Domestic 2004 Weekend 1
January 2-4, 2004
Key:New This WeekEstimated
| Rank | LW | Release | Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King | $28,180,378 | -44.3% | 3,703 | - | $7,610 | $290,410,961 | 3 | New Line Cinema |
| 2 | 2 | Cheaper by the Dozen | $21,644,537 | -21.5% | 3,307 | +9 | $6,545 | $85,620,095 | 2 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 3 | 4 | Something's Gotta Give | $11,705,123 | -15.3% | 2,808 | +99 | $4,168 | $81,211,676 | 4 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 4 | 3 | Cold Mountain | $11,700,000 | -19.3% | 2,216 | +53 | $5,279 | $43,900,000 | 2 | Miramax |
| 5 | 5 | Paycheck | $9,837,313 | -26.9% | 2,762 | - | $3,561 | $38,644,452 | 2 | Paramount Pictures |
| 6 | 7 | Peter Pan | $8,818,755 | -20.8% | 2,813 | - | $3,135 | $34,179,235 | 2 | Universal Pictures |
| 7 | 6 | Mona Lisa Smile | $8,300,794 | -26.9% | 2,714 | +37 | $3,058 | $50,006,766 | 3 | Revolution Studios |
| 8 | 8 | The Last Samurai | $7,373,719 | -11.4% | 2,401 | -156 | $3,071 | $90,017,337 | 5 | Warner Bros. |
| 9 | 25 | Calendar Girls | $4,437,082 | +1,019% | 745 | +703 | $5,955 | $6,953,194 | 3 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 10 | 9 | Bad Santa | $3,000,000 | -33.3% | 1,710 | - | $1,754 | $57,000,000 | 6 | Dimension Films |
| 11 | 11 | Stuck on You | $2,802,420 | -22.7% | 2,064 | -336 | $1,357 | $30,721,406 | 4 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 12 | 14 | Big Fish | $2,544,450 | +23.9% | 125 | +1 | $20,355 | $8,454,208 | 4 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 13 | 13 | The Haunted Mansion | $2,506,251 | -12.4% | 1,501 | -121 | $1,669 | $70,422,751 | 6 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 14 | 10 | Elf | $2,303,567 | -45.2% | 1,768 | -247 | $1,302 | $170,837,644 | 9 | New Line Cinema |
| 15 | 12 | Love Don't Cost a Thing | $1,921,466 | -34.9% | 1,015 | -118 | $1,893 | $20,178,317 | 4 | Warner Bros. |
| 16 | 15 | House of Sand and Fog | $1,788,293 | +3.9% | 442 | +4 | $4,045 | $5,383,663 | 3 | DreamWorks Distribution |
| 17 | 18 | 21 Grams | $1,340,872 | +9.6% | 289 | -2 | $4,639 | $7,272,165 | 7 | Focus Features |
| 18 | 20 | In America | $1,229,445 | +14.8% | 327 | +2 | $3,759 | $5,305,891 | 6 | - |
| 19 | 19 | Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World | $1,117,880 | -3.7% | 701 | -50 | $1,594 | $83,006,144 | 8 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 20 | 16 | Honey | $1,071,845 | -24.4% | 674 | -86 | $1,590 | $28,816,190 | 5 | Universal Pictures |
| 21 | 17 | The Cat in the Hat | $988,295 | -21.6% | 1,057 | -242 | $935 | $99,383,495 | 7 | Universal Pictures |
| 22 | 22 | The Young Black Stallion | $755,381 | +19.9% | 51 | - | $14,811 | $2,349,976 | 2 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 23 | 21 | Love Actually | $732,755 | -11.5% | 406 | -2 | $1,804 | $57,429,915 | 9 | Universal Pictures |
| 24 | 24 | Brother Bear | $529,059 | +4.4% | 532 | -32 | $994 | $83,297,298 | 11 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 25 | 26 | Lost in Translation | $499,543 | +34.8% | 123 | +6 | $4,061 | $31,586,245 | 17 | Focus Features |
| 26 | 27 | Mystic River | $409,678 | +26% | 201 | - | $2,038 | $54,300,385 | 13 | Warner Bros. |
| 27 | 23 | Gothika | $375,661 | -38.1% | 406 | - | $925 | $58,224,334 | 7 | Warner Bros. |
| 28 | 28 | The Cooler | $340,002 | +10.1% | 77 | - | $4,415 | $1,836,224 | 6 | Lionsgate |
| 29 | 35 | The Triplets of Belleville | $282,236 | +44.2% | 43 | -3 | $6,563 | $1,097,053 | 6 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 30 | 29 | School of Rock | $264,606 | +2.4% | 237 | -42 | $1,116 | $80,232,030 | 14 | Paramount Pictures |
| 31 | 45 | Monster | $230,642 | +165.6% | 14 | +10 | $16,474 | $455,848 | 2 | Newmarket Films |
| 32 | 37 | Looney Tunes: Back in Action | $223,096 | +18.4% | 336 | - | $663 | $20,678,510 | 8 | Warner Bros. |
| 33 | 36 | Girl with a Pearl Earring | $210,348 | +11.4% | 26 | - | $8,090 | $865,240 | 4 | Lionsgate |
| 34 | 34 | Radio | $188,136 | -9% | 193 | -33 | $974 | $51,801,566 | 11 | Revolution Studios |
| 35 | 31 | The Matrix Revolutions | $186,142 | -23.8% | 116 | - | $1,604 | $138,294,428 | 9 | Warner Bros. |
| 36 | 30 | Santa vs. the Snowman 3D 2003 Re-release | $177,680 | -28.2% | 39 | -6 | $4,555 | $3,008,560 | 10 | IMAX |
| 37 | 38 | Red Nose | $166,598 | -10.1% | 44 | -14 | $3,786 | $1,698,108 | 6 | Christal Films |
| 38 | 39 | Scary Movie 3 | $157,996 | -3.8% | 201 | +6 | $786 | $109,563,395 | 11 | Dimension Films |
| 39 | 41 | The Station Agent | $141,262 | +10.1% | 105 | -18 | $1,345 | $4,641,611 | 14 | Miramax |
| 40 | 40 | The Missing | $116,290 | -13.7% | 146 | - | $796 | $26,121,804 | 6 | Revolution Studios |
| 41 | 42 | Under the Tuscan Sun | $111,625 | +10% | 158 | - | $706 | $43,323,006 | 15 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 42 | 33 | Space Station 3D | $109,324 | -47.2% | 13 | -3 | $8,409 | $46,374,770 | 90 | IMAX |
| 43 | 44 | The Barbarian Invasions 2003 Re-release | $100,910 | +14.8% | 48 | -6 | $2,102 | $767,818 | 7 | Miramax |
| 44 | 43 | The Company | $92,139 | -1.7% | 11 | - | $8,376 | $316,013 | 2 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 45 | 32 | LOC: Kargil | $83,678 | -62.6% | 56 | -2 | $1,494 | $610,561 | 2 | Eros Worldwide |
| 46 | 50 | The Fog of War | $81,427 | +40.1% | 6 | +1 | $13,571 | $276,427 | 3 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 47 | 46 | Underworld | $79,990 | +0.6% | 103 | - | $776 | $51,892,664 | 16 | Screen Gems |
| 48 | 47 | Runaway Jury | $69,006 | -11.2% | 110 | +3 | $627 | $49,022,597 | 12 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 49 | 54 | Alexandra's Project | $67,623 | +55.4% | 10 | - | $6,762 | $259,492 | 3 | Alliance Atlantis Vivafilm |
| 50 | 49 | The Statement | $63,386 | -5.7% | 16 | -1 | $3,961 | $321,081 | 4 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 51 | 48 | Freaky Friday | $57,758 | -21% | 106 | -18 | $544 | $110,180,505 | 22 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 52 | 53 | Annie Brocoli dans les fonds marins | $49,604 | +2% | 33 | -16 | $1,503 | $291,844 | 3 | - |
| 53 | 57 | The Texas Chainsaw Massacre | $44,905 | +27.3% | 53 | +2 | $847 | $80,288,112 | 12 | New Line Cinema |
| 54 | 55 | Kill Bill: Vol. 1 | $40,164 | +11.6% | 38 | -10 | $1,056 | $69,655,060 | 13 | Miramax |
| 55 | 52 | Timeline | $34,156 | -31.2% | 270 | -50 | $126 | $19,113,238 | 6 | Paramount Pictures |
| 56 | 59 | Spy Kids 3: Game Over | $32,270 | +3% | 44 | -15 | $733 | $111,678,621 | 24 | Dimension Films |
| 57 | 63 | My Architect | $28,984 | +50.5% | 4 | +1 | $7,246 | $366,039 | 8 | New Yorker Films |
| 58 | 62 | T-Rex: Back to the Cretaceous | $28,282 | +31.2% | 3 | -1 | $9,427 | $46,866,648 | 272 | IMAX |
| 59 | 58 | Blizzard | $27,691 | -13.4% | 45 | -43 | $615 | $504,600 | 4 | Alliance Atlantis Vivafilm |
| 60 | 60 | Shattered Glass | $26,225 | +5% | 35 | - | $749 | $2,105,024 | 10 | Lionsgate |
| 61 | - | Bugs! | $26,187 | - | 13 | - | $2,014 | $4,374,388 | 43 | SK Films |
| 62 | - | Japanese Story | $23,962 | - | 5 | - | $4,792 | $32,699 | 1 | IDP Distribution |
| 63 | 61 | Intolerable Cruelty | $22,510 | -0.9% | 24 | -7 | $937 | $35,296,248 | 13 | Universal Pictures |
| 64 | 51 | Kal Ho Naa Ho | $22,414 | -56.9% | 15 | -6 | $1,494 | $1,936,933 | 6 | Yash Raj Films |
| 65 | 64 | Pieces of April | $21,413 | +18.3% | 28 | +3 | $764 | $2,397,565 | 12 | United Artists |
| 66 | - | Incantato | $20,107 | - | 8 | - | $2,513 | $71,542 | 3 | Odeon |
| 67 | 66 | Elephant | $17,941 | +29.3% | 13 | -1 | $1,380 | $1,257,377 | 11 | Fine Line Features |
| 68 | 65 | Ghosts of the Abyss | $17,765 | +1.7% | 6 | - | $2,960 | $15,283,482 | 39 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 69 | 74 | Pride and Prejudice | $13,032 | +49.9% | 4 | - | $3,258 | $157,616 | 5 | Excel Entertainment |
| 70 | - | To Be and to Have | $11,525 | - | 5 | - | $2,305 | $545,153 | 16 | New Yorker Films |
| 71 | 67 | Out of Time | $11,312 | -15.3% | 12 | -27 | $942 | $41,067,004 | 14 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) |
| 72 | 69 | Haunted Castle | $10,000 | -16.7% | 5 | - | $2,000 | $7,969,685 | 150 | - |
| 73 | - | Secret Things | $9,421 | - | 1 | - | $9,421 | $9,421 | 1 | First Run |
| 74 | 70 | The Gospel of John | $8,973 | -23.9% | 14 | -4 | $640 | $3,095,971 | 15 | THINKFilm |
| 75 | - | I Vitelloni 2003 Re-release | $8,176 | - | 3 | - | $2,725 | $59,659 | 8 | Kino International |
| 76 | 72 | Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl | $7,784 | -29.6% | 27 | -7 | $288 | $305,411,224 | 26 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 77 | 76 | Tibet: Cry of the Snow Lion | $7,725 | +26.6% | 7 | - | $1,103 | $375,250 | 16 | Artistic License |
| 78 | 71 | The Bread, My Sweet | $7,127 | -38.5% | 5 | -1 | $1,425 | $995,199 | 155 | Panorama Entertainment |
| 79 | 73 | The Hebrew Hammer | $6,903 | -33.4% | 2 | -3 | $3,451 | $62,813 | 3 | Strand Releasing |
| 80 | - | Monty Python and the Holy Grail 2001 Re-release | $6,614 | - | 3 | - | $2,204 | $1,827,696 | 134 | Rainbow Releasing |
| 81 | 79 | City of God | $6,081 | +39.4% | 6 | +2 | $1,013 | $4,792,553 | 51 | Miramax |
| 82 | 80 | The Gatekeeper | $5,815 | +53% | 2 | - | $2,907 | $172,716 | 37 | - |
| 83 | 68 | The Human Stain | $5,813 | -54.1% | 21 | -7 | $276 | $5,361,450 | 10 | Miramax |
| 84 | 78 | Dirty Pretty Things | $5,754 | +31.6% | 8 | - | $719 | $8,075,861 | 25 | Miramax |
| 85 | 56 | Modern Times 2003 Re-release | $4,773 | -86.7% | 2 | -5 | $2,386 | $75,623 | 2 | Kino International |
| 86 | - | Millennium Mambo | $4,619 | - | 1 | - | $4,619 | $7,575 | 1 | Palm Pictures |
| 87 | 91 | Bus 174 | $4,580 | +313.4% | 3 | +2 | $1,526 | $167,340 | 13 | THINKFilm |
| 88 | - | AKA | $3,852 | - | 2 | - | $1,926 | $20,425 | 4 | Empire Pictures Inc. |
| 89 | - | Postmen in the Mountains | $2,334 | - | 1 | - | $2,334 | $16,175 | 2 | Shadow Distribution |
| 90 | - | Glowing Eyes | $2,249 | - | 1 | - | $2,249 | $27,325 | 13 | Strand Releasing |
| 91 | 86 | Galapagos | $2,229 | +41% | 1 | -1 | $2,229 | $14,258,787 | 219 | IMAX |
| 92 | 84 | Bonhoeffer | $2,214 | -2.4% | 1 | - | $2,214 | $271,238 | 29 | First Run |
| 93 | 82 | Good Boy | $2,044 | -17.9% | 20 | -37 | $102 | $37,653,301 | 13 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) |
| 94 | 77 | Rivers and Tides | $2,009 | -65.9% | 1 | -2 | $2,009 | $2,198,237 | 80 | Roxie Releasing |
| 95 | 75 | The Animation Show | $1,756 | -78.9% | 2 | -3 | $878 | $306,362 | 18 | - |
| 96 | - | The Weather Underground | $1,612 | - | 1 | - | $1,612 | $500,877 | 31 | Shadow Distribution |
| 97 | 87 | Party Monster | $1,578 | +2.3% | 1 | - | $1,578 | $731,387 | 19 | Strand Releasing |
| 98 | 81 | Yossi & Jagger | $1,511 | -40.3% | 1 | - | $1,511 | $191,273 | 15 | Strand Releasing |
| 99 | 90 | The Flower of Evil | $1,111 | - | 1 | - | $1,111 | $179,230 | 13 | Palm Pictures |
| 100 | 97 | The Singing Detective | $1,083 | +121.5% | 5 | +2 | $216 | $327,314 | 11 | Paramount Classics |
| 101 | - | Seaside | $1,003 | - | 1 | - | $1,003 | $14,769 | 22 | First Run |
| 102 | 85 | Cirque du Soleil: Journey of Man | $898 | -44% | 2 | - | $449 | $15,605,632 | 192 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 103 | 92 | The Legend of Johnny Lingo | $744 | -28.6% | 1 | - | $744 | $974,693 | 19 | Innovation Film Group (IFG) |
| 104 | - | Blue Gate Crossing | $737 | - | 1 | - | $737 | $4,025 | 7 | Strand Releasing |
| 105 | - | Hukkle | $671 | - | 1 | - | $671 | $12,397 | 8 | Shadow Distribution |
| 106 | 99 | Encounter in the Third Dimension | $500 | +42.9% | 1 | - | $500 | $6,954,994 | 254 | - |
| 107 | 101 | China: The Panda Adventure | $432 | +92.9% | 1 | - | $432 | $3,681,805 | 135 | IMAX |
| 108 | 103 | Carnage | $285 | +418.2% | 1 | - | $285 | $52,703 | 18 | Wellspring Media |
| 109 | 100 | Alien Adventure | $275 | -8.3% | 1 | - | $275 | $4,320,059 | 229 | - |
| 110 | - | Demonlover | $273 | - | 1 | - | $273 | $227,365 | 16 | Palm Pictures |
| 111 | - | Venus Boyz 2003 Re-release | $141 | - | 1 | - | $141 | $15,171 | 20 | First Run |
| 112 | - | The Embalmer | $135 | - | 1 | - | $135 | $56,325 | 25 | First Run |
