The Top Movies, Weekend of November 21, 2003

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(new)	The Cat in the Hat	Universal	Comedy	$38,329,160		3,464	$11,065	$38,329,160	3
2	(new)	Gothika	Warner Bros.	Horror	$19,288,438		2,382	$8,098	$19,288,438	3
3	(1)	Elf	New Line	Romantic Comedy	$18,715,992	-28.91%	3,381	$5,536	$94,732,626	17
4	(2)	Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World	20th Century Fox	Adventure	$15,213,896	-39.40%	3,101	$4,906	$47,279,725	10
5	(6)	Love Actually	Universal	Romantic Comedy	$8,644,555	-0.61%	1,690	$5,115	$30,436,985	17
6	(3)	The Matrix Revolutions	Warner Bros.	Action	$7,032,216	-57.16%	3,024	$2,325	$125,382,792	19
7	(4)	Brother Bear	Buena Vista	Adventure	$5,346,869	-55.65%	2,885	$1,853	$70,322,073	31
8	(5)	Looney Tunes: Back in Action	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$4,215,236	-54.76%	2,903	$1,452	$14,891,610	10
9	(7)	Scary Movie 3	Dimension	Comedy	$3,135,252	-48.65%	2,359	$1,329	$106,469,358	31
10	(8)	Radio	Sony Pictures	Drama	$2,618,254	-45.55%	1,925	$1,360	$47,079,714	31
11	(10)	Mystic River	Warner Bros.	Drama	$2,017,394	-37.82%	1,250	$1,614	$48,556,414	47
12	(11)	Runaway Jury	20th Century Fox	Thriller/Suspense	$1,485,169	-46.66%	1,061	$1,400	$46,802,900	38
13	(9)	Tupac Resurrection	Paramount Pictures	Documentary	$1,116,099	-75.91%	804	$1,388	$6,647,524	10
14	(13)	The School of Rock	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$1,004,640	-45.45%	780	$1,288	$77,727,217	52
15	(12)	The Texas Chainsaw Massacre	New Line	Horror	$919,197	-64.85%	945	$973	$79,196,630	38
16	(17)	The Human Stain	Miramax	Drama	$701,709	+24.77%	388	$1,809	$3,944,212	24
17	(14)	Kill Bill: Volume 1	Miramax	Action	$565,486	-60.40%	398	$1,421	$68,417,240	45
18	(15)	Lost in Translation	Focus Features	Drama	$531,787	-24.71%	228	$2,332	$28,061,165	73
19	(16)	Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl	Buena Vista	Adventure	$421,857	-30.20%	375	$1,125	$304,175,582	138
20	(21)	The Station Agent	Miramax	Drama	$421,473	+19.04%	149	$2,829	$2,596,195	52
21	(25)	Shattered Glass	Lionsgate	Drama	$370,643	+52.76%	176	$2,106	$1,035,023	24
22	(new)	21 Grams	Focus Features	Drama	$274,454		8	$34,307	$274,454	3
23	(18)	Intolerable Cruelty	Universal	Romantic Comedy	$273,310	-45.67%	302	$905	$34,763,815	45
24	(20)	The Gospel of John	ThinkFilm	Drama	$271,365	-26.23%	105	$2,584	$2,327,165	59
25	(24)	Pieces of April	MGM/UA	Comedy	$257,437	+3.95%	95	$2,710	$1,579,812	38
26	(19)	Under the Tuscan Sun	Buena Vista	Comedy	$237,028	-46.87%	241	$984	$42,500,878	59
27	(23)	Out of Time	MGM/UA	Thriller/Suspense	$151,316	-44.05%	260	$582	$40,766,941	52
28	(35)	The Fighting Temptations	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$127,024	+111.30%	181	$702	$29,956,324	66
29	(22)	Good Boy!	MGM/UA	Comedy	$126,554	-55.14%	369	$343	$37,441,926	45
30	(28)	Elephant	Fine Line	Drama	$116,885	-25.62%	35	$3,340	$855,355	31
31	(34)	The Rundown	Universal	Action	$83,595	-18.40%	176	$475	$47,485,020	59
32	(32)	Seabiscuit	Universal	Drama	$83,415	-20.09%	139	$600	$120,026,455	122
33	(29)	Secondhand Lions	New Line	Drama	$83,126	-30.73%	149	$558	$41,756,426	66
34	(re-entry)	The Barbarian Invasions	Miramax	Drama	$79,650		6	$13,275	$79,650	199
35	(27)	Luther	RS Entertainment	Drama	$72,400	-55.81%	80	$905	$5,667,046	59
36	(31)	Sylvia	Focus Features	Drama	$71,860	-32.34%	60	$1,198	$1,119,051	38
37	(40)	Space Station	IMAX Films	Documentary	$66,512	+25.60%	16	$4,157	$45,157,035	584
38	(26)	In the Cut	Sony Pictures	Thriller/Suspense	$58,262	-74.14%	79	$737	$4,717,455	33
39	(33)	Finding Nemo	Buena Vista	Adventure	$50,581	-51.27%	168	$301	$339,666,356	178
40	(46)	My Architect	New Yorker	Documentary	$43,248	+14.02%	2	$21,624	$110,595	10
41	(59)	To Be and To Have	New Yorker	Documentary	$40,025	+81.10%	9	$4,447	$348,468	68
42	(38)	Haunted Castle	nWave Pictures	Adventure	$39,234	-29.25%	6	$6,539	$7,794,162	997
43	(44)	Bubba Ho-Tep	Vitagraph Films	Comedy	$36,704	-15.53%	21	$1,748	$947,611	66
44	(new)	Out of Control			$36,486		12	$3,041	$36,486	3
45	(45)	American Splendor	Fine Line	Drama	$35,056	-10.69%	38	$923	$5,977,550	101
46	(36)	Freaky Friday	Buena Vista	Comedy	$33,994	-41.71%	75	$453	$108,935,440	110
47	(39)	S.W.A.T.	Sony Pictures	Action	$33,766	-38.61%	69	$489	$116,877,597	108
48	(48)	The Singing Detective	Paramount Pictures		$29,322	-21.52%	45	$652	$255,033	31
49	(41)	Matchstick Men	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$27,435	-45.80%	70	$392	$36,873,198	73
50	(73)	Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over	Dimension	Adventure	$26,926	+101.63%	101	$267	$111,087,355	122
51	(37)	Wonderland	Lionsgate	Drama	$25,316	-55.77%	31	$817	$1,031,087	52
52	(re-entry)	Jeepers Creepers II	MGM/UA	Horror	$23,372		32	$730	$35,623,801	87
53	(55)	Standard Time	MGM/UA		$22,845	-7.29%	15	$1,523	$58,739	10
54	(49)	Die Mommie Die			$22,623	-38.04%	11	$2,057	$216,490	24
55	(re-entry)	Gloomy Sunday (Ein Lied von Liebe und Tod)			$21,793		6	$3,632	$223,827	157
56	(71)	Tibet - Cry of the Snow Lion	Artistic License	Documentary	$21,003	+51.69%	11	$1,909	$224,419	66
57	(54)	The Book of Mormon Movie, Volume 1: The Journey	Distributor Unknown	Drama	$20,846	-23.46%	19	$1,097	$1,064,914	73
58	(51)	Mambo Italiano (US Release)	Samuel Goldwyn Films	Comedy	$20,391	-42.62%	18	$1,133	$6,187,892	66
59	(77)	My Life Without Me	Sony Pictures		$19,906	+91.92%	15	$1,327	$432,360	59
60	(66)	Ghosts of the Abyss	Buena Vista	Documentary	$19,870	+24.37%	10	$1,987	$15,125,971	227
61	(57)	The Secret Lives of Dentists	Manhattan Pictures International	Drama	$17,556	-27.87%	10	$1,756	$3,658,681	115
62	(61)	Sur Le Seuil	Alliance International	Drama	$17,485	-15.29%	19	$920	$1,988,407	52
63	(52)	Cabin Fever	Lionsgate	Horror	$16,945	-46.05%	38	$446	$21,141,316	73
64	(43)	Cold Creek Manor	Buena Vista	Thriller/Suspense	$16,770	-62.99%	57	$294	$21,369,051	66
65	(79)	City of God	Miramax	Drama	$16,034	+77.11%	4	$4,009	$4,735,224	311
66	(67)	The Flower of Evil			$14,932	-6.16%	13	$1,149	$137,043	45
67	(56)	Shackleton's Antarctic Adventure	WGBH Giant-Screen Films	Documentary	$14,895	-39.55%	9	$1,655	$15,493,920	1,018
68	(64)	Dirty Pretty Things	Miramax	Drama	$14,148	-13.74%	12	$1,179	$8,002,271	129
69	(78)	The Revolution Will Not Be Televised			$14,096	+47.69%	4	$3,524	$103,957	31
70	(47)	Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$12,671	-66.46%	42	$302	$22,734,486	80
71	(72)	Grande Seduction, La	Odeon Films	Comedy	$12,628	-7.91%	7	$1,804	$7,965,151	136
72	(53)	Billabong Odyssey		Documentary	$12,000	-58.62%	12	$1,000	$138,500	17
73	(75)	The Bread, My Sweet	Panorama Entertainment	Romantic Comedy	$11,735	-7.04%	5	$2,347	$917,585	367
74	(42)	Beyond Borders	Paramount Pictures	Drama	$11,644	-74.60%	144	$81	$4,426,297	31
75	(88)	Yossi & Jagger			$11,604	+144.24%	6	$1,934	$152,837	61
76	(60)	Winged Migration	Sony Pictures Classics	Documentary	$11,423	-44.78%	16	$714	$10,714,833	220
77	(63)	Far Side of the Moon	TLA	Drama	$10,805	-42.69%	5	$2,161	$198,718	31
78	(86)	Girls Will Be Girls	IFC Films		$10,444	+81.76%	7	$1,492	$129,109	52
79	(68)	T-Rex: Back to the Cretaceous	IMAX Films	Adventure	$10,395	-30.06%	6	$1,733	$46,422,411	1,858
80	(82)	Red Betsy			$10,367	+31.11%	9	$1,152	$144,798	66
81	(58)	Alien	20th Century Fox	Horror	$9,879	-56.20%	19	$520	$1,974,937	8,949
82	(62)	Open Range	Buena Vista	Western	$9,832	-48.71%	33	$298	$58,314,042	101
83	(83)	Gaz Bar Blues			$9,300	+17.74%	4	$2,325	$859,484	80
84	(90)	Bus 174	ThinkFilm	Documentary	$8,202	+95.33%	4	$2,051	$127,683	47
85	(85)	Thirteen	Fox Searchlight	Drama	$8,200	+7.67%	14	$586	$4,582,368	96
86	(76)	The Animation Show	The Animation Show/IPMA	Multiple Genres	$7,814	-38.00%	5	$1,563	$254,407	80
87	(new)	Sans Soleil			$7,670		1	$7,670	$21,930	3
88	(74)	Whale Rider	Palm Pictures	Drama	$7,483	-43.82%	14	$535	$20,772,796	171
89	(65)	Party Monster (2003)	ContentFilm		$7,005	-56.26%	8	$876	$682,769	87
90	(80)	The Magdalene Sisters	Miramax	Drama	$6,722	-22.33%	13	$517	$4,890,878	115
91	(70)	Veronica Guerin	Buena Vista	Drama	$6,283	-56.46%	13	$483	$1,561,356	38
92	(91)	The Holy Land			$6,050	+50.61%	6	$1,008	$559,717	136
93	(93)	Weather Underground	Shadow	Documentary	$5,812	+63.95%	8	$727	$479,607	171
94	(84)	Casa de los Babys	IFC Films	Drama	$4,655	-40.75%	14	$333	$475,940	66
95	(111)	Galapagos	IMAX Films	Documentary	$4,640	+183.79%	3	$1,547	$14,201,279	1,487
96	(69)	I Vitelloni	Kino	Drama	$3,823	-74.15%	1	$3,823	$31,558	10
97	(re-entry)	Monty Python and the Holy Grail			$3,668		3	$1,223	$3,410,134	10,425
98	(100)	On-Line	Indican Pictures		$3,208	+14.49%	1	$3,208	$160,254	150
99	(re-entry)	Porn Theater			$2,885		2	$1,443	$16,588	45
100	(50)	The Legend of Johnny Lingo	Innovation Film Group	Adventure	$2,829	-92.16%	5	$566	$747,381	87
101	(115)	Demonlover	Palm Pictures		$2,779	+133.53%	4	$695	$220,866	66
102	(81)	Pinjan			$2,629	-67.14%	11	$239	$66,290	24
103	(re-entry)	The Girl From Paris			$2,604		1	$2,604	$174,424	248
104	(new)	Blue Gate Crossing	Strand Releasing	Romantic Comedy	$2,547		1	$2,547	$2,547	3
105	(103)	Cirque du Soleil - Journey of Man	Sony Pictures Classics	Musical	$2,429	-2.10%	3	$810	$15,589,398	1,298
106	(94)	Once Upon a Time in the Midlands			$2,204	-37.01%	5	$441	$168,294	87
107	(101)	The Gatekeeper			$1,999	-27.62%	1	$1,999	$137,185	129
108	(110)	Cremaster 3			$1,817	+4.31%	2	$909	$505,671	213
109	(re-entry)	Nine Dead Gay Guys	TLA	Comedy	$1,796		2	$898	$13,958	38
110	(89)	Rivers and Tides		Documentary	$1,655	-62.97%	2	$828	$2,161,057	514
111	(114)	Spellbound (2003)	ThinkFilm	Documentary	$1,604	+30.41%	3	$535	$5,724,887	208
112	(108)	Melvin Goes to Dinner			$1,586	-17.35%	1	$1,586	$4,168	10
113	(104)	In My Skin			$1,472	-35.47%	1	$1,472	$18,537	17
114	(119)	Bonhoeffer	First Run	Documentary	$1,465	+47.09%	1	$1,465	$252,622	157
115	(new)	Blindness	Pathfinder	Drama	$1,432		1	$1,432	$1,432	3
116	(98)	The Embalmer			$1,398	-53.49%	2	$699	$51,699	129
117	(new)	El Leyton			$1,332		1	$1,332	$1,332	3
118	(138)	Across The Sea of Time	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$1,285	+5,040.00%	1	$1,285	$16,000,161	2,957
119	(96)	Emerald Cowboy	Indican Pictures		$1,232	-63.85%	1	$1,232	$68,124	66
120	(112)	Manna From Heaven	Five Sisters Productions	Comedy	$1,120	-27.04%	1	$1,120	$454,623	479
121	(116)	Thrill Ride: The Science of Fun	Sony Pictures Classics	Documentary	$1,057	-6.87%	1	$1,057	$15,789,005	2,327
122	(132)	American Storytellers	Indican Pictures	Documentary	$1,014	+113.92%	1	$1,014	$5,068	17
123	(99)	Taking Sides	New Yorker		$973	-67.13%	1	$973	$161,137	80
124	(re-entry)	New Suit			$923		1	$923	$70,213	206
125	(129)	Encounter in the Third Dimension	nWave Pictures	Drama	$804	+53.14%	1	$804	$6,949,819	1,732
126	(128)	Km. 0 (Kilometro Cero)			$705	+27.72%	1	$705	$157,468	136
127	(127)	Alien Adventure	nWave Pictures	Adventure	$550	-3.51%	1	$550	$4,316,402	1,319
128	(107)	The Good Old Naughty Days			$505	-74.44%	1	$505	$60,557	241
129	(113)	Masked and Anonymous	Sony Pictures	Drama	$464	-64.00%	2	$232	$524,930	123
130	(134)	Northfork	Paramount Classics	Drama	$350	+32.08%	2	$175	$1,416,741	136
131	(120)	China: The Panda Adventure	IMAX Films	Drama	$279	-66.75%	1	$279	$3,538,719	850
132	(137)	The Man on the Train	Paramount Classics	Drama	$250	+115.52%	6	$42	$2,541,320	199
133	(re-entry)	And now... Ladies and Gentlemen	Paramount Classics	Drama	$128		1	$128	$736,762	115

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