Daily Domestic Box Office Friday, December 17, 2004
| Rank | Prev | Title | Gross | Daily Change |
Weekly Change |
Theaters | Theater Average |
Total Gross | Days in Release |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | (new) | Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events | $10,500,000 | 3,620 | $2,901 | $10,500,000 | 1 | ||
| 2 | (1) | Ocean's Twelve | $6,000,000 | +130% | -59% | 3,290 | $1,824 | $56,400,000 | 8 |
| 3 | (new) | Spanglish | $3,000,000 | 2,438 | $1,231 | $3,000,000 | 1 | ||
| 4 | (2) | The Polar Express | $2,369,160 | +51% | -9% | 2,868 | $826 | $117,389,839 | 38 |
| 5 | (3) | Blade: Trinity | $2,200,000 | +119% | -60% | 2,912 | $755 | $31,000,000 | 10 |
| 6 | (4) | National Treasure | $1,700,000 | +139% | -35% | 2,772 | $613 | $128,400,000 | 29 |
| 7 | (new) | Flight of the Phoenix | $1,500,000 | 2,604 | $576 | $1,500,000 | 1 | ||
| 8 | (5) | Christmas with the Kranks | $1,400,000 | +158% | -30% | 2,941 | $476 | $58,000,000 | 24 |
| 9 | (6) | Closer | $1,000,000 | +131% | -17% | 1,090 | $917 | $16,500,000 | 15 |
| 10 | (7) | The Incredibles | $800,000 | +123% | -38% | 1,930 | $415 | $234,700,000 | 43 |
| 11 | (9) | Finding Neverland | $600,000 | +194% | +20% | 985 | $609 | $15,500,000 | 36 |
| 12 | (8) | SpongeBob SquarePants | $400,000 | +95% | -64% | 2,115 | $189 | $74,800,000 | 29 |
| 13 | (10) | Sideways | $400,000 | +111% | 424 | $943 | $15,400,000 | 57 | |
| 14 | (new) | The Aviator | $250,000 | 40 | $6,250 | $250,000 | 1 | ||
| 15 | (-) | House of Flying Daggers | $250,000 | 145 | $1,724 | $1,050,000 | 15 | ||
| Reporting movies: 15 | $32,369,160 | total box office | |||||||
| Rank | Title | Daily | Theaters | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events | $10,500,000 | 3,620 | $10,500,000 |
| 2 | Ocean's Twelve | $6,000,000 | 3,290 | $56,400,000 |
| 3 | Spanglish | $3,000,000 | 2,438 | $3,000,000 |
| 4 | The Polar Express | $2,369,160 | 2,868 | $117,389,839 |
| 5 | Blade: Trinity | $2,200,000 | 2,912 | $31,000,000 |
| 6 | National Treasure | $1,700,000 | 2,772 | $128,400,000 |
| 7 | Flight of the Phoenix | $1,500,000 | 2,604 | $1,500,000 |
| 8 | Christmas with the Kranks | $1,400,000 | 2,941 | $58,000,000 |
| 9 | Closer | $1,000,000 | 1,090 | $16,500,000 |
| 10 | The Incredibles | $800,000 | 1,930 | $234,700,000 |
| 11 | Finding Neverland | $600,000 | 985 | $15,500,000 |
| 12 | SpongeBob SquarePants | $400,000 | 2,115 | $74,800,000 |
| 13 | Sideways | $400,000 | 424 | $15,400,000 |
| 14 | The Aviator | $250,000 | 40 | $250,000 |
| 15 | House of Flying Daggers | $250,000 | 145 | $1,050,000 |
| Reporting: 15 | $32,369,160 | total | ||