Weekly box office · Friday to Thursday
Dec 12–18, 2003
All 127 films
$167,966,091#1
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King| # | Film | Studio | Week | Theaters | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King | NL | $51,470,821 | 3,703 | $51,470,821 |
| 2 | Something's Gotta Give | Sony | $22,013,040 | 2,677 | $22,013,040 |
| 3 | The Last Samurai | WB | $18,930,609 | 2,908 | $51,717,865 |
| 4 | Stuck on You | Fox | $11,699,883 | 3,003 | $11,699,883 |
| 5 | Bad Santa | Dim. | $8,106,284 | 2,540 | $37,808,741 |
| 6 | Elf | NL | $7,820,275 | 2,876 | $149,310,332 |
| 7 | Love Don't Cost a Thing | WB | $7,442,035 | 1,844 | $7,442,035 |
| 8 | The Haunted Mansion | BV | $7,263,380 | 3,001 | $54,873,821 |
| 9 | Honey | Uni. | $5,972,310 | 1,928 | $20,887,705 |
| 10 | The Cat in the Hat | Uni. | $5,051,220 | 2,320 | $91,612,815 |
| 11 | Gothika | WB | $3,660,581 | 1,221 | $54,869,275 |
| 12 | Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World | Fox | $3,210,999 | 1,161 | $77,021,610 |
| 13 | Love Actually | Uni. | $2,981,940 | 1,566 | $53,039,415 |
| 14 | The Missing | SonR | $1,968,332 | 1,070 | $25,131,555 |
| 15 | Timeline | Par. | $1,101,347 | 872 | $18,750,888 |
| 16 | The Matrix Revolutions | WB | $967,103 | 272 | $137,169,274 |
| 17 | Brother Bear | BV | $854,491 | 1,031 | $80,659,222 |
| 18 | Mystic River | WB | $554,750 | 302 | $52,683,698 |
| 19 | 21 Grams | Focus | $465,062 | 74 | $3,049,207 |
| 20 | Santa Vs. the Snowman - Season 2 (IMAX) | Imax | $423,546 | 46 | $1,696,660 |
| 21 | In America | FoxS | $389,172 | 47 | $916,991 |
| 22 | Lost in Translation | Focus | $337,310 | 148 | $29,769,045 |
| 23 | Big Fish | Sony | $323,466 | 6 | $397,884 |
| 24 | The Station Agent | Mira. | $294,227 | 189 | $3,978,433 |
| 25 | Looney Tunes: Back in Action | WB | $270,233 | 253 | $19,796,187 |
| 26 | T-Rex: Back to the Cretaceous (IMAX) | Imax | $239,586 | 6 | $46,748,370 |
| 27 | Nez Rouge | Chri. | $217,232 | 76 | $927,542 |
| 28 | Kal Ho Naa Ho | Yash | $200,279 | 43 | $1,692,835 |
| 29 | Radio | SonR | $198,275 | 285 | $50,904,258 |
| 30 | Freaky Friday | BV | $195,511 | 244 | $109,794,502 |
127 films charted.
Figures as published by Box Office Mojo, read from the Internet Archive's copies of the site. About the sources.