The Top Movies of Friday, December 26, 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	$19,152,196	+36.94%	3,703	$5,172	$190,822,800	10
2	(2)	Cheaper by the Dozen	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$9,985,000	+22.14%	3,298	$3,028	$18,160,000	2
3	(4)	Cold Mountain	Miramax	Drama	$5,100,000	+13.19%	2,163	$2,358	$9,605,514	2
4	(3)	Paycheck	Paramount Pictures	Thriller/Suspense	$5,000,000	-5.66%	2,762	$1,810	$10,200,000	2
5	(6)	Something's Gotta Give	Sony Pictures	Romantic Comedy	$4,800,000	+38.17%	2,709	$1,772	$47,000,000	15
6	(5)	Peter Pan	Universal	Adventure	$4,200,000	+14.41%	2,813	$1,493	$8,100,000	2
7	(7)	Mona Lisa Smile	Sony Pictures	Drama	$4,080,000	+49.45%	2,677	$1,524	$23,966,992	8
8	(8)	The Last Samurai	Warner Bros.	Action	$2,860,000	+19.17%	2,557	$1,118	$68,780,000	22
9	(9)	Bad Santa	Miramax/Dimension	Comedy	$1,592,000	+12.99%	1,710	$931	$48,055,000	31
10	(10)	Elf	New Line	Romantic Comedy	$1,500,000	+23.66%	2,015	$744	$162,200,000	50