Weekend Domestic Box Office Chart for December 31st, 2004
| | | Movie | Distributor | Genre | Gross | Change | Thtrs. | Per Thtr. | Total Gross | Days |
| 1 |
(1) |
Meet the Fockers |
Universal |
Comedy |
$41,741,785 |
-9% |
3,524 |
$11,845 |
$162,461,370 |
12 |
| 2 |
(2) |
Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events |
Paramount Pictures |
Comedy |
$14,587,219 |
+16% |
3,623 |
$4,026 |
$94,616,745 |
17 |
| 3 |
(4) |
The Aviator |
Miramax |
Drama |
$11,364,664 |
+32% |
1,796 |
$6,328 |
$31,541,390 |
17 |
| 4 |
(3) |
Fat Albert |
20th Century Fox |
Comedy |
$10,176,065 |
+2% |
2,744 |
$3,708 |
$33,325,622 |
9 |
| 5 |
(5) |
Ocean's Twelve |
Warner Bros. |
Adventure |
$9,433,199 |
+12% |
3,290 |
$2,867 |
$107,006,344 |
24 |
| 6 |
(11) |
National Treasure |
Walt Disney |
Adventure |
$6,768,112 |
+71% |
2,282 |
$2,966 |
$154,522,305 |
45 |
| 7 |
(8) |
Spanglish |
Sony Pictures |
Comedy |
$6,183,965 |
+33% |
2,489 |
$2,485 |
$31,001,588 |
17 |
| 8 |
(6) |
The Polar Express |
Warner Bros. |
Adventure |
$5,609,096 |
-14% |
2,702 |
$2,076 |
$155,112,441 |
54 |
| 9 |
(10) |
The Phantom of the Opera |
Warner Bros. |
Musical |
$4,762,233 |
+19% |
622 |
$7,656 |
$16,178,431 |
12 |
| 10 |
(7) |
Darkness |
Miramax/Dimension |
Horror |
$4,615,762 |
-25% |
1,718 |
$2,687 |
$16,626,820 |
9 |
| 11 |
(9) |
The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou |
Walt Disney |
Comedy |
$4,424,122 |
-3% |
1,105 |
$4,004 |
$14,794,828 |
24 |
| 12 |
(15) |
The Incredibles |
Walt Disney |
Adventure |
$4,160,395 |
+72% |
1,715 |
$2,426 |
$251,657,004 |
59 |
| 13 |
(13) |
Flight of the Phoenix |
20th Century Fox |
Adventure |
$3,050,635 |
+14% |
2,373 |
$1,286 |
$16,720,242 |
17 |
| 14 |
(12) |
Blade: Trinity |
New Line |
Action |
$3,000,202 |
+2% |
2,207 |
$1,359 |
$48,079,939 |
26 |
| 15 |
(17) |
Finding Neverland |
Miramax |
Drama |
$2,590,313 |
+90% |
1,054 |
$2,458 |
$24,676,372 |
52 |
| 16 |
(16) |
Closer |
Sony Pictures |
Drama |
$2,231,133 |
+32% |
1,094 |
$2,039 |
$27,460,754 |
31 |
| 17 |
(18) |
Sideways |
Fox Searchlight |
Drama |
$2,150,398 |
+84% |
370 |
$5,812 |
$22,404,206 |
73 |
| 18 |
(14) |
Christmas with the Kranks |
Sony Pictures |
Comedy |
$1,637,528 |
-37% |
1,825 |
$897 |
$73,077,009 |
40 |
| 19 |
(39) |
Beyond the Sea |
Lionsgate |
Drama |
$1,340,773 |
+3,552% |
383 |
$3,501 |
$1,917,756 |
17 |
| 20 |
(19) |
SpongeBob SquarePants |
Paramount Pictures |
Adventure |
$1,246,327 |
+74% |
1,068 |
$1,167 |
$81,900,075 |
45 |
| 21 |
(20) |
House of Flying Daggers |
Sony Pictures Classics |
Action |
$741,890 |
+12% |
161 |
$4,608 |
$4,157,199 |
31 |
| 22 |
(21) |
A Very Long Engagement |
Warner Bros. |
Drama |
$692,062 |
+53% |
167 |
$4,144 |
$2,653,129 |
38 |
| 23 |
(22) |
Kinsey |
Fox Searchlight |
Drama |
$531,360 |
+60% |
228 |
$2,331 |
$6,734,321 |
52 |
| 24 |
(24) |
Ray |
Universal |
Drama |
$449,330 |
+78% |
343 |
$1,310 |
$71,611,065 |
66 |
| 25 |
(-) |
Shark Tale |
Dreamworks SKG |
Adventure |
$341,261 |
|
407 |
$838 |
$160,762,022 |
94 |
| 26 |
(25) |
Bad Education |
Sony Pictures Classics |
Drama |
$282,562 |
+16% |
47 |
$6,012 |
$1,759,188 |
45 |
| 27 |
(26) |
Million Dollar Baby |
Warner Bros. |
Drama |
$271,472 |
+43% |
9 |
$30,164 |
$1,044,149 |
19 |
| 28 |
(27) |
The Motorcycle Diaries |
Focus Features |
Drama |
$189,754 |
+49% |
93 |
$2,040 |
$15,724,900 |
101 |
| 29 |
(29) |
Shall We Dance? |
Miramax |
Romantic Comedy |
$179,234 |
+90% |
306 |
$586 |
$57,149,868 |
80 |
| 30 |
(30) |
Ladder 49 |
Walt Disney |
Action |
$165,335 |
+79% |
255 |
$648 |
$73,870,841 |
94 |
| 31 |
new |
In Good Company |
Universal |
Comedy |
$151,750 |
|
3 |
$50,583 |
$225,031 |
5 |
| 32 |
(28) |
Hotel Rwanda |
MGM |
Drama |
$142,378 |
+42% |
7 |
$20,340 |
$426,803 |
12 |
| 33 |
(23) |
Swades |
UTV Communications |
Drama |
$132,726 |
-49% |
60 |
$2,212 |
$1,060,549 |
17 |
| 34 |
(31) |
Bridget Jones: The Edge Of Reason |
Universal |
Romantic Comedy |
$131,755 |
+96% |
216 |
$610 |
$39,877,945 |
52 |
| 35 |
(32) |
The Woodsman |
Newmarket Films |
Drama |
$83,077 |
+54% |
13 |
$6,391 |
$197,623 |
10 |
| 36 |
(40) |
The Work and the Glory |
Excel Entertainment |
Drama |
$80,904 |
+147% |
19 |
$4,258 |
$1,160,047 |
40 |
| 37 |
new |
The Merchant of Venice |
Sony Pictures Classics |
Drama |
$69,868 |
|
4 |
$17,467 |
$103,260 |
5 |
| 38 |
(34) |
What the #$'! Do We Know |
Captured Light |
Documentary |
$68,416 |
+51% |
54 |
$1,267 |
$10,091,903 |
332 |
| 39 |
(33) |
Space Station |
IMAX Films |
Documentary |
$63,908 |
+34% |
9 |
$7,101 |
$55,772,078 |
990 |
| 40 |
(42) |
After the Sunset |
New Line |
Action |
$63,049 |
+129% |
146 |
$432 |
$28,113,925 |
52 |
| 41 |
(38) |
Taxi |
20th Century Fox |
Action |
$62,725 |
+69% |
77 |
$815 |
$36,362,287 |
89 |
| 42 |
(36) |
Napoleon Dynamite |
Fox Searchlight |
Comedy |
$47,898 |
+16% |
114 |
$420 |
$44,411,050 |
206 |
| 43 |
(35) |
Being Julia |
Sony Pictures |
Drama |
$47,841 |
+14% |
43 |
$1,113 |
$3,555,620 |
80 |
| 44 |
(37) |
Alexander |
Warner Bros. |
Adventure |
$47,387 |
+15% |
232 |
$204 |
$34,000,304 |
40 |
| 45 |
new |
The Assassination of Richard Nixon |
ThinkFilm |
Drama |
$37,547 |
|
5 |
$7,509 |
$55,255 |
5 |
| 46 |
(-) |
Haunted Castle |
nWave Pictures |
Adventure |
$32,500 |
|
5 |
$6,500 |
$10,147,355 |
1,403 |
| 47 |
(57) |
NASCAR: The IMAX Experience |
Warner Bros. |
Documentary |
$29,147 |
+293% |
18 |
$1,619 |
$19,558,397 |
297 |
| 48 |
(52) |
Without a Paddle |
Paramount Pictures |
Comedy |
$28,883 |
+97% |
25 |
$1,155 |
$58,107,982 |
136 |
| 49 |
new |
A Love Song for Bobby Long |
Lionsgate |
Drama |
$28,243 |
|
8 |
$3,530 |
$41,771 |
5 |
| 50 |
(43) |
Adrenaline Rush: The Science of Risk |
Giant Screen Films |
Documentary |
$27,005 |
+9% |
8 |
$3,376 |
$8,909,046 |
808 |
| 51 |
(47) |
I Heart Huckabees |
Fox Searchlight |
Comedy |
$26,129 |
+44% |
43 |
$608 |
$12,596,975 |
94 |
| 52 |
(50) |
Santa vs. The Snowman |
IMAX Films |
Adventure |
$23,209 |
+48% |
13 |
$1,785 |
$5,651,964 |
789 |
| 53 |
(49) |
Vera Drake |
Fine Line |
Drama |
$22,226 |
+31% |
19 |
$1,170 |
$2,122,643 |
85 |
| 54 |
(46) |
The Sea Inside |
Fine Line |
Drama |
$18,784 |
-5% |
5 |
$3,757 |
$142,474 |
17 |
| 55 |
(44) |
Pulse: A Stomp Odyssey |
Giant Screen Films |
Documentary |
$18,458 |
-13% |
5 |
$3,692 |
$7,760,025 |
815 |
| 56 |
(51) |
In the Realms of the Unreal |
WellSpring |
Documentary |
$17,167 |
+11% |
3 |
$5,722 |
$70,465 |
10 |
| 57 |
(54) |
Team America: World Police |
Paramount Pictures |
Comedy |
$15,278 |
+38% |
41 |
$373 |
$32,749,828 |
80 |
| 58 |
(48) |
Veer-Zaara |
Yash Raj Films |
Drama |
$14,246 |
-17% |
10 |
$1,425 |
$2,874,425 |
52 |
| 59 |
(55) |
The Machinist |
Paramount Vantage |
Thriller/Suspense |
$13,557 |
+49% |
26 |
$521 |
$1,004,511 |
73 |
| 60 |
(56) |
Garden State |
Fox Searchlight |
Drama |
$10,717 |
+28% |
24 |
$447 |
$26,754,251 |
159 |
| 61 |
(53) |
Callas Forever |
Regent Releasing |
Drama |
$10,228 |
-29% |
6 |
$1,705 |
$330,760 |
59 |
| 62 |
(64) |
Tarnation |
WellSpring |
Documentary |
$7,388 |
+126% |
7 |
$1,055 |
$478,112 |
89 |
| 63 |
(70) |
Bear Cub |
TLA Releasing |
Comedy |
$7,259 |
+206% |
4 |
$1,815 |
$66,096 |
59 |
| 64 |
(82) |
Notre Musique |
WellSpring |
Drama |
$7,240 |
+933% |
3 |
$2,413 |
$70,282 |
40 |
| 65 |
(69) |
Postmen in the Mountains |
Shadow |
Drama |
$7,225 |
+197% |
3 |
$2,408 |
$117,656 |
367 |
| 66 |
(72) |
Young Black Stallion |
Walt Disney |
Adventure |
$6,762 |
+197% |
4 |
$1,691 |
$6,614,417 |
375 |
| 67 |
(60) |
Born Into Brothels: Calcutta's Red Light Kids |
ThinkFilm |
Documentary |
$6,300 |
+46% |
1 |
$6,300 |
$55,045 |
26 |
| 68 |
(75) |
Ghosts of the Abyss |
Walt Disney |
Documentary |
$6,103 |
+222% |
4 |
$1,526 |
$16,606,161 |
633 |
| 69 |
(59) |
Short Cut to Nirvana: Kumbh Mela |
Mela Films |
Documentary |
$6,081 |
+31% |
3 |
$2,027 |
$69,084 |
73 |
| 70 |
(65) |
Alfie |
Paramount Pictures |
Comedy |
$5,322 |
+69% |
20 |
$266 |
$13,386,312 |
59 |
| 71 |
(67) |
Lightning in a Bottle |
Sony Pictures Classics |
Documentary |
$4,920 |
+76% |
6 |
$820 |
$136,367 |
73 |
| 72 |
(58) |
T-Rex: Back to the Cretaceous |
IMAX Films |
Adventure |
$4,765 |
-29% |
1 |
$4,765 |
$48,015,450 |
2,264 |
| 73 |
(-) |
Alien Adventure |
nWave Pictures |
Adventure |
$4,500 |
|
2 |
$2,250 |
$4,703,416 |
1,725 |
| 74 |
(-) |
Moolade |
New Yorker |
Drama |
$4,123 |
|
2 |
$2,062 |
$109,790 |
80 |
| 75 |
(-) |
Galapagos |
IMAX Films |
Documentary |
$3,146 |
|
1 |
$3,146 |
$13,103,212 |
1,893 |
| 76 |
new |
Sky Blue |
Maxmedia/Endgame |
Action |
$3,022 |
|
1 |
$3,022 |
$3,022 |
3 |
| 77 |
(62) |
Rosenstrasse |
IDP Distribution |
Drama |
$2,951 |
-25% |
4 |
$738 |
$727,467 |
136 |
| 78 |
(-) |
A Tale of Two Sisters |
Tartan Films |
Horror |
$2,525 |
|
2 |
$1,263 |
$35,710 |
31 |
| 79 |
(66) |
Seducing Doctor Lewis |
WellSpring |
Comedy |
$2,473 |
-18% |
3 |
$824 |
$469,551 |
199 |
| 80 |
(61) |
Therese |
Luke Films |
Drama |
$2,144 |
-46% |
7 |
$306 |
$1,775,292 |
94 |
| 81 |
(-) |
Guerrilla: The Taking of Patty Hearst |
Magnolia Pictures |
Documentary |
$2,096 |
|
2 |
$1,048 |
$72,933 |
38 |
| 82 |
(76) |
Apollo 13 (IMAX) |
IMAX Films |
Drama |
$1,668 |
+22% |
1 |
$1,668 |
$1,745,896 |
836 |
| 83 |
(74) |
Red Lights |
WellSpring |
Drama |
$1,500 |
-21% |
2 |
$750 |
$634,064 |
136 |
| 84 |
(68) |
Almost Peaceful |
Empire Pictures |
Drama |
$1,055 |
-61% |
1 |
$1,055 |
$89,931 |
136 |
| 85 |
(77) |
Saints and Soldiers |
Excel Entertainment |
Drama |
$955 |
+19% |
2 |
$478 |
$1,141,221 |
150 |
| 86 |
(-) |
Encounter in the Third Dimension |
nWave Pictures |
Drama |
$875 |
|
1 |
$875 |
$7,033,175 |
2,138 |
| 87 |
(-) |
Untold Scandal |
Kino International |
Drama |
$594 |
|
2 |
$297 |
$44,599 |
80 |
| 88 |
(84) |
Fear and Trembling |
Cinema Guild |
Comedy |
$551 |
+4% |
1 |
$551 |
$23,965 |
45 |
| 89 |
(87) |
Zelary |
Sony Pictures Classics |
Drama |
$524 |
+54% |
1 |
$524 |
$329,723 |
108 |
| 90 |
(-) |
Petite Lili, La |
First Run Features |
Drama |
$492 |
|
1 |
$492 |
$21,983 |
52 |
| 91 |
(-) |
Days of Being Wild |
Kino International |
Drama |
$420 |
|
1 |
$420 |
$71,044 |
45 |
| 92 |
(79) |
Birth |
New Line |
Drama |
$413 |
-47% |
5 |
$83 |
$4,763,525 |
66 |
| 93 |
(-) |
A Talking Picture |
Kino International |
Drama |
$387 |
|
1 |
$387 |
$10,645 |
24 |
| 94 |
(-) |
Enduring Love |
Paramount Vantage |
Thriller/Suspense |
$276 |
|
1 |
$276 |
$349,117 |
66 |
| 95 |
(-) |
Deserted Station |
First Run Features |
Drama |
$118 |
|
1 |
$118 |
$11,837 |
206 |
| 96 |
(91) |
Head in the Clouds |
Sony Pictures |
Drama |
$72 |
-41% |
1 |
$72 |
$398,179 |
108 |
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