Week Domestic Box Office December 26, 2003
| 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 | $90,605,906 | -25% | 3,703 | $24,468 | $262,276,510 | 16 | |
| 2 | (-) | Cheaper by the Dozen | $56,135,964 | 3,298 | $17,021 | $63,975,558 | 8 | ||
| 3 | (-) | Cold Mountain | $27,651,961 | 2,163 | $12,784 | $32,157,475 | 8 | ||
| 4 | (2) | Something's Gotta Give | $27,420,609 | +37% | 2,709 | $10,122 | $69,506,553 | 21 | |
| 5 | (-) | Paycheck | $23,654,241 | 2,762 | $8,564 | $28,807,139 | 8 | ||
| 6 | (-) | Peter Pan | $21,872,360 | 2,813 | $7,775 | $25,360,480 | 8 | ||
| 7 | (3) | Mona Lisa Smile | $21,831,141 | +10% | 2,677 | $8,155 | $41,705,972 | 14 | |
| 8 | (4) | The Last Samurai | $16,646,461 | +17% | 2,557 | $6,510 | $82,643,618 | 28 | |
| 9 | (5) | Elf | $7,791,413 | -32% | 2,015 | $3,867 | $168,534,077 | 56 | |
| 10 | (7) | Bad Santa | $7,550,664 | -12% | 1,710 | $4,416 | $53,971,859 | 37 | |
| 11 | (6) | Stuck On You | $7,133,508 | -21% | 2,400 | $2,972 | $27,918,986 | 21 | |
| 12 | (8) | The Haunted Mansion | $6,040,389 | -14% | 1,622 | $3,724 | $67,916,500 | 37 | |
| 13 | (9) | Love Don't Cost a Thing | $4,778,780 | -21% | 1,133 | $4,218 | $18,256,851 | 21 | |
| 14 | (15) | Big Fish | $4,458,319 | +323% | 124 | $35,954 | $5,909,758 | 23 | |
| 15 | (41) | House of Sand and Fog | $3,504,271 | +3,747% | 438 | $8,001 | $3,595,370 | 14 | |
| 16 | (11) | Dr. Seuss’ The Cat in the Hat | $2,643,770 | -36% | 1,299 | $2,035 | $98,395,200 | 42 | |
| 17 | (10) | Honey | $2,522,995 | -42% | 760 | $3,320 | $27,744,345 | 28 | |
| 18 | (22) | 21 Grams | $2,383,354 | +378% | 291 | $8,190 | $5,931,293 | 42 | |
| 19 | (12) | Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World | $2,360,887 | -6% | 751 | $3,144 | $81,888,264 | 49 | |
| 20 | (26) | Calendar Girls | $2,163,606 | +514% | 42 | $51,514 | $2,516,112 | 14 | |
| 21 | (16) | In America | $2,154,256 | +114% | 325 | $6,628 | $4,076,446 | 37 | |
| 22 | (13) | Love Actually | $1,640,285 | -19% | 408 | $4,020 | $56,697,160 | 56 | |
| 23 | (-) | Young Black Stallion | $1,522,192 | 51 | $29,847 | $1,594,595 | 8 | ||
| 24 | (17) | Brother Bear | $1,165,918 | +24% | 564 | $2,067 | $82,768,239 | 70 | |
| 25 | (14) | Gothika | $1,000,522 | -49% | 406 | $2,464 | $57,848,673 | 42 | |
| 26 | (21) | Lost in Translation | $800,874 | +55% | 117 | $6,845 | $31,087,018 | 112 | |
| 27 | (20) | Mystic River | $670,275 | +25% | 201 | $3,335 | $53,890,707 | 86 | |
| 28 | (23) | The Cooler | $609,704 | +24% | 77 | $7,918 | $1,496,222 | 37 | |
| 29 | (25) | School of Rock | $527,911 | +29% | 279 | $1,892 | $79,967,424 | 91 | |
| 30 | (24) | The Matrix Revolutions | $469,749 | +5% | 116 | $4,050 | $138,108,286 | 58 | |
| 31 | (19) | Santa vs. The Snowman | $444,658 | -23% | 46 | $9,666 | $2,688,811 | 422 | |
| 32 | (31) | Looney Tunes: Back in Action | $431,308 | +89% | 336 | $1,284 | $20,455,414 | 49 | |
| 33 | (27) | Radio | $397,862 | +28% | 226 | $1,760 | $51,613,430 | 70 | |
| 34 | (37) | Girl with a Pearl Earring | $385,879 | +187% | 26 | $14,842 | $654,892 | 21 | |
| 35 | (39) | Les Triplettes de Belleville | $374,141 | +226% | 46 | $8,134 | $814,817 | 37 | |
| 36 | (-) | L.O.C. (Kargil) | $371,325 | 58 | $6,402 | $504,300 | 8 | ||
| 37 | (30) | Nez Rouge | $355,584 | +56% | 58 | $6,131 | $1,511,510 | 35 | |
| 38 | (43) | Scary Movie 3 | $298,017 | +285% | 195 | $1,528 | $109,405,399 | 70 | |
| 39 | (38) | Space Station | $289,375 | +117% | 16 | $18,086 | $46,101,962 | 623 | |
| 40 | (28) | The Station Agent | $253,468 | -6% | 123 | $2,061 | $4,500,349 | 91 | |
| 41 | (18) | The Missing | $235,266 | -63% | 146 | $1,611 | $26,005,514 | 37 | |
| 42 | (56) | Under the Tuscan Sun | $217,335 | +477% | 158 | $1,376 | $43,211,381 | 98 | |
| 43 | (-) | Monster | $208,438 | 4 | $52,110 | $225,206 | 9 | ||
| 44 | (-) | The Company | $189,380 | 11 | $17,216 | $223,874 | 8 | ||
| 45 | (34) | The Barbarian Invasions | $173,864 | +27% | 54 | $3,220 | $666,908 | 238 | |
| 46 | (32) | Freaky Friday | $153,435 | -12% | 124 | $1,237 | $110,122,747 | 149 | |
| 47 | (-) | Underworld | $150,518 | 103 | $1,461 | $51,812,674 | 105 | ||
| 48 | (40) | Annie Brocoli dans les fonds marins | $143,102 | +44% | 49 | $2,920 | $242,240 | 14 | |
| 49 | (52) | The Statement | $141,649 | +142% | 19 | $7,455 | $257,695 | 21 | |
| 50 | (35) | Runaway Jury | $137,556 | +2% | 107 | $1,286 | $48,953,591 | 77 | |
| 51 | (51) | Alexandra's Project | $130,453 | +112% | 10 | $13,045 | $191,869 | 14 | |
| 52 | (33) | Blizzard | $123,084 | -27% | 88 | $1,399 | $476,909 | 21 | |
| 53 | (44) | The Fog of War | $119,019 | +57% | 5 | $23,804 | $195,000 | 14 | |
| 54 | (36) | Kal Ho Naa Ho | $86,684 | -36% | 21 | $4,128 | $1,914,519 | 37 | |
| 55 | (29) | Timeline | $85,140 | -65% | 320 | $266 | $19,079,082 | 37 | |
| 56 | (45) | Kill Bill: Volume 1 | $73,554 | -3% | 48 | $1,532 | $69,614,896 | 84 | |
| 57 | (-) | Modern Times | $70,850 | 7 | $10,121 | $70,850 | 24,803 | ||
| 58 | (48) | Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over | $67,352 | -5% | 59 | $1,142 | $111,646,351 | 161 | |
| 59 | (42) | The Texas Chainsaw Massacre | $64,668 | -24% | 51 | $1,268 | $80,243,207 | 77 | |
| 60 | (49) | Shattered Glass | $50,518 | -21% | 35 | $1,443 | $2,078,799 | 63 | |
| 61 | (58) | My Architect | $44,795 | +51% | 3 | $14,932 | $337,055 | 49 | |
| 62 | (65) | Ghosts of the Abyss | $42,658 | +135% | 6 | $7,110 | $15,265,717 | 266 | |
| 63 | (55) | Intolerable Cruelty | $42,286 | -1% | 31 | $1,364 | $35,273,738 | 84 | |
| 64 | (63) | T-Rex: Back to the Cretaceous | $32,269 | +72% | 3 | $10,756 | $46,578,562 | 1,897 | |
| 65 | (54) | Elephant | $30,478 | -30% | 14 | $2,177 | $1,239,436 | 70 | |
| 66 | (61) | Pride and Prejudice | $26,347 | +7% | 4 | $6,587 | $144,584 | 28 | |
| 67 | (46) | Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl | $25,816 | -66% | 34 | $759 | $305,403,035 | 177 | |
| 68 | (50) | The Human Stain | $23,650 | -62% | 28 | $845 | $5,355,637 | 63 | |
| 69 | (53) | The Gospel of John | $20,060 | -61% | 18 | $1,114 | $3,086,998 | 98 | |
| 70 | (66) | Haunted Castle | $19,999 | +14% | 5 | $4,000 | $7,959,685 | 1,036 | |
| 71 | (57) | The Hebrew Hammer | $18,927 | -49% | 5 | $3,785 | $55,910 | 14 | |
| 72 | (47) | Pieces of April | $15,968 | -78% | 25 | $639 | $2,358,045 | 77 | |
| 73 | (70) | The Bread, My Sweet | $13,728 | +23% | 6 | $2,288 | $988,072 | 406 | |
| 74 | (64) | Tibet - Cry of the Snow Lion | $12,227 | -33% | 7 | $1,747 | $367,524 | 105 | |
| 75 | (83) | The Gatekeeper | $9,871 | +237% | 2 | $4,936 | $166,901 | 168 | |
| 76 | (75) | Dirty Pretty Things | $8,617 | +31% | 8 | $1,077 | $8,070,107 | 168 | |
| 77 | (74) | City of God | $8,478 | +26% | 4 | $2,120 | $4,786,472 | 350 | |
| 78 | (71) | Rivers and Tides | $8,361 | -20% | 3 | $2,787 | $2,196,228 | 553 | |
| 79 | (90) | Cirque du Soleil - Journey of Man | $5,376 | +405% | 2 | $2,688 | $15,604,734 | 1,337 | |
| 80 | (78) | Yossi & Jagger | $4,992 | +18% | 1 | $4,992 | $189,762 | 100 | |
| 81 | (80) | Party Monster | $3,098 | -18% | 1 | $3,098 | $729,809 | 126 | |
| 82 | (-) | On-Line | $2,812 | 1 | $2,812 | $165,974 | 189 | ||
| 83 | (76) | Bus 174 | $2,423 | -61% | 1 | $2,423 | $162,760 | 86 | |
| 84 | (84) | Bonhoeffer | $2,269 | +5% | 1 | $2,269 | $269,023 | 196 | |
| 85 | (91) | The Flower of Evil | $1,992 | +93% | 1 | $1,992 | $179,230 | 84 | |
| 86 | (89) | The Legend of Johnny Lingo | $1,332 | +19% | 1 | $1,332 | $973,949 | 126 | |
| 87 | (77) | Galapagos | $1,257 | -78% | 2 | $629 | $14,253,693 | 1,526 | |
| 88 | (69) | What Alice Found | $1,195 | -90% | 1 | $1,195 | $28,536 | 28 | |
| 89 | (82) | The Singing Detective | $1,150 | -67% | 3 | $383 | $326,231 | 70 | |
| 90 | (86) | The Secret Lives of Dentists | $1,137 | -33% | 3 | $379 | $3,707,201 | 154 | |
| 91 | (105) | Carnage | $1,055 | +26,275% | 1 | $1,055 | $52,418 | 119 | |
| 92 | (95) | Encounter in the Third Dimension | $699 | 0% | 1 | $699 | $6,954,494 | 1,771 | |
| 93 | (99) | Alien Adventure | $550 | -8% | 1 | $550 | $4,319,784 | 1,358 | |
| 94 | (92) | In My Skin | $500 | -51% | 1 | $500 | $26,835 | 56 | |
| 95 | (85) | Northfork | $397 | -78% | 1 | $397 | $1,420,578 | 175 | |
| 96 | (102) | China: The Panda Adventure | $177 | -57% | 1 | $177 | $3,544,909 | 889 | |
| Reporting movies: 96 | $356,372,713 | total box office | |||||||
| Rank | Title | Daily | Theaters | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King | $90,605,906 | 3,703 | $262,276,510 |
| 2 | Cheaper by the Dozen | $56,135,964 | 3,298 | $63,975,558 |
| 3 | Cold Mountain | $27,651,961 | 2,163 | $32,157,475 |
| 4 | Something's Gotta Give | $27,420,609 | 2,709 | $69,506,553 |
| 5 | Paycheck | $23,654,241 | 2,762 | $28,807,139 |
| 6 | Peter Pan | $21,872,360 | 2,813 | $25,360,480 |
| 7 | Mona Lisa Smile | $21,831,141 | 2,677 | $41,705,972 |
| 8 | The Last Samurai | $16,646,461 | 2,557 | $82,643,618 |
| 9 | Elf | $7,791,413 | 2,015 | $168,534,077 |
| 10 | Bad Santa | $7,550,664 | 1,710 | $53,971,859 |
| 11 | Stuck On You | $7,133,508 | 2,400 | $27,918,986 |
| 12 | The Haunted Mansion | $6,040,389 | 1,622 | $67,916,500 |
| 13 | Love Don't Cost a Thing | $4,778,780 | 1,133 | $18,256,851 |
| 14 | Big Fish | $4,458,319 | 124 | $5,909,758 |
| 15 | House of Sand and Fog | $3,504,271 | 438 | $3,595,370 |
| 16 | Dr. Seuss’ The Cat in the Hat | $2,643,770 | 1,299 | $98,395,200 |
| 17 | Honey | $2,522,995 | 760 | $27,744,345 |
| 18 | 21 Grams | $2,383,354 | 291 | $5,931,293 |
| 19 | Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World | $2,360,887 | 751 | $81,888,264 |
| 20 | Calendar Girls | $2,163,606 | 42 | $2,516,112 |
| 21 | In America | $2,154,256 | 325 | $4,076,446 |
| 22 | Love Actually | $1,640,285 | 408 | $56,697,160 |
| 23 | Young Black Stallion | $1,522,192 | 51 | $1,594,595 |
| 24 | Brother Bear | $1,165,918 | 564 | $82,768,239 |
| 25 | Gothika | $1,000,522 | 406 | $57,848,673 |
| 26 | Lost in Translation | $800,874 | 117 | $31,087,018 |
| 27 | Mystic River | $670,275 | 201 | $53,890,707 |
| 28 | The Cooler | $609,704 | 77 | $1,496,222 |
| 29 | School of Rock | $527,911 | 279 | $79,967,424 |
| 30 | The Matrix Revolutions | $469,749 | 116 | $138,108,286 |
| 31 | Santa vs. The Snowman | $444,658 | 46 | $2,688,811 |
| 32 | Looney Tunes: Back in Action | $431,308 | 336 | $20,455,414 |
| 33 | Radio | $397,862 | 226 | $51,613,430 |
| 34 | Girl with a Pearl Earring | $385,879 | 26 | $654,892 |
| 35 | Les Triplettes de Belleville | $374,141 | 46 | $814,817 |
| 36 | L.O.C. (Kargil) | $371,325 | 58 | $504,300 |
| 37 | Nez Rouge | $355,584 | 58 | $1,511,510 |
| 38 | Scary Movie 3 | $298,017 | 195 | $109,405,399 |
| 39 | Space Station | $289,375 | 16 | $46,101,962 |
| 40 | The Station Agent | $253,468 | 123 | $4,500,349 |
| 41 | The Missing | $235,266 | 146 | $26,005,514 |
| 42 | Under the Tuscan Sun | $217,335 | 158 | $43,211,381 |
| 43 | Monster | $208,438 | 4 | $225,206 |
| 44 | The Company | $189,380 | 11 | $223,874 |
| 45 | The Barbarian Invasions | $173,864 | 54 | $666,908 |
| 46 | Freaky Friday | $153,435 | 124 | $110,122,747 |
| 47 | Underworld | $150,518 | 103 | $51,812,674 |
| 48 | Annie Brocoli dans les fonds marins | $143,102 | 49 | $242,240 |
| 49 | The Statement | $141,649 | 19 | $257,695 |
| 50 | Runaway Jury | $137,556 | 107 | $48,953,591 |
| 51 | Alexandra's Project | $130,453 | 10 | $191,869 |
| 52 | Blizzard | $123,084 | 88 | $476,909 |
| 53 | The Fog of War | $119,019 | 5 | $195,000 |
| 54 | Kal Ho Naa Ho | $86,684 | 21 | $1,914,519 |
| 55 | Timeline | $85,140 | 320 | $19,079,082 |
| 56 | Kill Bill: Volume 1 | $73,554 | 48 | $69,614,896 |
| 57 | Modern Times | $70,850 | 7 | $70,850 |
| 58 | Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over | $67,352 | 59 | $111,646,351 |
| 59 | The Texas Chainsaw Massacre | $64,668 | 51 | $80,243,207 |
| 60 | Shattered Glass | $50,518 | 35 | $2,078,799 |
| 61 | My Architect | $44,795 | 3 | $337,055 |
| 62 | Ghosts of the Abyss | $42,658 | 6 | $15,265,717 |
| 63 | Intolerable Cruelty | $42,286 | 31 | $35,273,738 |
| 64 | T-Rex: Back to the Cretaceous | $32,269 | 3 | $46,578,562 |
| 65 | Elephant | $30,478 | 14 | $1,239,436 |
| 66 | Pride and Prejudice | $26,347 | 4 | $144,584 |
| 67 | Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl | $25,816 | 34 | $305,403,035 |
| 68 | The Human Stain | $23,650 | 28 | $5,355,637 |
| 69 | The Gospel of John | $20,060 | 18 | $3,086,998 |
| 70 | Haunted Castle | $19,999 | 5 | $7,959,685 |
| 71 | The Hebrew Hammer | $18,927 | 5 | $55,910 |
| 72 | Pieces of April | $15,968 | 25 | $2,358,045 |
| 73 | The Bread, My Sweet | $13,728 | 6 | $988,072 |
| 74 | Tibet - Cry of the Snow Lion | $12,227 | 7 | $367,524 |
| 75 | The Gatekeeper | $9,871 | 2 | $166,901 |
| 76 | Dirty Pretty Things | $8,617 | 8 | $8,070,107 |
| 77 | City of God | $8,478 | 4 | $4,786,472 |
| 78 | Rivers and Tides | $8,361 | 3 | $2,196,228 |
| 79 | Cirque du Soleil - Journey of Man | $5,376 | 2 | $15,604,734 |
| 80 | Yossi & Jagger | $4,992 | 1 | $189,762 |
| 81 | Party Monster | $3,098 | 1 | $729,809 |
| 82 | On-Line | $2,812 | 1 | $165,974 |
| 83 | Bus 174 | $2,423 | 1 | $162,760 |
| 84 | Bonhoeffer | $2,269 | 1 | $269,023 |
| 85 | The Flower of Evil | $1,992 | 1 | $179,230 |
| 86 | The Legend of Johnny Lingo | $1,332 | 1 | $973,949 |
| 87 | Galapagos | $1,257 | 2 | $14,253,693 |
| 88 | What Alice Found | $1,195 | 1 | $28,536 |
| 89 | The Singing Detective | $1,150 | 3 | $326,231 |
| 90 | The Secret Lives of Dentists | $1,137 | 3 | $3,707,201 |
| 91 | Carnage | $1,055 | 1 | $52,418 |
| 92 | Encounter in the Third Dimension | $699 | 1 | $6,954,494 |
| 93 | Alien Adventure | $550 | 1 | $4,319,784 |
| 94 | In My Skin | $500 | 1 | $26,835 |
| 95 | Northfork | $397 | 1 | $1,420,578 |
| 96 | China: The Panda Adventure | $177 | 1 | $3,544,909 |
| Reporting: 96 | $356,372,713 | total | ||