713 | 6 | New Yorker Films |
| 67 | 56 | Out of Time | $15,121 | -44.9% | 47 | -11 | $321 | $41,025,603 | 12 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) |
| 68 | 57 | Pride and Prejudice | $14,312 | -46.4% | 9 | -9 | $1,590 | $107,872 | 3 | Excel Entertainment |
| 69 | 63 | Sylvia | $14,149 | -36.7% | 24 | -17 | $589 | $1,302,242 | 10 | Focus Features |
| 70 | 64 | Haunted Castle | $14,000 | -35.6% | 5 | - | $2,800 | $7,936,186 | 148 | - |
| 71 | 77 | T-Rex: Back to the Cretaceous | $11,850 | +27.2% | 4 | -2 | $2,962 | $46,760,221 | 270 | IMAX |
| 72 | 67 | To Be and to Have | $11,082 | -31.9% | 10 | -4 | $1,108 | $511,717 | 14 | New Yorker Films |
| 73 | 62 | Tibet: Cry of the Snow Lion | $10,464 | -53.9% | 12 | -3 | $872 | $347,437 | 14 | Artistic License |
| 74 | 70 | The Revolution Will Not Be Televised | $9,157 | -19.5% | 8 | - | $1,144 | $153,859 | 9 | Vitagraph Films |
| 75 | 78 | The Bread, My Sweet | $7,956 | -6.4% | 6 | - | $1,326 | $971,125 | 153 | Panorama Entertainment |
| 76 | 68 | Die, Mommie, Die! | $7,697 | -46.9% | 12 | -5 | $641 | $320,092 | 8 | Sundance Film Series |
| 77 | 75 | Ghosts of the Abyss | $7,608 | -21.3% | 8 | +1 | $951 | $15,212,534 | 37 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 78 | 94 | What Alice Found | $7,484 | +151.9% | 3 | +2 | $2,494 | $22,790 | 3 | Castle Hill Productions |
| 79 | 66 | Good Boy | $7,396 | -57.6% | 60 | -57 | $123 | $37,639,635 | 11 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) |
| 80 | 92 | Rivers and Tides | $6,746 | +78.9% | 7 | +4 | $963 | $2,183,790 | 78 | Roxie Releasing |
| 81 | 90 | Galapagos | $5,666 | +43.2% | 5 | +1 | $1,133 | $14,250,852 | 217 | IMAX |
| 82 | 69 | The Animation Show | $5,194 | -59.6% | 5 | -2 | $1,038 | $293,145 | 16 | - |
| 83 | 88 | Bus 174 | $4,389 | +2.7% | 5 | +2 | $877 | $158,563 | 11 | THINKFilm |
| 84 | 89 | The Gatekeeper | $3,814 | -9.5% | 2 | - | $1,907 | $157,914 | 35 | - |
| 85 | 73 | City of God | $3,810 | -62.5% | 6 | +1 | $635 | $4,775,067 | 49 | Miramax |
| 86 | 76 | Dirty Pretty Things | $3,720 | -60.5% | 11 | +2 | $338 | $8,058,634 | 23 | Miramax |
| 87 | 80 | The Holy Land | $3,091 | -54.2% | 3 | -2 | $1,030 | $593,945 | 24 | - |
| 88 | 81 | Yossi & Jagger | $2,662 | -60.2% | 1 | -2 | $2,662 | $183,195 | 13 | Strand Releasing |
| 89 | 86 | The Singing Detective | $2,167 | -55.8% | 11 | -5 | $197 | $323,796 | 9 | Paramount Classics |
| 90 | 74 | Party Monster | $2,164 | -78.6% | 4 | -6 | $541 | $725,080 | 17 | Strand Releasing |
| 91 | - | The Butterfly 2003 Re-release | $1,906 | - | 1 | - | $1,906 | $1,906 | 1 | First Run |
| 92 | 91 | Seducing Doctor Lewis | $1,752 | -54% | 2 | - | $876 | $8,009,736 | 24 | Odeon |
| 93 | 101 | Monty Python and the Holy Grail 2001 Re-release | $1,614 | -22.1% | 1 | - | $1,614 | $1,821,082 | 132 | Rainbow Releasing |
| 94 | 100 | Bonhoeffer | $1,532 | -27.6% | 2 | - | $766 | $266,121 | 27 | First Run |
| 95 | - | Northfork | $1,500 | - | 2 | +1 | $750 | $1,419,844 | 24 | Paramount Classics |
| 96 | 114 | Thrill Ride: The Science of Fun | $1,354 | +29.6% | 1 | - | $1,354 | $18,798,021 | 337 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 97 | 104 | The Secret Lives of Dentists | $1,309 | -27.2% | 2 | -1 | $654 | $3,705,686 | 21 | - |
| 98 | 79 | AKA | $1,125 | -85.1% | 1 | -2 | $1,125 | $12,967 | 2 | Empire Pictures Inc. |
| 99 | 108 | Cirque du Soleil: Journey of Man | $943 | -37.2% | 2 | - | $471 | $15,602,684 | 190 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 100 | - | Girlhood | $812 | - | 2 | - | $406 | $28,767 | 8 | Wellspring Media |
| 101 | 95 | Autumn Spring 2003 Re-release | $808 | -72.3% | 2 | -2 | $404 | $90,303 | 18 | First Look International |
| 102 | 102 | Carnage | $668 | -66.4% | 2 | -1 | $334 | $52,027 | 16 | Wellspring Media |
| 103 | 96 | Gaz Bar Blues | $646 | -77.8% | 1 | - | $646 | $884,664 | 16 | Odeon |
| 104 | 87 | The Flower of Evil | $633 | -86% | 3 | -7 | $211 | $176,837 | 11 | Palm Pictures |
| 105 | 105 | In My Skin | $623 | -63.8% | 2 | -1 | $311 | $25,934 | 7 | Wellspring Media |
| 106 | 107 | The Embalmer | $571 | -63% | 2 | - | $285 | $55,606 | 23 | First Run |
| 107 | 119 | Hukkle | $556 | -13% | 1 | -1 | $556 | $11,487 | 6 | Shadow Distribution |
| 108 | 43 | The Legend of Johnny Lingo | $502 | -99.1% | 3 | -3 | $167 | $972,001 | 17 | Innovation Film Group (IFG) |
| 109 | 98 | The Weather Underground | $449 | -82.1% | 2 | -5 | $224 | $494,125 | 29 | Shadow Distribution |
| 110 | - | Seaside | $444 | - | 1 | - | $444 | $13,595 | 20 | First Run |
| 111 | - | Venus Boyz 2003 Re-release | $438 | - | 1 | - | $438 | $15,002 | 18 | First Run |
| 112 | 118 | Demonlover | $431 | -36.2% | 1 | -1 | $431 | $226,839 | 14 | Palm Pictures |
| 113 | 103 | 9 Dead Gay Guys | $403 | -77.9% | 1 | -1 | $403 | $23,330 | 10 | TLA Releasing |
| 114 | 122 | Encounter in the Third Dimension | $400 | -20% | 1 | - | $400 | $6,953,495 | 252 | - |
| 115 | 115 | Red Betsy | $348 | -66% | 1 | -1 | $348 | $164,520 | 14 | Lang Films |
| 116 | - | Forget Baghdad: Jews and Arabs - The Iraqi Connection | $306 | - | 1 | - | $306 | $3,741 | 3 | Arab Film Distribution |
| 117 | 93 | The Cremaster Cycle | $296 | -91.8% | 1 | - | $296 | $513,961 | 35 | Palm Pictures |
| 118 | 124 | Alien Adventure | $250 | -16.7% | 1 | - | $250 | $4,318,884 | 227 | - |
| 119 | 116 | China: The Panda Adventure | $222 | -75.8% | 1 | -1 | $222 | $3,680,570 | 133 | IMAX |
| 120 | 127 | Apollo 13 The IMAX Experience | $219 | +204.2% | 1 | - | $219 | $1,722,579 | 66 | IMAX |
| 121 | 117 | The Book of Mormon Movie, Volume 1: The Journey | $117 | -86.6% | 1 | -2 | $117 | $1,124,502 | 15 | - |
