Domestic Box Office For Dec 20, 2003
Data as of Nov 21, 2:03 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 | $27,492,053 | +26% | - | 3,703 | $7,424 | $100,774,423 | 4 | New Line Cinema |
| 2 | 3 | Something's Gotta Give | $4,706,846 | +45.9% | -33% | 2,677 | $1,758 | $29,945,549 | 9 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 3 | 2 | Mona Lisa Smile | $4,076,250 | -1% | - | 2,677 | $1,522 | $8,193,192 | 2 | Revolution Studios |
| 4 | 4 | The Last Samurai | $2,997,814 | +42.2% | -50.3% | 2,938 | $1,020 | $56,823,779 | 16 | Warner Bros. |
| 5 | 6 | Elf | $2,195,000 | +53.5% | -21.5% | 2,451 | $895 | $152,935,332 | 44 | New Line Cinema |
| 6 | 7 | Bad Santa | $2,000,000 | +45.1% | -22.6% | 2,225 | $898 | $41,186,741 | 25 | Dimension Films |
| 7 | 5 | Stuck on You | $1,964,774 | +19.9% | -50.7% | 3,007 | $653 | $15,303,792 | 9 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 8 | 9 | The Haunted Mansion | $1,641,948 | +72.7% | -43.8% | 2,414 | $680 | $57,466,505 | 25 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 9 | 8 | Love Don't Cost a Thing | $1,555,615 | +33.6% | -46.2% | 1,844 | $843 | $10,162,467 | 9 | Warner Bros. |
| 10 | 10 | Honey | $1,085,265 | +28% | -49.7% | 1,824 | $594 | $22,821,130 | 16 | Universal Pictures |
| 11 | 11 | The Cat in the Hat | $986,265 | +93.8% | -50.6% | 2,121 | $465 | $93,108,120 | 30 | Universal Pictures |
| 12 | 13 | Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World | $544,644 | +50.2% | -51.3% | 1,050 | $518 | $77,928,842 | 37 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 13 | 12 | Gothika | $478,633 | +31.5% | -59% | 1,055 | $453 | $55,711,792 | 30 | Warner Bros. |
| 14 | 14 | Love Actually | $455,510 | +44.4% | -50.7% | 902 | $505 | $53,810,480 | 44 | Universal Pictures |
| 15 | 16 | In America | $221,635 | +91.2% | +74.2% | 146 | $1,518 | $1,254,555 | 25 | - |
| 16 | 17 | Brother Bear | $188,320 | +84.2% | -41.5% | 724 | $260 | $80,949,788 | 58 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 17 | 15 | The Missing | $167,740 | +43.2% | -75.2% | 605 | $277 | $25,416,453 | 25 | Revolution Studios |
| 18 | 19 | Mystic River | $128,588 | +75.6% | -33.4% | 302 | $425 | $52,885,512 | 74 | Warner Bros. |
| 19 | 18 | The Cooler | $124,800 | +69.6% | +507.1% | 70 | $1,782 | $592,084 | 25 | Lionsgate |
| 20 | 22 | 21 Grams | $107,900 | +80.1% | -24.4% | 71 | $1,519 | $3,217,007 | 30 | Focus Features |
| 21 | 20 | The Matrix Revolutions | $106,593 | +47.3% | -66.6% | 272 | $391 | $137,348,252 | 46 | Warner Bros. |
| 22 | 21 | School of Rock | $91,880 | +41.1% | +130.5% | 375 | $245 | $79,187,390 | 79 | Paramount Pictures |
| 23 | 23 | Radio | $68,874 | +35% | -2.6% | 308 | $223 | $51,024,150 | 58 | Revolution Studios |
| 24 | 25 | Calendar Girls | $63,416 | +60.6% | - | 24 | $2,642 | $102,905 | 2 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 25 | 24 | Big Fish | $61,305 | +40.2% | -26.3% | 6 | $10,217 | $502,930 | 11 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 26 | 26 | Timeline | $51,386 | +37.1% | -86.5% | 620 | $82 | $18,839,768 | 25 | Paramount Pictures |
| 27 | 28 | Looney Tunes: Back in Action | $45,669 | +114.2% | -59.1% | 253 | $180 | $19,863,173 | 37 | Warner Bros. |
| 28 | 27 | Runaway Jury | $36,201 | +42.8% | -38.7% | 168 | $215 | $48,742,533 | 65 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 29 | 29 | Girl with a Pearl Earring | $28,079 | +56.3% | -24.9% | 8 | $3,509 | $180,638 | 9 | Lionsgate |
| 30 | 32 | Pieces of April | $18,869 | +77.8% | -44.4% | 70 | $269 | $2,298,948 | 65 | United Artists |
| 31 | 30 | House of Sand and Fog | $16,786 | +40.2% | - | 2 | $8,393 | $28,760 | 2 | DreamWorks Distribution |
| 32 | 31 | The Fog of War | $15,394 | +35.2% | - | 3 | $5,131 | $26,780 | 2 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 33 | 34 | The Fighting Temptations | $7,254 | +91.2% | -42.1% | 69 | $105 | $30,232,785 | 93 | Paramount Pictures |
| 34 | 33 | Tupac: Resurrection | $6,703 | +38.4% | +63.4% | 110 | $60 | $7,701,066 | 37 | Paramount Pictures |
| 35 | 35 | The Singing Detective | $700 | -2.2% | -63.4% | 11 | $63 | $323,045 | 58 | Paramount Classics |
| 36 | 36 | Northfork | $566 | +38.4% | - | 1 | $566 | $1,419,319 | 163 | Paramount Classics |
