Record	Rank	Revenue
All Time Domestic Box Office	72	$345,115,396
All Time Domestic Inflation Adjusted Box Office	46	$632,379,411
All Time Domestic Sequel Box Office	45	$345,115,396
Top 2002 Movies at the Domestic Box Office	2	$345,115,396
All Time Domestic Box Office for Based on Fiction Book/Short Story Movies	10	$345,115,396
All Time Domestic Box Office for Animation/Live Action Movies	32	$345,115,396
All Time Domestic Box Office for Fantasy Movies	6	$345,115,396
All Time Domestic Box Office for Adventure Movies	35	$345,115,396
All Time Domestic Box Office for PG-13 Movies	44	$345,115,396
All Time Domestic Box Office for New Line Movies	2	$345,115,396

Date	Rank	Gross	% Change	Theaters	Per Theater	Total Gross	Week
Dec 20, 2002	1	$62,007,528		3,622	$17,120	$102,046,212	1
Dec 27, 2002	1	$48,875,549	-21%	3,622	$13,494	$200,058,231	2
Jan 3, 2003	1	$25,017,279	-49%	3,622	$6,907	$261,031,601	3
Jan 10, 2003	2	$14,755,306	-41%	3,477	$4,244	$283,421,517	4
Jan 17, 2003	5	$10,274,388	-30%	3,110	$3,304	$300,122,052	5
Jan 24, 2003	5	$6,611,705	-36%	2,666	$2,480	$308,821,306	6
Jan 31, 2003	7	$5,088,421	-23%	2,175	$2,340	$316,026,494	7
Feb 7, 2003	10	$3,516,739	-31%	1,680	$2,093	$320,857,049	8
Feb 14, 2003	12	$3,072,238	-13%	1,422	$2,161	$325,446,438	9
Feb 21, 2003	14	$1,925,167	-37%	925	$2,081	$328,156,417	10
Feb 28, 2003	15	$1,618,139	-16%	905	$1,788	$330,338,275	11
Mar 7, 2003	16	$1,227,603	-24%	703	$1,746	$332,075,527	12
Mar 14, 2003	16	$1,014,613	-17%	612	$1,658	$333,623,857	13
Mar 21, 2003	20	$768,554	-24%	518	$1,484	$334,790,872	14
Mar 28, 2003	19	$623,597	-19%	425	$1,467	$335,800,124	15
Apr 4, 2003	21	$479,627	-23%	345	$1,390	$336,500,653	16
Apr 11, 2003	25	$340,197	-29%	332	$1,025	$337,013,432	17
Apr 18, 2003	25	$351,838	+3%	324	$1,086	$337,526,600	18
Apr 25, 2003	28	$247,078	-30%	269	$919	$337,949,941	19
May 2, 2003	32	$186,420	-25%	225	$829	$338,230,249	20
May 9, 2003	32	$151,733	-19%	190	$799	$338,457,054	21
May 16, 2003	33	$101,515	-33%	163	$623	$338,622,570	22
May 23, 2003	33	$116,483	+15%	135	$863	$338,794,804	23
May 30, 2003	32	$89,444	-23%	111	$806	$338,955,859	24
Jun 6, 2003	34	$82,136	-8%	115	$714	$339,104,919	25
Jun 13, 2003	38	$74,391	-9%	103	$722	$339,230,928	26
Jun 20, 2003	39	$59,606	-20%	101	$590	$339,344,075	27
Jun 27, 2003	37	$73,395	+23%	86	$853	$339,457,993	28
Jul 4, 2003	45	$50,890	-31%	79	$644	$339,554,276	29
Jul 11, 2003	47	$35,424	-30%	71	$499	$339,628,782	30
Jul 18, 2003	52	$29,000	-18%	57	$509	$339,687,608	31
Jul 25, 2003	59	$22,680	-22%	32	$709	$339,734,454	32
Aug 8, 2003	88	$7,792		13	$599	$339,772,508	34
Aug 15, 2003	92	$5,105	-34%	10	$511	$339,781,747	35
Aug 22, 2003	95	$4,700	-8%	8	$588	$339,787,500	36
Dec 12, 2003	15	$727,645		126	$5,775	$340,515,145	52
Jun 7, 2024	9	$1,910,940		1,549	$1,234	$344,459,924	1,121
Jun 14, 2024	11	$508,589	-73%	1,020	$499	$344,968,513	1,122
Jun 21, 2024	-	$146,883	-71%	51	$2,880	$345,115,396	1,123

Date	Rank	Gross	%YD	%LW	Theaters	Per Theater	Total Gross	Days
Dec 18, 2002	1	$26,159,972			3,622	$7,223	$26,159,972	1
Dec 19, 2002	1	$13,878,712	-47%		3,622	$3,832	$40,038,684	2
Dec 20, 2002	1	$19,224,340	+39%		3,622	$5,308	$59,263,024	3
Dec 21, 2002	1	$22,752,057	+18%		3,622	$6,282	$82,015,081	4
Dec 22, 2002	1	$20,031,131	-12%		3,622	$5,530	$102,046,212	5
Dec 23, 2002	1	$13,509,942	-33%		3,622	$3,730	$115,556,154	6
Dec 24, 2002	1	$7,790,050	-42%		3,622	$2,151	$123,346,204	7
Dec 25, 2002	1	$12,381,307	+59%	-53%	3,622	$3,418	$135,727,511	8
Dec 26, 2002	1	$15,455,171	+25%	+11%	3,622	$4,267	$151,182,682	9
Dec 27, 2002	1	$16,873,539	+9%	-12%	3,622	$4,659	$168,056,221	10
Dec 28, 2002	1	$17,227,061	+2%	-24%	3,622	$4,756	$185,283,282	11
Dec 29, 2002	1	$14,774,949	-14%	-26%	3,622	$4,079	$200,058,231	12
Dec 30, 2002	1	$10,094,851	-32%	-25%	3,622	$2,787	$210,153,082	13
Dec 31, 2002	1	$8,442,823	-16%	+8%	3,622	$2,331	$218,595,905	14
Jan 1, 2003	1	$11,040,273	+31%	-11%	3,622	$3,048	$229,636,178	15
Jan 2, 2003	1	$6,378,144	-42%	-59%	3,622	$1,761	$236,014,322	16
Jan 3, 2003	1	$7,576,222	+19%	-55%	3,622	$2,092	$243,590,544	17
Jan 4, 2003	1	$10,699,493	+41%	-38%	3,622	$2,954	$254,290,037	18
Jan 5, 2003	1	$6,741,564	-37%	-54%	3,622	$1,861	$261,031,601	19
Jan 6, 2003	1	$2,133,465	-68%	-79%	3,622	$589	$263,165,066	20
Jan 7, 2003	1	$2,155,575	+1%	-74%	3,622	$595	$265,320,641	21
Jan 8, 2003	2	$1,748,206	-19%	-84%	3,622	$483	$267,068,847	22
Jan 9, 2003	2	$1,597,364	-9%	-75%	3,622	$441	$268,666,211	23
Jan 10, 2003	3	$3,894,852	+144%	-49%	3,477	$1,120	$272,561,063	24
Jan 11, 2003	2	$6,637,982	+70%	-38%	3,477	$1,909	$279,199,045	25
Jan 12, 2003	1	$4,222,472	-36%	-37%	3,477	$1,214	$283,421,517	26
Jan 13, 2003	1	$1,070,000	-75%	-50%	3,477	$308	$284,492,000	27
Jan 14, 2003	2	$1,208,000	+13%	-44%	3,477	$347	$285,699,000	28
Jan 15, 2003	2	$996,000	-18%	-43%	3,477	$286	$286,695,000	29
Jan 16, 2003	2	$991,000	-1%	-38%	3,477	$285	$287,618,000	30
Jan 17, 2003	5	$2,664,587	+169%	-32%	3,110	$857	$290,292,649	31
Jan 18, 2003	5	$4,521,633	+70%	-32%	3,110	$1,454	$294,814,282	32
Jan 19, 2003	4	$3,078,168	-32%	-27%	3,110	$990	$297,892,450	33
Jan 20, 2003	3	$2,229,602	-28%	+108%	3,110	$717	$300,122,052	34
Jan 21, 2003	2	$792,000	-64%	-34%	3,110	$255	$300,914,000	35
Jan 22, 2003	3	$643,000	-19%	-35%	3,110	$207	$301,557,000	36
Jan 23, 2003	3	$695,000	+8%	-30%	3,110	$223	$302,251,000	37
Jan 24, 2003	8	$1,673,000	+141%	-37%	2,666	$628	$303,924,000	38
Jan 25, 2003	6	$3,447,000	+106%	-24%	2,666	$1,293	$307,371,000	39
Jan 26, 2003	4	$1,415,000	-59%	-54%	2,666	$531	$308,786,000	40
Jan 27, 2003	4	$544,000	-62%	-76%	2,666	$204	$309,365,000	41
Jan 28, 2003	3	$566,000	+4%	-29%	2,666	$212	$309,931,000	42
Jan 29, 2003	4	$514,000	-9%	-20%	2,666	$193	$310,445,000	43
Jan 30, 2003	4	$531,000	+3%	-24%	2,666	$199	$310,938,000	44
Jan 31, 2003	8	$1,219,000	+130%	-27%	2,666	$457	$312,157,000	45
Feb 1, 2003	8	$2,340,265	+92%	-32%	2,175	$1,076	$314,497,684	46
Feb 2, 2003	6	$1,528,810	-35%	+8%	2,175	$703	$316,026,494	47
Feb 3, 2003	5	$320,000	-79%	-41%	2,175	$147	$316,346,000	48
Feb 4, 2003	5	$356,000	+11%	-37%	2,175	$164	$316,702,000	49
Feb 5, 2003	6	$320,000	-10%	-38%	2,175	$147	$317,022,000	50
Feb 6, 2003	7	$321,000	n/c	-40%	2,175	$148	$317,340,000	51
Feb 7, 2003	10	$808,187	+152%	-34%	1,680	$481	$318,148,497	52
Feb 8, 2003	10	$1,616,216	+100%	-31%	1,680	$962	$319,764,713	53
Feb 9, 2003	8	$1,092,336	-32%	-29%	1,680	$650	$320,857,049	54
Feb 10, 2003	9	$233,000	-79%	-27%	1,680	$139	$321,090,000	55
Feb 11, 2003	8	$262,000	+12%	-26%	1,680	$156	$321,351,000	56
Feb 12, 2003	9	$251,000	-4%	-22%	1,680	$149	$321,603,000	57
Feb 13, 2003	9	$251,000	n/c	-22%	1,680	$149	$321,849,000	58
Feb 14, 2003	11	$803,984	+220%	-1%	1,422	$565	$322,653,345	59
Feb 15, 2003	11	$1,308,564	+63%	-19%	1,422	$920	$323,961,909	60
Feb 16, 2003	10	$959,690	-27%	-12%	1,422	$675	$324,921,599	61
Feb 17, 2003	9	$524,839	-45%	+125%	1,422	$369	$325,446,438	62
Feb 18, 2003	10	$295,000	-44%	+13%	1,422	$207	$325,741,000	63
Feb 19, 2003	10	$247,000	-16%	-2%	1,422	$174	$325,988,000	64
Feb 20, 2003	10	$260,000	+5%	+4%	1,422	$183	$326,231,000	65
Feb 21, 2003	12	$488,735	+88%	-39%	925	$528	$326,719,985	66
Feb 22, 2003	12	$891,691	+82%	-32%	925	$964	$327,611,676	67
Feb 23, 2003	12	$544,741	-39%	-43%	925	$589	$328,156,417	68
Feb 24, 2003	11	$129,008	-76%	-75%	925	$139	$328,285,425	69
Feb 25, 2003	11	$149,956	+16%	-49%	925	$162	$328,435,381	70
Feb 26, 2003	11	$139,071	-7%	-44%	925	$150	$328,574,452	71
Feb 27, 2003	11	$145,684	+5%	-44%	925	$157	$328,720,136	72
Feb 28, 2003	11	$380,421	+161%	-22%	905	$420	$329,100,557	73
Mar 1, 2003	11	$742,154	+95%	-17%	905	$820	$329,842,711	74
Mar 2, 2003	11	$495,564	-33%	-9%	905	$548	$330,338,275	75
May 26, 2003	-	$34,574			135	$256	$338,829,378	160
Jun 21, 2011	9	$764,607			522	$1,465	$342,548,984	3,108
Jun 9, 2024	4	$1,910,940			1,549	$1,234	$344,459,924	7,845
Jun 16, 2024	9	$508,589			1,020	$499	$344,968,513	7,851
Jun 23, 2024	13	$146,883			51	$2,880	$345,115,396	7,859

Date	Rank	Gross	% Change	Theaters	Per Theater	Total Gross	Week
Dec 20, 2002	1	$111,143,998		3,622	$30,686	$151,182,682	2
Dec 27, 2002	1	$84,831,640	-24%	3,622	$23,421	$236,014,322	3
Jan 3, 2003	1	$32,651,889	-62%	3,622	$9,015	$268,666,211	4
Jan 10, 2003	2	$21,181,453	-35%	3,477	$6,092	$289,847,664	5
Jan 17, 2003	5	$12,361,937	-42%	3,110	$3,975	$302,209,601	6
Jan 24, 2003	5	$8,728,472	-29%	2,666	$3,274	$310,938,073	7
Jan 31, 2003	7	$6,402,237	-27%	2,175	$2,944	$317,340,310	8
Feb 7, 2003	9	$5,033,890	-21%	1,680	$2,996	$322,374,200	9
Feb 14, 2003	11	$3,857,050	-23%	1,422	$2,712	$326,231,250	10
Feb 21, 2003	13	$2,488,886	-35%	925	$2,691	$328,720,136	11
Feb 28, 2003	15	$2,127,788	-15%	905	$2,351	$330,847,924	12
Mar 7, 2003	16	$1,761,320	-17%	703	$2,505	$332,609,244	13
Mar 14, 2003	16	$1,413,074	-20%	612	$2,309	$334,022,318	14
Mar 21, 2003	19	$1,154,209	-18%	518	$2,228	$335,176,527	15
Mar 28, 2003	19	$844,499	-27%	425	$1,987	$336,021,026	16
Apr 4, 2003	21	$652,209	-23%	345	$1,890	$336,673,235	17
Apr 11, 2003	23	$501,527	-23%	332	$1,511	$337,174,762	18
Apr 18, 2003	24	$528,101	+5%	324	$1,630	$337,702,863	19
Apr 25, 2003	30	$340,966	-35%	269	$1,268	$338,043,829	20
May 2, 2003	32	$261,492	-23%	225	$1,162	$338,305,321	21
May 9, 2003	33	$215,734	-17%	190	$1,135	$338,521,055	22
May 16, 2003	33	$157,266	-27%	163	$965	$338,678,321	23
May 23, 2003	31	$188,094	+20%	135	$1,393	$338,866,415	24
May 30, 2003	29	$156,368	-17%	111	$1,409	$339,022,783	25
Jun 6, 2003	34	$133,754	-14%	115	$1,163	$339,156,537	26
Jun 13, 2003	33	$127,932	-4%	103	$1,242	$339,284,469	27
Jun 20, 2003	38	$100,129	-22%	101	$991	$339,384,598	28
Jun 27, 2003	38	$118,788	+19%	86	$1,381	$339,503,386	29
Jul 4, 2003	44	$89,972	-24%	79	$1,139	$339,593,358	30
Jul 11, 2003	45	$65,250	-27%	71	$919	$339,658,608	31
Jul 18, 2003	48	$53,166	-19%	57	$933	$339,711,774	32
Aug 8, 2003	87	$11,926		13	$917	$339,776,642	35
Aug 15, 2003	94	$6,158	-48%	10	$616	$339,782,800	36
Aug 22, 2003	97	$4,700	-24%	8	$588	$339,787,500	37
Jun 17, 2011	16	$764,607		522	$1,465	$342,548,984	445

Territory	Release Date	Opening Weekend	Opening Weekend Screens	Maximum Screens	Theatrical Engagements	Total Box Office	Report Date
Australia	12/26/2002	$7,929,284	424	424	436	$11,001,055	8/12/2024
China	4/23/2021	$4,010,000	39,412	39,412	54,945	$7,820,000	5/26/2021
Czech Republic	1/17/2003	$0	0	2	4	$3,276,232	1/1/2019
Finland	5/5/2023	$0	0	0	0	$62,477	6/16/2023
Italy	1/16/2003	$0	0	0	0	$24,985,868	8/12/2024
Japan	12/31/2022	$0	0	0	0	$0
Netherlands	10/16/2020	$113,850	94	94	148	$316,381	10/3/2024
New Zealand	12/11/2003	$0	0	11	60	$7,975,384	9/16/2024
Russia (CIS)	1/23/2003	$0	0	583	592	$514,676	5/25/2021
South Korea	1/17/2017	$144,851	56	176	261	$306,611	3/31/2021
Spain	11/17/2023	$0	0	201	207	$211,179	12/7/2023
Turkey	12/20/2002	$0	0	133	228	$320,881	10/5/2023
United Kingdom	12/20/2002	$0	0	260	346	$83,972,415	10/5/2023
Rest of World						$435,836,621
International Total						$576,599,780	10/3/2024

Record	Rank	Revenue
All Time International Box Office	82	$576,599,780
All Time International Sequel Box Office	51	$576,599,780
Top 2002 Movies at the International Box Office	2	$576,599,780
All Time International Box Office for Based on Fiction Book/Short Story Movies	20	$576,599,780
All Time International Box Office for Animation/Live Action Movies	37	$576,599,780
All Time International Box Office for Fantasy Movies	19	$576,599,780
All Time International Box Office for Adventure Movies	38	$576,599,780
All Time International Box Office for PG-13 Movies	48	$576,599,780
All Time International Box Office for New Line Movies	2	$576,599,780

Record	Rank	Revenue
All Time Worldwide Box Office	72	$921,715,176
All Time Worldwide Sequel Box Office	49	$921,715,176
Biggest Film in a Single Market (Rank 101-200)	104	$345,115,396
Top 2002 Movies at the Worldwide Box Office	1	$921,715,176
All Time Worldwide Box Office for Based on Fiction Book/Short Story Movies	17	$921,715,176
All Time Worldwide Box Office for Animation/Live Action Movies	36	$921,715,176
All Time Worldwide Box Office for Fantasy Movies	14	$921,715,176
All Time Worldwide Box Office for Adventure Movies	39	$921,715,176
All Time Worldwide Box Office for PG-13 Movies	44	$921,715,176
All Time Worldwide Box Office for New Line Movies	2	$921,715,176

Date	Rank	Units this Week	% Change	Total Units	Spending this Week	Total Spending	Weeks in Release
Nov 28, 2010	9	127,437		127,437	$2,037,720	$2,037,720	379
Dec 5, 2010	15	37,998	-70%	165,435	$607,589	$2,645,309	380
Jan 6, 2013	18	17,876		379,846	$177,505	$4,774,313	489

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August 28th, 2012

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March 14th, 2012

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November 23rd, 2011

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July 20th, 2011

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July 12th, 2011

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June 27th, 2011

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December 7th, 2010

It was the Thanksgiving long weekend recently and the sales numbers this week include Black Friday. It should come as no surprise that there was an uptick in sales this week, with a number of older releases seeing a massive jump. This includes Toy Story 3, which shot into top spot with 1.27 million units / $21.19 million for the week and 6.78 million / $124.60 million after a month. It is now the third-best-selling DVD of the year. More...

2010 - Holiday Gift Guide - Part II

December 2nd, 2010

Christmas shopping season is in full swing and this week we have the second part of our Holiday Gift Guide. Last week, Part I talked about big first run releases, while this week we look at box sets and TV on DVD releases. When it comes to the latter, this list is limited to Full Series Megasets and the first season of shows that made their home market debut this year, mostly. This is because when it comes to full season sets from the middle of a show's run, they don't really make good gifts, unless the person is already collecting the series. "Here's season three of a great show. You'll have to buy the first two yourself and get caught up before watching this one." Anyhoo, there are still plenty of releases worth giving as gifts this season, starting with... More...

Polly Wants the Number One Position?

March 16th, 2004

Without an international breakout hit, the domestic slowdown is still affecting the international box-office. This week a single massive opening in a major market could have put a film in the top five. Unfortunately, that didn't happen. But a string of strong openings helped push Along Came Polly into first place with $12.4 million. It's still early in its international run, but with $40.2 million so far and with some big markets left it should beat its domestic total. More...

Effective Marketing

January 26th, 2004

There seems to be a pattern developing for 2004. The number one movie surprises, but the overall box office is lower than expected. This week was no different. The total box office was down from last weekend's 3-day total, which is not surprising as last weekend was a long weekend. But it dropped by a massive 24.7%. The performance compared to last year that is more troubling. Before the weekend 2004 was 7% behind 2003 and at first glance this weekend was almost flat compared to last year, down less than $200,000 or just 0.002%. But this weekend last year was Superbowl weekend, so the performance is really more equivalent to a 10% drop. More...

Will it be Three in a Row for the Trilogy?

January 2nd, 2004

This week there are no new wide openings, so the top five should look a lot like last weekend. This includes another winning weekend for Lord of the Rings: Return of the King. The lack of new releases is not uncommon for this time of the year, nor is the number of potential $100 million movies. Of the top five, one has already crossed $100 million and three more could follow. More...

Returning as King

December 29th, 2003

No one was surprised that Lord of the Ring: Return of the King remained on top for the second weekend in a row, but most of the new entries did surprise at the box office. It is also not surprising that the box office shot up from last week by over 30%, but the yearly increase was a much more modest 4%. That is less than the average increase in ticket prices. More...

Will it be a Record Weekend for the King?

December 19th, 2003

While there are two major and a few smaller releases, only one movie is getting talked about this weekend. Lord of the Rings: Return of the King will crush all competition, but there still is some question if records can be broken and how well the other competition will fare. More...

Lord of Wednesday

December 18th, 2003

Anther day and another record for Lord of the Ring: Return of the King. It is now the largest Wednesday opening of any film, surpassing Star Wars: The Phantom Menace by more than $5 million. It also topped last year's opening of The Two Towers by nearly $8 million. Any fears that the long running time would hurt the box office too much are now alleviated. More...

They Can't Blame the Snow This Time

December 15th, 2003

While the weekend after Thanksgiving is usually soft, the weekend after that usually sees a bit of a rebound. Last year, for instance, we saw a nearly 20% week-to-week increase at the box office. This year we weren't so lucky. No movie in the top five beat box office expectations, while a couple did place higher on the charts due to weaker than expected competition. This led to a drop of nearly 9% from last week and 13% from last year. More...

Two Way Race for Top Spot

December 12th, 2003

It's a two-way race for top spot this weekend with Something's Gotta Give targeting a mature audience while Stuck on You goes for the decidedly immature. A third movie, Love Don't Cost a Thing is also opening wide but it might have trouble just making the top five. More...

Neo Wins Race but Nemo's Journey is Only Beginning

November 18th, 2003

Global Revolution

November 12th, 2003

Matrix Opens Huge, But not Huge Enough

November 7th, 2003

It's International Talk Like a Pirate Day, Arr!

September 19th, 2003

Return of the King Becomes Return of the Rings

August 22nd, 2003

Horta's View from the Stalls: Digital Overkill in a Digital World - Visual Effects in the Movies

April 25th, 2003

Better Luck Tomorrow is This Weekend’s Best

April 15th, 2003

75th Oscar Awards Handed Out

March 23rd, 2003

Follow Up: The Two Towers Takes on Japan

February 26th, 2003

The Two Towers Last Major Opening

February 21st, 2003

75th Oscar Nominations Announced

February 11th, 2003

More Milestones for The Two Towers

February 2nd, 2003

SAG Nominations Announced

January 28th, 2003

Chamber of Secrets sneaks pasts Jurassic Park

January 28th, 2003

The Two Towers hits another milestone

January 21st, 2003