The Top Movies, Weekend of November 26, 2004
| | | Movie | Distributor | Genre | Gross | Change | Thtrs. | Per Thtr. | Total Gross | Days |
| 1 |
(1) |
National Treasure |
Buena Vista
|
Adventure
|
$32,156,917 |
-8.50% |
3,243 |
$9,916 |
$87,270,875 |
10 |
| 2 |
(3) |
The Incredibles |
Buena Vista
|
Adventure
|
$23,580,279 |
-11.10% |
3,453 |
$6,829 |
$214,294,035 |
24 |
| 3 |
(new) |
Christmas with the Kranks |
Sony Pictures
|
Comedy
|
$21,570,867 |
  |
3,393 |
$6,357 |
$30,818,212 |
5 |
| 4 |
(4) |
The Polar Express |
Warner Bros.
|
Adventure
|
$19,389,297 |
+23.75% |
3,650 |
$5,312 |
$81,479,861 |
19 |
| 5 |
(2) |
SpongeBob SquarePants |
Paramount Pictures
|
Adventure
|
$17,844,331 |
-44.27% |
3,307 |
$5,396 |
$58,793,169 |
10 |
| 6 |
(new) |
Alexander |
Warner Bros.
|
Adventure
|
$13,687,087 |
  |
2,445 |
$5,598 |
$21,837,517 |
5 |
| 7 |
(5) |
Bridget Jones: The Edge Of Reason |
Universal
|
Comedy
|
$6,231,960 |
-37.96% |
2,469 |
$2,524 |
$31,963,405 |
17 |
| 8 |
(13) |
Finding Neverland |
Miramax
|
Drama
|
$4,670,177 |
+458.13% |
513 |
$9,104 |
$7,753,315 |
17 |
| 9 |
(7) |
Ray |
Universal
|
Drama
|
$3,976,685 |
-12.89% |
1,549 |
$2,567 |
$65,126,870 |
31 |
| 10 |
(6) |
After the Sunset |
New Line
|
Action
|
$3,101,979 |
-38.88% |
2,309 |
$1,343 |
$24,320,526 |
17 |
| 11 |
(12) |
Sideways |
Fox Searchlight
|
Drama
|
$2,912,836 |
+59.28% |
497 |
$5,861 |
$9,950,066 |
38 |
| 12 |
(8) |
The Grudge |
Sony Pictures
|
Horror
|
$1,952,301 |
-48.79% |
1,486 |
$1,314 |
$107,778,950 |
38 |
| 13 |
(10) |
Saw |
Lionsgate
|
Horror
|
$1,531,070 |
-46.89% |
1,043 |
$1,468 |
$53,199,019 |
31 |
| 14 |
(11) |
Shall We Dance? |
Miramax
|
Romantic Comedy
|
$1,506,946 |
-35.51% |
1,054 |
$1,430 |
$54,719,257 |
45 |
| 15 |
(9) |
Seed of Chucky |
Rogue Pictures
|
Horror
|
$1,296,909 |
-59.99% |
1,047 |
$1,239 |
$15,692,277 |
17 |
| 16 |
(16) |
Kinsey |
Fox Searchlight
|
Drama
|
$1,292,518 |
+123.73% |
188 |
$6,875 |
$2,545,366 |
17 |
| 17 |
(15) |
The Motorcycle Diaries |
Focus Features
|
Drama
|
$657,028 |
+5.66% |
239 |
$2,749 |
$13,677,171 |
66 |
| 18 |
(18) |
Veer-Zaara |
Yash Raj Films
|
Drama
|
$403,841 |
-26.30% |
81 |
$4,986 |
$2,462,255 |
17 |
| 19 |
(17) |
Shark Tale |
Dreamworks SKG
|
Adventure
|
$325,442 |
-43.48% |
512 |
$636 |
$158,966,465 |
59 |
| 20 |
(21) |
Being Julia |
Sony Pictures
|
Drama
|
$324,394 |
-17.05% |
206 |
$1,575 |
$2,674,051 |
45 |
| 21 |
(19) |
Friday Night Lights |
Universal
|
Drama
|
$292,405 |
-45.56% |
351 |
$833 |
$60,607,710 |
52 |
| 22 |
(23) |
What the #$'! Do We Know |
Captured Light
|
Documentary
|
$255,492 |
-5.39% |
107 |
$2,388 |
$9,049,915 |
297 |
| 23 |
(new) |
Nouvelle-France |
|
Drama
|
$253,337 |
  |
83 |
$3,052 |
$921,364 |
5 |
| 24 |
(new) |
The Work and the Glory |
Excel Entertainment
|
Drama
|
$251,145 |
  |
32 |
$7,848 |
$450,324 |
5 |
| 25 |
(26) |
Napoleon Dynamite |
Fox Searchlight
|
Comedy
|
$241,977 |
+44.03% |
193 |
$1,254 |
$43,447,097 |
171 |
| 26 |
(22) |
I Heart Huckabees |
Fox Searchlight
|
Comedy
|
$215,729 |
-27.34% |
106 |
$2,035 |
$12,044,129 |
59 |
| 27 |
(14) |
Alfie |
Paramount Pictures
|
Comedy
|
$192,053 |
-73.60% |
520 |
$369 |
$13,148,049 |
24 |
| 28 |
(20) |
Ladder 49 |
Buena Vista
|
Action
|
$179,932 |
-54.38% |
249 |
$723 |
$73,067,237 |
59 |
| 29 |
(27) |
Without a Paddle |
Paramount Pictures
|
Comedy
|
$152,211 |
-7.65% |
196 |
$777 |
$57,736,910 |
101 |
| 30 |
(28) |
The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement |
Buena Vista
|
Romantic Comedy
|
$144,179 |
-10.51% |
262 |
$550 |
$94,903,904 |
110 |
| 31 |
(29) |
Bad Education |
Sony Pictures Classics
|
Drama
|
$138,546 |
-5.99% |
3 |
$46,182 |
$379,809 |
10 |
| 32 |
(25) |
Taxi |
20th Century Fox
|
Action
|
$109,701 |
-39.77% |
163 |
$673 |
$35,852,247 |
54 |
| 33 |
(new) |
Hulchul |
|
Comedy
|
$108,952 |
  |
20 |
$5,448 |
$108,952 |
3 |
| 34 |
(35) |
The Machinist |
Paramount Classics
|
Thriller/Suspense
|
$107,387 |
+61.20% |
35 |
$3,068 |
$537,701 |
38 |
| 35 |
(new) |
A Very Long Engagement |
Warner Bros.
|
Drama
|
$101,749 |
  |
4 |
$25,437 |
$101,749 |
3 |
| 36 |
(31) |
The Bourne Supremacy |
Universal
|
Action
|
$95,910 |
-26.91% |
156 |
$615 |
$176,049,130 |
129 |
| 37 |
(24) |
Team America: World Police |
Paramount Pictures
|
Comedy
|
$92,277 |
-56.98% |
108 |
$854 |
$32,385,401 |
45 |
| 38 |
(51) |
Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow |
Paramount Pictures
|
Adventure
|
$91,915 |
+349.40% |
191 |
$481 |
$37,635,325 |
73 |
| 39 |
(30) |
Vera Drake |
Fine Line
|
Drama
|
$91,170 |
-34.11% |
45 |
$2,026 |
$1,833,121 |
50 |
| 40 |
(47) |
Santa vs. The Snowman |
IMAX Films
|
Adventure
|
$83,148 |
+196.50% |
16 |
$5,197 |
$5,173,433 |
754 |
| 41 |
(40) |
Space Station |
IMAX Films
|
Documentary
|
$73,121 |
+46.73% |
14 |
$5,223 |
$55,162,224 |
955 |
| 42 |
(54) |
Callas Forever |
Regent Releasing
|
Drama
|
$58,983 |
+228.30% |
14 |
$4,213 |
$171,627 |
24 |
| 43 |
(33) |
Cellular |
New Line
|
Thriller/Suspense
|
$54,181 |
-37.54% |
108 |
$502 |
$31,913,300 |
80 |
| 44 |
(45) |
Bugs! |
SK Films
|
Documentary
|
$49,417 |
+46.28% |
22 |
$2,246 |
$13,788,781 |
626 |
| 45 |
(37) |
Garden State |
Fox Searchlight
|
Drama
|
$47,184 |
-21.05% |
46 |
$1,026 |
$26,546,844 |
124 |
| 46 |
(re-entry) |
Spider-Man 2 |
Sony Pictures
|
Adventure
|
$43,826 |
  |
59 |
$743 |
$373,524,485 |
152 |
| 47 |
(49) |
NASCAR: The IMAX Experience |
Warner Bros.
|
Documentary
|
$42,968 |
+75.60% |
21 |
$2,046 |
$19,388,703 |
262 |
| 48 |
(39) |
Haunted Castle |
nWave Pictures
|
Adventure
|
$42,500 |
-15.00% |
5 |
$8,500 |
$9,905,505 |
1,368 |
| 49 |
(34) |
The Forgotton |
Sony Pictures
|
Thriller/Suspense
|
$41,282 |
-48.64% |
67 |
$616 |
$66,711,892 |
66 |
| 50 |
(new) |
The Chorus |
Miramax
|
Drama
|
$40,027 |
  |
21 |
$1,906 |
$1,821,951 |
3 |
| 51 |
(38) |
Jet Li's Hero |
Miramax
|
Action
|
$38,046 |
-33.28% |
62 |
$614 |
$53,652,140 |
94 |
| 52 |
(42) |
Enduring Love |
Paramount Classics
|
Thriller/Suspense
|
$32,174 |
-16.56% |
50 |
$643 |
$300,204 |
31 |
| 53 |
(re-entry) |
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban |
Warner Bros.
|
Adventure
|
$31,880 |
  |
34 |
$938 |
$249,509,413 |
178 |
| 54 |
(41) |
I, Robot |
20th Century Fox
|
Action
|
$27,703 |
-43.77% |
46 |
$602 |
$144,738,046 |
136 |
| 55 |
(46) |
Adrenaline Rush: The Science of Risk |
Giant Screen Films
|
Documentary
|
$27,458 |
-9.03% |
11 |
$2,496 |
$8,768,834 |
773 |
| 56 |
(36) |
Birth |
New Line
|
Drama
|
$24,623 |
-61.12% |
28 |
$879 |
$4,661,214 |
31 |
| 57 |
(new) |
Guerrilla: The Taking of Patty Hearst |
Magnolia Pictures
|
Documentary
|
$22,444 |
  |
4 |
$5,611 |
$22,444 |
3 |
| 58 |
(43) |
Shaun of the Dead |
Rogue Pictures
|
Comedy
|
$21,377 |
-42.49% |
52 |
$411 |
$13,464,388 |
66 |
| 59 |
(new) |
Paperclips |
Slowhand Cinema Releasing
|
Documentary
|
$21,148 |
  |
5 |
$4,230 |
$21,148 |
5 |
| 60 |
(58) |
T-Rex: Back to the Cretaceous |
IMAX Films
|
Adventure
|
$21,081 |
+84.97% |
2 |
$10,541 |
$47,942,707 |
2,229 |
| 61 |
(53) |
Pulse: A Stomp Odyssey |
Giant Screen Films
|
Documentary
|
$16,984 |
-5.51% |
6 |
$2,831 |
$7,656,221 |
780 |
| 62 |
(92) |
Easy |
Magic Lamp
|
Romantic Comedy
|
$14,811 |
  |
6 |
$2,469 |
$14,811 |
3 |
| 63 |
(48) |
Tarnation |
WellSpring
|
Documentary
|
$13,020 |
-48.02% |
12 |
$1,085 |
$417,541 |
54 |
| 64 |
(new) |
A Fond Kiss |
Castle Hill Productions
|
Drama
|
$11,250 |
  |
2 |
$5,625 |
$11,250 |
3 |
| 65 |
(61) |
Lightning in a Bottle |
Sony Pictures Classics
|
Documentary
|
$11,180 |
+3.60% |
4 |
$2,795 |
$78,031 |
38 |
| 66 |
(52) |
Days of Being Wild |
Kino
|
Drama
|
$10,600 |
-41.40% |
1 |
$10,600 |
$43,295 |
10 |
| 67 |
(75) |
Remember Me, My Love |
IDP Distribution
|
Comedy
|
$8,973 |
+35.87% |
3 |
$2,991 |
$203,683 |
87 |
| 68 |
(66) |
Rosenstrasse |
IDP Distribution
|
Drama
|
$8,516 |
+2.71% |
5 |
$1,703 |
$683,564 |
101 |
| 69 |
(new) |
Notre Musique |
WellSpring
|
Drama
|
$8,210 |
  |
1 |
$8,210 |
$11,815 |
5 |
| 70 |
(59) |
Saints and Soldiers |
Excel Entertainment
|
Drama
|
$8,036 |
-27.98% |
11 |
$731 |
$1,112,433 |
115 |
| 71 |
(77) |
Zelary |
Sony Pictures Classics
|
Drama
|
$7,553 |
+24.97% |
10 |
$755 |
$292,221 |
73 |
| 72 |
(55) |
Stage Beauty |
Artisan
|
Drama
|
$7,239 |
-53.95% |
22 |
$329 |
$776,691 |
52 |
| 73 |
(68) |
Alien Adventure |
nWave Pictures
|
Adventure
|
$7,000 |
-11.39% |
2 |
$3,500 |
$4,661,503 |
1,690 |
| 74 |
(new) |
Purple Butterfly |
Palm Pictures
|
Drama
|
$6,970 |
  |
1 |
$6,970 |
$6,970 |
3 |
| 75 |
(69) |
Testosterone |
Strand Releasing
|
Drama
|
$6,953 |
-1.79% |
3 |
$2,318 |
$149,556 |
80 |
| 76 |
(60) |
Therese |
Luke Films
|
Drama
|
$6,749 |
-38.81% |
7 |
$964 |
$1,630,202 |
59 |
| 77 |
(63) |
P.S. |
Newmarket Films
|
Drama
|
$5,682 |
-41.56% |
5 |
$1,136 |
$175,408 |
45 |
| 78 |
(73) |
Ghosts of the Abyss |
Buena Vista
|
Documentary
|
$5,430 |
-20.47% |
4 |
$1,358 |
$16,564,396 |
598 |
| 79 |
(new) |
Straight-Jacket |
Regent Releasing
|
Comedy
|
$5,377 |
  |
3 |
$1,792 |
$5,377 |
3 |
| 80 |
(80) |
Galapagos |
IMAX Films
|
Documentary
|
$5,252 |
-6.38% |
1 |
$5,252 |
$13,078,268 |
1,858 |
| 81 |
(re-entry) |
Fear and Trembling |
Cinema Guild
|
Comedy
|
$5,082 |
  |
1 |
$5,082 |
$15,509 |
10 |
| 82 |
(56) |
Tae Guik Gi: The Brotherhood of War |
IDP Distribution
|
Drama
|
$5,051 |
-65.10% |
5 |
$1,010 |
$1,103,172 |
87 |
| 83 |
(78) |
Young Black Stallion |
Buena Vista
|
Adventure
|
$4,845 |
-18.69% |
2 |
$2,423 |
$6,575,612 |
340 |
| 84 |
(79) |
You, I Love (Ya lyublu tebya) |
Picture This Entertainment
|
Comedy
|
$4,557 |
-21.23% |
1 |
$4,557 |
$13,478 |
10 |
| 85 |
(70) |
The Village |
Buena Vista
|
Thriller/Suspense
|
$4,255 |
-39.84% |
5 |
$851 |
$114,195,633 |
122 |
| 86 |
(104) |
Head in the Clouds |
Sony Pictures
|
Drama
|
$4,130 |
+260.07% |
6 |
$688 |
$387,740 |
73 |
| 87 |
(65) |
AVP: Alien Vs. Predator |
20th Century Fox
|
Horror
|
$3,466 |
-59.12% |
11 |
$315 |
$80,281,096 |
108 |
| 88 |
(91) |
Seducing Doctor Lewis |
WellSpring
|
Comedy
|
$3,398 |
+42.53% |
6 |
$566 |
$428,089 |
164 |
| 89 |
(86) |
Petite Lili, La |
First Run
|
Drama
|
$3,096 |
-22.48% |
1 |
$3,096 |
$17,449 |
17 |
| 90 |
(62) |
First Daughter |
20th Century Fox
|
Romantic Comedy
|
$3,007 |
-70.36% |
10 |
$301 |
$9,055,010 |
66 |
| 91 |
(76) |
Red Lights |
WellSpring
|
Drama
|
$2,959 |
-51.78% |
6 |
$493 |
$608,606 |
101 |
| 92 |
(64) |
Bear Cub |
TLA
|
Comedy
|
$2,827 |
-66.97% |
2 |
$1,414 |
$33,406 |
24 |
| 93 |
(81) |
Postmen in the Mountains |
Shadow
|
Drama
|
$2,800 |
-43.63% |
3 |
$933 |
$80,843 |
332 |
| 94 |
(93) |
Bonjour Mounsieur Shlomi |
Strand Releasing
|
Comedy
|
$2,796 |
+37.26% |
2 |
$1,398 |
$33,361 |
150 |
| 95 |
(84) |
Moolade |
New Yorker
|
Drama
|
$2,015 |
-50.10% |
2 |
$1,008 |
$63,727 |
45 |
| 96 |
(re-entry) |
Crying Ladies |
|
|
$1,920 |
  |
1 |
$1,920 |
$132,920 |
283 |
| 97 |
(re-entry) |
Imelda |
Unico Entertainment
|
Documentary
|
$1,795 |
  |
1 |
$1,795 |
$194,071 |
171 |
| 98 |
(82) |
Bright Leaves |
First Run
|
Documentary
|
$1,669 |
-63.35% |
3 |
$556 |
$53,872 |
94 |
| 99 |
(111) |
Proteus |
Strand Releasing
|
Documentary
|
$1,516 |
+106.82% |
2 |
$758 |
$59,598 |
122 |
| 100 |
(re-entry) |
Benji: Off the Leash! |
Benji Returns
|
Drama
|
$1,428 |
  |
6 |
$238 |
$3,816,912 |
101 |
| 101 |
(110) |
Dig |
Palm/Manga
|
Documentary
|
$1,401 |
+68.59% |
5 |
$280 |
$123,766 |
59 |
| 102 |
(115) |
Incident at Loch Ness |
Eden Rock/Abramorama
|
Documentary
|
$1,375 |
+204.88% |
2 |
$688 |
$36,830 |
73 |
| 103 |
(88) |
Sex is Comedy |
IFC Films
|
Comedy
|
$1,373 |
-53.97% |
1 |
$1,373 |
$22,512 |
40 |
| 104 |
(72) |
The Brown Bunny |
WellSpring
|
Drama
|
$1,350 |
-80.36% |
3 |
$450 |
$364,734 |
94 |
| 105 |
(90) |
Vodka Lemon |
New Yorker
|
Comedy
|
$1,280 |
-50.92% |
2 |
$640 |
$27,854 |
52 |
| 106 |
(89) |
Cowboys and Angels |
TLA
|
Comedy
|
$1,091 |
-62.00% |
2 |
$546 |
$26,211 |
73 |
| 107 |
(re-entry) |
Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There |
Dada Films
|
Documentary
|
$1,016 |
  |
1 |
$1,016 |
$340,609 |
171 |
| 108 |
(108) |
Encounter in the Third Dimension |
nWave Pictures
|
Drama
|
$950 |
+5.56% |
1 |
$950 |
$7,027,150 |
2,103 |
| 109 |
(71) |
Fade to Black |
Paramount Classics
|
Documentary
|
$950 |
-86.35% |
2 |
$475 |
$690,271 |
24 |
| 110 |
(92) |
Mr. 3000 |
Buena Vista
|
Comedy
|
$851 |
-62.24% |
3 |
$284 |
$21,639,021 |
73 |
| 111 |
(117) |
China: The Panda Adventure |
IMAX Films
|
Drama
|
$735 |
+113.66% |
1 |
$735 |
$3,392,381 |
1,221 |
| 112 |
(107) |
Ju-On: The Grudge |
Vitagraph Films
|
Horror
|
$714 |
-34.01% |
3 |
$238 |
$325,041 |
129 |
| 113 |
(97) |
Warriors of Heaven and Earth |
Sony Pictures
|
Action
|
$675 |
-61.18% |
1 |
$675 |
$82,382 |
87 |
| 114 |
(106) |
Strayed |
WellSpring
|
Drama
|
$659 |
-41.16% |
2 |
$330 |
$480,809 |
199 |
| 115 |
(re-entry) |
The Inheritance |
Cinema Guild
|
Drama
|
$622 |
  |
1 |
$622 |
$60,200 |
143 |
| 116 |
(103) |
She Hate Me |
Sony Pictures
|
Comedy
|
$564 |
-51.50% |
2 |
$282 |
$362,648 |
122 |
| 117 |
(105) |
Riding Giants |
Sony Pictures
|
Documentary
|
$550 |
-51.50% |
1 |
$550 |
$2,271,826 |
143 |
| 118 |
(102) |
Reconstruction |
Palm/Manga
|
Drama
|
$475 |
-59.92% |
1 |
$475 |
$73,287 |
80 |
| 119 |
(99) |
Malevolence |
Painted Zebra Releasing
|
Horror
|
$372 |
-74.22% |
1 |
$372 |
$81,250 |
80 |
| 120 |
(96) |
Untold Scandal |
Kino
|
Drama
|
$336 |
-81.32% |
1 |
$336 |
$42,344 |
45 |
| 121 |
(118) |
The Tracker |
Artmattan Productions
|
Drama
|
$180 |
+7.14% |
1 |
$180 |
$52,435 |
318 |
| 122 |
(98) |
A Silent Love |
Atopia
|
Drama
|
$112 |
-92.28% |
1 |
$112 |
$7,681 |
31 |
| 123 |
(101) |
Touch of Pink |
Sony Pictures Classics
|
Romantic Comedy
|
$96 |
-92.46% |
1 |
$96 |
$564,435 |
136 |
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