The Top Movies, Weekend of January 23, 2004

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(new)	The Butterfly Effect	New Line	Drama	$17,065,227		2,605	$6,551	$17,065,227	3
2	(1)	Along Came Polly	Universal	Romantic Comedy	$16,352,625	-41.01%	2,995	$5,460	$53,263,615	10
3	(new)	Win a Date with Tad Hamilton!	Dreamworks SKG	Romantic Comedy	$7,320,066		2,711	$2,700	$7,320,066	3
4	(2)	Big Fish	Sony Pictures	Drama	$7,110,138	-31.02%	2,438	$2,916	$48,934,111	47
5	(3)	The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King	New Line	Adventure	$6,785,756	-33.60%	2,558	$2,653	$337,817,998	40
6	(5)	Cheaper by the Dozen	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$6,381,508	-29.11%	2,812	$2,269	$122,533,720	32
7	(6)	Cold Mountain	Miramax	Drama	$5,004,505	-26.53%	2,802	$1,786	$72,570,380	32
8	(4)	Torque	Warner Bros.	Action	$4,492,005	-54.95%	2,463	$1,824	$17,278,318	10
9	(7)	Something's Gotta Give	Sony Pictures	Romantic Comedy	$4,017,675	-30.54%	2,143	$1,875	$107,054,327	45
10	(26)	Mystic River	Warner Bros.	Drama	$3,368,197	+924.76%	1,327	$2,538	$58,766,374	110
11	(9)	Calendar Girls	Buena Vista	Comedy	$2,385,676	-24.94%	966	$2,470	$21,529,440	38
12	(10)	The Last Samurai	Warner Bros.	Action	$2,177,479	-30.26%	1,115	$1,953	$105,521,192	52
13	(16)	Monster	Newmarket Films	Drama	$2,052,238	+35.84%	330	$6,219	$6,002,670	33
14	(8)	My Baby's Daddy	Miramax	Comedy	$2,033,788	-44.59%	1,227	$1,658	$15,644,789	17
15	(13)	Teacher's Pet: The Movie	Buena Vista	Comedy	$1,427,679	-41.99%	2,027	$704	$5,315,505	10
16	(14)	Peter Pan	Universal	Adventure	$1,225,180	-44.55%	1,124	$1,090	$45,465,970	32
17	(12)	Paycheck	Paramount Pictures	Thriller/Suspense	$1,176,378	-53.08%	1,108	$1,062	$52,558,091	32
18	(17)	The Cooler	Lionsgate	Drama	$913,089	-18.40%	408	$2,238	$5,002,374	61
19	(15)	Mona Lisa Smile	Sony Pictures	Drama	$888,179	-58.46%	1,007	$882	$62,351,962	38
20	(18)	21 Grams	Focus Features	Drama	$854,003	-20.26%	401	$2,130	$12,126,282	66
21	(20)	In America	Fox Searchlight	Drama	$792,684	-8.03%	306	$2,590	$9,005,655	61
22	(21)	Lost in Translation	Focus Features	Drama	$725,768	-4.88%	357	$2,033	$34,677,058	136
23	(11)	Chasing Liberty	Warner Bros.	Romantic Comedy	$681,286	-75.71%	1,248	$546	$11,757,348	17
24	(19)	House of Sand and Fog	Dreamworks SKG	Drama	$668,418	-35.16%	525	$1,273	$10,241,296	38
25	(23)	Girl with a Pearl Earring	Lionsgate	Drama	$540,954	+19.92%	72	$7,513	$2,629,489	45
26	(22)	Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World	20th Century Fox	Adventure	$355,772	-25.73%	235	$1,514	$85,299,861	73
27	(25)	Young Black Stallion	Buena Vista	Adventure	$315,458	-22.30%	51	$6,185	$3,851,755	32
28	(32)	Elf	New Line	Romantic Comedy	$247,030	+13.48%	301	$821	$172,421,204	80
29	(24)	The Haunted Mansion	Buena Vista	Comedy	$237,173	-46.43%	301	$788	$72,824,385	61
30	(new)	Khakee			$212,656		45	$4,726	$212,656	3
31	(38)	Les Triplettes de Belleville	Sony Pictures	Musical	$208,437	+32.38%	46	$4,531	$1,800,796	61
32	(28)	Love Actually	Universal	Romantic Comedy	$198,970	-29.15%	202	$985	$58,887,405	80
33	(37)	The Company	Sony Pictures	Drama	$179,298	+8.25%	51	$3,516	$874,270	32
34	(30)	Brother Bear	Buena Vista	Adventure	$170,451	-23.82%	306	$557	$84,270,653	94
35	(47)	The Missing	Sony Pictures	Western	$160,029	+136.45%	227	$705	$26,514,143	61
36	(31)	The Cat in the Hat	Universal	Comedy	$158,485	-28.68%	317	$500	$100,446,895	66
37	(46)	The Fog of War	Sony Pictures Classics	Documentary	$155,826	+122.61%	17	$9,166	$677,152	38
38	(35)	The Matrix Revolutions	Warner Bros.	Action	$136,207	-30.35%	262	$520	$138,937,971	82
39	(36)	Honey	Universal	Drama	$123,695	-33.37%	178	$695	$29,866,235	52
40	(39)	The School of Rock	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$117,195	-25.12%	130	$902	$80,942,718	115
41	(53)	The Gospel of John	ThinkFilm	Drama	$111,907	+134.73%	66	$1,696	$3,295,775	122
42	(27)	Stuck On You	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$111,219	-62.15%	226	$492	$33,319,164	45
43	(43)	The Station Agent	Miramax	Drama	$110,674	+15.73%	65	$1,703	$5,061,810	115
44	(33)	Love Don't Cost a Thing	Warner Bros.	Romantic Comedy	$102,675	-49.48%	119	$863	$21,534,143	45
45	(new)	Touching the Void	IFC Films	Documentary	$96,973		5	$19,395	$96,973	3
46	(29)	Bad Santa	Dimension	Comedy	$84,531	-64.17%	164	$515	$59,371,103	61
47	(41)	Radio	Sony Pictures	Drama	$84,493	-27.78%	125	$676	$52,277,485	94
48	(40)	Gothika	Warner Bros.	Horror	$75,230	-37.41%	107	$703	$58,880,800	66
49	(42)	Timeline	Paramount Pictures	Adventure	$69,132	-35.99%	136	$508	$19,375,474	61
50	(54)	My Architect	New Yorker	Documentary	$58,383	+25.17%	8	$7,298	$574,610	73
51	(50)	Space Station	IMAX Films	Documentary	$55,308	-11.95%	15	$3,687	$46,734,788	647
52	(44)	Alexandra's Project	Film Movement	Drama	$51,583	-43.48%	29	$1,779	$649,940	38
53	(49)	Runaway Jury	20th Century Fox	Thriller/Suspense	$50,562	-20.23%	80	$632	$49,309,588	101
54	(new)	Wooly Boys			$49,374		5	$9,875	$49,374	3
55	(48)	The Battle of Algiers	Rialto Pictures	Drama	$47,027	-27.29%	6	$7,838	$262,933	17
56	(45)	Scary Movie 3	Dimension	Comedy	$46,626	-39.90%	102	$457	$109,897,695	94
57	(56)	Bugs!	SK Films	Documentary	$41,862	+1.49%	14	$2,990	$4,602,719	318
58	(52)	Looney Tunes: Back in Action	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$39,216	-27.49%	147	$267	$20,950,820	73
59	(51)	The Statement	Sony Pictures	Thriller/Suspense	$28,774	-51.76%	24	$1,199	$596,839	45
60	(72)	To Be and To Have	New Yorker	Documentary	$22,311	+49.74%	8	$2,789	$606,605	131
61	(59)	The Barbarian Invasions	Miramax	Drama	$22,271	-24.50%	12	$1,856	$934,598	262
62	(61)	Kill Bill: Volume 1	Miramax	Action	$21,604	-22.35%	23	$939	$69,796,127	108
63	(62)	The Home Teachers	Halestorm Entertainment	Comedy	$20,739	-20.80%	18	$1,152	$132,512	17
64	(58)	Under the Tuscan Sun	Buena Vista	Comedy	$20,691	-45.50%	45	$460	$43,574,143	122
65	(63)	Japanese Story	IDP Distribution	Drama	$19,192	-25.04%	4	$4,798	$121,019	26
66	(60)	Tokyo Godfathers	IDP Distribution	Drama	$18,530	-36.67%	10	$1,853	$66,131	10
67	(69)	Shattered Glass	Lionsgate	Drama	$17,921	-4.96%	28	$640	$2,207,975	87
68	(66)	Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over	Dimension	Adventure	$13,664	-29.72%	27	$506	$111,748,947	185
69	(71)	Ghosts of the Abyss	Buena Vista	Documentary	$13,471	-10.78%	7	$1,924	$15,344,659	290
70	(75)	T-Rex: Back to the Cretaceous	IMAX Films	Adventure	$12,559	+16.90%	5	$2,512	$46,948,404	1,921
71	(new)	Made-Up			$12,443		2	$6,222	$34,598	3
72	(77)	Pride and Prejudice	Excel Entertainment	Comedy	$11,364	+25.60%	10	$1,136	$200,587	52
73	(73)	Aileen: Life and Death of a Serial Killer	Lantern Lane Entertainment	Documentary	$11,229	-14.73%	4	$2,807	$53,196	17
74	(78)	Haunted Castle	nWave Pictures	Adventure	$8,810	+3.65%	5	$1,762	$8,017,995	1,060
75	(76)	Galapagos	IMAX Films	Documentary	$8,453	-20.28%	4	$2,113	$14,286,810	1,550
76	(80)	The Gatekeeper			$7,727	+28.68%	3	$2,576	$204,290	192
77	(67)	Yves St. Laurent	Empire Pictures	Documentary	$6,995	-63.78%	2	$3,498	$62,458	19
78	(70)	Crimson Gold	WellSpring	Drama	$6,761	-61.20%	1	$6,761	$29,399	10
79	(74)	Tibet - Cry of the Snow Lion	Artistic License	Documentary	$6,134	-47.86%	5	$1,227	$416,329	129
80	(79)	City of God	Miramax	Drama	$5,845	-16.01%	4	$1,461	$4,815,624	374
81	(101)	Yossi & Jagger			$5,343	+237.95%	2	$2,672	$205,764	124
82	(re-entry)	Standard Time	MGM/UA		$3,748		4	$937	$80,776	73
83	(84)	The Bread, My Sweet	Panorama Entertainment	Romantic Comedy	$3,724	-16.09%	3	$1,241	$1,016,057	430
84	(89)	Dirty Pretty Things	Miramax	Drama	$3,637	+5.21%	5	$727	$8,094,919	192
85	(94)	Modern Times	Kino	Comedy	$3,561	+57.57%	4	$890	$102,914	24,827
86	(81)	Cuore Altrove, Il	Odeon Films		$3,161	-44.50%	3	$1,054	$106,573	38
87	(95)	Bus 174	ThinkFilm	Documentary	$2,868	+36.38%	2	$1,434	$179,018	110
88	(82)	Cuba: Island of Music	Cinema Four	Documentary	$2,776	-45.26%	1	$2,776	$8,806	10
89	(re-entry)	Small Voices			$2,574		2	$1,287	$66,235	108
90	(85)	The Animation Show	The Animation Show/IPMA	Multiple Genres	$2,253	-47.45%	3	$751	$324,914	143
91	(90)	The Hebrew Hammer	Cowboy Pictures		$1,515	-49.28%	2	$758	$77,755	38
92	(98)	Bonhoeffer	First Run	Documentary	$1,162	-41.40%	1	$1,162	$280,377	220
93	(93)	The Holy Land			$1,135	-53.48%	1	$1,135	$602,990	199
94	(re-entry)	American Storytellers	Indican Pictures	Documentary	$1,116		1	$1,116	$9,956	80
95	(88)	Postmen in the Mountains	Shadow	Drama	$1,045	-71.92%	1	$1,045	$23,032	24
96	(114)	Demonlover	Palm Pictures		$1,017	+271.17%	2	$509	$231,756	129
97	(99)	Weather Underground	Shadow	Documentary	$875	-48.38%	1	$875	$504,808	234
98	(92)	The Son			$822	-70.16%	1	$822	$70,023	381
99	(100)	The Human Stain	Miramax	Drama	$730	-56.10%	11	$66	$5,378,335	87
100	(102)	Hukkle	Shadow	Drama	$722	-52.37%	1	$722	$16,170	59
101	(107)	The Singing Detective	Paramount Pictures		$715	-1.79%	4	$179	$335,521	94
102	(34)	The Legend of Johnny Lingo	Innovation Film Group	Adventure	$715	-99.64%	4	$179	$335,521	150
103	(83)	The Tracker	Artmattan Productions	Drama	$635	-87.28%	1	$635	$6,306	10
104	(104)	Party Monster (2003)	ContentFilm		$546	-41.73%	1	$546	$735,713	150
105	(109)	Encounter in the Third Dimension	nWave Pictures	Drama	$525	+10.53%	1	$525	$6,957,930	1,795
106	(re-entry)	Emerald Cowboy	Indican Pictures		$402		1	$402	$74,280	129
107	(110)	Alien Adventure	nWave Pictures	Adventure	$330	-5.71%	1	$330	$4,321,794	1,382

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