Highest-grossing Films
See also: List of 2003 box office number-one films in Canada, the United Kingdom, and the United StatesThese are the top grossing films that were first released in 2003. The top ten films of 2003, by worldwide gross in United States dollars, as well as the United States, Canada, United Kingdom, and Australia grosses, are as follows:
| Rank | Title | Studio | Director(s) | Worldwide | North America | United Kingdom | Australia |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King | New Line | Peter Jackson | $1,119,110,941 | $377,027,325 | $106,643,712 | $36,550,919 |
| 2 | Finding Nemo | Disney/Pixar | Andrew Stanton | $867,893,978 | $339,714,978 | $67,117,404 | $26,820,431 |
| 3 | The Matrix Reloaded | Warner Bros. | Andy and Larry Wachowski | $742,128,461 | $281,576,461 | $53,880,216 | $22,070,814 |
| 4 | Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl | Disney | Gore Verbinski | $654,264,015 | $305,413,918 | $47,531,328 | $18,476,252 |
| 5 | Bruce Almighty | Universal | Tom Shadyac | $484,592,874 | $242,829,261 | $37,412,900 | $13,558,467 |
| 6 | The Last Samurai | Warner Bros. | Edward Zwick | $456,758,981 | $111,127,263 | $21,993,151 | $9,617,283 |
| 7 | Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines | Warner Bros. | Jonathan Mostow | $433,371,112 | $150,371,112 | $31,289,575 | $12,352,558 |
| 8 | The Matrix Revolutions | Warner Bros. | Andy and Larry Wachowski | $427,343,298 | $139,313,948 | $31,020,318 | $13,015,662 |
| 9 | X2 | Fox | Bryan Singer | $407,711,549 | $214,949,694 | $33,549,569 | $10,654,741 |
| 10 | Bad Boys II | Columbia | Michael Bay | $273,339,556 | $138,608,444 | $14,920,239 | $7,680,900 |
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King grossed more than $1.19 billion, making it the second-highest-grossing film in 2004.
Finding Nemo was the highest grossing animated movie of all time but it has since been overtaken and it is currently the 5th highest grossing animated film of all time and the 25th highest grossing film of all time (it was once the 9th highest grossing film).
The other film, The Matrix Reloaded is also in the list of the fifty highest-grossing films.
Read more about this topic: 2003 In Film
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