The Top Movies of Thursday, January 15, 2004

		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	$1,036,000	-1.99%	3,532	$293	$316,593,000	30
2	(2)	Big Fish	Sony Pictures	Drama	$1,034,000	+10.47%	2,406	$430	$27,551,000	37
3	(3)	Cold Mountain	Miramax	Drama	$677,000	-2.17%	2,302	$294	$58,021,000	22
4	(4)	Something's Gotta Give	Sony Pictures	Romantic Comedy	$633,000	+6.03%	2,876	$220	$94,961,000	35
5	(5)	Cheaper by the Dozen	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$587,000	+25.16%	3,238	$181	$103,202,000	22
6	(6)	Calendar Girls	Buena Vista	Comedy	$453,000	+7.09%	957	$473	$14,138,000	28
7	(7)	The Last Samurai	Warner Bros.	Action	$418,000	+3.98%	1,901	$220	$98,876,000	42
8	(9)	Mona Lisa Smile	Sony Pictures	Drama	$371,000	+7.23%	2,500	$148	$58,360,000	28
9	(8)	Paycheck	Paramount Pictures	Thriller/Suspense	$361,000	+3.44%	2,762	$131	$47,927,000	22
10	(new)	Chasing Liberty	Warner Bros.	Romantic Comedy	$304,000		2,400	$127	$7,224,000	7

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