The Top Movies, Weekend of February 27, 2004

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(new)	The Passion of the Christ	Newmarket Films	Drama	$83,848,082		3,043	$27,554	$125,185,971	5
2	(1)	50 First Dates	Sony Pictures	Romantic Comedy	$12,565,729	-38.49%	3,450	$3,642	$88,683,963	17
3	(new)	Twisted	Paramount Pictures	Thriller/Suspense	$8,904,299		2,703	$3,294	$8,904,299	3
4	(2)	Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen	Buena Vista	Comedy	$6,346,941	-32.12%	2,503	$2,536	$16,905,932	10
5	(new)	Havana Nights: Dirty Dancing 2	Lionsgate	Drama	$5,811,325		2,042	$2,846	$5,811,325	3
6	(3)	The Miracle	Buena Vista	Drama	$4,469,617	-42.72%	2,222	$2,012	$56,328,330	24
7	(5)	Eurotrip	Dreamworks SKG	Comedy	$4,051,428	-39.63%	2,544	$1,593	$12,758,176	10
8	(4)	Welcome to Mooseport	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$3,279,764	-51.59%	2,868	$1,144	$11,539,863	10
9	(6)	Barbershop 2: Back in Business	MGM/UA	Comedy	$3,125,536	-50.29%	1,524	$2,051	$57,575,543	24
10	(new)	Club Dread	Fox Searchlight	Comedy	$3,035,688		1,807	$1,680	$3,035,688	3
11	(10)	The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King	New Line	Adventure	$2,174,665	-23.71%	1,112	$1,956	$364,115,612	75
12	(7)	Mystic River	Warner Bros.	Drama	$2,085,463	-32.61%	1,125	$1,854	$82,234,706	145
13	(12)	Monster	Newmarket Films	Drama	$2,006,422	-20.88%	968	$2,073	$26,815,006	68
14	(13)	Cold Mountain	Miramax	Drama	$1,333,182	-41.12%	1,113	$1,198	$92,685,850	67
15	(8)	Against the Ropes	Paramount Pictures	Drama	$1,333,157	-56.13%	1,601	$833	$5,104,925	10
16	(9)	The Butterfly Effect	New Line	Drama	$1,254,484	-57.84%	1,035	$1,212	$55,377,579	38
17	(11)	You Got Served	Sony Pictures	Drama	$1,226,543	-54.80%	816	$1,503	$38,145,620	31
18	(16)	Something's Gotta Give	Sony Pictures	Romantic Comedy	$811,412	-49.32%	672	$1,207	$122,736,489	80
19	(14)	Along Came Polly	Universal	Romantic Comedy	$690,560	-67.77%	664	$1,040	$86,149,245	45
20	(21)	In America	Fox Searchlight	Drama	$514,012	-23.98%	202	$2,545	$14,058,905	96
21	(20)	Girl with a Pearl Earring	Lionsgate	Drama	$464,648	-35.85%	238	$1,952	$9,298,540	80
22	(15)	Catch That Kid	20th Century Fox	Adventure	$462,489	-73.94%	517	$895	$15,832,628	24
23	(18)	Lost in Translation	Focus Features	Drama	$432,129	-48.01%	291	$1,485	$43,871,278	171
24	(17)	Big Fish	Sony Pictures	Drama	$354,677	-70.14%	371	$956	$65,815,103	82
25	(22)	Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World	20th Century Fox	Adventure	$324,195	-43.68%	233	$1,391	$92,569,819	108
26	(19)	Cheaper by the Dozen	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$315,886	-56.49%	376	$840	$135,905,795	67
27	(24)	Les Triplettes de Belleville	Sony Pictures	Musical	$310,608	-34.23%	197	$1,577	$4,790,711	96
28	(26)	The Haunted Mansion	Buena Vista	Comedy	$301,310	-23.34%	347	$868	$74,714,949	96
29	(36)	The Fog of War	Sony Pictures Classics	Documentary	$286,643	+37.13%	157	$1,826	$2,249,523	73
30	(28)	21 Grams	Focus Features	Drama	$270,679	-29.04%	146	$1,854	$15,792,712	101
31	(29)	Touching the Void	IFC Films	Documentary	$255,203	-32.04%	67	$3,809	$1,649,706	38
32	(25)	The Dreamers	Fox Searchlight	Drama	$218,307	-46.80%	102	$2,140	$1,615,508	24
33	(30)	City of God	Miramax	Drama	$208,603	-38.06%	89	$2,344	$6,814,830	409
34	(23)	Calendar Girls	Buena Vista	Comedy	$207,615	-58.06%	266	$781	$30,035,277	73
35	(32)	House of Sand and Fog	Dreamworks SKG	Drama	$207,263	-18.37%	152	$1,364	$12,544,025	73
36	(93)	Bad Santa	Dimension	Comedy	$182,408	+2,570.30%	183	$997	$59,707,598	96
37	(31)	The Cooler	Lionsgate	Drama	$179,102	-36.36%	120	$1,493	$7,855,973	96
38	(34)	Young Black Stallion	Buena Vista	Adventure	$164,018	-25.46%	51	$3,216	$5,520,854	67
39	(48)	The Barbarian Invasions	Miramax	Drama	$160,783	+74.98%	81	$1,985	$1,649,307	297
40	(35)	Peter Pan	Universal	Adventure	$152,490	-29.93%	299	$510	$47,785,570	67
41	(27)	The Last Samurai	Warner Bros.	Action	$151,370	-61.30%	136	$1,113	$110,330,124	87
42	(33)	The Blue Butterfly	Alliance International	Drama	$140,770	-38.40%	70	$2,011	$490,169	10
43	(38)	My Architect	New Yorker	Documentary	$124,818	-9.61%	37	$3,373	$1,287,185	108
44	(75)	Paycheck	Paramount Pictures	Thriller/Suspense	$122,480	+385.84%	208	$589	$53,557,367	67
45	(46)	Space Station	IMAX Films	Documentary	$101,575	+9.27%	24	$4,232	$47,685,370	682
46	(new)	Decoys			$84,733		55	$1,541	$84,733	3
47	(41)	Osama	MGM/UA	Drama	$82,895	-25.27%	18	$4,605	$387,959	31
48	(47)	The Best Two Years	Halestorm Entertainment	Comedy	$81,843	-11.46%	23	$3,558	$221,039	10
49	(56)	Bugs!	SK Films	Documentary	$70,650	+22.43%	16	$4,416	$5,098,524	353
50	(42)	The Company	Sony Pictures	Drama	$69,546	-30.15%	44	$1,581	$1,788,595	67
51	(49)	Brother Bear	Buena Vista	Adventure	$65,684	-22.84%	139	$473	$85,005,561	129
52	(37)	Mona Lisa Smile	Sony Pictures	Drama	$60,170	-58.74%	117	$514	$63,803,100	73
53	(new)	Goodbye, Lenin!	Sony Pictures Classics	Comedy	$57,968		6	$9,661	$57,968	3
54	(45)	Elf	New Line	Romantic Comedy	$51,403	-45.09%	121	$425	$173,381,405	115
55	(43)	Gothika	Warner Bros.	Horror	$49,537	-47.96%	145	$342	$59,537,388	101
56	(58)	Pulse: A Stomp Odyssey	Giant Screen Films	Documentary	$48,437	-6.80%	12	$4,036	$5,768,810	507
57	(55)	Love Don't Cost a Thing	Warner Bros.	Romantic Comedy	$41,546	-35.06%	73	$569	$21,861,424	80
58	(44)	The Gospel of John	ThinkFilm	Drama	$36,170	-61.81%	40	$904	$3,939,256	157
59	(51)	The Cat in the Hat	Universal	Comedy	$34,365	-54.04%	91	$378	$101,018,283	101
60	(57)	The Station Agent	Miramax	Drama	$31,770	-44.40%	24	$1,324	$5,627,802	150
61	(39)	Win a Date with Tad Hamilton!	Dreamworks SKG	Romantic Comedy	$31,559	-73.67%	84	$376	$16,964,743	38
62	(59)	Monsieur Ibrahim	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$31,311	-37.11%	6	$5,219	$207,748	17
63	(62)	The Corporation	Zeitgeist Films	Documentary	$30,969	-25.74%	9	$3,441	$605,710	44
64	(68)	Ghosts of the Abyss	Buena Vista	Documentary	$30,109	-12.87%	8	$3,764	$15,553,850	325
65	(76)	Grande Seduction, La	Odeon Films	Comedy	$29,515	+23.63%	17	$1,736	$8,487,429	234
66	(72)	My Baby's Daddy	Miramax	Comedy	$27,171	-0.32%	25	$1,087	$17,293,505	52
67	(65)	The Battle of Algiers	Rialto Pictures	Drama	$25,061	-31.47%	6	$4,177	$509,774	52
68	(60)	Kitchen Stories	IFC Films	Comedy	$23,950	-50.21%	9	$2,661	$91,218	10
69	(64)	Effroyables Jardins			$23,856	-37.48%	12	$1,988	$78,668	10
70	(61)	Stuck On You	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$23,849	-46.97%	60	$397	$33,797,950	80
71	(66)	Latter Days	TLA	Drama	$23,201	-34.93%	6	$3,867	$256,612	31
72	(67)	The Return	Kino	Drama	$22,942	-33.78%	11	$2,086	$150,602	24
73	(54)	Crying Ladies			$22,920	-65.10%	8	$2,865	$108,043	10
74	(re-entry)	Love Actually	Universal	Romantic Comedy	$22,745		37	$615	$59,472,278	115
75	(70)	Wooly Boys			$19,806	-42.63%	6	$3,301	$266,703	38
76	(63)	Jack Paradise			$19,534	-53.16%	28	$698	$79,974	10
77	(52)	Chasing Liberty	Warner Bros.	Romantic Comedy	$17,719	-76.25%	61	$290	$12,189,514	52
78	(74)	T-Rex: Back to the Cretaceous	IMAX Films	Adventure	$17,455	-30.97%	5	$3,491	$47,265,915	1,956
79	(50)	Highwaymen	New Line		$15,642	-80.29%	20	$782	$367,027	17
80	(53)	Torque	Warner Bros.	Action	$15,527	-78.44%	41	$379	$20,878,712	45
81	(73)	Teacher's Pet: The Movie	Buena Vista	Comedy	$15,204	-42.29%	78	$195	$6,373,946	45
82	(40)	The Perfect Score	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$13,604	-88.02%	143	$95	$10,312,483	31
83	(89)	Galapagos	IMAX Films	Documentary	$12,343	+49.20%	5	$2,469	$14,356,808	1,585
84	(79)	The School of Rock	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$11,687	-44.84%	20	$584	$81,257,845	150
85	(new)	Greendale	Shakey Pictures	Musical	$10,163		2	$5,082	$10,163	3
86	(80)	Pride and Prejudice	Excel Entertainment	Comedy	$9,808	-41.02%	12	$817	$284,509	87
87	(78)	The Big Bounce	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$9,597	-56.00%	24	$400	$6,424,223	31
88	(81)	The Lost Skeleton of Cadavra			$6,716	-53.49%	4	$1,679	$61,237	24
89	(92)	To Be and To Have	New Yorker	Documentary	$6,668	-2.83%	6	$1,111	$712,323	166
90	(90)	Lost Boys of Sudan	Shadow	Documentary	$6,417	-14.27%	1	$6,417	$33,265	10
91	(87)	Robot Stories	Pak Films		$6,175	-31.85%	2	$3,088	$34,017	17
92	(re-entry)	The Gatekeeper			$6,112		2	$3,056	$235,275	227
93	(98)	Tibet - Cry of the Snow Lion	Artistic License	Documentary	$4,794	+5.52%	5	$959	$474,616	164
94	(82)	The Statement	Sony Pictures	Thriller/Suspense	$4,586	-63.80%	5	$917	$710,294	80
95	(96)	Haunted Castle	nWave Pictures	Adventure	$4,500	-25.00%	5	$900	$8,065,337	1,095
96	(85)	Secret Things	First Run	Drama	$3,940	-59.96%	1	$3,940	$46,817	59
97	(83)	Japanese Story	IDP Distribution	Drama	$3,207	-72.61%	9	$356	$338,284	61
98	(re-entry)	The Work and the Story	Off-Hollywood Distribution	Comedy	$3,190		2	$1,595	$11,067	150
99	(new)	Alila	Kino	Drama	$3,063		1	$3,063	$3,063	3
100	(101)	Weather Underground	Shadow	Documentary	$2,903	-20.27%	6	$484	$533,364	269
101	(91)	Kill Bill: Volume 1	Miramax	Action	$2,886	-60.51%	8	$361	$69,875,449	143
102	(re-entry)	Blind Shaft	Kino	Drama	$2,748		3	$916	$18,283	24
103	(re-entry)	Taking Sides	New Yorker		$2,716		2	$1,358	$186,438	178
104	(84)	The Book of Mormon Movie, Volume 1: The Journey	Distributor Unknown	Drama	$2,710	-74.77%	5	$542	$1,457,852	171
105	(102)	The Home Teachers	Halestorm Entertainment	Comedy	$2,662	-2.17%	4	$666	$176,046	52
106	(new)	Risk/Reward			$2,517		1	$2,517	$2,517	3
107	(111)	Tokyo Godfathers	IDP Distribution	Drama	$2,242	+54.73%	4	$561	$111,335	45
108	(105)	Bus 174	ThinkFilm	Documentary	$1,692	-20.97%	2	$846	$194,669	145
109	(re-entry)	The Tracker	Artmattan Productions	Drama	$1,238		1	$1,238	$11,065	45
110	(97)	Encounter in the Third Dimension	nWave Pictures	Drama	$1,223	-78.07%	1	$1,223	$6,976,623	1,830
111	(121)	Postmen in the Mountains	Shadow	Drama	$1,200	+80.45%	1	$1,200	$28,139	59
112	(110)	Apollo 13 (IMAX)	IMAX Films	Drama	$1,108	-28.93%	1	$1,108	$1,731,513	528
113	(94)	Emerald Cowboy	Indican Pictures		$1,022	-84.61%	1	$1,022	$100,976	164
114	(99)	American Storytellers	Indican Pictures	Documentary	$964	-75.38%	1	$964	$16,148	115
115	(new)	What Boys Like			$955		4	$239	$955	3
116	(120)	Bonhoeffer	First Run	Documentary	$948	+27.25%	1	$948	$289,597	255
117	(114)	AKA	Empire Pictures	Drama	$864	-30.94%	1	$864	$30,000	80
118	(103)	Yossi & Jagger			$763	-68.73%	1	$763	$227,154	159
119	(re-entry)	Suddenly			$661		1	$661	$27,007	187
120	(118)	The Bread, My Sweet	Panorama Entertainment	Romantic Comedy	$526	-36.09%	1	$526	$1,023,156	465
121	(115)	September 11	Empire Pictures	Drama	$344	-67.58%	1	$344	$126,694	234
122	(119)	Yves St. Laurent	Empire Pictures	Documentary	$312	-60.56%	1	$312	$81,253	54
123	(re-entry)	Party Monster (2003)	ContentFilm		$285		1	$285	$742,797	185
124	(127)	Alien Adventure	nWave Pictures	Adventure	$275	-8.33%	1	$275	$4,324,943	1,417
125	(112)	In My Skin			$150	-88.86%	1	$150	$30,488	115
126	(re-entry)	Hukkle	Shadow	Drama	$147		1	$147	$23,481	94
127	(128)	China: The Panda Adventure	IMAX Films	Drama	$49	-48.96%	1	$49	$3,683,427	948

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