The Top Movies of Friday, December 17, 2004

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(new)	Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$10,500,000		3,620	$2,901	$10,500,000	1
2	(1)	Ocean's Twelve	Warner Bros.	Adventure	$6,000,000	+129.53%	3,290	$1,824	$56,400,000	8
3	(new)	Spanglish	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$3,000,000		2,438	$1,231	$3,000,000	1
4	(2)	The Polar Express	Warner Bros.	Adventure	$2,500,000	+59.44%	2,868	$872	$117,500,000	38
5	(3)	Blade: Trinity	New Line	Action	$2,200,000	+118.69%	2,912	$755	$31,000,000	10
6	(4)	National Treasure	Buena Vista	Adventure	$1,700,000	+138.76%	2,772	$613	$128,400,000	29
7	(new)	Flight of the Phoenix	20th Century Fox	Adventure	$1,500,000		2,604	$576	$1,500,000	1
8	(5)	Christmas with the Kranks	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$1,400,000	+158.30%	2,941	$476	$58,000,000	24
9	(6)	Closer	Sony Pictures	Drama	$1,000,000	+131.48%	1,090	$917	$16,500,000	15
10	(7)	The Incredibles	Buena Vista	Adventure	$800,000	+123.46%	1,930	$415	$234,700,000	43
11	(9)	Finding Neverland	Miramax	Drama	$600,000	+194.12%	985	$609	$15,500,000	36
12	(10)	Sideways	Fox Searchlight	Drama	$400,000	+110.53%	424	$943	$15,400,000	57
13	(8)	SpongeBob SquarePants	Paramount Pictures	Adventure	$400,000	+95.12%	2,115	$189	$74,800,000	29
14	(re-entry)	House of Flying Daggers	Sony Pictures Classics	Action	$250,000		145	$1,724	$1,050,000	15
15	(new)	The Aviator	Miramax	Drama	$250,000		40	$6,250	$250,000	1