The Top Movies, Weekend of 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	$50,598,104	-30.33%	3,703	$13,664	$222,268,708	12
2	(new)	Cheaper by the Dozen	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$27,557,647		3,298	$8,356	$35,397,241	4
3	(new)	Cold Mountain	Miramax	Drama	$14,574,213		2,163	$6,738	$19,079,727	4
4	(3)	Something's Gotta Give	Sony Pictures	Romantic Comedy	$13,816,638	+21.02%	2,709	$5,100	$55,902,582	17
5	(new)	Paycheck	Paramount Pictures	Thriller/Suspense	$13,462,374		2,762	$4,874	$18,615,272	4
6	(2)	Mona Lisa Smile	Sony Pictures	Drama	$11,351,439	-1.54%	2,677	$4,240	$31,226,270	10
7	(new)	Peter Pan	Universal	Adventure	$11,139,495		2,813	$3,960	$14,627,615	4
8	(4)	The Last Samurai	Warner Bros.	Action	$8,326,947	+7.18%	2,557	$3,257	$74,324,104	24
9	(7)	Bad Santa	Dimension	Comedy	$4,526,000	-11.29%	1,710	$2,647	$50,947,195	33
10	(5)	Elf	New Line	Romantic Comedy	$3,906,028	-29.02%	2,015	$1,938	$164,648,692	52
11	(6)	Stuck On You	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$3,626,868	-31.36%	2,400	$1,511	$24,412,346	17
12	(9)	Love Don't Cost a Thing	Warner Bros.	Romantic Comedy	$2,953,073	-21.26%	1,133	$2,606	$16,431,144	17
13	(8)	The Haunted Mansion	Buena Vista	Comedy	$2,860,015	-27.20%	1,622	$1,763	$64,736,126	33
14	(26)	Big Fish	Sony Pictures	Drama	$2,053,733	+1,147.40%	124	$16,562	$3,505,172	19
15	(42)	House of Sand and Fog	Dreamworks SKG	Drama	$1,720,438	+3,675.21%	438	$3,928	$1,811,537	10
16	(10)	Honey	Universal	Drama	$1,417,310	-47.67%	760	$1,865	$26,638,660	24
17	(11)	The Cat in the Hat	Universal	Comedy	$1,260,080	-45.50%	1,299	$970	$97,011,510	38
18	(23)	21 Grams	Focus Features	Drama	$1,223,891	+371.66%	291	$4,206	$4,771,830	38
19	(12)	Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World	20th Century Fox	Adventure	$1,160,829	-22.64%	751	$1,546	$80,688,206	45
20	(15)	In America	Fox Searchlight	Drama	$1,070,721	+111.61%	325	$3,295	$2,992,911	33
21	(14)	Love Actually	Universal	Romantic Comedy	$828,365	-27.68%	408	$2,030	$55,885,240	52
22	(new)	Young Black Stallion	Buena Vista	Adventure	$629,999		51	$12,353	$702,402	4
23	(13)	Gothika	Warner Bros.	Horror	$607,029	-50.65%	406	$1,495	$57,455,180	38
24	(16)	Brother Bear	Buena Vista	Adventure	$506,627	+12.23%	564	$898	$82,108,948	66
25	(28)	Calendar Girls	Buena Vista	Comedy	$396,522	+161.92%	42	$9,441	$749,028	10
26	(22)	Lost in Translation	Focus Features	Drama	$370,468	+40.81%	117	$3,166	$30,656,612	108
27	(18)	Mystic River	Warner Bros.	Drama	$325,183	+6.48%	201	$1,618	$53,545,615	82
28	(19)	The Cooler	Lionsgate	Drama	$308,756	+8.38%	77	$4,010	$1,195,274	33
29	(24)	The School of Rock	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$258,440	+8.33%	279	$926	$79,697,953	87
30	(21)	The Matrix Revolutions	Warner Bros.	Action	$244,279	-10.02%	116	$2,106	$137,882,816	54
31	(new)	L.O.C. (Kargil)	Eros Entertainment		$223,793		58	$3,859	$356,768	4
32	(20)	Santa vs. The Snowman	IMAX Films	Adventure	$222,304	-19.96%	46	$4,833	$2,466,457	418
33	(25)	Radio	Sony Pictures	Drama	$206,820	+17.25%	226	$915	$51,422,388	66
34	(38)	Les Triplettes de Belleville	Sony Pictures	Musical	$195,707	+198.12%	46	$4,255	$636,383	33
35	(37)	Girl with a Pearl Earring	Lionsgate	Drama	$188,756	+165.66%	26	$7,260	$457,769	17
36	(31)	Looney Tunes: Back in Action	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$188,405	+75.14%	336	$561	$20,212,511	45
37	(30)	Nez Rouge	Christal Films	Romantic Comedy	$185,395	+59.28%	58	$3,196	$1,341,321	31
38	(39)	Space Station	IMAX Films	Documentary	$182,684	+206.56%	16	$11,418	$45,995,271	619
39	(50)	Scary Movie 3	Dimension	Comedy	$164,287	+365.03%	195	$842	$109,271,669	66
40	(17)	The Missing	Sony Pictures	Western	$134,719	-67.58%	146	$923	$25,904,967	33
41	(55)	The Statement	Sony Pictures	Thriller/Suspense	$133,271	+454.33%	19	$7,014	$249,317	17
42	(27)	The Station Agent	Miramax	Drama	$128,341	-15.87%	123	$1,043	$4,375,222	87
43	(58)	Under the Tuscan Sun	Buena Vista	Comedy	$101,502	+406.83%	158	$642	$43,095,548	94
44	(new)	The Company	Sony Pictures	Drama	$93,776		11	$8,525	$128,270	4
45	(36)	The Barbarian Invasions	Miramax	Drama	$87,936	+13.45%	54	$1,628	$580,980	234
46	(new)	Monster	Newmarket Films	Drama	$86,831		4	$21,708	$103,599	5
47	(re-entry)	Underworld	Sony Pictures	Action	$79,478		103	$772	$51,741,634	101
48	(34)	Runaway Jury	20th Century Fox	Thriller/Suspense	$77,726	-10.53%	107	$726	$48,893,761	73
49	(33)	Freaky Friday	Buena Vista	Comedy	$73,068	-22.65%	124	$589	$110,042,380	145
50	(45)	The Fog of War	Sony Pictures Classics	Documentary	$58,137	+40.26%	5	$11,627	$134,118	10
51	(32)	Kal Ho Naa Ho	Yash Raj Films	Drama	$52,013	-44.98%	21	$2,477	$1,879,848	33
52	(29)	Timeline	Paramount Pictures	Adventure	$49,665	-63.34%	320	$155	$19,043,607	33
53	(41)	Annie Brocoli dans les fonds marins		Comedy	$48,638	+0.96%	49	$993	$147,776	10
54	(49)	Alexandra's Project	Film Movement	Drama	$43,523	+17.38%	10	$4,352	$104,939	10
55	(44)	Kill Bill: Volume 1	Miramax	Action	$35,998	-16.56%	48	$750	$69,577,340	80
56	(re-entry)	Modern Times	Kino	Comedy	$35,809		7	$5,116	$35,809	24,799
57	(40)	The Texas Chainsaw Massacre	New Line	Horror	$35,264	-35.18%	51	$691	$80,213,803	73
58	(35)	Blizzard		Drama	$31,985	-61.59%	88	$363	$385,810	17
59	(48)	Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over	Dimension	Adventure	$31,329	-20.04%	59	$531	$111,610,328	157
60	(51)	Shattered Glass	Lionsgate	Drama	$24,974	-27.05%	35	$714	$2,053,255	59
61	(53)	Intolerable Cruelty	Universal	Romantic Comedy	$22,724	-15.08%	31	$733	$35,254,176	80
62	(65)	My Architect	New Yorker	Documentary	$19,258	+18.99%	3	$6,419	$311,518	45
63	(43)	Pieces of April	MGM/UA	Comedy	$18,107	-58.83%	25	$724	$2,360,184	73
64	(56)	Elephant	Fine Line	Drama	$18,042	-23.93%	14	$1,289	$1,227,000	66
65	(76)	Ghosts of the Abyss	Buena Vista	Documentary	$17,474	+129.68%	6	$2,912	$15,240,533	262
66	(46)	The Human Stain	Miramax	Drama	$12,673	-69.26%	28	$453	$5,344,660	59
67	(69)	Haunted Castle	nWave Pictures	Adventure	$12,000	-14.29%	5	$2,400	$7,951,686	1,032
68	(52)	The Gospel of John	ThinkFilm	Drama	$11,789	-60.35%	18	$655	$3,078,727	94
69	(74)	The Bread, My Sweet	Panorama Entertainment	Romantic Comedy	$11,583	+45.59%	6	$1,931	$985,927	402
70	(47)	Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl	Buena Vista	Adventure	$11,061	-72.71%	34	$325	$305,388,685	173
71	(59)	The Hebrew Hammer	Cowboy Pictures		$10,369	-46.93%	5	$2,074	$47,352	10
72	(67)	Pride and Prejudice	Excel Entertainment	Comedy	$8,692	-39.27%	4	$2,173	$126,929	24
73	(71)	Tibet - Cry of the Snow Lion	Artistic License	Documentary	$6,103	-41.68%	7	$872	$361,400	101
74	(79)	Rivers and Tides		Documentary	$5,893	-12.64%	3	$1,964	$2,193,760	549
75	(72)	T-Rex: Back to the Cretaceous	IMAX Films	Adventure	$4,819	-48.79%	3	$1,606	$46,551,112	1,893
76	(84)	Dirty Pretty Things	Miramax	Drama	$4,374	+17.58%	8	$547	$8,065,864	164
77	(83)	City of God	Miramax	Drama	$4,362	+14.49%	4	$1,091	$4,782,356	346
78	(82)	The Gatekeeper			$3,801	-0.34%	2	$1,901	$160,831	164
79	(re-entry)	On-Line	Indican Pictures		$2,812		1	$2,812	$165,974	185
80	(86)	Yossi & Jagger			$2,532	-4.88%	1	$2,532	$187,302	96
81	(92)	Bonhoeffer	First Run	Documentary	$2,269	+48.11%	1	$2,269	$269,023	192
82	(97)	Cirque du Soleil - Journey of Man	Sony Pictures Classics	Musical	$1,604	+70.10%	2	$802	$15,600,962	1,333
83	(80)	Galapagos	IMAX Films	Documentary	$1,581	-73.58%	2	$791	$14,254,017	1,522
84	(88)	Party Monster (2003)	ContentFilm		$1,542	-28.74%	1	$1,542	$728,253	122
85	(89)	The Butterfly			$1,155	-39.40%	1	$1,155	$4,635	234
86	(95)	The Secret Lives of Dentists	Manhattan Pictures International	Drama	$1,137	-13.14%	3	$379	$3,707,201	150
87	(102)	The Flower of Evil			$1,111	+75.51%	1	$1,111	$178,349	80
88	(81)	Bus 174	ThinkFilm	Documentary	$1,108	-74.76%	1	$1,108	$161,445	82
89	(107)	The Legend of Johnny Lingo	Innovation Film Group	Adventure	$1,042	+107.57%	1	$1,042	$973,659	122
90	(87)	The Singing Detective	Paramount Pictures		$889	-58.98%	3	$296	$325,970	66
91	(77)	What Alice Found	Castle Hill Productions	Drama	$849	-88.66%	1	$849	$28,190	24
92	(re-entry)	American Storytellers	Indican Pictures	Documentary	$562		1	$562	$7,736	52
93	(103)	In My Skin			$500	-19.74%	1	$500	$26,835	52
94	(re-entry)	Emerald Cowboy	Indican Pictures		$412		1	$412	$72,928	101
95	(93)	Northfork	Paramount Classics	Drama	$397	-73.53%	1	$397	$1,420,578	171
96	(113)	Encounter in the Third Dimension	nWave Pictures	Drama	$350	-12.50%	1	$350	$6,954,145	1,767
97	(117)	Alien Adventure	nWave Pictures	Adventure	$300	+20.00%	1	$300	$4,319,534	1,354
98	(118)	China: The Panda Adventure	IMAX Films	Drama	$224	+0.90%	1	$224	$3,544,956	885
99	(100)	Carnage	WellSpring	Drama	$55	-91.77%	1	$55	$51,418	115
100	(120)	Apollo 13 (IMAX)	IMAX Films	Drama	$33	-40.00%	1	$33	$1,722,160	465

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