Domestic 2003 Weekend 52
December 26-28, 2003
Key:New This WeekEstimated
| Rank | LW | Release | Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King | $50,598,104 | -30.3% | 3,703 | - | $13,664 | $222,268,708 | 2 | New Line Cinema |
| 2 | - | Cheaper by the Dozen | $27,557,647 | - | 3,298 | - | $8,355 | $35,397,241 | 1 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 3 | - | Cold Mountain | $14,500,000 | - | 2,163 | - | $6,703 | $19,000,000 | 1 | Miramax |
| 4 | 3 | Something's Gotta Give | $13,816,638 | +21% | 2,709 | +32 | $5,100 | $55,902,582 | 3 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 5 | - | Paycheck | $13,462,374 | - | 2,762 | - | $4,874 | $18,615,272 | 1 | Paramount Pictures |
| 6 | 2 | Mona Lisa Smile | $11,351,439 | -1.5% | 2,677 | - | $4,240 | $31,226,270 | 2 | Revolution Studios |
| 7 | - | Peter Pan | $11,139,495 | - | 2,813 | - | $3,960 | $14,627,615 | 1 | Universal Pictures |
| 8 | 4 | The Last Samurai | $8,326,947 | +7.2% | 2,557 | -381 | $3,256 | $74,324,104 | 4 | Warner Bros. |
| 9 | 7 | Bad Santa | $4,500,000 | +4.7% | 1,710 | -515 | $2,631 | $50,900,000 | 5 | Dimension Films |
| 10 | 6 | Elf | $4,200,000 | -16% | 2,015 | -436 | $2,084 | $164,900,000 | 8 | New Line Cinema |
| 11 | 5 | Stuck on You | $3,626,868 | -31.4% | 2,400 | -607 | $1,511 | $24,412,346 | 3 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 12 | 9 | Love Don't Cost a Thing | $2,953,073 | -21.3% | 1,133 | -711 | $2,606 | $16,431,144 | 3 | Warner Bros. |
| 13 | 8 | The Haunted Mansion | $2,860,015 | -27.2% | 1,622 | -792 | $1,763 | $64,736,126 | 5 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 14 | 26 | Big Fish | $2,053,733 | +1,147.4% | 124 | +118 | $16,562 | $3,505,172 | 3 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 15 | 43 | House of Sand and Fog | $1,720,438 | +3,675.2% | 438 | +436 | $3,927 | $1,811,537 | 2 | DreamWorks Distribution |
| 16 | 10 | Honey | $1,417,310 | -47.7% | 760 | -1,064 | $1,864 | $26,638,660 | 4 | Universal Pictures |
| 17 | 11 | The Cat in the Hat | $1,260,080 | -45.5% | 1,299 | -822 | $970 | $97,011,510 | 6 | Universal Pictures |
| 18 | 23 | 21 Grams | $1,223,891 | +371.7% | 291 | +220 | $4,205 | $4,771,830 | 6 | Focus Features |
| 19 | 12 | Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World | $1,160,829 | -22.6% | 751 | -299 | $1,545 | $80,688,206 | 7 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 20 | 15 | In America | $1,070,721 | +111.6% | 325 | +179 | $3,294 | $2,992,911 | 5 | - |
| 21 | 14 | Love Actually | $828,365 | -27.7% | 408 | -494 | $2,030 | $55,885,240 | 8 | Universal Pictures |
| 22 | - | The Young Black Stallion | $629,999 | - | 51 | - | $12,352 | $702,402 | 1 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 23 | 13 | Gothika | $607,029 | -50.7% | 406 | -649 | $1,495 | $57,455,180 | 6 | Warner Bros. |
| 24 | 16 | Brother Bear | $506,627 | +12.2% | 564 | -160 | $898 | $82,108,948 | 10 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 25 | 28 | Calendar Girls | $396,522 | +161.9% | 42 | +18 | $9,441 | $749,028 | 2 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 26 | 22 | Lost in Translation | $370,468 | +40.8% | 117 | -13 | $3,166 | $30,656,297 | 16 | Focus Features |
| 27 | 19 | Mystic River | $325,183 | +6.5% | 201 | -101 | $1,617 | $53,545,615 | 12 | Warner Bros. |
| 28 | 20 | The Cooler | $308,756 | +8.4% | 77 | +7 | $4,009 | $1,195,274 | 5 | Lionsgate |
| 29 | 24 | School of Rock | $258,440 | +8.3% | 279 | -96 | $926 | $79,697,953 | 13 | Paramount Pictures |
| 30 | 18 | Santa vs. the Snowman 3D 2003 Re-release | $247,475 | -24.2% | 45 | -1 | $5,499 | $2,563,296 | 9 | IMAX |
| 31 | 21 | The Matrix Revolutions | $244,279 | -10% | 116 | -156 | $2,105 | $137,882,816 | 8 | Warner Bros. |
| 32 | - | LOC: Kargil | $223,793 | - | 58 | - | $3,858 | $356,768 | 1 | Eros Worldwide |
| 33 | 39 | Space Station 3D | $207,216 | +250.8% | 16 | -2 | $12,951 | $46,042,006 | 89 | IMAX |
| 34 | 25 | Radio | $206,820 | +17.3% | 226 | -82 | $915 | $51,422,388 | 10 | Revolution Studios |
| 35 | 38 | The Triplets of Belleville | $195,707 | +198.1% | 46 | +31 | $4,254 | $636,383 | 5 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 36 | 37 | Girl with a Pearl Earring | $188,756 | +165.7% | 26 | +18 | $7,259 | $457,769 | 3 | Lionsgate |
| 37 | 31 | Looney Tunes: Back in Action | $188,405 | +75.1% | 336 | +83 | $560 | $20,212,511 | 7 | Warner Bros. |
| 38 | 30 | Red Nose | $185,395 | +59.3% | 58 | -11 | $3,196 | $1,341,231 | 5 | Christal Films |
| 39 | 51 | Scary Movie 3 | $164,287 | +365% | 195 | +74 | $842 | $109,271,669 | 10 | Dimension Films |
| 40 | 17 | The Missing | $134,719 | -67.6% | 146 | -459 | $922 | $25,904,967 | 5 | Revolution Studios |
| 41 | 27 | The Station Agent | $128,341 | -15.9% | 123 | -53 | $1,043 | $4,375,222 | 13 | Miramax |
| 42 | 59 | Under the Tuscan Sun | $101,502 | +406.8% | 158 | +98 | $642 | $43,095,548 | 14 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 43 | - | The Company | $93,776 | - | 11 | - | $8,525 | $128,270 | 1 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 44 | 36 | The Barbarian Invasions 2003 Re-release | $87,936 | +13.4% | 54 | +13 | $1,628 | $580,980 | 6 | Miramax |
| 45 | - | Monster | $86,831 | - | 4 | - | $21,707 | $103,599 | 1 | Newmarket Films |
| 46 | - | Underworld | $79,478 | - | 103 | - | $771 | $51,741,634 | 15 | Screen Gems |
| 47 | 34 | Runaway Jury | $77,726 | -10.5% | 107 | -61 | $726 | $48,893,761 | 11 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 48 | 33 | Freaky Friday | $73,068 | -22.6% | 124 | -49 | $589 | $110,042,380 | 21 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 49 | 56 | The Statement | $67,230 | +179.6% | 17 | +10 | $3,954 | $183,276 | 3 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 50 | 46 | The Fog of War | $58,137 | +40.3% | 5 | +2 | $11,627 | $134,118 | 2 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 51 | 32 | Kal Ho Naa Ho | $52,013 | -45% | 21 | -16 | $2,476 | $1,879,848 | 5 | Yash Raj Films |
| 52 | 29 | Timeline | $49,665 | -63.3% | 320 | -300 | $155 | $19,043,607 | 5 | Paramount Pictures |
| 53 | 42 | Annie Brocoli dans les fonds marins | $48,638 | +1% | 49 | -6 | $992 | $147,776 | 2 | - |
| 54 | 50 | Alexandra's Project | $43,523 | +17.4% | 10 | - | $4,352 | $104,939 | 2 | Alliance Atlantis Vivafilm |
| 55 | 45 | Kill Bill: Vol. 1 | $35,998 | -16.6% | 48 | -16 | $749 | $69,577,340 | 12 | Miramax |
| 56 | - | Modern Times 2003 Re-release | $35,809 | - | 7 | - | $5,115 | $35,809 | 1 | Kino International |
| 57 | 40 | The Texas Chainsaw Massacre | $35,264 | -35.2% | 51 | -62 | $691 | $80,213,803 | 11 | New Line Cinema |
| 58 | 35 | Blizzard | $31,985 | -61.6% | 88 | -48 | $363 | $385,810 | 3 | Alliance Atlantis Vivafilm |
| 59 | 49 | Spy Kids 3: Game Over | $31,329 | -20% | 59 | -69 | $531 | $111,610,328 | 23 | Dimension Films |
| 60 | 52 | Shattered Glass | $24,974 | -27.1% | 35 | -27 | $713 | $2,053,255 | 9 | Lionsgate |
| 61 | 54 | Intolerable Cruelty | $22,724 | -15.1% | 31 | -28 | $733 | $35,254,176 | 12 | Universal Pictures |
| 62 | 71 | T-Rex: Back to the Cretaceous | $21,561 | +81.9% | 4 | - | $5,390 | $46,803,532 | 271 | IMAX |
| 63 | 66 | My Architect | $19,258 | +19% | 3 | +1 | $6,419 | $311,518 | 7 | New Yorker Films |
| 64 | 44 | Pieces of April | $18,107 | -58.8% | 25 | -45 | $724 | $2,360,184 | 11 | United Artists |
| 65 | 77 | Ghosts of the Abyss | $17,474 | +129.7% | 6 | -2 | $2,912 | $15,240,533 | 38 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 66 | 57 | Elephant | $13,874 | -41.5% | 14 | -19 | $991 | $1,222,424 | 10 | Fine Line Features |
| 67 | 67 | Out of Time | $13,357 | -11.7% | 39 | -8 | $342 | $41,046,762 | 13 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) |
| 68 | 47 | The Human Stain | $12,673 | -69.3% | 28 | -40 | $452 | $5,344,660 | 9 | Miramax |
| 69 | 70 | Haunted Castle | $12,000 | -14.3% | 5 | - | $2,400 | $7,951,686 | 149 | - |
| 70 | 53 | The Gospel of John | $11,789 | -60.3% | 18 | -25 | $654 | $3,078,727 | 14 | THINKFilm |
| 71 | 75 | The Bread, My Sweet | $11,583 | +45.6% | 6 | - | $1,930 | $985,927 | 154 | Panorama Entertainment |
| 72 | 48 | Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl | $11,061 | -72.7% | 34 | -90 | $325 | $305,388,685 | 25 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 73 | 60 | The Hebrew Hammer | $10,369 | -46.9% | 5 | -3 | $2,073 | $47,352 | 2 | Strand Releasing |
| 74 | 68 | Pride and Prejudice | $8,692 | -39.3% | 4 | -5 | $2,173 | $126,929 | 4 | Excel Entertainment |
| 75 | 82 | The Animation Show | $8,325 | +60.3% | 5 | - | $1,665 | $302,938 | 17 | - |
| 76 | 73 | Tibet: Cry of the Snow Lion | $6,103 | -41.7% | 7 | -5 | $871 | $361,400 | 15 | Artistic License |
| 77 | 80 | Rivers and Tides | $5,893 | -12.6% | 3 | -4 | $1,964 | $2,193,439 | 79 | Roxie Releasing |
| 78 | 86 | Dirty Pretty Things | $4,374 | +17.6% | 8 | -3 | $546 | $8,065,864 | 24 | Miramax |
| 79 | 85 | City of God | $4,362 | +14.5% | 4 | -2 | $1,090 | $4,782,356 | 50 | Miramax |
| 80 | 84 | The Gatekeeper | $3,801 | -0.3% | 2 | - | $1,900 | $160,831 | 36 | - |
| 81 | 88 | Yossi & Jagger | $2,532 | -4.9% | 1 | - | $2,532 | $187,302 | 14 | Strand Releasing |
| 82 | 79 | Good Boy | $2,491 | -66.3% | 57 | -3 | $43 | $37,647,505 | 12 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) |
| 83 | - | On_Line | $2,310 | - | 1 | - | $2,310 | $165,974 | 27 | Indican Pictures |
| 84 | 94 | Bonhoeffer | $2,269 | +48.1% | 1 | -1 | $2,269 | $269,024 | 28 | First Run |
| 85 | 99 | Cirque du Soleil: Journey of Man | $1,604 | +70.1% | 2 | - | $802 | $15,604,409 | 191 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 86 | 81 | Galapagos | $1,581 | -72.1% | 2 | -3 | $790 | $14,254,017 | 218 | IMAX |
| 87 | 90 | Party Monster | $1,542 | -28.7% | 1 | -3 | $1,542 | $728,253 | 18 | Strand Releasing |
| 88 | 91 | The Butterfly 2003 Re-release | $1,155 | -39.4% | 1 | - | $1,155 | $4,635 | 2 | First Run |
| 89 | 97 | The Secret Lives of Dentists | $1,137 | -13.1% | 3 | +1 | $379 | $3,707,201 | 22 | - |
| 90 | 104 | The Flower of Evil | $1,111 | +75.5% | 1 | -2 | $1,111 | $178,349 | 12 | Palm Pictures |
| 91 | 83 | Bus 174 | $1,108 | -74.8% | 1 | -4 | $1,108 | $161,445 | 12 | THINKFilm |
| 92 | 108 | The Legend of Johnny Lingo | $1,042 | +107.6% | 1 | -2 | $1,042 | $973,659 | 18 | Innovation Film Group (IFG) |
| 93 | 78 | What Alice Found | $849 | -88.7% | 1 | -2 | $849 | $28,190 | 4 | Castle Hill Productions |
| 94 | 96 | Thrill Ride: The Science of Fun | $569 | -58% | 1 | - | $569 | $18,798,590 | 338 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 95 | - | American Storytellers | $562 | - | 1 | - | $562 | $7,736 | 8 | Indican Pictures |
| 96 | 105 | In My Skin | $500 | -19.7% | 1 | -1 | $500 | $26,835 | 8 | Wellspring Media |
| 97 | 89 | The Singing Detective | $489 | -77.4% | 3 | -8 | $163 | $325,970 | 10 | Paramount Classics |
| 98 | - | Emerald Cowboy | $412 | - | 1 | - | $412 | $73,490 | 15 | Indican Pictures |
| 99 | 114 | Encounter in the Third Dimension | $350 | -12.5% | 1 | - | $350 | $6,954,145 | 253 | - |
| 100 | 118 | Alien Adventure | $300 | +20% | 1 | - | $300 | $4,319,534 | 228 | - |
| 101 | 119 | China: The Panda Adventure | $224 | +0.9% | 1 | - | $224 | $3,680,987 | 134 | IMAX |
| 102 | 95 | Northfork | $66 | -95.6% | 1 | -1 | $66 | $1,420,578 | 25 | Paramount Classics |
| 103 | 102 | Carnage | $55 | -91.8% | 1 | -1 | $55 | $52,418 | 17 | Wellspring Media |
| 104 | 120 | Apollo 13 The IMAX Experience | $33 | -84.9% | 1 | - | $33 | $1,722,160 | 67 | IMAX |
