Weekend Domestic Box Office December 19, 2003
| Rank | Prev | Title | Daily Gross | Weekly Change |
Theaters | Theater Average |
Total Gross | Days in Release | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | (new) | The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King | $72,629,713 | 3,703 | $19,614 | $124,100,534 | 5 | ||
| 2 | (new) | Mona Lisa Smile | $11,528,498 | 2,677 | $4,306 | $11,528,498 | 3 | ||
| 3 | (1) | Something's Gotta Give | $11,416,793 | -29% | 2,677 | $4,265 | $33,429,833 | 10 | |
| 4 | (2) | The Last Samurai | $7,769,301 | -45% | 2,938 | $2,644 | $59,487,166 | 17 | |
| 5 | (6) | Elf | $5,502,635 | -9% | 2,451 | $2,245 | $154,812,967 | 45 | |
| 6 | (3) | Stuck On You | $5,284,023 | -44% | 3,007 | $1,757 | $16,983,906 | 10 | |
| 7 | (7) | Bad Santa | $5,102,135 | -15% | 2,225 | $2,293 | $42,910,876 | 26 | |
| 8 | (5) | The Haunted Mansion | $3,928,641 | -36% | 2,414 | $1,627 | $58,802,462 | 26 | |
| 9 | (4) | Love Don't Cost a Thing | $3,750,265 | -41% | 1,844 | $2,034 | $11,192,300 | 10 | |
| 10 | (8) | Honey | $2,708,610 | -44% | 1,824 | $1,485 | $23,596,315 | 17 | |
| 11 | (9) | Dr. Seuss’ The Cat in the Hat | $2,311,890 | -45% | 2,121 | $1,090 | $93,924,705 | 31 | |
| 12 | (11) | Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World | $1,500,514 | -37% | 1,050 | $1,429 | $78,522,124 | 38 | |
| 13 | (10) | Gothika | $1,230,085 | -55% | 1,055 | $1,166 | $56,099,360 | 31 | |
| 14 | (12) | Love Actually | $1,145,395 | -46% | 902 | $1,270 | $54,184,810 | 45 | |
| 15 | (20) | In America | $505,989 | +84% | 146 | $3,466 | $1,422,980 | 26 | |
| 16 | (17) | Brother Bear | $451,406 | -31% | 724 | $623 | $81,110,628 | 59 | |
| 17 | (13) | The Missing | $415,502 | -73% | 605 | $687 | $25,547,057 | 26 | |
| 18 | (18) | Mystic River | $305,385 | -23% | 302 | $1,011 | $52,989,083 | 75 | |
| 19 | (45) | The Cooler | $284,871 | +527% | 70 | $4,070 | $678,555 | 26 | |
| 20 | (21) | Santa vs. The Snowman | $277,744 | +14% | 45 | $6,172 | $1,942,265 | 411 | |
| 21 | (16) | The Matrix Revolutions | $271,473 | -62% | 272 | $998 | $137,460,747 | 47 | |
| 22 | (23) | Lost in Translation | $263,089 | +21% | 130 | $2,024 | $30,032,449 | 101 | |
| 23 | (19) | 21 Grams | $259,484 | -19% | 71 | $3,655 | $3,308,691 | 31 | |
| 24 | (34) | School of Rock | $238,557 | +180% | 375 | $636 | $79,268,941 | 80 | |
| 25 | (27) | Radio | $176,389 | +14% | 308 | $573 | $51,080,647 | 59 | |
| 26 | (24) | Big Fish | $164,641 | -21% | 6 | $27,440 | $562,525 | 12 | |
| 27 | (25) | The Station Agent | $152,548 | -26% | 176 | $867 | $4,130,981 | 80 | |
| 28 | (new) | Calendar Girls | $151,393 | 24 | $6,308 | $151,393 | 3 | ||
| 29 | (14) | Timeline | $135,474 | -84% | 620 | $219 | $18,886,362 | 26 | |
| 30 | (28) | Nez Rouge | $116,397 | -23% | 69 | $1,687 | $1,043,939 | 24 | |
| 31 | (22) | Looney Tunes: Back in Action | $107,577 | -53% | 253 | $425 | $19,903,764 | 38 | |
| 32 | (26) | Kal Ho Naa Ho | $94,543 | -41% | 37 | $2,555 | $1,787,378 | 26 | |
| 33 | (29) | Freaky Friday | $94,462 | -37% | 173 | $546 | $109,888,964 | 138 | |
| 34 | (31) | Runaway Jury | $86,872 | -30% | 168 | $517 | $48,767,852 | 66 | |
| 35 | (30) | Blizzard | $83,279 | -43% | 136 | $612 | $267,501 | 10 | |
| 36 | (50) | The Barbarian Invasions | $77,513 | +108% | 41 | $1,891 | $433,199 | 227 | |
| 37 | (32) | Girl with a Pearl Earring | $71,051 | -21% | 8 | $8,881 | $205,640 | 10 | |
| 38 | (46) | Les Triplettes de Belleville | $65,648 | +47% | 15 | $4,377 | $391,719 | 26 | |
| 39 | (44) | Space Station | $59,591 | +28% | 16 | $3,724 | $45,738,765 | 612 | |
| 40 | (39) | The Texas Chainsaw Massacre | $54,403 | -26% | 113 | $481 | $80,148,261 | 66 | |
| 41 | (new) | Annie Brocoli dans les fonds marins | $48,174 | 55 | $876 | $48,174 | 3 | ||
| 42 | (new) | House of Sand and Fog | $45,572 | 2 | $22,786 | $45,572 | 3 | ||
| 43 | (40) | Pieces of April | $43,978 | -38% | 70 | $628 | $2,313,443 | 66 | |
| 44 | (38) | Kill Bill: Volume 1 | $43,141 | -46% | 64 | $674 | $69,508,791 | 73 | |
| 45 | (new) | The Fog of War | $41,449 | 3 | $13,816 | $41,449 | 3 | ||
| 46 | (37) | The Human Stain | $41,232 | -50% | 68 | $606 | $5,311,526 | 52 | |
| 47 | (35) | Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl | $40,528 | -52% | 124 | $327 | $305,342,847 | 166 | |
| 48 | (42) | Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over | $39,183 | -40% | 128 | $306 | $111,547,510 | 150 | |
| 49 | (new) | Alexandra's Project | $37,078 | 10 | $3,708 | $37,078 | 3 | ||
| 50 | (36) | Scary Movie 3 | $35,328 | -58% | 121 | $292 | $109,065,331 | 59 | |
| 51 | (33) | Shattered Glass | $34,236 | -61% | 62 | $552 | $1,998,855 | 52 | |
| 52 | (41) | The Gospel of John | $29,729 | -57% | 43 | $691 | $3,044,854 | 87 | |
| 53 | (47) | Intolerable Cruelty | $26,759 | -33% | 59 | $454 | $35,215,699 | 73 | |
| 54 | (55) | Bubba Ho-Tep | $25,324 | -13% | 17 | $1,490 | $1,154,791 | 94 | |
| 55 | (51) | The Statement | $24,042 | -35% | 7 | $3,435 | $81,663 | 10 | |
| 56 | (49) | Elephant | $23,718 | -38% | 33 | $719 | $1,189,207 | 59 | |
| 57 | (59) | Gloomy Sunday | $22,259 | -12% | 16 | $1,391 | $348,937 | 185 | |
| 58 | (54) | Under the Tuscan Sun | $20,027 | -43% | 60 | $334 | $42,976,432 | 87 | |
| 59 | (new) | The Hebrew Hammer | $19,539 | 8 | $2,442 | $19,539 | 3 | ||
| 60 | (53) | Once Upon a Time in Mexico | $19,096 | -47% | 56 | $341 | $56,330,657 | 101 | |
| 61 | (64) | Bugs! | $18,251 | -3% | 41 | $445 | $4,266,426 | 283 | |
| 62 | (52) | Secondhand Lions | $18,062 | -51% | 57 | $317 | $42,023,715 | 94 | |
| 63 | (69) | Tupac Resurrection | $18,042 | +60% | 110 | $164 | $7,707,563 | 38 | |
| 64 | (57) | The Fighting Temptations | $16,839 | -35% | 69 | $244 | $30,238,577 | 94 | |
| 65 | (60) | My Architect | $16,185 | -29% | 2 | $8,093 | $278,713 | 38 | |
| 66 | (56) | Out of Time | $15,121 | -45% | 47 | $322 | $41,025,603 | 80 | |
| 67 | (58) | Pride and Prejudice | $14,312 | -45% | 9 | $1,590 | $107,872 | 17 | |
| 68 | (62) | Sylvia | $14,149 | -37% | 24 | $590 | $1,302,242 | 66 | |
| 69 | (63) | Haunted Castle | $14,000 | -36% | 7 | $2,000 | $7,936,186 | 1,025 | |
| 70 | (65) | To Be and To Have | $11,082 | -32% | 10 | $1,108 | $502,152 | 96 | |
| 71 | (61) | Tibet - Cry of the Snow Lion | $10,464 | -54% | 12 | $872 | $347,437 | 94 | |
| 72 | (76) | T-Rex: Back to the Cretaceous | $9,410 | +16% | 4 | $2,353 | $46,536,985 | 1,886 | |
| 73 | (68) | The Revolution Will Not Be Televised | $9,157 | -19% | 8 | $1,145 | $153,859 | 59 | |
| 74 | (75) | The Bread, My Sweet | $7,956 | -6% | 6 | $1,326 | $971,125 | 395 | |
| 75 | (66) | Die Mommie Die | $7,697 | -47% | 12 | $641 | $320,092 | 52 | |
| 76 | (73) | Ghosts of the Abyss | $7,608 | -21% | 8 | $951 | $15,212,534 | 255 | |
| 77 | (91) | What Alice Found | $7,484 | +152% | 3 | $2,495 | $22,790 | 17 | |
| 78 | (-) | Good Boy! | $7,396 | 60 | $123 | $37,639,635 | 73 | ||
| 79 | (89) | Rivers and Tides | $6,746 | +79% | 7 | $964 | $2,184,111 | 542 | |
| 80 | (87) | Galapagos | $5,984 | +51% | 5 | $1,197 | $14,252,586 | 1,515 | |
| 81 | (86) | Bus 174 | $4,389 | +3% | 5 | $878 | $158,563 | 75 | |
| 82 | (-) | The Gatekeeper | $3,814 | 2 | $1,907 | $157,914 | 157 | ||
| 83 | (71) | City of God | $3,810 | -63% | 6 | $635 | $4,775,067 | 339 | |
| 84 | (74) | Dirty Pretty Things | $3,720 | -61% | 11 | $338 | $8,058,634 | 157 | |
| 85 | (78) | The Holy Land | $3,091 | -54% | 3 | $1,030 | $593,945 | 164 | |
| 86 | (79) | Yossi & Jagger | $2,662 | -60% | 1 | $2,662 | $183,195 | 89 | |
| 87 | (84) | The Singing Detective | $2,167 | -56% | 11 | $197 | $323,796 | 59 | |
| 88 | (72) | Party Monster | $2,164 | -79% | 4 | $541 | $725,080 | 115 | |
| 89 | (-) | The Butterfly | $1,906 | 1 | $1,906 | $1,906 | 227 | ||
| 90 | (88) | Grande Seduction, La | $1,752 | -54% | 2 | $876 | $8,009,736 | 164 | |
| 91 | (99) | Monty Python and the Holy Grail | $1,614 | -22% | 1 | $1,614 | $3,421,082 | 10,453 | |
| 92 | (98) | Bonhoeffer | $1,532 | -28% | 2 | $766 | $266,121 | 185 | |
| 93 | (-) | Northfork | $1,500 | 1 | $1,500 | $1,419,844 | 164 | ||
| 94 | (112) | Thrill Ride: The Science of Fun | $1,354 | +30% | 1 | $1,354 | $18,798,682 | 2,355 | |
| 95 | (102) | The Secret Lives of Dentists | $1,309 | -27% | 2 | $655 | $3,705,686 | 143 | |
| 96 | (77) | AKA | $1,125 | -85% | 1 | $1,125 | $12,967 | 10 | |
| 97 | (106) | Cirque du Soleil - Journey of Man | $943 | -37% | 2 | $472 | $15,599,237 | 1,326 | |
| 98 | (-) | Girlhood | $812 | 2 | $406 | $28,767 | 52 | ||
| 99 | (92) | Autumn Spring | $808 | -72% | 2 | $404 | $90,303 | 122 | |
| 100 | (100) | Carnage | $668 | -66% | 2 | $334 | $52,027 | 108 | |
| 101 | (93) | Gaz Bar Blues | $646 | -78% | 1 | $646 | $884,664 | 108 | |
| 102 | (85) | The Flower of Evil | $633 | -86% | 3 | $211 | $176,837 | 73 | |
| 103 | (103) | In My Skin | $623 | -64% | 2 | $312 | $25,934 | 45 | |
| 104 | (105) | The Embalmer | $571 | -63% | 2 | $286 | $55,606 | 157 | |
| 105 | (117) | Hukkle | $556 | -13% | 1 | $556 | $11,487 | 24 | |
| 106 | (-) | Divine Intervention | $529 | 1 | $529 | $421,187 | 339 | ||
| 107 | (43) | The Legend of Johnny Lingo | $502 | -99% | 3 | $167 | $972,001 | 115 | |
| 108 | (96) | The Weather Underground | $449 | -82% | 2 | $225 | $494,125 | 199 | |
| 109 | (-) | Seaside | $444 | 1 | $444 | $13,595 | 138 | ||
| 110 | (-) | Venus Boyz | $438 | 1 | $438 | $15,002 | 122 | ||
| 111 | (116) | Demonlover | $431 | -36% | 1 | $431 | $226,839 | 94 | |
| 112 | (101) | Nine Dead Gay Guys | $403 | -78% | 1 | $403 | $23,330 | 66 | |
| 113 | (120) | Encounter in the Third Dimension | $400 | -20% | 1 | $400 | $6,953,495 | 1,760 | |
| 114 | (113) | Red Betsy | $348 | -66% | 1 | $348 | $164,520 | 94 | |
| 115 | (-) | Forget Baghdad: Jews and Arabs, The Iraqi Connection | $306 | 1 | $306 | $3,741 | 17 | ||
| 116 | (90) | Cremaster 3 | $296 | -92% | 1 | $296 | $513,961 | 241 | |
| 117 | (122) | Alien Adventure | $250 | -17% | 1 | $250 | $4,318,884 | 1,347 | |
| 118 | (114) | China: The Panda Adventure | $222 | -76% | 1 | $222 | $3,544,539 | 878 | |
| 119 | (115) | The Book of Mormon Movie, Volume 1: The Journey | $117 | -87% | 1 | $117 | $1,124,502 | 101 | |
| 120 | (125) | Apollo 13 | $55 | -24% | 1 | $55 | $173,741,464 | 3,097 | |
| Reporting movies: 120 | $141,719,475 | total box office | |||||||
| Rank | Title | Daily | Theaters | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King | $72,629,713 | 3,703 | $124,100,534 |
| 2 | Mona Lisa Smile | $11,528,498 | 2,677 | $11,528,498 |
| 3 | Something's Gotta Give | $11,416,793 | 2,677 | $33,429,833 |
| 4 | The Last Samurai | $7,769,301 | 2,938 | $59,487,166 |
| 5 | Elf | $5,502,635 | 2,451 | $154,812,967 |
| 6 | Stuck On You | $5,284,023 | 3,007 | $16,983,906 |
| 7 | Bad Santa | $5,102,135 | 2,225 | $42,910,876 |
| 8 | The Haunted Mansion | $3,928,641 | 2,414 | $58,802,462 |
| 9 | Love Don't Cost a Thing | $3,750,265 | 1,844 | $11,192,300 |
| 10 | Honey | $2,708,610 | 1,824 | $23,596,315 |
| 11 | Dr. Seuss’ The Cat in the Hat | $2,311,890 | 2,121 | $93,924,705 |
| 12 | Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World | $1,500,514 | 1,050 | $78,522,124 |
| 13 | Gothika | $1,230,085 | 1,055 | $56,099,360 |
| 14 | Love Actually | $1,145,395 | 902 | $54,184,810 |
| 15 | In America | $505,989 | 146 | $1,422,980 |
| 16 | Brother Bear | $451,406 | 724 | $81,110,628 |
| 17 | The Missing | $415,502 | 605 | $25,547,057 |
| 18 | Mystic River | $305,385 | 302 | $52,989,083 |
| 19 | The Cooler | $284,871 | 70 | $678,555 |
| 20 | Santa vs. The Snowman | $277,744 | 45 | $1,942,265 |
| 21 | The Matrix Revolutions | $271,473 | 272 | $137,460,747 |
| 22 | Lost in Translation | $263,089 | 130 | $30,032,449 |
| 23 | 21 Grams | $259,484 | 71 | $3,308,691 |
| 24 | School of Rock | $238,557 | 375 | $79,268,941 |
| 25 | Radio | $176,389 | 308 | $51,080,647 |
| 26 | Big Fish | $164,641 | 6 | $562,525 |
| 27 | The Station Agent | $152,548 | 176 | $4,130,981 |
| 28 | Calendar Girls | $151,393 | 24 | $151,393 |
| 29 | Timeline | $135,474 | 620 | $18,886,362 |
| 30 | Nez Rouge | $116,397 | 69 | $1,043,939 |
| 31 | Looney Tunes: Back in Action | $107,577 | 253 | $19,903,764 |
| 32 | Kal Ho Naa Ho | $94,543 | 37 | $1,787,378 |
| 33 | Freaky Friday | $94,462 | 173 | $109,888,964 |
| 34 | Runaway Jury | $86,872 | 168 | $48,767,852 |
| 35 | Blizzard | $83,279 | 136 | $267,501 |
| 36 | The Barbarian Invasions | $77,513 | 41 | $433,199 |
| 37 | Girl with a Pearl Earring | $71,051 | 8 | $205,640 |
| 38 | Les Triplettes de Belleville | $65,648 | 15 | $391,719 |
| 39 | Space Station | $59,591 | 16 | $45,738,765 |
| 40 | The Texas Chainsaw Massacre | $54,403 | 113 | $80,148,261 |
| 41 | Annie Brocoli dans les fonds marins | $48,174 | 55 | $48,174 |
| 42 | House of Sand and Fog | $45,572 | 2 | $45,572 |
| 43 | Pieces of April | $43,978 | 70 | $2,313,443 |
| 44 | Kill Bill: Volume 1 | $43,141 | 64 | $69,508,791 |
| 45 | The Fog of War | $41,449 | 3 | $41,449 |
| 46 | The Human Stain | $41,232 | 68 | $5,311,526 |
| 47 | Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl | $40,528 | 124 | $305,342,847 |
| 48 | Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over | $39,183 | 128 | $111,547,510 |
| 49 | Alexandra's Project | $37,078 | 10 | $37,078 |
| 50 | Scary Movie 3 | $35,328 | 121 | $109,065,331 |
| 51 | Shattered Glass | $34,236 | 62 | $1,998,855 |
| 52 | The Gospel of John | $29,729 | 43 | $3,044,854 |
| 53 | Intolerable Cruelty | $26,759 | 59 | $35,215,699 |
| 54 | Bubba Ho-Tep | $25,324 | 17 | $1,154,791 |
| 55 | The Statement | $24,042 | 7 | $81,663 |
| 56 | Elephant | $23,718 | 33 | $1,189,207 |
| 57 | Gloomy Sunday | $22,259 | 16 | $348,937 |
| 58 | Under the Tuscan Sun | $20,027 | 60 | $42,976,432 |
| 59 | The Hebrew Hammer | $19,539 | 8 | $19,539 |
| 60 | Once Upon a Time in Mexico | $19,096 | 56 | $56,330,657 |
| 61 | Bugs! | $18,251 | 41 | $4,266,426 |
| 62 | Secondhand Lions | $18,062 | 57 | $42,023,715 |
| 63 | Tupac Resurrection | $18,042 | 110 | $7,707,563 |
| 64 | The Fighting Temptations | $16,839 | 69 | $30,238,577 |
| 65 | My Architect | $16,185 | 2 | $278,713 |
| 66 | Out of Time | $15,121 | 47 | $41,025,603 |
| 67 | Pride and Prejudice | $14,312 | 9 | $107,872 |
| 68 | Sylvia | $14,149 | 24 | $1,302,242 |
| 69 | Haunted Castle | $14,000 | 7 | $7,936,186 |
| 70 | To Be and To Have | $11,082 | 10 | $502,152 |
| 71 | Tibet - Cry of the Snow Lion | $10,464 | 12 | $347,437 |
| 72 | T-Rex: Back to the Cretaceous | $9,410 | 4 | $46,536,985 |
| 73 | The Revolution Will Not Be Televised | $9,157 | 8 | $153,859 |
| 74 | The Bread, My Sweet | $7,956 | 6 | $971,125 |
| 75 | Die Mommie Die | $7,697 | 12 | $320,092 |
| 76 | Ghosts of the Abyss | $7,608 | 8 | $15,212,534 |
| 77 | What Alice Found | $7,484 | 3 | $22,790 |
| 78 | Good Boy! | $7,396 | 60 | $37,639,635 |
| 79 | Rivers and Tides | $6,746 | 7 | $2,184,111 |
| 80 | Galapagos | $5,984 | 5 | $14,252,586 |
| 81 | Bus 174 | $4,389 | 5 | $158,563 |
| 82 | The Gatekeeper | $3,814 | 2 | $157,914 |
| 83 | City of God | $3,810 | 6 | $4,775,067 |
| 84 | Dirty Pretty Things | $3,720 | 11 | $8,058,634 |
| 85 | The Holy Land | $3,091 | 3 | $593,945 |
| 86 | Yossi & Jagger | $2,662 | 1 | $183,195 |
| 87 | The Singing Detective | $2,167 | 11 | $323,796 |
| 88 | Party Monster | $2,164 | 4 | $725,080 |
| 89 | The Butterfly | $1,906 | 1 | $1,906 |
| 90 | Grande Seduction, La | $1,752 | 2 | $8,009,736 |
| 91 | Monty Python and the Holy Grail | $1,614 | 1 | $3,421,082 |
| 92 | Bonhoeffer | $1,532 | 2 | $266,121 |
| 93 | Northfork | $1,500 | 1 | $1,419,844 |
| 94 | Thrill Ride: The Science of Fun | $1,354 | 1 | $18,798,682 |
| 95 | The Secret Lives of Dentists | $1,309 | 2 | $3,705,686 |
| 96 | AKA | $1,125 | 1 | $12,967 |
| 97 | Cirque du Soleil - Journey of Man | $943 | 2 | $15,599,237 |
| 98 | Girlhood | $812 | 2 | $28,767 |
| 99 | Autumn Spring | $808 | 2 | $90,303 |
| 100 | Carnage | $668 | 2 | $52,027 |
| 101 | Gaz Bar Blues | $646 | 1 | $884,664 |
| 102 | The Flower of Evil | $633 | 3 | $176,837 |
| 103 | In My Skin | $623 | 2 | $25,934 |
| 104 | The Embalmer | $571 | 2 | $55,606 |
| 105 | Hukkle | $556 | 1 | $11,487 |
| 106 | Divine Intervention | $529 | 1 | $421,187 |
| 107 | The Legend of Johnny Lingo | $502 | 3 | $972,001 |
| 108 | The Weather Underground | $449 | 2 | $494,125 |
| 109 | Seaside | $444 | 1 | $13,595 |
| 110 | Venus Boyz | $438 | 1 | $15,002 |
| 111 | Demonlover | $431 | 1 | $226,839 |
| 112 | Nine Dead Gay Guys | $403 | 1 | $23,330 |
| 113 | Encounter in the Third Dimension | $400 | 1 | $6,953,495 |
| 114 | Red Betsy | $348 | 1 | $164,520 |
| 115 | Forget Baghdad: Jews and Arabs, The Iraqi Connection | $306 | 1 | $3,741 |
| 116 | Cremaster 3 | $296 | 1 | $513,961 |
| 117 | Alien Adventure | $250 | 1 | $4,318,884 |
| 118 | China: The Panda Adventure | $222 | 1 | $3,544,539 |
| 119 | The Book of Mormon Movie, Volume 1: The Journey | $117 | 1 | $1,124,502 |
| 120 | Apollo 13 | $55 | 1 | $173,741,464 |
| Reporting: 120 | $141,719,475 | total | ||