The Top Movies of Thursday, December 18, 2003

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(1)	The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King	New Line	Adventure	$17,019,987	-50.60%	3,703	$4,596	$51,470,821	2
2	(2)	Something's Gotta Give	Sony Pictures	Romantic Comedy	$1,446,000	+0.84%	2,677	$540	$22,013,000	7
3	(3)	The Last Samurai	Warner Bros.	Action	$1,062,000	-4.50%	2,908	$365	$51,718,000	14
4	(4)	Bad Santa	Miramax/Dimension	Comedy	$560,000	+0.54%	2,540	$220	$37,809,000	23
5	(5)	Stuck On You	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$545,000	+1.68%	3,003	$181	$11,700,000	7
6	(6)	Elf	New Line	Romantic Comedy	$534,000	+17.62%	2,876	$186	$149,310,000	42
7	(7)	Love Don't Cost a Thing	Warner Bros.	Romantic Comedy	$313,000	+17.67%	1,844	$170	$7,442,000	7
8	(8)	The Haunted Mansion	Buena Vista	Comedy	$294,000	+11.36%	3,001	$98	$54,874,000	23
9	(9)	Honey	Universal	Drama	$280,000	+7.69%	1,928	$145	$20,888,000	14
10	(10)	The Cat in the Hat	Universal	Comedy	$231,000	+10.53%	2,320	$100	$91,613,000	28

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