The Top Movies, Weekend of December 5, 2003

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(new)	The Last Samurai	Warner Bros.	Action	$24,271,354		2,908	$8,346	$24,271,354	3
2	(new)	Honey	Universal	Drama	$12,856,040		1,942	$6,620	$12,856,040	3
3	(2)	The Haunted Mansion	Buena Vista	Comedy	$9,394,185	-61.31%	3,122	$3,009	$45,974,409	12
4	(3)	Elf	New Line	Romantic Comedy	$8,026,797	-62.92%	3,119	$2,574	$139,527,719	31
5	(1)	The Cat in the Hat	Universal	Comedy	$7,141,855	-70.80%	3,409	$2,095	$85,297,270	17
6	(6)	Bad Santa	Dimension	Comedy	$7,014,010	-42.94%	2,091	$3,354	$27,138,311	12
7	(4)	Gothika	Warner Bros.	Horror	$5,250,356	-59.20%	2,205	$2,381	$49,545,578	17
8	(7)	The Missing	Sony Pictures	Western	$4,034,563	-62.76%	2,756	$1,464	$21,805,272	12
9	(5)	Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World	20th Century Fox	Adventure	$3,722,008	-70.00%	2,344	$1,588	$72,555,668	24
10	(9)	Love Actually	Universal	Romantic Comedy	$3,561,360	-56.67%	1,672	$2,130	$48,743,275	31
11	(8)	Timeline	Paramount Pictures	Adventure	$2,729,568	-67.66%	2,787	$979	$16,797,982	12
12	(11)	The Matrix Revolutions	Warner Bros.	Action	$1,352,380	-71.75%	1,257	$1,076	$135,673,369	33
13	(10)	Brother Bear	Buena Vista	Adventure	$1,259,466	-74.15%	1,616	$779	$79,475,621	45
14	(14)	Mystic River	Warner Bros.	Drama	$622,480	-61.34%	505	$1,233	$51,900,754	61
15	(12)	Looney Tunes: Back in Action	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$531,429	-78.81%	1,010	$526	$19,435,770	24
16	(16)	21 Grams	Focus Features	Drama	$502,327	-49.17%	74	$6,788	$2,388,710	17
17	(re-entry)	The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring	New Line	Adventure	$473,463		126	$3,758	$313,837,577	719
18	(13)	Radio	Sony Pictures	Drama	$401,494	-76.45%	515	$780	$50,607,991	45
19	(17)	Kal Ho Naa Ho	Yash Raj Films	Drama	$303,623	-59.96%	51	$5,953	$1,468,203	12
20	(19)	Lost in Translation	Focus Features	Drama	$283,758	-47.87%	156	$1,819	$29,310,562	87
21	(22)	The Station Agent	Miramax	Drama	$282,859	-34.49%	198	$1,429	$3,754,896	66
22	(18)	Runaway Jury	20th Century Fox	Thriller/Suspense	$241,346	-65.64%	337	$716	$48,424,561	52
23	(15)	Scary Movie 3	Dimension	Comedy	$218,739	-80.44%	473	$462	$108,874,375	45
24	(30)	Nez Rouge	Christal Films	Romantic Comedy	$195,725	-9.80%	90	$2,175	$610,206	10
25	(20)	The Human Stain	Miramax	Drama	$188,290	-63.40%	233	$808	$5,061,094	38
26	(27)	Freaky Friday	Buena Vista	Comedy	$186,638	-35.99%	276	$676	$109,554,473	124
27	(23)	Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl	Buena Vista	Adventure	$165,101	-61.61%	283	$583	$305,132,644	152
28	(25)	Shattered Glass	Lionsgate	Drama	$154,266	-60.16%	142	$1,086	$1,780,704	38
29	(21)	The School of Rock	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$146,742	-71.39%	302	$486	$78,875,072	66
30	(31)	In America	Fox Searchlight	Drama	$143,380	-30.14%	11	$13,035	$471,347	12
31	(32)	The Gospel of John	ThinkFilm	Drama	$126,628	-36.72%	99	$1,279	$2,849,613	73
32	(26)	Kill Bill: Volume 1	Miramax	Action	$124,871	-62.32%	147	$849	$69,272,523	59
33	(28)	The Texas Chainsaw Massacre	New Line	Horror	$111,347	-60.42%	195	$571	$79,952,260	52
34	(29)	Pieces of April	MGM/UA	Comedy	$108,865	-57.27%	94	$1,158	$2,122,525	52
35	(34)	Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over	Dimension	Adventure	$93,295	-39.00%	227	$411	$111,404,029	136
36	(36)	The Cooler	Lionsgate	Drama	$75,699	-41.31%	11	$6,882	$291,603	12
37	(100)	The Legend of Johnny Lingo	Innovation Film Group	Adventure	$72,963	+3,357.96%	10	$7,296	$827,267	101
38	(33)	Under the Tuscan Sun	Buena Vista	Comedy	$67,797	-56.81%	119	$570	$42,867,889	73
39	(35)	Intolerable Cruelty	Universal	Romantic Comedy	$64,350	-53.58%	143	$450	$35,096,190	59
40	(re-entry)	Once Upon a Time in Mexico	Sony Pictures	Action	$60,021		124	$484	$56,228,670	87
41	(37)	Les Triplettes de Belleville	Sony Pictures	Musical	$57,907	-46.42%	6	$9,651	$233,655	12
42	(39)	Space Station	IMAX Films	Documentary	$56,549	-38.14%	17	$3,326	$45,481,306	598
43	(44)	The Barbarian Invasions	Miramax	Drama	$54,934	-21.80%	10	$5,493	$271,390	213
44	(re-entry)	Bubba Ho-Tep	Vitagraph Films	Comedy	$51,670		25	$2,067	$1,057,241	80
45	(38)	The Fighting Temptations	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$51,184	-47.05%	99	$517	$30,173,739	80
46	(41)	Elephant	Fine Line	Drama	$50,841	-35.57%	36	$1,412	$1,075,386	45
47	(24)	Tupac Resurrection	Paramount Pictures	Documentary	$50,041	-87.43%	106	$472	$7,646,264	24
48	(re-entry)	Secondhand Lions	New Line	Drama	$42,416		108	$393	$41,935,765	80
49	(new)	Pride and Prejudice	Excel Entertainment	Comedy	$38,330		18	$2,129	$38,330	3
50	(47)	Bugs!	SK Films	Documentary	$33,480	-27.29%	17	$1,969	$4,216,122	269
51	(40)	Out of Time	MGM/UA	Thriller/Suspense	$31,306	-60.47%	81	$386	$40,950,831	66
52	(45)	The Rundown	Universal	Action	$30,318	-54.08%	71	$427	$47,641,743	73
53	(48)	To Be and To Have	New Yorker	Documentary	$27,670	-36.63%	10	$2,767	$455,043	82
54	(51)	Haunted Castle	nWave Pictures	Adventure	$27,500	-17.00%	5	$5,500	$7,877,886	1,011
55	(43)	Seabiscuit	Universal	Drama	$26,528	-62.92%	61	$435	$120,197,488	136
56	(50)	My Architect	New Yorker	Documentary	$25,981	-27.39%	4	$6,495	$221,583	24
57	(49)	Sylvia	Focus Features	Drama	$22,041	-45.98%	33	$668	$1,235,406	52
58	(53)	Tibet - Cry of the Snow Lion	Artistic License	Documentary	$21,062	-28.57%	13	$1,620	$296,751	80
59	(42)	Good Boy!	MGM/UA	Comedy	$20,103	-74.39%	103	$195	$37,603,336	59
60	(52)	Die Mommie Die			$18,282	-43.81%	15	$1,219	$283,342	38
61	(re-entry)	Gloomy Sunday (Ein Lied von Liebe und Tod)			$18,228		7	$2,604	$277,423	171
62	(re-entry)	From Here to Eternity			$18,176		5	$3,635	$18,176	18,387
63	(46)	Luther	RS Entertainment	Drama	$15,330	-66.96%	30	$511	$5,781,086	73
64	(62)	Shackleton's Antarctic Adventure	WGBH Giant-Screen Films	Documentary	$11,727	-24.25%	10	$1,173	$15,553,324	1,032
65	(58)	Mambo Italiano (US Release)	Samuel Goldwyn Films	Comedy	$11,693	-35.71%	16	$731	$6,239,558	80
66	(56)	T-Rex: Back to the Cretaceous	IMAX Films	Adventure	$11,497	-45.58%	7	$1,642	$46,487,995	1,872
67	(122)	Bus 174	ThinkFilm	Documentary	$11,395	+1,824.83%	5	$2,279	$140,901	61
68	(61)	The Bread, My Sweet	Panorama Entertainment	Romantic Comedy	$11,136	-32.65%	6	$1,856	$950,659	381
69	(69)	Dirty Pretty Things	Miramax	Drama	$10,484	+4.02%	12	$874	$8,032,989	143
70	(89)	Party Monster (2003)	ContentFilm		$10,196	+186.08%	8	$1,275	$702,427	101
71	(95)	The Holy Land			$8,491	+187.25%	6	$1,415	$574,617	150
72	(94)	City of God	Miramax	Drama	$7,732	+140.95%	4	$1,933	$4,749,939	325
73	(111)	The Animation Show	The Animation Show/IPMA	Multiple Genres	$7,638	+663.80%	4	$1,910	$266,368	94
74	(97)	Weather Underground	Shadow	Documentary	$7,064	+200.08%	10	$706	$492,301	185
75	(55)	The Singing Detective	Paramount Pictures		$6,762	-72.11%	28	$242	$310,820	45
76	(54)	Ghosts of the Abyss	Buena Vista	Documentary	$6,729	-75.63%	9	$748	$15,184,601	241
77	(new)	What Alice Found	Castle Hill Productions	Drama	$6,720		1	$6,720	$6,720	3
78	(63)	Winged Migration	Sony Pictures Classics	Documentary	$6,418	-57.34%	11	$583	$10,753,575	234
79	(105)	The Revolution Will Not Be Televised			$6,000	+288.85%	5	$1,200	$122,593	45
80	(66)	The Flower of Evil			$5,854	-57.70%	8	$732	$166,476	59
81	(57)	My Flesh and Blood			$5,555	-70.39%	6	$926	$30,866	12
82	(59)	Finding Nemo	Buena Vista	Adventure	$4,918	-72.44%	44	$112	$339,711,822	192
83	(73)	Grande Seduction, La	Odeon Films	Comedy	$4,811	-42.24%	5	$962	$7,991,801	150
84	(68)	My Life Without Me	Sony Pictures		$4,526	-56.91%	10	$453	$381,655	73
85	(70)	Far Side of the Moon	TLA	Drama	$4,186	-58.44%	4	$1,047	$228,049	45
86	(64)	The Secret Lives of Dentists	Manhattan Pictures International	Drama	$4,175	-71.96%	4	$1,044	$3,699,225	129
87	(90)	Taking Sides	New Yorker		$4,112	+19.22%	3	$1,371	$173,103	94
88	(102)	The Gatekeeper			$3,722	+84.53%	2	$1,861	$145,447	143
89	(76)	Girls Will Be Girls	IFC Films		$3,151	-51.77%	6	$525	$143,991	66
90	(85)	Gaz Bar Blues			$3,036	-37.32%	2	$1,518	$876,828	94
91	(96)	Galapagos	IMAX Films	Documentary	$2,988	+6.91%	3	$996	$14,227,274	1,501
92	(re-entry)	Cremaster 3			$2,840		1	$2,840	$508,736	227
93	(114)	Demonlover	Palm Pictures		$2,787	+239.05%	5	$557	$224,907	80
94	(72)	Red Betsy			$2,766	-67.24%	4	$692	$161,982	80
95	(87)	Bonhoeffer	First Run	Documentary	$2,710	-34.05%	1	$2,710	$261,016	171
96	(84)	Thirteen	Fox Searchlight	Drama	$2,656	-46.48%	7	$379	$4,595,069	110
97	(101)	Hukkle	Shadow	Drama	$2,474	+17.59%	2	$1,237	$8,639	10
98	(re-entry)	Porn Theater			$2,372		1	$2,372	$19,701	59
99	(104)	Masked and Anonymous	Sony Pictures	Drama	$2,230	+34.26%	4	$558	$532,055	137
100	(91)	Cirque du Soleil - Journey of Man	Sony Pictures Classics	Musical	$2,216	-34.71%	3	$739	$15,595,453	1,312
101	(new)	Forget Baghdad: Jews and Arabs, The Iraqi Connection	Arab Film Distribution		$2,207		1	$2,207	$2,207	3
102	(118)	Autumn Spring	First Look	Comedy	$2,202	+225.26%	4	$551	$84,169	108
103	(115)	Nine Dead Gay Guys	TLA	Comedy	$2,174	+170.06%	1	$2,174	$19,490	52
104	(82)	Monty Python and the Holy Grail			$2,137	-58.31%	2	$1,069	$3,417,397	10,439
105	(80)	Billabong Odyssey		Documentary	$2,000	-63.64%	4	$500	$153,000	31
106	(88)	Sur Le Seuil	Alliance International	Drama	$1,971	-50.39%	6	$329	$2,008,713	66
107	(110)	Sans Soleil			$1,899	+65.42%	1	$1,899	$30,878	17
108	(re-entry)	Manna From Heaven	Five Sisters Productions	Comedy	$1,880		1	$1,880	$456,503	493
109	(78)	The Legend of Leigh Bowery			$1,789	-70.37%	1	$1,789	$10,445	12
110	(re-entry)	Carnage	WellSpring	Drama	$1,749		3	$583	$47,888	94
111	(65)	The Book of Mormon Movie, Volume 1: The Journey	Distributor Unknown	Drama	$1,486	-89.59%	5	$297	$1,103,544	87
112	(71)	Yossi & Jagger			$1,258	-85.38%	3	$419	$170,079	75
113	(120)	Madame Sata			$1,014	+64.88%	2	$507	$197,695	152
114	(127)	China: The Panda Adventure	IMAX Films	Drama	$918	+165.32%	4	$230	$3,542,461	864
115	(123)	Divine Intervention	Avatar		$702	+36.05%	1	$702	$420,658	325
116	(124)	Encounter in the Third Dimension	nWave Pictures	Drama	$700	+54.19%	1	$700	$6,952,045	1,746
117	(re-entry)	The Girl From Paris			$683		1	$683	$176,257	262
118	(117)	Thrill Ride: The Science of Fun	Sony Pictures Classics	Documentary	$567	-22.75%	1	$567	$18,790,836	2,341
119	(121)	Spellbound (2003)	ThinkFilm	Documentary	$523	-13.55%	1	$523	$5,728,431	222
120	(106)	In My Skin			$415	-72.95%	1	$415	$21,939	31
121	(130)	Alien Adventure	nWave Pictures	Adventure	$400	+58.10%	1	$400	$4,317,809	1,333
122	(98)	Emerald Cowboy	Indican Pictures		$338	-85.64%	1	$338	$72,014	80
123	(re-entry)	Northfork	Paramount Classics	Drama	$250		1	$250	$1,417,341	150
124	(112)	Km. 0 (Kilometro Cero)			$127	-87.21%	1	$127	$159,228	150
125	(132)	The Good Old Naughty Days			$120	-35.14%	1	$120	$60,852	255
126	(131)	Once Upon a Time in the Midlands			$116	-42.86%	1	$116	$170,359	101

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