The Top Movies, Weekend of December 31, 2004

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(1)	Meet the Fockers	Universal	Comedy	$41,741,785	-9.50%	3,524	$11,845	$162,461,370	12
2	(2)	Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$14,587,219	+15.66%	3,623	$4,026	$94,616,745	17
3	(4)	The Aviator	Miramax	Drama	$11,364,664	+31.67%	1,796	$6,328	$31,541,390	17
4	(3)	Fat Albert	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$10,176,065	+1.54%	2,744	$3,708	$33,325,622	9
5	(5)	Ocean's Twelve	Warner Bros.	Adventure	$9,433,199	+12.28%	3,290	$2,867	$107,006,344	24
6	(11)	National Treasure	Buena Vista	Adventure	$6,768,112	+70.72%	2,282	$2,966	$154,522,305	45
7	(8)	Spanglish	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$6,183,965	+33.23%	2,489	$2,485	$31,001,588	17
8	(6)	The Polar Express	Warner Bros.	Adventure	$5,609,096	-14.07%	2,702	$2,076	$155,112,441	54
9	(10)	The Phantom of the Opera	Warner Bros.	Musical	$4,762,233	+19.00%	622	$7,656	$16,178,431	12
10	(7)	Darkness	Dimension	Horror	$4,615,762	-25.11%	1,718	$2,687	$16,626,820	9
11	(9)	The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou	Buena Vista	Comedy	$4,424,122	-2.71%	1,105	$4,004	$14,794,828	24
12	(15)	The Incredibles	Buena Vista	Adventure	$4,160,395	+72.11%	1,715	$2,426	$251,657,004	59
13	(13)	Flight of the Phoenix	20th Century Fox	Adventure	$3,050,635	+14.39%	2,373	$1,286	$16,720,242	17
14	(12)	Blade: Trinity	New Line	Action	$3,000,202	+1.63%	2,207	$1,359	$48,079,939	26
15	(17)	Finding Neverland	Miramax	Drama	$2,590,313	+90.27%	1,054	$2,458	$24,676,372	52
16	(16)	Closer	Sony Pictures	Drama	$2,231,133	+31.80%	1,094	$2,039	$27,460,754	31
17	(18)	Sideways	Fox Searchlight	Drama	$2,150,398	+83.87%	370	$5,812	$22,404,206	73
18	(14)	Christmas with the Kranks	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$1,637,528	-36.68%	1,825	$897	$73,077,009	40
19	(39)	Beyond the Sea	Lionsgate	Drama	$1,340,773	+3,552.24%	383	$3,501	$1,917,756	17
20	(19)	SpongeBob SquarePants	Paramount Pictures	Adventure	$1,246,327	+74.43%	1,068	$1,167	$81,900,075	45
21	(20)	House of Flying Daggers	Sony Pictures Classics	Action	$741,890	+12.01%	161	$4,608	$4,157,199	31
22	(21)	A Very Long Engagement	Warner Bros.	Drama	$692,062	+52.76%	167	$4,144	$2,653,129	38
23	(22)	Kinsey	Fox Searchlight	Drama	$531,360	+60.50%	228	$2,331	$6,734,321	52
24	(24)	Ray	Universal	Drama	$449,330	+78.11%	343	$1,310	$71,611,065	66
25	(re-entry)	Shark Tale	Dreamworks SKG	Adventure	$341,261		407	$838	$160,762,022	94
26	(25)	Bad Education	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$282,562	+15.51%	47	$6,012	$1,759,188	45
27	(26)	Million Dollar Baby	Warner Bros.	Drama	$271,472	+43.18%	9	$30,164	$1,044,149	19
28	(27)	The Motorcycle Diaries	Focus Features	Drama	$189,754	+48.96%	93	$2,040	$15,724,900	101
29	(29)	Shall We Dance?	Miramax	Romantic Comedy	$179,234	+89.67%	306	$586	$57,149,868	80
30	(30)	Ladder 49	Buena Vista	Action	$165,335	+79.48%	255	$648	$73,870,841	94
31	(new)	In Good Company	Universal	Comedy	$151,750		3	$50,583	$225,031	5
32	(28)	Hotel Rwanda	MGM/UA	Drama	$142,378	+42.25%	7	$20,340	$426,803	12
33	(23)	Swades	UTV Communications	Drama	$132,726	-49.05%	60	$2,212	$1,060,549	17
34	(31)	Bridget Jones: The Edge Of Reason	Universal	Comedy	$131,755	+96.01%	216	$610	$39,877,945	52
35	(32)	The Woodsman	Newmarket Films	Drama	$83,077	+53.89%	13	$6,391	$197,623	10
36	(40)	The Work and the Glory	Excel Entertainment	Drama	$80,904	+147.48%	19	$4,258	$1,160,047	40
37	(new)	The Merchant of Venice	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$69,868		4	$17,467	$103,260	5
38	(34)	What the #$'! Do We Know	Captured Light	Documentary	$68,416	+51.22%	54	$1,267	$10,091,903	332
39	(33)	Space Station	IMAX Films	Documentary	$63,908	+34.25%	9	$7,101	$55,772,078	990
40	(42)	After the Sunset	New Line	Action	$63,049	+128.50%	146	$432	$28,113,925	52
41	(38)	Taxi	20th Century Fox	Action	$62,725	+68.58%	77	$815	$36,362,287	89
42	(36)	Napoleon Dynamite	Fox Searchlight	Comedy	$47,898	+16.40%	114	$420	$44,411,050	206
43	(35)	Being Julia	Sony Pictures	Drama	$47,841	+13.66%	43	$1,113	$3,555,620	80
44	(37)	Alexander	Warner Bros.	Adventure	$47,387	+15.20%	232	$204	$34,000,304	40
45	(new)	The Assassination of Richard Nixon	ThinkFilm	Drama	$37,547		5	$7,509	$55,255	5
46	(re-entry)	Haunted Castle	nWave Pictures	Adventure	$32,500		5	$6,500	$10,147,355	1,403
47	(57)	NASCAR: The IMAX Experience	Warner Bros.	Documentary	$29,147	+292.71%	18	$1,619	$19,558,397	297
48	(52)	Without a Paddle	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$28,883	+96.58%	25	$1,155	$58,107,982	136
49	(new)	A Love Song for Bobby Long	Lionsgate	Drama	$28,243		8	$3,530	$41,771	5
50	(43)	Adrenaline Rush: The Science of Risk	Giant Screen Films	Documentary	$27,005	+8.75%	8	$3,376	$8,909,046	808
51	(47)	I Heart Huckabees	Fox Searchlight	Comedy	$26,129	+44.38%	43	$608	$12,596,975	94
52	(50)	Santa vs. The Snowman	IMAX Films	Adventure	$23,209	+47.97%	13	$1,785	$5,651,964	789
53	(49)	Vera Drake	Fine Line	Drama	$22,226	+31.44%	19	$1,170	$2,122,643	85
54	(46)	The Sea Inside	Fine Line	Drama	$18,784	-4.60%	5	$3,757	$142,474	17
55	(44)	Pulse: A Stomp Odyssey	Giant Screen Films	Documentary	$18,458	-12.74%	5	$3,692	$7,760,025	815
56	(51)	In the Realms of the Unreal	WellSpring	Documentary	$17,167	+10.92%	3	$5,722	$70,465	10
57	(54)	Team America: World Police	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$15,278	+38.11%	41	$373	$32,749,828	80
58	(48)	Veer-Zaara	Yash Raj Films	Drama	$14,246	-17.05%	10	$1,425	$2,874,425	52
59	(55)	The Machinist	Paramount Classics	Thriller/Suspense	$13,557	+48.75%	26	$521	$1,004,511	73
60	(56)	Garden State	Fox Searchlight	Drama	$10,717	+28.09%	24	$447	$26,754,251	159
61	(53)	Callas Forever	Regent Releasing	Drama	$10,228	-28.77%	6	$1,705	$330,760	59
62	(64)	Tarnation	WellSpring	Documentary	$7,388	+125.86%	7	$1,055	$478,112	89
63	(70)	Bear Cub	TLA	Comedy	$7,259	+206.42%	4	$1,815	$66,096	59
64	(82)	Notre Musique	WellSpring	Drama	$7,240	+932.81%	3	$2,413	$70,282	40
65	(69)	Postmen in the Mountains	Shadow	Drama	$7,225	+197.45%	3	$2,408	$117,656	367
66	(72)	Young Black Stallion	Buena Vista	Adventure	$6,762	+197.10%	4	$1,691	$6,614,417	375
67	(60)	Born Into Brothels: Calcutta's Red Light Kids	ThinkFilm	Documentary	$6,300	+46.00%	1	$6,300	$55,045	26
68	(75)	Ghosts of the Abyss	Buena Vista	Documentary	$6,103	+221.89%	4	$1,526	$16,606,161	633
69	(59)	Short Cut to Nirvana: Kumbh Mela	Mela Films	Documentary	$6,081	+31.31%	3	$2,027	$69,084	73
70	(65)	Alfie	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$5,322	+69.27%	20	$266	$13,386,312	59
71	(67)	Lightning in a Bottle	Sony Pictures Classics	Documentary	$4,920	+76.09%	6	$820	$136,367	73
72	(58)	T-Rex: Back to the Cretaceous	IMAX Films	Adventure	$4,765	-29.18%	1	$4,765	$48,015,450	2,264
73	(re-entry)	Alien Adventure	nWave Pictures	Adventure	$4,500		2	$2,250	$4,703,416	1,725
74	(re-entry)	Moolade	New Yorker	Drama	$4,123		2	$2,062	$109,790	80
75	(re-entry)	Galapagos	IMAX Films	Documentary	$3,146		1	$3,146	$13,103,212	1,893
76	(new)	Sky Blue	Maxmedia/Endgame	Action	$3,022		1	$3,022	$3,022	3
77	(62)	Rosenstrasse	IDP Distribution	Drama	$2,951	-25.12%	4	$738	$727,467	136
78	(re-entry)	A Tale of Two Sisters	Tartan Films	Horror	$2,525		2	$1,263	$35,710	31
79	(66)	Seducing Doctor Lewis	WellSpring	Comedy	$2,473	-17.57%	3	$824	$469,551	199
80	(61)	Therese	Luke Films	Drama	$2,144	-45.76%	7	$306	$1,775,292	94
81	(re-entry)	Guerrilla: The Taking of Patty Hearst	Magnolia Pictures	Documentary	$2,096		2	$1,048	$72,933	38
82	(76)	Apollo 13 (IMAX)	IMAX Films	Drama	$1,668	+22.02%	1	$1,668	$1,745,896	836
83	(74)	Red Lights	WellSpring	Drama	$1,500	-21.34%	2	$750	$634,064	136
84	(68)	Almost Peaceful	Empire Pictures	Drama	$1,055	-60.65%	1	$1,055	$89,931	136
85	(77)	Saints and Soldiers	Excel Entertainment	Drama	$955	+18.63%	2	$478	$1,141,221	150
86	(re-entry)	Encounter in the Third Dimension	nWave Pictures	Drama	$875		1	$875	$7,033,175	2,138
87	(re-entry)	Untold Scandal	Kino	Drama	$594		2	$297	$44,599	80
88	(84)	Fear and Trembling	Cinema Guild	Comedy	$551	+3.77%	1	$551	$23,965	45
89	(87)	Zelary	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$524	+54.12%	1	$524	$329,723	108
90	(re-entry)	Petite Lili, La	First Run	Drama	$492		1	$492	$21,983	52
91	(re-entry)	Days of Being Wild	Kino	Drama	$420		1	$420	$71,044	45
92	(79)	Birth	New Line	Drama	$413	-46.92%	5	$83	$4,763,525	66
93	(re-entry)	A Talking Picture	Kino	Drama	$387		1	$387	$10,645	24
94	(re-entry)	Enduring Love	Paramount Classics	Thriller/Suspense	$276		1	$276	$349,117	66
95	(re-entry)	Deserted Station	First Run	Drama	$118		1	$118	$11,837	206
96	(91)	Head in the Clouds	Sony Pictures	Drama	$72	-40.98%	1	$72	$398,179	108

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