The Top Movies of Tuesday, December 23, 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	$12,476,242	-8.01%	3,703	$3,369	$150,139,984	7
2	(2)	Mona Lisa Smile	Sony Pictures	Drama	$2,200,000	-4.82%	2,677	$822	$16,039,992	5
3	(3)	Something's Gotta Give	Sony Pictures	Romantic Comedy	$2,000,000	+14.06%	2,677	$747	$37,183,290	12
4	(4)	Elf	New Line	Romantic Comedy	$1,900,000	+22.90%	2,451	$775	$158,259,000	47
5	(5)	The Last Samurai	Warner Bros.	Action	$1,600,000	+16.91%	2,938	$545	$62,455,768	19
6	(6)	Stuck On You	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$1,200,000	+12.14%	3,007	$399	$19,253,973	12
7	(7)	The Haunted Mansion	Buena Vista	Comedy	$1,000,000	+5.24%	2,414	$414	$60,752,712	28
8	(8)	Bad Santa	Miramax/Dimension	Comedy	$850,000	+16.60%	2,225	$382	$44,490,000	28
9	(9)	The Cat in the Hat	Universal	Comedy	$680,000	+12.37%	2,121	$321	$95,209,830	33
10	(10)	Love Don't Cost a Thing	Warner Bros.	Romantic Comedy	$580,000	+0.66%	1,844	$315	$12,348,524	12

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