Box Office by Studio
TIME WARNER (WB/NEW LINE)
January 1–December 31, 2004
#1–53| Rank | Movie Title (click to view) | Studio | Gross / Theaters | Total Gross / % of Total | Open |
| 1 | Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban | WB | $249,541,069 | 3,855 | $249,541,069 | 100.0% | 6/4/04 |
| 2 | The Polar Express | WB | $151,621,905 | 3,650 | $162,775,358 | 93.1% | 11/10/04 |
| 3 | Troy | WB | $133,378,256 | 3,411 | $133,378,256 | 100.0% | 5/14/04 |
| 4 | The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King | NL | $127,581,398 | 3,703 | $377,027,325 | 33.8% | 12/17/03 |
| 5 | Ocean's Twelve | WB | $100,416,657 | 3,290 | $125,544,280 | 80.0% | 12/10/04 |
| 6 | Starsky and Hutch | WB | $88,237,754 | 3,185 | $88,237,754 | 100.0% | 3/5/04 |
| 7 | Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed | WB | $84,216,833 | 3,312 | $84,216,833 | 100.0% | 3/26/04 |
| 8 | The Notebook | NL | $81,001,787 | 2,323 | $81,001,787 | 100.0% | 6/25/04 |
| 9 | The Butterfly Effect | NL | $57,938,693 | 2,605 | $57,938,693 | 100.0% | 1/23/04 |
| 10 | A Cinderella Story | WB | $51,438,175 | 2,625 | $51,438,175 | 100.0% | 7/16/04 |
| 11 | Blade: Trinity | NL | $45,688,000 | 2,912 | $52,411,906 | 87.2% | 12/8/04 |
| 12 | Exorcist: The Beginning | WB | $41,821,986 | 2,813 | $41,821,986 | 100.0% | 8/20/04 |
| 13 | Catwoman | WB | $40,202,379 | 3,117 | $40,202,379 | 100.0% | 7/23/04 |
| 14 | Mystic River | WB | $36,369,586 | 1,370 | $90,135,191 | 40.4% | 10/8/03 |
| 15 | Alexander | WB | $33,963,605 | 2,445 | $34,297,191 | 99.0% | 11/24/04 |
| 16 | Taking Lives | WB | $32,682,342 | 2,705 | $32,682,342 | 100.0% | 3/19/04 |
| 17 | Cellular | NL | $32,003,620 | 2,763 | $32,003,620 | 100.0% | 9/10/04 |
| 18 | The Last Samurai | WB | $31,404,757 | 2,557 | $111,127,263 | 28.3% | 12/5/03 |
| 19 | After the Sunset | NL | $28,070,424 | 2,819 | $28,331,233 | 99.1% | 11/12/04 |
| 20 | Torque | WB | $21,215,059 | 2,463 | $21,215,059 | 100.0% | 1/16/04 |
| 21 | Yu-Gi-Oh! The Movie | WB | $19,765,868 | 2,411 | $19,765,868 | 100.0% | 8/13/04 |
| 22 | NASCAR 3D: The IMAX Experience (IMAX) | WB | $19,541,074 | 73 | $21,583,831 | 90.5% | 3/12/04 |
| 23 | Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle | NL | $18,250,550 | 2,163 | $18,250,550 | 100.0% | 7/30/04 |
| 24 | Laws of Attraction | NL | $17,871,255 | 2,449 | $17,871,255 | 100.0% | 4/30/04 |
| 25 | The Whole Ten Yards | WB | $16,328,471 | 2,654 | $16,328,471 | 100.0% | 4/9/04 |
| 26 | New York Minute | WB | $14,071,441 | 3,006 | $14,071,441 | 100.0% | 5/7/04 |
| 27 | The Phantom of the Opera | WB | $12,956,893 | 622 | $51,268,815 | 25.3% | 12/22/04 |
| 28 | Chasing Liberty | WB | $12,195,626 | 2,400 | $12,195,626 | 100.0% | 1/9/04 |
| 29 | Raise Your Voice | NL | $10,411,980 | 2,521 | $10,411,980 | 100.0% | 10/8/04 |
| 30 | Maria Full of Grace | FL | $6,529,624 | 127 | $6,529,624 | 100.0% | 7/16/04 |
| 31 | The Big Bounce | WB | $6,489,476 | 2,304 | $6,489,476 | 100.0% | 1/30/04 |
| 32 | Elf | NL | $5,851,218 | 2,015 | $173,398,518 | 3.4% | 11/7/03 |
| 33 | Before Sunset | WIP | $5,820,649 | 204 | $5,820,649 | 100.0% | 7/2/04 |
| 34 | Birth | NL | $4,763,240 | 550 | $5,095,038 | 93.5% | 10/29/04 |
| 35 | Spartan | WB | $4,434,432 | 832 | $4,434,432 | 100.0% | 3/12/04 |
| 36 | Love Don't Cost a Thing | WB | $4,321,550 | 1,133 | $21,924,226 | 19.7% | 12/12/03 |
| 37 | Clifford's Really Big Movie | WB | $2,922,354 | 471 | $2,922,354 | 100.0% | 4/20/04 |
| 38 | A Very Long Engagement | WIP | $2,127,965 | 167 | $6,524,389 | 32.6% | 11/26/04 |
| 39 | Vera Drake | FL | $2,107,308 | 93 | $3,775,283 | 55.8% | 10/8/04 |
| 40 | We Don't Live Here Anymore | WIP | $2,041,014 | 190 | $2,041,014 | 100.0% | 8/13/04 |
| 41 | Gothika | WB | $1,982,632 | 406 | $59,694,580 | 3.3% | 11/21/03 |
| 42 | A Dirty Shame | FL | $1,339,668 | 133 | $1,339,668 | 100.0% | 9/17/04 |
| 43 | The Matrix Revolutions | WB | $1,272,775 | 319 | $139,313,948 | 0.9% | 11/5/03 |
| 44 | A Home at the End of the World | WIP | $1,029,872 | 65 | $1,029,872 | 100.0% | 7/23/04 |
| 45 | Criminal | WIP | $929,233 | 90 | $929,233 | 100.0% | 9/10/04 |
| 46 | Million Dollar Baby | WB | $842,253 | 9 | $100,492,203 | 0.8% | 12/15/04 |
| 47 | Looney Tunes: Back in Action | WB | $608,607 | 336 | $20,991,364 | 2.9% | 11/14/03 |
| 48 | Highwaymen | NL | $371,396 | 111 | $371,396 | 100.0% | 2/13/04 |
| 49 | The Texas Chainsaw Massacre | NL | $335,812 | 61 | $80,571,655 | 0.4% | 10/17/03 |
| 50 | Around the Bend | WIP | $193,637 | 51 | $193,637 | 100.0% | 10/8/04 |
| 51 | The Sea Inside | FL | $129,514 | 23 | $2,104,923 | 6.2% | 12/17/04 |
| 52 | Secondhand Lions | NL | $47,224 | N/A | $42,070,939 | 0.1% | 9/19/03 |
| 53 | Elephant | FL | $31,780 | 14 | $1,266,955 | 2.5% | 10/24/03 |
| Summary of 53 Movies on Chart: |
| Totals: | $1,666,710,676 | - | - | - | - |
| Averages: | $31,447,371 | - | - | - | - |
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#1–53Data based on calendar grosses between Jan. 1 and Dec. 31 and includes titles released by Warner Bros., Warner Bros. (New Line), Warner Independent, New Line, Fine Line and Picturehouse.
