The Top Movies, Weekend of December 10, 2004

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(new)	Ocean's Twelve	Warner Bros.	Adventure	$39,153,380		3,290	$11,901	$39,153,380	3
2	(new)	Blade: Trinity	New Line	Action	$16,061,271		2,912	$5,516	$24,484,815	5
3	(1)	National Treasure	Buena Vista	Adventure	$9,832,622	-42.18%	3,203	$3,070	$124,071,959	24
4	(3)	The Polar Express	Warner Bros.	Adventure	$9,588,412	-11.04%	3,257	$2,944	$109,826,809	33
5	(2)	Christmas with the Kranks	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$7,610,848	-31.82%	3,294	$2,311	$54,781,892	19
6	(4)	The Incredibles	Buena Vista	Adventure	$5,036,631	-44.14%	2,656	$1,896	$232,573,246	38
7	(6)	SpongeBob SquarePants	Paramount Pictures	Adventure	$4,357,011	-43.09%	3,307	$1,318	$73,596,022	24
8	(5)	Closer	Sony Pictures	Drama	$3,735,153	-51.54%	622	$6,005	$13,740,180	10
9	(8)	Finding Neverland	Miramax	Drama	$1,688,620	-40.21%	537	$3,145	$14,209,515	31
10	(7)	Alexander	Warner Bros.	Adventure	$1,479,348	-68.90%	2,125	$696	$32,594,911	19
11	(11)	Sideways	Fox Searchlight	Drama	$1,240,534	-31.19%	473	$2,623	$14,273,198	52
12	(9)	Bridget Jones: The Edge Of Reason	Universal	Comedy	$1,114,155	-59.65%	1,701	$655	$38,413,455	31
13	(10)	Ray	Universal	Drama	$954,050	-49.49%	1,129	$845	$69,291,645	45
14	(16)	Kinsey	Fox Searchlight	Drama	$525,881	-29.00%	169	$3,112	$4,418,104	31
15	(13)	The Grudge	Sony Pictures	Horror	$456,934	-58.63%	732	$624	$109,903,025	52
16	(12)	After the Sunset	New Line	Action	$432,326	-74.19%	1,019	$424	$27,665,978	31
17	(18)	The Motorcycle Diaries	Focus Features	Drama	$284,911	-30.09%	247	$1,153	$14,730,488	80
18	(15)	Shall We Dance?	Miramax	Romantic Comedy	$269,359	-64.58%	618	$436	$56,384,599	59
19	(14)	Saw	Lionsgate	Horror	$252,586	-70.37%	485	$521	$54,897,871	45
20	(19)	House of Flying Daggers	Sony Pictures Classics	Action	$205,416	-48.32%	15	$13,694	$723,017	10
21	(17)	Seed of Chucky	Rogue Pictures	Horror	$181,176	-71.38%	386	$469	$16,884,348	31
22	(21)	What the #$'! Do We Know	Captured Light	Documentary	$146,670	-23.25%	127	$1,155	$9,615,543	311
23	(20)	Napoleon Dynamite	Fox Searchlight	Comedy	$143,089	-25.77%	218	$656	$43,939,654	185
24	(23)	Being Julia	Sony Pictures	Drama	$142,355	-20.15%	136	$1,047	$3,185,453	59
25	(34)	Bad Education	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$135,025	+51.96%	5	$27,005	$699,732	24
26	(22)	Friday Night Lights	Universal	Drama	$116,155	-35.20%	264	$440	$61,009,850	66
27	(new)	The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou	Buena Vista	Comedy	$113,085		2	$56,543	$113,085	3
28	(31)	Taxi	20th Century Fox	Action	$98,191	+4.39%	192	$511	$36,091,460	68
29	(25)	Veer-Zaara	Yash Raj Films	Drama	$91,619	-40.86%	49	$1,870	$2,790,401	31
30	(28)	The Machinist	Paramount Classics	Thriller/Suspense	$90,100	-23.38%	72	$1,251	$837,981	52
31	(27)	I Heart Huckabees	Fox Searchlight	Comedy	$83,592	-39.12%	107	$781	$12,385,183	73
32	(26)	Shark Tale	Dreamworks SKG	Adventure	$79,264	-46.22%	216	$367	$159,273,065	73
33	(29)	The Work and the Glory	Excel Entertainment	Drama	$68,956	-35.38%	37	$1,864	$765,381	19
34	(32)	Team America: World Police	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$57,207	-37.83%	165	$347	$32,616,275	59
35	(35)	Without a Paddle	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$55,032	-37.85%	124	$444	$57,947,498	115
36	(30)	Ladder 49	Buena Vista	Action	$51,856	-51.31%	160	$324	$73,318,811	73
37	(33)	The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement	Buena Vista	Romantic Comedy	$51,224	-42.58%	158	$324	$95,111,012	124
38	(36)	A Very Long Engagement	Warner Bros.	Drama	$50,109	-30.97%	4	$12,527	$289,955	17
39	(45)	Space Station	IMAX Films	Documentary	$49,789	+32.24%	12	$4,149	$55,329,525	969
40	(39)	Vera Drake	Fine Line	Drama	$44,261	-27.09%	51	$868	$1,993,121	64
41	(24)	I Am David	Lionsgate	Drama	$42,245	-73.65%	206	$205	$252,018	10
42	(37)	Mr. 3000	Buena Vista	Comedy	$41,974	-36.97%	148	$284	$21,772,753	87
43	(44)	Haunted Castle	nWave Pictures	Adventure	$38,900	-0.26%	5	$7,780	$10,011,755	1,382
44	(43)	Garden State	Fox Searchlight	Drama	$36,223	-9.51%	58	$625	$26,656,526	138
45	(49)	Adrenaline Rush: The Science of Risk	Giant Screen Films	Documentary	$31,058	+4.02%	9	$3,451	$8,829,750	787
46	(55)	Therese	Luke Films	Drama	$30,761	+105.51%	28	$1,099	$1,687,657	73
47	(48)	Bugs!	SK Films	Documentary	$29,509	-1.88%	24	$1,230	$13,902,795	640
48	(47)	Cellular	New Line	Thriller/Suspense	$29,397	-5.70%	87	$338	$32,003,620	94
49	(46)	Callas Forever	Regent Releasing	Drama	$27,104	-20.79%	16	$1,694	$255,787	38
50	(40)	Alfie	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$25,217	-52.68%	65	$388	$13,314,796	38
51	(52)	Pulse: A Stomp Odyssey	Giant Screen Films	Documentary	$22,119	+19.65%	6	$3,687	$7,696,826	794
52	(42)	Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow	Paramount Pictures	Adventure	$19,468	-55.30%	69	$282	$37,747,092	87
53	(re-entry)	Short Cut to Nirvana: Kumbh Mela	Mela Films	Documentary	$15,674		3	$5,225	$30,789	52
54	(53)	NASCAR: The IMAX Experience	Warner Bros.	Documentary	$14,752	-16.16%	20	$738	$19,439,332	276
55	(50)	Primer	ThinkFilm	Drama	$13,828	-46.94%	20	$691	$414,092	66
56	(94)	Seducing Doctor Lewis	WellSpring	Comedy	$12,138	+420.72%	10	$1,214	$445,037	178
57	(56)	I, Robot	20th Century Fox	Action	$12,071	-18.22%	31	$389	$144,775,136	150
58	(41)	Birth	New Line	Drama	$12,007	-76.60%	55	$218	$4,751,544	45
59	(58)	Moolade	New Yorker	Drama	$10,661	-19.08%	4	$2,665	$96,440	59
60	(59)	Guerrilla: The Taking of Patty Hearst	Magnolia Pictures	Documentary	$10,641	-15.27%	9	$1,182	$61,835	17
61	(new)	Born Into Brothels: Calcutta's Red Light Kids	ThinkFilm	Documentary	$10,580		1	$10,580	$14,605	5
62	(75)	T-Rex: Back to the Cretaceous	IMAX Films	Adventure	$9,923	+103.88%	5	$1,985	$47,973,782	2,243
63	(new)	Fabled	Indican Pictures	Horror	$9,642		3	$3,214	$9,642	3
64	(60)	Enduring Love	Paramount Classics	Thriller/Suspense	$9,262	-17.49%	25	$370	$337,627	45
65	(61)	Tarnation	WellSpring	Documentary	$9,215	-12.70%	13	$709	$447,204	68
66	(78)	WMD: Weapons of Mass Deception	Cinema Libre	Documentary	$8,480	+101.14%	4	$2,120	$14,612	10
67	(85)	Bear Cub	TLA	Comedy	$7,723	+143.09%	3	$2,574	$46,190	38
68	(69)	Rosenstrasse	IDP Distribution	Drama	$7,390	+16.91%	8	$924	$705,036	115
69	(54)	Notre Musique	WellSpring	Drama	$7,351	-55.87%	4	$1,838	$51,019	19
70	(re-entry)	L.A. Twister	Indican Pictures	Drama	$6,828		3	$2,276	$40,920	122
71	(63)	Zelary	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$6,498	-29.53%	13	$500	$317,324	87
72	(72)	Remember Me, My Love	IDP Distribution	Comedy	$6,448	+14.86%	7	$921	$223,878	101
73	(68)	Alien Adventure	nWave Pictures	Adventure	$6,250	-3.85%	2	$3,125	$4,679,666	1,704
74	(57)	Lightning in a Bottle	Sony Pictures Classics	Documentary	$5,514	-60.37%	10	$551	$110,663	52
75	(new)	A Talking Picture	Kino	Drama	$5,325		2	$2,663	$5,325	3
76	(66)	After Midnight	Avatar	Comedy	$5,317	-30.35%	2	$2,659	$16,146	10
77	(74)	Testosterone	Strand Releasing	Drama	$5,314	+7.51%	3	$1,771	$164,428	94
78	(83)	Brother to Brother	Wolfe Releasing	Drama	$4,767	+35.89%	3	$1,589	$41,099	38
79	(64)	Postmen in the Mountains	Shadow	Drama	$4,720	-44.34%	3	$1,573	$98,650	346
80	(84)	Red Lights	WellSpring	Drama	$4,532	+35.08%	6	$755	$620,246	115
81	(88)	Straight-Jacket	Regent Releasing	Comedy	$4,359	+50.93%	4	$1,090	$16,511	17
82	(51)	Fade to Black	Paramount Classics	Documentary	$4,304	-80.58%	11	$391	$724,793	38
83	(new)	Bandido	IFG	Western	$4,064		12	$339	$4,064	3
84	(65)	Days of Being Wild	Kino	Drama	$3,470	-56.35%	1	$3,470	$63,410	24
85	(70)	Saints and Soldiers	Excel Entertainment	Drama	$3,356	-44.54%	8	$420	$1,128,864	129
86	(67)	End of the Century: The Story of the Ramones	Magnolia Pictures	Documentary	$3,135	-54.16%	3	$1,045	$386,691	115
87	(102)	A Tale of Two Sisters	Tartan Films	Horror	$2,875	+171.23%	2	$1,438	$4,449	10
88	(re-entry)	Petite Lili, La	First Run	Drama	$2,721		1	$2,721	$21,491	31
89	(71)	Sex is Comedy	IFC Films	Comedy	$2,696	-54.37%	3	$899	$34,060	54
90	(93)	Galapagos	IMAX Films	Documentary	$2,622	+5.60%	2	$1,311	$13,086,331	1,872
91	(79)	Deserted Station	First Run	Drama	$2,606	-36.21%	1	$2,606	$10,071	185
92	(new)	The Green Butchers	Newmarket Films	Comedy	$2,483		2	$1,242	$2,483	3
93	(90)	Young Black Stallion	Buena Vista	Adventure	$2,436	-13.00%	2	$1,218	$6,586,804	354
94	(77)	Ghosts of the Abyss	Buena Vista	Documentary	$2,369	-44.82%	4	$592	$16,576,315	612
95	(101)	Cowboys and Angels	TLA	Comedy	$2,351	+112.38%	2	$1,176	$30,593	87
96	(98)	Head in the Clouds	Sony Pictures	Drama	$2,236	+75.92%	3	$745	$393,416	87
97	(re-entry)	Baptists At Our Barbecue	Film Movement	Comedy	$2,149		5	$430	$133,128	38
98	(new)	Dolls	Palm Pictures	Drama	$2,067		1	$2,067	$2,067	3
99	(re-entry)	The Inheritance	Cinema Guild	Drama	$2,043		2	$1,022	$63,886	157
100	(87)	Tae Guik Gi: The Brotherhood of War	IDP Distribution	Drama	$2,019	-33.61%	2	$1,010	$1,110,186	101
101	(81)	Bonjour Mounsieur Shlomi	Strand Releasing	Comedy	$1,787	-51.95%	3	$596	$107,063	164
102	(111)	She Hate Me	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$1,738	+669.03%	5	$348	$365,134	136
103	(96)	Almost Peaceful	Empire Pictures	Drama	$1,716	+29.02%	2	$858	$81,840	115
104	(82)	Purple Butterfly	Palm Pictures	Drama	$1,653	-53.97%	1	$1,653	$16,051	17
105	(re-entry)	Strayed	WellSpring	Drama	$1,548		1	$1,548	$482,357	213
106	(re-entry)	Two Men Went to War	Indican Pictures	Comedy	$1,450		3	$483	$148,038	262
107	(re-entry)	A Silent Love	Atopia	Drama	$1,448		3	$483	$9,129	45
108	(97)	Guiana 1838	RBC Radio	Drama	$1,142	-10.15%	1	$1,142	$191,512	80
109	(100)	Goodbye Dragon Inn	WellSpring	Drama	$1,100	-4.68%	2	$550	$23,852	87
110	(104)	Encounter in the Third Dimension	nWave Pictures	Drama	$1,050	+16.67%	1	$1,050	$7,029,800	2,117
111	(new)	Shwaas	Kathi Arts	Drama	$1,042		1	$1,042	$1,042	3
112	(99)	Dig	Palm/Manga	Documentary	$983	-21.80%	2	$492	$126,676	73
113	(re-entry)	Godzilla: The Original Japanese Version	Rialto Pictures	Horror	$822		2	$411	$409,899	220
114	(89)	Bright Leaves	First Run	Documentary	$644	-77.57%	3	$215	$59,512	108
115	(103)	Proteus	Strand Releasing	Documentary	$450	-51.25%	1	$450	$61,858	136
116	(re-entry)	Vodka Lemon	New Yorker	Comedy	$450		1	$450	$28,906	66
117	(re-entry)	Silent Waters	First Run	Drama	$334		1	$334	$3,058	66
118	(95)	A Day Without a Mexican	Televisa Cine	Comedy	$252	-81.97%	3	$84	$4,180,870	213
119	(re-entry)	Carlos Castaneda: Enigma of a Sorcerer	Indican Pictures	Documentary	$202		1	$202	$94,848	283
120	(115)	Mean Creek	Paramount Classics	Drama	$72	+166.67%	1	$72	$603,943	115

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