TOP 10: BIG FISH catches top spot

By: Patrick Sauriol
Date: Sunday, January 11, 2004

BIG FISH and THE RETURN OF THE KING were in a close competition at the box office this weekend, but it was Tim Burton's surreal comedy/drama that edged past Peter Jackson's conclusion to Tolkien's fantasy epic. BIG FISH netted approximately $14.5 million dollars or about $400K more than KING for the weekend. As these are preliminary results, the final figures on Monday may change somewhat but it's not expected that the third RINGS film will evict BIG FISH from the top spot.

The weekend's two new releases, MY BABY'S DADDY and CHASING LIBERTY, both took in moderate hauls. CHEAPER BY THE DOZEN has cracked the $100 M barrier while is on the tip of doing so. Predictably, the overall box office was down from last weekend as people returned back to their normal work patterns after the holidays.

Here are the estimated box office receipts of the top ten films from January 9 through to January 11, with their weekend gross and the movie's total domestic gross to date:

1. BIG FISH $14,500,000 $24,100,000
2. THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RETURN OF THE KING $14,125,000 $312,237,000
3. CHEAPER BY THE DOZEN $12,000,000 $101,396,000
4. SOMETHING'S GOTTA GIVE $8,200,000 $92,990,000
5. COLD MOUNTAIN $7,914,000 $55,373,000
6. MY BABY'S DADDY $7,839,000 $7,839,000
7. CHASING LIBERTY $6,015,000 $6,015,000

8. PAYCHECK $5,200,000 $46,497,000
9. THE LAST SAMURAI $4,530,000 $97,160,000
10. MONA LISA SMILE $4,500,000 $57,000,000


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