Domestic Box Office For Dec 18, 2003
Data as of Dec 22, 1:55 PST
Key:Estimated
| TD | YD | Release | Daily | %± YD | %± LW | Theaters | Avg | To Date | Days | Distributor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King | $17,019,987 | -50.6% | - | 3,703 | $4,596 | $51,470,821 | 2 | New Line Cinema |
| 2 | 2 | Something's Gotta Give | $1,445,973 | +0.8% | - | 2,677 | $540 | $22,013,040 | 7 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 3 | 3 | The Last Samurai | $1,062,251 | -4.5% | -44.9% | 2,908 | $365 | $51,717,865 | 14 | Warner Bros. |
| 4 | 4 | Stuck on You | $545,458 | +1.8% | - | 3,003 | $181 | $11,699,883 | 7 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 5 | 5 | Bad Santa | $529,000 | +7.5% | -23.9% | 2,540 | $208 | $37,808,741 | 23 | Dimension Films |
| 6 | 6 | Elf | $512,000 | +16.6% | +3.4% | 2,876 | $178 | $149,310,332 | 42 | New Line Cinema |
| 7 | 7 | Love Don't Cost a Thing | $313,260 | +17.6% | - | 1,844 | $169 | $7,442,035 | 7 | Warner Bros. |
| 8 | 8 | The Haunted Mansion | $293,991 | +11.3% | -27.4% | 3,001 | $97 | $54,873,821 | 23 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 9 | 9 | Honey | $279,605 | +7.4% | -37.5% | 1,928 | $145 | $20,887,705 | 14 | Universal Pictures |
| 10 | 10 | The Cat in the Hat | $231,445 | +11% | -25% | 2,320 | $99 | $91,612,815 | 28 | Universal Pictures |
| 11 | 12 | Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World | $195,073 | +4% | -39.8% | 1,161 | $168 | $77,021,610 | 35 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 12 | 13 | Love Actually | $192,960 | +5.9% | -43.8% | 1,566 | $123 | $53,039,415 | 42 | Universal Pictures |
| 13 | 11 | Gothika | $191,457 | -1.9% | -52.3% | 1,221 | $156 | $54,869,275 | 28 | Warner Bros. |
| 14 | 14 | The Missing | $75,166 | -3.9% | -77.5% | 1,070 | $70 | $25,131,555 | 23 | Revolution Studios |
| 15 | 15 | Brother Bear | $57,360 | +38.9% | -35.4% | 1,031 | $55 | $80,659,222 | 56 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 16 | 16 | The Matrix Revolutions | $41,499 | +8% | -70.3% | 272 | $152 | $137,169,274 | 44 | Warner Bros. |
| 17 | 19 | Mystic River | $41,382 | +27.6% | -28.9% | 302 | $137 | $52,683,698 | 72 | Warner Bros. |
| 18 | 18 | 21 Grams | $31,500 | -6.5% | -31.8% | 74 | $425 | $3,049,207 | 28 | Focus Features |
| 19 | 17 | Timeline | $31,123 | -14.2% | -85.2% | 872 | $35 | $18,750,888 | 23 | Paramount Pictures |
| 20 | 21 | Big Fish | $28,599 | +14.1% | -18.8% | 6 | $4,766 | $397,884 | 9 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 21 | 20 | In America | $27,890 | -0.1% | +98.2% | 47 | $593 | $916,991 | 23 | - |
| 22 | 22 | Girl with a Pearl Earring | $11,408 | +7.8% | - | 7 | $1,629 | $134,589 | 7 | Lionsgate |
| 23 | 25 | Looney Tunes: Back in Action | $10,518 | +53.5% | -52.7% | 253 | $41 | $19,796,187 | 35 | Warner Bros. |
| 24 | 24 | Pieces of April | $9,894 | +26.2% | -14% | 101 | $97 | $2,269,465 | 63 | United Artists |
| 25 | 23 | Runaway Jury | $9,327 | -6.2% | -60.7% | 257 | $36 | $48,680,980 | 63 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 26 | 26 | School of Rock | $5,988 | +2.9% | -50.1% | 152 | $39 | $79,030,384 | 77 | Paramount Pictures |
| 27 | 27 | The Fighting Temptations | $2,298 | +39.1% | -32.1% | 69 | $33 | $30,221,738 | 91 | Paramount Pictures |
| 28 | 28 | Tupac: Resurrection | $1,319 | -4.4% | -76.4% | 39 | $33 | $7,689,521 | 35 | Paramount Pictures |
| 29 | 29 | The Singing Detective | $431 | -48.3% | -52.9% | 16 | $26 | $321,629 | 56 | Paramount Classics |
