TOP 12: Thanksgiving audiences go back for more TREASURE

By: Patrick Sauriol
Date: Sunday, November 28, 2004

Over the five-day Thanksgiving weekend NATIONAL TREASURE took in nearly $50 million dollars, holding on to top position in the box office standings. In hindsight, the Thansksgiving holiday turned out to be a pretty good experience for nearly all the films in the top 12.

Coming in second spot was THE INCREDIBLES, earning another $33 million and cracking the coveted $200 M total barrier in just one month. Third spot went to Sony's holiday themed comedy CHRISTMAS WITH THE KRANKS which took in a very nice $32 M. THE POLAR EXPRESS held on to its fourth place spot by adding $27 M more bucks to its count while the SPONGEBOB movie fell to fifth but still made $23 M. The week's other new film, Oliver Stone's ALEXANDER, may have been beaten by that aquatic yellow sponge in the grosses but hey, no one's perfect.

Here are the estimated box office receipts of the top twelve films from November 26 through to November 28 with their weekend gross and the movie's total domestic gross to date. As always, the week's new films are signified in red.


BOX OFFICE FRIDAY NOVEMBER 26 to SUNDAY NOVEMBER 28, 2004:


1. NATIONAL TREASURE $46,244,000 $87,900,000
2. THE INCREDIBLES $33,224,000 $214,709,000
3. CHRISTMAS WITH THE KRANKS $32,000,000 $32,000,000
4. THE POLAR EXPRESS $27,170,000 $82,170,000
5. THE SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS MOVIE $23,400,000 $58,636,000
6. ALEXANDER $21,630,000 $21,630,000
7. BRIDGET JONES: THE EDGE OF REASON $9,072,000 $32,495,000
8. FINDING NEVERLAND $6,540,000 $7,803,000
9. RAY $5,028,000 $64,977,000
10. AFTER THE SUNSET $4,575,000 $24,586,000
11. SIDEWAYS $3,455,000 $9,829,000
12. THE GRUDGE $2,800,000 $107,818,000


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