Weekend box office

L.A. Times Archives

Dec. 7, 2004 12 AM PT

“Closer” edged into the top 5 films Monday when more accurate tallies of weekend box office became available, trading places with “The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie,” which Sunday estimates had positioned ahead of the movie version of Patrick Marber’s play. Other rankings remained the same.

Source: Nielsen EDI

*--* MOVIE 3-DAY TOTAL VENUES AVG WEEKS (STUDIO) GROSS (Millions) PER (MILLIONS) VENUE

1 National Treasure $17.0 $110.1 3,243 $5,244 3 (Buena Vista)

2 Christmas With the $11.1 $44.9 3,416 $3,268 2 Kranks (Sony/Revolution)

3 The Polar Express $10.8 $96.1 3,650 $2,953 4 (Warner Bros.)

4 The Incredibles $9.0 $225.9 3,178 $2,837 5 (Buena Vista/Pixar)

5 Closer $7.7 $7.7 476 $16,193 1 (Sony)

6 The SpongeBob $7.66 $68.2 3,307 $2,315 3 SquarePants Movie (Paramount)

7 Alexander $4.8 $29.7 2,445 $1,945 2 (Waner Bros.)

8 Finding Neverland $2.8 $11.7 526 $5,369 4 (Miramax)

9 Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason $2.76 $36.3 2,433 $1,135 4

(Universal)