The Top Movies, Weekend of December 19, 2003

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(new)	The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King	New Line	Adventure	$72,629,713		3,703	$19,614	$124,100,534	5
2	(new)	Mona Lisa Smile	Sony Pictures	Drama	$11,528,498		2,677	$4,306	$11,528,498	3
3	(1)	Something's Gotta Give	Sony Pictures	Romantic Comedy	$11,416,793	-28.93%	2,677	$4,265	$33,429,833	10
4	(2)	The Last Samurai	Warner Bros.	Action	$7,769,301	-44.85%	2,938	$2,644	$59,487,166	17
5	(6)	Elf	New Line	Romantic Comedy	$5,502,635	-8.55%	2,451	$2,245	$154,812,967	45
6	(3)	Stuck On You	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$5,284,023	-43.85%	3,007	$1,757	$16,983,906	10
7	(7)	Bad Santa	Dimension	Comedy	$5,102,135	-15.14%	2,225	$2,293	$42,910,876	26
8	(5)	The Haunted Mansion	Buena Vista	Comedy	$3,928,641	-36.01%	2,414	$1,627	$58,802,462	26
9	(4)	Love Don't Cost a Thing	Warner Bros.	Romantic Comedy	$3,750,265	-40.62%	1,844	$2,034	$11,192,300	10
10	(8)	Honey	Universal	Drama	$2,708,610	-44.28%	1,824	$1,485	$23,596,315	17
11	(9)	The Cat in the Hat	Universal	Comedy	$2,311,890	-44.51%	2,121	$1,090	$93,924,705	31
12	(11)	Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World	20th Century Fox	Adventure	$1,500,514	-36.99%	1,050	$1,429	$78,522,124	38
13	(10)	Gothika	Warner Bros.	Horror	$1,230,085	-54.86%	1,055	$1,166	$56,099,360	31
14	(12)	Love Actually	Universal	Romantic Comedy	$1,145,395	-45.82%	902	$1,270	$54,184,810	45
15	(20)	In America	Fox Searchlight	Drama	$505,989	+83.71%	146	$3,466	$1,422,980	26
16	(17)	Brother Bear	Buena Vista	Adventure	$451,406	-31.13%	724	$623	$81,110,628	59
17	(13)	The Missing	Sony Pictures	Western	$415,502	-72.61%	605	$687	$25,547,057	26
18	(18)	Mystic River	Warner Bros.	Drama	$305,385	-23.15%	302	$1,011	$52,989,083	75
19	(45)	The Cooler	Lionsgate	Drama	$284,871	+527.21%	70	$4,070	$678,555	26
20	(21)	Santa vs. The Snowman	IMAX Films	Adventure	$277,744	+13.82%	45	$6,172	$1,942,265	411
21	(16)	The Matrix Revolutions	Warner Bros.	Action	$271,473	-62.40%	272	$998	$137,460,747	47
22	(23)	Lost in Translation	Focus Features	Drama	$263,089	+21.23%	130	$2,024	$30,032,449	101
23	(19)	21 Grams	Focus Features	Drama	$259,484	-19.43%	71	$3,655	$3,308,691	31
24	(34)	The School of Rock	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$238,557	+180.21%	375	$636	$79,268,941	80
25	(27)	Radio	Sony Pictures	Drama	$176,389	+13.59%	308	$573	$51,080,647	59
26	(24)	Big Fish	Sony Pictures	Drama	$164,641	-20.61%	6	$27,440	$562,525	12
27	(25)	The Station Agent	Miramax	Drama	$152,548	-26.29%	176	$867	$4,130,981	80
28	(new)	Calendar Girls	Buena Vista	Comedy	$151,393		24	$6,308	$151,393	3
29	(14)	Timeline	Paramount Pictures	Adventure	$135,474	-84.42%	620	$219	$18,886,362	26
30	(28)	Nez Rouge	Christal Films	Romantic Comedy	$116,397	-22.71%	69	$1,687	$1,043,939	24
31	(22)	Looney Tunes: Back in Action	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$107,577	-53.48%	253	$425	$19,903,764	38
32	(26)	Kal Ho Naa Ho	Yash Raj Films	Drama	$94,543	-41.22%	37	$2,555	$1,787,378	26
33	(29)	Freaky Friday	Buena Vista	Comedy	$94,462	-36.79%	173	$546	$109,888,964	138
34	(31)	Runaway Jury	20th Century Fox	Thriller/Suspense	$86,872	-30.43%	168	$517	$48,767,852	66
35	(30)	Blizzard		Drama	$83,279	-42.77%	136	$612	$267,501	10
36	(50)	The Barbarian Invasions	Miramax	Drama	$77,513	+107.80%	41	$1,891	$433,199	227
37	(32)	Girl with a Pearl Earring	Lionsgate	Drama	$71,051	-20.59%	8	$8,881	$205,640	10
38	(46)	Les Triplettes de Belleville	Sony Pictures	Musical	$65,648	+46.52%	15	$4,377	$391,719	26
39	(44)	Space Station	IMAX Films	Documentary	$59,591	+27.74%	16	$3,724	$45,738,765	612
40	(39)	The Texas Chainsaw Massacre	New Line	Horror	$54,403	-26.13%	113	$481	$80,148,261	66
41	(new)	Annie Brocoli dans les fonds marins		Comedy	$48,174		55	$876	$48,174	3
42	(new)	House of Sand and Fog	Dreamworks SKG	Drama	$45,572		2	$22,786	$45,572	3
43	(40)	Pieces of April	MGM/UA	Comedy	$43,978	-38.09%	70	$628	$2,313,443	66
44	(38)	Kill Bill: Volume 1	Miramax	Action	$43,141	-46.36%	64	$674	$69,508,791	73
45	(new)	The Fog of War	Sony Pictures Classics	Documentary	$41,449		3	$13,816	$41,449	3
46	(37)	The Human Stain	Miramax	Drama	$41,232	-50.43%	68	$606	$5,311,526	52
47	(35)	Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl	Buena Vista	Adventure	$40,528	-52.23%	124	$327	$305,343,252	166
48	(42)	Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over	Dimension	Adventure	$39,183	-39.80%	128	$306	$111,547,510	150
49	(new)	Alexandra's Project	Film Movement	Drama	$37,078		10	$3,708	$37,078	3
50	(36)	Scary Movie 3	Dimension	Comedy	$35,328	-57.54%	121	$292	$109,065,331	59
51	(33)	Shattered Glass	Lionsgate	Drama	$34,236	-61.13%	62	$552	$1,998,855	52
52	(41)	The Gospel of John	ThinkFilm	Drama	$29,729	-57.01%	43	$691	$3,044,854	87
53	(47)	Intolerable Cruelty	Universal	Romantic Comedy	$26,759	-33.10%	59	$454	$35,215,699	73
54	(55)	Bubba Ho-Tep	Vitagraph Films	Comedy	$25,324	-12.68%	17	$1,490	$1,154,791	94
55	(51)	The Statement	Sony Pictures	Thriller/Suspense	$24,042	-35.41%	7	$3,435	$81,663	10
56	(49)	Elephant	Fine Line	Drama	$23,718	-38.15%	33	$719	$1,189,207	59
57	(59)	Gloomy Sunday (Ein Lied von Liebe und Tod)			$22,259	-11.78%	16	$1,391	$348,937	185
58	(54)	Under the Tuscan Sun	Buena Vista	Comedy	$20,027	-43.31%	60	$334	$42,976,432	87
59	(new)	The Hebrew Hammer	Cowboy Pictures		$19,539		8	$2,442	$19,539	3
60	(53)	Once Upon a Time in Mexico	Sony Pictures	Action	$19,096	-46.95%	56	$341	$56,330,657	101
61	(64)	Bugs!	SK Films	Documentary	$18,251	-2.83%	41	$445	$4,266,426	283
62	(52)	Secondhand Lions	New Line	Drama	$18,062	-51.09%	57	$317	$42,023,715	94
63	(69)	Tupac Resurrection	Paramount Pictures	Documentary	$18,042	+60.19%	110	$164	$7,707,563	38
64	(57)	The Fighting Temptations	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$16,839	-35.09%	69	$244	$30,238,577	94
65	(60)	My Architect	New Yorker	Documentary	$16,185	-29.11%	2	$8,093	$278,713	38
66	(56)	Out of Time	MGM/UA	Thriller/Suspense	$15,121	-44.91%	47	$322	$41,025,603	80
67	(58)	Pride and Prejudice	Excel Entertainment	Comedy	$14,312	-44.59%	9	$1,590	$107,872	17
68	(62)	Sylvia	Focus Features	Drama	$14,149	-36.67%	24	$590	$1,302,242	66
69	(63)	Haunted Castle	nWave Pictures	Adventure	$14,000	-35.63%	7	$2,000	$7,936,186	1,025
70	(65)	To Be and To Have	New Yorker	Documentary	$11,082	-31.88%	10	$1,108	$502,152	96
71	(61)	Tibet - Cry of the Snow Lion	Artistic License	Documentary	$10,464	-53.88%	12	$872	$347,437	94
72	(76)	T-Rex: Back to the Cretaceous	IMAX Films	Adventure	$9,410	+15.69%	4	$2,353	$46,536,985	1,886
73	(68)	The Revolution Will Not Be Televised			$9,157	-19.47%	8	$1,145	$153,859	59
74	(75)	The Bread, My Sweet	Panorama Entertainment	Romantic Comedy	$7,956	-6.42%	6	$1,326	$971,125	395
75	(66)	Die Mommie Die			$7,697	-46.86%	12	$641	$320,092	52
76	(73)	Ghosts of the Abyss	Buena Vista	Documentary	$7,608	-21.32%	8	$951	$15,212,534	255
77	(91)	What Alice Found	Castle Hill Productions	Drama	$7,484	+151.90%	3	$2,495	$22,790	17
78	(re-entry)	Good Boy!	MGM/UA	Comedy	$7,396		60	$123	$37,639,635	73
79	(89)	Rivers and Tides		Documentary	$6,746	+78.89%	7	$964	$2,184,111	542
80	(87)	Galapagos	IMAX Films	Documentary	$5,984	+51.19%	5	$1,197	$14,252,586	1,515
81	(86)	Bus 174	ThinkFilm	Documentary	$4,389	+2.74%	5	$878	$158,563	75
82	(re-entry)	The Gatekeeper			$3,814		2	$1,907	$157,914	157
83	(71)	City of God	Miramax	Drama	$3,810	-62.53%	6	$635	$4,775,067	339
84	(74)	Dirty Pretty Things	Miramax	Drama	$3,720	-60.53%	11	$338	$8,058,634	157
85	(78)	The Holy Land			$3,091	-54.19%	3	$1,030	$593,945	164
86	(79)	Yossi & Jagger			$2,662	-60.16%	1	$2,662	$183,195	89
87	(84)	The Singing Detective	Paramount Pictures		$2,167	-55.77%	11	$197	$323,796	59
88	(72)	Party Monster (2003)	ContentFilm		$2,164	-78.63%	4	$541	$725,080	115
89	(re-entry)	The Butterfly			$1,906		1	$1,906	$1,906	227
90	(88)	Grande Seduction, La	Odeon Films	Comedy	$1,752	-53.98%	2	$876	$8,009,736	164
91	(99)	Monty Python and the Holy Grail			$1,614	-22.07%	1	$1,614	$3,421,082	10,453
92	(98)	Bonhoeffer	First Run	Documentary	$1,532	-27.57%	2	$766	$266,121	185
93	(re-entry)	Northfork	Paramount Classics	Drama	$1,500		1	$1,500	$1,419,844	164
94	(112)	Thrill Ride: The Science of Fun	Sony Pictures Classics	Documentary	$1,354	+29.57%	1	$1,354	$18,798,682	2,355
95	(102)	The Secret Lives of Dentists	Manhattan Pictures International	Drama	$1,309	-27.20%	2	$655	$3,705,686	143
96	(77)	AKA	Empire Pictures	Drama	$1,125	-85.11%	1	$1,125	$12,967	10
97	(106)	Cirque du Soleil - Journey of Man	Sony Pictures Classics	Musical	$943	-37.18%	2	$472	$15,599,237	1,326
98	(re-entry)	Girlhood		Documentary	$812		2	$406	$28,767	52
99	(92)	Autumn Spring	First Look	Comedy	$808	-72.35%	2	$404	$90,303	122
100	(100)	Carnage	WellSpring	Drama	$668	-66.36%	2	$334	$52,027	108
101	(93)	Gaz Bar Blues			$646	-77.82%	1	$646	$884,664	108
102	(85)	The Flower of Evil			$633	-85.98%	3	$211	$176,837	73
103	(103)	In My Skin			$623	-63.76%	2	$312	$25,934	45
104	(105)	The Embalmer			$571	-62.97%	2	$286	$55,606	157
105	(117)	Hukkle	Shadow	Drama	$556	-12.99%	1	$556	$11,487	24
106	(re-entry)	Divine Intervention	Avatar		$529		1	$529	$421,187	339
107	(43)	The Legend of Johnny Lingo	Innovation Film Group	Adventure	$502	-99.10%	3	$167	$972,001	115
108	(96)	Weather Underground	Shadow	Documentary	$449	-82.11%	2	$225	$494,125	199
109	(re-entry)	Seaside			$444		1	$444	$13,595	138
110	(re-entry)	Venus Boyz	First Run	Documentary	$438		1	$438	$15,002	122
111	(116)	Demonlover	Palm Pictures		$431	-36.24%	1	$431	$226,839	94
112	(101)	Nine Dead Gay Guys	TLA	Comedy	$403	-77.94%	1	$403	$23,330	66
113	(120)	Encounter in the Third Dimension	nWave Pictures	Drama	$400	-20.00%	1	$400	$6,953,495	1,760
114	(113)	Red Betsy			$348	-66.02%	1	$348	$164,520	94
115	(re-entry)	Forget Baghdad: Jews and Arabs, The Iraqi Connection	Arab Film Distribution		$306		1	$306	$3,741	17
116	(90)	Cremaster 3			$296	-91.84%	1	$296	$513,961	241
117	(122)	Alien Adventure	nWave Pictures	Adventure	$250	-16.67%	1	$250	$4,318,884	1,347
118	(114)	China: The Panda Adventure	IMAX Films	Drama	$222	-75.79%	1	$222	$3,544,539	878
119	(115)	The Book of Mormon Movie, Volume 1: The Journey	Distributor Unknown	Drama	$117	-86.61%	1	$117	$1,124,502	101
120	(125)	Apollo 13 (IMAX)	IMAX Films	Drama	$55	-23.61%	1	$55	$1,722,111	458

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