| # |
Week ending |
Film |
Box office |
Openings |
|---|
| 1 | 1 January 2003 | The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers | $19,597,818 | The Tuxedo (#5), Treasure Planet (#6), Two Weeks Notice (#7), Adaptation (#10), Frida (#12), Bowling for Columbine (#13), The Hot Chick (#14), Mostly Martha (#18), The Master of Disguise (#20) |
| 2 | 8 January 2003 | The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2) | $9,084,170 | |
| 3 | 15 January 2003 | Catch Me If You Can | $5,148,124 | Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams (#4) |
| 4 | 22 January 2003 | 8 Mile | $7,526,113 | Analyze That (#6), The Quiet American (#7), Like Mike (#8) |
| 5 | 29 January 2003 | 8 Mile (2) | $4,264,954 | Chicago (#2), I Spy (#5), About Schmidt preview (#19) |
| 6 | 5 February 2003 | Chicago | $2,437,504 | One Hour Photo (#3), Frailty (#17) |
| 7 | 12 February 2003 | Chicago (2) | $1,870,781 | Star Trek: Nemesis (#2), About Schmidt (#7), Far from Heaven (#11), They (#13), City by the Sea (#17) |
| 8 | 19 February 2003 | Gangs of New York | $2,814,649 | Undercover Brother (#10), Talk to Her (#19) |
| 9 | 26 February 2003 | Just Married | $2,944,361 | The Hours (#3), Half Past Dead (#5), The Rules of Attraction (#12), Trapped (#17) |
| 10 | 5 March 2003 | Jackass: The Movie | $2,018,645 | The Recruit (#3), Swimming Upstream (#10), Solaris (#17) |
| 11 | 12 March 2003 | Maid in Manhattan | $3,029,089 | Final Destination 2 (#2), The Pianist (#9), Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever (#13) |
| 12 | 19 March 2003 | Maid in Manhattan (2) | $1,976,079 | Antwone Fisher (#10), You Can't Stop the Murders (#13), City of God (#17), Knockaround Guys (#18) |
| 13 | 26 March 2003 | Daredevil | $3,952,322 | The Emperor's Club (#11), Dog Soldiers (#17), 24 Hour Party People (#18) |
| 14 | 2 April 2003 | Ned Kelly | $3,439,557 | Cradle 2 the Grave (#3) |
| 15 | 9 April 2003 | Ned Kelly (2) | $1,960,158 | Bringing Down the House (#2), Dreamcatcher (#3), What a Girl Wants (#4), Punch-Drunk Love (#10), Read My Lips (#18) |
| 16 | 16 April 2003 | Johnny English | $3,980,373 | Fat Pizza (#2), Shanghai Knights (#3), The Jungle Book 2 (#7), Kangaroo Jack (#8), The Wild Thornberrys Movie (#9), All or Nothing (#20) |
| 17 | 23 April 2003 | Anger Management | $5,124,333 | Ripley's Game (#17), The Magdalene Sisters (#18), Nowhere in Africa (#19) |
| 18 | 30 April 2003 | How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days | $3,722,949 | X-Men 2 (#5) |
| 19 | 7 May 2003 | X-Men 2 | $7,610,042 | Russian Ark (#12), Anita and Me (#19) |
| 20 | 14 May 2003 | X-Men 2 (2) | $3,480,612 | Whale Rider (#2), National Security (#5), Alexandra's Project (#7) |
| 21 | 21 May 2003 | The Matrix Reloaded | $14,553,522 | |
| 22 | 28 May 2003 | The Matrix Reloaded (2) | $7,468,147 | Phone Booth (#2), The Life of David Gale (#6), Horseplay (#14), The Crime of Father Amaro (#15) |
| 23 | 4 June 2003 | The Matrix Reloaded (3) | $4,131,487 | Basic (#3), Old School (#4), Secretary (#9), Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress (#16), The Lizzie McGuire Movie (#20) |
| 24 | 11 June 2003 | 2 Fast 2 Furious | $7,419,656 | The Four Feathers (#9), Igby Goes Down (#11), 25th Hour (#12) |
| 25 | 18 June 2003 | 2 Fast 2 Furious (2) | $2,866,045 | Bulletproof Monk (#3), The Core (#4), A Man Apart (#5), White Oleander (#8) |
| 26 | 25 June 2003 | Bruce Almighty | $6,523,891 | Travelling Birds (#9) |
| 27 | 2 July 2003 | Bruce Almighty (2) | $4,803,887 | Hulk (#2), Daddy Day Care (#3) |
| 28 | 9 July 2003 | Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle | $8,786,213 | Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas (#6), The Dancer Upstairs (#11), Help! I'm a Fish (#16) |
| 29 | 16 July 2003 | Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle (2) | $4,939,410 | The Real Cancun (#8), I Capture the Castle (#9), Auto Focus (#14) |
| 30 | 23 July 2003 | Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines | $9,231,811 | The Good Thief (#12), Personal Velocity: Three Portraits (#20) |
| 31 | 30 July 2003 | Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines (2) | $3,964,697 | Bad Eggs (#3), Confidence (#5), Confessions of a Dangerous Mind (#7), Malibu's Most Wanted (#8), Biker Boyz (#10), A Mighty Wind (#14) |
| 32 | 6 August 2003 | Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines (3) | $2,291,756 | Identity (#2), View from the Top (#5), Danny Deckchair (#6), Extreme Ops (#11), Wrong Turn (#12) |
| 33 | 13 August 2003 | American Pie: The Wedding | $5,540,460 | Friday After Next (#15) |
| 34 | 20 August 2003 | American Pie: The Wedding (2) | $3,115,507 | Down with Love (#2), Tears of the Sun (#3), Take Away (#7), The Night We Called It a Day (#8), Narc (#11), Cypher (#15) |
| 35 | 27 August 2003 | The Italian Job | $3,649,566 | Buffalo Soldiers (#8), It Runs in the Family (#11) |
| 36 | 3 September 2003 | Finding Nemo | $9,757,350 | The In-Laws (#4), Darkness Falls (#5), The Rage in Placid Lake (#10), Man on the Train (#13) |
| 37 | 10 September 2003 | Finding Nemo (2) | $7,318,444 | 28 Days Later (#3), Hollywood Homicide (#4), Titanic 3D: Ghosts of the Abyss (#10), My Little Eye (#15), Undead (#18) |
| 38 | 17 September 2003 | Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl | $6,962,449 | Legally Blonde 2 (#3), American Splendor (#10), Together (#15) |
| 39 | 24 September 2003 | Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2) | $4,983,581 | Bad Boys II (#2), Freaky Friday (#5), Rugrats Go Wild (#6), Agent Cody Banks (#8) |
| 40 | 1 October 2003 | Finding Nemo (3) | $4,335,509 | Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life (#3), The Wannabes (#9), Japanese Story (#10) |
| 41 | 8 October 2003 | The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen | $4,218,626 | Matchstick Men (#9), Swimming Pool (#14) |
| 42 | 15 October 2003 | Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (3) | $1,805,456 | Calendar Girls (#3), Gettin' Square (#9), Perfect Strangers (#15) |
| 43 | 22 October 2003 | Kill Bill: Vol. 1 | $3,118,560 | Head of State (#13) |
| 44 | 29 October 2003 | Intolerable Cruelty | $2,661,924 | Freddy vs. Jason (#3), Mambo Italiano (#7), Raising Victor Vargas (#19) |
| 45 | 5 November 2003 | Intolerable Cruelty (2) | $2,014,052 | Runaway Jury (#3), The Medallion (#7), Holes (#10), Laurel Canyon (#15) |
| 46 | 12 November 2003 | The Matrix Revolutions | $9,733,089 | Le Divorce (#6) |
| 47 | 19 November 2003 | The Matrix Revolutions (2) | $3,586,349 | Seabiscuit (#2), In the Cut (#4), Alien: The Director's Cut (#14), Spellbound (#15), The Honourable Wally Norman (#20) |
| 48 | 26 November 2003 | School of Rock | $2,740,753 | The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (#3), Mystic River (#4), Uptown Girls (#6), Nicholas Nickleby (#19) |
| 49 | 3 December 2003 | S.W.A.T. | $3,697,004 | Elf (#3), Good Boy! (#10) |
| 50 | 10 December 2003 | Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World | $4,210,955 | Cabin Fever (#8) |
| 51 | 17 December 2003 | Scary Movie 3 | $4,102,664 | Looney Tunes: Back in Action (#4), Dumb and Dumberer: When Harry Met Lloyd (#13) |
| 52 | 24 December 2003 | Peter Pan | $2,520,855 | The Spanish Apartment (#11), The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers – Extended (#15) |
| 53 | 31 December 2003 | The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King | $18,985,415 | Love Actually (#2), Brother Bear (#3), Lost in Translation (#9), Good Bye, Lenin! (#13), Bright Young Things (#15), Dogville (#17) |
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