The Top Movies, Weekend of December 24, 2004

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(new)	Meet the Fockers	Universal	Comedy	$46,120,980		3,518	$13,110	$70,517,720	5
2	(1)	Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$12,611,876	-58.05%	3,623	$3,481	$59,411,366	10
3	(new)	Fat Albert	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$10,021,510		2,674	$3,748	$10,021,510	2
4	(14)	The Aviator	Miramax	Drama	$8,631,367	+905.96%	1,796	$4,806	$9,986,105	10
5	(2)	Ocean's Twelve	Warner Bros.	Adventure	$8,401,175	-53.65%	3,290	$2,554	$86,600,224	17
6	(4)	The Polar Express	Warner Bros.	Adventure	$6,527,163	-22.40%	2,618	$2,493	$140,233,149	47
7	(new)	Darkness	Dimension	Horror	$6,163,306		1,700	$3,625	$6,163,306	2
8	(3)	Spanglish	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$4,641,492	-47.36%	2,441	$1,901	$18,181,748	10
9	(31)	The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou	Buena Vista	Comedy	$4,547,181	+4,503.02%	1,105	$4,115	$4,955,054	17
10	(new)	The Phantom of the Opera	Warner Bros.	Musical	$4,001,890		622	$6,434	$6,323,567	5
11	(6)	National Treasure	Buena Vista	Adventure	$3,964,473	-34.17%	2,201	$1,801	$141,064,753	38
12	(5)	Blade: Trinity	New Line	Action	$2,952,129	-56.70%	2,318	$1,274	$42,099,570	19
13	(8)	Flight of the Phoenix	20th Century Fox	Adventure	$2,666,898	-46.87%	2,604	$1,024	$10,479,474	10
14	(7)	Christmas with the Kranks	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$2,586,277	-51.80%	2,135	$1,211	$68,835,654	33
15	(10)	The Incredibles	Buena Vista	Adventure	$2,417,309	-22.54%	1,732	$1,396	$242,425,976	52
16	(9)	Closer	Sony Pictures	Drama	$1,692,847	-49.48%	1,069	$1,584	$22,564,250	24
17	(12)	Finding Neverland	Miramax	Drama	$1,361,370	-30.55%	933	$1,459	$19,758,924	45
18	(13)	Sideways	Fox Searchlight	Drama	$1,169,527	-22.18%	359	$3,258	$18,500,087	66
19	(11)	SpongeBob SquarePants	Paramount Pictures	Adventure	$714,503	-64.33%	1,316	$543	$78,779,272	38
20	(15)	House of Flying Daggers	Sony Pictures Classics	Action	$662,342	-18.51%	165	$4,014	$2,733,303	24
21	(22)	A Very Long Engagement	Warner Bros.	Drama	$453,025	+88.92%	167	$2,713	$1,297,120	31
22	(17)	Kinsey	Fox Searchlight	Drama	$331,067	-34.58%	234	$1,415	$5,738,379	45
23	(18)	Swades	UTV Communications	Drama	$260,486	-38.68%	70	$3,721	$793,401	10
24	(16)	Ray	Universal	Drama	$252,270	-54.13%	274	$921	$70,794,580	59
25	(30)	Bad Education	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$244,614	+138.59%	50	$4,892	$1,233,665	38
26	(24)	Million Dollar Baby	Warner Bros.	Drama	$189,597	+5.36%	9	$21,066	$527,138	12
27	(23)	The Motorcycle Diaries	Focus Features	Drama	$127,386	-36.99%	92	$1,385	$15,358,121	94
28	(new)	Hotel Rwanda	MGM/UA	Drama	$100,091		7	$14,299	$142,386	5
29	(27)	Shall We Dance?	Miramax	Romantic Comedy	$94,499	-17.01%	341	$277	$56,799,575	73
30	(44)	Ladder 49	Buena Vista	Action	$92,121	+169.79%	255	$361	$73,527,901	87
31	(20)	Bridget Jones: The Edge Of Reason	Universal	Comedy	$67,220	-79.72%	188	$358	$39,594,770	45
32	(new)	The Woodsman	Newmarket Films	Drama	$53,985		6	$8,998	$53,985	3
33	(re-entry)	Space Station	IMAX Films	Documentary	$47,602		10	$4,760	$55,503,275	983
34	(29)	What the #$'! Do We Know	Captured Light	Documentary	$45,244	-58.36%	54	$838	$9,947,085	325
35	(28)	Being Julia	Sony Pictures	Drama	$42,090	-61.71%	57	$738	$3,458,068	73
36	(26)	Napoleon Dynamite	Fox Searchlight	Comedy	$41,148	-67.03%	141	$292	$44,285,021	199
37	(19)	Alexander	Warner Bros.	Adventure	$41,134	-89.03%	232	$177	$33,894,584	33
38	(36)	Taxi	20th Century Fox	Action	$37,208	-38.14%	99	$376	$36,249,002	82
39	(40)	Beyond the Sea	Lionsgate	Drama	$36,711	-18.90%	6	$6,119	$102,991	10
40	(41)	The Work and the Glory	Excel Entertainment	Drama	$32,691	-21.10%	17	$1,923	$941,924	33
41	(35)	Friday Night Lights	Universal	Drama	$30,680	-50.82%	104	$295	$61,188,085	80
42	(33)	After the Sunset	New Line	Action	$27,592	-66.65%	158	$175	$28,015,978	45
43	(46)	Adrenaline Rush: The Science of Risk	Giant Screen Films	Documentary	$24,833	-9.56%	8	$3,104	$8,882,041	801
44	(50)	Pulse: A Stomp Odyssey	Giant Screen Films	Documentary	$21,152	-10.33%	5	$4,230	$7,741,567	808
45	(32)	Saw	Lionsgate	Horror	$20,502	-76.51%	100	$205	$55,153,403	59
46	(38)	The Sea Inside	Fine Line	Drama	$19,690	-64.64%	6	$3,282	$105,087	10
47	(37)	I Heart Huckabees	Fox Searchlight	Comedy	$18,098	-67.80%	44	$411	$12,547,523	87
48	(43)	Veer-Zaara	Yash Raj Films	Drama	$17,175	-50.62%	12	$1,431	$2,856,738	45
49	(45)	Vera Drake	Fine Line	Drama	$16,910	-47.77%	29	$583	$2,079,698	78
50	(re-entry)	Santa vs. The Snowman	IMAX Films	Adventure	$15,685		15	$1,046	$5,569,082	782
51	(new)	In the Realms of the Unreal	WellSpring	Documentary	$15,477		3	$5,159	$25,402	3
52	(42)	Without a Paddle	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$14,693	-63.00%	42	$350	$58,047,113	129
53	(52)	Callas Forever	Regent Releasing	Drama	$14,360	-14.91%	11	$1,305	$305,060	52
54	(48)	Team America: World Police	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$11,062	-57.74%	34	$325	$32,712,751	73
55	(39)	The Machinist	Paramount Classics	Thriller/Suspense	$9,114	-82.77%	26	$351	$978,587	66
56	(49)	Garden State	Fox Searchlight	Drama	$8,367	-67.83%	28	$299	$26,728,534	152
57	(53)	NASCAR: The IMAX Experience	Warner Bros.	Documentary	$7,422	-43.86%	18	$412	$19,476,576	290
58	(re-entry)	T-Rex: Back to the Cretaceous	IMAX Films	Adventure	$6,728		2	$3,364	$48,004,331	2,257
59	(58)	Short Cut to Nirvana: Kumbh Mela	Mela Films	Documentary	$4,631	-42.16%	3	$1,544	$57,676	66
60	(56)	Born Into Brothels: Calcutta's Red Light Kids	ThinkFilm	Documentary	$4,315	-52.87%	1	$4,315	$41,890	19
61	(re-entry)	Therese	Luke Films	Drama	$3,953		30	$132	$1,767,642	87
62	(64)	Rosenstrasse	IDP Distribution	Drama	$3,941	-30.75%	4	$985	$722,399	129
63	(60)	I, Robot	20th Century Fox	Action	$3,422	-49.80%	16	$214	$144,795,350	164
64	(62)	Tarnation	WellSpring	Documentary	$3,271	-45.59%	8	$409	$465,514	82
65	(47)	Alfie	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$3,144	-88.15%	32	$98	$13,373,140	52
66	(55)	Seducing Doctor Lewis	WellSpring	Comedy	$3,000	-68.90%	6	$500	$466,227	192
67	(57)	Lightning in a Bottle	Sony Pictures Classics	Documentary	$2,794	-65.13%	4	$699	$127,742	66
68	(80)	Almost Peaceful	Empire Pictures	Drama	$2,681	+16.31%	2	$1,341	$87,174	129
69	(re-entry)	Postmen in the Mountains	Shadow	Drama	$2,429		2	$1,215	$106,884	360
70	(72)	Bear Cub	TLA	Comedy	$2,369	-29.22%	3	$790	$55,922	52
71	(76)	L.A. Twister	Indican Pictures	Drama	$2,312	-19.89%	1	$2,312	$50,980	136
72	(83)	Young Black Stallion	Buena Vista	Adventure	$2,276	+14.03%	4	$569	$6,596,608	368
73	(re-entry)	Vodka Lemon	New Yorker	Comedy	$2,094		1	$2,094	$31,173	80
74	(65)	Red Lights	WellSpring	Drama	$1,907	-63.51%	6	$318	$631,548	129
75	(73)	Ghosts of the Abyss	Buena Vista	Documentary	$1,896	-41.70%	6	$316	$16,587,765	626
76	(re-entry)	Apollo 13 (IMAX)	IMAX Films	Drama	$1,367		1	$1,367	$1,737,518	829
77	(77)	Saints and Soldiers	Excel Entertainment	Drama	$805	-70.64%	4	$201	$1,137,635	143
78	(92)	Sex is Comedy	IFC Films	Comedy	$790	+12.38%	2	$395	$37,212	68
79	(81)	Birth	New Line	Drama	$778	-65.08%	10	$78	$4,762,244	59
80	(re-entry)	Open My Heart	Strand Releasing	Drama	$772		1	$772	$3,771	10
81	(89)	Goodbye Dragon Inn	WellSpring	Drama	$750	-22.44%	1	$750	$26,316	101
82	(75)	Notre Musique	WellSpring	Drama	$701	-76.52%	1	$701	$61,657	33
83	(74)	Imelda	Unico Entertainment	Documentary	$650	-79.37%	1	$650	$200,752	199
84	(re-entry)	Fear and Trembling	Cinema Guild	Comedy	$531		1	$531	$22,729	38
85	(re-entry)	Testosterone	Strand Releasing	Drama	$432		2	$216	$175,972	108
86	(68)	Fabled	Indican Pictures	Horror	$392	-90.13%	1	$392	$18,224	17
87	(63)	Zelary	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$340	-94.28%	1	$340	$329,063	101
88	(re-entry)	WMD: Weapons of Mass Deception	Cinema Libre	Documentary	$314		3	$105	$21,841	24
89	(91)	Fade to Black	Paramount Classics	Documentary	$271	-65.61%	1	$271	$728,802	52
90	(88)	Bright Leaves	First Run	Documentary	$222	-78.08%	1	$222	$62,473	122
91	(82)	Head in the Clouds	Sony Pictures	Drama	$122	-94.42%	2	$61	$397,874	101

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