The Top Movies of Friday, December 5, 2003

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(new)	The Last Samurai	Warner Bros.	Action	$8,200,000		2,908	$2,820	$8,200,000	1
2	(new)	Honey	Universal	Drama	$5,000,000		1,942	$2,575	$5,000,000	1
3	(5)	The Haunted Mansion	Buena Vista	Comedy	$2,300,000	+293.84%	3,122	$737	$38,900,000	10
4	(3)	Elf	New Line	Romantic Comedy	$2,300,000	+287.86%	3,119	$737	$133,800,000	29
5	(1)	Bad Santa	Miramax/Dimension	Comedy	$2,100,000	+152.10%	2,091	$1,004	$22,200,000	10
6	(6)	The Cat in the Hat	Universal	Comedy	$1,800,000	+234.57%	3,409	$528	$80,000,000	15
7	(2)	Gothika	Warner Bros.	Horror	$1,800,000	+144.23%	2,205	$816	$46,100,000	15
8	(8)	Love Actually	Universal	Romantic Comedy	$1,100,000	+142.29%	1,870	$588	$46,300,000	29
9	(4)	The Missing	Sony Pictures	Western	$1,100,000	+86.76%	2,756	$399	$18,900,000	10
10	(7)	Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World	20th Century Fox	Adventure	$1,100,000	+109.52%	2,344	$469	$70,000,000	22