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Top Grossing Action Movies in 2003

Rank Title Language Domestic Worldwide
1 The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
English

UK

$381,878,219 $1,138,267,537
2 The Matrix Reloaded
English

UK

$281,576,461 $741,847,937
3 Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
English

UK

$305,413,918 $654,264,546
4 The Last Samurai
English

UK

$111,127,263 $454,627,263
5 Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines
English

UK

$150,371,112 $433,371,112
6 The Matrix Revolutions
English

UK

$139,313,948 $427,344,325
7 X2: X-Men United $214,949,694 $407,711,549
8 Bad Boys II
English

UK

$138,608,444 $273,340,010
9 Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle
English

UK

$100,830,111 $259,175,788
10 Hulk
English

UK

$132,177,234 $245,285,165
11 2 Fast 2 Furious
English

UK

$127,154,901 $236,353,236
12 Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
English

UK

$93,927,920 $211,622,535
13 S.W.A.T.
English

UK

$116,934,650 $207,725,639
14 Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over
English

UK

$111,761,982 $197,101,678
15 Kill Bill: Vol. 1
English

UK

$70,099,045 $180,908,413
16 The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen
English

UK

$66,465,204 $179,265,204
17 Daredevil
English

UK

$102,543,518 $179,179,718
18 The Italian Job
English

UK

$106,128,601 $176,070,171
19 Johnny English
English

UK

$28,082,366 $160,466,000
20 Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life
English

UK

$65,660,196 $160,099,222
21 Paycheck
English

UK

$53,790,451 $117,248,958
22 Freddy vs. Jason
English

UK

$82,633,448 $116,643,421
23 The Recruit
English

UK

$52,802,140 $101,191,884
24 Once Upon a Time in Mexico
English

UK

$56,359,780 $98,769,390
25 Underworld
Italian

IT

$51,970,690 $95,708,457
26 Shanghai Knights
English

UK

$60,476,872 $88,323,487
27 Tears of the Sun
English

UK

$43,734,876 $86,468,162
28 28 Days Later...
English

UK

$45,064,915 $84,661,434
29 The Rundown
English

UK

$47,726,342 $80,981,914
30 The Core
English

UK

$31,186,896 $73,498,611
31 Agent Cody Banks
English

UK

$47,938,330 $58,795,814
32 Cradle 2 the Grave
English

UK

$34,712,347 $56,489,558
33 Hollywood Homicide
English

UK

$30,940,691 $51,142,659
34 National Security
Korean

KR

$36,381,186 $50,097,949
35 The Hunted
English

UK

$34,244,097 $46,061,847
36 A Man Apart
Icelandic

IS

$26,736,098 $44,350,926
37 Timeline
English

UK

$19,481,943 $43,935,763
38 Bulletproof Monk
English

UK

$23,358,708 $37,713,879
39 The Medallion
English

UK

$22,219,192 $34,268,701
40 The In-Laws
Polish

PL

$20,453,431 $26,891,849
41 Biker Boyz
English

UK

$22,076,772 $23,510,621
42 Pokémon Heroes
Japanese

JP

$746,381 $20,867,919
43 House of the Dead
English

UK

$10,249,719 $13,818,181
44 Onmyoji: The Yin Yang Master
Japanese

JP

$0 $13,022,862
45 Gods and Generals
English

UK

$12,882,934 $12,923,936
46 Dark Blue
German

DE

$9,250,301 $12,150,301
47 The Order
Italian

IT

$7,660,806 $11,560,806
48 Returner
Japanese

JP

$73,060 $9,978,256
49 The Princess Blade
Japanese

JP

$38,147 $8,043,781
50 So Close
English

UK

$76,584 $810,243

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