US Box Office
Still the reigning king, $65.8 million for the last part of the Lord of the Rings trilogy. Second was Cheaper by the Dozen (opens here 29 Apr), with an extremely favorable $36.4 million, starring Steve Martin, Hilary Duff and Tom Welling. Somewhat low for a John Woo release is sci-fi thriller Paycheck (opens here 26 Feb), with $19.2 million, starring Ben Affleck and Uma Thurman. Fourth place is for Golden Globes/Oscar contender Cold Mountain (opens here 5 Feb). This civil war epic with an all star cast rang up $19 million. Another Peter Pan remake is good for the fifth place with $15.1 million. Not surprisingly low, as the trailer was even more surprisingly bad.