Weekend Domestic Box Office January 2, 2004
| Rank | Prev | Title | Daily Gross | Weekly Change |
Theaters | Theater Average |
Total Gross | Days in Release | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | (1) | The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King | $28,180,378 | -44% | 3,703 | $7,610 | $290,456,888 | 19 | |
| 2 | (2) | Cheaper by the Dozen | $21,644,537 | -21% | 3,307 | $6,545 | $85,620,095 | 11 | |
| 3 | (4) | Something's Gotta Give | $11,705,123 | -15% | 2,808 | $4,168 | $81,211,676 | 24 | |
| 4 | (3) | Cold Mountain | $11,579,747 | -21% | 2,216 | $5,226 | $43,737,222 | 11 | |
| 5 | (5) | Paycheck | $9,837,313 | -27% | 2,762 | $3,562 | $38,644,452 | 11 | |
| 6 | (7) | Peter Pan | $8,818,755 | -21% | 2,813 | $3,135 | $34,179,235 | 11 | |
| 7 | (6) | Mona Lisa Smile | $8,300,794 | -27% | 2,714 | $3,059 | $50,006,766 | 17 | |
| 8 | (8) | The Last Samurai | $7,373,719 | -11% | 2,401 | $3,071 | $90,017,337 | 31 | |
| 9 | (25) | Calendar Girls | $4,437,082 | +1,019% | 745 | $5,956 | $6,953,194 | 17 | |
| 10 | (9) | Bad Santa | $2,937,737 | -35% | 1,710 | $1,718 | $56,909,596 | 40 | |
| 11 | (11) | Stuck On You | $2,802,420 | -23% | 2,064 | $1,358 | $30,721,406 | 24 | |
| 12 | (14) | Big Fish | $2,544,450 | +24% | 125 | $20,356 | $8,454,208 | 26 | |
| 13 | (13) | The Haunted Mansion | $2,506,251 | -12% | 1,501 | $1,670 | $70,422,751 | 40 | |
| 14 | (10) | Elf | $2,303,567 | -41% | 1,768 | $1,303 | $170,837,644 | 59 | |
| 15 | (12) | Love Don't Cost a Thing | $1,921,466 | -35% | 1,015 | $1,893 | $20,178,317 | 24 | |
| 16 | (15) | House of Sand and Fog | $1,788,293 | +4% | 442 | $4,046 | $5,383,663 | 17 | |
| 17 | (18) | 21 Grams | $1,340,872 | +10% | 289 | $4,640 | $7,272,165 | 45 | |
| 18 | (20) | In America | $1,229,445 | +15% | 327 | $3,760 | $5,305,891 | 40 | |
| 19 | (19) | Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World | $1,117,880 | -4% | 701 | $1,595 | $83,006,144 | 52 | |
| 20 | (16) | Honey | $1,071,845 | -24% | 672 | $1,595 | $28,816,190 | 31 | |
| 21 | (17) | Dr. Seuss’ The Cat in the Hat | $988,295 | -22% | 1,057 | $935 | $99,383,495 | 45 | |
| 22 | (22) | Young Black Stallion | $755,381 | +20% | 51 | $14,811 | $2,349,976 | 11 | |
| 23 | (21) | Love Actually | $732,755 | -12% | 406 | $1,805 | $57,429,915 | 59 | |
| 24 | (24) | Brother Bear | $529,059 | +4% | 532 | $994 | $83,297,298 | 73 | |
| 25 | (26) | Lost in Translation | $499,543 | +35% | 123 | $4,061 | $31,586,561 | 115 | |
| 26 | (27) | Mystic River | $409,678 | +26% | 201 | $2,038 | $54,300,385 | 89 | |
| 27 | (23) | Gothika | $375,661 | -38% | 406 | $925 | $58,224,334 | 45 | |
| 28 | (28) | The Cooler | $340,002 | +10% | 77 | $4,416 | $1,836,224 | 40 | |
| 29 | (34) | Les Triplettes de Belleville | $282,236 | +44% | 43 | $6,564 | $1,097,053 | 40 | |
| 30 | (29) | School of Rock | $264,606 | +2% | 237 | $1,116 | $80,232,030 | 94 | |
| 31 | (46) | Monster | $230,642 | +166% | 14 | $16,474 | $455,848 | 12 | |
| 32 | (36) | Looney Tunes: Back in Action | $223,096 | +18% | 336 | $664 | $20,678,510 | 52 | |
| 33 | (35) | Girl with a Pearl Earring | $210,348 | +11% | 26 | $8,090 | $865,240 | 24 | |
| 34 | (33) | Radio | $188,136 | -9% | 193 | $975 | $51,801,566 | 73 | |
| 35 | (30) | The Matrix Revolutions | $186,142 | -24% | 116 | $1,605 | $138,294,428 | 61 | |
| 36 | (37) | Nez Rouge | $166,598 | -10% | 44 | $3,786 | $1,678,108 | 38 | |
| 37 | (39) | Scary Movie 3 | $157,996 | -4% | 201 | $786 | $109,563,395 | 73 | |
| 38 | (32) | Santa vs. The Snowman | $144,832 | -35% | 35 | $4,138 | $2,833,643 | 425 | |
| 39 | (42) | The Station Agent | $141,262 | +10% | 105 | $1,345 | $4,641,611 | 94 | |
| 40 | (40) | The Missing | $116,290 | -14% | 146 | $797 | $26,121,804 | 40 | |
| 41 | (43) | Under the Tuscan Sun | $111,625 | +10% | 158 | $706 | $43,323,006 | 101 | |
| 42 | (45) | The Barbarian Invasions | $100,910 | +15% | 48 | $2,102 | $767,818 | 241 | |
| 43 | (44) | The Company | $92,139 | -2% | 11 | $8,376 | $316,013 | 11 | |
| 44 | (31) | L.O.C. (Kargil) | $83,678 | -63% | 56 | $1,494 | $587,978 | 11 | |
| 45 | (50) | The Fog of War | $81,427 | +40% | 6 | $13,571 | $276,427 | 17 | |
| 46 | (47) | Underworld | $79,990 | +1% | 103 | $777 | $51,892,664 | 108 | |
| 47 | (38) | Space Station | $71,565 | -61% | 12 | $5,964 | $46,173,527 | 626 | |
| 48 | (48) | Runaway Jury | $69,006 | -11% | 110 | $627 | $49,022,597 | 80 | |
| 49 | (54) | Alexandra's Project | $67,623 | +55% | 10 | $6,762 | $259,492 | 17 | |
| 50 | (41) | The Statement | $63,386 | -52% | 16 | $3,962 | $321,081 | 24 | |
| 51 | (49) | Freaky Friday | $57,758 | -21% | 106 | $545 | $110,180,505 | 152 | |
| 52 | (53) | Annie Brocoli dans les fonds marins | $49,604 | +2% | 33 | $1,503 | $291,844 | 17 | |
| 53 | (57) | The Texas Chainsaw Massacre | $44,905 | +27% | 53 | $847 | $80,288,112 | 80 | |
| 54 | (55) | Kill Bill: Volume 1 | $40,164 | +12% | 38 | $1,057 | $69,655,060 | 87 | |
| 55 | (52) | Timeline | $34,156 | -31% | 270 | $127 | $19,113,238 | 40 | |
| 56 | (59) | Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over | $32,270 | +3% | 44 | $733 | $111,678,621 | 164 | |
| 57 | (62) | My Architect | $28,984 | +51% | 4 | $7,246 | $366,039 | 52 | |
| 58 | (58) | Blizzard | $27,691 | -13% | 45 | $615 | $504,600 | 24 | |
| 59 | (60) | Shattered Glass | $26,225 | +5% | 35 | $749 | $2,105,024 | 66 | |
| 60 | (-) | Bugs! | $26,187 | 13 | $2,014 | $4,374,388 | 297 | ||
| 61 | (new) | Japanese Story | $23,962 | 5 | $4,792 | $32,699 | 5 | ||
| 62 | (61) | Intolerable Cruelty | $22,510 | -1% | 24 | $938 | $35,296,248 | 87 | |
| 63 | (51) | Kal Ho Naa Ho | $22,414 | -57% | 15 | $1,494 | $1,936,933 | 40 | |
| 65 | (63) | Pieces of April | $18,107 | 0% | 25 | $724 | $2,376,152 | 80 | |
| 66 | (64) | Elephant | $17,941 | -1% | 13 | $1,380 | $1,257,377 | 73 | |
| 67 | (65) | Ghosts of the Abyss | $17,765 | +2% | 6 | $2,961 | $15,283,482 | 269 | |
| 68 | (72) | Pride and Prejudice | $13,032 | +50% | 4 | $3,258 | $157,616 | 31 | |
| 69 | (-) | To Be and To Have | $11,525 | 5 | $2,305 | $545,153 | 110 | ||
| 70 | (-) | Out of Time | $11,312 | 12 | $943 | $41,067,004 | 94 | ||
| 71 | (67) | Haunted Castle | $10,000 | -17% | 5 | $2,000 | $7,969,685 | 1,039 | |
| 72 | (new) | Secret Things | $9,421 | 1 | $9,421 | $9,421 | 3 | ||
| 73 | (68) | The Gospel of John | $8,973 | -24% | 14 | $641 | $3,095,971 | 101 | |
| 74 | (-) | I Vitelloni | $8,176 | 3 | $2,725 | $59,659 | 52 | ||
| 75 | (70) | Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl | $7,784 | -30% | 27 | $288 | $305,410,819 | 180 | |
| 76 | (73) | Tibet - Cry of the Snow Lion | $7,725 | +27% | 7 | $1,104 | $375,249 | 108 | |
| 77 | (69) | The Bread, My Sweet | $7,127 | -38% | 5 | $1,425 | $995,199 | 409 | |
| 78 | (71) | The Hebrew Hammer | $6,903 | -33% | 2 | $3,452 | $62,813 | 17 | |
| 79 | (-) | Monty Python and the Holy Grail | $6,614 | 3 | $2,205 | $3,427,696 | 10,467 | ||
| 80 | (77) | City of God | $6,081 | +39% | 6 | $1,014 | $4,792,553 | 353 | |
| 81 | (78) | The Gatekeeper | $5,815 | +53% | 2 | $2,908 | $172,716 | 171 | |
| 82 | (66) | The Human Stain | $5,813 | -54% | 21 | $277 | $5,361,450 | 66 | |
| 83 | (76) | Dirty Pretty Things | $5,754 | +32% | 8 | $719 | $8,075,861 | 171 | |
| 84 | (56) | Modern Times | $4,773 | -87% | 2 | $2,387 | $75,623 | 24,806 | |
| 85 | (75) | T-Rex: Back to the Cretaceous | $4,661 | -3% | 2 | $2,331 | $46,583,223 | 1,900 | |
| 86 | (new) | Millenium Mambo | $4,619 | 1 | $4,619 | $7,575 | 5 | ||
| 87 | (88) | Bus 174 | $4,580 | +313% | 3 | $1,527 | $167,340 | 89 | |
| 88 | (-) | AKA | $3,852 | 2 | $1,926 | $20,424 | 24 | ||
| 89 | (new) | Postmen in the Mountains | $2,334 | 1 | $2,334 | $12,307 | 3 | ||
| 90 | (-) | Porn Theater | $2,249 | 1 | $2,249 | $27,325 | 87 | ||
| 91 | (81) | Bonhoeffer | $2,214 | -2% | 1 | $2,214 | $271,237 | 199 | |
| 92 | (-) | Good Boy! | $2,044 | 20 | $102 | $37,653,301 | 87 | ||
| 93 | (74) | Rivers and Tides | $2,009 | -66% | 1 | $2,009 | $2,198,237 | 556 | |
| 94 | (-) | The Animation Show | $1,756 | 2 | $878 | $306,362 | 122 | ||
| 95 | (-) | The Weather Underground | $1,612 | 1 | $1,612 | $500,877 | 213 | ||
| 96 | (84) | Party Monster | $1,578 | +2% | 1 | $1,578 | $731,387 | 129 | |
| 97 | (80) | Yossi & Jagger | $1,511 | -40% | 1 | $1,511 | $191,273 | 103 | |
| 98 | (83) | Galapagos | $1,122 | -29% | 1 | $1,122 | $14,254,815 | 1,529 | |
| 99 | (90) | The Singing Detective | $1,083 | +22% | 5 | $217 | $327,314 | 73 | |
| 100 | (-) | Seaside | $1,003 | 1 | $1,003 | $14,769 | 152 | ||
| 101 | (82) | Cirque du Soleil - Journey of Man | $898 | -44% | 2 | $449 | $15,605,632 | 1,340 | |
| 102 | (87) | The Flower of Evil | $819 | -26% | 2 | $410 | $180,049 | 87 | |
| 103 | (89) | The Legend of Johnny Lingo | $744 | -29% | 1 | $744 | $974,693 | 129 | |
| 104 | (-) | Blue Gate Crossing | $737 | 1 | $737 | $4,025 | 45 | ||
| 105 | (-) | Hukkle | $671 | 1 | $671 | $12,493 | 38 | ||
| 106 | (96) | Encounter in the Third Dimension | $500 | +43% | 1 | $500 | $6,954,994 | 1,774 | |
| 107 | (98) | China: The Panda Adventure | $432 | +93% | 1 | $432 | $3,545,341 | 892 | |
| 108 | (99) | Carnage | $285 | +418% | 1 | $285 | $52,703 | 122 | |
| 109 | (97) | Alien Adventure | $275 | -8% | 1 | $275 | $4,320,059 | 1,361 | |
| 110 | (-) | Demonlover | $273 | 1 | $273 | $227,365 | 108 | ||
| 111 | (-) | Venus Boyz | $141 | 1 | $141 | $15,171 | 136 | ||
| 112 | (-) | The Embalmer | $135 | 1 | $135 | $56,325 | 171 | ||
| Reporting movies: 111 | $141,877,189 | total box office | |||||||
| Rank | Title | Daily | Theaters | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King | $28,180,378 | 3,703 | $290,456,888 |
| 2 | Cheaper by the Dozen | $21,644,537 | 3,307 | $85,620,095 |
| 3 | Something's Gotta Give | $11,705,123 | 2,808 | $81,211,676 |
| 4 | Cold Mountain | $11,579,747 | 2,216 | $43,737,222 |
| 5 | Paycheck | $9,837,313 | 2,762 | $38,644,452 |
| 6 | Peter Pan | $8,818,755 | 2,813 | $34,179,235 |
| 7 | Mona Lisa Smile | $8,300,794 | 2,714 | $50,006,766 |
| 8 | The Last Samurai | $7,373,719 | 2,401 | $90,017,337 |
| 9 | Calendar Girls | $4,437,082 | 745 | $6,953,194 |
| 10 | Bad Santa | $2,937,737 | 1,710 | $56,909,596 |
| 11 | Stuck On You | $2,802,420 | 2,064 | $30,721,406 |
| 12 | Big Fish | $2,544,450 | 125 | $8,454,208 |
| 13 | The Haunted Mansion | $2,506,251 | 1,501 | $70,422,751 |
| 14 | Elf | $2,303,567 | 1,768 | $170,837,644 |
| 15 | Love Don't Cost a Thing | $1,921,466 | 1,015 | $20,178,317 |
| 16 | House of Sand and Fog | $1,788,293 | 442 | $5,383,663 |
| 17 | 21 Grams | $1,340,872 | 289 | $7,272,165 |
| 18 | In America | $1,229,445 | 327 | $5,305,891 |
| 19 | Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World | $1,117,880 | 701 | $83,006,144 |
| 20 | Honey | $1,071,845 | 672 | $28,816,190 |
| 21 | Dr. Seuss’ The Cat in the Hat | $988,295 | 1,057 | $99,383,495 |
| 22 | Young Black Stallion | $755,381 | 51 | $2,349,976 |
| 23 | Love Actually | $732,755 | 406 | $57,429,915 |
| 24 | Brother Bear | $529,059 | 532 | $83,297,298 |
| 25 | Lost in Translation | $499,543 | 123 | $31,586,561 |
| 26 | Mystic River | $409,678 | 201 | $54,300,385 |
| 27 | Gothika | $375,661 | 406 | $58,224,334 |
| 28 | The Cooler | $340,002 | 77 | $1,836,224 |
| 29 | Les Triplettes de Belleville | $282,236 | 43 | $1,097,053 |
| 30 | School of Rock | $264,606 | 237 | $80,232,030 |
| 31 | Monster | $230,642 | 14 | $455,848 |
| 32 | Looney Tunes: Back in Action | $223,096 | 336 | $20,678,510 |
| 33 | Girl with a Pearl Earring | $210,348 | 26 | $865,240 |
| 34 | Radio | $188,136 | 193 | $51,801,566 |
| 35 | The Matrix Revolutions | $186,142 | 116 | $138,294,428 |
| 36 | Nez Rouge | $166,598 | 44 | $1,678,108 |
| 37 | Scary Movie 3 | $157,996 | 201 | $109,563,395 |
| 38 | Santa vs. The Snowman | $144,832 | 35 | $2,833,643 |
| 39 | The Station Agent | $141,262 | 105 | $4,641,611 |
| 40 | The Missing | $116,290 | 146 | $26,121,804 |
| 41 | Under the Tuscan Sun | $111,625 | 158 | $43,323,006 |
| 42 | The Barbarian Invasions | $100,910 | 48 | $767,818 |
| 43 | The Company | $92,139 | 11 | $316,013 |
| 44 | L.O.C. (Kargil) | $83,678 | 56 | $587,978 |
| 45 | The Fog of War | $81,427 | 6 | $276,427 |
| 46 | Underworld | $79,990 | 103 | $51,892,664 |
| 47 | Space Station | $71,565 | 12 | $46,173,527 |
| 48 | Runaway Jury | $69,006 | 110 | $49,022,597 |
| 49 | Alexandra's Project | $67,623 | 10 | $259,492 |
| 50 | The Statement | $63,386 | 16 | $321,081 |
| 51 | Freaky Friday | $57,758 | 106 | $110,180,505 |
| 52 | Annie Brocoli dans les fonds marins | $49,604 | 33 | $291,844 |
| 53 | The Texas Chainsaw Massacre | $44,905 | 53 | $80,288,112 |
| 54 | Kill Bill: Volume 1 | $40,164 | 38 | $69,655,060 |
| 55 | Timeline | $34,156 | 270 | $19,113,238 |
| 56 | Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over | $32,270 | 44 | $111,678,621 |
| 57 | My Architect | $28,984 | 4 | $366,039 |
| 58 | Blizzard | $27,691 | 45 | $504,600 |
| 59 | Shattered Glass | $26,225 | 35 | $2,105,024 |
| 60 | Bugs! | $26,187 | 13 | $4,374,388 |
| 61 | Japanese Story | $23,962 | 5 | $32,699 |
| 62 | Intolerable Cruelty | $22,510 | 24 | $35,296,248 |
| 63 | Kal Ho Naa Ho | $22,414 | 15 | $1,936,933 |
| 65 | Pieces of April | $18,107 | 25 | $2,376,152 |
| 66 | Elephant | $17,941 | 13 | $1,257,377 |
| 67 | Ghosts of the Abyss | $17,765 | 6 | $15,283,482 |
| 68 | Pride and Prejudice | $13,032 | 4 | $157,616 |
| 69 | To Be and To Have | $11,525 | 5 | $545,153 |
| 70 | Out of Time | $11,312 | 12 | $41,067,004 |
| 71 | Haunted Castle | $10,000 | 5 | $7,969,685 |
| 72 | Secret Things | $9,421 | 1 | $9,421 |
| 73 | The Gospel of John | $8,973 | 14 | $3,095,971 |
| 74 | I Vitelloni | $8,176 | 3 | $59,659 |
| 75 | Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl | $7,784 | 27 | $305,410,819 |
| 76 | Tibet - Cry of the Snow Lion | $7,725 | 7 | $375,249 |
| 77 | The Bread, My Sweet | $7,127 | 5 | $995,199 |
| 78 | The Hebrew Hammer | $6,903 | 2 | $62,813 |
| 79 | Monty Python and the Holy Grail | $6,614 | 3 | $3,427,696 |
| 80 | City of God | $6,081 | 6 | $4,792,553 |
| 81 | The Gatekeeper | $5,815 | 2 | $172,716 |
| 82 | The Human Stain | $5,813 | 21 | $5,361,450 |
| 83 | Dirty Pretty Things | $5,754 | 8 | $8,075,861 |
| 84 | Modern Times | $4,773 | 2 | $75,623 |
| 85 | T-Rex: Back to the Cretaceous | $4,661 | 2 | $46,583,223 |
| 86 | Millenium Mambo | $4,619 | 1 | $7,575 |
| 87 | Bus 174 | $4,580 | 3 | $167,340 |
| 88 | AKA | $3,852 | 2 | $20,424 |
| 89 | Postmen in the Mountains | $2,334 | 1 | $12,307 |
| 90 | Porn Theater | $2,249 | 1 | $27,325 |
| 91 | Bonhoeffer | $2,214 | 1 | $271,237 |
| 92 | Good Boy! | $2,044 | 20 | $37,653,301 |
| 93 | Rivers and Tides | $2,009 | 1 | $2,198,237 |
| 94 | The Animation Show | $1,756 | 2 | $306,362 |
| 95 | The Weather Underground | $1,612 | 1 | $500,877 |
| 96 | Party Monster | $1,578 | 1 | $731,387 |
| 97 | Yossi & Jagger | $1,511 | 1 | $191,273 |
| 98 | Galapagos | $1,122 | 1 | $14,254,815 |
| 99 | The Singing Detective | $1,083 | 5 | $327,314 |
| 100 | Seaside | $1,003 | 1 | $14,769 |
| 101 | Cirque du Soleil - Journey of Man | $898 | 2 | $15,605,632 |
| 102 | The Flower of Evil | $819 | 2 | $180,049 |
| 103 | The Legend of Johnny Lingo | $744 | 1 | $974,693 |
| 104 | Blue Gate Crossing | $737 | 1 | $4,025 |
| 105 | Hukkle | $671 | 1 | $12,493 |
| 106 | Encounter in the Third Dimension | $500 | 1 | $6,954,994 |
| 107 | China: The Panda Adventure | $432 | 1 | $3,545,341 |
| 108 | Carnage | $285 | 1 | $52,703 |
| 109 | Alien Adventure | $275 | 1 | $4,320,059 |
| 110 | Demonlover | $273 | 1 | $227,365 |
| 111 | Venus Boyz | $141 | 1 | $15,171 |
| 112 | The Embalmer | $135 | 1 | $56,325 |
| Reporting: 111 | $141,877,189 | total | ||