Domestic Box Office For Dec 21, 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 | $23,326,111 | -15.2% | - | 3,703 | $6,299 | $124,100,534 | 5 | New Line Cinema |
| 2 | 2 | Something's Gotta Give | $3,484,284 | -26% | -7.5% | 2,677 | $1,301 | $33,429,833 | 10 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 3 | 3 | Mona Lisa Smile | $3,335,306 | -18.2% | - | 2,677 | $1,245 | $11,528,498 | 3 | Revolution Studios |
| 4 | 4 | The Last Samurai | $2,663,387 | -11.2% | -29.5% | 2,938 | $906 | $59,487,166 | 17 | Warner Bros. |
| 5 | 5 | Elf | $1,878,000 | -14.4% | +21.2% | 2,451 | $766 | $154,812,967 | 45 | New Line Cinema |
| 6 | 6 | Bad Santa | $1,724,000 | -13.8% | +10.4% | 2,225 | $774 | $42,910,876 | 26 | Dimension Films |
| 7 | 7 | Stuck on You | $1,680,114 | -14.5% | -19.2% | 3,007 | $558 | $16,983,906 | 10 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 8 | 8 | The Haunted Mansion | $1,335,957 | -18.6% | -24.1% | 2,414 | $553 | $58,802,462 | 26 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 9 | 9 | Love Don't Cost a Thing | $1,029,833 | -33.8% | -14.9% | 1,844 | $558 | $11,192,300 | 10 | Warner Bros. |
| 10 | 11 | The Cat in the Hat | $816,585 | -17.2% | -34.2% | 2,121 | $385 | $93,924,705 | 31 | Universal Pictures |
| 11 | 10 | Honey | $775,185 | -28.6% | -22.2% | 1,824 | $424 | $23,596,315 | 17 | Universal Pictures |
| 12 | 12 | Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World | $593,282 | +8.9% | +4.6% | 1,050 | $565 | $78,522,124 | 38 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 13 | 13 | Gothika | $387,568 | -19% | -42.7% | 1,055 | $367 | $56,099,360 | 31 | Warner Bros. |
| 14 | 14 | Love Actually | $374,330 | -17.8% | -25.3% | 902 | $415 | $54,184,810 | 45 | Universal Pictures |
| 15 | 15 | In America | $168,425 | -24% | +129.5% | 146 | $1,153 | $1,422,980 | 26 | - |
| 16 | 16 | Brother Bear | $160,840 | -14.6% | -26.5% | 724 | $222 | $81,110,628 | 59 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 17 | 17 | The Missing | $130,604 | -22.1% | -66.1% | 605 | $215 | $25,547,057 | 26 | Revolution Studios |
| 18 | 18 | Mystic River | $103,571 | -19.5% | +11.6% | 302 | $342 | $52,989,083 | 75 | Warner Bros. |
| 19 | 21 | The Matrix Revolutions | $92,495 | -13.2% | -51.7% | 272 | $340 | $137,440,747 | 47 | Warner Bros. |
| 20 | 20 | 21 Grams | $91,600 | -15.1% | +0.1% | 71 | $1,290 | $3,308,691 | 31 | Focus Features |
| 21 | 19 | The Cooler | $86,500 | -30.7% | +565.3% | 70 | $1,235 | $678,555 | 26 | Lionsgate |
| 22 | 22 | School of Rock | $81,551 | -11.2% | +339.8% | 375 | $217 | $79,268,941 | 80 | Paramount Pictures |
| 23 | 25 | Big Fish | $59,595 | -2.8% | -5.4% | 6 | $9,932 | $562,525 | 12 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 24 | 23 | Radio | $56,497 | -18% | +71.1% | 308 | $183 | $51,080,647 | 59 | Revolution Studios |
| 25 | 24 | Calendar Girls | $48,488 | -23.5% | - | 24 | $2,020 | $151,393 | 3 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 26 | 26 | Timeline | $46,594 | -9.3% | -79.4% | 620 | $75 | $18,886,362 | 26 | Paramount Pictures |
| 27 | 27 | Looney Tunes: Back in Action | $40,591 | -11.1% | -54.5% | 253 | $160 | $19,903,764 | 38 | Warner Bros. |
| 28 | 28 | Runaway Jury | $25,319 | -30.1% | -1% | 168 | $150 | $48,767,852 | 66 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 29 | 29 | Girl with a Pearl Earring | $25,002 | -11% | -3.9% | 8 | $3,125 | $205,640 | 10 | Lionsgate |
| 30 | 31 | House of Sand and Fog | $16,812 | +0.2% | - | 2 | $8,406 | $45,572 | 3 | DreamWorks Distribution |
| 31 | 32 | The Fog of War | $14,669 | -4.7% | - | 3 | $4,889 | $41,449 | 3 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 32 | 30 | Pieces of April | $14,495 | -23.2% | -16.8% | 70 | $207 | $2,313,443 | 66 | United Artists |
| 33 | 34 | Tupac: Resurrection | $6,497 | -3.1% | +105.6% | 110 | $59 | $7,707,563 | 38 | Paramount Pictures |
| 34 | 33 | The Fighting Temptations | $5,792 | -20.2% | -7.6% | 69 | $83 | $30,238,577 | 94 | Paramount Pictures |
| 35 | 35 | The Singing Detective | $751 | +7.3% | -51.2% | 11 | $68 | $323,796 | 59 | Paramount Classics |
| 36 | 36 | Northfork | $525 | -7.2% | - | 2 | $262 | $1,419,844 | 164 | Paramount Classics |
