Domestic 2003 Week 52
December 26-January 1, 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 | $90,559,979 | -24.7% | 3,703 | - | $24,455 | $262,230,583 | 3 | New Line Cinema |
| 2 | 8 | Cheaper by the Dozen | $56,135,964 | +616.1% | 3,307 | +9 | $16,974 | $63,975,558 | 2 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 3 | 12 | Cold Mountain | $27,651,961 | +513.7% | 2,163 | - | $12,784 | $32,157,475 | 2 | Miramax |
| 4 | 2 | Something's Gotta Give | $27,420,609 | +36.6% | 2,709 | - | $10,122 | $69,506,553 | 3 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 5 | 11 | Paycheck | $23,654,241 | +359% | 2,762 | - | $8,564 | $28,807,139 | 2 | Paramount Pictures |
| 6 | 15 | Peter Pan | $21,872,360 | +527.1% | 2,813 | - | $7,775 | $25,360,480 | 2 | Universal Pictures |
| 7 | 3 | Mona Lisa Smile | $21,831,141 | +9.8% | 2,677 | - | $8,155 | $41,705,972 | 2 | Revolution Studios |
| 8 | 4 | The Last Samurai | $16,646,461 | +16.6% | 2,557 | - | $6,510 | $82,643,618 | 4 | Warner Bros. |
| 9 | 5 | Elf | $7,791,413 | -31.8% | 2,015 | - | $3,866 | $168,534,077 | 8 | New Line Cinema |
| 10 | 7 | Bad Santa | $7,550,664 | -12.3% | 1,710 | - | $4,415 | $53,971,859 | 6 | Dimension Films |
| 11 | 6 | Stuck on You | $7,133,508 | -21.5% | 2,400 | - | $2,972 | $27,918,986 | 3 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 12 | 9 | The Haunted Mansion | $6,040,389 | -13.7% | 1,622 | - | $3,724 | $67,916,500 | 6 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 13 | 10 | Love Don't Cost a Thing | $4,778,780 | -20.8% | 1,133 | - | $4,217 | $18,256,851 | 3 | Warner Bros. |
| 14 | 19 | Big Fish | $4,458,319 | +323.2% | 125 | +1 | $35,666 | $5,909,758 | 4 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 15 | 46 | House of Sand and Fog | $3,504,271 | +3,746.7% | 438 | +436 | $8,000 | $3,595,370 | 2 | DreamWorks Distribution |
| 16 | 14 | The Cat in the Hat | $2,643,770 | -36.1% | 1,299 | +27 | $2,035 | $98,395,200 | 6 | Universal Pictures |
| 17 | 13 | Honey | $2,522,995 | -41.8% | 760 | -98 | $3,319 | $27,744,345 | 4 | Universal Pictures |
| 18 | 26 | 21 Grams | $2,383,355 | +377.9% | 291 | +220 | $8,190 | $5,931,294 | 6 | Focus Features |
| 19 | 16 | Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World | $2,360,887 | -5.8% | 701 | -50 | $3,367 | $81,888,264 | 7 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 20 | 30 | Calendar Girls | $2,163,606 | +513.8% | 745 | +703 | $2,904 | $2,516,112 | 2 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 21 | 20 | In America | $2,154,256 | +114.3% | 327 | +2 | $6,587 | $4,076,446 | 6 | - |
| 22 | 17 | Love Actually | $1,640,285 | -18.7% | 408 | -24 | $4,020 | $56,697,160 | 8 | Universal Pictures |
| 23 | 53 | The Young Black Stallion | $1,522,192 | +2,002.4% | 51 | - | $29,846 | $1,594,595 | 2 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 24 | 21 | Brother Bear | $1,165,918 | +23.6% | 564 | - | $2,067 | $82,768,239 | 10 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 25 | 18 | Gothika | $1,000,522 | -49.4% | 406 | - | $2,464 | $57,848,673 | 6 | Warner Bros. |
| 26 | 25 | Lost in Translation | $800,873 | +55% | 117 | -13 | $6,845 | $31,086,702 | 16 | Focus Features |
| 27 | 24 | Mystic River | $670,275 | +24.9% | 201 | - | $3,334 | $53,890,707 | 13 | Warner Bros. |
| 28 | 27 | The Cooler | $609,704 | +23.7% | 77 | +7 | $7,918 | $1,496,222 | 6 | Lionsgate |
| 29 | 29 | School of Rock | $527,911 | +29% | 279 | - | $1,892 | $79,967,424 | 13 | Paramount Pictures |
| 30 | 23 | Santa vs. the Snowman 3D 2003 Re-release | $515,059 | -16.8% | 45 | -1 | $11,445 | $2,830,880 | 9 | IMAX |
| 31 | 28 | The Matrix Revolutions | $469,749 | +0.1% | 116 | - | $4,049 | $138,108,286 | 9 | Warner Bros. |
| 32 | 35 | Looney Tunes: Back in Action | $431,308 | +89.2% | 336 | - | $1,283 | $20,455,414 | 7 | Warner Bros. |
| 33 | 38 | Space Station 3D | $430,656 | +195.8% | 16 | -2 | $26,916 | $46,265,446 | 89 | IMAX |
| 34 | 31 | Radio | $397,862 | +27.8% | 226 | - | $1,760 | $51,613,430 | 10 | Revolution Studios |
| 35 | 43 | LOC: Kargil | $393,908 | +196.2% | 58 | - | $6,791 | $526,883 | 2 | Eros Worldwide |
| 36 | 42 | Girl with a Pearl Earring | $385,879 | +187.1% | 26 | +18 | $14,841 | $654,892 | 3 | Lionsgate |
| 37 | 34 | Red Nose | $375,674 | +64.6% | 58 | -11 | $6,477 | $1,531,510 | 5 | Christal Films |
| 38 | 44 | The Triplets of Belleville | $374,141 | +226.5% | 46 | +27 | $8,133 | $839,059 | 6 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 39 | 48 | Scary Movie 3 | $298,017 | +285.1% | 195 | - | $1,528 | $109,405,399 | 10 | Dimension Films |
| 40 | 32 | The Station Agent | $253,468 | -5.6% | 123 | - | $2,060 | $4,500,349 | 13 | Miramax |
| 41 | 22 | The Missing | $235,266 | -63.2% | 146 | - | $1,611 | $26,005,514 | 6 | Revolution Studios |
| 42 | 63 | Under the Tuscan Sun | $217,335 | +477.4% | 158 | - | $1,375 | $43,211,381 | 14 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 43 | 76 | Monster | $208,438 | +1,143.1% | 8 | +7 | $26,054 | $225,206 | 2 | Newmarket Films |
| 44 | 65 | The Company | $189,380 | +449% | 11 | - | $17,216 | $223,874 | 2 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 45 | 39 | The Barbarian Invasions 2003 Re-release | $173,864 | +26.6% | 54 | - | $3,219 | $666,908 | 6 | Miramax |
| 46 | 36 | Freaky Friday | $153,435 | -12.2% | 124 | - | $1,237 | $110,122,747 | 22 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 47 | - | Underworld | $150,518 | - | 103 | - | $1,461 | $51,812,674 | 15 | Screen Gems |
| 48 | 45 | Annie Brocoli dans les fonds marins | $143,102 | +44.3% | 49 | -6 | $2,920 | $242,240 | 2 | - |
| 49 | 58 | The Statement | $141,649 | +142.4% | 17 | - | $8,332 | $257,695 | 3 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 50 | 40 | Runaway Jury | $137,556 | +1.9% | 107 | -61 | $1,285 | $48,953,591 | 11 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 51 | 57 | Alexandra's Project | $130,453 | +112.4% | 10 | - | $13,045 | $191,874 | 2 | Alliance Atlantis Vivafilm |
| 52 | 37 | Blizzard | $123,084 | -27.4% | 88 | -48 | $1,398 | $476,909 | 3 | Alliance Atlantis Vivafilm |
| 53 | 49 | The Fog of War | $119,019 | +56.6% | 5 | +2 | $23,803 | $195,000 | 2 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 54 | 41 | Kal Ho Naa Ho | $86,684 | -35.8% | 21 | -16 | $4,127 | $1,914,519 | 6 | Yash Raj Films |
| 55 | 33 | Timeline | $85,140 | -65% | 320 | - | $266 | $19,079,082 | 6 | Paramount Pictures |
| 56 | 50 | Kill Bill: Vol. 1 | $73,554 | -2.8% | 48 | - | $1,532 | $69,614,896 | 12 | Miramax |
| 57 | - | Modern Times 2003 Re-release | $70,850 | - | 7 | - | $10,121 | $70,850 | 1 | Kino International |
| 58 | 54 | Spy Kids 3: Game Over | $67,352 | -4.7% | 59 | - | $1,141 | $111,646,351 | 23 | Dimension Films |
| 59 | 47 | The Texas Chainsaw Massacre | $64,668 | -23.6% | 51 | -62 | $1,268 | $80,243,207 | 11 | New Line Cinema |
| 60 | 66 | T-Rex: Back to the Cretaceous | $56,395 | +67.8% | 4 | - | $14,098 | $46,838,366 | 271 | IMAX |
| 61 | 55 | Shattered Glass | $50,518 | -20.6% | 35 | -27 | $1,443 | $2,078,799 | 9 | Lionsgate |
| 62 | 67 | My Architect | $44,795 | +50.7% | 3 | +1 | $14,931 | $337,055 | 8 | New Yorker Films |
| 63 | 74 | Ghosts of the Abyss | $42,658 | +135.3% | 6 | - | $7,109 | $15,265,717 | 38 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 64 | 62 | Intolerable Cruelty | $42,286 | -0.5% | 31 | -28 | $1,364 | $35,273,738 | 12 | Universal Pictures |
| 65 | 52 | Pieces of April | $34,075 | -53.1% | 25 | -45 | $1,363 | $2,376,152 | 11 | United Artists |
| 66 | 61 | Elephant | $30,886 | -28.3% | 14 | -19 | $2,206 | $1,239,436 | 10 | Fine Line Features |
| 67 | 71 | Pride and Prejudice | $26,347 | +6.8% | 4 | -14 | $6,586 | $144,584 | 4 | Excel Entertainment |
| 68 | 51 | Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl | $25,816 | -65.5% | 34 | - | $759 | $305,403,440 | 26 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 69 | 56 | The Human Stain | $23,650 | -61.7% | 28 | - | $844 | $5,355,637 | 9 | Miramax |
| 70 | 72 | Out of Time | $22,287 | -2.8% | 39 | -8 | $571 | $41,055,692 | 13 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) |
| 71 | 59 | The Gospel of John | $20,060 | -61.3% | 18 | -25 | $1,114 | $3,086,998 | 14 | THINKFilm |
| 72 | 75 | Haunted Castle | $19,999 | +14.3% | 5 | - | $3,999 | $7,959,685 | 149 | - |
| 73 | 64 | The Hebrew Hammer | $18,927 | -48.8% | 5 | -3 | $3,785 | $55,910 | 2 | Strand Releasing |
| 74 | 88 | Seducing Doctor Lewis | $14,879 | +219.1% | 4 | +2 | $3,719 | $8,027,526 | 25 | Odeon |
| 75 | - | Postmen in the Mountains | $13,841 | - | - | - | - | $13,841 | 2 | Shadow Distribution |
| 76 | 79 | The Bread, My Sweet | $13,728 | +22.8% | 6 | - | $2,288 | $988,072 | 155 | Panorama Entertainment |
| 77 | 73 | Tibet: Cry of the Snow Lion | $12,228 | -33.3% | 7 | -5 | $1,746 | $367,524 | 15 | Artistic License |
| 78 | 83 | The Animation Show | $9,993 | +50% | - | - | - | $304,606 | 17 | - |
| 79 | 94 | The Gatekeeper | $9,871 | +236.9% | 2 | - | $4,935 | $166,901 | 36 | - |
| 80 | - | Japanese Story | $8,737 | - | - | - | - | $8,737 | 1 | IDP Distribution |
| 81 | 80 | Rivers and Tides | $8,682 | -17.3% | 3 | -4 | $2,894 | $2,196,228 | 80 | Roxie Releasing |
| 82 | 84 | Dirty Pretty Things | $8,617 | +31% | 8 | - | $1,077 | $8,070,107 | 24 | Miramax |
| 83 | 82 | City of God | $8,478 | +25.8% | 4 | - | $2,119 | $4,786,472 | 50 | Miramax |
| 84 | 77 | Good Boy | $6,243 | -51.1% | 57 | -3 | $109 | $37,651,257 | 12 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) |
| 85 | 89 | Yossi & Jagger | $4,992 | +17.8% | 1 | - | $4,992 | $189,762 | 15 | Strand Releasing |
| 86 | 81 | Galapagos | $4,122 | -43.1% | 2 | -3 | $2,061 | $14,256,558 | 218 | IMAX |
| 87 | - | On_Line | $3,438 | - | 1 | - | $3,438 | $167,102 | 27 | Indican Pictures |
| 88 | 92 | Party Monster | $3,098 | -18.4% | 1 | -3 | $3,098 | $729,809 | 18 | Strand Releasing |
| 89 | - | Millennium Mambo | $2,956 | - | 1 | - | $2,956 | $2,956 | 1 | Palm Pictures |
| 90 | 85 | Bus 174 | $2,423 | -60.7% | 1 | -4 | $2,423 | $162,760 | 13 | THINKFilm |
| 91 | 96 | Bonhoeffer | $2,269 | +4.8% | 1 | -1 | $2,269 | $269,024 | 28 | First Run |
| 92 | 101 | Cirque du Soleil: Journey of Man | $1,929 | +81.3% | 2 | - | $964 | $15,604,734 | 191 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 93 | 100 | The Legend of Johnny Lingo | $1,332 | +19.1% | 1 | -2 | $1,332 | $973,949 | 18 | Innovation Film Group (IFG) |
| 94 | 97 | The Secret Lives of Dentists | $1,282 | -24% | 3 | +1 | $427 | $3,707,346 | 22 | - |
| 95 | 102 | The Flower of Evil | $881 | -14.8% | 1 | -2 | $881 | $178,119 | 12 | Palm Pictures |
| 96 | 91 | The Singing Detective | $750 | -80.5% | 3 | -8 | $250 | $326,231 | 10 | Paramount Classics |
| 97 | 106 | Encounter in the Third Dimension | $699 | -0.1% | 1 | - | $699 | $6,954,494 | 253 | - |
| 98 | 112 | China: The Panda Adventure | $610 | +47% | 1 | - | $610 | $3,681,373 | 134 | IMAX |
| 99 | 111 | Alien Adventure | $550 | -8.3% | 1 | - | $550 | $4,319,784 | 228 | - |
| 100 | 95 | Northfork | $66 | -97% | 1 | -1 | $66 | $1,420,578 | 25 | Paramount Classics |
| 101 | 104 | Carnage | $55 | -94.5% | 1 | -1 | $55 | $52,418 | 17 | Wellspring Media |
