Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003) is the highest-grossing romance movie released in 2003, with $654.3M worldwide, ahead of Something's Gotta Give (2003) at $265.3M and Love Actually (2003) at $250.8M. 171 romance films released in 2003 report a worldwide gross, $3.7B in all, 48% of it from the US & Canada. 12 films crossed $100 million; none reached $1 billion. That is up 22% on 2002, whose releases took $3.1B. By language, English leads with $3.4B across 78 romance releases.

2003 releases with a gross

171

combined worldwide

$3.7B

films crossed $100M

12

vs 2002

+22%

#1 of 171

#1 romance movie of 2003

Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003)

2003 · Action, Adventure

$654.3M worldwide · 18% of the chart's total

$305.4M US & Canada · 47% $348.9M elsewhere · 53%