Domestic Box Office For Dec 17, 2003
Data as of Nov 15, 2:00 PST
Key:New This DayEstimated
| TD | YD | Release | Daily | %± YD | %± LW | Theaters | Avg | To Date | Days | Distributor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | - | The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King | $34,450,834 | - | - | 3,703 | $9,303 | $34,450,834 | 1 | New Line Cinema |
| 2 | 1 | Something's Gotta Give | $1,434,198 | -9.3% | - | 2,677 | $535 | $20,567,067 | 6 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 3 | 2 | The Last Samurai | $1,112,360 | -18.5% | -45.2% | 2,908 | $382 | $50,655,614 | 13 | Warner Bros. |
| 4 | 4 | Stuck on You | $535,637 | -6.9% | - | 3,003 | $178 | $11,154,425 | 6 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 5 | 6 | Bad Santa | $492,000 | -9.4% | -22.8% | 2,540 | $193 | $37,279,007 | 22 | Dimension Films |
| 6 | 7 | Elf | $439,000 | -2% | -12% | 2,876 | $152 | $148,798,398 | 41 | New Line Cinema |
| 7 | 12 | Love Don't Cost a Thing | $266,333 | +2% | - | 1,844 | $144 | $7,128,775 | 6 | Warner Bros. |
| 8 | 10 | The Haunted Mansion | $264,108 | -3.6% | -34.8% | 3,001 | $88 | $54,579,830 | 22 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 9 | 8 | Honey | $260,280 | -12.1% | -43% | 1,928 | $135 | $20,608,100 | 13 | Universal Pictures |
| 10 | 14 | The Cat in the Hat | $208,555 | -5.9% | -35.9% | 2,320 | $89 | $91,381,370 | 27 | Universal Pictures |
| 11 | 9 | Gothika | $195,114 | -29.6% | -51.6% | 1,221 | $159 | $54,677,818 | 27 | Warner Bros. |
| 12 | 13 | Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World | $187,605 | -20.5% | -41.9% | 1,161 | $161 | $76,826,537 | 34 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 13 | 11 | Love Actually | $182,240 | -31.5% | -45.5% | 1,566 | $116 | $52,846,455 | 41 | Universal Pictures |
| 14 | 15 | The Missing | $78,211 | -47.9% | -77.9% | 1,070 | $73 | $25,056,389 | 22 | Revolution Studios |
| 15 | 18 | Brother Bear | $41,295 | -21.7% | -50.7% | 1,031 | $40 | $80,601,862 | 55 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 16 | 16 | The Matrix Revolutions | $38,442 | -55% | -69.8% | 272 | $141 | $137,127,775 | 43 | Warner Bros. |
| 17 | 17 | Timeline | $36,279 | -54.5% | -83% | 872 | $41 | $18,719,765 | 22 | Paramount Pictures |
| 18 | 20 | 21 Grams | $33,700 | -20.7% | -32.6% | 74 | $455 | $3,017,714 | 27 | Focus Features |
| 19 | 19 | Mystic River | $32,424 | -25.2% | -42.4% | 302 | $107 | $52,642,316 | 71 | Warner Bros. |
| 20 | 22 | In America | $27,919 | -10% | +87.3% | 47 | $594 | $889,101 | 22 | - |
| 21 | 21 | Big Fish | $25,067 | -21.5% | -36% | 6 | $4,177 | $369,285 | 8 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 22 | 24 | Girl with a Pearl Earring | $10,582 | -8.2% | - | 7 | $1,511 | $123,181 | 6 | Lionsgate |
| 23 | 23 | Runaway Jury | $9,943 | -26.3% | -54.6% | 257 | $38 | $48,671,653 | 62 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 24 | 26 | Pieces of April | $7,837 | -7.6% | -26.5% | 101 | $77 | $2,259,571 | 62 | United Artists |
| 25 | 25 | Looney Tunes: Back in Action | $6,850 | -40.4% | -71.9% | 253 | $27 | $19,785,669 | 34 | Warner Bros. |
| 26 | 27 | School of Rock | $5,817 | -26.2% | -49% | 152 | $38 | $79,024,396 | 76 | Paramount Pictures |
| 27 | 29 | The Fighting Temptations | $1,652 | -13.9% | -51.6% | 69 | $23 | $30,219,440 | 90 | Paramount Pictures |
| 28 | 28 | Tupac: Resurrection | $1,380 | -45.9% | -76% | 39 | $35 | $7,688,202 | 34 | Paramount Pictures |
| 29 | 30 | The Singing Detective | $833 | +33.7% | -22.9% | 16 | $52 | $321,198 | 55 | Paramount Classics |
