The Top Movies, Weekend of January 2, 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	$28,180,378	-44.31%	3,703	$7,610	$290,410,961	19
2	(2)	Cheaper by the Dozen	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$21,644,537	-21.46%	3,307	$6,545	$85,620,095	11
3	(4)	Something's Gotta Give	Sony Pictures	Romantic Comedy	$11,705,123	-15.28%	2,808	$4,168	$81,211,676	24
4	(3)	Cold Mountain	Miramax	Drama	$11,579,747	-20.55%	2,216	$5,226	$43,737,222	11
5	(5)	Paycheck	Paramount Pictures	Thriller/Suspense	$9,837,313	-26.93%	2,762	$3,562	$38,644,452	11
6	(7)	Peter Pan	Universal	Adventure	$8,818,755	-20.83%	2,813	$3,135	$34,179,235	11
7	(6)	Mona Lisa Smile	Sony Pictures	Drama	$8,300,794	-26.87%	2,714	$3,059	$50,006,766	17
8	(8)	The Last Samurai	Warner Bros.	Action	$7,373,719	-11.45%	2,401	$3,071	$90,017,337	31
9	(25)	Calendar Girls	Buena Vista	Comedy	$4,437,082	+1,019.00%	745	$5,956	$6,953,194	17
10	(9)	Bad Santa	Dimension	Comedy	$2,937,737	-35.09%	1,710	$1,718	$56,909,596	40
11	(11)	Stuck On You	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$2,802,420	-22.73%	2,064	$1,358	$30,721,406	24
12	(14)	Big Fish	Sony Pictures	Drama	$2,544,450	+23.89%	125	$20,356	$8,454,208	26
13	(13)	The Haunted Mansion	Buena Vista	Comedy	$2,506,251	-12.37%	1,501	$1,670	$70,422,751	40
14	(10)	Elf	New Line	Romantic Comedy	$2,303,567	-41.03%	1,768	$1,303	$170,837,644	59
15	(12)	Love Don't Cost a Thing	Warner Bros.	Romantic Comedy	$1,921,466	-34.93%	1,015	$1,893	$20,178,317	24
16	(15)	House of Sand and Fog	Dreamworks SKG	Drama	$1,788,293	+3.94%	442	$4,046	$5,383,663	17
17	(18)	21 Grams	Focus Features	Drama	$1,340,872	+9.56%	289	$4,640	$7,272,165	45
18	(20)	In America	Fox Searchlight	Drama	$1,229,445	+14.82%	327	$3,760	$5,305,891	40
19	(19)	Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World	20th Century Fox	Adventure	$1,117,880	-3.70%	701	$1,595	$83,006,144	52
20	(16)	Honey	Universal	Drama	$1,071,845	-24.37%	672	$1,595	$28,816,190	31
21	(17)	The Cat in the Hat	Universal	Comedy	$988,295	-21.57%	1,057	$935	$99,383,495	45
22	(22)	Young Black Stallion	Buena Vista	Adventure	$755,381	+19.90%	51	$14,811	$2,349,976	11
23	(21)	Love Actually	Universal	Romantic Comedy	$732,755	-11.54%	406	$1,805	$57,429,915	59
24	(24)	Brother Bear	Buena Vista	Adventure	$529,059	+4.43%	532	$994	$83,297,298	73
25	(26)	Lost in Translation	Focus Features	Drama	$499,543	+34.84%	123	$4,061	$31,586,561	115
26	(27)	Mystic River	Warner Bros.	Drama	$409,678	+25.98%	201	$2,038	$54,300,385	89
27	(23)	Gothika	Warner Bros.	Horror	$375,661	-38.11%	406	$925	$58,224,334	45
28	(28)	The Cooler	Lionsgate	Drama	$340,002	+10.12%	77	$4,416	$1,836,224	40
29	(34)	Les Triplettes de Belleville	Sony Pictures	Musical	$282,236	+44.21%	43	$6,564	$1,097,053	40
30	(29)	The School of Rock	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$264,606	+2.39%	237	$1,116	$80,232,030	94
31	(36)	Looney Tunes: Back in Action	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$223,096	+18.41%	336	$664	$20,678,510	52
32	(35)	Girl with a Pearl Earring	Lionsgate	Drama	$210,348	+11.44%	26	$8,090	$865,240	24
33	(33)	Radio	Sony Pictures	Drama	$188,136	-9.03%	193	$975	$51,801,566	73
34	(30)	The Matrix Revolutions	Warner Bros.	Action	$186,142	-23.80%	116	$1,605	$138,294,428	61
35	(37)	Nez Rouge	Christal Films	Romantic Comedy	$166,598	-10.14%	44	$3,786	$1,678,108	38
36	(39)	Scary Movie 3	Dimension	Comedy	$157,996	-3.83%	201	$786	$109,563,395	73
37	(32)	Santa vs. The Snowman	IMAX Films	Adventure	$144,832	-34.85%	35	$4,138	$2,833,643	425
38	(42)	The Station Agent	Miramax	Drama	$141,262	+10.07%	105	$1,345	$4,641,611	94
39	(40)	The Missing	Sony Pictures	Western	$116,290	-13.68%	146	$797	$26,121,804	40
40	(43)	Under the Tuscan Sun	Buena Vista	Comedy	$111,625	+9.97%	158	$706	$43,323,006	101
41	(45)	The Barbarian Invasions	Miramax	Drama	$100,910	+14.75%	48	$2,102	$767,818	241
42	(44)	The Company	Sony Pictures	Drama	$92,139	-1.75%	11	$8,376	$316,013	11
43	(31)	L.O.C. (Kargil)	Eros Entertainment		$83,678	-62.61%	56	$1,494	$587,978	11
44	(50)	The Fog of War	Sony Pictures Classics	Documentary	$81,427	+40.06%	6	$13,571	$276,427	17
45	(47)	Underworld	Sony Pictures	Action	$79,990	+0.64%	103	$777	$51,892,664	108
46	(38)	Space Station	IMAX Films	Documentary	$71,565	-60.83%	12	$5,964	$46,173,527	626
47	(48)	Runaway Jury	20th Century Fox	Thriller/Suspense	$69,006	-11.22%	110	$627	$49,022,597	80
48	(54)	Alexandra's Project	Film Movement	Drama	$67,623	+55.37%	10	$6,762	$259,492	17
49	(41)	The Statement	Sony Pictures	Thriller/Suspense	$63,386	-52.44%	16	$3,962	$321,081	24
50	(49)	Freaky Friday	Buena Vista	Comedy	$57,758	-20.95%	106	$545	$110,180,505	152
51	(53)	Annie Brocoli dans les fonds marins		Comedy	$49,604	+1.99%	33	$1,503	$291,844	17
52	(57)	The Texas Chainsaw Massacre	New Line	Horror	$44,905	+27.34%	53	$847	$80,288,112	80
53	(55)	Kill Bill: Volume 1	Miramax	Action	$40,164	+11.57%	38	$1,057	$69,655,060	87
54	(52)	Timeline	Paramount Pictures	Adventure	$34,156	-31.23%	270	$127	$19,113,238	40
55	(59)	Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over	Dimension	Adventure	$32,270	+3.00%	44	$733	$111,678,621	164
56	(62)	My Architect	New Yorker	Documentary	$28,984	+50.50%	4	$7,246	$366,039	52
57	(58)	Blizzard		Drama	$27,691	-13.43%	45	$615	$504,600	24
58	(60)	Shattered Glass	Lionsgate	Drama	$26,225	+5.01%	35	$749	$2,105,024	66
59	(re-entry)	Bugs!	SK Films	Documentary	$26,187		13	$2,014	$4,374,388	297
60	(new)	Japanese Story	IDP Distribution	Drama	$23,962		5	$4,792	$32,699	5
61	(61)	Intolerable Cruelty	Universal	Romantic Comedy	$22,510	-0.94%	24	$938	$35,296,248	87
62	(51)	Kal Ho Naa Ho	Yash Raj Films	Drama	$22,414	-56.91%	15	$1,494	$1,936,933	40
63	(re-entry)	Cuore Altrove, Il	Odeon Films		$20,107		8	$2,513	$71,542	17
64	(63)	Pieces of April	MGM/UA	Comedy	$18,107		25	$724	$2,376,152	80
65	(64)	Elephant	Fine Line	Drama	$17,941	-0.56%	13	$1,380	$1,257,377	73
66	(65)	Ghosts of the Abyss	Buena Vista	Documentary	$17,765	+1.67%	6	$2,961	$15,283,482	269
67	(72)	Pride and Prejudice	Excel Entertainment	Comedy	$13,032	+49.93%	4	$3,258	$157,616	31
68	(re-entry)	To Be and To Have	New Yorker	Documentary	$11,525		5	$2,305	$545,153	110
69	(re-entry)	Out of Time	MGM/UA	Thriller/Suspense	$11,312		12	$943	$41,067,004	94
70	(67)	Haunted Castle	nWave Pictures	Adventure	$10,000	-16.67%	5	$2,000	$7,969,685	1,039
71	(new)	Secret Things	First Run	Drama	$9,421		1	$9,421	$9,421	3
72	(68)	The Gospel of John	ThinkFilm	Drama	$8,973	-23.89%	14	$641	$3,095,971	101
73	(re-entry)	I Vitelloni	Kino	Drama	$8,176		3	$2,725	$59,659	52
74	(70)	Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl	Buena Vista	Adventure	$7,784	-29.63%	27	$288	$305,411,224	180
75	(73)	Tibet - Cry of the Snow Lion	Artistic License	Documentary	$7,725	+26.58%	7	$1,104	$375,249	108
76	(69)	The Bread, My Sweet	Panorama Entertainment	Romantic Comedy	$7,127	-38.47%	5	$1,425	$995,199	409
77	(71)	The Hebrew Hammer	Cowboy Pictures		$6,903	-33.43%	2	$3,452	$62,813	17
78	(re-entry)	Monty Python and the Holy Grail			$6,614		3	$2,205	$3,427,696	10,467
79	(77)	City of God	Miramax	Drama	$6,081	+39.41%	6	$1,014	$4,792,553	353
80	(78)	The Gatekeeper			$5,815	+52.99%	2	$2,908	$172,716	171
81	(66)	The Human Stain	Miramax	Drama	$5,813	-54.13%	21	$277	$5,361,450	66
82	(76)	Dirty Pretty Things	Miramax	Drama	$5,754	+31.55%	8	$719	$8,075,861	171
83	(56)	Modern Times	Kino	Comedy	$4,773	-86.67%	2	$2,387	$75,623	24,806
84	(75)	T-Rex: Back to the Cretaceous	IMAX Films	Adventure	$4,661	-3.28%	2	$2,331	$46,583,223	1,900
85	(new)	Millenium Mambo			$4,619		1	$4,619	$7,575	5
86	(88)	Bus 174	ThinkFilm	Documentary	$4,580	+313.36%	3	$1,527	$167,340	89
87	(re-entry)	AKA	Empire Pictures	Drama	$3,852		2	$1,926	$20,424	24
88	(new)	Postmen in the Mountains	Shadow	Drama	$2,334		1	$2,334	$12,307	3
89	(re-entry)	Porn Theater			$2,249		1	$2,249	$27,325	87
90	(81)	Bonhoeffer	First Run	Documentary	$2,214	-2.42%	1	$2,214	$271,237	199
91	(re-entry)	Good Boy!	MGM/UA	Comedy	$2,044		20	$102	$37,653,301	87
92	(74)	Rivers and Tides		Documentary	$2,009	-65.91%	1	$2,009	$2,198,237	556
93	(re-entry)	The Animation Show	The Animation Show/IPMA	Multiple Genres	$1,756		2	$878	$306,362	122
94	(re-entry)	Weather Underground	Shadow	Documentary	$1,612		1	$1,612	$500,877	213
95	(84)	Party Monster (2003)	ContentFilm		$1,578	+2.33%	1	$1,578	$731,387	129
96	(80)	Yossi & Jagger			$1,511	-40.32%	1	$1,511	$191,273	103
97	(83)	Galapagos	IMAX Films	Documentary	$1,122	-29.03%	1	$1,122	$14,254,815	1,529
98	(90)	The Singing Detective	Paramount Pictures		$1,083	+21.82%	5	$217	$327,314	73
99	(re-entry)	Seaside			$1,003		1	$1,003	$14,769	152
100	(82)	Cirque du Soleil - Journey of Man	Sony Pictures Classics	Musical	$898	-44.01%	2	$449	$15,605,632	1,340
101	(87)	The Flower of Evil			$819	-26.28%	2	$410	$180,049	87
102	(89)	The Legend of Johnny Lingo	Innovation Film Group	Adventure	$744	-28.60%	1	$744	$974,693	129
103	(re-entry)	Blue Gate Crossing	Strand Releasing	Romantic Comedy	$737		1	$737	$4,025	45
104	(re-entry)	Hukkle	Shadow	Drama	$671		1	$671	$12,493	38
105	(96)	Encounter in the Third Dimension	nWave Pictures	Drama	$500	+42.86%	1	$500	$6,954,994	1,774
106	(98)	China: The Panda Adventure	IMAX Films	Drama	$432	+92.86%	1	$432	$3,545,341	892
107	(99)	Carnage	WellSpring	Drama	$285	+418.18%	1	$285	$52,703	122
108	(97)	Alien Adventure	nWave Pictures	Adventure	$275	-8.33%	1	$275	$4,320,059	1,361
109	(re-entry)	Demonlover	Palm Pictures		$273		1	$273	$227,365	108
110	(re-entry)	Venus Boyz	First Run	Documentary	$141		1	$141	$15,171	136
111	(re-entry)	The Embalmer			$135		1	$135	$56,325	171

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