List of 2003 box office number-one films in the United States

This is a list of films which have placed number one at the weekend box office in the United States during 2003.

#	Date	Film	Gross	Notes
1	January 5, 2003	The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers	$25,017,279
2	January 12, 2003	Just Married	$17,548,993
3	January 19, 2003	Kangaroo Jack	$16,580,209
4	January 26, 2003	Darkness Falls	$12,024,917
5	February 2, 2003	The Recruit	$16,302,063
6	February 9, 2003	How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days	$23,774,850
7	February 16, 2003	Daredevil	$40,310,419	Daredevil broke John Q's record ($20.3 mil) for the highest President's Day weekend debut, and Hannibal's record ($29.7 mil) for the highest President's Day weekend ever.
8	February 23, 2003	Daredevil	$18,092,309
9	March 2, 2003	Cradle 2 the Grave	$16,521,468
10	March 9, 2003	Bringing Down the House	$31,101,026
11	March 16, 2003	Bringing Down the House	$22,054,934
12	March 23, 2003	Bringing Down the House	$16,204,468
13	March 30, 2003	Head of State	$13,503,484
14	April 6, 2003	Phone Booth	$15,021,088
15	April 13, 2003	Anger Management	$42,220,847	Anger Management broke The Scorpion King's record ($36.1 mil) for the highest weekend debut in April.
16	April 20, 2003	Anger Management	$25,005,588
17	April 27, 2003	Identity	$16,225,263
18	May 4, 2003	X2	$85,558,731
19	May 11, 2003	X2	$40,032,160
20	May 18, 2003	The Matrix Reloaded	$91,774,413	The Matrix Reloaded broke Hannibal's record ($58.0 mil) for the highest weekend debut for a R-rated film. The Matrix Reloaded had the highest weekend debut of 2003.
21	May 25, 2003	Bruce Almighty	$67,953,330
22	June 1, 2003	Finding Nemo	$70,251,710	Finding Nemo broke Monsters, Inc.'s record ($62.6 mil) for the highest weekend debut for an animated film.
23	June 8, 2003	2 Fast 2 Furious	$50,472,480
24	June 15, 2003	Finding Nemo	$28,384,483	Finding Nemo reclaimed #1 in its third weekend of release.
25	June 22, 2003	Hulk	$62,128,420	Hulk broke Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me's record ($54.9 mil) for the highest weekend debut in June.
26	June 29, 2003	Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle	$37,634,221
27	July 6, 2003	Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines	$44,041,440
28	July 13, 2003	Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl	$46,630,690
29	July 20, 2003	Bad Boys II	$46,522,560
30	July 27, 2003	Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over	$33,417,739	Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over broke Jaws 3-D's record ($13.3 mil) for the highest weekend debut for a 3-D film.
31	August 3, 2003	American Wedding	$33,369,440
32	August 10, 2003	S.W.A.T.	$37,062,535
33	August 17, 2003	Freddy vs. Jason	$36,428,066	Freddy vs. Jason broke Scream 3's record ($34.7 million) for the highest weekend debut for a slasher film.
34	August 24, 2003	Freddy vs. Jason	$13,152,967
35	August 31, 2003	Jeepers Creepers 2	$15,269,324	Jeepers Creepers 2 broke Jeepers Creepers' record ($13.1 mil) for the highest Labor Day weekend debut.
36	September 7, 2003	Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star	$6,660,540
37	September 14, 2003	Once Upon a Time in Mexico	$23,424,118
38	September 21, 2003	Underworld	$21,753,759
39	September 28, 2003	The Rundown	$18,553,765
40	October 5, 2003	School of Rock	$19,622,714
41	October 12, 2003	Kill Bill: Volume 1	$22,089,322
42	October 19, 2003	The Texas Chainsaw Massacre	$28,094,014
43	October 26, 2003	Scary Movie 3	$48,113,770	Scary Movie 3 broke Red Dragon's record ($36.5 mil) for the highest weekend debut in October as well as for any fall release, & broke Lara Croft: Tomb Raider's record ($47.7 million) for highest weekend debut for a film featuring a female protagonist.
44	November 2, 2003	Scary Movie 3	$20,017,468
45	November 9, 2003	The Matrix Revolutions	$48,475,154
46	November 16, 2003	Elf	$26,325,613	Elf reached #1 in its second weekend of release.
47	November 23, 2003	The Cat in the Hat	$38,329,160
48	November 30, 2003	The Cat in the Hat	$24,459,685
49	December 7, 2003	The Last Samurai	$24,271,354
50	December 14, 2003	Something's Gotta Give	$16,064,723
51	December 21, 2003	The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King	$72,629,713	The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King broke The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers' record ($62.0 mil) for the highest weekend debut in December & Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace's record for ($64.8 mil) the highest Wednesday gross of all-time..
52	December 28, 2003	The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King	$50,598,104

Highest-grossing films

Highest-grossing films of 2003

Rank	Title	Distributor	Domestic Gross
1.	The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King	New Line	$377,027,325
2.	Finding Nemo	Disney	$339,714,978
3.	Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl		$305,413,918
4.	The Matrix Reloaded	Warner Bros.	$281,576,461
5.	Bruce Almighty	Universal	$242,829,261
6.	X2	20th Century Fox	$214,949,694
7.	Elf	New Line	$173,398,518
8.	Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines	Warner Bros.	$150,371,112
9.	The Matrix Revolutions		$139,313,948
10.	Cheaper by the Dozen	20th Century Fox	$138,614,544

See also

• List of American films — American films by year