Week 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 | $35,881,255 | -60% | 3,703 | $9,690 | $298,157,765 | 23 | |
| 2 | (2) | Cheaper by the Dozen | $25,420,935 | -55% | 3,307 | $7,687 | $89,396,493 | 15 | |
| 3 | (3) | Cold Mountain | $15,301,241 | -45% | 2,216 | $6,905 | $47,458,716 | 15 | |
| 4 | (4) | Something's Gotta Give | $15,281,402 | -44% | 2,808 | $5,442 | $84,787,955 | 28 | |
| 5 | (5) | Paycheck | $12,489,587 | -47% | 2,762 | $4,522 | $41,296,726 | 15 | |
| 6 | (7) | Mona Lisa Smile | $10,794,260 | -51% | 2,714 | $3,977 | $52,500,232 | 21 | |
| 7 | (6) | Peter Pan | $10,465,665 | -52% | 2,813 | $3,720 | $35,826,145 | 15 | |
| 8 | (8) | The Last Samurai | $9,987,290 | -40% | 2,401 | $4,160 | $92,630,908 | 35 | |
| 9 | (20) | Calendar Girls | $6,173,383 | +185% | 745 | $8,286 | $8,689,495 | 21 | |
| 10 | (14) | Big Fish | $3,665,826 | -18% | 125 | $29,327 | $9,575,584 | 30 | |
| 11 | (10) | Bad Santa | $3,652,795 | -52% | 1,710 | $2,136 | $57,624,654 | 44 | |
| 12 | (11) | Stuck On You | $3,584,168 | -50% | 2,064 | $1,737 | $31,503,154 | 28 | |
| 13 | (12) | The Haunted Mansion | $2,900,249 | -52% | 1,501 | $1,932 | $70,816,749 | 44 | |
| 14 | (9) | Elf | $2,699,221 | -65% | 1,768 | $1,527 | $171,233,298 | 63 | |
| 15 | (15) | House of Sand and Fog | $2,461,163 | -30% | 442 | $5,568 | $6,056,533 | 21 | |
| 16 | (13) | Love Don't Cost a Thing | $2,223,708 | -53% | 1,015 | $2,191 | $20,480,559 | 28 | |
| 17 | (18) | 21 Grams | $1,938,687 | -19% | 289 | $6,708 | $7,869,980 | 49 | |
| 18 | (21) | In America | $1,646,341 | -24% | 327 | $5,035 | $5,722,787 | 44 | |
| 19 | (19) | Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World | $1,503,603 | -36% | 701 | $2,145 | $83,391,867 | 56 | |
| 20 | (17) | Honey | $1,296,650 | -49% | 672 | $1,930 | $29,040,995 | 35 | |
| 21 | (16) | Dr. Seuss’ The Cat in the Hat | $1,141,360 | -57% | 1,057 | $1,080 | $99,536,560 | 49 | |
| 22 | (22) | Love Actually | $986,530 | -40% | 406 | $2,430 | $57,683,690 | 63 | |
| 23 | (23) | Young Black Stallion | $861,084 | -43% | 51 | $16,884 | $2,455,679 | 15 | |
| 24 | (26) | Lost in Translation | $686,217 | -14% | 123 | $5,579 | $31,773,235 | 119 | |
| 25 | (24) | Brother Bear | $634,770 | -46% | 532 | $1,193 | $83,403,009 | 77 | |
| 26 | (27) | Mystic River | $568,884 | -15% | 201 | $2,830 | $54,459,591 | 93 | |
| 27 | (25) | Gothika | $508,173 | -49% | 406 | $1,252 | $58,356,846 | 49 | |
| 28 | (28) | The Cooler | $480,184 | -21% | 77 | $6,236 | $1,976,406 | 44 | |
| 29 | (29) | School of Rock | $357,352 | -32% | 237 | $1,508 | $80,324,776 | 98 | |
| 30 | (39) | Space Station | $344,824 | +19% | 12 | $28,735 | $46,446,786 | 630 | |
| 31 | (43) | Monster | $336,993 | +62% | 14 | $24,071 | $562,199 | 16 | |
| 32 | (37) | Nez Rouge | $329,183 | -7% | 44 | $7,481 | $1,840,693 | 42 | |
| 33 | (35) | Les Triplettes de Belleville | $309,415 | -17% | 43 | $7,196 | $1,124,232 | 44 | |
| 34 | (34) | Girl with a Pearl Earring | $304,413 | -21% | 26 | $11,708 | $959,305 | 28 | |
| 35 | (64) | T-Rex: Back to the Cretaceous | $302,499 | +837% | 2 | $151,250 | $46,881,061 | 1,904 | |
| 36 | (32) | Looney Tunes: Back in Action | $261,729 | -39% | 336 | $779 | $20,717,143 | 56 | |
| 37 | (30) | The Matrix Revolutions | $250,535 | -47% | 116 | $2,160 | $138,358,821 | 65 | |
| 38 | (31) | Santa vs. The Snowman | $246,623 | -45% | 35 | $7,046 | $2,935,434 | 429 | |
| 39 | (33) | Radio | $241,537 | -39% | 193 | $1,251 | $51,854,967 | 77 | |
| 40 | (38) | Scary Movie 3 | $202,593 | -32% | 201 | $1,008 | $109,607,992 | 77 | |
| 41 | (40) | The Station Agent | $189,594 | -25% | 105 | $1,806 | $4,689,943 | 98 | |
| 42 | (42) | Under the Tuscan Sun | $160,449 | -26% | 158 | $1,016 | $43,371,830 | 105 | |
| 43 | (41) | The Missing | $144,905 | -38% | 146 | $993 | $26,150,419 | 44 | |
| 44 | (45) | The Barbarian Invasions | $139,137 | -20% | 48 | $2,899 | $806,045 | 245 | |
| 45 | (96) | China: The Panda Adventure | $136,930 | +77,262% | 1 | $136,930 | $3,681,839 | 896 | |
| 46 | (44) | The Company | $128,843 | -32% | 11 | $11,713 | $352,717 | 15 | |
| 47 | (53) | The Fog of War | $118,369 | -1% | 6 | $19,728 | $313,369 | 21 | |
| 48 | (47) | Underworld | $115,582 | -23% | 103 | $1,122 | $51,928,256 | 112 | |
| 49 | (51) | Alexandra's Project | $105,202 | -19% | 10 | $10,520 | $297,071 | 21 | |
| 50 | (50) | Runaway Jury | $97,190 | -29% | 110 | $884 | $49,050,781 | 84 | |
| 51 | (36) | L.O.C. (Kargil) | $92,253 | -75% | 56 | $1,647 | $596,553 | 15 | |
| 52 | (49) | The Statement | $91,001 | -36% | 16 | $5,688 | $348,696 | 28 | |
| 53 | (48) | Annie Brocoli dans les fonds marins | $77,457 | -46% | 33 | $2,347 | $319,697 | 21 | |
| 54 | (46) | Freaky Friday | $72,738 | -53% | 106 | $686 | $110,195,485 | 156 | |
| 55 | (56) | Kill Bill: Volume 1 | $62,922 | -14% | 38 | $1,656 | $69,677,818 | 91 | |
| 56 | (59) | The Texas Chainsaw Massacre | $61,981 | -4% | 53 | $1,169 | $80,305,188 | 84 | |
| 57 | (60) | Shattered Glass | $49,686 | -2% | 35 | $1,420 | $2,128,485 | 70 | |
| 58 | (61) | My Architect | $47,735 | +7% | 4 | $11,934 | $384,790 | 56 | |
| 59 | (55) | Timeline | $46,274 | -46% | 270 | $171 | $19,125,356 | 44 | |
| 60 | (58) | Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over | $38,649 | -43% | 44 | $878 | $111,685,000 | 168 | |
| 61 | (-) | Japanese Story | $33,157 | 5 | $6,631 | $41,894 | 9 | ||
| 62 | (54) | Kal Ho Naa Ho | $29,959 | -65% | 15 | $1,997 | $1,944,478 | 44 | |
| 63 | (63) | Intolerable Cruelty | $29,709 | -30% | 24 | $1,238 | $35,303,447 | 91 | |
| 64 | (-) | Bugs! | $28,435 | 13 | $2,187 | $4,376,636 | 301 | ||
| 66 | (52) | Blizzard | $27,691 | -78% | 45 | $615 | $504,600 | 28 | |
| 67 | (62) | Ghosts of the Abyss | $24,379 | -43% | 6 | $4,063 | $15,290,096 | 273 | |
| 68 | (70) | Haunted Castle | $20,000 | +0% | 5 | $4,000 | $7,979,685 | 1,043 | |
| 69 | (65) | Elephant | $17,941 | -41% | 13 | $1,380 | $1,257,377 | 77 | |
| 70 | (66) | Pride and Prejudice | $17,930 | -32% | 4 | $4,483 | $162,514 | 35 | |
| 71 | (-) | To Be and To Have | $15,903 | 5 | $3,181 | $549,531 | 114 | ||
| 72 | (new) | Secret Things | $15,036 | 1 | $15,036 | $15,036 | 7 | ||
| 73 | (69) | The Gospel of John | $13,308 | -34% | 14 | $951 | $3,100,306 | 105 | |
| 74 | (74) | Tibet - Cry of the Snow Lion | $13,219 | +8% | 7 | $1,888 | $380,743 | 112 | |
| 75 | (-) | I Vitelloni | $10,793 | 3 | $3,598 | $62,276 | 56 | ||
| 76 | (71) | The Hebrew Hammer | $9,690 | -49% | 2 | $4,845 | $65,600 | 21 | |
| 77 | (68) | The Human Stain | $9,064 | -62% | 21 | $432 | $5,364,701 | 70 | |
| 78 | (77) | City of God | $8,804 | +4% | 6 | $1,467 | $4,795,276 | 357 | |
| 79 | (73) | The Bread, My Sweet | $8,550 | -38% | 5 | $1,710 | $996,622 | 413 | |
| 80 | (76) | Dirty Pretty Things | $8,549 | -1% | 8 | $1,069 | $8,078,656 | 175 | |
| 81 | (75) | The Gatekeeper | $7,818 | -21% | 2 | $3,909 | $174,719 | 175 | |
| 82 | (67) | Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl | $7,784 | -70% | 27 | $288 | $305,410,819 | 184 | |
| 83 | (-) | Millenium Mambo | $7,364 | 1 | $7,364 | $10,320 | 9 | ||
| 84 | (87) | Galapagos | $7,047 | +461% | 1 | $7,047 | $14,260,740 | 1,533 | |
| 85 | (57) | Modern Times | $6,855 | -90% | 2 | $3,428 | $77,705 | 24,810 | |
| 86 | (-) | Monty Python and the Holy Grail | $6,614 | 3 | $2,205 | $3,427,696 | 10,471 | ||
| 87 | (-) | AKA | $6,349 | 2 | $3,175 | $22,921 | 28 | ||
| 88 | (83) | Bus 174 | $5,487 | +126% | 3 | $1,829 | $168,247 | 93 | |
| 89 | (84) | Bonhoeffer | $4,879 | +115% | 1 | $4,879 | $273,902 | 203 | |
| 90 | (new) | Postmen in the Mountains | $4,259 | 1 | $4,259 | $14,232 | 7 | ||
| 91 | (-) | Porn Theater | $4,094 | 1 | $4,094 | $29,170 | 91 | ||
| 92 | (-) | The Weather Underground | $2,973 | 1 | $2,973 | $502,238 | 217 | ||
| 93 | (-) | Good Boy! | $2,694 | 20 | $135 | $37,653,951 | 91 | ||
| 94 | (80) | Yossi & Jagger | $2,569 | -49% | 1 | $2,569 | $192,331 | 107 | |
| 95 | (81) | Party Monster | $2,415 | -22% | 1 | $2,415 | $732,224 | 133 | |
| 96 | (78) | Rivers and Tides | $2,009 | -76% | 1 | $2,009 | $2,198,237 | 560 | |
| 97 | (89) | The Singing Detective | $1,815 | +58% | 5 | $363 | $328,046 | 77 | |
| 98 | (79) | Cirque du Soleil - Journey of Man | $1,405 | -74% | 2 | $703 | $15,606,139 | 1,344 | |
| 99 | (92) | Encounter in the Third Dimension | $1,211 | +73% | 1 | $1,211 | $6,955,705 | 1,778 | |
| 100 | (85) | The Flower of Evil | $1,114 | -44% | 2 | $557 | $180,344 | 91 | |
| 101 | (86) | The Legend of Johnny Lingo | $744 | -44% | 1 | $744 | $974,693 | 133 | |
| 102 | (91) | Carnage | $648 | -39% | 1 | $648 | $53,066 | 126 | |
| 103 | (-) | Demonlover | $603 | 1 | $603 | $227,695 | 112 | ||
| 104 | (93) | Alien Adventure | $575 | +5% | 1 | $575 | $4,320,359 | 1,365 | |
| 105 | (-) | The Animation Show | $536 | 2 | $268 | $305,142 | 126 | ||
| 106 | (-) | Venus Boyz | $202 | 1 | $202 | $15,232 | 140 | ||
| 107 | (-) | The Embalmer | $135 | 1 | $135 | $56,325 | 175 | ||
| Reporting movies: 106 | $181,131,539 | total box office | |||||||
| Rank | Title | Daily | Theaters | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King | $35,881,255 | 3,703 | $298,157,765 |
| 2 | Cheaper by the Dozen | $25,420,935 | 3,307 | $89,396,493 |
| 3 | Cold Mountain | $15,301,241 | 2,216 | $47,458,716 |
| 4 | Something's Gotta Give | $15,281,402 | 2,808 | $84,787,955 |
| 5 | Paycheck | $12,489,587 | 2,762 | $41,296,726 |
| 6 | Mona Lisa Smile | $10,794,260 | 2,714 | $52,500,232 |
| 7 | Peter Pan | $10,465,665 | 2,813 | $35,826,145 |
| 8 | The Last Samurai | $9,987,290 | 2,401 | $92,630,908 |
| 9 | Calendar Girls | $6,173,383 | 745 | $8,689,495 |
| 10 | Big Fish | $3,665,826 | 125 | $9,575,584 |
| 11 | Bad Santa | $3,652,795 | 1,710 | $57,624,654 |
| 12 | Stuck On You | $3,584,168 | 2,064 | $31,503,154 |
| 13 | The Haunted Mansion | $2,900,249 | 1,501 | $70,816,749 |
| 14 | Elf | $2,699,221 | 1,768 | $171,233,298 |
| 15 | House of Sand and Fog | $2,461,163 | 442 | $6,056,533 |
| 16 | Love Don't Cost a Thing | $2,223,708 | 1,015 | $20,480,559 |
| 17 | 21 Grams | $1,938,687 | 289 | $7,869,980 |
| 18 | In America | $1,646,341 | 327 | $5,722,787 |
| 19 | Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World | $1,503,603 | 701 | $83,391,867 |
| 20 | Honey | $1,296,650 | 672 | $29,040,995 |
| 21 | Dr. Seuss’ The Cat in the Hat | $1,141,360 | 1,057 | $99,536,560 |
| 22 | Love Actually | $986,530 | 406 | $57,683,690 |
| 23 | Young Black Stallion | $861,084 | 51 | $2,455,679 |
| 24 | Lost in Translation | $686,217 | 123 | $31,773,235 |
| 25 | Brother Bear | $634,770 | 532 | $83,403,009 |
| 26 | Mystic River | $568,884 | 201 | $54,459,591 |
| 27 | Gothika | $508,173 | 406 | $58,356,846 |
| 28 | The Cooler | $480,184 | 77 | $1,976,406 |
| 29 | School of Rock | $357,352 | 237 | $80,324,776 |
| 30 | Space Station | $344,824 | 12 | $46,446,786 |
| 31 | Monster | $336,993 | 14 | $562,199 |
| 32 | Nez Rouge | $329,183 | 44 | $1,840,693 |
| 33 | Les Triplettes de Belleville | $309,415 | 43 | $1,124,232 |
| 34 | Girl with a Pearl Earring | $304,413 | 26 | $959,305 |
| 35 | T-Rex: Back to the Cretaceous | $302,499 | 2 | $46,881,061 |
| 36 | Looney Tunes: Back in Action | $261,729 | 336 | $20,717,143 |
| 37 | The Matrix Revolutions | $250,535 | 116 | $138,358,821 |
| 38 | Santa vs. The Snowman | $246,623 | 35 | $2,935,434 |
| 39 | Radio | $241,537 | 193 | $51,854,967 |
| 40 | Scary Movie 3 | $202,593 | 201 | $109,607,992 |
| 41 | The Station Agent | $189,594 | 105 | $4,689,943 |
| 42 | Under the Tuscan Sun | $160,449 | 158 | $43,371,830 |
| 43 | The Missing | $144,905 | 146 | $26,150,419 |
| 44 | The Barbarian Invasions | $139,137 | 48 | $806,045 |
| 45 | China: The Panda Adventure | $136,930 | 1 | $3,681,839 |
| 46 | The Company | $128,843 | 11 | $352,717 |
| 47 | The Fog of War | $118,369 | 6 | $313,369 |
| 48 | Underworld | $115,582 | 103 | $51,928,256 |
| 49 | Alexandra's Project | $105,202 | 10 | $297,071 |
| 50 | Runaway Jury | $97,190 | 110 | $49,050,781 |
| 51 | L.O.C. (Kargil) | $92,253 | 56 | $596,553 |
| 52 | The Statement | $91,001 | 16 | $348,696 |
| 53 | Annie Brocoli dans les fonds marins | $77,457 | 33 | $319,697 |
| 54 | Freaky Friday | $72,738 | 106 | $110,195,485 |
| 55 | Kill Bill: Volume 1 | $62,922 | 38 | $69,677,818 |
| 56 | The Texas Chainsaw Massacre | $61,981 | 53 | $80,305,188 |
| 57 | Shattered Glass | $49,686 | 35 | $2,128,485 |
| 58 | My Architect | $47,735 | 4 | $384,790 |
| 59 | Timeline | $46,274 | 270 | $19,125,356 |
| 60 | Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over | $38,649 | 44 | $111,685,000 |
| 61 | Japanese Story | $33,157 | 5 | $41,894 |
| 62 | Kal Ho Naa Ho | $29,959 | 15 | $1,944,478 |
| 63 | Intolerable Cruelty | $29,709 | 24 | $35,303,447 |
| 64 | Bugs! | $28,435 | 13 | $4,376,636 |
| 66 | Blizzard | $27,691 | 45 | $504,600 |
| 67 | Ghosts of the Abyss | $24,379 | 6 | $15,290,096 |
| 68 | Haunted Castle | $20,000 | 5 | $7,979,685 |
| 69 | Elephant | $17,941 | 13 | $1,257,377 |
| 70 | Pride and Prejudice | $17,930 | 4 | $162,514 |
| 71 | To Be and To Have | $15,903 | 5 | $549,531 |
| 72 | Secret Things | $15,036 | 1 | $15,036 |
| 73 | The Gospel of John | $13,308 | 14 | $3,100,306 |
| 74 | Tibet - Cry of the Snow Lion | $13,219 | 7 | $380,743 |
| 75 | I Vitelloni | $10,793 | 3 | $62,276 |
| 76 | The Hebrew Hammer | $9,690 | 2 | $65,600 |
| 77 | The Human Stain | $9,064 | 21 | $5,364,701 |
| 78 | City of God | $8,804 | 6 | $4,795,276 |
| 79 | The Bread, My Sweet | $8,550 | 5 | $996,622 |
| 80 | Dirty Pretty Things | $8,549 | 8 | $8,078,656 |
| 81 | The Gatekeeper | $7,818 | 2 | $174,719 |
| 82 | Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl | $7,784 | 27 | $305,410,819 |
| 83 | Millenium Mambo | $7,364 | 1 | $10,320 |
| 84 | Galapagos | $7,047 | 1 | $14,260,740 |
| 85 | Modern Times | $6,855 | 2 | $77,705 |
| 86 | Monty Python and the Holy Grail | $6,614 | 3 | $3,427,696 |
| 87 | AKA | $6,349 | 2 | $22,921 |
| 88 | Bus 174 | $5,487 | 3 | $168,247 |
| 89 | Bonhoeffer | $4,879 | 1 | $273,902 |
| 90 | Postmen in the Mountains | $4,259 | 1 | $14,232 |
| 91 | Porn Theater | $4,094 | 1 | $29,170 |
| 92 | The Weather Underground | $2,973 | 1 | $502,238 |
| 93 | Good Boy! | $2,694 | 20 | $37,653,951 |
| 94 | Yossi & Jagger | $2,569 | 1 | $192,331 |
| 95 | Party Monster | $2,415 | 1 | $732,224 |
| 96 | Rivers and Tides | $2,009 | 1 | $2,198,237 |
| 97 | The Singing Detective | $1,815 | 5 | $328,046 |
| 98 | Cirque du Soleil - Journey of Man | $1,405 | 2 | $15,606,139 |
| 99 | Encounter in the Third Dimension | $1,211 | 1 | $6,955,705 |
| 100 | The Flower of Evil | $1,114 | 2 | $180,344 |
| 101 | The Legend of Johnny Lingo | $744 | 1 | $974,693 |
| 102 | Carnage | $648 | 1 | $53,066 |
| 103 | Demonlover | $603 | 1 | $227,695 |
| 104 | Alien Adventure | $575 | 1 | $4,320,359 |
| 105 | The Animation Show | $536 | 2 | $305,142 |
| 106 | Venus Boyz | $202 | 1 | $15,232 |
| 107 | The Embalmer | $135 | 1 | $56,325 |
| Reporting: 106 | $181,131,539 | total | ||