The Top Movies, Weekend of December 17, 2004

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(new)	Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$30,061,756		3,620	$8,304	$30,061,756	3
2	(1)	Ocean's Twelve	Warner Bros.	Adventure	$18,124,149	-53.71%	3,290	$5,509	$68,524,528	10
3	(new)	Spanglish	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$8,817,853		2,438	$3,617	$8,817,853	3
4	(4)	The Polar Express	Warner Bros.	Adventure	$8,411,135	-12.28%	2,868	$2,933	$123,430,336	40
5	(2)	Blade: Trinity	New Line	Action	$6,817,584	-57.55%	2,912	$2,341	$35,628,693	12
6	(3)	National Treasure	Buena Vista	Adventure	$6,022,564	-38.75%	2,772	$2,173	$132,748,249	31
7	(5)	Christmas with the Kranks	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$5,366,072	-29.49%	2,941	$1,825	$61,972,118	26
8	(new)	Flight of the Phoenix	20th Century Fox	Adventure	$5,019,430		2,604	$1,928	$5,019,430	3
9	(8)	Closer	Sony Pictures	Drama	$3,351,014	-10.28%	1,090	$3,074	$18,803,296	17
10	(6)	The Incredibles	Buena Vista	Adventure	$3,120,541	-38.04%	1,930	$1,617	$236,978,426	45
11	(7)	SpongeBob SquarePants	Paramount Pictures	Adventure	$2,002,903	-54.03%	2,115	$947	$76,362,402	31
12	(9)	Finding Neverland	Miramax	Drama	$1,960,122	+16.08%	985	$1,990	$16,908,196	38
13	(11)	Sideways	Fox Searchlight	Drama	$1,502,800	+21.14%	420	$3,578	$16,511,317	59
14	(new)	The Aviator	Miramax	Drama	$858,021		40	$21,451	$858,021	3
15	(20)	House of Flying Daggers	Sony Pictures Classics	Action	$812,764	+295.67%	145	$5,605	$1,620,434	17
16	(13)	Ray	Universal	Drama	$550,015	-42.35%	618	$890	$70,247,805	52
17	(14)	Kinsey	Fox Searchlight	Drama	$506,039	-3.77%	191	$2,649	$5,140,595	38
18	(new)	Swades	UTV Communications	Drama	$424,804		74	$5,741	$424,804	3
19	(10)	Alexander	Warner Bros.	Adventure	$374,890	-74.66%	622	$603	$33,649,513	26
20	(12)	Bridget Jones: The Edge Of Reason	Universal	Comedy	$331,500	-70.25%	514	$645	$39,314,970	38
21	(32)	Shark Tale	Dreamworks SKG	Adventure	$271,236	+242.19%	411	$660	$159,568,781	80
22	(38)	A Very Long Engagement	Warner Bros.	Drama	$239,796	+378.55%	24	$9,992	$550,659	24
23	(17)	The Motorcycle Diaries	Focus Features	Drama	$202,157	-29.05%	159	$1,271	$15,080,746	87
24	(new)	Million Dollar Baby	Warner Bros.	Drama	$179,953		8	$22,494	$235,407	5
25	(15)	The Grudge	Sony Pictures	Horror	$162,688	-64.40%	278	$585	$110,175,871	59
26	(23)	Napoleon Dynamite	Fox Searchlight	Comedy	$124,804	-12.78%	177	$705	$44,140,989	192
27	(18)	Shall We Dance?	Miramax	Romantic Comedy	$113,872	-57.72%	332	$343	$56,625,379	66
28	(24)	Being Julia	Sony Pictures	Drama	$109,926	-22.78%	118	$932	$3,366,787	66
29	(22)	What the #$'! Do We Know	Captured Light	Documentary	$108,663	-25.91%	100	$1,087	$9,817,689	318
30	(25)	Bad Education	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$102,524	-24.07%	8	$12,816	$857,344	31
31	(27)	The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou	Buena Vista	Comedy	$98,787	-12.64%	2	$49,394	$311,689	10
32	(19)	Saw	Lionsgate	Horror	$87,289	-65.44%	178	$490	$55,091,862	52
33	(16)	After the Sunset	New Line	Action	$82,738	-80.86%	216	$383	$27,939,967	38
34	(21)	Seed of Chucky	Rogue Pictures	Horror	$68,272	-62.32%	165	$414	$17,016,190	38
35	(26)	Friday Night Lights	Universal	Drama	$62,385	-46.29%	154	$405	$61,113,215	73
36	(28)	Taxi	20th Century Fox	Action	$60,152	-38.74%	149	$404	$36,177,654	75
37	(31)	I Heart Huckabees	Fox Searchlight	Comedy	$56,212	-32.75%	80	$703	$12,495,748	80
38	(new)	The Sea Inside	Fine Line	Drama	$55,681		23	$2,421	$55,681	3
39	(30)	The Machinist	Paramount Classics	Thriller/Suspense	$52,899	-41.29%	60	$882	$939,471	59
40	(new)	Beyond the Sea	Lionsgate	Drama	$45,264		6	$7,544	$45,264	3
41	(33)	The Work and the Glory	Excel Entertainment	Drama	$41,436	-39.91%	20	$2,072	$856,020	26
42	(35)	Without a Paddle	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$39,706	-27.85%	62	$640	$58,009,897	122
43	(29)	Veer-Zaara	Yash Raj Films	Drama	$34,784	-62.03%	21	$1,656	$2,827,985	38
44	(36)	Ladder 49	Buena Vista	Action	$34,146	-34.15%	104	$328	$73,381,280	80
45	(40)	Vera Drake	Fine Line	Drama	$32,379	-26.85%	38	$852	$2,047,941	71
46	(45)	Adrenaline Rush: The Science of Risk	Giant Screen Films	Documentary	$27,458	-11.59%	9	$3,051	$8,857,208	794
47	(50)	Alfie	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$26,521	+5.17%	121	$219	$13,351,235	45
48	(34)	Team America: World Police	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$26,178	-54.24%	73	$359	$32,676,213	66
49	(44)	Garden State	Fox Searchlight	Drama	$26,006	-28.21%	44	$591	$26,706,668	145
50	(51)	Pulse: A Stomp Odyssey	Giant Screen Films	Documentary	$23,589	+6.65%	6	$3,932	$7,720,415	801
51	(37)	The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement	Buena Vista	Romantic Comedy	$22,644	-55.79%	98	$231	$95,149,435	131
52	(49)	Callas Forever	Regent Releasing	Drama	$16,877	-37.73%	11	$1,534	$283,401	45
53	(54)	NASCAR: The IMAX Experience	Warner Bros.	Documentary	$13,221	-10.38%	19	$696	$19,460,257	283
54	(42)	Mr. 3000	Buena Vista	Comedy	$12,712	-69.71%	61	$208	$21,800,302	94
55	(56)	Seducing Doctor Lewis	WellSpring	Comedy	$9,647	-20.52%	10	$965	$459,407	185
56	(61)	Born Into Brothels: Calcutta's Red Light Kids	ThinkFilm	Documentary	$9,155	-13.47%	1	$9,155	$30,570	12
57	(74)	Lightning in a Bottle	Sony Pictures Classics	Documentary	$8,012	+45.30%	8	$1,002	$121,386	59
58	(53)	Short Cut to Nirvana: Kumbh Mela	Mela Films	Documentary	$8,007	-48.92%	3	$2,669	$47,394	59
59	(41)	I Am David	Lionsgate	Drama	$7,143	-83.09%	26	$275	$284,002	17
60	(57)	I, Robot	20th Century Fox	Action	$6,817	-43.53%	20	$341	$144,786,439	157
61	(52)	Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow	Paramount Pictures	Adventure	$6,224	-68.03%	30	$207	$37,760,080	94
62	(65)	Tarnation	WellSpring	Documentary	$6,012	-34.76%	13	$462	$459,617	75
63	(71)	Zelary	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$5,943	-8.54%	14	$425	$326,182	94
64	(68)	Rosenstrasse	IDP Distribution	Drama	$5,691	-22.99%	5	$1,138	$715,599	122
65	(80)	Red Lights	WellSpring	Drama	$5,226	+15.31%	7	$747	$627,039	122
66	(64)	Enduring Love	Paramount Classics	Thriller/Suspense	$4,729	-48.94%	13	$364	$346,691	52
67	(new)	Imaginary Heroes	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$4,696		2	$2,348	$4,696	3
68	(63)	Fabled	Indican Pictures	Horror	$3,972	-58.81%	2	$1,986	$16,218	10
69	(55)	Primer	ThinkFilm	Drama	$3,835	-72.27%	5	$767	$424,760	73
70	(60)	Guerrilla: The Taking of Patty Hearst	Magnolia Pictures	Documentary	$3,771	-64.56%	5	$754	$70,541	24
71	(86)	End of the Century: The Story of the Ramones	Magnolia Pictures	Documentary	$3,505	+11.80%	5	$701	$391,950	122
72	(67)	Bear Cub	TLA	Comedy	$3,347	-56.66%	2	$1,674	$52,499	45
73	(94)	Ghosts of the Abyss	Buena Vista	Documentary	$3,252	+37.27%	5	$650	$16,583,026	619
74	(re-entry)	Imelda	Unico Entertainment	Documentary	$3,150		2	$1,575	$198,352	192
75	(69)	Notre Musique	WellSpring	Drama	$2,986	-59.38%	3	$995	$58,321	26
76	(70)	L.A. Twister	Indican Pictures	Drama	$2,886	-57.73%	1	$2,886	$47,250	129
77	(85)	Saints and Soldiers	Excel Entertainment	Drama	$2,742	-18.30%	5	$548	$1,133,640	136
78	(76)	After Midnight	Avatar	Comedy	$2,710	-49.03%	2	$1,355	$20,881	17
79	(84)	Days of Being Wild	Kino	Drama	$2,500	-27.95%	1	$2,500	$68,120	31
80	(103)	Almost Peaceful	Empire Pictures	Drama	$2,305	+34.32%	3	$768	$84,145	122
81	(58)	Birth	New Line	Drama	$2,228	-81.44%	21	$106	$4,760,168	52
82	(96)	Head in the Clouds	Sony Pictures	Drama	$2,188	-2.15%	5	$438	$396,610	94
83	(93)	Young Black Stallion	Buena Vista	Adventure	$1,996	-18.06%	3	$665	$6,590,067	361
84	(113)	Godzilla: The Original Japanese Version	Rialto Pictures	Horror	$1,539	+87.23%	2	$770	$412,520	227
85	(59)	Moolade	New Yorker	Drama	$1,460	-86.31%	2	$730	$104,499	66
86	(95)	Cowboys and Angels	TLA	Comedy	$1,367	-41.85%	1	$1,367	$33,700	94
87	(75)	A Talking Picture	Kino	Drama	$1,069	-79.92%	1	$1,069	$8,756	10
88	(114)	Bright Leaves	First Run	Documentary	$1,013	+57.30%	2	$507	$62,018	115
89	(109)	Goodbye Dragon Inn	WellSpring	Drama	$967	-12.09%	1	$967	$25,166	94
90	(98)	Dolls	Palm Pictures	Drama	$822	-60.23%	1	$822	$4,067	10
91	(82)	Fade to Black	Paramount Classics	Documentary	$788	-81.69%	4	$197	$728,243	45
92	(89)	Sex is Comedy	IFC Films	Comedy	$703	-73.92%	2	$352	$36,073	61
93	(108)	Guiana 1838	RBC Radio	Drama	$541	-52.63%	1	$541	$192,727	87
94	(112)	Dig	Palm/Manga	Documentary	$254	-74.16%	1	$254	$127,067	80
95	(91)	Deserted Station	First Run	Drama	$184	-92.94%	1	$184	$11,567	192

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