Top Grossing Films of 2003
What films did we entertainment-loving Americans pay out to see this year? Let me tell you. We paid heavily to see a highly clever Disney animated film about a lost fish named Nemo; a clever pirate who was clever because of a clever actor by the name of Johnny Depp bring to life a film form-fitted around one of Disney's own theme park rides; Frodo and Sam and Gollum save Middle Earth while Aragorn becomes King; Trinity and Neo finally consumate their love while Zion dances to a groovy Fluke song; Jim Carrey get to play God, and the X-Men use their unique powers to save the world, once again.
We paid to see noteworthy films as well as not so noteworthy ones -- in my opinion, T3: The Rise of the Machines, How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days. But you know, this list of films represents the films that entertain us, not ones we necessarily feel should vie for Best of the Year awards. On that note, I'm shutting up. Here is a list of the films that broke the $100 million mark at the box office.
|
Film |
Total |
Opening |
Release Date |
| 1 |
Finding Nemo |
$339.71 m |
$70.25 m |
05/30/03 |
| 2 |
* Lord of the Rings: Return of the King |
$321.36 m |
$73.6 m |
12/17/03 |
| 3 |
Pirates of the Caribbean |
$305.27 m |
$46.63 m |
07/09/03 |
| 4 |
The Matrix Reloaded |
$281.49 m |
$91.77 m |
05/15/03 |
| 5 |
Bruce Almighty * |
$242.59 m |
$85.73 m |
05/23/03 |
| 6 |
X2: X-Men United |
$214.95 m |
$85.56 m |
05/02/03 |
| 7 |
* Elf |
$159.51 m |
$31.11 |
11/07/03 |
| 8 |
T3: Rise of the Machines |
$150.35 m |
$44.04 m |
07/02/03 |
| 9 |
Bad Boys II |
$138.40 m |
$46.52 m |
07/18/03 |
| 10 |
The Matrix Revolutions |
$136.92 m |
$48.48 m |
11/05/03 |
| 11 |
Anger Management |
$133.76 m |
$42.22 m |
04/11/03 |
| 12 |
Bringing Down the House |
$132.54 m |
$31.10 m |
03/07/03 |
| 13 |
The Hulk |
$132.12 m |
$62.13 m |
06/20/03 |
| 14 |
2 Fast 2 Furious |
$127.08 m |
$50.47 m |
06/06/03 |
| 15 |
Seabiscuit |
$120.15 m |
$20.85 m |
07/25/03 |
| 16 |
S.W.A.T. |
$116.64 m |
$37.06 m |
08/08/03 |
| 17 |
Spy Kids 3-D |
$111.49 m |
$33.42 m |
07/25/03 |
| 18 |
Freaky Friday |
$109.75 m |
$22.20 m |
08/06/03 |
| 19 |
Scary Movie 3 |
$109.01 m |
$48.11 m |
10/24/03 |
| 20 |
The Italian Job |
$106.13 m |
$19.46 m |
05/30/03 |
| 21 |
How to Lose A Guy in 10 Days |
$105.81 m |
$23.77 m |
02/07/03 |
| 22 |
American Wedding |
$104.35 m |
$33.37 m |
08/01/03 |
| 23 |
Daddy Day Care |
$104.15 m |
$27.62 m |
05/09/03 |
| 24 |
Daredevil * |
$102.52 m |
$45.03 m |
02/14/03 |
| 25 |
Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle |
$100.69 m |
$37.63 m |
06/27/03 |
| 26 |
The Cat in the Hat |
$90.73 m |
$38.33 m |
11/21/03 |
* These figures were based off of December 16 box office data. The asterisks represent my projections for the films. For example, the weekend of December 19 to 21, Elf brought in $5 million dollars. I projected the film to make another $5 million over the Christmas Holiday.
Return of the King projection based off of the daily box office percentage of $24.33 million dollars daily receipt from its first weekend. The projected figure would be $325.17 million dollars if you take the percentage of the film's daily receipts for its first five days, $25.02 million dollars.
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