The Top Movies of Sunday, December 21, 2003

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(1)	The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King	New Line	Adventure	$23,326,111	-15.15%	3,703	$6,299	$124,100,534	5
2	(2)	Something's Gotta Give	Sony Pictures	Romantic Comedy	$3,484,284	-25.97%	2,677	$1,302	$33,429,833	10
3	(3)	Mona Lisa Smile	Sony Pictures	Drama	$3,335,306	-18.18%	2,677	$1,246	$11,528,498	3
4	(4)	The Last Samurai	Warner Bros.	Action	$2,663,387	-11.16%	2,938	$907	$59,487,166	17
5	(5)	Elf	New Line	Romantic Comedy	$1,878,000	-14.44%	2,451	$766	$154,813,000	45
6	(6)	Bad Santa	Miramax/Dimension	Comedy	$1,724,000	-13.80%	2,225	$775	$42,911,000	26
7	(7)	Stuck On You	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$1,680,114	-14.49%	3,007	$559	$16,983,906	10
8	(8)	The Haunted Mansion	Buena Vista	Comedy	$1,335,957	-18.64%	2,414	$553	$58,802,462	26
9	(9)	Love Don't Cost a Thing	Warner Bros.	Romantic Comedy	$1,029,833	-33.80%	1,844	$558	$11,192,300	10
10	(re-entry)	The Cat in the Hat	Universal	Comedy	$816,585		2,121	$385	$93,924,705	31