Box Office

Top Grossing Movies in December 2003

Rank Title Language Genre(s) Domestic Worldwide
1 The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
English

EN

Action

Adventure

Fantasy

$381,878,219 $1,138,585,547
2 The Last Samurai
English

EN

Action

Adventure

Drama

$111,127,263 $454,627,263
3 Something's Gotta Give
English

EN

Comedy

Romance

$124,728,738 $265,328,738
4 Cheaper by the Dozen
English

EN

Comedy

Family

$138,614,544 $190,538,630
5 Cold Mountain
English

EN

Drama

Romance

War

$95,636,509 $173,013,509
6 Mona Lisa Smile
English

EN

Drama

Romance

$63,860,942 $141,337,989
7 Big Fish
English

EN

Adventure

Drama

Fantasy

$66,809,693 $123,235,422
8 Peter Pan
English

EN

Adventure

Fantasy

Romance

$48,462,608 $121,975,011
9 Paycheck
English

EN

Action

Sci-Fi

Mystery

$53,790,451 $117,248,958
10 The Butterfly
English

EN

Drama

Comedy

$57,938,693 $96,822,421
11 Calendar Girls
English

EN

Drama

Comedy

$31,041,759 $93,401,012
12 Stuck on You
English

EN

Comedy

$33,832,741 $65,784,503
13 Honey
Italian

IT

Drama

Romance

Music

$30,308,417 $62,228,395
14 Monster
English

EN

Biography

Drama

Romance

$34,469,210 $58,469,210
15 Girl with a Pearl Earring
English

EN

Biography

Drama

Romance

$11,670,971 $33,030,115
16 Love Don't Cost a Thing
English

EN

Drama

Comedy

Romance

$21,924,226 $21,964,072
17 House of Sand and Fog
English

EN

Drama

$13,040,288 $16,763,804
18 Monsieur Ibrahim
French

FR

Drama

$2,823,890 $12,364,836
19 Godzilla: Tokyo S.O.S.
Japanese

JP

Adventure

Action

- $10,724,345
20 The Young Black Stallion
English

EN

Adventure

Drama

Family

$6,751,389 $9,645,304
21 Ladies’ Night
Spanish

ES

Comedy

Romance

Drama

- $6,934,464
22 Inuyasha the Movie 3: Swords of an Honorable Ruler
Japanese

JP

Fantasy

Adventure

Animation

- $6,654,841
23 Sams in Gefahr
German

DE

Family

- $6,519,643
24 The Company
English

EN

Drama

Romance

Music

$2,283,914 $6,415,017
25 The Fog of War: Eleven Lessons from the Life of Robert S. McNamara
English

EN

War

Documentary

$4,198,566 $5,038,841
26 Silmido
Korean

KR

Action

Drama

$298,347 $4,855,181
27 Peter Bell II: The Hunt for the Czar Crown
Dutch

NL

Family

- $4,364,107
28 Not on the Lips
French

FR

Romance

Comedy

- $4,157,074
29 Japanese Story
English

EN

Drama

Romance

$647,054 $4,098,613
30 Munna Bhai M.B.B.S.
Hindi

IN

Drama

Comedy

$48,772 $3,137,716
31 The 3 Wise Men
Spanish

ES

Family

Fantasy

Animation

- $2,823,810
32 Antikiller 2: Antiterror
Russian

RU

Action

Crime

- $2,617,287
33 MA 2412 - Die Staatsdiener
German

DE

Comedy

- $2,290,381
34 Round-Trip
Swedish

SE

Family

- $1,822,156
35 Sound of Colors

Comedy

Drama

Romance

- $1,819,104
36 Josee, the Tiger and the Fish
Japanese

JP

Drama

Romance

- $1,476,973
37 Captain Sabertooth
Norwegian

NO

Family

Animation

$105,152 $1,361,061
38 The Gathering
Indonesian

ID

Comedy

Drama

- $1,346,475
39 Anna in Kungfu-land - $1,292,983
40 Golden Chicken 2

Romance

Comedy

Drama

- $1,273,571
41 Land of Love
Finnish

FI

Comedy

Romance

- $1,232,568
42 Indigo
English

EN

Drama

Family

$1,190,000 $1,190,000
43 The Statement
English

EN

Drama

Thriller

$765,637 $1,079,822
44 The Car Keys
French

FR

Comedy

- $1,052,596
45 Father’s Affair
Dutch

NL

Drama

- $779,462
46 LOC: Kargil
Hindi

IN

History

War

Action

$621,103 $621,103
47 Smart Philip
Czech

CS

Crime

Mystery

Comedy

- $453,257
48 Blueprint
German

DE

Drama

- $399,375
49 Annie Brocoli dans les fonds marins
French

FR

Comedy

$374,360 $374,360
50 Belly of the Beast
English

EN

Thriller

Action

- $254,988

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